Joseph's Life & Work
The Reverend Joseph Martinez was born in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II. When he was 12 years old, his mother brought him and his siblings to the United States, where they settled in San Francisco. The family are devoted Catholics and Joseph decided he wanted to become a priest. After he achieved this goal, he found that he couldn't conform to the Church doctrines, and after a period of years, he put his collar aside, and continued his spiritual journey on his own. Being blessed with psychic healing gifts from his Filipino background, he was next attracted to the Integral Yoga teachings of Sri Aurobindo. His mature teachings were a blend of these three traditions, Catholicism, Philippine Psychic Surgery, and the teachings of Sri Aurobindo. Joseph's healing work was done through meditation and contact with psychic surgeons on the inner plane. His whole emphasis was on opening to the Divine Presence. His methods, going beyond technique are the simple art of surrender. In his own words: "The first thing I teach is a course on spiritual healing. The individuals channel different healing energies like color, sound, spiritual healing, the laying on of hands, healing in the name of Jesus, and channeling of the spirit. The individual is taught how to do energy work and energy balancing. The second course is on meditation and what is called spiritual surgery. There are five sessions in the meditation. The first type is called Basic Meditation. This is simply an opening up to God, the Source, and receiving whatever that individual is able to, or needs to, receive. The Source will then release many different types of healing energies of transformation. The basic meditation does not involve any technique, visualization, mentalization or any kind of formula. It is begun with the simple statement, "I am . . ." That very simple statement will open an individual up. There is a reception, an inflow of very wonderful transformational energies from the Source. The individual will be focusing on their heart center in a totally receptive mood. The mind is not used at all in meditation. Although we call it the Basic meditation, you will see that the Source has an infinite capacity to give. The question is, "What is the capacity for the individual to receive?" The process is one of opening to the energy that the universe has to offer. "