David Isaacson
Master of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (ret.)
Ordained Minister
Bio
As a young boy, I loved comic books... “Dr Strange: Master of the Mystic Arts” was my favorite .Doc Strange had amazing mystic abilities... and I wondered "what if it was for real ? (kids... they have such active imaginations). And then Iran across Martin Bubers "Tales of the Hasidim" - a collection of“true” stories of Jewish mystics and miracle workers of 16th-19th century Europe. I can’t imagine the effect books like “Harry Potter” are having upon the youth of today, but when I read this one book, it dawned on me that a magical spiritual life might not be a fairy tale after all but rather an experiential reality - and if others lived this sort of life (no matter how far in the distant past) so could I. But where are these people now who could guide me ? I had no clue, yet the ideas were planted in my impressionable young mind, and grew to a yearning that for the life of me, I could not resist.
At the age of 17 I became an "Eagle Scout" of the Boy Scouts of America.It was not quite the spiritual ideal I had in mind, but it was (in its own way) something noble.
I had just started my third year at the University of California (Irvine) majoring in a new field called “Social Ecology”,when I read Paramahansa Yoganandas’ "Autobiography of a Yogi". Here was the real deal - a spiritual teacher who not only embodied my Divine Ideals, but lived in the modern world ! Unfortunately, Yogananda had passed on many years before, but the possible reality of my dream was now awakened... and even though my friends and family thought I was crazy, I immediately left school to pursue my search in earnest.
Over many years, this “quest” has lead me to explore many religious traditions: Jewish, Christian, Moslem, Taoist, Buddhist,Hindu, American Indian....
practice many spiritual paths: Sufi, Subud, Siddha Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Dowsing, Spiritual Response Therapy, Reiki Tummo, DNA Theta Core Belief Reprogramming...
and work with many teachers and healers.
And the process of “Awakening” continues....
| Stored away in some part of the Inner Self, there reside all ones latent gifts and talents - results of efforts taken over countless past lives in this and other dimensions. The first challenge for the incarnated soul- enchanted and intoxicated by the illusions (Maya) of this material dimension - is in “Waking Up” to this higher knowledge. |
We cannot be “Awakened”... until we are first loosened from the attachments we form to the confines of our material reality - until we are "fed up" or disillusioned with the limitations of our“ comfort zones”. Spirit achieves this through the intervention of“Grace” - as received in the healing sessions... or through some painful cataclysmic traumas - such as in a near death experience. This last event wasn't the particular catalyst Spirit had in mind for me (yet). Rather, there were a number of little traumatic events (symbolic deaths and terrible disappointments) that managed to push me outside of the box, and over the edge... again and again.
There are numerous side lines we take as we are engaged with the world - the pursuit of love and money are the big ones. We are inundated with the cultural messages and biological imperatives that say ones purpose in life is found in ones career and in relationships. And of course on some level, this is true, yet this truth can only take one so far - until the disillusionment of that temporal reality hits home and ones world comes crashing down.
There was the divorce from the woman who (I thought) I was going to spend the rest of my life with... and the subsequent loss of my 2 beautiful children as they (literally) flew away to the other side of the world.Both events ended the notion of the “living happily ever after" fantasy. Yet through this experience,there was born the commitment to overcome and heal everything inside me which led to this happening (this is the classic“wounded healer” achetype).
About this same time I had been studying with someone who I believed was this great spiritual master. Then I found out he was physically and sexually abusing some of his students (not me, thank God!). “How could such a‘spiritual’ being do these sorts of things?” and “How could I have been so bamboozled into believing in him ?” (I have received letters from clients who have had similar experiences - so it must not be a novel event, or else this guy really gets around!). On top of my divorce and the loss of my kids, what a massive disappointment all this was becoming. I began to entertain the possibility that everything about my life and my spirituality was a lie. I can see why people easily get disenchanted with the spiritual path - the people advocating it are all human with human character flaws. But don't throw the“spiritual baby" out with the bath water just yet - there are still some good “spiritual people” out there (one helped me transition through this crisis). All in all, besides sharpening my discrimination, this experience helped loosen my attachment to the "outer" and allowed me to become more consciously aware of my "Inner Master".
In the mean time, I continued to follow my "dream" (to be a healer). After completing 2years of pre-med. studies, I was accepted into Western States Chiropractic College.
Two weeks into the second semester, I had a very vivid dream. I was standing in front of our class of some 130 people and saying “No matter how much time and money we have invested to get here, we can always make another choice. It is never too late to do something else.I feel that this path is not for me - it is not making me happy,so I am going to let it go and drop out."
This was very odd. I had made so many sacrifices and went through so many hoops to get to this place, yet this one dream was telling me give this up ? For all that I believed about what I was doing, I should have been excited about waking up every morning and going to school, but when I searched my feelings,I realized that I really was not happy doing this trip. If I gave up on my dream (which I thought was to be a Chiropractor) what would I do then? Yet I could not ignore this message, nor the feelings it showed me... so I took a chance and quit school, in the very same way my dream showed me... and it felt RIGHT.Later that year, I heard that 2senior students committed suicide (too bad they did not hear my speech and make another choice - it's never too late to change - there is always hope).
A few weeks after I left school, a palpable wall of blackness descended in front of my life (when I closed my eyes I could even see it). I had followed my dream and now here it was –shattered... no discernible future, a big unpaid student loan... wasted time, energy and money... what a big disappointment. "Now what? How do I pick up the pieces of my life?Where do I go? what do I do?". To keep the thread of my “dream” alive,I decided to enrole at The Oregon School of Massage... then The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. Three years later, I graduated with a master’s degree in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (1992)... and so began my“formal” healing practice.
I had followed the bread crumbs of some dream or another... all of which lead me to this“officially” recognized career as a licensed"Healer”... yet something was still missing. I finally "made it" (see the diplomas on the wall) yet I still had a nagging feeling that “Acupuncture” wasn’t the "final" answer.
A few years later I went to Saudi Arabia to work as an Acupuncturist in an alternative health clinic (with the potential to make enough money to pay off my student loans in 2 years). After 3 months, the clinic owner still had not gotten his business license (it was a political thing), and we were all sent back home. I had to ask "what message was the universe sending me in this event ?" In this and other events, I finally read the writing on the wall -the universe is not going to support me doing Acupuncture - it's time to gracefully"let it go".
"When one door closes, another door opens"
Fortunately,throughout all these past few years (as I was following the guidance of my"Inner Master") I was opening up to some other unique forms of healing work. I wasn't quite sure what to call"It", or what "It" actually was. I didn't even know if I could earn a living doing"It", but whatever, 'It" was sure interesting... and I was getting results that were a lot more effective and amazing than acupuncture.I figured, Ok, the "A" (Acupuncture) door is closed...let's see where the "B" (Beyond) door takes me... and here we are.
Acknowledgments
“One cannot give what one has not received.”
A huge part of my path has been the receiving of grace from other spiritual practitioners. No matter how great or small, long or short the association,I would like to gratefully acknowledge a few of these people for their unique gifts and special influences in my life: Marcy Calhoon, Swami Muktananda, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Jacques Wetselar, Sedra Ranae, Ruth Childs, Audie Davison,Frank Jordan,Robert Detsler, Gemma Smith, Mary Margaret Rose, Jeannie Mackie, Annie Chapman, Grace Stevens, Anita Stewart, Racquel Palmesi, Charles McCall, Karen Abrams, Marina Rose, Moira Shephard and Tanya Sheikh. And to those many others - I do thank you one and all.
David the Spirit works very closely with countless beings who make up the Spiritual Hierarchy. He has a pure attunement to the Divine Directive (the "Universal Plan"), expressing in his work the Spiritual Authority, Healing Power, Transformational Consciousness, Divine Light,and Will of the Master.
David the Person is a human being (just like you) experiencing the unique opportunities offered in this dimension. He is totally committed to the enlightenment of all beings, the ascension of the whole planetary body into the higher dimensions, and the embodiment of Divine Love inhuman form.
All those sincere seekers who are willing to go beyond their limitations and comfort zones are invited to experience his work.
"Peace and Blessings, Love and Light"
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