Physician, Heal Thyself

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Full Moon | April 12, 2025 | 23 Libra 20’

“But what if I should discover that the least among them all, the poorest of all the beggars, the most impudent of all the offenders, the very enemy himself—that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness—that I myself am the enemy who must be loved—what then?”   —Carl Jung

In her landmark book, Heal Your Body, Louise Hay says that disease can be reversed by simply reversing mental patterns.

As an adult, Louise had been diagnosed with having cancer of the vagina and knew it related to childhood trauma—rape at the age of five and battered as a child. By the time of her diagnosis, she had been a teacher of self-healing for several years. She saw this as an opportunity to practice what she taught. She realized that if she had the operation to get rid of the cancer without clearing the mental pattern that created it, the doctors would keep cutting her until there was no more Louise to cut. She reasoned that if she cleared the mental pattern that was causing the cancer, then she might not need a doctor’s intervention. She collaborated with a teacher to clear old patterns of resentment about which she was unconscious. She also collaborated with a good nutritionist to detox her body. In six months, she no longer had any form of cancer and avoided the need for surgery or other treatment.

The same is true for our ailing life experiences. If we can discover how we are drawing certain experiences to us and change the thought patterns that attract them, then we stand the chance of healing our life.

This Full Moon is in the Venus-ruled mental sign of Libra. The Full Moon is a big bright mirror of the self (Sun in Aries, conjunct Chiron, the wounded healer.) The default motion is to project upon others (represented by Libra) as the source of our pains and the holders of our chains. However, if we project what ails us onto others, where is our power to heal? We have no power to act in the center of their experience, nor can they act in the center of ours. No matter how egregious we believe the behavior of others to be, we must look to ourselves to be the change.

Mahatma Gandhi suggested that we be the change. If we have unacknowledged inner turmoil and self-hate, we might feel called to blame others, but if we loved ourselves and nurtured ourselves through crisis, we might find more inner stability.

The other challenge that the Moon in Libra presents is that we try to get the approval of others. “I can’t do what 10,000 people want me to do,” sang Otis Redding. Lionel Rich sang, “I can’t be what people want me to be.” However, we can effectively use the Moon in Libra if we see it as an objectified reflection of our own balance. The best response is to be here now—not to ruminate on our past or focus on the future.

Beware of the false self—the identity we construct based on our thoughts, emotions and external circumstances. Shift focuses from identifying with mental chatter to embracing the present. Right action arises from the stillness of the present.

“As long as you think that the cause of your problem is “out there”—as long as you think that anyone or anything is responsible for your suffering—the situation is hopeless. It means that you are forever in the role of victim, that you’re suffering in paradise.” Byron Katie

Practicum

From “The Work,” by Byron Katie.Contemplate a thought that distresses you, like, nobody takes me seriously. Ask yourself:

1. Is it true?

2. Can you absolutely know that it’s true?

3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?

4. Who would you be without that thought?