Beginning with thought process and visualization, the use of energy to heal can be very powerful indeed!
If thoughts and emotions cannot significantly affect one's health, why do stressed persons often develop high blood pressure? Skeptics can be pointed to any number of scientific studies showing for example how, under hypnosis, a subject given water to drink (but told it is vodka) acts drunk while another subject given vodka (but told it was water) did not; the subconscious believes the suggestion and causes the chemical reaction in the body to occur. Once awakened, the subjects who were told they drank vodka still acted drunk, even after being told they only drank water.
So how does this apply to the average Joe/Jane who doesn't make a habit of trying to get drunk from water? Well, what is the first thought that occurs to you when you awaken? Is it "I'm alive! Another day! What can I accomplish?" or is it more like, "Oh no...gotta get up again...I really don't want to go to work today...I hate my boss?" From the moment you awaken, you begin your day...and the rest of your life. As you think in your gut, you are. Negative self-thought can literally destroy you! If you live in dread, boredom, thinking you are getting old, going nowhere, getting fat, after not too long, you probably will!
If you think you will never be able to jump higher than 2 feet, you probably won't. This is why many sports teams hire sports psychologists and undergo hypnotherapy.
It is also possible to hypnotize yourself. You can also affect change by consciously choosing to change the words you use in thought and in speech. Make a decision to have ONE POSITIVE THOUGHT when you awaken every morning - no matter how tired, despondent or (insert your problem here) you are, do it anyway. Begin your day from there, and see what happens. How easy is it for you to make a choice between investing your money in a lucrative investment or literally burning it in the fireplace? Consider your thoughts more valuable. Do you waste your thoughts? Fantasy? Dread? Boredom? Feelings of worthlessness? Anger? Resentment? If so, you are burning your thoughts and energy in a fireplace.
Change your mind. Invest excellent thought and energy into your worthy self and others! Do absolutely everything that you do with love. Treat absolutely everyone that you know with love. Grow everything you plant with love, and watch your life and health flourish. Notice what happens to everyone and everything around you.
Using thought to control energy flow involves visualization and the understanding of how energy moves through the major channels of our beings. Clearing the central column will allow abundant energy to clear other blockages in our limbs and organs. JUST THINKING and seeing with your mind's eye will actually cause events.
Is it truly any wonder that our minds can heal us as well as harm us? Our minds control our energy - use it only for good.