The following is a personal story shared by Dr Jeffrey Chiew, in his book The Millionaire Formula where he writes about mind over matter:
When you perform mental programming, you must believe that it will really happen. You must give it a reasonable time to work its wonders. I first came across subconscious programming when my mother suffered a stroke many years ago. As the result of the stroke, my mother was paralysed from the waist down and was bedridden. The doctors told us that she would never walk again. We gave up all hope and started to claim permanent disability insurance from our insurers. But my mother was always a positive person. She said, “Okay, don’t worry, I’ll be cured.” One day, she told my sister, “I’ll be cured very soon. All you need to do is to pray for me.” My sister went to the temple to pray for our mother and true enough, a few days after that, my mother could sit on her bed. By the end of the second or third month, she was able to walk again. I’m sure glad that I didn’t convince her that she couldn’t be cured. After that incident, I started to believe that the mind can perform miracles.
(Dr Jeffrey Chiew himself have a very impressive life story- born in the slum area in Kuala Lumpur, he rose from poverty and became a millionaire by 25. The book itself really pack a punch- providing lots of tips on how to make your first million in 7 easy steps.)
This reminded me of an incident years ago that I’ve witnessed while I was at a Buddhist world conference. The topic that was being discussed was mercy killing- is it right to pull the plug on a person who is declared brain dead?
