Don West, Jr.

The Legacy Specialist

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

For this post to make proper sense and to be understood in the proper context, it will require a little bit of background to understand my personal spiritual journey to properly interpret recent events.  As a child I was blessed to have a very deeply rooted biblical education, starting with a regular emphasis and practice in my both my parents’ and both sets of grandparents’ homes.  When I was in second grade my parents moved to Huntsville, Alabama to place our family in the center of a Seventh Day Adventist University campus. During my childhood I was deeply enthralled by all of the stories in the Bible, especially of Jesus and abundant love. As a child with a vibrant and active imagination, I regularly had all kinds of day dreams and fantasies about hanging out with my friend Jesus. 

From this very young age, I have maintained a question about how all the various and scattered peoples on the earth, all those who were not within the immediate reach of the Fertile Crescent, seemed to have no opportunity to relate or commune with the one true god and his wonderfulness.  It seemed very clear from the teachings I received as a child that the Jews, and later the Christians through Christ’s death, were availed of a relationship with the Creator of our world and universe.  But it also taught that everyone else was outside of relationship and communion with the Creator.  This question would knawel on the edges of my mind for over the next 30 years.  Around the age of16 I stopped attending church regularly, and by 19 years old I was intellectuallychallenging the veracity of the happy messages of Jesus from my childhood. 

Through my dark years of having no spiritual base or refuge I would classify myself as an agnostic, not sure of what there was out there, but pretty sure it was not simply nothing.  After meeting my wife to be, Kaynaz back in 2001, I returned to church due to her positive influence, although not regularly.  From the inception of the path laid out for me as a child I began a quest of investigation seeking understanding that crossed the paths of Quantum Physics, The Institute of Noetic Sciences,Metphysics and many of the world’s religions including Christianity, Buddasim, Taoism, Zorastraianism, Islam and many ancient religions from Africa, South America and Asia.  And then in or about 2005, I was introduced to a book by Dr. Wayne Dyer. 

Dr. Dyer’s teaching resonated with me in a very powerful way, I could not get enough ofhis words and insights.  My beliefs evolved to understand that everything throughout the fabric of our Universe is energy, and a connected energy at that. In quantum physics this phenomenon is encapsulated in modern String Theory.  Comparing the teachings of the various religions I began to see evidence of what I call, the One Message; delivered by numerous messengers of various shapes, sizes and designations throughout history.  With each discovery and insight I would thrust myself deeper down the rabbit hole.  There are so many sources to add to your experience, especially if you are a reader.

So that is the background that brings us forward to about three weeks ago when I received a Facebook message from an old friend and former client of mine, Ricky Williams, saying he was in Orange County, California and asking if I would be around that evening.  I messaged him back and we eventually made plans to get together later at his hotel. I had not seen or spoken to Rick for six or seven years, so the abilityof Facebook to make a reunion possible was exciting and a sign of the new world we live in.  The plan was to meet Rick athis hotel and take it from there.

So, later that evening as I walked up to room 301 I was uncertain about what to expect.  I was about to walk in and visit with my old friend Rick, a friend whom according to all public accounts had engage in an amazing life journey during that time-span since we last met. Through the public accounts, I knew he had spent a significant amount of time studying yoga and eastern healing techniques, and this left me pondering how had my friend changed since our last encounter.  I pushed open the slightly ajar door and there at the table in a silent hotel room sat a serene looking Ricky Williams,smiling over the book that he was reading. He popped up from his seat and crossed the room and gave me a welcoming hug.  Over the next few hours Rick shared the journey he’d traveled over the past decade, including Yoga in Australia,his experiences with Prantic Healing, a form of energy healing, and his discovery of Osteopathic Medicine.  The tome he was reading upon my arrival was the autobiography of Andrew T. Still, the founder of the osteopathic medical field.

I was shocked that in a sense my friend had not changed very much at all. He still had the same endearing magnetism, at times stunningly brilliant with a sharp-witted humor.  We talked of quantum physics and metaphysics.  I shared how my spiritual journey included the discovery of the teachings of Dr.Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra.  It was a sharing session of two people who have been on a quest of both education and enlightenment, highlighted by Rick’s expression of his talents for healing.  As he continued to convey with deep passion the importance of energy and having an understanding and relationship with the energy that surrounds us. The imagery was fascinating as most of the he knowledge he conveyed was delivered with a heavy dose of eastern philosophic influence.

I was shocked by the depth of understanding and passion Rick had for the things he was studying.  It seemed so coincidental that all that I had been studying was leading me to this place ~ “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”  His path, conviction, and the ideologies he shared moved me to humbly ask that Rick become my guide, my teacher.  He quickly responded that he would assist me and also offered to perform a Pranic energy healing for me. 

How did the healing experienceunfold?  I have always felt the energies within and around me, but for most of my life these experiences occurred in what is called an unconsciously aware state. That is to say, I felt the energies, aware of there presence, but had not actual knowledge of what they really were or how they functioned. In recent years I have become more aware of the power, characteristics and presence of energies all throughout the universe.  So Rick informed me that I would need about a half an hour where I could be relaxed and uninterrupted.  Once we found a mutually agreeable time, the session began.  There is no touching/physical contact that takes place during the energy healing session, so lyingin a very relaxed position, Rick instructed me to say a short invocation and affirmationof acceptance of the power of energy healing. In the relaxed state, I began to focus on my breathing and heartbeat, as I have done in meditation sessions, a technique I use to become more aware and in tune with my own energy flow.  As I relaxed and I also became aware of strange sensations in my legs, it is hard to actually describe, but the normal vibrations and feeling of my legs was disrupted, they felt different as if it were being manipulated.  I felt similar disruption/manipulation in various locations most often associated with the Chakras as well as in what I believe to be my liver.  But the amazing thing was not the unusual feelings and sensations within my own body during the session; it was not until days afterward when I noticed how my entire energy flow had returned to decades ago, when I was filled with vigor and confidence.  What I discovered is that within us are deep wells and reservoirs of energy that flows from the Source.  There are all sorts of ways for our energy flows to become blocked, slowed or turned off all together.  These very things had occurred to me casuing energy blockages, and again I was unconsciously aware that something was drastically different, prior to the healing session I had remarked to myself that I was not feeling like the same old Don, that my passion and energy seemed to have fizzled away.  But through the session and a bit of insight received from Rick on the heavy importance of energy to everything we see, think, feel and experience.  I am now consciously aware of the energies I encounter every moment and have embarked on a path to better understanding and embrace these boundless energies.  If your journey has allowed this post to spark a curiosity about how an energy healing could change your life then I encourage you to engage a healer, I would recommend Rick based on personal experience, and start your journey of discovery today.

You can reach Rick and schedule a healing through his foundation at www.RickyWilliamsFoundation.com