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          Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  John 8:31-32.
          And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.  Matthew 9: 20-22.

Touching His Garment - Leanna

          In the first passage Jesus is speaking from the mind of Christ Jesus. This is the mind toward which we aspire when we are engaged in healing prayer. In prayer we aspire to join with this mind and to “touch the hem of his garment” so that we can serve as self-conscious channels for the healing work?
          Two things are needed for us to do touch the mind of Christ as did Christ Jesus so that we can serve effectively as channels for healing. The first is that we need to “get out of the way.” When our own desires to help in a certain way interfere with the goal of serving as a channel for healing, we become like a pipe that is partly or fully blocked. Healing force cannot come through us. True healing can occur only when we identify fully with Christ as did Jesus.
          The second thing we need is what we might call “perspective adjustment.” To understand this concept, refer to page 88 of the English version of the COSMO, the Seven-fold Constitution of Man. These seven levels are shown elsewhere as a diagram like an
“X” with the three-fold spirit on the top and the three-fold body on the bottom and the link of mind serving to communicate between the two. The mid level of the three-fold spirit is Christ, the goal of our efforts.
          Our problem now is that we identify with the body and put the concrete mind in charge. This is what enables us to become sick. The perspective adjustment required is an act of faith. We need to set aside the concrete mind and set the Christ mind in charge. We use the concept “set” quite literally, because we need to tune the mind to Christ like we would tune into a radio station. We want to set the mind so the diversions of the lower nature and lower mind are tuned out, and we fully tune into Christ. With this perspective adjustment we maximize our service to others.
          We seek to know the truth so the truth will make us free. Healing prayer is our method of learning to know the truth. Each time we engage in it, we benefit others by becoming more effective channels of healing energy and know the truth ourselves.
          Thank you for serving as a channel of healing force.

Peace,  

John     

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