________________
BROTHER MANDUS
85
Can unconscious people, babies, and animals be healed by the efforts of the healer?
Yes, children are particularly receptive to divine healing. So long as someone can invoke prayer and believe in answers, then miracles can indeed very often happen for children. The child has no resistance. It is already open and receptive to the movement of the spirit, once it is released through prayer.
I have found, personally, that many sick children have been healed when parents have in their turn been healed of fear or worry about the sick child. I think we have to be very careful indeed about human negative influence on unprotected children. Worry and pressure shining through the love-field of a mother can be disastrous for a child who is sick. The greatest healing potential for a child is, of course, the parents themselves. But they, like healers in the sense we describe them, are obligated to release the child to the Father and believe in God's perfection shining there. They have to exercise their faith, their love, their prayers, and their expectancy and behold the child filled with the power of the living Christ.
The same truth applies for unconscious people. There is no difference simply because they are unconscious. Their spirit is still alive in the spirit of God and prayer can be the very best antidote to their particular problem.
Animals, like children, are tremendously receptive to healing prayer. We get a constant stream of letters from people asking us to pray for their pets, and they so often tell us of wonderful results. Can a scoffer be healed in spite of his refusal to take the healing seriously?
To some extent this falls into the same category as praying for people who are unaware of the healer's efforts. In addition, there is the other factor of potential resistance
