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A Positive Path for Spiritual Living

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“Healing From the Inside Out”                         By Rev. Phillip Smedstad

Unity began as a healing and prayer movement.  It began with Myrtle Fillmore’s healing from tuberculosis in 1886, and continued with her husband Charles being healed of a withered leg over the course of the next three decades.  His healing didn’t happen nearly as rapidly as did Myrtle’s, but it was powerful never the less.

Their healings were both based on the principle that we are all whole, no matter what the appearance might be in our bodies.  They were likewise based on the concept that we are all created in the image and after the likeness of God.  This doesn’t mean that our appearance is the same as a being named God.  It means that we are composed of the same “stuff” as is Spirit.
Also in Unity, Jesus is not the “great exception” but rather the “great example.”  He showed us all the divinity in each of us.  At our core, all the qualities which Jesus demonstrated are in each of us.  Jesus was in fact what each of us is in potential. 

The difference between Jesus and us is that he knew and experienced his oneness every day with the qualities of Spirit, whereas for us, often they are still just “good ideas.”  We call the awareness and experience which Jesus had “Christ consciousness,” and it is actually available to each of us.

Jesus’ ministry was filled with stories of healing.  He healed blindness, deafness, muteness, mental illness, leprosy, rheumatism, an “issue of blood,” paralysis, and more.  We can look at each healing physically, and we can also look at each one as having a metaphysical meaning.

Metaphysically, it is the Mind of Christ in us today which heals us of:

• Blindness – to our divinity and to our oneness with each other.
• Mental illness – Whenever we feel separate from God, spiritually speaking we are crazy.
• Deafness – to the guidance which is always available to us.
• Paralysis – so that fear no longer immobilizes us.
• “Inner rheumatism” – so we are no longer filled with resentment and bitterness.
• An “inner issue of blood” – so we get our true joy back.

When we wake up to our oneness with God, there is no condition too difficult to heal.  Does this mean physically?  Yes, but all physical healings begin with inner, or metaphysical, healings.

We could say that the number one cause of death in this country is “dying from a broken heart” (heart disease).  How does the inner Christ heal this condition?  It says, “Open your heart to love.”

We could also say that the number two cause of death in this country is “dying from things eating away at us” (cancer).  How does the inner Christ heal this condition?  It says, “Learn how to practice deep forgiveness.”

Sometimes people in Unity and New Thought are afraid to talk about cancer, because they are afraid of “giving it power.”  What they don’t realize is how much power they are already giving it by being afraid to talk about it.
Cancer, diabetes, AIDS, ebola, and the rest have no power in and of themselves.  On Sunday, I asked everyone, “How many powers do we in Unity say there are in the universe?”  Of course, everyone answered, “One!”  When I then asked, “What is the name of that Power,” everyone said, “God.”

We are all expressions of that one Power.  Illness is not a sentence.  It’s a wake-up call.
Charles Fillmore once said, “When the mind is healed of its mistakes, the body naturally responds.”  I agree – with one caveat:  My personal belief is that we each decide, before we come to earth, on how long we will be here.  Some of us may only be here for a few minutes, while others are here for 120 years.

If today, you have an illness, it doesn’t mean you are a “bad Unity student.”  We all have issues to work on and grow through.  For some of us, the issues are more financial.  For others, they have more to do with relationships.  And for others, the issues are centered around our bodies.

If you are dealing with an illness, the questions to ask are:

• What gift(s) do I want to receive from this?  And,
• What lifestyle change(s) is this calling for?

On Sunday, I shared from an article by Dr. Kelly Turner.  In her new book Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds she lists the nine most-reported factors in documented cases of remission.  They are:

• Radically changing our diet.
• Taking charge of our own health.
• Following our intuition.
• Using herbs and supplements.
• Releasing suppressed emotions.
• Increasing positive emotions.
• Embracing social support.
• Deepening our spiritual connection.
• Having strong reasons for living.

No matter what issues we have to grow through, and no matter what our body will eventually die from, the eternal truth is that we are always whole.

The how-to’s for this lesson are two.  First, to practice opening our hearts to love, and second, to practice forgiveness – all day every day.

All miracles happen within, as a change of mind and heart.  Then, because our outer world always reflects our inner world, the more we open to our oneness with God, the more healing we experience – in all ways.