THE SCHOOL OF TRUTH LECTURE STORIES OF HEALING

I went to see a woman some years ago who was very ill. People who knew her

asked me to phone her and go to see her. They said there was no hope for her. So I

went. She said to me "There is no hope for me, and I am not a Christian so I do not

know how you can help me." I responded "I am every religion. You are a person, I

am a person. If you came to my house and asked for a glass of water I would

immediately give it to you. The Kingdom of heaven is not concerned with colour,

status, academic achievement, wealth."

I received a letter this morning from someone who addressed me as "Professor". I

said to my wife "I have been elevated - another degree bestowed on me." But we

all "profess" something so let me ask myself what I profess. I profess to have

touched the hem of His garment. I have found that being only in the shadow of His

presence is adequate to resolve my problems, to eradicate from my consciousness

all fear, to instil into me the certainty that within me is the whole of His presence

in terms of my needs.

I lecture here in Johannesburg every week, in Durban twice a month and in Cape

Town every month, and I give the same message, a message of hope. I see the

impact of what is happening in the faces and hear it in the voices of the people who

speak to me and each other. Sadly, I do not hear a lot of faith in God. I say

typically to a person "Do you believe in God?" "Of course I do. I would give my

life for Him." I respond "He does not need your life. He needs your trust. If you

have faith then your simple belief in His ability is enough to release through you

that which you call harmony."

With deep reverence I know that within me, this little human being you see before

you, is the whole of God's fulfilment - health, happiness, true prosperity - and I can

use it as I will, fearlessly. None of us has to depend upon any other individual,

because in you is the Whole, in spite of your apparent infirmities, weaknesses of

character, doubts. It is like the sunshine that is always here, but is sometimes

obscured by clouds. We look at the clouds instead of beyond them to the sunshine.

I ask myself how I can radiate more conviction to people, in consultations and

elsewhere. How can I make them feel, not just hear intellectually, the All-in-all,

Omnipotence, Omnipresence and Omniscience Which dissipates every single

problem, no matter how big, and does it instantly. Time is a measure

of my uncertainty, not His. If I want light in my room I let up the blinds - from

bottom to top, quickly.

I have no shadows in my belief. I cannot believe in Him today, but not tomorrow. I

cannot have half a belief. It is through my own heart that I direct His presence, He

has given me dominion over all things, mental, emotional, physical and material.

Do you believe this? I would not be standing here if I did not believe it. I cannot

pretend, because I cannot fool my own heart.

If you say you believe in God then show me your works. Do not walk about with a

sour face. Try to smile, even if in the beginning it is superficial. It will become

genuine. What do you listen to - the voice of the world or the voice of God? What

you listen to has a tremendous impact on your consciousness. Is it the trials and

tribulations of humanity you see on TV, hear on radio and see in newspapers, or is

it the quiet, assured, minimal voice of God telling you that all in His kingdom is

well? I listen to the voice of God all day long, that He is in His world and all is

right with it, that nothing can displace His presence any more than darkness can

replace the tiniest atom of light. My life, my work, the School of Truth, reveal

countless demonstrations of the immanence of God.

People have no idea of the potency of Love, how it cleanses the consciousness and

body of all that is erroneous. It gives you an uplifted heart, the feeling that "it is

done," in spite of all appearances to the contrary.

God is timeless. If I am in Cape Town and you want to send me good news, you

can write to me and it will take 4 days, or you can send me a telegram which will

take a few hours, or you can phone me. I want to get God's good news instantly

and I know I can, because He is already in me as me. Do not worry about what

your two eyes are seeing - they are reflectors of worldly appearances. These will

frighten you, just as do the negative thoughts which blare everywhere from radio

loudspeakers - nothing of good cheer, only misery and fear. Must I become part of

it? Do I say "You have the power, not God?"

I cannot hide from God. He says "I have found you." The real problem is whether I

have found Him. I find Him in my own heart, because of my experience. I have

two phones in my house which ring constantly, and many of the calls are

testimonies to His presence. How can I doubt His presence of Good? But only one

testimony would be enough for me. Like the story of the woman whom I

introduced at the beginning of my talk to you. There was "no hope". She had an

enormous hole in her back. Two leading specialists were visiting her at home when

I first arrived. I overheard one saying to the husband "We will just have to give her

as many pain-killers as she needs." Her husband, a fine man, said "Yes, of course."

I went into her bedroom and, having responded to her own declaration of

hopelessness, said "They say you can have as many pills as you want. How much

do you believe in God? You are Jewish so I am talking about Jehovah." She said

"Of course I believe in Him. Do you think it is possible for Him to heal me?" "Of

course I believe that All-power, All-presence and All-knowledge can heal you. I

have seen too many demonstrations to doubt it. I have seen all kinds of so-called

incurable diseases healed." She would have been a zombie if she had taken all

those pills. I put my hands on various parts of her body, relaxing her. She was

healed. They said "Incredible!" I say "Natural" - there is nothing incredible in

God's world.

The diamond I am showing you was given to me by a Catholic priest who was

completely paralysed after a brain operation. He too was supposed to be incurable.

He looked like Churchill, always smoking cigars. He had his own suite in a

hospital where he could receive special attention. I asked him "Do you believe in

Jesus-Christ?" He said "Of course I do." I said "So do I. Give me your hand." I

held it for some time. One day when I arrived there he was sitting in a chair with

an easel in front of him and he had a paint brush in his "paralysed" hand and was

starting to paint. He asked "Are you surprised?" I said "How can I be surprised? I

reminded you that if you believe all things are possible." Well, he did over two

hundred watercolours for me which I sold for two guineas each. He died at about

ninety. Do you think this is surprising? I constantly see so-called terminal

conditions transformed into health, wringing of hands and weeping changed to joy

and upliftment. Thank God.

I often wonder how much of what I say has been accepted over these decades.

Nothing, nothing is impossible with God. Even a small belief is enough. Taking

your mind off the problem for just a few minutes daily is enough to open your

consciousness to His presence.

People come to me and want to talk about their problems. I say to them "We do not

talk about problems here. We talk about solutions. Pretend we are dry cleaners.

Leave your problems, your soiled thinking, with us." And you would be surprised

by how many do leave their problems. Later they tell us "I cannot believe it. It has

happened." Of course it has happened.

There is a man sitting here today whose family phoned for me in the middle of the

night many years ago. He looked a wreck. A car had run into him. His hand was

hanging by strings. His wife said "It is impossible. Do not waste your time." I went

every day at the same time to sit with him and held his hand while I prayed for

him. For a long time he was barely conscious, but one day I felt him squeeze my

hand softly and I knew I had made contact with him. That was nineteen years ago.

Just look at him now! He agreed with me that he would recover, and so it was.

When you leave here today think of this: Ask anything in My name, that is in my

consciousness of acceptance of God, or my realization that God is the only

Presence and the only Power in the universe, leave your problem with Him, and it

will be dissipated.

There is no time factor with God. Jesus-Christ, and all other masters, simplify

religion for mankind. I am happy to be as a little child. The essence of Truth is

easy. Even the application is not hard, but it does require the courage to trust.

When you take your eyes off the condition and centre your consciousness on God,

you have made a choice. You cannot have the condition and God in the same

person at the same time. Your job is to compel yourselves to build up this thinking

and feeling as a habit. There is only one Presence, there is only one Power in the

universe.