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Paul Jones7 said:A reaction... but to what, exactly?

Why is it that people head straight to braco? Is it a conscious choice, at least for those who are going?

Well, that’s the million-dollar question right there! Honestly, I think that’s the core mystery whenever you talk to any kind of holistic healer or wellness guru.

wearyowl29 said:Well, that’s the million-dollar question right there! Honestly, I think that’s the core mystery whenever you talk to any kind of holistic healer or wellness guru.

I guess if the healing actually works, then there's your answer, right?

Though, I suppose it matters whether we're talking about physical stuff versus emotional or spiritual healing... 😁

Treating actual health issues—that's just the pragmatic side of helping people, I suppose.

But then you have the spiritual crowd, too—people who go because they think being around someone like that will help them grow spiritually, too.

To me, those feel like two pretty distinct things. And since I don't know anything about braco, I don't really have a clear picture of why people actually seek him out.

Did you get a sense of what it's all about?

Sure, it’s totally possible that some people are just born with those kinds of talents.

The idea of the mind influencing biological processes—you know, how an organism works—is a long shot, but maybe? It's like how volcanoes act... you basically have to have faith, like the stories of miracles.
As for the mind affecting physical objects—moving spoons, watches, or whatever—that's a huge stretch. We're pretty much locked in by mass and physics, and science is still out there trying to wrap its head around it all.

Hypnosis used to be this huge, controversial thing until we actually figured it out. Honestly, I think all of this boils down to suggestion. Even spiritual methods work that way... at the end of the day, it's all just programming.

wearyowl29 said:I mean, why jump to those conclusions so fast? Did you actually witness someone pulling a fast one, or are we just guessing?

It isn’t about whether it’s braco or seka... it’s really about us and the actual experience we're having in the moment.

I don't need to stick my nose in every single septic tank to know what's inside. Once you've seen a few similar ones, it doesn't take much to make an educated guess.

wearyowl29 said:Well, that’s the million-dollar question right there! Honestly, I think that’s the core mystery whenever you talk to any kind of holistic healer or wellness guru.

It’s the same deal with Domančić. He’s definitely got the gift of gab and knows how to work a room.
Then there's the whole other side of things—back in the day, he was actually accused of embezzling funds from a local socialist enterprise over in a coastal city, which is why he ended up fleeing to Germany.
And then, wouldn't you know it, he pops back up working as a healer. 😁

No one is a saint in their own backyard:

Look, being from the same small town, I’ve personally seen dozens of cases where his therapies were absolutely useless. If you hear anything about someone getting better, you can bet it's just talk—mostly because people are too embarrassed to admit they were scammed after wasting all that time and money.

bluemason3 said:I don't need to stick my nose in every single septic tank to know what's inside. Once you've seen a few similar ones, it doesn't take much to make an educated guess.

Okay... some might say you're just talking nonsense, probably because 99.99% of the people visiting this small island town wouldn't know what they were looking at!

You really have to approach this stuff with a clear head. You’ve got to go out there, see things for yourself, and then your theories actually carry some weight. That's why I finally got off my butt and headed out there to see and smell it all firsthand...

Besides, nobody actually *wants* to be sniffing septic tanks.

wearyowl29 said:Okay... some might say you're just talking nonsense, probably because 99.99% of the people visiting this small island town wouldn't know what they were looking at!

You really have to approach this stuff with a clear head. You’ve got to go out there, see things for yourself, and then your theories actually carry some weight. That's why I finally got off my butt and headed out there to see and smell it all firsthand...

Besides, nobody actually *wants* to be sniffing septic tanks.

99.99% of people would say the exact same thing regarding their beliefs in various gods, ideologies, political leaders, social icons, historical myths, the perfect pizza recipe, or pretty much anything else. Generally speaking, people are kind of idiots.

And even those of you dancing at Republican party rallies should probably go out and see things for yourselves.
What someone personally sees or experiences isn't a valid proof for anything—it just puts them right back in that 99% fool category anyway. 😳

It doesn't matter. The real problem is when someone tries to sell those delusions as high-end French perfume.

Thomas Nelson25 said:Sure, it’s totally possible that some people are just born with those kinds of talents.

The idea of the mind influencing biological processes—you know, how an organism works—is a long shot, but maybe? It's like how volcanoes act... you basically have to have faith, like the stories of miracles.
As for the mind affecting physical objects—moving spoons, watches, or whatever—that's a huge stretch. We're pretty much locked in by mass and physics, and science is still out there trying to wrap its head around it all.

Hypnosis used to be this huge, controversial thing until we actually figured it out. Honestly, I think all of this boils down to suggestion. Even spiritual methods work that way... at the end of the day, it's all just programming.

The truth is, we might never fully wrap our heads around it. It's obvious that some people possess specific abilities and they know it. They might have even fully developed those skills because of someone else's influence, and then their environment starts labeling them as having "powers," which just reinforces the whole mental program.
A healer can't really do anything if we aren't open to it, ready to receive help... and willing to believe that it actually works. It's a process that can happen in a flash, or it might not happen at all.😲

If it were any different, we'd all be as healthy as a horse and life would be a total breeze!

bluemason3 said:99.99% of people would say the exact same thing regarding their beliefs in various gods, ideologies, political leaders, social icons, historical myths, the perfect pizza recipe, or pretty much anything else. Generally speaking, people are kind of idiots.

And even those of you dancing at Republican party rallies should probably go out and see things for yourselves.
What someone personally sees or experiences isn't a valid proof for anything—it just puts them right back in that 99% fool category anyway. 😳

It doesn't matter. The real problem is when someone tries to sell those delusions as high-end French perfume.

Look, nobody ever died from a bad scent...🎉

bluemason3 said:If he’s just a placebo trigger, then the person actually helped themselves. He's just taking all the credit based on a false interpretation of what actually happened.😁

Honestly, I’m gonna have to disagree with you there... I mean, if we actually had the power to fix ourselves just by thinking about it, wouldn't we have done it already? 😁
otherwise, why would we even need guys like braco

This is braco, who’s basically a walking serotonin boost... helps you leak those happy hormones and feel good for once. 😁 👍

Benjamin Taylor6 said:It’s the same deal with Domančić. He’s definitely got the gift of gab and knows how to work a room.
Then there's the whole other side of things—back in the day, he was actually accused of embezzling funds from a local socialist enterprise over in a coastal city, which is why he ended up fleeing to Germany.
And then, wouldn't you know it, he pops back up working as a healer. 😁

No one is a saint in their own backyard:

Look, being from the same small town, I’ve personally seen dozens of cases where his therapies were absolutely useless. If you hear anything about someone getting better, you can bet it's just talk—mostly because people are too embarrassed to admit they were scammed after wasting all that time and money.

👍
(Regarding that link above, I don't agree with the hostility toward Canada at all.)
But hey, what can you do? We've reached an era where it's probably better to just stay quiet in public or spend eternity arguing on the internet rather than actually getting things done. 😁
And honestly, wherever you find a male "guru," you'll almost always find that about 80% of the followers are women—it seems to be a pattern, much like with money matters.
That’s actually why Tesla got such a bad reputation: a) he never married (even though he had plenty of romances while living in Canada); b) people thought he was eccentric (despite him holding more patents—both realized and theoretical—than almost anyone in scientific history, with his inventions being studied in art academies worldwide); c) he wasn't seen as "one of us" enough (it’s hard for some folks to wrap their heads around the fact that he was a citizen of the Austro-Canadian Empire before becoming an American icon); and d) he died broke and deep in debt—which totally clashes with that whole New Age idea that spiritual enlightenment should automatically lead to material wealth.
Just watch out, or a single raindrop might hit your shoe and trigger a total epiphany—and we wouldn't want that happening, since it goes against everything being calculated and neoliberal.
😛

wearyowl29 said:The truth is, we might never fully wrap our heads around it. It's obvious that some people possess specific abilities and they know it. They might have even fully developed those skills because of someone else's influence, and then their environment starts labeling them as having "powers," which just reinforces the whole mental program.
A healer can't really do anything if we aren't open to it, ready to receive help... and willing to believe that it actually works. It's a process that can happen in a flash, or it might not happen at all.😲

If it were any different, we'd all be as healthy as a horse and life would be a total breeze!

Supposedly they can work remotely without even our consent. ☕
I'm guessing there has to be some kind of connection or a specific "program" involved—some sort of recognition. Even if those psychics act as intermediaries, you ask about someone, and then somehow that info just clicks into their mind and they see everything... aha. 😁

I’ve spent a good deal of time studying healing over the last two or three years. Healing is absolutely possible, but I truly believe a person can only maintain that healing if they are convinced it actually happened. For example, you might experience a breakthrough, feel great about it, but then a few days later, those doubts creep back in. You start wondering, "Was that just a placebo? Did I just imagine it?" Once that doubt sets in, you find yourself right back where you started. The renowned teacher Joel Goldsmith suggests there are essentially only two forces at play: the power of God, where sickness simply cannot exist, and a second force. Most people put 99% of their faith into this second force, so when they encounter the first—God's power—they dismiss it as impossible. Kenneth Hagin often talks in his teachings about how he sits with people for long periods, talking through things until there is a sudden "click" in their minds. They realize God is real, and then spontaneous healing occurs. Both of these teachers are Christians, though they don't follow the Catholic tradition. On a personal note, I have seen firsthand how praying for others really works. You see someone receive a genuine sense of inspiration—that effortless ease of being that can only be Divine. We are the ones who created this heaviness we carry; I'm not sure why, but it's clear we could be living with complete awareness if we chose to. If God hadn't allowed evil to exist, we wouldn't even have the capacity to believe in Him. But once we recognize that God is real and decide we no longer want to participate in evil, we lose the desire to turn away from Him. I’ve actually thought about dedicating myself to healing because I see how much it can help people, though I don't think I would approach it the way those specific healers do. In my view, you simply need to become an instrument of God's will. If you pray for others, spontaneous healings will happen in the world. To be honest, I wouldn't even want to take credit for healing someone. God does the healing; we are merely channels for His will, love, and grace.

From what I can gather about my own experience with healing—using myself as the instrument, if you will—it seems like things had to go completely sideways first. I had to hit some kind of breaking point to actually tap into that potential, whether that meant dealing with someone else or just facing my own mess

It’s like... there had to be this overwhelming necessity, right? A moment where healing wasn't just an option, but became the only thing left on the table. That was the only way the awareness of healing could really flow through me

Or maybe I'm just being a bit dense about the whole thing. It feels like I only truly understood what needed to happen—and realized I actually had the capacity to do it—once I was backed into a corner

But then again, that kind of gets into territory that's a bit bigger than just "me." I suppose consciousness isn't really something we own or personalize anyway; it's more of a universal thing

Thomas Nelson25 said:Supposedly they can work remotely without even our consent. ☕
I'm guessing there has to be some kind of connection or a specific "program" involved—some sort of recognition. Even if those psychics act as intermediaries, you ask about someone, and then somehow that info just clicks into their mind and they see everything... aha. 😁

If I don't want to be healed, who's actually got the authority to do anything to me?

wearyowl29 said:If I don't want to be healed, who's actually got the authority to do anything to me?

In some cases, even then—they actually believe in that stuff, or they just can ('esp')

It all comes down to being open. As this one famous healer puts it, if you aren't willing to help yourself, even God can't step in.
I think I made my point quite clearly.
So, I guess everything relies on faith—whether that's in someone else or in yourself. Until you actually internalize that and open up, there’s no help coming from anyone. But if you just crack the door open a little, help tends to arrive on its own.
It’s always a matter of "if"... which means you have to know who to turn to. Everyone's vibrations are different, and that's really the only way to tell who you should align with. Some people just click with you, and others don't. Some learn from this person, others from that one. It doesn't much matter. The fact is, most people put all their faith in miracles and the impossible. But miracles don't exist. There is only ignorance.
Just feel it. Use your intuition; the brain and constant thinking don't really help. The brain is just a receiver... and it creates total chaos if it gets tangled up in doubt. So, yeah, it isn't exactly simple.

electrictinker26 said:I’ve spent a good deal of time studying healing over the last two or three years. Healing is absolutely possible, but I truly believe a person can only maintain that healing if they are convinced it actually happened. For example, you might experience a breakthrough, feel great about it, but then a few days later, those doubts creep back in. You start wondering, "Was that just a placebo? Did I just imagine it?" Once that doubt sets in, you find yourself right back where you started. The renowned teacher Joel Goldsmith suggests there are essentially only two forces at play: the power of God, where sickness simply cannot exist, and a second force. Most people put 99% of their faith into this second force, so when they encounter the first—God's power—they dismiss it as impossible. Kenneth Hagin often talks in his teachings about how he sits with people for long periods, talking through things until there is a sudden "click" in their minds. They realize God is real, and then spontaneous healing occurs. Both of these teachers are Christians, though they don't follow the Catholic tradition. On a personal note, I have seen firsthand how praying for others really works. You see someone receive a genuine sense of inspiration—that effortless ease of being that can only be Divine. We are the ones who created this heaviness we carry; I'm not sure why, but it's clear we could be living with complete awareness if we chose to. If God hadn't allowed evil to exist, we wouldn't even have the capacity to believe in Him. But once we recognize that God is real and decide we no longer want to participate in evil, we lose the desire to turn away from Him. I’ve actually thought about dedicating myself to healing because I see how much it can help people, though I don't think I would approach it the way those specific healers do. In my view, you simply need to become an instrument of God's will. If you pray for others, spontaneous healings will happen in the world. To be honest, I wouldn't even want to take credit for healing someone. God does the healing; we are merely channels for His will, love, and grace.

Man is a channel for Divine energy, but God is NEUTRAL. He does neither good nor evil. He simply emits His energy to everyone. Whether you choose to pray to a cross, shout into the wind, or stare at a chalkboard, it doesn't matter to Him.
So, you HAVE TO BE ACTIVE, or there is nothing to be gained from any of this, not even from God.

That praying thing is nothing more than concentration; everyone believes in whatever they want. Babbling through prayers is useless, just like the way some Popish types sell comfort and holy water. I guess there must be a will, an energy, a visualization of the goal, and action. And you have to hammer at it until you get bored.☕

Susan Gonzalez said:Man is a channel for Divine energy, but God is NEUTRAL. He does neither good nor evil. He simply emits His energy to everyone. Whether you choose to pray to a cross, shout into the wind, or stare at a chalkboard, it doesn't matter to Him.
So, you HAVE TO BE ACTIVE, or there is nothing to be gained from any of this, not even from God.

That praying thing is nothing more than concentration; everyone believes in whatever they want. Babbling through prayers is useless, just like the way some Popish types sell comfort and holy water. I guess there must be a will, an energy, a visualization of the goal, and action. And you have to hammer at it until you get bored.☕

We're basically channels for God's energy. 🙄
And God stays neutral. (That part actually makes sense to me).

Honestly, the idea that nobody even knows what God really is? Makes way more sense.