Healing Aids and Practices
Prayer and Grace
I hadn’t really planned on creating this page; however, I felt guided to do so. With all of the focus on tools and techniques for healing, it is easy to forget that God is the source of all healing. I have been blessed many times due to God’s response to my prayers.
Prayer is wonderful because you never really know how God is going to respond. Often you get what you ask for, but God may have something better in mind. Sometimes God gives you more than you ask for, and sometimes you don’t get anything at all. God knows what is best for us.
When chronic diseases and sufferings are beyond the control of human care; when the power of human methods fails to cure ills, physical or mental, revealing its limitations, then we must ask God to help—He who is unlimited in power.—Paramanansa Yogananda
A good question is, can electrical sensitivity be healed with prayer? Perhaps it can, but I would not recommend relying upon prayer alone to heal electrical sensitivity. You must have a very strong mind and great faith to be able to concentrate deeply enough to heal serious illnesses with prayer alone, if God would allow it. Most people do not possess such mental power, and those who do probably do not suffer from electrical sensitivity. Also, there are certain aspects of life and healing that are best managed with methods other than prayer; God wants us to be practical too. However, prayer has been and continues to be a very important method for my healing.
Once I tried healing electrical sensitivity using affirmations alone. I had three hours of total commuting time by bus to and from work, and I spent much of that time practicing affirmations. Affirmations are closely related to prayer as they invoke the power of God within. I was not able to heal the illness using affirmations: my mind was too weak and the radar exposures at work were too damaging. However, the affirmations were deeply healing and strongly stimulated my life force: I believe they kept me alive and they gave me hope because they were so revitalizing.
The secret of effective prayer is to change your status from a beggar to a child of God; when you appeal to Him from that consciousness, your prayer will have both power and wisdom.—Paramanansa Yogananda
How does one pray effectively? When I am in great need of healing, I pray for extended periods of time out loud with my voice, rather than just praying mentally, because it is easier to pray when I can clearly hear my own voice. I usually pray for a very specific need, such as overcoming fear or guilt, over and over again. My mind is not very strong and my ability to concentrate is quite limited, so I need to repeat my prayers before I experience God’s cumulative responses to my individual prayers. God is not a machine, and I do not approach God as a machine when I do this, but repeated prayers do work very effectively. God is wonderful in allowing us to receive healing just by asking for it. Sometimes God responds in a big way to a short prayer, but I have found that repetition is necessary for healing deeply rooted illnesses.
Grace
Sometimes, probably far more often than we realize, God does things for us without us even asking for help. This is called grace: “the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God.” Many times in my life I have received the grace of God. I have done some extremely stupid things, but God keeps on loving me and helping me. He wants me to come home to Him, and He never gives up on me. I hope to improve myself so He doesn’t need to keep “bailing me out”. The saints say that God loves each of us just as much as He loves the greatest saints, like Jesus Christ, Krishna, and Buddha.