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===Separation versus Union===

===Separation versus Union===

1. False healing heals the body in a part, but never as a whole. Its separate goals become quite clear in this, for it has not removed the curse of sin that lies on it. Therefore it still deceives. Nor is it made by one who understands the other is exactly like himself. For it is this that makes true healing possible. When false, there is some power that another has, not equally bestowed on both as one. Here is the separation shown. And here the meaning of true healing has been lost, and idols have arisen to obscure the unity that is the Son of God.

1. [[False]] [[healing]] heals the [[body]] in a part, but never as a whole. Its [[separate]] goals become quite clear in this, for it has not removed the curse of [[sin]] that lies on it. Therefore it still [[deceives]]. Nor is it made by one who [[understands]] the other is exactly like himself. For it is this that makes true healing possible. When false, there is some [[power]] that another has, not equally bestowed on both as one. Here is the separation shown. And here the [[meaning]] of true healing has been lost, and [[idols]] have arisen to obscure the [[unity]] that is the Son of God.

2. Healing-to-separate may seem to be a strange idea. And yet it can be said of any form of healing that is based on inequality of any kind. These forms may heal the body, and indeed are generally limited to this. Someone knows better, has been better trained, or is perhaps more talented and wise. Therefore, he can give healing to the one who stands beneath him in his patronage. The healing of the body can be done by this because, in dreams, equality cannot be permanent. The shifts and change are what the dream is made of. To be healed appears to be to find a wiser one who, by his arts and learning, will succeed.

2. Healing-to-separate may seem to be a [[strange]] idea. And yet it can be said of any form of healing that is based on inequality of any kind. These forms may heal the [[body]], and indeed are generally [[limited]] to this. Someone knows better, has been better [[trained]], or is perhaps more talented and [[wise]]. Therefore, he can give healing to the one who stands beneath him in his [[patronage]]. The healing of the body can be done by this because, in [[dreams]], equality cannot be permanent. The shifts and [[change]] are what the dream is made of. To be healed appears to be to find a wiser one who, by his arts and learning, will succeed.

3. Someone knows better; this the magic phrase by which the body seems to be the aim of healing as the world conceives of it. And to this wiser one another goes to profit by his learning and his skill; to find in him the remedy for pain. How can that be? True healing cannot come from inequality assumed and then accepted as the truth, and used to help restore the wounded and to calm the mind that suffers from the agony of doubt.

4. Is there a role for healing, then, that one can use to offer help for someone else? In arrogance the answer must be "no." But in humility there is indeed a place for helpers. It is like the role that helps in prayer, and lets forgiveness be what it is meant to be. You do not make yourself the bearer of the special gift that brings the healing. You but recognize your oneness with the one who calls for help. For in this oneness is his separate sense dispelled, and it is this that made him sick. There is no point in giving remedy apart from where the source of sickness is, for never thus can it be truly healed.

3. Someone knows better; this the [[magic]] phrase by which the [[body]] seems to be the aim of [[healing]] as the world conceives of it. And to this wiser one another goes to [[profit]] by his learning and his skill; to find in him the remedy for [[pain]]. How can that be? True healing cannot come from inequality assumed and then [[accepted]] as the [[truth]], and used to help restore the wounded and to calm [[the mind]] that suffers from the agony of [[doubt]].

5. Healers there are, for they are Sons of God who recognize their Source, and understand that all their Source creates is one with them. This is the remedy that brings relief which cannot fail. It will remain to bless for all eternity. It heals no part, but wholly and forever. Now the cause of every malady has been revealed exactly as it is. And in that place is written now the holy Word of God. Sickness and separation must be healed by love and union. Nothing else can heal as God established healing. Without Him there is no healing, for there is no love.

 

5. Healers there are, for they are Sons of God who [[recognize]] [[First Source|their Source]], and [[understand]] that all their Source creates is one with them. This is the remedy that brings relief which cannot fail. It will remain to [[bless]] for all [[eternity]]. It heals no part, but wholly and forever. Now the cause of every malady has been [[revealed]] exactly as it is. And in that place is written now the holy [[Word of God]]. Sickness and [[separation]] must be healed by [[love]] and [[union]]. Nothing else can heal as God established healing. Without Him there is no healing, for there is no love.

 

6. [[Ta|God's Voice]] alone can tell you how to heal. [[Listen]], and you will never fail to bring His kindly remedy to those He sends to you, to let Him heal them, and to [[bless]] all those who serve with Him in healing's name. The [[body]]'s [[healing]] will occur because its [[cause]] has gone. And now without a cause, it cannot come again in [[different]] form. Nor will [[death]] any more be feared because it has been [[understood]]. There is no fear in one who has been truly healed, for love has entered now where [[idols]] used to stand, and [[fear]] has given way at last to [[God]].

===The Holiness of Healing===

===The Holiness of Healing===

1. How holy are the healed! For in their sight their brothers share their healing and their love. Bringers of peace,–the Holy Spirit's voice, through whom He speaks for God, Whose Voice He is,–such are God's healers. They but speak for Him and never for themselves. They have no gifts but those they have from God. And these they share because they know that this is what He wills. They are not special. They are holy. They have chosen holiness, and given up all separate dreams of special attributes through which they can bestow unequal gifts on those less fortunate. Their healing has restored their wholeness so they can forgive, and join the song of prayer in which the healed sing of their union and their thanks to God.

1. How holy are the healed! For in their sight their brothers share their healing and their love. Bringers of peace,–the Holy Spirit's voice, through whom He speaks for God, Whose Voice He is,–such are God's healers. They but speak for Him and never for themselves. They have no gifts but those they have from God. And these they share because they know that this is what He wills. They are not special. They are holy. They have chosen holiness, and given up all separate dreams of special attributes through which they can bestow unequal gifts on those less fortunate. Their healing has restored their wholeness so they can forgive, and join the song of prayer in which the healed sing of their union and their thanks to God.