Demartini - Count your blessings: the healing power of gratitude and love

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The
Healing
Power
of Gratitude
and Love

Dr. John F. Demartini

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Copyright 1997, 2006 by John F. Demartini

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Design: Bryn Starr Best

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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Originally published by Element Books in 1997: ISBN: 0 00 715813 0

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Demartini, John F.

Count your blessings : the healing power of gratitude and love / John F. Demartini.

p. cm.

Originally published: Rockport, Mass. : Element, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p.254).

ISBN-13: 978-1-4019-1074-7 (tradepaper)

ISBN-10: 1-4019-1074-2 (tradepaper)

1. Gratitude. 2. Love. 3. Mind and body. 4. Spiritual life. I. Title.

BF575.G68D46 2006

158.1dc22

2005029085

ISBN 13: 978-1-4019-1074-7
ISBN 10: 1-4019-1074-2

11 10 09 08 10 9 8 7
1st Hay House printing, June 2006
7th printing, June 2008

Printed in the United States of America

This book is dedicated to all individuals
who would love to heal their minds,
bodies, and lives through the power
of gratitude and unconditional love

Contents

Unconditional Love Is the Greatest Force in the Universe

I do not know what I may appear to the world,
but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy
playing on the seashore and diverting myself
in now and then finding a smoother pebble
or a prettier shell than ordinary whilst the great
ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me

Isaac Newton

W hen I was a young boy, my parents encouraged me to be grateful for my health, my life, and all the worlds wonders. They would often remind me to count my blessings, and over time it became a part of my everyday life. When I began studying and then practicing as a professional the principles of healing, I observed a strong link between gratitude, love, and healing. I began focusing my research in this area more than 15 years ago and continue to be inspired by each healing principle I discover.

Each connection I find between gratitude, love, and healing is like a sparkling star of light, a perfect pebble in the stream of consciousness. And each day I awake with a sense of anticipation that I may discover another principle of healthanother inspirational story of healingto share with others. Thats why I founded the Concourse of Wisdom School of Philosophy and Healing. Its also why I created The Demartini Method, and why Ive written this book.

The many principles and stories Im able to share with you create a foundation for living a healthy and fulfilling life just by tapping in to the power of gratitude and love. When you apply these principles, you reap the benefits of healing your mind and body, following the wisdom of your heart and soul, and experiencing the most powerful force in existencethe power of gratitude and love.

Each principle and story will help you take another step toward healing those conditions in your life that youd love to heal, and make quantum leaps in your personal and spiritual development, as you walk along your unique and special journey.

Gratitude and
Love Are the
Heart of Healing

Miracles do not happen in contradiction with nature,
but in contradiction with what we know about nature

Saint Augustine

W e all have the healing power of unconditional love within us. But we sometimes unwisely believe that we cant be healed. When were sick, its easy to listen to our fears, and tempting to put all our efforts into tangible, physical remedies that we can see and touch. But if we want a more complete and lasting healing, we must take a step beyond what we can merely see or touch, and listen to the inner wisdom of our hearts and souls as well.

This inner wisdom, expressing itself through gratitude and unconditional love, is the most powerful healing force there is. No condition, illness, or disease exists that cant be helped by its pure energy. We can interpret incurable to mean, simply, curable from within! And when were grateful for what is, as it is, our hearts open and speak to us with healing messages. These are the moments when we inwardly hear the guidance of our hearts and souls. Being grateful and opening our hearts to unconditional love is the essence of healing.

This same essence creates spontaneous healingwhat some call miracleswhen we intensify its power by being completely present and having total certainty that healing can and will occur. The most inspired healers know that the power that made the body can heal the body, and they share this certainty with their patients. They also know that in numerous instances, internal forces have healed conditions and diseases that had been diagnosed as irreparable or terminal simply because there were no known externally administered, traditional remedies or cures. But when we limit ourselves to physical treatments and remedies, we dont reap the benefits of the unlimited source of healing thats within us.