How often have you walked in on a conversation with someone talking about someone else’s health challenges. Nowadays it happens all too often. Here is a timely discussion between two people overheard at a local coffee shop recently. It is our intention that this dialogue helps you.
“Did you hear about Mrs. McGurdle? She’s really sick!”
“Oh.”
“Yeah, I heard it’s really bad. She’s got the disease and is not expected to live.”
“Hmmm.”
“Jeez! You’re not very compassionate!”
“Does it seem like that to you?”
“Yes, it’s like you don’t care about Mrs. McGurdle. She was our junior high school teacher here for 25 years.”
“Oh, but I do care about Mrs. McGurdle, perhaps more than you do.”
“How is that?” (a bit miffed).
“Instead of going along with everyone else who’s seeing Mrs. McGurdle’s failing health – and therefore reinforcing her illness – I’m holding a vision of health and wellness for her while she and most everyone else is seeing her sick. I’m picturing her well and happy, living her life to the fullest.”
“Reinforcing her illness? How does that work?”
“Well, first off, our thoughts are things. They really exist, even though we don’t see them with our physical eyes. And since everything is connected (like our physicists are finally acknowledging), these thoughts are transmitted to whoever we’re thinking about. In other words, when we think about someone, on a level that’s invisible to us but exists nonetheless, they pick up on our thought and it can affect them, if they’re receptive to it.”
“Really?”
“Yes, really! So if we’re thinking good thoughts about someone, thoughts that promote their wellness and happiness, that’s what they’ll receive”
(Interrupting) “and if we’re thinking bad thoughts about them being sick or hurt, then that’s what they’ll receive.”
“Exactly! It’s all happening in our minds which, like I said, is truly only one mind. So we’re all connected in our minds, and when we think of someone else, regardless of what our thought is about, they’ll receive it on a very subtle level and, if it resonates with what they believe, it will begin to manifest via the Law of Attraction in their daily life.”
“But that’s something we’re all doing all the time. We’re all talking about other people’s sicknesses. It’s almost like a national past time.”
“Unfortunately, that’s true. However, that’s not the point. If we’re really going to help our friends and loved ones, we need to stop reinforcing their ills.”
“So, how do we do that?”
“In three ways: first, we stop talking about them being sick (or hurt, or having fallen on hard times.) Second, we stop thinking about them being sick and we disregard that topic altogether.”
“OK! I can do that! What’s the third way?”
“Third, we never, ever agree with anyone anywhere at anytime about someone else’s challenges or diseases. When they bring up that topic up in casual conversation, it’s our job to remain neutral, just like I did when you accused me of not being compassionate about Mrs. McGurdle.”
“I understand, but that’s not going to be easy. People want us to agree with them.”
“That’s true. But after awhile we’ll learn to withhold our agreement, and not even nod our head which signifies an agreement and would further their challenges and sicknesses. And, you’re right: people will think you’re weird when you don’t agree with them about someone else’s sickness. But you’ll know in your heart and mind that you’re not feeding or reinforcing their disease.”
“Hmmmm.”
“Then, after a short time, when you get good at these measures, you’ll take the next step.”
“And what’s that?”
“In your mind, regardless of outer appearances and what other people are telling you, you’ll begin to see the other person – in this instance, Mrs. McGurdle – completely and totally well, happy and healthy and living their life to the fullest. When you can do that, you’ll know that you’re truly helping your fellow travelers instead of harming them.”
“Wow! I think I’ve got it! Thanks, because I really want to be helping others.”
“And now you will. Oh, and you’ll be helping one other person, as well. You’ll help yourself. You see, when you’re able to envision others happy, healthy and well, your own health and happiness blossoms. Whatever you do to others, even in your thoughts, comes back to you.”
“Oh my! I hadn’t looked at it that way. That’s wonderful!”
“Yes, it is! So now you understand that if you’re thinking about them being sick, you’ve introduced sickness into their life, and, just by acknowledging the existence of that sickness, you’ve introduced the possibility of it into your life, too. But when you’re holding a vision in your mind of another person in their perfect state of health and happiness, your own health and happiness is enhanced tenfold!”
“I like that!”
“So, now what do you see for Mrs. McGurdle?”
“I see the best of her life still ahead of her, and she’s happy and healthy every step of the way!”
~Coming in 2021: The Best Outcome You Can Imagine by Tony Burroughs
