Miracles News

July-September, 2012

A Journey of Wellness Through Mind Healing

by Rev. Linda Wisniewski, O.M.C.

Rev. Linda Wisniewski I have been facilitating the Pathways of Light Miracles Practitioner course 909: Wellness Through Mind Healing. Some of the ministers who signed up to do the course have also volunteered to be of service through a support group for people with chronic illness.

Well, I had the perfect opportunity to put into practice the principles I am learning.

I woke up one morning with pain and a gum infection. At first I ignored the symptoms even though I had been learning that the symptoms are only a projection of guilt which we carry in our separated minds. I didn’t even bother to look at what was going on in the mind. As the day progressed the symptoms worsened.

In the past, when I noticed symptoms, I would immediately look to where I was carrying guilt and then ask Holy Spirit for forgiveness. Usually the symptoms would disappear as the cause was forgiven.

Course 909 starts out by saying: “This is a course about being willing to experience wellness by healing our mind. In order to heal our mind, we need to understand what is happening in our minds right now. In each moment we are either experiencing the peace of God’s oneness or trying to maintain a separate unique identity.”

To me this means trying to have a will separate from God’s, a separate will that we imagined was real when we believed we separated from the Mind of God and wanted to usurp God’s authority. And this is the real source of every problem in the world. With this separate will we also believe that we are guilty for separating from God and that sickness is our punishment.

After two weeks, I still had the infected tooth. There was fear in me because of a belief that if I didn’t take an antibiotic, the infection would go through the body and kill me.

Where did this belief come from? Did it come from God? Does God believe in sickness, death, sin? Two years ago the dentist told me that my tooth was infected and needed to come out and it could be dangerous to leave it in there. Is this belief true? Is it a fact or a medical opinion? Is the belief in physical laws which are man-made based on a human belief that our identity is with a body and the laws of health are there to support this belief? Is it God’s law? So, why after two weeks, was I still experiencing an infected tooth?

Page 2 in course 909 states: Jesus describes why we reject healing. To the ego, healing would signify defeat and, “…the triumph of His Father over him.” (M-5.I.2:1)
“We are learning that the control of self authorship is the payoff for sickness.”

Throughout these weeks, I have become aware of how this self-authorship works. First, I kept focusing on the symptoms. In this way I was continuing to make the body real and the error real.

Second, everyday that I didn’t experience a relief in symptoms; I kept blaming myself for doing something wrong. I still believed the ego was in charge of the healing and the outcome.

Third, I was demanding that healing happen on my time.

In all these ways, I was trying to usurp God’s Will and replace it with mine. Also, if I used the principles of Wellness Through Mind Healing and it didn’t relieve the symptoms, the ego would have me believe that God’s way was wrong and ego’s authority would triumph over God’s.

The question that came up for me was: Do I want to play God or do I really want to know God? I can’t know God if I still want to maintain a will separate from God’s and still want to buy into the beliefs of physical law rather than place myself under the Laws of God, the Laws of Truth.

Ego’s laws want me to believe that my true identity is in the body and with this goes the belief in sin, sickness, weakness, helplessness, vulnerability, victimhood, attack and death.

The Laws of God want me to remember that my true Identity is created out of the Mind of God and is the Idea of Love, Peace Joy, invulnerability, wholeness, holiness, innocence, Life. We are created out of the Spiritual Idea of Love; God is the Spirit of Love, of all that is good.

These are very two completely opposite ideas. If I believe I am subject to sickness, weakness, a victim of the world and that I can attack, how will the body reflect this? If I believe I am an extension of God’s creative idea, Love, Life, Truth, how will the body reflect this? I am learning that the body is only a reflection of what the mind projects. The Source of all healing is in the mind, not the body.

“The presence of fear is a sure sign that you are relying on your own strength — separate from your Source. This need not be, for you are not separate from your Source. Lay down your reliance on a separate self-identity. It is not worthy of you. It is weak because it is identification with nothing. But you are strong because you share the strength of God. There is no other strength. …God loves you and will let no harm come to His holy Son. Let His Voice lead you. His Voice will guide you to meet all your needs in peace and joy, while seeing that no harm comes to you or anyone.” (from p. 28–29 Course 909: Wellness Through Mind Healing)

I’m sure by now you’ve all heard that fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. The symptoms in the body are false evidence. Holy Spirit then told me what is Real: Real Evidence As Love. So don’t believe the false evidence; get real and turn first to God in every situation. Holy Spirit will correct all errors with our willingness. As the errors in our thinking are corrected and we remember the truth that we are whole, perfect and innocent Divine Love, our bodies will reflect the truth instead of error.

I am grateful for this course because real healing is taking place as I surrender my separate identity and claim my true Identity. It’s my inheritance and gift from God Who created me in His image under His Laws. As I return to my true Identity, I am healed and this is guaranteed by God.

“I experience healing and wellness by accepting my true Identity as Love.”(From the laminated poster included in course 909: Wellness Through Mind Healing)

And the healing continues…

Rev. Linda Wisniewski is a Pathways of Light minister living in Plymouth, Wisconsin.

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