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It is always interesting  no two healing encounters are ever the same. I never know what will happen. I am continually amazed by what occurs. A Course in Miracles teaches that "There is no order of difficulty in miracles." A miracle in this context means a change in a person's thought or perception. Similarly, there is no limit, or order of difficulty, in healing. 5 It is exhilarating work.
In that long-ago dream, I was told that the very next day, I would put my hands on a stranger, and she would be healed. I vehemently denied it. "No way! Absolutely not! I wouldn't do that to a friend, much less to a stranger!" The voice told me that it would, indeed, happen, but that I would not remember my dream or these instructions until after the healing had occurred, because I was so distraught.
I argued with the light-being. "I won't do it! Even if you say I will be able to do healing, I won't! You can't make me do it!" The being was amused. "No one will force you. You will do it on your own accord." "Please give me some sign," I asked, "Show me, somehow, that I have not lost my mind. Please!"
The voice in my dream told me that in due time I would meet two men who would help me to understand. I was told that each man would approach me and introduce himself. As I wondered to myself how I would know the difference between a man coming to offer guidance, and one whose motives were not so pure, my concern was addressed. I was told specific words that the mentors would use during the encounters, so that I would be able to identify them as the people who would be trustworthy and helpful.
Then the voice in the light told me to hold out my hand. So I did. "Stretch out your arm," it communicated, so I did that. Then a most amazing thing happened.
I was zapped with blinding light. I felt a sensation much like one I experienced when I was four, when I stuck some wires into an electrical outlet. A powerful surge of electrifying current passed down my arm, and coursed through my entire body, with a whoosh. An explosion of light erupted within

 
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