Turn a ‘Mess’ into a Message with the "Praise Principle”
“The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions. One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief, and anger. He cried out [toward heaven],’ How could you do this to me?'
“Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching the island! It had come to rescue him! 'How did you know I was here?' asked the weary man of his rescuers. 'We saw your smoke signal,' they replied.
The Moral of This Story: It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of our pain and suffering. Remember that the next time your little hut seems to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons the Grace of God.” (I wish I knew the author to credit them.)
That
‘islander’ had a paradigm shift about his little hut on fire. My feelings have also changed concerning two children’s chronic illnesses and
other trials in my life. At first, I felt like my ill daughter was a victim of poor genetics. I
even wondered at times if we were somehow forgotten by God. When one of
my children was a victim of a violent crime, I really went down into despair.
Back then, I did not
realize fully that the Atonement of Jesus Christ could reach out and bless my tender heart at
that moment and the next day, and the next. Studying spiritual re-patterning, or energy healing has shown me that the atonement of Christ can help
mend broken hearts as well as other emotions felt in suffering life's difficulties.
mend broken hearts as well as other emotions felt in suffering life's difficulties.
“Some church
members feel weighed down with discouragement about the circumstances of their
personal lives, even when they are making sustained and admirable efforts,”
said Elder Hafen. “Frequently, these feelings of self-disappointment come
not from wrongdoing, but from stresses for which they may not be fully to
blame. The atonement of Jesus Christ applies to all of life. The
Savior’s atonement is thus portrayed as the healing power not only for sin, but
also for carelessness, inadequacy, and all mortal bitterness. The
Atonement is not just for sinners.” (Beauty for Ashes, Ensign, Apr 1997,
39) Since depression filled days
of despair years ago, I have learned a variety of ways to access healing power from the Atonement. One method called the “Praise Principle” involves perspective, gratitude,
prayer and praise.
Elder
Maxwell encourages us to see our challenges and to pray with an eternal
perspective. “If God chooses to teach us the things we most need to learn
because he loves us, and if he seeks to tame our souls and gentle us in the way
we most need to be tamed and most need to be gentled, it follows that he will
customize the challenges he gives us and individualize them so that we will be
prepared for life in a better world… We must pray, therefore, not that things
be taken from us, but that God's will be accomplished through us. What,
therefore, may seem now to be mere unconnected pieces of tile will someday,
when we look back, take form and pattern, and we will realize that God was
making a mosaic. For there is in each of our lives this kind of divine design,
this pattern, this purpose that is in the process of becoming, which is
continually before the Lord but which for us, looking forward, is sometimes
perplexing…. “(But For a Small Moment”, Sep 1 1974, BYU Fireside, emphasis
added)
Having the right perspective can calm our hearts. M. Catherine Thomas, a BYU professor and one of my favorite authors explains, "It is how we interpret what is happening to us that either liberates us or imprisons us. If we interpret what is happening as something that should not be happening, and we can’t change it, then we will suffer. If we can accept that which-cannot-be-changed as a reflection of what God would have unfold, then we can have peace.” (Light in the Wilderness, 23)
In addition to perspective, gratitude can help bring us peace. Focusing on what is going right, instead of dwelling on struggles is health advice according to mind-body medicine and scripture. “President Kimball told of giving a woman a priesthood blessing and telling her that she would be healed of a malady. A few weeks later, the woman came back, angry that she hadn’t yet been healed. President Kimball responded: ‘Now I understand why you have not been blessed. You must be patient, do your part, and express gratitude for the smallest improvement noted.’ She repented, did as he counseled and was eventually healed. We should express constant gratitude for even the smallest increment of blessing.” (Mary Jane Woolger, “What I Have Learned about Mighty Prayer,” Ensign, Dec. 2006, 54)
Having the right perspective can calm our hearts. M. Catherine Thomas, a BYU professor and one of my favorite authors explains, "It is how we interpret what is happening to us that either liberates us or imprisons us. If we interpret what is happening as something that should not be happening, and we can’t change it, then we will suffer. If we can accept that which-cannot-be-changed as a reflection of what God would have unfold, then we can have peace.” (Light in the Wilderness, 23)
In addition to perspective, gratitude can help bring us peace. Focusing on what is going right, instead of dwelling on struggles is health advice according to mind-body medicine and scripture. “President Kimball told of giving a woman a priesthood blessing and telling her that she would be healed of a malady. A few weeks later, the woman came back, angry that she hadn’t yet been healed. President Kimball responded: ‘Now I understand why you have not been blessed. You must be patient, do your part, and express gratitude for the smallest improvement noted.’ She repented, did as he counseled and was eventually healed. We should express constant gratitude for even the smallest increment of blessing.” (Mary Jane Woolger, “What I Have Learned about Mighty Prayer,” Ensign, Dec. 2006, 54)
I was deeply
affected by Elder Dallin H. Oak’s talk “Give Thanks in All Things” where he
said, “The revelations, for which we are grateful, show that we should even
give thanks for our afflictions because they turn our hearts to God and give us
opportunities to prepare for what God would have us become.” (Ensign, May 2003)
Paul says, ”For my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly,
therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest
upon me. Therefore, I take pleasures in infirmities, in reproaches, in
necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am
weak, then am I strong.” (2 Cor. 12: 9-10). It was difficult at
first to even mouth words of thanks for heavy burdens, but I started thanking
anyhow. In the beginning, I said the words but only half-heartedly believed
them. It felt like “chewing on concrete.” I was missing part of the praise principle process that I use now.
James Cox teaches a recorded course on
learning the Savior’s thought patterns and he explains the previous scripture in 2 Corinthians well. “As one expands his capacity to feel sorrow, he is also expanding his
capacity to feel joy, and his capacity to feel God’s perfect love. As one
takes this sorrow unto the spiritual word and is willing to go through it out
of the love he feels for the Savior and Heavenly Father, the healing begins. .
. . By thanking Heavenly Father for the adversity [it] changes our focus from
the temporal [world.]… With a spiritual focus the Lord will ask if we are
willing to go through this for Him. As we think of what the Savior went
through for our sins, it helps us to be willing to go through [adversity] for
Him. As we endure the pain and suffering for Him, we are transferring the
pain to the spiritual world where the powers of heaven will help us to endure
and overcome.” (James Cox, Becoming Spiritually Centered 76,79) Elder
Maxwell said it may be true (in some way we don’t understand) that the cavity
which suffering carves into our souls will one day also be our receptacle for
joy. (see “But For a Small Moment”, Sep 1 1974, BYU Fireside)
Marion G.
Romney points out that God told the pioneers to praise Him when they were
suffering the greatest! This is advice to us, too, though hard
doctrine, until one has experienced its blessings. I am amazed by what heroes
in the scriptures do when it seems ‘huts’ have gone up in flames or under in
floods. They do things that would NOT come naturally without focusing on
the Savior. James 1:2 admonishes, “Count it all joy when ye fall into
many afflictions.” As Enoch saw the flood victims of Noah’s day he had
bitterness of soul and said “I will refuse to be comforted.” The Lord’s
advice to him at that point in time is revealing. It applies today. The
Lord said to Enoch: “Lift up your heart, and be glad: and look.” Then He showed
Enoch Christ’s atonement.
There are
other examples in the scriptures. Paul and Silas were thrown into prison and
locked up in chains. At midnight they weren’t looking for pity, they were
singing praises to God - and the prison doors opened. Nephi was tied up
on a ship by his own brothers for days until his wrists and ankles were very
swollen. The account says, “I did look unto my God and I did praise him all the
day long; and I did not murmur against the Lord because of mine afflictions.”
(1 Nephi 18:16) The converted Lamanites praised God in the very act of
perishing under the sword. (Alma 24:23) I ask, is there a pattern here?! I
aspire to live more often in the attitude of forgiveness, gratitude and praise.
President
Brigham Young taught, “Some hold grudges for a lifetime, unaware that
courageously forgiving those who have wronged us is wholesome and therapeutic….
The Savior has offered to all of us a precious peace through his atonement, but
this can come only as we are willing to cast out negative feelings of anger,
spite, or revenge.” (Discourses of Brigham Young, ed John A. Widtsoe, (1954),
345. quoted in Ensign, April 2007,
68,69) I teach my clients that it is one thing to forgive past trials, but
quite another to express gratitude for going through the most difficult times
we have ever had. I believe that whenever God gives us a challenge, He also has a
gift for us in its hands. It is up to us to find the silver lining, the precious lessons, in the
storms of our lives.
The Holy
Ghost prompted me to take a class about praise from Judy Dunston of Saratoga
Springs, UT. Judy’s personal example of
applying the Praise principle in various challenging times with her children
were inspiring. She teaches 4 practical
steps that enable a person to praise in all things. Judy gave me permission
to share these in my book Healing Arts-A Gift from God.
The principles she teaches are “1. Release judgment of what is going on
currently. 2. See it as perfect for your learning. 3. Praise God
for the event just as it is. 4. Turn this burden over to the Savior with
gratitude for the learning.” I feel this
is similar to a modern day apostle telling us,
“The most profound relief waits to be claimed: our afflictions can be ‘swallowed
up in the joy of Christ.’ Alma 31:38.” (Neal A. Maxwell, "If Thou Endure It Well," 3) I could finally see the wisdom in even our
worst trials by praising God for them. Beyond forgiving the past, and
being grateful for lessons we learned, I
believe it is exhibiting even higher consciousness to praise God for those heart wrenching
experiences. Praising God in all things is a very high level of consciousness. (see David Hawkins, Power Vs. Force which has a chart titled "The Map of Consciousness.")
Learning to better
and more quickly live the Praise Principle over the last few years has given me
hope when I felt hope was gone. It has saved me in very scary moments –
the ones that take your breath (and life force/light of Christ/breath of life)
away. At those times we can pray
in faith, giving gratitude for the hard lesson upon us, and give our burden to
the Savior. I have asked the Lord to take my burdens with gratitude and
praise for the priceless learning I trust that I will gain with time. I
learned that in those moments that challenge us most, we can rely on this principle to give us hope
again.
My friend,
Kathy Truman, took Cliff and Judy Dunston’s “Praise Principles” class at the
2013 LDS Holistic Living Conference. Kathy wrote down her difficult life
experiences and then turned them around, giving praise to the Lord for them. I
was deeply touched by reading the harsh life experiences she had turned into
expressions of gratitude. I felt
inspired by her example. Being a type 2 (4) (from Carol Tuttle’s It’s Just My
Nature), I made a template of how my friend Kathy did that. Before I share that,
let me introduce you to someone else I know. First, the ‘bad’ news, and then
the good news.
This woman
had a daughter who was riddled with excessive anxiety, chronic depression and a
diagnosis of mental illness. Her daughter was cutting and repeatedly
suicidal. For years there were 911 phone calls, police in her home, and trips
to the emergency room. The mother tried to protect her other children
from the worst chaos. However, the turmoil threatened to tear her family
apart. Another teenage daughter moved
out of the home for a time in order to bear threats to safety and the roller coaster
of emotional outbreaks. Adding stress, particularly to the father, was the
family’s health insurance which refused to pay a dime toward any of the ill daughter’s
expensive hospitalizations,
As if the
illness wasn’t enough, the ill teen was also the victim of a violent crime and
suffered post traumatic stress from the abuse afterward.
Years later,
one of her sons suddenly became ill and doctors couldn’t figure out what was
wrong. An Energy Medicine machine found Lyme frequencies in his body, but
doctors scoffed and said chronic Lyme didn’t exist and that such infections were not
obtained in the state of Utah. The
family had trouble finding a doctor willing to test for Lyme disease. A
clinical diagnosis was made and blood tests showed the co-infection
Mycoplasma. For all the effort, the son still suffered in a recliner for
over half a year without enough energy to even play a video game.
This nearly
adult son finally admitted he had been exposed to something traumatic in grade
school. The mother faced this sudden news and admitted addiction along
with pained wonder at how the depth of emotional abuse he endured had escaped her observation.
This son moved out and sought relief by experimenting with substance abuse
which led to hospitalization.
The woman’s
husband, the only breadwinner for the family, suddenly lost his job 3 times.
Not 1
of the woman’s 3 sons served a mission which was a heavy burden on her mother
heart. One of her
adult children was surrounded by an anti-Mormon environment from co-workers and
left the religion that was so dear to her behind.
After 6
years of being off psychiatric meds, her daughter’s bipolar pattern resurfaced
as post partum psychosis after childbirth. The adversary worked hard to
convince this woman that such a setback was reason enough not to publish her
stories sharing the integrative help they had found so beneficial for
bipolar and other issues all those years previous.
Some people
wondered if this woman was into something 'evil' because of her work in
integrative health. Her mentor in energy healing was falsely accused of
the same type of things and called into her ecclesiastical leaders offices for
investigation. Other like minded friends who also experienced these kinds
of complaints had experiences that did not always end as nicely as her mentor’s experience had with
profuse apologies and heartfelt expressions of gratitude for dedicated,
Christlike service.
This person
is me. The reason I shared the bad news is to testify of the miracle of
God’s hand in my little family’s life and of “THE good news” of the Savior,
Jesus Christ. I am a witness of His love. I believe God is endeavoring to
teach me that I can choose to experience and feel gratitude and even praise in
all things.
A. Praise
God that I had a daughter with bipolar because it brought me to my knees,
seeking answers and fasting often to learn truth. I found out that God
truly does know and love His children individually for answers came one line at
a time to help that daughter. I praise God for this illness for it taught
me that forgiveness is a healing principle that affects bodies physically and
that we could use forgiveness purposefully for that intent. I praise God for experiencing bipolar in our
home because it led us to energy healing which later taught me how to
assist in relieving the emotional pain of my family and others. Unconventional
answers in this field of medicine that surfaced to help one daughter,
eventually blessed hundreds of other people’s lives! Praise God I learned
to have gratitude in all things because of this illness. Praise God for bipolar
because it opened my eyes to the reality of opposition in all things: God’s light was real and so was darkness from
the adversary. Praise God I learned how
powerful men and women can be against this darkness. I praise God for very
difficult times that taught me by experience that faith is a mighty power! I am grateful this illness taught me I could help my daughter and others with
spiritual re-patterning at a distance. Today this brings days of extreme joy helping others
that I would have otherwise missed.
B. Praise God two of my children experienced
abuse because it taught us deeply of the ability of Jesus Christ’s
atonement to remove personal suffering and trapped trauma. Praise the
Lord that we learned the power of having an eye of faith because of these
trials. I learned that what I initially thought would be a useless process -- that of ‘mere’ imagery –- was actually very powerful. The imagery used was of being in a garden
with the Savior and giving Him all of my deep grief, heartache and pain. That imagery work, in reality, brought waves of pulsing color and peaceful, forgiving feelings
that have stayed with me ever since. Praise God that now I can testify
that Christ truly does swallow up our sorrows in His love. Praise God for
abuse because through it we learned the atonement is for far more than just sins
alone! The atonement offers us ongoing rescue and respite from unwanted emotions, memories, feelings and
thoughts. Because of trials, I have some beginning understandings of how my Savior’s light – the Light of Christ – is allowed more brightly in our lives. I've been so blessed by studying the integrative field of energy healing! It has educated me on the need to release trapped trauma and unresolved emotions from our bodies and differing methods on how to go about doing that. I am grateful that this complementary medicine also teaches a person to prevent the need for future "emotional release" by living at a high level of consciousness, so as to avoid creating similar patterns again.
C. Praise
God my son dealt with Lyme disease because it taught us about even deeper
levels of healing. It taught us to be
grateful for energy medicine machines such as ASYRA which immediately found the frequency
of Lyme in my son’s body when traditional medicine continued to be mystified. Praise God for Lyme because it taught us of
the power of Constitutional Homeopathy and Radionics to rid his body of toxins
and pathogens. We are grateful for another platform to share the marvelous blessings of
energy medicine with others. Lyme taught us to express praise in the midst of hard
things and shorten the time it took to see the Lord’s hand in our lives. This afforded us “aha” moments earlier on in
trials. We praise the Lord for illnesses
that better prepare us to meet Him again. Elder Hales said, “Sometimes we don’t
understand death, illness, mental and physical disabilities, personal
tragedies, war and other conflict. Some of them are a necessary part of
our mortal probation. Others, as Enoch foresaw, are part of the
preparation for the Savior’s Second Coming.” (Ensign, May 2003 p 18) I
feel there is so much truth in that apostolic statement that I can trust it fully
concerning mystifying illnesses like Lyme Disease and brain disorders labeled mental illness that afflict ever younger ages.
D.
Praise God for issues with addiction for it taught my son to turn to the Savior
in all things. I am grateful I had the learning experience of praying to experience mighty faith like Alma the Elder who prayed in faith for his son to be "brought to a knowledge of the truth." Having this experience taught me love versus judgment
and increased empathy and humility. Praise
God for the struggles of my children that taught me there is no disgrace in
having suffered, in having been labeled, in having been addicted or heartbroken
or sorrowful or misjudged. We are not our ‘stories.’ We are beloved children of
the most High who are learning important lessons along our way. Praise God for
addiction issues because I learned on a deeper level the power of spiritual
gifts and a deeper level of trust in spiritual promptings and the wisdom of
heeding them immediately. I am grateful
this trial taught me about Maurice Harker’s book and work teaching Christ
centered addiction prevention and recovery.
Like my book, he teaches of the adversary’s involvement in modern day issues. Praise
God I have learned that I allow the Savior’s love and light in a greater or
lesser degree inside and around me by the words I speak and allow to repeat in my mind. What a blessing to have learned that when mindful and expressing
higher consciousness, I feel a real difference in my body.
E. Praise
God we lost our sole source of income repeatedly and had to live off of our
food storage and savings more than once because it reinforced the importance of
following the living prophet’s counsel to stay out of debt and store food and
supplies to be prepared for the future. We are grateful to be able to
live peacefully in troubled times and aspire to be the calm in the eye of the
storm, even while chaos swirls all around.
F. Praise
God my sons didn’t or couldn’t go on missions because it taught me to desire a
new heart. It taught me not to judge others or their challenges. Praise be
to God for allowing me these priceless learning lessons – for I understand now that we are more than our experiences. I praise the Lord for this opportunity to learn sensitivity and that there are all kinds of
missions being served by valiant young people who might not wear outward name tags. Other servants of the Lord are tagged on the 'inside' by
hearts written on by the spirit. Their missions are as diverse as their faces. Some have known the
darkness and yet choose to stand and be warriors for Jesus Christ. Praise God that difficult parenting moments have helped me to develop a deep, abiding faith in God and trust in His plans and His timing, and a knowledge that my children have a powerful Savior who is more powerful than their problems and weaknesses.
G. Praise
God one of my sons left the church because it affords me opportunities for
spiritual growth. I've come to understand that my children’s choices do
not reflect my ability as a parent, but agency. Praise God I am allowing
my children their agency and putting my trust in the Savior for I have a covenant relationship with Him. God IS LOVE – and He loves in all things!
He ALLOWS for agency and I can too while continuing to love my wayward son.
Praise God for this opportunity to learn to extend invitations in love and to
learn of love’s greater power than emotions tied more closely to force. Praise God for another chance to use the
Praise Principle, to rely on the Savior to take this burden, and to envision
the power of God working in my family. Praise
God for trials which bring practice in assurance and confidence to trust in God
– now, and during future prophesied calamities that will precede our Savior
Jesus Christ’s return to this earth as King of Kings!
H. Praise
God my daughter experienced a bipolar pattern again with postpartum
psychosis after giving birth for it
provided opportunities to be taught other paradigm shifting solutions for mental illness. We learned of another LDS family’s amazing, God-given insight into the brain, mental illness and also addictions! Praise God my daughter thought she could go without this other family's supplement (Empowerplus) for a time - for her choice taught all of us how powerful that inspired micronutrient for brain health really is. I praise God for a driving need to understand more about the physical body level, Gut and Psychology Syndrome, pro-biotics, and minerals connection to Chi. I'm grateful we learned how having confidence in both God and ourselves can affect the
physical level through Vibrational Medicine and Radionics for I had
marginalized energy work’s power to affect people physically and had mostly concentrated
on its mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits.
I.
Praise God that my mentor was hauled in to her Stake Presidents office for it
stirred in me a great desire to seek and search in depth for truths regarding
forms of healing arts. Without my mentor undergoing this extremely hard time,
I may not have had the motivation to learn that there are examples of all sorts
of alternative healing methods in the Bible and validation for them in modern
scripture and the words of prophets. Praise God that I know today because
of trials, of the healing arts – of energy healing and emotional release,
hands-on-healing, long-distance healing, vibrational healing and generational
healing… I think of all the families who lives would not have been
blessed by energy work and phone sessions without my mentor’s sacrifice.
Praise God her example has blessed a multitude of people’s lives today! In
the end her trial brought more clarity!
I know the
bitterness of life can be perceived this way for each of us through the
marvelous Atonement of our Savior! Praising God in all things opens effectual
doors to miracles in our lives. I have experienced them. Through the Atonement
we can be made whole.
“Often the deep valleys of our present will be
understood only by looking back on them from the mountains of our future
experience. Often we can’t see the Lord’s hand in our lives until long after
trials have passed. Often the most difficult times of our lives are essential
building blocks that form the foundation of our character and pave the way to
future opportunity, understanding, and happiness.” (Pres. Dieter F. Uchtdorf,
“Continue in Patience," Ensign , May, 2010, 58) I have lived
that and have also experienced understanding the blessings of trials in their midst by living the Praise Principle. Past unhappiness can reap future joys. I experience joy now because of the trials I
went through.
I have had wonderful
wounds to make me the person I am today. I aspire to praise the Lord for each
one of them. Jesus Christ’s atonement offers incredible hope in our day to day
lives. The Lord has already felt our
pain and is willing to carry our burdens. I am blessed by using the praise
principle’s practical steps to access the Savior’s rescue of me. I am grateful to have learned that my little
hut “catching fire” really can be a signal that summons the grace of God. I
testify of the miracles of God!
Only the Messiah can turn a Mess into a
Message, A Test into a Testimony, A Victim into Victorious. Praise
Him!
(Template included here.)
Let me introduce you to someone I know. She/he was (list trials).
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This person is me.
Summarize or expound on each concept above. Realize how it made you a better person, (more empathetic, more apt to fall on your knees in prayer, strengthened your testimony...) taught you something, or provided an opportunity to develop a new quality. Discover what God's purpose may be for that event in your life.)
A. Praise God I was ________________________________________________________because
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B. Praise God I ____________________________________________________________because
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C. Praise God _____________________________________________________________because
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D. Praise God I was ________________________________________________________because
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E. Praise God I ____________________________________________________________because
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F. Praise God _____________________________________________________________because
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Distance Healing Science Experiments
I John 5:8 totally fascinates me. The verse previous reads, "For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one." Following that it reads: "And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one." That tells me that Spirit, water and blood all record information and therefore have a ‘voice’ to bear witness. It seems to me that the Lord is teaching us here that water, blood and Spirit record and keep data that can also be sent out as information.
Remember the blood above the door mantles at Passover? I John 5:8 has astounding ramifications in light of what scientists and physicists have learned about water, blood and subtle Energy or what some call Spirit. Scientists have demonstrated that water, blood and our energy systems (intelligence/spirit) each record information. The information copying function of water is evidenced in homeopathy. It is also evidenced in the findings of Dr. Masaru Emoto whose experiments show that water records information! He is an internationally renowned researcher who claims there is an intrinsic vibrational pattern at the atomic level in all matter and that words influence those vibrations. His experiments of photographing frozen water crystals show that water is affected by words and connected to our consciousness. (see hado.net or The Hidden Messages in Water or The True Power of Water)
It is obvious to us today that DNA records information. Anecdotal evidence regarding blood's capability to do that is found in cases of blood transfusions, during which recipients have seen images of places they’ve never been and memories which are not their own. There are also books about transplant recipients who suddenly find themselves craving different food and activities... only to find upon investigation that their new tastes match the donor's habits and cravings. In the scriptures the Lord asked the murderer Cain, "What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground." (Genesis 4:10 emphasis added; see also Rev 6:10; 2 Nephi 28:10;Alma 14:11; Mormon 8:27;Ether 8:22; D&C 87:7; D&C 109:49, D&C 135:7 ) "They have shed innocent blood which crieth from the ground."(D&C 136:36) I believe these verses are speaking (okay, that pun was intended) more than just figuratively.
The verse in First John supports experiments by Dr. C. Norman Shealy in addition to the studies Gregg Braden and Larry Dossey write of concerning energetically affecting non-localized events. What that means in everyday language is that distant energy healing is possible. The Bible has examples of this done by the Savior as well as mere mortals.
A post on Dec 15, 2004 by guest "Dr. G" on the Global Healing Center website tells of 3 different astonishing experiments done on DNA. Dr. G's message is titled "DNA Activation for Healing" and says:
"In his recent program entitled Healing Hearts/Healing Nations: The Science of Peace and the Power of Prayer, Gregg Braden discussed how in the past we lost huge amounts of information from ancient spiritual traditions (when the library at Alexandria burned we lost at least 532,000 documents), and that there may be information in those traditions which could help us understand some of the mysteries of science. To this end he reported on three very interesting experiments. Gregg Braden started off as a scientist and engineer, before he began pursuing these larger questions. "
"EXPERIMENT #1 The first experiment he reported was done by Dr.Vladimir Poponin, a quantumbiologist. In this experiment, first a container was emptied (ie a vacuum was created within it), and then the only thing left in it were photons (particles of light). They measured the distribution (ie the location) of the photons and found they were completely random inside the container. This was the expected result. Then some DNA was placed inside the container and the distribution (location) of the photons was remeasured. This time the photons were LINED UP in an ORDERED way and aligned with the DNA. In other words, the physical DNA had an effect on the non-physical photons. After that, the DNA was removed from the container, and the distribution of the photons was remeasured again. The photons REMAINED ORDERED and lined up where the DNA had been. What are the light particles connected to? Gregg Braden says we are forced to accept the possibility that some NEW field of energy, a web of energy, is there and the DNA is communicating with the photons through this energy.
"EXPERIMENT #2 These were experiments done by the military. Leukocytes (white blood cells) were collected for DNA from donors and placed into chambers so they could be measure electrical changes. In this experiment, the donor was placed in one room and subjected to "emotional stimulation" consisting of videoclips, which generated different emotions in the donor. The DNA was placed in a different room in the same building. Both the donor and his DNA were monitored and as the donor exhibited emotional peaks or valleys (measured by electricalresponses), the DNA exhibited the IDENTICAL RESPONSES AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. There was no lag time, no transmission time. The DNA peaks and valleys EXACTLY MATCHED the peaks and valleys of the donor in time. The military wanted to see how far away they could separate the donor from his DNA and still get this effect. They stopped testing after they separated the DNA and the donor by 50 miles and STILL had the SAME result. No lag time; no transmission time. The DNA and the donor had the same identical responses in time. What can this mean? Gregg Braden says it means that living cells communicate through a previously unrecognized form of energy. This energy is not affected by time and distance. This is a non-local form of energy, an energy that already exists everywhere, all the time.
"EXPERIMENT #3 The third experiment was done by the Institute of Heart Math and the paper that was written about this was titled: Local and Non local Effects of Coherent Heart Frequencies on Conformational Changes of DNA. (Disregard the title! The info is incredible.) This is the experiment that relates directly to the anthrax situation. In this experiment, some human placenta DNA (the most pristine form of DNA) was placed in a container from which they could measure changes in the DNA. Twenty-eight vials of DNA were given (one each) to 28 trained researchers. Each researcher had been trained how to generate and FEEL feelings, and they each had strong emotions. What was discovered was that the DNA CHANGED ITS SHAPE according to the feelings of the researchers: 1. Whenthe researchers FELT gratitude, love and appreciation, the DNA responded by RELAXING and the strands unwound. The length of the DNA became longer. 2. When theresearchers FELT anger, fear, frustration, or stress, the DNA responded by TIGHTENING UP. It became shorter and SWITCHED OFF many of our DNA codes! If you've ever felt "shut down" by negative emotions, now you know why your body was equally shut down, too. The shut down of the DNA codes was reversed and the codes were switched back on again when feelings of love, joy, gratitude and appreciation were felt by the researchers. This experiment was later followed up by testing HIV positive patients. They discovered that feelings of love, gratitude and appreciation created 300,000 TIMES the RESISTANCE theyhad without those feelings.
"So here's the answer to what can help you stay well, no matter what dreadful virus or bacteria may be floating around. Stay in feelings of joy, love, gratitude and appreciation! These emotional changes went beyond the effects of electro-magnetics. Individuals trained in deep love were able to change the shape of their DNA. Gregg Braden says this illustrates anew recognized form of energy that connects all of creation. This energy appears to be a TIGHTLY WOVEN WEB that connects all matter. Essentially we're able to influence this web of creation through our VIBRATION." (taken from http://www.ghchealth.com/forum/post-170.html )
The second experiment spoken about above is also mentioned in a wonderful book by pastor Joel Osteen. He says, "I read of an interesting study done in 1993 by the United States military. They were curious about what traits get passed down from one generation to the next. We know that physical traits do. What about emotional, mental, and spiritual characteristics? What about bad attitudes and additions? Or what about good qualities such as integrity, compassion, and godliness? Can they be passed down as well?
"The researchers extracted some white blood cells from a volunteer and they carefully placed them in a test tube. They then put a probe from a lie detector machine down in that test tube, to measure the person's emotional response.
"Next, they instructed this same volunteer to go a couple of doors down and watch some violent scenes from an old war movie on television. When this man watched the scenes, even though the blood that was being tested was in another room, when he got all uptight and tense, that lie detector test shot off the page. It was detecting his emotional response even though the blood was no longer in his body.
"The experimenters did this with person after person with the same results. They concluded that the blood cells seem to "remember" where they came from. Now, if sicknesses and addictions and wrong mind-sets can be passed down, how much more can God's blessings, favor and good habits be passed down through our blood? As important as it may be to understand the generational curse, it is vital that we understand the generational blessings we can obtain." (Joel Osteen, Become a Better You p 60-61)
I can't help but think of the verses in D&C 88:11-13 when I read the above experiements. "And the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your understandings; Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space- the light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God who sitteth upon his throne, who is in the bosom of eternity, who is in the midst of all things." That is a most amazing scripture! The light from God sharpens our understanding of everything. This same light fills our vast galaxy and universe and all of space. This light is IN all matter and gives life to all creation. This light is the very law by which all matter- visible and invisible- is governed. This light is the answer Gregg Braden and world renowned scientists are still searching for! The answers ARE in the scriptures!
In light of the understanding that all creation is connected energetically, it should not come as such a shock that energy therapists are able to work with clients over the phone and EFFECT CHANGES. Although there is a distance between the facilitator and the client's physical selves, there is no distance between their energy bodies because it is a unified field. At first, it took awhile to wrap my brain around that concept. We are individual souls, yet we are all connected energetically.
It is obvious to us today that DNA records information. Anecdotal evidence regarding blood's capability to do that is found in cases of blood transfusions, during which recipients have seen images of places they’ve never been and memories which are not their own. There are also books about transplant recipients who suddenly find themselves craving different food and activities... only to find upon investigation that their new tastes match the donor's habits and cravings. In the scriptures the Lord asked the murderer Cain, "What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground." (Genesis 4:10 emphasis added; see also Rev 6:10; 2 Nephi 28:10;Alma 14:11; Mormon 8:27;Ether 8:22; D&C 87:7; D&C 109:49, D&C 135:7 ) "They have shed innocent blood which crieth from the ground."(D&C 136:36) I believe these verses are speaking (okay, that pun was intended) more than just figuratively.
The verse in First John supports experiments by Dr. C. Norman Shealy in addition to the studies Gregg Braden and Larry Dossey write of concerning energetically affecting non-localized events. What that means in everyday language is that distant energy healing is possible. The Bible has examples of this done by the Savior as well as mere mortals.
A post on Dec 15, 2004 by guest "Dr. G" on the Global Healing Center website tells of 3 different astonishing experiments done on DNA. Dr. G's message is titled "DNA Activation for Healing" and says:
"In his recent program entitled Healing Hearts/Healing Nations: The Science of Peace and the Power of Prayer, Gregg Braden discussed how in the past we lost huge amounts of information from ancient spiritual traditions (when the library at Alexandria burned we lost at least 532,000 documents), and that there may be information in those traditions which could help us understand some of the mysteries of science. To this end he reported on three very interesting experiments. Gregg Braden started off as a scientist and engineer, before he began pursuing these larger questions. "
"EXPERIMENT #1 The first experiment he reported was done by Dr.Vladimir Poponin, a quantumbiologist. In this experiment, first a container was emptied (ie a vacuum was created within it), and then the only thing left in it were photons (particles of light). They measured the distribution (ie the location) of the photons and found they were completely random inside the container. This was the expected result. Then some DNA was placed inside the container and the distribution (location) of the photons was remeasured. This time the photons were LINED UP in an ORDERED way and aligned with the DNA. In other words, the physical DNA had an effect on the non-physical photons. After that, the DNA was removed from the container, and the distribution of the photons was remeasured again. The photons REMAINED ORDERED and lined up where the DNA had been. What are the light particles connected to? Gregg Braden says we are forced to accept the possibility that some NEW field of energy, a web of energy, is there and the DNA is communicating with the photons through this energy.
"EXPERIMENT #2 These were experiments done by the military. Leukocytes (white blood cells) were collected for DNA from donors and placed into chambers so they could be measure electrical changes. In this experiment, the donor was placed in one room and subjected to "emotional stimulation" consisting of videoclips, which generated different emotions in the donor. The DNA was placed in a different room in the same building. Both the donor and his DNA were monitored and as the donor exhibited emotional peaks or valleys (measured by electricalresponses), the DNA exhibited the IDENTICAL RESPONSES AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. There was no lag time, no transmission time. The DNA peaks and valleys EXACTLY MATCHED the peaks and valleys of the donor in time. The military wanted to see how far away they could separate the donor from his DNA and still get this effect. They stopped testing after they separated the DNA and the donor by 50 miles and STILL had the SAME result. No lag time; no transmission time. The DNA and the donor had the same identical responses in time. What can this mean? Gregg Braden says it means that living cells communicate through a previously unrecognized form of energy. This energy is not affected by time and distance. This is a non-local form of energy, an energy that already exists everywhere, all the time.
"EXPERIMENT #3 The third experiment was done by the Institute of Heart Math and the paper that was written about this was titled: Local and Non local Effects of Coherent Heart Frequencies on Conformational Changes of DNA. (Disregard the title! The info is incredible.) This is the experiment that relates directly to the anthrax situation. In this experiment, some human placenta DNA (the most pristine form of DNA) was placed in a container from which they could measure changes in the DNA. Twenty-eight vials of DNA were given (one each) to 28 trained researchers. Each researcher had been trained how to generate and FEEL feelings, and they each had strong emotions. What was discovered was that the DNA CHANGED ITS SHAPE according to the feelings of the researchers: 1. Whenthe researchers FELT gratitude, love and appreciation, the DNA responded by RELAXING and the strands unwound. The length of the DNA became longer. 2. When theresearchers FELT anger, fear, frustration, or stress, the DNA responded by TIGHTENING UP. It became shorter and SWITCHED OFF many of our DNA codes! If you've ever felt "shut down" by negative emotions, now you know why your body was equally shut down, too. The shut down of the DNA codes was reversed and the codes were switched back on again when feelings of love, joy, gratitude and appreciation were felt by the researchers. This experiment was later followed up by testing HIV positive patients. They discovered that feelings of love, gratitude and appreciation created 300,000 TIMES the RESISTANCE theyhad without those feelings.
"So here's the answer to what can help you stay well, no matter what dreadful virus or bacteria may be floating around. Stay in feelings of joy, love, gratitude and appreciation! These emotional changes went beyond the effects of electro-magnetics. Individuals trained in deep love were able to change the shape of their DNA. Gregg Braden says this illustrates anew recognized form of energy that connects all of creation. This energy appears to be a TIGHTLY WOVEN WEB that connects all matter. Essentially we're able to influence this web of creation through our VIBRATION." (taken from http://www.ghchealth.com/forum/post-170.html )
The second experiment spoken about above is also mentioned in a wonderful book by pastor Joel Osteen. He says, "I read of an interesting study done in 1993 by the United States military. They were curious about what traits get passed down from one generation to the next. We know that physical traits do. What about emotional, mental, and spiritual characteristics? What about bad attitudes and additions? Or what about good qualities such as integrity, compassion, and godliness? Can they be passed down as well?
"The researchers extracted some white blood cells from a volunteer and they carefully placed them in a test tube. They then put a probe from a lie detector machine down in that test tube, to measure the person's emotional response.
"Next, they instructed this same volunteer to go a couple of doors down and watch some violent scenes from an old war movie on television. When this man watched the scenes, even though the blood that was being tested was in another room, when he got all uptight and tense, that lie detector test shot off the page. It was detecting his emotional response even though the blood was no longer in his body.
"The experimenters did this with person after person with the same results. They concluded that the blood cells seem to "remember" where they came from. Now, if sicknesses and addictions and wrong mind-sets can be passed down, how much more can God's blessings, favor and good habits be passed down through our blood? As important as it may be to understand the generational curse, it is vital that we understand the generational blessings we can obtain." (Joel Osteen, Become a Better You p 60-61)
I can't help but think of the verses in D&C 88:11-13 when I read the above experiements. "And the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your understandings; Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space- the light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God who sitteth upon his throne, who is in the bosom of eternity, who is in the midst of all things." That is a most amazing scripture! The light from God sharpens our understanding of everything. This same light fills our vast galaxy and universe and all of space. This light is IN all matter and gives life to all creation. This light is the very law by which all matter- visible and invisible- is governed. This light is the answer Gregg Braden and world renowned scientists are still searching for! The answers ARE in the scriptures!
In light of the understanding that all creation is connected energetically, it should not come as such a shock that energy therapists are able to work with clients over the phone and EFFECT CHANGES. Although there is a distance between the facilitator and the client's physical selves, there is no distance between their energy bodies because it is a unified field. At first, it took awhile to wrap my brain around that concept. We are individual souls, yet we are all connected energetically.
As I mentioned, there are examples of distant healing in the Bible by the Savior as well as distant healing by mere mortals. Paul is an example in the New Testament and Elisha an example from the Old Testament. Modern day apostle Parley P. Pratt wrote, " As the electric fluid obeys its own laws upon the wire, so also does the spiritual or holy fluid convey itself, through certain channels, from one body to another, in accordance with certain legitimate laws. . . . A person commissioned of Jesus Christ and filled with this spiritual substance, can impart of the same to another, provided there is a preparation of heart and faith on the part of the receiver. Or if, as in cases of healing, casting out devils, etc., it happens that the receiver has no command of his own mind, as in cases of little children, persons swooned, fainted, deranged or dead, then the faith of the administrator alone, or in connection with other friends and agents, in his behalf, is sufficient in many cases to perform the work. However, the touch or laying on of hands, is not the only means of communicating the gift of healing. A word spoken, a mandate issued, or even a handkerchief, apron, or other garment, worn or touched by a person full of this Spirit, and conveyed to another, has, according to sacred history, and also the experience of the present age, proved sufficient to communicate the spiritual fluid between minds of strong and mutual faith. So well acquainted was the Prophet Elisha with this principle, that he sent his servant to lay his staff upon a dead child, in order to raise it from the dead; but in this instance, the undertaking failed. The prophet could only resuscitate the child by placing face on face, eye to eye, mouth to mouth, hand to hand, etc., so as to give the greatest possible effect to the imparting of the spirit of life."(Parley P. Pratt, Key to the Science of Theology, 2000, Archive Publishers Heber City, UT, p 110-111)
I firmly believe that science and religion can work together in teaching truth, for that describes the last few years of my experience. The science I have come across has strengthened my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. That’s not so surprising since all truth comes from God and He makes no distinction between scientific truth and religious truth. It is all His truth! It appears that scientists are telling us the very things that prophets have told us all along! The spirit world really is right here. It vibrates at a faster rate than our earthly plane and so most people don't tune in to that frequency. That is why it is said to be invisible to us. But it is here and it IS possible to see it among us with our spiritual eyes. I know that to be true!
Fred on Forgiveness Heals Physically
Fred Taylor spoke to our Mind-Body-Spirit Health Group in Mountain Green last week. Here are the notes I promised some of you.
I introduced him as born and raised in Ogden, married to Diane with 3 children and 5 grandchildren. He went on a mission to Austria. He was Branch President of the care center in Roy for 3 years, where I met him. Currently, he is High Priest Group Leader in his ward. His working career ended when he was declared disabled. He has a standing appointment with the missionaries every Tuesday to take them to the temple, grocery shopping, and anywhere else they need to go. In fact, he is pretty much on call for the missionaries 24/7.
Then I told our group that Fred was different from the other speakers we have enjoyed, in that he is NOT certified in any healing techniques. This, I explained, made all that he has been able to accomplish in helping others with their health, an even more impressive accomplishment.
I went on to say that Fred was my hero for listening to a prompting of the spirit to take a copy of his story to the care center one morning. Because he listened and obeyed, my family was immensely blessed to learn the health principle that forgiveness heals physically. I thought Fred had given away over 1000 copies of his healing story, but I was corrected to learn that he had given away over 1500 copies! I said that Fred was also a hero to me because I didn't know anyone else who listens to the spirit as closely as he does. I said he really is a walking miracle and gave his website as: www.littleeverydaymiracles-fred.blogspot.com
Fred's presentation 2/23/2010
At age 38 I was told I had M.S. I had terrible dizzy spells and other problems. At the time I asked "Why me?" Later on with the help of the spirit, I asked, "Why not me?"
I was sitting in Sunday School when I was prompted to read something in the D&C. There was something that would help me. I read D&C 122 about Joseph Smith in the jail. That wasn't it. Then I read D&C 121 about being in the Liberty Jail. Verses 4, 7 and 8 jumped off the page at me! It read, "My son, peace be unto thy soul... endure it well... it will be a small moment" That was very comforting.
I went home and still had dizzy spells. I didn't get around or do much at all. I couldn't even stand up (showed us wobbling jerking ALL over the place.) A year later the doctors did more tests and told me there was less evidence of M.S., and that I possibly had Meineir's disease. No meds worked and this went on for 5 years. I couldn't stand up, even with help. I took a disability retirement at age 43 with 3 teens at home. I felt worthless, but knew I would be okay because of the powerful experience in Sunday School while reading in the D&C.
A friend in my ward had tried to get me to learn about Jan Graf and the work he did down in St. George. Every time he tried to convince me it would help, I told him that I knew my problem wasn't stress, I had a PHYSICAL problem! Well, this went on for 8 years, my friend encouraging me to go see Jan Graf. So 8 years later my friend brought over a booklet by Jan Graf. One and a half weeks later, I read the booklet just to get my friend "off my back" about the whole idea. However, as soon as I read the booklet I Knew it was exactly what I needed. I set the booklet down and picked up the phone to make an appointment with Jan.
I spent 3 hours there in that appointment where Jan taught me how properly forgive. I'd heard about forgiveness all my life. I'd heard all the talks and lessons, but I found out I didn't know how to really forgive. Jan taught me to forgive outloud and in present tense: not with I "should" forgive or I "ought" to forgive, or I "will" but "I forgive," as in right now. We worked down a list name by name plus I had to forgive myself for holding feelings against them. Jan also drained the negative energy off of me. After the appointment, I went to the desk to pay and I was standing there whenI realized that for the first time in 8 1/2 years, I wasn't wobbly. I was standing still! I carried my cane out to my car and drove home!
(Fred passed around a photograph of his expired handicap license plate and cane.) I want to tell the Bible story of the man who was lowered through the roof by his friends in order to be close to the Savior. (He told the story of the Lord telling the man he was forgiven and of his immediate healing.) That was ME on that bed! I knew I hadn't forgiven myself. I literally took up my bed and walked.
I want to show you how Jan Graf taught me to drain negative energy. Tamara will you come up and help me? Use one of your fingers, it doesn't matter which one, and hold it about6-8 inches above the person's LEFT foot. It must be the left foot and you can't do it to yourself. It requires 2 people. Focus on what you're doing. Jan told me it doesn't matter if you use your left or right hand to drain the energy. I feel a sort of buzz and my hand tingles when I do this. I don't do it daily, just when I feel the need. Negative energy comes when we are depressed, offended, ill or feeling negative emotions. We all build it up. It can manifest with physical symptoms like my equilibrium not working. If we don't judge people, including ourselves, we won't have all the forgiveness work to do! I like the poem by Robert Burns that says "Look gently on man..."
I want to share some experiences about the MIND changing its deep down inside thinking. In my first visit with Jan, he taught me that people are afraid of food because they fear it will cause weight gain, or possibly diabetes... We program our minds to believe these kinds of things! Our minds says "Okay, I'll have to suffer the consequences if I eat that sugar or fat..." Jan said the Lord gave us all food to enjoy and we don't let ourselves enjoy it. I eat whatever I want whenever I want it and I stay the same weight. I'm with the missionaries a lot and not one of them over all these years, who is crazy enough to challenge me to an eating contest has ever won. I have wasted every elder's challenge. In 2007 I lost 20 pounds. Sometimes I eat half of a half gallon of ice cream. Once I ate 5 steaks.
When I was a teenager I tore the heck out of my knees playing basketball. 6 years ago my son and his wife came with their 1 1/2 year old girl. She got into lots of pots and pans. My wife Diane said I had to put child proof locks on all the cabinet doors in the kitchen. It took me about an hour to do that. The thought came to me: that's gonna kill my knees! It did. I went and got ice packs. Later, I had the thought: I'm going to forgive my knees for thinking they had to hurt to justify the pain. Well, I did that and the pain was gone, but they were still stiff and swollen. Then I thought, I'm going to forgive my knees for believing they had to swell and be stiff and sore. 7 months later, I had to put new brakes and rotors on our car. I climbed around on the cement floor in the driveway and had NO pain or stiffness. I don't have to do that to myself anymore! I smile now and think I don't have to do that to myself anymore. Last summer I tore a rotator cuff. I spent 30 minutes with Jan. 2 days later, I vacuumed our entire house and then went and vacuumed out my van. My shoulder was FINE!
I have asked Tamara if she will come up and tell us about her experience with forgiveness.
"I had to have my gallbladder out2 years ago because I was turning yellow. It was supposed to be an out-patient surgery, but I got doctor induced pancreatitis and had to stay in the hospital 5 days. I went home and Fred stopped by to check on how I was doing about 10 days after surgery. He didn't tell me at the time, but he thought I looked really down. I was still moping around spending a lot of time on the sofa.
Fred asked me if I had forgiven the doctors for causing me to have pancreatitis. I said I didn't hold it against them, I wasn't the suing type... He again asked, have you forgiven the doctors out loud? I had to admit that I hadn't. Fred suggested that right then and there, I forgive them for every negative thing I had allowed in my head. While I did that, he put a finger on my forehead with the intention of sending me positive energy. So I forgave the general surgeon out loud for suggesting we do a scope procedure prior to surgery. I forgave the other doctor for doing the scope and irritating my pancreas. I forgave the surgeon for the micro tear in my bile duct. I forgave the doctors for causing me 5 days hospital bills. I forgave myself for allowing any thoughts of blame toward them... and on and on I forgave.
When I was finished, I had the most wonderful sensation come into my body. I still remember it very vividly. I felt a heavenly, warm energy coming down into the top of my head, filling me up with a light sensation that poured into my head and flowed down my neck and into my body. It filled me up with a lightness and a feeling of hope and energy. It was an incredible feeling! I had so much more energy, I got up off the sofa and headed for the kitchen to take care of things that had been piling up. Both my husband and Fred commented that I looked physically different.
(A hand was raised in the audience and the person asked, "So what did you do Fred, did you drain negative energy and then put in positive energy?" Fred answered that was the way he remembered it.)
FRED CONTINUED
You have to touch the forehead to put positive energy in another person. Touch them in the middle of their forehead right at the hairline with one of your fingers. Not everyone feels it.
(A question was asked about doing the forgiveness at the same time as draining energy or putting positive energy in.) I explained that you don't have to do it at the same time as you are forgiving out loud. If I'm out in public I still do forgiveness out loud, I just say it kind of to myself, -as long as you can hear yourself say it.
There are 4 things needed for changes to happen. First, you have to have a desire for it to happen. You have to be willing to let it happen. You must believe the other person deserves forgiveness. And you have to allow it to happen.
Forgiveness doesn't mean you condone what the other person did. You are for giving it over to God. We're to love others as ourselves, not in spite of ourself or _____. Forgive one another or you have the greater sin. God will forgive us if we repent, so what right do we have to judge who deserves forgiveness and who doesn't? Christ has paid the price and so He has the right to make those His own. God is a perfect gentlemen. He never goes where he's not invited.
We have no right to judge because we do not know another person's mind. Only 1 is qualified for that job, so our job is to forgive. Being unforgiving is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. And saying I'll forgive but I'll never forget is like saying I don't forgive.
How many times should we forgive? The scriptures say the Lord taught the disciples 7 times. The Jews had a hard time believing that because 7 was like saying infinity. Then the Savior replied till 70 times 7. What that means is that any time you think again of what that person did to you, you need to forgive them AGAIN. That is the 70 times 7 principle. That thought you had of remembering brings it up again, that you were offended in the past.
1.Forgiveness must be verbal- thinking it is just a start.
2. Forgiveness must be specific by name for a specific thing.
3. Forgiveness must be in present tense. (not I will or I can or I need to... those are future tense.)
After you forgive the other person you must forgive yourself for holding in thinking negative things about them.
You can continue to learn this as you drive. There are plenty of opportunities then! You have 2 choices. You can choose to be upset which creates more stress and negative energy and makes you feel bad. OR you can choose to forgive the other driver for being human and yourself for being offended and thinking unkind things.
The absolute best way is to forgive. There is no revenge as sweet as to forgive. We judge people due to our pride. I am walking proof. (Closed with testimony)
(A hand was raised with a question: How long did it take till you were all better? ) I was better as I walked out of my first appointment..
(How did Jan know what was needed?) He uses kinesiology, or muscle testing, to determine when in your life you had an issue that needs taken care of. Every time he asked me if I could remember that time in my life, I knew who it was I had to forgive.
(Did you ever feel they were just words?) ____
(Guy Laing stood up and emotionally told about his daughter's experience seeing Jan Graf the first time.)
I have heard a lot about depression lately. I know what that feels like because I went through it with my disability. I'd suggest to start expressing gratitude as the best solution to that black hole starting to open up and pull us down. It seems to have an even higher healing power than forgiveness! That is because if we are grateful for something we had to forgive for, it has tremendous healing power.
(Comment from audience: Isn't that 2 sides of the same coin?) Tamara raised her hand and commented that in her opinion gratitude was even higher, because it took a lot longer to be grateful for the trials she went through with her daughter than it took to forgive them.
(Question from the audience: We have seen some atrocities lately in the world. Do you just say the words of forgiveness when things happen that are so horrible?) I said sometimes you have to say it over and over until hopefully you really mean it. (Audience member added that the song I am a Child of God had its words changed from I must 'know' to I must 'do'.) I added that it goes back to believing we forgive all. Who is the judge of who deserves to be forgiven? Love without a grudge.
(Fred felt prompted to end with an additional story from his mission. He butted heads with his mission president who did not believe in medical treatment and did not allow any sick days even upon doctor's orders. He had plenty of opportunities to forgive with hilly, step ridden Austria and his bad knees and such a mission president. In the end, going home early with a medical release meant he met his wife. So he was able to turn it all around and be grateful. He looked the mission president up and forgave him just before the president passed away. )
Is it acceptable for Latter Day Saints to be involved?
I was with my family at a theater watching the movie "Narnia." Aslan ,the lion, was willingly walking himself towards the stone table. My thoughts turned to the obvious parallel: Jesus Christ. I pondered His incredibly unending love that enabled him to willingly walk himself toward the cross. I was overwhelmed with deep gratitude for Him. All of a sudden I noticed that a warm flowing sensation of subtle Energy was streaming out the palm of my right hand. Whether it is called Quantum Touch or Reiki, Prana, Chi or simply "life force energy" it is obviously amplified by loving thoughts.
That is another reason I am comfortable having these modalities done by facilitators of high integrity, and why I am certified in some of them myself. "But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God." (Moroni 7:13) "A good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit." Another reason I know Energy Medicine has good ‘fruit’ is because it was promptings of the spirit that began my learning journey in the first place. It has been amazing how people and books and events have been orchestrated to cross my path with synchronicity.
I know the hand of the Lord has been over my life so that I would learn these things. Numerous spiritual experiences witness to me that there is truth in this work. Further, I know that God works by laws. "
That is another reason I am comfortable having these modalities done by facilitators of high integrity, and why I am certified in some of them myself. "But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God." (Moroni 7:13) "A good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit." Another reason I know Energy Medicine has good ‘fruit’ is because it was promptings of the spirit that began my learning journey in the first place. It has been amazing how people and books and events have been orchestrated to cross my path with synchronicity.
I know the hand of the Lord has been over my life so that I would learn these things. Numerous spiritual experiences witness to me that there is truth in this work. Further, I know that God works by laws. "
To heal a person by the touch, or by the laying on of hands, in the name of Jesus Christ, or to impart the Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands, is as much in accordance with the laws of nature, as for water to seek its own level... However, the touch, or laying on of hands, is not the only means of communicating the gift of healing. A word spoken, a mandate issued, or even a handkerchief, apron or other garment, worn or touched by a person full of this Spirit, and conveyed to another, has, according to sacred history, and also the experience of the present age, proved sufficient to communicate the spiritual fluid between minds of strong and mutual faith." (Parley P. Pratt, Key tothe Science of Theology, p 109-111)My favorite hymn is "Lord, I Would Follow Thee." It says, "I would be my brother’s keeper, I would learn the healer’s art, to the wounded and the weary I would show a gentle heart." That is the aim of facilitators I know who do Energy work. One can’t speak for what other energy therapists do, but we in the healing arts can know whether we ourselves operate within the gospel’s bounds.