Healing comes in the form of material methods as well as prayer, encouragement through faithful progress and a good attitude. A personal transformation of mind and spirit oftentimes leads to healing because bad habits and unhealthy living practices are exchanged for a healthier lifestyle. The expectation of health is in the mind of strong and positive personalities. Fear and anxiety lead to thoughts that are negative and weak, which may lead to physical illness. Not that we think ourselves well or sick, but that our actions (material effect) are a direct result of our attitude, and our actions are what cause health or disease in many instances. The lazy mind resists the efforts that bring about healing.
Good health, a sound mind, and a happy disposition are the result of integrating truth, beauty and goodness into our human experience. Truth - material, philosophical, or spiritual - resonates with the soul. Beauty brings joy and pleasure to the human senses. Goodness brings stability to our world. An abundance of truth, beauty and goodness can heal our hearts, minds and bodies.
The physical body is not afflicted with disease by God, by by the consequences of material effects. Diseases or accidents of nature or material thing are not in any way pre-ordained or arranged by God or any other spiritual force. You are free to reap the rewards of a healthy lifestyle, just as you are free to reap the negative effects of an unhealthy lifestyle. We are equal in our capacity to receive our reward for our actions. Remember that our choices may also affect the lives of others – including our children and other loved ones.
Selflessness – the opposite of selfishness – creates an abundance of joy, which in turn produces medicine for good health, motivation for the heart, and an energizing effect on the mind. Should illness or accident strike, know that these situations will always work out for the welfare and progress of those involved.
To get through trying times, rely on true spiritual faith:
- Make progress upward and not toward animalistic tendencies
- Trust God, even if….
- Have courage
- Dig deep, stand strong
- Be at peace
- Trust the outcome
- Believe in God
- Life goes on – even after death
- Remain triumphant
- Remain selfless
- Seek divine guidance, pray faithfully, listen
- Continue to praise God
Have an extraordinary attitude toward the material environment and a strong faith in the power of the mind, and of God, to heal.
What about miracles?
What if everyone was healed through miracles? How would that advance our world spiritually? What reason would people have to behave responsibly and what would an irresponsible world look like?
If God chooses to heal or help someone through a miracle, we just need to be thankful and smile back.
Action: Faithful Prayers
Pray sincerely:
- To heal the sick, and heal ourselves
To receive guidance to bring about healing
- To receive courage, strength and wisdom
- For God's will to be done – exchange our will for God's will
- For God's comfort, peace and love
- For a word of truth
What you can typically hope for in response to your prayer is information and peace; information from the wisest counsel to ever-exist, information that's true, beautiful and good, peace that passes all understanding, peace that comes from God and upon the realization that you have exhausted all efforts toward separation or healing.
Pray for spiritual strength and wisdom to carry you through and to guide you as you work through the issues or problems at hand. Be truthful, selfless, unafraid and personal.
Bonus Action: Simple Exercises for Healing – from the teachings of Eckankar
Eckankar means "Co-worker with God." It offers ways to explore your own unique and natural relationship with the Divine. Eckankar is mainly about your daily, personal connection with Divine Spirit.
From a little Eckankar booklet titled 'Spiritual Wisdom on Health and Healing' – by Harold Klemp
Gratitude: A Simple Exercise to Heal Yourself using Gratitude
- Forget about what you don't have and what other people do have
- Count your blessings, be grateful for them
- Open the heart to love and the gifts that love brings
- Have an attitude of gratitude
- Love enters through gratitude
- Appreciate what you have in your life
- Let people you love know that you love them
- Notice and say thank you to people who help you
- Receive blessing upon blessing, open the door to healing
Dreams: A Simple Exercise to Heal Yourself using your Dreams
- Before you sleep, say softly or softly sing the word Hu (pronounced hue) a few times
This will relax you – it's sort of a high level sound that is soothing
- Create a mental picture of your problem, see it as a simple cartoon in your mind
- Sing the Hu and think about the mental cartoon for 5-10 minutes
- Feel free to draw the cartoon and lay it by your bedside
- Then let yourself fall asleep as usual
- When you wake up, immediately make a short note, a record, of what you dreamed about
- Be alert during the day about clues from other people about your problem
- After 1-2 weeks, you may learn of the solution to your problem – simply by being aware
- If it doesn't work, it is recommended that you try again, but this time, think about the mental cartoon for 15-20 minutes
If you could create love in your life simply by choosing right actions, would you? If you knew that your negative actions and reactions were the cause of your pain and misery, would you stop?
