A Century of Thoughts

In my last post I mentioned that Abdu'l-Baha took time during his visit to the United States to go to the bedside of those who were very sick. He would then pray for each of those ailing souls. I have already posted two of the healing prayers written by Adu'l-Baha.

Today I am going to post two more such prayers. Readers of this blog should realize that any one of the prayers that I am posting on my blog this week might have come from the lips of Abdu'l-Baha while he was visting invalid people here in the United States.

"There are two ways of healing sickness, material means and spiritual
means.  The first is by the treatment of physicians; the second
consisteth in prayers offered by the spiritual ones to God and in
turning to Him.  Both means should be used and practiced.
  Illnesses which occur by reason of physical causes should be treated
by doctors with medical remedies; those which are due to spiritual
causes disappear through spiritual means.  Thus an illness caused by
affliction, fear, nervous impressions, will be healed more effectively
by spiritual rather than by physical treatment.  Hence, both kinds of
treatment should be followed; they are not contradictory."
  (Selections from the Writings of  'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp: 151-152)

  "The prayers which were revealed to ask for healing apply both to
physical and spiritual healing.  Recite them, then, to heal both the
soul and the body.  If healing is right for the patient, it will
certainly be granted; but for some ailing persons, healing would only be
the cause of other ills, and therefore wisdom doth not permit an
affirmative answer to the prayer."
   (Selections from the Writings of  'Abdu'l-Bahá, pp: 161-162

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