It was early in the ’70’s when a freshly drafted Private First Class stood between two of his platoon buddies when the enemy bullets mowed his comrades to the ground. One shot right out of his boots, his feet still held in by the laces. As the vet later described it, he could feel the wind velocity of the barrage of ammunition as it bypassed him and eviscerated the other two men standing on either side, as if he had a force field around him. Survivor’s guilt is a real thing. But there was no place for him to process this huge loss, grief and trauma. Not in the war zone and not when returning home to the States. Today he is a raging alcoholic estranged from his family.
Could he have benefitted from energetic healing work? I believe so. If he had known about it and been willing to do the healing work, I know so. Of course, it would not take the deeply buried memory away. But in bringing it to the conscious mind and dissipating the energetic imprint or charge so a healing could take place, he could have been emotionally freed enough to pursue his passions of this lifetime.
It’s no wonder mental illness and homelessness have been in epidemic proportions within the Vietnam Veteran community. It’s not in our soul makeup to obliterate another, even in self defense, without lasting consequences on a soul level.
Where do you think these emotions and residue from traumatic memories go if not processed? Would you not agree, trauma of this magnitude can alter one’s destiny?
Consider that you are coming of age and pursuing your dream of starting a business, falling in love and raising a family, going to college, being a beach bum, stock trader, author, electrician, doctor or looking forward to a game of pickup basketball each week after work…suddenly, against your beliefs, morals or temperament, you are called to duty.
Being called to duty means walking away from what you know and stepping into a life you did not choose and more importantly, partaking in irreversible actions that go against your deeply held belief system. With a bit of reluctance, a sense of melded fear and civic duty, you are whisked away, your individualism stripped from you while you participate in the duty.
Once in the foreign land, you may be surprised to learn that the culture of this so called ‘enemy’ intrigues you. It’s peaceful, reverent and you can easily identify with the people. You are fascinated by their food and customs, beautiful landscape, their rich culture. The next day you are standing guard, prepared to kill someone. It’s a dichotomy that cannot be resolved easily, if at all.
And so it goes with a whole generation of our wounded and the hidden energetic imprint on the DNA of their offspring.
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