I spent many years attempting to heal countries and regional conflicts. A friend once told me: "When the Secretary of State sneezes, you catch a cold." I drilled into political quagmires and designed projects to make the world a safer place. I warned about looming water shortages and forged plans for water peace. But just when I felt secure in my niche, confident that my mission was worthy and right -- I heard a tiny but audible chord from within heralding a new journey. A CNN reporter was conducting an interview in my home on a Saturday morning. The journalist was intense and sincere. She looked at her notes -- and then over my head into the camera. The film was rolling. She asked a question about acute water sharing shortages in Israel and Jordan. I was confident that my soundbite reply would be understood by the viewing audience. But while responding, I was also aware of a competing desire from my heart: to change the subject. My friendships and interests had changed over time, almost without notice. Most of my friends were in alternative health fields. News, in their view, was mostly noise. Instead, they shared rich, riveting information about natural healing. They told me about exciting possibilities for human vitality and joy. About healing secrets lost over the ages. I journeyed in my mind to the temples of ancient Egypt, to the curative caves of the Dead Sea and glided alongside the wisdom of history's greatest water travelers, the Phoenicians. I found myself drawn to the Bible as a resource on water and health. King Solomon reminds us that where water is scarce, water is wealth: "I constructed pools of water to irrigate a forest springing up with trees...Thus I gained more wealth than anyone before me in Jerusalem." In Chronicles it is written, "The Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David...by a covenant of salt." I learned that without a proper cellular balance between water and salt, our bodies cannot survive. Even the richest or most powerful among us is not stronger than the irrevocable alliance between water and salt -- a simple fact that is inexplicably out of reach for most people. Several months following the CNN interview, I was invited to New York for a meeting on my proposal for a Mideast Water Trust. I flew in from Washington, arrived at my hotel at 8:30 at night and was assigned to a room on the 12th floor. The room reaked of smoke. I called the desk and was told that an 11th floor room was available. The hotel porter reversed course with my luggage. We headed back to the elevator for a 30 second trip to the floor below. He pushed the 11th floor button, but the elevator did not stop at the 11th floor. It bounced down to the 11th floor, and thereafter the 10th floor and every floor thereafter, until we hit the lobby. Witht the press of an elevator button, the universe jolted me into a vastly different journey -- how to heal a neck injury that was to become my new constant companion! Healing, health, wellness, wealth -- all lead back to a common source. One cannot be IN wealth if body, spirit or home is in pain or under stress. I no longer deal with intractable conflicts. I focus only on hope and victory. The journey of renewal transported me finally to the most ancient waters on earth -- the Primal Sea -- and to true remnant of these pure waters: the healing Salt Solution. I discovered How to Heal Myself! I hope that my personal voyage can also help others discover how to Be In Good Wealth. Copyright by Dr. Joyce Starr, 2005. All Rights Reserved. =============================================================== |
