Soul of an Immigrant
Dr. Berta Maria Hines
Sunday, August 28, 2011 • 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Dr. Bertha Hines
Dr. Berta Maria Hines is a trained physician in Family Medicine, which she practiced for many years. As she began her spiritual path, her clinical practice in medicine began to change, leading her to the field of Complementary Medicine. This includes Healing Energy for people and animals, Life Intuitive sessions, and Blessings for Home and Business.
Dr. Hines’ heritage is German, Czech, and African-American. She was born in Kempten and grew up part of her life in Augsburg, Germany. She was always fascinated by the stories shared by her grandmother, mother and godmother. She experienced different tales of survival during and after WWII through her own reading and research. Having left Germany as a child, then returning as an adult, she came to better understand German culture, as well as the belief systems practiced by her family.
Dr. Hines loves speaking from her heart about her own life journey and growing up in a multi-racial and bi-lingual home. Her presentation will be in English.
Dr. Hines: “The soul of an immigrant” is a phrase coined by the famous director Elia Kazan. He is most noted for the films On the Waterfront and A Streetcar Named Desire. In observing the documentary on his life, he felt that he still had the soul of his native Anatolian Greek roots. He rarely smiled but when he did there was this amazing light that shone.
This phrase “the soul of an immigrant” resonated with me and I have taken it a step further. I believe the energy of our experiences, beliefs, thoughts and actions are “inherited” from one generation to the next, especially from mother to child. The circumstances of a child’s conception and birth obviously have physiological influences but also emotional and thus effecting their destiny. Any generation which has suffered much grief and experienced much guilt passes these emotions onto their offspring. Once they have been able to transmute the energy of these experiences on a spiritual level, they are able to co-create their own destiny.
I will discuss my fascinating and at times challenging life as a multi-racial and multi-lingual young woman, who inherited the experiences of two mothers; one Czech and the other German and two African-American fathers. I will share the journey of my life as a Healer and Lightworker. The extraordinary past of the German nation and its efforts to regain dignity and to accept Self-forgiveness as well as forgiveness by others, is an important gift of healing which the world must finally acknowledge.
