This post discusses the importance of asking for Divine help in Sacred Self-Healing.
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Who is Betsy Leighton?
I’m a writer, blogger, and healer dedicated to helping individuals reconnect with their innate peace and wholeness by healing nervous system dysregulation. My personal experience with chronic illness called Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) shapes my work, and my content offers tools to empower those with chronic illness to improve their well-being and take charge of their health.
I created the Sacred Self-Healing Method and am a trained and certified Safe and Sound Protocol provider, an author, blogger, and A Course in Miracles Teacher. I hold a Master of Divinity in Spiritual Counseling and am a trained spiritual mentor, with certificates in sound healing, aromatherapy, nutrition, and Sacred Deathcare. I offer a self-study certificate program in the Sacred Self-Healing Method, provide spiritual counseling and coaching, courses, and supported subscriptions for the Safe and Sound Protocol.
What is MCAS?
Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) is a chronic condition that affects all organ systems. It can cause severe, disabling symptoms every day, including potentially fatal anaphylaxis. MCAS often occurs with other chronic conditions like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). Managing MCAS is challenging because many healthcare providers are unaware of it, and diagnostic tests can be unreliable. Treatments include antihistamines and mast cell stabilizers, as well as avoiding triggers. Check out this post on managing MCAS.
Intention
Sacred Self-Healing relies on intention and frequency. Intention directs frequency to bring about healing. The universal formula for healing is:
Intention + Frequency = Healing.
In this expression, “frequency” refers to the specific healing modality being applied. Setting an intention is particularly beneficial when utilizing self-healing methods such as frequency and forgiveness. This post covers more information on the power of intention.
Beneficial Frequency
Beneficial frequency refers to natural vibrations that synchronize biological and Earth systems, to support overall harmony. For instance, visible red and blue light from the sun are beneficial frequencies because they regulate circadian rhythms. Likewise, Earth’s Schumann resonance is a naturally occurring frequency that aligns internal and external rhythms for health. This post discusses beneficial frequency in more depth.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness, like love, is seen as a high-frequency energetic state connected to compassion and gratitude. In contrast, emotions such as resentment and anger are thought to have lower frequencies, constricting rather than elevating well-being. Forgiveness helps elevate energy, promote emotional healing, and support physiological balance. Science hasn’t measured the frequency of forgiveness, but studies show that forgiveness can improve heart and brain patterns and help the body work more smoothly. Forgiveness brings balance, healing, and peace—both emotionally and physically. This post delves deeper into forgiveness.
Why ask for Divine help?
Why ask for Divine help, you ask? Well, for many years, I thought I had to do things all on my own. I’m super independent, and it’s hard for me to ask for help, let alone trust that help will arrive. My approach was to do everything myself, which made me extremely tired. I also struggled with the idea that my life was the way it was for a reason and that it couldn’t be changed. But after I learned to ask for divine help, things began to shift. I suddenly felt I wasn’t alone. Some beings wanted to provide me with guidance, be with me when I was suffering, and assist with my healing. It was a huge game-changer! My life still had many hard parts, but I felt I had a team of helpers behind me.
Who are these Divine beings?
We are surrounded by divine helpers who want to make our lives easier: angels, ascended masters, nature beings, and ancestors, to name a few. But they can’t help us unless we ask, because we are endowed with free will. By asking for divine help, we permit divine beings to help us.
How to ask for Divine Help
Asking for divine help works best out loud. But in a pinch, you can speak it in your head. It’s a form of prayer, really. But instead of saying a rote prayer, like “Now I lay me down to sleep …” you ask for help with specific things. For instance, when I wake up in the morning, I ask my Angels, “Angels, thank you for being in my life! Please be with me throughout the day, help me to move through the world with ease and grace, and help me to remember to forgive as much as possible.” Then, later in the day, as before, I get in my car and might ask for help, remaining alert to other drivers. If I’m in a crisis, trying to get my sick child to the doctor, I might ask for a parking space close to the clinic entrance. If I am feeling anxious, I might ask for a big guy like Archangel Gabriel to help me feel better (see below on Archangels). You get the idea.
What should you ask for?
Good question! A lot of the time, I am full of questions and don’t even know how to frame them. I learned a technique from the book Angelspeak by Trudy Griswold and Barbara Mark for asking my angels for help. Through practice, I have learned to carry on a written conversation with my Angels on my laptop. It’s fun and super helpful. And the book is a quick read.
This is weird!
Yes, I know. I was resistant myself. It was only after I suspended disbelief, gave it a try, and began to see results, that I started to believe in asking for divine help. To be Sure, I have faith, and I have read about the power of prayer. But I guess I didn’t think it applied to me and my problems.
How does this fit in with forgiveness?
Well, I believe that when we ask for divine help, we are actually getting the assistance of the Holy Spirit. The Course says that there are “no levels,” so in my mind, I don’t see that my higher self is any different from angels, ascended masters, or the rest. They are all part of the One True Self, of which we are a part too. So, I say, don’t worry about asking the right divine beings for help because they are all really the Holy Spirit, and they are all able to help you. Perhaps, some more than others (see above re Archangels). But really, it’s all good.
How do I start?
Just start talking out loud to your angels. If you feel weird, do it while you are outside taking a walk by yourself, or driving your car, or under your covers at night. Say something like, “Angels, hey, I’m not sure how to do this, but I need help with (something you need help with).” Be as specific as possible, because you want their help with this today. You can ask for a sign that they got the message, like “I’m worried about my brother. Could you have him call me?”
How will this support my healing?
You can ask your divine helpers to support your healing in specific ways. For instance, “Angels, please send continuous healing to my root chakra today,” or “Angels, my muscles are really sore. Please continuously clear my body of toxins today.”
Give it a try and see what happens!
Here are the areas each Archangel is known to help with:
• Archangel Michael – strength, courage, and protection.
• Archangel Raphael – healing.
• Archangel Gabriel – clarity, guidance, and soothing anxiety.
• Archangel Uriel – wisdom, inspiration, and motivation.
• Archangel Raguel – justice, harmony, and repairing relationships.
• Archangel Sariel – death and order.
• Archangel Remiel – hope and dreams.
The bucket theory
The bucket theory simplifies understanding symptom reactions with MCAS. Imagine your body as an empty bucket you don’t want to overflow. Reactions to various stimuli fill the histamine bucket at different rates, forming the total histamine level (how full your bucket is). More histamine means more symptoms. By managing triggers, reducing exposures, and taking medications and supplements, you can control your bucket’s level.
Know your typical symptom progression
Understanding your symptom progression during a flare is key to developing your rescue plan. This post discusses how to recognize symptom progression so you can be prepared to address them.
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Sign up for the SSP!
I’ve found the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) to be the most helpful bottom-up healing strategy if your nervous system has been overloaded with toxic exposures, including mold or non-native EMFs, chronic infections, concussions, stress, or trauma. The SSP is a passive listening therapy based on Polyvagal Theory that helps heal nervous system dysregulation. Many people with MCAS and other chronic conditions have nervous system dysregulation stemming from infections, toxic exposures, concussions, and trauma. The SSP is an easy-to-use app that lets you listen to specially filtered music for 30 minutes each day as part of a 5-hour cycle. Studies show the SSP has a profound effect on mental health and chronic conditions. Here’s a short podcast describing the Safe and Sound Protocol.
You can sign up for the SSP here!
Heal your mind!
While the SSP is a bottom-up, somatic therapy for healing the nervous system, the Sacred Self-Healing Method I offer is a top-down nervous system-healing modality that focuses on cognition, attention, perception, and emotion, using the mind’s higher functions. The SSP and the Sacred Self-Healing Method complement each other and together produce lasting results. Here’s a short podcast on my self-healing practice.
I provide one-on-one in-person and remote chronic illness and caregiver coaching, as well as Sacred Self-Healing Sessions based on the Sacred Self-Healing Method, a proven, novel co-creative healing modality detailed in my Books.
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Here’s a short podcast highlighting my five books.
My latest book, Living In The Light: Healing with Forgiveness, Sound, and Light, is all about the tools that have been most helpful for me to heal: forgiveness, sound, through nervous system retraining using the Safe and Sound Protocol, and light, through entraining my circadian rhythm with the energy of the sun. Living In The Light is available here!
Rocks and Roots chronicles my solo backpacking journey on the Superior Hiking Trail and my efforts to overcome nervous system dysregulation, gut dysbiosis, and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome symptoms to complete the 328-mile hike successfully.
The Sacred Self-Healing Method ebook is available here and in most ebook retailers!
The Sacred Self-Healing Workbook is available for purchase here!
Betsy’s first book, Sacred Self-Healing: Finding Peace Through Forgiveness, is available here
Companion Recordings
The companion audio recordings of chants, guided meditations, and sound healing demonstrations that accompany the Sacred Self-Healing Method are available for free on my YouTube channel here
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Disclaimer
The preceding material does not constitute medical advice. This information is for information purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, cure, or treatment.
