IV. The End of Sickness P 7
7 The miracle is the act of a Son of God who has laid aside all false gods, and calls on his brothers to do likewise. It is an act of faith, because it is the recognition that his brother can do it. It is a call to the Holy Spirit in his mind, a call that is strengthened by joining. Because the miracle worker has heard God’s Voice, he strengthens It in a sick brother by weakening his belief in sickness, which he does not share. The power of one mind can shine into another, because all the lamps of God were lit by the same spark. It is everywhere and it is eternal.
As I read this I am, of course, reminded of the miracles Jesus performed as a man. He healed many without any distinction between the seriousness of the illnesses. He healed the cripple and the mentally ill. He healed those who were in front of him and those he did not actually see. He raised the dead, and he calmed the seas and he walked on water. He died and rose from the dead. If Jesus joined us in this world to be the model we would use to follow him out of the world, then these things we, too, can do; these things and more according to our brother.
Jesus accomplished these miracles because he believed only the truth. He laid aside all false gods, all ego beliefs. He joined with the Holy Spirit in his mind. He joined with the minds of his brothers and sisters in whom he had perfect faith, because he knew them for who they were. What Jesus did, we can do. We can look past the ego belief in separation, weakness, sickness, suffering and death. We can see these for the lies they are and know that these things cannot be God’s Will, so they cannot be.
We can know our brother for the Son of God he is and not be deceived by his words or actions in this dream world. We can know that what God creates is eternal and eternally exactly as it is created. Knowing this truth and only this truth about our brothers we do not share in their confusion. We know that sickness is only an illusion and cannot stand up under scrutiny. Because we do not believe in the sickness, we weaken our brother’s belief in the sickness.
Can I heal another? Apparently, l can. I can heal him with my unwavering faith in God and in my brother. If the light in my mind is sufficiently strong, I can do this. Jesus says that the power of one mind can shine into another. It is possible that my mind can be powerful in its faith, but it is not always so. I still see levels and degrees of sickness. I still believe that I can heal certain things and not others. My faith in some of my brothers is strong and in others is weak, because I still see them as separate.
When my faith wavers, I call on others to join me in my prayer. Our joining with each other strengthens the light in all our minds. This light helps us to overcome our fear and see past the guilt that blocks the awareness of loves presence. I trust this joining in purpose, and I trust the light in my brothers.
We are not meant to suffer and be sick, to be in pain, nor even to die. This morning as I write this, I am also thinking about doing a stress test today. It is part of the “chest pains” episode from a couple of weeks ago. I am dreading the whole thing. I don’t want to find out there is something wrong with my heart. When I think that I can choose healing I notice I feel afraid of that, too. It is like I would rather just give into the sickness than face the possibility that I will not be healed.
What if I am not worthy? What if my faith is not strong enough? What if God does not love me? What if the truth is not true? That seems so much worse than clogged arteries. Having clogged arteries or even dying of a heart attack is better than discovering that I really am just a body, rejected by my creator and destined to live a pointless life and then die.
The ego gets very dramatic when I think about this. But I know I need to look at the thoughts in the mind, because looking at them makes it possible for me to release them to the Holy Spirit. Perhaps you would like to join me in remembering the ego cannot be the truth of me, of us. I will join with the Holy Spirit in our mind, and you can strengthen my faith by joining with me in this. Thank you.
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