Debbe’s head.
“Yes, that’s possible,” he said. “If you have some idea of what’s wrong, I’m listening.” Then he asked eagerly,
“Can you tell me exactly where the ‘balloon’ is and locate it on a drawing of the brain?” I nodded, and he gave me a sheet of paper with a bare outline of the two hemi-spheres of a brain.
The doctor’s positive and enthusiastic response surprised me. No suspicion or doubt, just an attitude that clearly said, Let’s get to work. I drew what I had seen, describing in detail the area surrounding the
“balloon.”
He listened intently, then said, “It could be an aneurysm—a stretched and weakened blood vessel which has ruptured. Possibly a ruptured cerebral aneurysm?”
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Realizing he was actually posing the question to me, I listened inwardly for just a moment. The inner guidance was still strong. I confidently affirmed that my sister’s condition was indeed an aneurysm. In this heightened state of awareness and inner guidance, I just knew. I didn’t know how; I didn’t care. I just trusted what I was feeling.
He asked me, “If I told you the names of several types of aneurysms, do you think you could help determine what kind it is?”
“Yes,” I answered quickly before my mind could even begin to censor the reply. The doctor began to name various conditions, and when he spoke about hereditary aneurysms, I stopped him.
“That’s it,” I replied confidently. He nodded. This was apparently an important clue for him in piecing together my sister’s current condition and how to approach it.
This was also illuminating information for me. A hereditary condition meant that Debbe had carried this condition all her life. I suddenly remembered a feeling I had as a child—that there was something physically wrong with my sister and that she needed help. Somehow, I had known. Even as a child, I had wanted to help my sister if I could, and often I asked God to use me for that purpose, if possible.
Had that time now come?
O ne of my favorite passages in the writings of Eckankar explains just what I was experiencing at that moment. Harold Klemp writes:
The ECK also works in ways of protection. It can come so quietly that we often overlook the message It carries: how to protect ourselves and Inner Guidance_CH 06-10.p65
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avoid unnecessary problems. We overlook the
message because our state of consciousness hasn’t quite expanded into the next circle of awareness.
But when it does, we then get a bigger picture of life and a better idea of how the ECK is talking to us. When your inner feeling says, How about going left here a couple of steps, then right, then two more to the left, it’s the ECK or the Mahanta trying to guide you through life. And because you are being guided by the spiritual power, you will be led in a better direction than the highest degree of reason-ing could ever hope to steer you.12
My job was just to listen and follow the guidance.
But it also occurred to me at that moment to ask the doctor why he was paying attention to what I said. It did not seem reasonable. Why would a surgeon from a top hospital be consulting with a young schoolteacher with no medical background?
In an urgent tone, he explained, “I’ve seen this before.
You’re having a spiritual experience. Right now you probably know more about what is going on than anyone else. In these circumstances, others sometimes know more than a doctor possibly could. If you believe there is an aneurysm located where you described it, I am prepared to operate. And hopefully your sister will live.”
The doctor’s conviction and acceptance helped me grow even more confident. I decided it was time to follow the fifth instruction I had received: “You must tell everyone concerned, ‘This is not
“Yes, that’s possible,” he said. “If you have some idea of what’s wrong, I’m listening.” Then he asked eagerly,
“Can you tell me exactly where the ‘balloon’ is and locate it on a drawing of the brain?” I nodded, and he gave me a sheet of paper with a bare outline of the two hemi-spheres of a brain.
The doctor’s positive and enthusiastic response surprised me. No suspicion or doubt, just an attitude that clearly said, Let’s get to work. I drew what I had seen, describing in detail the area surrounding the
“balloon.”
He listened intently, then said, “It could be an aneurysm—a stretched and weakened blood vessel which has ruptured. Possibly a ruptured cerebral aneurysm?”
Inner Guidance_CH 06-10.p65
80
7/3/2013, 7:58 AM
There Is No Death:
Inner Guidance Assists with a Loved One
81
Realizing he was actually posing the question to me, I listened inwardly for just a moment. The inner guidance was still strong. I confidently affirmed that my sister’s condition was indeed an aneurysm. In this heightened state of awareness and inner guidance, I just knew. I didn’t know how; I didn’t care. I just trusted what I was feeling.
He asked me, “If I told you the names of several types of aneurysms, do you think you could help determine what kind it is?”
“Yes,” I answered quickly before my mind could even begin to censor the reply. The doctor began to name various conditions, and when he spoke about hereditary aneurysms, I stopped him.
“That’s it,” I replied confidently. He nodded. This was apparently an important clue for him in piecing together my sister’s current condition and how to approach it.
This was also illuminating information for me. A hereditary condition meant that Debbe had carried this condition all her life. I suddenly remembered a feeling I had as a child—that there was something physically wrong with my sister and that she needed help. Somehow, I had known. Even as a child, I had wanted to help my sister if I could, and often I asked God to use me for that purpose, if possible.
Had that time now come?
O ne of my favorite passages in the writings of Eckankar explains just what I was experiencing at that moment. Harold Klemp writes:
The ECK also works in ways of protection. It can come so quietly that we often overlook the message It carries: how to protect ourselves and Inner Guidance_CH 06-10.p65
81
7/3/2013, 7:58 AM
82
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avoid unnecessary problems. We overlook the
message because our state of consciousness hasn’t quite expanded into the next circle of awareness.
But when it does, we then get a bigger picture of life and a better idea of how the ECK is talking to us. When your inner feeling says, How about going left here a couple of steps, then right, then two more to the left, it’s the ECK or the Mahanta trying to guide you through life. And because you are being guided by the spiritual power, you will be led in a better direction than the highest degree of reason-ing could ever hope to steer you.12
My job was just to listen and follow the guidance.
But it also occurred to me at that moment to ask the doctor why he was paying attention to what I said. It did not seem reasonable. Why would a surgeon from a top hospital be consulting with a young schoolteacher with no medical background?
In an urgent tone, he explained, “I’ve seen this before.
You’re having a spiritual experience. Right now you probably know more about what is going on than anyone else. In these circumstances, others sometimes know more than a doctor possibly could. If you believe there is an aneurysm located where you described it, I am prepared to operate. And hopefully your sister will live.”
The doctor’s conviction and acceptance helped me grow even more confident. I decided it was time to follow the fifth instruction I had received: “You must tell everyone concerned, ‘This is not
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