Guest guest Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Walt, Many thanks. We'd be willing to send a sample copy to any of your people desiring one. Perhaps you could use our 'signature' -- Don't miss out - get your free sample copy of The Holistic Dental Digest PLUS - in its 24th year of helping people = information you're not likely to get elsewhere -- by replying to jmittelman with your PO Box or street address. Thanks, again, Jerry - <waltstoll Monday, July 21, 2003 7:05 AM Re: [s-A] > Thanks, Jerry. > > This book was one of my favorites when it first came out and I was learning > so much! > > I would like to recommend your wonderful newsletter to my BB participants. > How would you prefer I do that? OR, would you prefer to do it yourself and > for me to just endorse whatever you said? I have kept the 'site > compulsively non-commercial but would be happy to make an exception for your > newsletter. A bilateral link might do as well since it would be permanently > on the 'site. > > Keep up the good work. > > Walt > > - > " Jerry Mittelman " <jmittelman > " Alternative Medicine Forum " > > Sunday, July 20, 2003 5:27 PM > [s-A] > > > > MORE ON HOW HEALING COMES FROM WITHIN > > > > In his The Medium, The Mystic, and the Physicist, Lawrence LeShan, PhD,, > quotes William James: > > > > " ...our personal waking consciousness, rational consciousness, as we call > it, is but one special type of consciousness, whilst all about it, parted > from it by the flimsiest of screens, there lie potential forms of > consciousness entirely different. . . No account of the universe in its > totality can be final which leaves these other forms of consciousness quite > disregarded. . . . They forbid a premature closing of our accounts with > reality. " (from Varieties of Religious Experience) > > > > Dr. LeShan: " . . .the answer to my own ambivalence in adding this > material to my book is that the essence of science is that you must at least > act as if you are not afraid. You must follow where the data leads you and > abide by the results whatever your previous theories, biases, or wishes. And > if the data leads, as it did, against all my expectations and preferences > into fields hitherto left to religion, I had to follow the material and > report it as honestly as I could. > > > > " The simplest and most basic statement of modern Western religion is the > statement most often ignored - or at least misunderstood. > > > > " The recurring theme " God is Love " appears to mean exactly what it says: > that there is a force, an energy, that binds the cosmos together and moves > always in the direction of its harmonious action and the fruition of the > separate parts. In man, this force emerges and expresses itself as love, and > this is the " spark of the divine " in each of us. > > > > " When this force is acknowledged and reinforced by the culture, it is > possible for human beings to relate harmoniously to themselves, to others, > to the rest of the cosmos, and to move toward the most unique and awesome > self-fulfillment. > > > > " When this force is ignored or discouraged, the energy becomes blocked and > distorted, and in all human history has been expressed in self-hatred, a > hunger for power, materialistic greed and ultimately, as the dehumanization > of our time makes clear, the real possibility of man's so disrupting the > expression of his energy as to end his part in the cosmic design. > > > > " It seems to me that the challenge to science, to man, to the human > experiment is, > > > > finally and irrevocably, whether or not man can accept that he is part of > the energy of the universe and can function harmoniously within it through > his capacity to love - infinitely. " > > > > o > > > > The Medium, The Mystic, and The Physicist - Helios Press - is available at > your bookstore. Dr. LeShan sees precognition, telepathy, and clairvoyance as > impossible within the common-sense framework of sensory reality. Yet there > is overwhelming evidence confirming these experiences. He shows how, in > exploring the meaning of these unusual events, three radically different > groups -- mediums, mystics, and physicists -- have all been working toward a > description of reality that is essentially and strikingly similar. > > > > Inevitably, as in all his books, Dr. LeShan again shows us how healing and > health is directly related to the mind. > > > > Drugs fix symptoms - while creating others, and they're needed in 'crisis' > care. But fixing symptoms is not healing. Unless there's healing, when we > stop the drugs, the symptoms return. > > > > We need to remember Dr. Albert Schweitzer's observation, " The good doctor > awakens the doctor within. " > > > > We appreciate that health is our natural gift from the Universal > Intelligence and that 'mental noise' is what must be released. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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