Healing: Mind, Body and SOUL

[PeacefulWarrior]

The following is from a recent discourse by a leader of the church to which I belong.  (the full talk can be found at
http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,2043-1-2074-1,00.html  )

Anyway, healing is such an important topic because healing is vital to both our minds, bodies AND our souls.  Whenever true physically healing takes place, it has it's roots in the spiritual dimension of reality.  From the miraculous healing of a seriousy injured person to the healing that takes place thanks to medicine or good, nutritious foods, the original movement takes place in the spiritual/mental sphere (ie. Someone who is over weight sees a need to change in order to improve/preserve health, so they then take the physical steps necessary to change...but the original plan happened because they say the good it would do).

Anyway, this exerpt points out that our spirit bodies, our souls (and emotions) can and need to be healed as well.  Evil, in any form, must be abolished from within and this is one of the most important kinds of healing that must take place.  Even if you don't believe in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, as I do, you can still see the truth in these words.  Regardless of your religion, belief system (or lack of), it is true that we must purge negativity and darkness from within ourselves in order to find true happiness and peace...and power.  

Here is that exerpt:

"Healing the Inner Self"

"The healing that we all so often need is the healing of our souls and spirits. This can come through a transfusion of the spiritual into our lives. The seventh article of faith states that, among other spiritual gifts, we believe in the gift of healing. To me, this gift extends to the healing of both the body and the spirit. The Holy Spirit speaks peace to the soul, and this spiritual solace comes by invoking spiritual gifts, which are claimed and manifested in many ways. They are rich, full, and abundant in the Church today. They flow from the humble and proper use of a testimony. Christ is the Great Physician who rose from the dead "with healing in his wings" (2 Nephi 25:13), and the Comforter is the agent of healing.

If we are to further strengthen the inner person, the inner self must be purged and cleansed of transgression. Companionship with evil causes our whole being to die spiritually. The spiritual tap in our lives will not turn on until all transgressions, particularly those involving moral turpitude, are purged. I refer not only to sexual sins but also to all forms of wrongdoing, including lying, cheating, stealing, and consciously or recklessly inflicting injury upon others."

By President James E. Faust
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints