In our current mainstream health care system, when someone undergoes normal diagnostic testing and the results come back negative or inconclusive, it is because the technology used is measuring only the most dense layers of the human energy field, namely, the physical body. They might tell you that your pain is only “in your head” and there is no disease. These analytical devices called MRI, X-ray, CAT scan and ultrasound, to name a few, utilize energy to visualize and indicate disease when contrasted to normal, healthy tissue. Once the disease process becomes firmly established in the physical body, this quantitative measurement becomes useful.

What does it mean, then, when test results are negative, yet a person continues to experience pain?

Pain is always a message from our body or emotions to alert us that our self-awareness has dulled or that we lack clarity about some aspect of our life. For instance, it often happens that an individual is engaged in a relationship that has run its course, yet remains with the partner or spouse; he or she might develop an illness. The circumstances that arise from the health challenge exert new demands on the couple—demands that can forge the partnership anew or destroy the union. Severe relationship issues might manifest as back pain (feeling unsupported in life) and connective tissue disorders.