Seeing the Light:
Crystal-Clear Decisions

The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 11 of the book Angel Medicine: How to Heal the Body and Mind with Help of the Angels, by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.. It is published by Hay House and is available at all bookstores.

With any manifestation, it's essential to be certain about what you desire. Angel medicine can work instantly, and you can be immediately healed. The key is that you're completely clear that you require an instant healing. You need to release any doubts or fears that this is the right thing. Some may worry that commanding Heaven is blasphemous, and this fear can short-circuit an immediate healing. It's clarity about your desires that brings about results.

Our inner light stems from that part of us that is instinctual. Animals and birds use instinct for survival. When a snake sets his sights upon his prey, he has the crystal-clear intention of eating. He doesn't hesitate, thinking, What if I don't deserve to eat? or What if this isn't God's will for me? Without clear intentions, the snake would starve and die. While we don't need to stalk live prey for survival, we do need the same clear intentions to manifest our earthly needs. We still have instincts within us that need honoring and attention.

This isn't the same thing as straining or forcing an outcome to occur. Anytime we try to make something happen, we become blocked as far as achieving our desired goals. That's because the negativity associated with force and strain attract the very thing we fear. These fears might include anxieties about whether you'll be able to achieve an outcome, whether you “deserve” it, whether you'll be able to keep and maintain the desired outcome in the future, and what other people may think about your success.

Having crystal-clear intentions means having a relaxed, confident attitude. It may help to keep in mind that as you're healed, you're in a better position to help your loved ones and community. As a strong, healed, secure person, you've got more resources that allow you to give more freely – with joy and passion.

Overcoming the Fear of Healing

If a part of you wants to be healthy but another part of you is afraid of health, this will block your manifestation. To heal, you need a crystal-clear intention of health. With clear intentions, miracles such as instantaneous healings are possible.

A Course in Miracles says that instant healings are normal; however, many people fear being instantly healed. They think it's too weird to immediately be healed from a malady. That's because Western medicine believes that healing occurs over time – slowly – after regular visits to the doctor and taking medication for weeks or months. As much as we want an instant healing, this would scare us as much as seeing a ghost. So, we have one foot on the gas pedal and one on the brake as we pray for healing – while simultaneously (unconsciously) praying that it doesn't occur, since it would scare us.

I've also had clients express deep-seated fears that they didn't deserve instant healings, so they wouldn't accept it when it occurred. I remember one woman who asked me to heal a boil on her ear. I placed my hands on her earlobes and sent energy through the ear while simultaneously affirming that it was healed. The boil instantly started draining and disintegrating. The woman held her ear and kept exclaiming that she couldn't believe the healing occurred so quickly! I reminded her of a famous Louise Hay story along the same lines:

Louise recounts that she once helped a client instantly heal from the need for corrective lenses – that is, the woman now had perfect vision. The woman was naturally pleased; however, she was so amazed at the immediacy of the healing that she kept exclaiming, “Oh my! I can't believe I don't need glasses anymore! I can't believe it!” The woman affirmed so many times that she couldn't believe that her eyesight was improved that she soon manifested the need to wear glasses again.

Why would anyone be afraid of health? In my healing work, I've seen the following reasons:

• Fear of “God's will.” Some people fear that God is willing their ill health, and they're afraid of violating a greater will than their own.

Yet, if we truly believe that God is loving, and if we trust that God is good, then why would the Creator will anything but love and goodness for us? One who is all-love would never “test” us, or use pain as a way to make us grow. Wouldn't we be more useful to God's plan if our energy and health were vibrant and radiant?

When you pray for health, be very clear that this is God's will for you. You are one of the much-needed troops of Earth angels on this planet. All hands are needed for the smooth operation of God's plan of peace. When one lightworker opts out of his or her appointed task, it leaves another lightworker to dog the work for two.

• Ambivalence about suffering. Some individuals believe that all life is about suffering and that suffering is inevitable. Freedom from suffering isn't achievable, in their opinions, so why bother working on its attainment?

Many people have told me that they believe suffering is the only route to personal and spiritual growth. Their souls will be shortchanged if they try to bypass the important life lessons inherent in pain. The angels have told me, though, that while we can definitely become stronger through suffering, we can also grow much faster through peace.

When we become peaceful, we make an important contribution toward world peace. We also inspire others through our peacefulness. Being ill or injured never inspired anyone. But transcending or healing physical limitations is always uplifting to witness.

• Fear of change. Chronic illness or injury can become a lifestyle – and a long-term project. Being healthy would leave an empty gap, which some people instinctively fear. A Course in Miracles: The Text, Workbook for Students, and Manual for Teachers says that “all forms of sickness, even unto death, are physical expressions of the fear of awakening.” In other words, ill health can keep our minds and schedules so busy that we avoid looking inward at ourselves and our life's purpose.

• Let's admit it: We're rewarded for illness and injury with lots of sympathy, cards, and bouquets. We might also receive time off from work or school, as well as payment for long-term disabilities. We may unconsciously desire the continuation of these rewards, and resist mending our bodies as a result.

• Self-esteem. Many of the people whom I've counseled have admitted that, deep down, they don't believe that they deserve happiness and health. They also wonder whether they warrant Heaven's attention, having lived less-than-perfect lives.

I help them see that, while none of us live perfectly, we're all still God's perfect children. We're all equally loved, unconditionally.

• Fixed ideas about health. Some folks have firm beliefs that they’ll inherit a genetic family trait, that illness is inevitable, or that a certain condition is untreatable. In a way, doctors put curses on patients when they give firm diagnoses, and if we buy into these diagnoses, we may manifest the symptoms. We can also be influenced by advertisements about illness and medications, and media hype about epidemics.

Clear Expectations, Clear Results

Clarity about your desire for an instant healing, and your acceptance of an instant healing are both equally important. A busy spa owner from San Francisco told me that she'd been diagnosed with cancer. As she was being wheeled into the operating room, she exclaimed loudly, “I don't have time for this!” She meant it, too – her business demands kept her occupied every day, and she had no time for an operation or recovery time. The doctors opened her up and were amazed to see that there was no evidence of cancer.

Put your foot down to the Universe and tell it your conditions.

But what about God's will? some will ask. This is an individual concern. I truly believe that each of us has a “time” when we're to go home to Heaven. We preplanned this time, in conjunction with God and our angels before incarnating.

I also believe that God is omnipresent, within each of us. This means that God's will is everywhere, overlapping your own. And a loving God would never want you to suffer in any way, just as you'd never will your own children to suffer.

It's true that you can grow through pain, but it's also true that you can grow through peace. Demand, command, and expect peace in all ways, and it shall be yours.

Some people are afraid of health because they have an investment in illness. One woman I worked with had her whole life wrapped around her illness: It was her project, her love, her child. If she healed, what would fill this vacancy? The very thought of a healthy body left my client anxious. She worried, “How will I spend my new free time?” and “What meaning will my life have?” With free time, she'd have to search for a meaningful project, and this might mean failure or success – two of her biggest fears.