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However, the Worralls were probably best known for the distant healings they did in the evenings from their home. Every night at 9:00 p.m. the Worralls observed a period of silence for absent healing. They encouraged people in need of healing to "tune in" and join these prayer times. Thousands of people who believed they were helped by the Worralls' distant healing prayers wrote them letters of thanks, and these letters have been saved for the rest of us to ponder at the Worrall Institute in Springfield, Missouri. |
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When I heard Olga Worrall speak in the 1970s, I was moved by the conviction she had about the reality and effectiveness of the distant healing in which she participated. At that time, I wondered how one could be so sure of something no one understands, and few people believe. I knew then that I had a talent for laying on of hands healing, but I was skeptical of the distant healing concept. Now, in part because of the remote-viewing work I've done, and also the parapsychological research related to healing that we discussed in Chapter 9, I am able to believe in the reality of distant healing, and I practice it occasionally. |
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Regarding the role of so-called "faith" in her practice, Olga Worrall said that prayer on the part of the patient was not an essential ingredient, but prayer on the part of the healer was a necessity. I especially like Worrall's description of prayer as a "form of attention" that creates "a carrier wave" for healing.
3 Her prayers were in the form of a request to be used as a healing channel, and an expression of gratitude for being used as an instrument of healing. They were not prayers asking for any particular outcome regarding the patient's symptoms, or of petitioning, urging, or bargaining for healing to occur. |
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I used to think that prayer was something other people did, something that involved communication (usually pleading) to some great, all-pervasive mind that could somehow hear our thoughts. I didn't realize that what I did during healing is what some people call prayer. Now I believe that healing prayer is neither action, nor healing thoughts, nor any communication at all |
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