Five Great Healers Speak Here

Author(s): Nancy, Esmond Gardner
Publisher: Theosophical Publishing House

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FIVE GREAT HEALERS SPEAK HERE
is one of the things that creates a kind of duality in the mind of the healer himself, a dependence on his own powers. In the physical world it is a fact that some are doctors and some are not. But, in the spiritual world, there must be unity with the healing force, no ego separation. You must raise yourself (the simplicity of your education is of no importance) to a state of purity of love, of compassion, and mental balance, so that your healing or blessing emanates from a pure and holy master. At that level, the blessing works powerfully and smoothly because the healer himself does not get in the way of the healing force.
For example, there was a holy man in India who was so pure a soul that people came from all over to collect his blessings, which had great healing power. One day it came to the holy man's mind that this was not good because he was seeing their faces and saying to himself, “This man came to me for a blessing from a great distance," or, “This girl is desperate for my blessing.” It all seemed a pitfall for his ego.
Therefore, he made a decision. He would give his blessings only to those who waited behind him, out of sight. He would give no more blessings to the persons who came in front of him and whom he could see. If they were not visible to him and asked for a complete blessing, he would say, “Go your way, you are blessed."
The holy man wanted to see only the spiritual and to be equal to the people he was helping. He wanted no part of such thinking as, “I am in a position to help you and you are in a position to receive my help.” Such superiority is putting one person down and another up, and it was not for him. The holy man knew that you can climb the highest spiritual mountain, and when you reach the summit, who is waiting to shake hands with you but your ego!
Both sage and saint realize that power is dangerous if