Testimonials

From a February 8, 2011 blog post called Our Body Is A Gift by Martha Harbison

When I asked what to expect of the medicine path of awakening, I was told that the substances would take me where I need to go. That certainly proved to be the case. As strange as this may sound to some, I am very grateful for having had this experience. It changed my whole orientation toward life. But, needless to say, my further participation on this particular path was no longer appropriate for me. It had taken me to the other side and back – that was plenty! And, I do not recommend the approach I took. It can be very dangerous to our bodies and hurtful to our loved ones as it was to mine!

With Jim’s help, I was finally able to make it home nine days after my NDE. I could barely walk, couldn’t cook and definitely wasn’t able to drive. Jim was supportive of me as we traveled home together but he, along with the rest of my family, had been traumatized by the event. It would be years until I would be able to acknowledge and connect to their pain. I was riding the wave of my experience. All I wanted to do was lie in my bed, listen to Kundalini chant and recollect myself. I mean, literally, recollect myself. I felt very disintegrated. It was like my body, mind and emotions were all separate, having very different experiences. Even my cells seemed to be going in different directions. My acupuncturist, Denise, came to my bedside and began the process of putting me back together. I had sessions with her twice a week for six months to achieve that end. Jim stayed with me for the first few days, but I found his energy very debilitating. He was drinking a lot and ranting about what I had done to myself. I had to ask him to leave and go back to his apartment. I knew there was no way that I would be able to heal with that type of energy around me. I just needed to keep listening to one chant by Snatam Kaur called the Guru Gaitri Mantra which calls out, in Gurumukhi – the language of Kundalini — eight of the key aspects of the God force:

Gobinday———–Sustainer

Mukanday———–Liberator

Udaray————–Enlightener

Apaaray————-Infinite

Hariang————-Destroyer

Kariang————-Creator

Nirnamay———–Nameless

Akaamay————Desireless

I lie there with my CD player programed on automatic repeat listening to this one chant, over and over for hours on end.

I couldn’t really take care of myself, so when Jim left at my request, that is when my dear friends moved in. Laurie, Judy, Debbie, Gail, Alyson, Julie, Carol and many others. For about a week they stayed with me, cooked for me and drove me to and from my appointments. I am eternally grateful for their assistance. Laurie, in particular, was very concerned about me. While I was still in New Mexico, Debbie took a group on a yoga retreat to Pura Vida USA in Georgia. I was supposed to have gone too but, of course, could not. While there, Laurie and others worked with a phenomenal healer — Gregg Ward. Laurie said, “We have got to get Gregg to come to Charlotte to work on Martha!” And that is exactly what they did.

I had already gone to my energy healer, Nina, who was very concerned about me as well. While working on me she had said, “Martha, I see this black bird of prey type energy connected to the center of your back. I don’t know what to do with it.” That sounded weird to me. I just assumed she was picking up the trauma from my spine right behind my heart where it had collapsed, causing me to lose an inch and a half in height. But, in working with Gregg, I learned otherwise.

Gregg is a very different kind of guy and a highly skilled healer. When you are in real trouble, as I was, he is definitely your go-to guy. The best way I can describe him is that he is truly a channel for divine healing. Here is a short video of Gregg explaining in very understandable terms what he does and how it works on our body, emotions, mind and spirit.

As I walked into the room where Gregg was working, I was gray in color, my spine was rounded from the collapse and I had little energy. He took one look at me and said, “Do you know that you are not in your body?” My first response was, “Well, that does not come as a surprise to me.” and proceed to tell him what I had just been through. He then went on to explain that while I had been out of my body during the near death something had moved it. It was preventing me from reinhabiting myself. I know, this sounds really, really weird; it even gets weirder! It is so weird that I haven’t told many people. But, all I’m doing is telling you exactly what happened. Just ask Laurie!

Gregg started working on me and somehow got me in touch with the being that was inside of me. It looked like a half man – half large cat in a cage with bars. It was pacing back and forth and was clearly frantic to get out. Gregg told me to send it to the seventh realm – which he explained is the realm where everything is returned to oneness. I wasn’t sure where that was but I was going to do what I was told. As I energetically opened the door to the barred cage, the being came flying out as fast as it could. Before it disappeared into the 7th realm it turned around and said to me, “Thank God! If I had to listen to that chant one more time I was going to go insane!” And with that, he was gone. I kind of chuckled to myself and thought, “Wow, the constant vibration of the chant had somehow protected me from this thing.” About that time, Gregg had me turn over on my stomach so he could work on my back. As I did that, I heard him exclaim, “Oh my God.”

There was another being attached to the center of my back – right at the back of my heart. He described it as a black astral tick and explained it was sucking the life force out of me. This is what Nina had also seen as a black bird of prey. The man/cat being that had been inside of me had actually been a place holder, protecting me from this menacing thing – whatever it was. Apparently, to have a body is a real gift because only certain kinds of lessons can be learned in the density of physical experience. Very few beings get one. So when a body becomes “available” as mine did due to my NDE, all kind of things can move in! Who knew!!

Gregg immediately started working on extracting the tick from my back; it did not want to let go. It had found a juicy new home and it was determined to stay. Working together, we energetically cut it in pieces and finally were able to remove it. It left deep astral scars on the back of my heart from which I am still healing. Believe me, this is as close to an exorcism as I ever want to get!

When Gregg completed his work of removing the beings, he then did whatever he did to bring me back into my body. He started at my toes and worked upward. It felt as if I was putting on a very tight wet suit. Once he had completed his work, I felt like I was fully inhabiting my body for the first time in my life. It was a very good feeling. Laurie was waiting for me outside the treatment room. As I walked out, she took one look at me and said very enthusiastically, “You’re back!” That was great to hear. On the way home, I got further confirmation of the impact of Gregg’s work. I called Jim to let him know I was on my way home. He said to me “Wow, you sound like yourself again.”

I didn’t tell anyone about this session with Gregg for quite some time. I still feel really strange writing about it. I am open to a lot, but this is even really out there for me. So, think what you want. What I can say is that after Gregg’s session my recovery went on a fast track. My doctor was amazed at how quickly I recovered my core strength, my energy, my pre-NDE blood pressure and even some of my height. I certainly will never take my body for granted again. It is truly a gift and while I still have it, I’m going to make sure it gets a lot of TLC!