Means of Healing an Illness (63SFO03)
Bapak talks about reading with movement that can heal
San Francisco 13 September 1963
Later, once you are able to read like this, with movement, the Gospels can become a medicine, they can become a means of healing an illness.
It is the same for those of you who like to read the Bible; once your latihan has progressed a long way, when you read the Bible you will certainly not stay immobile or stay still. You are sure to move. This shows that what is written in the Bible is alive. As Bapak demonstrated in the testing, there is a cross within your inner self. So if you read the Bible and you find: ‘Why is this happening? Why do I go like this when I’m reading?’ That means it is alive; that is the working of the living cross within the human self. That will make it all more real for you, and you will get real confidence. Your faith in the greatness of God and your submission to God will be more genuine.
That is why Bapak always asks you to do your latihan diligently and patiently; because a heart that is in a hurry, that wants to get something quickly, is manipulated by desire. So do not use your heart and mind [in the latihan], because, no matter what, they are still filled with desire. Even though their wish is the wish to worship God, it is still a desire.
And for those of you who enjoy reading the Gospels, each letter you read will make your body move, as Bapak said. And the movements will show you what the Gospels mean. It is the same if you read the Quran; your body will show you the meaning of what you read.
Although Bapak is a Muslim, he did not understand the meaning of Bismi’ll-ahi. He did not understand it. But after he received the latihan [Bapak demonstrates]: ‘What is Bismi’llahi?’ ‘Bis … mi’llahi ’r-Rahmani ’r-Rahim means … Bismi’llahi ’r-Rahmani ’r-Rahim:God has created this … this … everything; God has created Bapak, the coarse and the fine.’
And that makes everything move: so reading it is the same as being cleansed, reading it is the same as being healed. So if you are sick and you read the Quran, a verse that makes you move like that: once you have read that verse – whatever it may be – you are healed. It is the same with the Gospels. Later, once you are able to read like this, with movement, the Gospels can become a medicine, they can become a means of healing an illness.