Do not inflict your will. Just give Love

July 3, 2005

Hi,

About some people not wanting to be healed I read the following quote,

" As some of you will evolve in your lives to be healers, let me remind you

that there are some souls that do not wish to be healed. " You must be

healed, " is so often the message that is given with the healing. No, they

must not be healed, only if they want to [be healthy]. And you are not the

authority on that. Do not inflict your will. Just give Love. The soul will

take that love and put it where it can best be used. "

- " Emmanuel's Book: A Manual for Living Comfortably in the Cosmos " Rodegast,

Pat and Stanton, Judith [Compiled by] Friend's Press, 1985, p. 166.

And if you unsure about how to do " Just give Love " , the following quote

gives some pointers

Being with a friend in great pain is not easy. It makes us uncomfortable. We

do not know what to do or what to say, and we worry about how to respond to

what we hear. Our temptation is to say things that come more out of our own

fear than out of our care for the person in pain. Sometimes we say things

like " Well, you're doing a lot better than yesterday, " or " You will soon be

your old self again, " or " I'm sure you will get over this. " But often we

know that what we're saying is not true, and our friends know it too. We do

not have to play games with each other. We can simply say: " I am your

friend, I am happy to be with you. " We can say that in words or with touch

or with loving silence. Sometimes it is good to say: " You don't have to

talk. Just close your eyes. I am here with you, thinking of you, praying for

you, loving you. "

- Henri J.M. Nouwen (1932 - 1996)

Both quotes I found at,

Greetings,

René

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