February 19, 2014 (Wednesday)
Two big words: Psychokinesis and Telekinesis. Many people believe these words describe something that actually happens when people claim to move things with their mind. Most serious authorities say that such phenomena are only myths.
While I seriously doubt that anyone can levitate, transport themselves magically to some other place, bend spoons without touching them or move objects just by thinking about it, I am impressed at times with the power of our minds to make our bodies react to imaginary fears.
I risk your psychoanalysis of me when I tell you I have a natural fear of heights. Whenever I climb up on a roof, I definitely do not like the feeling it gives me. If I look down from the observation deck of a tall building, I have pains inside that are extremely unpleasant. OK, so what? Well, all I have to do is watch on T.V. a workman high above a city on a skyscraper girder, and the pain comes. Not only that, I don’t even have to be watching in any way–all I have to do is think about it and the pain comes.
I conclude, then, that the mind is very powerful. It can generate physical reaction to imagined situations. That’s why we have the science of psychology. Many people are imagining their fears but their lives are falling apart because the thoughts are so strong. Perhaps this realization may help some of us to understand that our problems are totally within ourselves and therefore within the scope of our power to do something about them.
Many people love to blame others for their heartaches. Perhaps we all need to look within for healing. Counselors are helpful because they help their clients to think in a way that will enable them to solve their own problems.
And don’t forget to ask the Lord for help. The chorus of an old hymn shows us the way: “Ask the Savior to help you–comfort, strengthen and keep you. He is willing to aid you. He will carry you through.”