Welcome.
Lisa Natoli.
Lisa Natoli is an author and spiritual teacher. She shares her journey of illness, healing and Self discovery in her memoir, The Joy of Being. As a teacher, she invites people to investigate how they see themselves, others and the world as a beginning step to awakening and healing. She places an emphasis on how a spiritual practice of observing thoughts, beliefs, the body, the mind and the stories you hold about yourself can transform the seemingly difficult parts of your life into something beautiful: a pathway that leads to a recognition of your true nature as peace, light and happiness.
I have always been fascinated by how Jesus healed, how miracles occur and how manifestation happens.
I read metaphysical books, the bible, studied spiritual teachings and experimented with everything I was reading. I visualized. I meditated. I did affirmations. I "acted as if" I was "my future self" (as many of the books suggest - to ignore your current reality and "live in the end" - as if what you want is already here. I did all that. I forgave everything and everything. I changed my thoughts. I replaced beliefs. I was devoted to God. I was devoted to being a light in this world, being helpful, extending love.
I didn't know it at the time (what I know now) but back then I entirely identified with the body, the mind, the thoughts as "me" and "I." All the practices I was doing were an attempt to change my experience.
In 2013, I got sick with an incurable autoimmune disease that conventional medicine, alternative approaches, and spiritual practices could not heal.
This ended up being the best thing that ever happened.
After trying everything to heal with no success, I decided I was done with trying to heal.
In 2018, I began to allow everything to be exactly as it - the pain, the physical symptoms, the thoughts and stories that I had been believing and listening to.
Instead of trying to heal the body or heal the mind, I was now simply in observation of everything.
This led gradually to the recognition of this inner aliveness as my true Self, our real Self which is complete happiness with no sickness, suffering, struggling or sorrow.
I came to know directly that Presence is what heals. Oneness with God, which is Love.
This is how Jesus was healing. He (Jesus, the man) wasn't doing anything. Healing was simply happening because he was identified as our true real nature which is timeless, eternal and infinite. He gives the whole formula in his statement "I and the Father are one." The "Father" is our timeless nature. And when we are being what we are, miracles occur naturally. This is how manifestation happens.
And what else did Jesus say?
He said "Greater things will you do" and he was talking to you and he meant it.
