Healing

Let’s say the point wasn’t whether you or I believed in the historical figure of Jesus. Or that every word captured and recorded was done so correctly. Or that there were changes made to the content of what Jesus said.

Let’s say that the point was what his life could mean to us personally, if our minds, hearts, and spirits were open.

And while I’m saying this, let’s also say we did the same thing with other important figures, like Buddha and Mohammed.

What would happen if we allowed ourselves the opportunity to hear the broader message? And what if we could hear messages without having to qualify them or put them in a strict religious context.

What if we rested our minds and opened our hearts and paid close attention to the essential messages and how what they said could impact our lives.

Imagine how we could be transformed if we didn’t get hung up on minor discrepancies, but gave ourselves freedom to see the bigger picture?

Perhaps a practical example would be helpful.

Rather than focusing on the authenticity or correlation to specific Bible passages, invite yourself to read this with your heart and listen for what speaks to your spirit about healing.

This story is based on Luke 18:35-43, about a beggar asking for healing from Jesus.

A man came and stood before me, broken by the world, and burdened by shame given him by others. He could not remember having harmed another. Not ever. But they said he deserved his blindness. And none would weep for him. Nor would they guide him or hold him. He had been cast out, away from them. They saw only his difference, never his sameness.

He said to me, “Teacher, I am not worthy, but I know if you wish it, you can make me well.”

He moved closer to me. “Please, please, make me well.”

The others near us heard his request. They said to him, “Why do you bother Jesus, he has more important things to do than take time for you. Leave him alone.”

But I said to the crowd, “Your eyes are closed. If they were keen you would see that I have come for him and for all those like him. He alone among you knows the truth. Knows who I am. Blessed is he. Blessed more shall he be.”

I reached out and gently lifted his chin so that his face would meet mine. I could see the change in him the moment I looked into his eyes. I spoke these words so that others might know the truth. The truth he had already perceived.

“Your faith has healed you. You have listened well to the spirit inside of you. The inner guide who can release all untruths you’ve been told and all untruths you have accepted as your own. The light you see in me, has released you, for now you know the truth is up to you to decide. Nothing more stands in your way. You perceive in me divine connection and perfect health. You know to your depth that you are also divine. Your faith in me has shifted to your faith in your own divinity and the love the divine has for you. Go and be well, live and teach others this truth.”

Many heard these words, but few understood their meaning. For those that did understand, their worlds were also changed, and their hearts were healed. This you can do also.”

To me, the essential meaning rests in how we are healed by our own beliefs and our own faith. Jesus came to teach us to recognize and accept our own divinity and our own personal relationship with the divine. Through this truth and awareness, we can be healed.