Thursday, July 31, 2008

The healing power of prayer.

Dr. Larry Dossey, the chief of staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital. While practicing in Dallas, Dr. Dossey came across patients who were miraculously cured of life-threatening illnesses without medical explanations. His New York Times best-seller Healing Words was published in 1993 and examined the role of religious practice and prayer in health—presenting evidence and published data to prove the healing power of prayer. Dr. Dossey's works were once thought of as radical in the traditional medical community, but now are used as textbooks in nearly 80 medical schools. Dr. Dossey's latest book is The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things.
In short his first book says research has proved that:
1- There is a strong evidence to the healing power to someone praying for another, which we call "DU'A" whether to heal, to prosper, to be happy etc.
2- Prayer works just as good from the other side of the world as it does at the bedside...
3- The strength of the effect was not by number but by genuine authenticity and love. Meaning you don't get 10 stronger effect for 10 people praying for you, but the depth and quality of the prayer and love itself from one person has the major effect. (ie love for the person together with depth, sincerity and presence of mind in prayer)
4- Let the prayer be more in the form of "May the best outcome prevail"
5- Prayer can effect and harm the other in the form of negative, as well as positive prayers, and be careful, since prayers tend to have what is called "the boomerang effect" where the harm returns to praying person.



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