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Your power to heal;: How to work with the God power within you to regain health of body and mind
How to work with the God Power within you to regain health of body and mind. In "Your Power to Heal", Harold Sherman recounts his and others' dramatic experiences with the healing power of the mind. A lifelong investigation of spiritual healing has confirmed his belief the the God Power- cosmic healing energy- is available to restore the mind and body.
246 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1972
About the author
Harold M. Sherman
206 books21 followersHarold Morrow Sherman (1898-1987) was world renowned in the field of psychic research, and conducted experiments with such prominent persons as well-known Arctic explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins, ESP pioneer Dr. J.B. Rhine of Duke University, astronaut Edgar Mitchell, and many others. Apart from his research into mental telepathy and the mysteries of the mind, Sherman's lifelong writing career encompassed best-selling books on a variety of subjects ranging from sports stories for boys to books on self-help and the afterlife. He also wrote plays, several of which were produced on Broadway, and co-wrote the screenplay for several Hollywood films. For decades Sherman was a popular New Thought lecturer, and in later years hosted annual ESP workshops that drew such guests as Uri Geller, Arthur Ford, Gloria Swanson and many other big names. Not among the least of his accomplishments were his activities for the betterment of Stone County in Arkansas, his adopted state.
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March 22, 2014
This 1972 book is primarily about the spiritual healing or faith healing of Ambrose & Olga Worrall. I had never heard of them before reading this book, but Sherman cites examples of their work throughout the book. Ultimately, he is showing that we all have the power to heal ourselves, which is also something the Worralls insist is true. The subtitle is “You have the power within you to regain health of mind and body.” After reading the book, I’m not 100% sold on that concept, but I do agree with many of the positive approaches taken in the book.
The main visualization technique is to envision the person or oneself as already completely healed , which is a departure from more modern techniques that include visualizing cancer cells being shrunk or blood cells healing in process.
There are references to higher vibrations and aligning oneself with God energy; very similar to The Kybalion (pub. 1912). For example, “Let yourself feel that you are about to enter the God Presence and that, when you do, you will become attuned to the healing power which is omnipresent and which requires you to identify with it so it may enter your consciousness and serve your health and personal needs.”
Without using the same wording, Sherman recommends nightly transcendental meditation to align oneself with this energy.
Two points which surprised me were Sherman’s (and the Worralls’) complete refusal to believe in reincarnation and a healing which involved removing a negative entity from a person. It’s all too common today for any New Age book to include absolute acceptance of reincarnation and a belief that many current issues are the result of past-life transgressions (karma). Sherman and the Worrals dismiss this completely and fairly reasonably, IMHO, in a variety of ways, including a theory I’ve long held, that karma, if it exists, is completely hopeless and unending because someone must always be doing something awful to you for you to receive punishment or your karmic debt, but then that person must receive punishment for their karmic debt, so someone must do something horrible to them, etc., etc. How does this ever end? Karma and reincarnation have also been used to sanctify great social injustices (India’s ‘untouchables’ caste, for example).
Instead, Sherman and the Worralls reason that sometimes disembodied entities either inhabit, possess or overly influence people and those ‘reincarnation’ memories are actually residual memories from those former humans’ lives. Hmmmm.. I had never considered that option before. To illustrate this point, Ambrose Worrall gives the example of a girl whose deceased grandmother was too attached to her:
Overall, I like Sherman’s easy writing style – he’s very clear in how things should be done for the greatest effectiveness and it’s easy to follow up on. I will certainly try many of these techniques as I have with his other books.
The main visualization technique is to envision the person or oneself as already completely healed , which is a departure from more modern techniques that include visualizing cancer cells being shrunk or blood cells healing in process.
There are references to higher vibrations and aligning oneself with God energy; very similar to The Kybalion (pub. 1912). For example, “Let yourself feel that you are about to enter the God Presence and that, when you do, you will become attuned to the healing power which is omnipresent and which requires you to identify with it so it may enter your consciousness and serve your health and personal needs.”
Without using the same wording, Sherman recommends nightly transcendental meditation to align oneself with this energy.
Two points which surprised me were Sherman’s (and the Worralls’) complete refusal to believe in reincarnation and a healing which involved removing a negative entity from a person. It’s all too common today for any New Age book to include absolute acceptance of reincarnation and a belief that many current issues are the result of past-life transgressions (karma). Sherman and the Worrals dismiss this completely and fairly reasonably, IMHO, in a variety of ways, including a theory I’ve long held, that karma, if it exists, is completely hopeless and unending because someone must always be doing something awful to you for you to receive punishment or your karmic debt, but then that person must receive punishment for their karmic debt, so someone must do something horrible to them, etc., etc. How does this ever end? Karma and reincarnation have also been used to sanctify great social injustices (India’s ‘untouchables’ caste, for example).
Instead, Sherman and the Worralls reason that sometimes disembodied entities either inhabit, possess or overly influence people and those ‘reincarnation’ memories are actually residual memories from those former humans’ lives. Hmmmm.. I had never considered that option before. To illustrate this point, Ambrose Worrall gives the example of a girl whose deceased grandmother was too attached to her:
“I impressed the grandmother with the thought that she was living in the girl’s aura and causing a conflicting condition between her ideas and the girl’s ideas . . . the young ideas and the old ideas were entirely different. The old lady was very dominant in trying to make the girl live the way she thought she out to live. Gradually, I was able to separate the grandmother by talking to the girl and making her aware that there was an influence which was overshadowing her life. After the girl became conscious of this condition and broke the hold her grandmother still retained over her, the trouble disappeared.”
Overall, I like Sherman’s easy writing style – he’s very clear in how things should be done for the greatest effectiveness and it’s easy to follow up on. I will certainly try many of these techniques as I have with his other books.
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