July/August
2006
Holographic healing:
The promise of renewal
through EMC2’s AIM program
By Roz Brown
All energetic healing requires a leap of faith. Reiki, the practice
of transmitting healing energy through the hands, comes to mind. But reflexology,
acupuncture, homeopathy, color therapy and even Network Chiropractic also
require that we believe, despite a lack of empirical evidence, that healing
is possible through manipulation of spiritual energy.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge, said Albert Einstein.
“For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire
world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.”
Einstein was not referencing energetic healing when he introduced his
theory of relativity: Emc2. So, he may or may not be concerned that a
version of his well-known equation has been appropriated to describe the
Energy Matrix Church of Consciousness (EMC2). EMC2 uses a program called
AIM (All-Inclusive Method) that is said to remove energetic imbalances.
According to Stephen Lewis, co-founder of EMC2, energetic imbalances exist
in a person’s “energy matrix,” which we can also think
of as the higher self; these imbalances can impede the flow of life. The
EMC2 program is said to remove those imbalances once they are brought
to conscious awareness.
“EMC2 is about the miraculous possibilities that emerge when we
see the universe as a matrix of frozen light,” says Lewis. “We
are finally beginning to understand the spiritual and mystical implications
of his (Einstein’s) discovery.”
In Lewis’ theory, both simple illness and serious disease are caused
by a lower order of consciousness. Raise the consciousness, he says, and
you can remove the disease.
Lewis introduced his EMC2 theories through his novel, Sanctuary: The Path
to Consciousness (Hay House, 2002), co-authored with Evan Slawson. Slawson
met Lewis in the early 1990s when working with subtle energy and quantum
consciousness, and the two have been a team ever since. In the novel,
protagonist Max Stevens, described as a visionary genius, creates a paradise
where illness is reversed when those afflicted learn to “alter their
energetic matrix,” or spiritual essence. It turns out that Max is
able to identify the subtle energy imbalances in different areas of people’s
lives and bring them back into balance, thus creating harmony with their
higher selves.
Lewis became interested in energetics after studying religion, Oriental
philosophy and the work of Wilhelm Reich. Reich was a psychiatrist and
psychoanalyst who studied with Freud but was jailed when he refused to
stop promoting what he called orgone therapy. Reich believed orgone therapy
could harness energy to treat illnesses like cancer. As a practitioner
in Oregon, he rented “orgone accumulators,” boxes made of
wood or metal, to willing patients. His theory incorporated radionics,
also studied by Lewis, the premise that “every point in space and
time has a unique vibratory rate of resonance.” The belief in instant
resonance is said to allow for extra sensory perception (ESP), teleportation,
time travel and, in this case, healing.
Lewis believes that Reich’s work and the theory of radionics contain
the gem of genius, but failed their true potential. He says he had a revelation
while camping in the high desert and came to understand that technology
and consciousness are “inextricably bound.”
So, how do technology and consciousness merge? Energetic balancing is
considered the sacrament of the Energetic Matrix Church of Consciousness
(EMC2). AIM, a program that uses computer and photographic technology,
is thought to be the most effective method of achieving energetic balancing.
Let’s say you’re ill, and you believe in the energetic healing
of the universe as described by EMC2. That would also mean that you believe
that the current imbalances in your system have been caused by previous
events in your life, with some imbalances being hereditary. If you’re
active in the AIM program, you subscribe to the theory that AIM is the
most effective method to restore energy balance. To restore that balance,
you would provide a photograph of yourself that would be placed on the
Quantum-Consciousness Imprinting Device (QID) and scanned into the AIM
database of specifically programmed computers. These computers are programmed
to provide healing through what Lewis calls, “the spiritual technology
of the hologram.” Recipients may experience discomfort—an
energetic detox initially, a sort of “coming and going,” as
described by actress Linda Gray, before they begin to feel themselves
heal.
According to AIM literature, “The energetic information stored in
the software flows over the photograph continually. As a result, the individual
in the photograph receives the gentle template of balancing energetic
information 24 hours a day. The higher self accesses only the energetic
information that is needed to assist in balancing the human energy system,
thereby making it possible for the body to heal itself."
If you know anything about photography then you may know something about
the holographic principal central to Lewis’ work advancing the notion
that everything in the universe is a three-dimensional projection no more
real than a hologram. “Thus anything that is unique to you, including
your photograph, contains all existing information about you at any level,”
says Lewis. “I could use hair or spit or blood or a tooth, but photos
are easier to work with, and less invasive.” The hologram is about
energy, not about DNA. Energy is a wave. In other words, AIM might be
said to be a form of holographic prayer.
Introduced in 1998, AIM is a relative newcomer to the field of energetics,
but has nonetheless secured the following of many Hollywood stars and
also Dr. Wayne Dyer, the popular author, lecturer and spiritual teacher.
“My entire family participates in the AIM Program, and I have seen
wonderful results,” says Dyer. “Everything is energy. Everything
and everyone has a frequency. Those frequencies that are out of balance
with our natural harmony can be identified and removed. I know this to
be true. I have seen the process at work.”
AIM charges between $600 and $1,000 per year for its energetic healing,
but offers family plans and discounts to those who have proof of disability.
To be a part of the program, you must first find a local facilitator through
the EMC2 website, and with his or her help, complete an application. A
recent photograph, full length if possible, must be included in the application.
Upon receiving the application at the reading center in Santa Monica,
CA, EMC2 performs a “Life Force” reading, prior to starting
the energetic healing process. And the EMC2 Web site highly recommends
purchase of Sanctuary: The Path to Consciousness.
All of this requires a huge leap of faith—and EMC2 promoters freely
acknowledge that their energetic concepts are based on faith, rather than
science. In fact, the disclaimer in their literature states: “The
devices used by EMC2 and the techniques associated with these devices
have no acknowledged scientific or medical value.” And Lewis is
careful about what he claims AIM will do for you. “EMC2 does not
cure anything,” he says. “In fact, we don’t heal anything
either. What
we do very simply is help you heal yourself.”
Many who are part of the AIM community agree. “Nothing has come
close to what this program has done for me,” says a local EMC2 facilitator.
“This is a form of technological prayer—healing on the quantum
level by raising consciousness.” Another four-year participant and
second-year facilitator says his work with the AIM program has eliminated
shadows in his mind that prevented him from being all he could be.
In Homer’s classic, The Odyssey, Odysseus makes his own leap of
faith when he jumps from his raft into the sea rather than face certain
death at the hands of Poseidon. AIM is not without its critics, but if
certain death or continued illness is all that lies ahead, AIM may be
worth further investigation.
Resources for the AIM program
For more information, see the following:
• www.energeticmatrix.com
• www.acreativejourney.com/emc2/index.html
• www.unitedglobalnetwork.com
• Sanctuary: the Path to Consciousness, Stephen Lewis and
Evan Slawson, (Hay House, 2000).
The following Nexus advertisers are independent EMC2 facilitators. Go
to the page number listed after their names for more information about
their services.
• Sharon Akiyama, 303-286-7562; pages 31 and 51
• Merle Means, 970-984-3434; page 31
• Patti Middleton, 303-828-4183; pages 31 and 51
• Todd Oja, 720-319-6608; pages 31 and 51
