5. HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? P 1 and 2
1 Healing involves an understanding of what the illusion of sickness is for. Healing is impossible without this.
I. The Perceived Purpose of Sickness
1 Healing is accomplished the instant the sufferer no longer sees any value in pain. Who would choose suffering unless he thought it brought him something, and something of value to him? He must think it is a small price to pay for something of greater worth. For sickness is an election; a decision. It is the choice of weakness, in the mistaken conviction that it is strength. When this occurs, real strength is seen as threat and health as danger. Sickness is a method, conceived in madness, for placing God’s Son on his Father’s throne. God is seen as outside, fierce and powerful, eager to keep all power for Himself. Only by His death can He be conquered by His Son.
2 And what, in this insane conviction, does healing stand for? It symbolizes the defeat of God’s Son and the triumph of his Father over him. It represents the ultimate defiance in a direct form which the Son of God is forced to recognize. It stands for all that he would hide from himself to protect his “life.” If he is healed, he is responsible for his thoughts. And if he is responsible for his thoughts, he will be killed to prove to him how weak and pitiful he is. But if he chooses death himself, his weakness is his strength. Now has he given himself what God would give to him, and thus entirely usurped the throne of his Creator.
I used to use sickness for my own purposes. For instance, I would call my kids to let them know I had a migraine so that they would express their concern and I would feel loved. I would call into work with this excuse so I didn’t have to show up. That kind of thing. When I was ready to release the illusion of migraines, I was shown this behavior and I let all that go. I don’t have migraines anymore.
But there is a deeper more subversive use for sickness. The ego decides on sickness as a way to prove it is stronger than God. The fear of God and the belief that God wants all power for Himself are the driving forces that cause us to choose sickness. In this way, sickness seems to make us more powerful than God. God is health and we are not so that makes our decision for sickness proof of our power and that we have overcome God.
Once when I was working with the lesson that says I am still as God created me, I had a revelatory experience of that. It was amazing! And within minutes I was sick. I had a fever and I was throwing up. I was also laughing because I saw the connection between giving into God and sickness. That experience convinced me that sickness is a decision and that it is a defense against God.
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