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these frequencies, unsensed by most of us, and to convert
them to a type of stimulus to which we can respond. In this
way, through one of these "biological radios," a man named
Arthur Ford, we first received evidence that our sons were
dead only in the physical sense. We found that they are still
very much alive as personalities, functioning in a different way.
This seemed to be evidence that the world of the physical
senses is only the surface of a reality that is actually much
more vast.
We next became intrigued by reports of seemingly miracu-
lous healing, which resulted when certain individuals or
groups prayed for, or in some cases placed their hands on,
the sick. (We should recognize that so-called miracles are
only the manifestation of laws we do not as yet understand.)
We read reports by Rebecca Beard, M.D. (1950) of a per-
sonal healing and of other cases she observed, indicating that
there is a healing force beyond that produced by medications,
or even by the co-operation of the subconscious mind of the
patient. Dr. Alexis Carrel witnessed almost unbelievable heal-
ings at Lourdes, in France (1950). Ambrose and Olga Wor-
rall, of Baltimore, are two among many who seem to be chan-
nels for this healing power today (1965). Other strange
manifestations of this power are reported by Harold Sherman
after careful and extensive observation of "wonder" healers
in the Philippines (1967).
In our own experience, one evening as we were praying for
healing, and focusing our love on various people present, I
felt impelled to put my hands on a woman present, named
Natalie, who had a serious heart ailment. As I placed my
hands on her, my left on the upper chest, the right on the
upper back, I felt a surge of power, much like a strong electrical
current, flowing through my right arm and hand. There
remained a sensation of numbness in the arm and hand for
some fifteen minutes afterward.
I had X-rayed Natalie previously and found her heart en-
larged to almost twice normal size. Upon re-X-ray a month
later, the heart size was normal, and her symptoms greatly
improved. What happened, or whether this incident had any-
thing to do with the healing, I do not know. I do know that
something unusual happened, and that many others have had