Alma 18: When King Lamoni first hears the gospel from Ammon, and when he prays, his experience is so profound that he loses physical strength and faints as if he were dead. The servants take him to his room and lay him on his bed. Everyone presumes he is dead, so they begin their mourning process. When they want to bury him 2 days later, the queen doesn't think he is dead and is stinking yet, so she calls for Ammon. She explains that:
v5 ...some say that he is not dead, but others say that he is dead and that he stinketh, and that he ought to be placed in the sepulchre; but as for myself, to me he doth not stink.
Here is the point that shows Ammon's faith. He never worries that maybe the King is dead.
v6 ...for he KNEW that king Lamoni was under the power of God; he KNEW that the dark veil of unbelief was being cast away from his mind, and the light which did light up his mind, which was the light of the glory of God, which was a marvelous light of his goodness--yea, this light had infused such joy into his soul, the cloud of darkness having been dispelled, and that the light of everlasting life was lit up in his soul, yea, he KNEW that this had overcome his natural frame, and he was carried away in God--
Since he KNEW these thing, he didn't entertain other possibilities that would make him doubt what he knew, and begin to fear or worry. He knew.
A second example of this comes in the next chapter, Alma 19. It actually began in Mosiah 28. The sons of King Mosiah have come requesting permission to go on a mission to the Lamanites. This is an unpleasant idea since the Lamanites have created war on the Nephites many times, and they 'delight' in killing Nephites.
Mosiah 28: 5 And...they did plead with their father many days that they might go up to the land of Nephi.
v6 And king Mosiah went and inquired of the Lord if he should let his sons go up among the Lamanites to preach the word.
v7 And the Lord said unto Mosiah: Let them go up, for many shall believe on their words, and they shall have eternal life; and I will deliver thy sons out of the hands of the Lamanites.
There is the permission of the Lord to Mosiah to let his sons go into dangerous communities to tell those communities they are doing wrong things. In Alma 19 it gives a little more detail into what the Lord told Mosiah.
v 23 Now we see that Ammon could not be slain, for the Lord had said unto Mosiah, his father: I will spare him, and it shall be unto him according to thy faith--therefore, Mosiah trusted him unto the Lord.
If Mosiah had sent his sons to the Lamanites, and then worried the whole time about their safety, that would not have been trusting the Lord to protect them. If he worries, does he really believe? If he really believes, why would he worry?
If we really believe, why would we worry?
Monday, April 14, 2014
Alma 18 Ammon Teaching Lamoni (04/14/2014)
Ammon is very specific in a few thing he does as he teaches King Lamoni the gospel.
1. He starts with common ground.
Alma 18 v 24 Believest thou that there is a God?
v 25 An he answered,and said unto him: I do not know what that meaneth.
v26 An then Ammon said: Believest thou that there is a Great Spirit?
v27 And he said, Yea.
v28 An Ammon said: This is God . . . Believest thou that this Great Spirit, who is God, created all things which are in heaven and in the earth?
v29 And he said: Yea, I believe that he created all things that are in the earth; but I do not know the heavens.
v30 ...The heavens is a place where God dwells and all his holy angels.
He makes sure they have the same understanding of God. When King Lamoni doesn't understand, Ammon uses King Lamoni's terminology, and then he reaffirms the meaning of the newly introduced word in vs 28 when he says: ....this Great Spirit, who is God, ...
He does the same with the term heavens; he first asks if there is understanding, then he defines it.
2. He makes sure he doesn't give the wrong implication.
They had just come from a place where King Lamoni thought Ammon was the Great Spirit. So, when he asks Ammon, v33 "Art thou sent from God?", Ammon qualifies his answer. He he just says, yes, Lamoni may conclude that Ammon is directly from heaven, and not a regular person. So Ammon explains his answer.
v34 ..I am a man; and man in the beginning was created after the image of God, and I am called by his Holy Spirit to teach these things unto this people, that they may be brought to a knowledge of that which is just and true;
3. He teaches from the beginning of a concept and lays the foundation on which all the rest of the concept is built.
v36 Now when Ammon had said these words, he began at the creation of the world, and also the creation of Adam, and told him all the things concerning the fall of man, and rehearsed and laid before him the records and the holy scriptures of the people, which had been spoken by the prophets, even down to the time that their father, Lehi, left Jerusalem.
1. He starts with common ground.
Alma 18 v 24 Believest thou that there is a God?
v 25 An he answered,and said unto him: I do not know what that meaneth.
v26 An then Ammon said: Believest thou that there is a Great Spirit?
v27 And he said, Yea.
v28 An Ammon said: This is God . . . Believest thou that this Great Spirit, who is God, created all things which are in heaven and in the earth?
v29 And he said: Yea, I believe that he created all things that are in the earth; but I do not know the heavens.
v30 ...The heavens is a place where God dwells and all his holy angels.
He makes sure they have the same understanding of God. When King Lamoni doesn't understand, Ammon uses King Lamoni's terminology, and then he reaffirms the meaning of the newly introduced word in vs 28 when he says: ....this Great Spirit, who is God, ...
He does the same with the term heavens; he first asks if there is understanding, then he defines it.
2. He makes sure he doesn't give the wrong implication.
They had just come from a place where King Lamoni thought Ammon was the Great Spirit. So, when he asks Ammon, v33 "Art thou sent from God?", Ammon qualifies his answer. He he just says, yes, Lamoni may conclude that Ammon is directly from heaven, and not a regular person. So Ammon explains his answer.
v34 ..I am a man; and man in the beginning was created after the image of God, and I am called by his Holy Spirit to teach these things unto this people, that they may be brought to a knowledge of that which is just and true;
3. He teaches from the beginning of a concept and lays the foundation on which all the rest of the concept is built.
v36 Now when Ammon had said these words, he began at the creation of the world, and also the creation of Adam, and told him all the things concerning the fall of man, and rehearsed and laid before him the records and the holy scriptures of the people, which had been spoken by the prophets, even down to the time that their father, Lehi, left Jerusalem.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
What Kind of Faith Can I Have? (09/21/2014)
I've had reason to do some reflecting, uncomfortably so, on faith.
Joseph Smith said in the Discourses on Faith that we can only really have faith if we have had it revealed to us that our actions are in accordance with the Lord's will. (I'll find the exact reference and quote and insert it later.) I experienced that in building my house. I know with no doubts that the Lord told me to build the house. There were a lot of huge obstacles that happened during the process. But, because I know the Lord told me to build it, rather me just deciding to build it, I had absolute faith that he had a pathway prepared to overcome every obstacle, whether it were weather, workforce, accidents, financial lack, or timing. In every one of those cases, I had absolute faith and no doubts that the obstacle would not have any detrimental effects and would be overcome.
So now I come upon an obstacle in a project, and I am unsure how it will be resolved. However, this time I do not have that absolute faith. The project is a good one, but we decided we wanted to do it. I do not have that absolute assurance that it is in harmony with the Lord's will. So, I do not know if it there be a smooth resolution, nor if the resolution will let me finish my project. How do I have faith now?
Since I cannot have the pure faith based upon knowing I'm doing the Lord's will, I must have another level of faith. I need to define it so I can anchor myself in it.
The possible options:
The a. whose project/action and b. what the result will be:
1.a. The Lord's plan 1.b. The project will be finished
2.a. My plan 2.a. The project will be finished
3.a. My plan 3.b. The project will not be finished
For the 1. row, faith is easy. For the 2. row, I can have faith if I have been told that is the column I am in and that the Lord sanctions my plan. If I am unsure whether I am in row 2 or 3, how do I have faith?
I know of instances where good people are doing worthy things and it doesn't work out. I cannot have just vain hope that my project will finish and base my faith on that. So, lets pretend that my project won't work out. How do I define my faith. I know that my Father in Heaven loves me and he will always take care of me. I know that bad things can happen in the process and life can be pretty tough and miserable, while I am still thinking that he will take care of me.
In Alma 14 we learn that the men in the city of Ammonihah who believed the preaching of Alma and Amulek were cast out. That feels like a column 3. Then their families were burned to death. That feels like a column 3. But Alma tells us that the lord "receiveth them up unto himself, in glory". That sounds like a column 1 success, not failure.
So, I have to evaluate things from the Lord's timeline of eternity, not my timeline of so many days or weeks.
The second story I think of is the Martin-Willey Handcart company. They were following the Lord's command to go to the place the Saints were gathering, yet they ran into snow storms so sever that many died. Yet, in spite of that, they had faith in God, they were delivered by other Saints before they all died, and non of them ever doubted their faith in Christ or the church. So is it random when things will work out smoothly, like my house building project, and when it will work out disastrously and we will not be saved, or disastrously and we will be saved?
The people of Ammonihah were allowed to be martyrs to convict the wicked justifiably. If the wicked were that wicked in their heart, but never burned righteous people, it would be harder for justice to allow their condemnation since they never did the murderous act. So, it was allowed so they could show their hearts openly, and have a justified condemnation for it. That scenario doesn't seem to apply to any options of whether my project gets finish or not, so I'll skip to the next.
The Martin-Willey Handcart company were at Winter Quarters late in the year. I've heard someone once ask, "Couldn't the Lord have told them that there would be a bad storm, or couldn't he have prevented it from hitting their camp and freezing them to death?" Well, apparently he did. The Lord inspired their Stake President to tell them to stay there for the Winter and go on to the Salt Lake Valley in the Spring. But, the people were 'overzealous' and wanted to be with the rest of the Saints as soon as possible. So their Stake President said if they go, he will go with them as he was their Shepherd. If they would have followed the inspired instruction of their ecclesiastical leader, they would not have been stuck in a death-creating snow storm.
But, they didn't, and they were. Then the power of the story happens. In spite of the overzealous desires, the lack of patience, and the disobedience to their Stake President's instruction, the Lord still did deliver them in the end. In the end is the next key phrase. This principle is demonstrated again in the Book of Mormon.
The people of Zeniff were righteous. When his son Noah became King, they were wicked. Then they got into bondage by the Lamanites just like they were warned would happen if they did not repent (Mosiah 12:2, Mosiah 21:3-4,8,13). Then under Limhi, Noah's son, they repented enough, and got humble enough (Mosiah 21:14) that the Lord began to help them. This is a key point. Mosiah 21:15 says the "Lord was slow to hear their cry because of their iniquities" - we reap the consequences of our actions and must experience them so we can learn from them - "nevertheless the Lord did hear their cries, and began to soften the hearts of the Lamanites that they began to ease their burdens; yet the Lord did not see fit to deliver them out of bondage." At this point we are totally in the Lord's timeline, even though we have tried so hard to create a timeline of our own.
There is also the example of the people of Alma. They left the people of Noah so they could live righteously since they had repented (and Noah didn't like that). However, they also got into bondage with the Lamanites. Their outcome is different than the people of Limhi because they had repented before their bondage, rather than because of their bondage. They became strong enough to carry their burden with ease (Mosiah 24:12-15). They demonstrated their faith sufficiently that they were soon delivered from bondage (Mosiah 24:16).
So there are the outlines of my options for faith.
1. If the Lord has revealed to me to do a project, I can know that all obstacles will be overcome without hardship* because it is his plan, and I am following it.
(*There may be things that seem to hinder progress, but in this paradigm they are not seen as difficult, and hardly as hindrances, because the Lord has orchestrated all the details before hand, and I know that he has, so I only watch to see the solution of each new possible obstacle.)
2. If I have a project I want, and the Lord sanctions it, see number 1.
3. If I have a project that is not in line with the Lord's will (but not bad), or if I have not worked it according to his wishes, I can expect his help and deliverance, but that may not necessarily include the completion of my project as I planned it.
If I am operating in number 3, it is most important that I keep my eternal perspective, like the people in the city of Ammonihah who were martyred. It is OK if my project fails, or if it is excessively difficult to complete, because the most important point of anything is that I get my life in tune with the Lord's wisdom.
When I shift my focus from "how am I going to accomplish this?" to "however it works out, Heavenly Father, help me do things the way you want me to do them, help me faithfully endure the consequences of my poor actions, and help me be worthy of thy succor and deliverance" I find the peace of faith I am seeking. I know in the end, whether I reach my goal without deterrents, whether I must endure hardship before I am delivered, or whether I fail and have 'project martyrdom', the Lord is watching over me and guiding me in the way that will be for my eternal best experience. It is up to me to follow his guidance. (That is a major key point.)
My faith and prayers now shift from 'project completion' to letting go of 'my will' to "whatever happens (apparent good or bad), I will follow the Lord, I'll be humble, I'll repent; that way I know I will be in the hands of the Lord."
Joseph Smith said in the Discourses on Faith that we can only really have faith if we have had it revealed to us that our actions are in accordance with the Lord's will. (I'll find the exact reference and quote and insert it later.) I experienced that in building my house. I know with no doubts that the Lord told me to build the house. There were a lot of huge obstacles that happened during the process. But, because I know the Lord told me to build it, rather me just deciding to build it, I had absolute faith that he had a pathway prepared to overcome every obstacle, whether it were weather, workforce, accidents, financial lack, or timing. In every one of those cases, I had absolute faith and no doubts that the obstacle would not have any detrimental effects and would be overcome.
So now I come upon an obstacle in a project, and I am unsure how it will be resolved. However, this time I do not have that absolute faith. The project is a good one, but we decided we wanted to do it. I do not have that absolute assurance that it is in harmony with the Lord's will. So, I do not know if it there be a smooth resolution, nor if the resolution will let me finish my project. How do I have faith now?
Since I cannot have the pure faith based upon knowing I'm doing the Lord's will, I must have another level of faith. I need to define it so I can anchor myself in it.
The possible options:
The a. whose project/action and b. what the result will be:
1.a. The Lord's plan 1.b. The project will be finished
2.a. My plan 2.a. The project will be finished
3.a. My plan 3.b. The project will not be finished
For the 1. row, faith is easy. For the 2. row, I can have faith if I have been told that is the column I am in and that the Lord sanctions my plan. If I am unsure whether I am in row 2 or 3, how do I have faith?
I know of instances where good people are doing worthy things and it doesn't work out. I cannot have just vain hope that my project will finish and base my faith on that. So, lets pretend that my project won't work out. How do I define my faith. I know that my Father in Heaven loves me and he will always take care of me. I know that bad things can happen in the process and life can be pretty tough and miserable, while I am still thinking that he will take care of me.
In Alma 14 we learn that the men in the city of Ammonihah who believed the preaching of Alma and Amulek were cast out. That feels like a column 3. Then their families were burned to death. That feels like a column 3. But Alma tells us that the lord "receiveth them up unto himself, in glory". That sounds like a column 1 success, not failure.
So, I have to evaluate things from the Lord's timeline of eternity, not my timeline of so many days or weeks.
The second story I think of is the Martin-Willey Handcart company. They were following the Lord's command to go to the place the Saints were gathering, yet they ran into snow storms so sever that many died. Yet, in spite of that, they had faith in God, they were delivered by other Saints before they all died, and non of them ever doubted their faith in Christ or the church. So is it random when things will work out smoothly, like my house building project, and when it will work out disastrously and we will not be saved, or disastrously and we will be saved?
The people of Ammonihah were allowed to be martyrs to convict the wicked justifiably. If the wicked were that wicked in their heart, but never burned righteous people, it would be harder for justice to allow their condemnation since they never did the murderous act. So, it was allowed so they could show their hearts openly, and have a justified condemnation for it. That scenario doesn't seem to apply to any options of whether my project gets finish or not, so I'll skip to the next.
The Martin-Willey Handcart company were at Winter Quarters late in the year. I've heard someone once ask, "Couldn't the Lord have told them that there would be a bad storm, or couldn't he have prevented it from hitting their camp and freezing them to death?" Well, apparently he did. The Lord inspired their Stake President to tell them to stay there for the Winter and go on to the Salt Lake Valley in the Spring. But, the people were 'overzealous' and wanted to be with the rest of the Saints as soon as possible. So their Stake President said if they go, he will go with them as he was their Shepherd. If they would have followed the inspired instruction of their ecclesiastical leader, they would not have been stuck in a death-creating snow storm.
But, they didn't, and they were. Then the power of the story happens. In spite of the overzealous desires, the lack of patience, and the disobedience to their Stake President's instruction, the Lord still did deliver them in the end. In the end is the next key phrase. This principle is demonstrated again in the Book of Mormon.
The people of Zeniff were righteous. When his son Noah became King, they were wicked. Then they got into bondage by the Lamanites just like they were warned would happen if they did not repent (Mosiah 12:2, Mosiah 21:3-4,8,13). Then under Limhi, Noah's son, they repented enough, and got humble enough (Mosiah 21:14) that the Lord began to help them. This is a key point. Mosiah 21:15 says the "Lord was slow to hear their cry because of their iniquities" - we reap the consequences of our actions and must experience them so we can learn from them - "nevertheless the Lord did hear their cries, and began to soften the hearts of the Lamanites that they began to ease their burdens; yet the Lord did not see fit to deliver them out of bondage." At this point we are totally in the Lord's timeline, even though we have tried so hard to create a timeline of our own.
There is also the example of the people of Alma. They left the people of Noah so they could live righteously since they had repented (and Noah didn't like that). However, they also got into bondage with the Lamanites. Their outcome is different than the people of Limhi because they had repented before their bondage, rather than because of their bondage. They became strong enough to carry their burden with ease (Mosiah 24:12-15). They demonstrated their faith sufficiently that they were soon delivered from bondage (Mosiah 24:16).
So there are the outlines of my options for faith.
1. If the Lord has revealed to me to do a project, I can know that all obstacles will be overcome without hardship* because it is his plan, and I am following it.
(*There may be things that seem to hinder progress, but in this paradigm they are not seen as difficult, and hardly as hindrances, because the Lord has orchestrated all the details before hand, and I know that he has, so I only watch to see the solution of each new possible obstacle.)
2. If I have a project I want, and the Lord sanctions it, see number 1.
3. If I have a project that is not in line with the Lord's will (but not bad), or if I have not worked it according to his wishes, I can expect his help and deliverance, but that may not necessarily include the completion of my project as I planned it.
If I am operating in number 3, it is most important that I keep my eternal perspective, like the people in the city of Ammonihah who were martyred. It is OK if my project fails, or if it is excessively difficult to complete, because the most important point of anything is that I get my life in tune with the Lord's wisdom.
When I shift my focus from "how am I going to accomplish this?" to "however it works out, Heavenly Father, help me do things the way you want me to do them, help me faithfully endure the consequences of my poor actions, and help me be worthy of thy succor and deliverance" I find the peace of faith I am seeking. I know in the end, whether I reach my goal without deterrents, whether I must endure hardship before I am delivered, or whether I fail and have 'project martyrdom', the Lord is watching over me and guiding me in the way that will be for my eternal best experience. It is up to me to follow his guidance. (That is a major key point.)
My faith and prayers now shift from 'project completion' to letting go of 'my will' to "whatever happens (apparent good or bad), I will follow the Lord, I'll be humble, I'll repent; that way I know I will be in the hands of the Lord."
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Energy Healing and etherial spirituality vs Spirituality (04/3/2014)
A friend just showed me a preview to a film called E-motion. It is similar to the film of a few years ago called The Secret.
There is a lot of energy healing, enlightenment, etc. being offered in the world. So much of it seems to offer profound spiritual enlightenment and awareness. But, as someone pointed out to my niece, they offer spiritual enlightenment with taking Christ out of the equation. I do know that people in those pathways becomes very aware of the spiritual nature of humanity, and have great levels of peace and serenity. From my perspective of having experienced both approaches, I can tell that there are profound elements missing when Christ is removed.
Perhaps part of the way I can explain what I feel is by looking at being grounded vs being connected to spiritual things.
When we are concerned with only the physical and tangible aspects of our existence here on earth, we are connected to the earth and are 'gounded'. When we are aware of the spiritual nature of our being and are in tune with that, we are more ethereal.
Modern medicine and psychology offer the grounded aspect of our existence - regardless of which parts of their paradigms are correct and how much of it is wrong.
The energy healing and new age approach is very ethereal and offers a great connection to the spiritual aspect of our being - regardless of which parts of their paradigms are correct and how much of it is wrong.
Only in a connection with Jesus Christ and a proper understanding of our life before earth and the potential after earth, and by making and keeping covenants with Christ do we have the opportunity to join the two extremes in the appropriate and balanced blend. We are, after all, both physical and spiritual in nature. Our connection to ourselves should encompass and incorporate both.
Also, only through a deep understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ do we also understand that even if we don't have the opportunity or ability to partake of the great spiritual enlightenment in the freeing fashion of the new age offerings, or of the down-to-earth fix-the-problem promises of the 20th and 21st centuries medical and psychological ideologies, we still have the option of 100% participation and reception of freedom, salvation, healing, and progression that is offered by Christ through making covenants with him. And it doesn't matter if we get the healing results in this lifetime or not. All we have to do is make and keep our covenants with him to the best of our ability - which ability varies dramatically according to the situation and experience we have in this life. And he knows those confines, limits and potentials put upon us by our situation. So determining if we succeeded will be absolutely fair. We won't be condemned for not doing something that was truly beyond our ability, and we won't be rewarded for only achieving partial of what was appropriately expected of us.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ and the covenants we make with him afford us the perfect options and opportunities both physically and spiritually, as well as the perfect evaluation and consequences of how we operated within those covenents.
God is just. God is merciful.
There is a lot of energy healing, enlightenment, etc. being offered in the world. So much of it seems to offer profound spiritual enlightenment and awareness. But, as someone pointed out to my niece, they offer spiritual enlightenment with taking Christ out of the equation. I do know that people in those pathways becomes very aware of the spiritual nature of humanity, and have great levels of peace and serenity. From my perspective of having experienced both approaches, I can tell that there are profound elements missing when Christ is removed.
Perhaps part of the way I can explain what I feel is by looking at being grounded vs being connected to spiritual things.
When we are concerned with only the physical and tangible aspects of our existence here on earth, we are connected to the earth and are 'gounded'. When we are aware of the spiritual nature of our being and are in tune with that, we are more ethereal.
Modern medicine and psychology offer the grounded aspect of our existence - regardless of which parts of their paradigms are correct and how much of it is wrong.
The energy healing and new age approach is very ethereal and offers a great connection to the spiritual aspect of our being - regardless of which parts of their paradigms are correct and how much of it is wrong.
Only in a connection with Jesus Christ and a proper understanding of our life before earth and the potential after earth, and by making and keeping covenants with Christ do we have the opportunity to join the two extremes in the appropriate and balanced blend. We are, after all, both physical and spiritual in nature. Our connection to ourselves should encompass and incorporate both.
Also, only through a deep understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ do we also understand that even if we don't have the opportunity or ability to partake of the great spiritual enlightenment in the freeing fashion of the new age offerings, or of the down-to-earth fix-the-problem promises of the 20th and 21st centuries medical and psychological ideologies, we still have the option of 100% participation and reception of freedom, salvation, healing, and progression that is offered by Christ through making covenants with him. And it doesn't matter if we get the healing results in this lifetime or not. All we have to do is make and keep our covenants with him to the best of our ability - which ability varies dramatically according to the situation and experience we have in this life. And he knows those confines, limits and potentials put upon us by our situation. So determining if we succeeded will be absolutely fair. We won't be condemned for not doing something that was truly beyond our ability, and we won't be rewarded for only achieving partial of what was appropriately expected of us.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ and the covenants we make with him afford us the perfect options and opportunities both physically and spiritually, as well as the perfect evaluation and consequences of how we operated within those covenents.
God is just. God is merciful.
Alma 7:11-13 Atonement and GNM (2014/04/03)
Alma7:11- 13
11 And he shall go forth suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.
12 And he will take upon him death,that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people,and he will take upon him their infirmities,that his bowels may be filled with mercy,according to the flesh,that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.
12 Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony which is in me.
The phrases that strike me are that he will take upon him their pains, sicknesses, infirmities so he may know according to the flesh, and so his bowels will be filled with compassion. When someone describes to me what they are experiencing physically, and it is something that I have also experienced, my understanding of them and of how to help them (within the confines of what I do) is so much richer and more complete than when they tell me of a pain I have not experienced. Because of my own experience, I can not only explain to them better what is happening in their body, but I can comprehend the physical change that needs to take place (presuming I have resolved the issue in myself).
The other phrase idea that strikes me is that he suffereth according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities. If he understands by experience and intellect and spiritually the process of target rings (the GNM explanation of how the shock experiences affect us) and the repair process of them, then he will know how to succor a person from the experience consequences.
That means that the healing power of the Spirit and of His command is able to help the subconscious and neurology make the connections and go into healing. Perhaps He does not even require the connections to be made, and perhaps he does.
My main feeling is that there is a Spiritual dimension to the healing of target rings, and that healing will be best done when we include it with the physical and neurological rather than exclude it.
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