At the Speed of Thought
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 1:35PM Stone Hearth News—always an interesting source for finding out what’s going on in health developments—posted an article about a new product being sold at giant retailer Best Buy® in 3 of their Chicago locations: “Wellness programs being sold at Best Buy by Aetna.”
This appears to be a novel approach to provide the consumer with quick and relatively inexpensive resources ($19.99) to help improve their wellness by accessing programs via such a ubiquitous major player in the consumer market.
And in other related news the online site Disruptive Women in Health Care posted “Value and values will drive the adoption of mobile health” by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn. The author discusses the rapidly growing area of mHealth in which doctors, patients, and consumers are able to access health information, prescriptions, etc., via smartphones, text messages, tablets, and similar vehicles, in a more timely and cost-effective manner.
What occurs to me in each of these articles is the concept of immediacy in health care and the public’s rightful desire for it, and perhaps by implication, their frustration with the current time-consuming delivery systems that many patients endure in their search for better health and wellness.
And from what I’ve been seeing, this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
There’s a growing awareness in the medical field about the benefits of spirituality—spiritual, God-focused thought—on our wellness and health as researchers continue to explore and document this phenomenon.
Now let me ask the obvious question: What’s more immediate than thought?
Reader Comments (10)
Right on Ken!. Several years ago, A friend of mine told me of going to the emergency room of a local hospital in the middle of the night, with a painful shoulder issue that wasn't easing up. He wound up waiting for over 2 hours before anyone came in to see him. Now I appreciate the fact that he was not the only person that needed help, but had he been aware that something as immediate as what you referred to as spiritual, God-focused thought, was available, I can't help but believe it would have been a relief.
Hi Dave,
Wow! Your response to this post was nearly "at the speed of thought!" :) And thanks for sharing your thoughts about your friend's experience.
Ken
Ken, I agree that spiritual thought is immediate, and quite effective in health care. I severely cut my finger using a hedge clipper this summer, and I was able to overcome fear and panic based on the appearance of things, and bandage it at home which stopped the bleeding, and then I had a quick healing. It was a calm trust in God that made that possible.
Hi Guy,
Welcome to the conversation! Thanks for letting us know how you've seen the practical and quick effect of spiritual thought in your life.
Ken
Wouldn't it be great if more folks knew about the effectiveness of spiritual thought in healing? Hopefully this blog will be a step in that direction.
Good points! Makes me remember a couple recent times when I've been healed through Christian Science very quickly: both involved pain at different times, but I quickly turned to prayer and in less then 5 minutes or less the pain disappeared. Nothing is quicker than thought! :-)
It's hard to think of anything more immediate than thought, Ken. Maybe the next question concerns the quality of thought -- fearful, discouraged, remorseful; or hopeful, uplifted, God-inspired, spiritual.
One of the things I find particularly wonderful about prayer, is that it can even be done on the way to a hospital and can begin the healing process before the hospital is even reached. This kind of prayer is available to everyone of every faith.
I love the account in the Bible where Jesus stills the storm. Mark 4:39. The immediacy of spiritual, God-focused thought can still the storms of pain and fear in our expeerience today. And we can feel the peace and calm that comes from an understanding of God's all- presence and power.
I'm glad when people can make it to the doctor's office in time to get help. But I'm also glad I could pray and be healed by feeling God's loving care and presence right then when I was alone in the house at night unable to reach the phone, when I was in pain on a train with a long time till the next stop, and in the middle of the ocean when I was at my wits' end and my cell didn't work.
I've found that God is a physician you can call on anytime, anywhere.