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Healing in Mind
I had a week of miracles where I was accepting Jesus; it started with a diagnosis of asthma followed by the arrival of my plumber who reminded me of the power of prayer, and an episode of “Get Real” with Kenneth Clifford and David Hoffmeister as described in Part I of this story. After the Episode of "Get Real," I read the Rules for Decision as David recommended. I started my day reading it and decided,
“Today I will have a peaceful day, I will make peace my only goal.”
Any time I would notice my breathing was difficult during the day I set the goal and decided I would not focus on it, rush to my medication or inhaler but just let it be. Instead, I would place my attention on the present moment and whatever activity I found myself in, such as being with a client who needed help, answering emails. Just anything that was not about me and my symptoms. When I placed the rules of decision into practice I noticed that I seemingly could “not breathe” and send an email at the same time without having to use the inhaler!
Through this miracle, I realized I had built up a story ever since the day a doctor told me, ‘You have asthma.' The story was a life sentence and that every day, I was going to be struggling to breathe. This was a very depressing thought that led me to think, “Well then I would rather just die now.” This thought made me aware of how my ego was in control of the story and as that, yes, all ego’s thoughts lead to death.
The previous weeks before this miracle, my mind was full of fear and I made an appointment with another doctor to get a second opinion on the medications because they did not seem to be working. Like with my plumber, I had forgotten about this appointment. After the Get Real episode I no longer felt a doctor was the answer, and I was hesitant to attend as I thought the doctor was going to wake my fear again. When I noticed this thought, I was reminded of how to use the rules for decision and to let go of my fear in decision making, and that I choose how to look at this situation with the Holy Spirit not the doctor. I felt it was ok to make the appointment with the new doctor...
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