Power

I have been thinking a lot lately about the power we all have and yet it often seems ignored or untapped or maybe we are unaware of it at all. What is mind over matter? Is it real? Jesus told us that we would do even greater things than He. What did He mean? There is so much supernatural stuff in scripture. Yet, we often read these stories and accept them or try to pick them apart intellectually and dismiss the power that is expressed. What more are we capable of? What kind of power have we actually been given? Can we all heal?

I have a friend who recently went through a surgery. Just before that, we had engaged in some good back-and-forth e-mails about spirituality and she spoke of “this world of brainwashed”. I couldn’t get that phrase out of my head … It fascinates me. Brainwashing. I often look around me and see people as cattle. We move in herds going with the opinion of the masses and believing in things because charismatic people say that they are true. Often I see people following and not owning or exploring their own thoughts for themselves. The mind is powerful. It is a gift given to each of us to explore countless possibilities. I think most of the brain is untapped potential. Take autism for example. Autistic savants are born with miswired neurons - and extraordinary gifts. Science continues to try and understand and explain why an autistic person may not be able to tie their own shoes yet are able able to multiply long columns of numbers instantly and factor cube roots in seconds. What potential is locked away in our brains!

Ok, so back to my friend who had surgery … she then updated me on her condition and said that everyone (her nutritionist, her chiropractors, her healers) for years have been telling her that her immune system is weak. Is it really weak or has the power of suggestion made her weak? Why if they have the answers isn’t she getting better? Do these healers, chiropractors, nutritionists have an agenda? Like if she got better she wouldn’t be paying them the big bucks anymore. OK, I want to be fair and not villainize. I recognize doctors practice on patients all the time. Often they don’t have answers and people don’t get better. They say it’s their best guess based on data collected and pervious experience. I don’t think, generally, they have an agenda to keep people sick. *SIDE NOTE* So, what makes people sick? Is it only genetics, environments, diet? Could it be will or suggestion? How much is mind over matter?

Once home from surgery, my friend went to her holistic chiropractor and got infrared treatment with electronic frequency to increase hydration, and focus on wound healing. Then, she got an energetic healing session with a Healer she knows from Denver. What is all of this I wondered… So, I asked my friend, Chrissy, who has explored the world of chakras, color/light energies, rock healing etc. and studied with a healing practitioner for years. Are people healed this way? Her response to me is that she did it for years and yeah it works. How? I asked. With rock healing, for example, she said you place the rocks strategically onto someone’s body and walk away. Vibrations and energies in the rocks help you … (there is probably more to it than that but we were just having an informal conversation). And I said, that works??? What she said next really intrigued me. She said, the human mind is powerful. We get told something and we believe it. OK, so if this is how it worked then, are we not healing ourselves??? Mind over matter … believe you can move mountains and you will kind of stuff!!! Is there more to it than that?

I believe people are sometimes really healed. So, how are they healed? Is there a power that is from another source? People are healed apart from the power of Jesus. In the scriptures there are references to people using powers apart from God. And they did heal and do supernatural and unexplainable things. Some would say this power comes from demons. Then, there are healings that occur in science/medicine. Doctor have created drugs that have saved millions of people’s lives just by combining things found on this planet. The human mind has done this. So, what does it all mean? Can we separate science from the spiritual? If God created people and their minds and He created the planet and all of the things on it to sustain us than has he set it up for us to explore and heal and find power. So, maybe this is one way to tap into the power to heal–using science and medicine or herbs and rocks???

Thoughts anyone?? Input welcome.