David Cunningham and the Buddha

I met David in Ireland in 1996. Our house and its magical surroundings had become a little centre for all sorts of people to visit. They were able to feel the energy of this location and found it to be extremely therapeutic. David used one of our rooms for a while to carry out his healing practice. He became a good friend. He told me how his life had changed and why he had become a healer.

In 1990 David was the manager of the International Hotel in Kuwait. When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait David was taken hostage along with many others. During his one hundred day captivity, placed in prisons close to military installations, his life changed completely. On several occasions he would be woken in the middle of the night, blindfolded and taken out into the desert. Each time this happened he thought that death was imminent. It was during these circumstances that David made peace with his God and promised to use his gifts as a healer to help others.

I watched David work and was impressed with the results, so I decided to have a session with him. David’s work covers more than the physical aspect of disease or imbalance and I wanted to see what would happen to me whilst under his healing spirit. I remember the session clearly. I slipped into a deep state of consciousness although David never touched me. I felt all sorts of pressures, feelings and heat to parts of my anatomy, mostly internal. I fell into an area of mind that was completely peaceful, stunningly beautiful and a realisation of every cell in my body.

Slowly the scene changed and right there in front of me was the BUDDHA, not in physical form but as a living statue of pure gold, warm, caring and oozing love. When I finally came out of this deep level, what had seemed like twenty minutes was in fact two hours! I felt pretty groggy for sometime after but it was one of the most intense and beautiful experiences of my life.