Five Great Healers Speak Here

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

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FIVE GREAT HEALERS SPEAK HERE
raise his consciousness to the level of Sita and there receive the energy of the great ones. What is the healer's procedure?
I do not consider myself other than a monk and a philosopher. I specialize in showing the patient how to heal himself. I suggest that, in his imagination, he stand slightly away from his body and throw the light of his consciousness on the problem. His attitude can be lighthearted and playful, saying to himself, perhaps, "How are you?" Feeling detached and relaxed, he can then go about projecting the healing energy himself, imagining that he is appealing to the healing intelligence of his cells to repair the body wherever necessary. Actually he is using a powerful force, the truth of the imagination. Are there any limitations on the healing process?
The limitations are karma. Karma is an all-important factor in a healing or a blessing. If the karma is heavy, the efforts of the healer cannot succeed. Karma is the sum to date of your past actions in this life and in your previous lifetimes. It is the reaction and boomerang return of your deeds and thoughts and is constantly being modified by your present actions and thoughts. It is an absolute law, as forceful as an invisible wind that bends us with its power like so many trees, uprooting some and, when we die, blowing our souls into new situations like so many seeds.
Some children are born into luxury and some in ghettos. Some mothers worry because their babies will not drink enough milk; others worry because they cannot buy enough milk. These wide differences are due to their karmas. They have taken their places in the world according to the immutable law of Karma.
The working out of karma is sometimes compared to four people playing cards. Each is dealt thirteen different cards which correspond to the karma they have accumulated. It can happen that those with good hands