Tuesday 14 April 2009

Spiritualism and Christianity - A Comparison - continued

Does personal responsibility deny us access to the power of prayer? Certainly not! Through prayer many wonderful changes can take place in our lives. Through prayer we can make contact with the great power of which we are a part and in that power help others, receive strength and encouragement ourselves and open our minds to receive helpful and uplifting thoughts from those in the after-life. Thus, when we recognise we have done wrong, we do not have to face that realisation alone – our personal resources are supplemented and we can begin to make amends for whatever it is we have done wrong.

Linking with the power of spirit can take many forms. Meditation for instance enables us to go within our own spiritual nature and learn more about ourselves and our uniqueness; to deal effectively with worry and stress and to discover more about the nature of God and the universe. This is contact with the spirit within. Prayer enables us to give and receive help from outside ourselves and the various forms of mediumship enable us to receive absolute proof that the individual personality survives what we call death. Healing mediumship produces remarkable cures of medical conditions where doctors have abandoned all hope of a cure. Alternatively, it brings peace to the individual as he/she faces the trial of death. Physical mediumship (very rare today) enables people from the after-life to take on physical form temporarily so we can see and hear them again physically. This is how Jesus appeared to “rise from the dead” and walk with Mary Magdalene, his mother and his disciples.

Some people undergo the most incredible transcendental experiences, experiences that change permanently their understanding of life, the power of the mind and of the spirit. Is this another form of spirit communication?

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