Expecting Quick Healing

I was drawn to an online article titled ‘How long does it take for you to think a thought’, by Tim Welsh, Professor of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. He posits, based on his research, that the speed of thought is less than 150 milliseconds, or less than half the time it takes to blink. He summarises that, ‘although quantifying a single “speed of thought” may never be possible, analyzing the time it takes to plan and complete actions provides important insights into how efficiently the nervous system completes these processes…’.

Attempting to quantify the speed of thought, and reduce this to physical neurons, physical distance etc, introduces an infinite array of variables, because thought is not a physical quality. Thought is mental. And while many would readily agree with that statement, not everyone would accept that thought is the avenue of communication between the divine and the human. However, if, for the sake of argument, this premise is accepted, it would follow that good thoughts, divine and healing thoughts are more than merely mental. They are spiritual. It would also follow as a consequence, based on this spiritual premise, that healing thoughts, health promoting thoughts, need not be protracted or delayed.

Is it naïve to expect quick, even instantaneous healing? Not when starting from a spiritual premise. Medical science is usually time based, with a course of treatment, recuperation, as well as a recovery period. It is therefore the norm, more or less, to expect that healing of an ailment takes some time; but even medical thought is beginning to shift in this regard. For instance, years ago, a woman newly delivered of a child, was expected to remain confined, either at home or in hospital for a few days. Nowadays however, there is a shift towards just spending a few hours in the hospital. Experience is showing that both new mother and baby are none the worse for this quick turnaround, although some unhappy British mothers have dubbed this the ‘conveyor belt childbirth system’.

Notwithstanding, no one in their right mind would want to tarry in ill health, and spiritual healing always has the expectation of quick healing. Mary Baker Eddy [1821 – 1910], well known for her Christian healing practice, writes in her book on spiritual healing titled Science and Health with key to the Scriptures, that if an individual can become conscious even for a single moment that Life and intelligence are purely spiritual, the body will utter no complaints. Elsewhere she insists that the expectation of instantaneous healing is natural, and comes about when the patient feels the touch of divine Love, another name for God. She proved this practically and consistently in her healing work. Most importantly, Eddy wrote out the rules she discovered that govern spiritual healing in her aforementioned book.

It is reassuring to anyone suffering from ill health, to know that healing is only a spiritual thought away; and the realization that the speed of thought is practically instantaneous, can buoy expectation.

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