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Chapter Forty Nine

A week passed and with Lisa out of danger Tim returned to Pattersville. Doc Summers could no longer handle the heavy patient case load on his own.
During her stay in the hospital, Lisa enjoyed frequent visits from the house girls.
They cackled, laughed, and talked excitedly about what was going on in their own lives. And they all had to plant their signatures and well wishes on Lisa's leg casts. It was invigorating but nonetheless exhausting for Lisa. Fortunately, Bernice brought them to visit in shifts.
"Bernie," she said, grabbing her friend's hand, while watching the latest batch of girls file out the door. "All they needed was a little love and someone who cares."
"It is indeed gratifying, isn't it? Bernice's smile was genuine and in her eyes, shone the light of love. "You get some rest now, I better catch up with those crazy kids."
"Bye, Bernie" A quick, gentle hug and she was out the door.

Lisa's nap was interrupted by the phone.
"Hello," she said sleepily.
"How's my favorite girl doing?"
"Doctor Summers, it's so good to hear from you! I'm getting better every day. But how about you? How are you doing.?"
"Oh, I'm doing just fine," he said, trying to conceal his weakening condition with a hearty voice.
Lisa could hear through his words though, and this alarmed her. "Doctor Summers, you probably heard that Tim and I are going to be married. You were right, it was his move. I just thank God he made it when he did."
"Isn't it interesting how things work out? Lisa, I'm absolutely delighted," he said in a voice absent of surprise.
"We're gonna get married back there in the old church and I would like you to give me away, if you would." Lisa spoke hesitantly, a sign of her still weak condition coupled with concern over the doctor's failing health.
"I would be honored," he said in a stronger voice. "Well now, besides being concerned about me, what else is on that inquiring little mind of yours?"
"You can see right through me. Why should I be surprised?"
"OK, spit it out," he said kindly.
She took a deep breath. "We discussed pre-death experiences when Mama died, but we never got around to talking about what you called 'The Near Death Experience." Lisa paused, and went on tentatively. "Anyway," she said. "I had one."
"I know, Tim told me."
"I would like your opinion on it. Was it real?"
"How do you feel about it?"
"I think it was, but I would feel better about it if you agreed." Lisa went on to describe the experience in detail.
"It was real, Lisa." He heard her sigh. "Most people in the medical profession don't believe though. Some claim it's an hallucinatory function of the brain in a trauma situation. But that doesn't explain how a person can see what's going on in the O.R after their heart has stopped. I mean clinically dead for several minutes.
"There are thousands of recorded stories such as yours, including those from a great many children. I think the insurgence of people reporting these experiences may largely be due to modern day technology. We are resuscitating people who only a few years ago would have expired. Also, as I have said before, I believe we are living in a time when our creator is intensifying his efforts to get our attention.
"For those who have been through a 'near death experience,' there is no doubt. However, the scientific community continues to argue against their authenticity. And I will venture to say they will continue to do so until it happens to them or it is proved scientifically.
"With all spiritual and psychic phenomena, each has to find their own truth in it. You're lucky, you know. It's my firm opinion that until research scientists begin to accept the spiritual aspects of the human body and psyche and pursue investigative efforts along those lines openly, without prejudicial bias, these issues will remain a mystery.
"Except for those who require no further proof, that is. To know the truth within their own heart is sufficient. And it is absolutely wonderful for those who manage to do this.
"Lisa, if there is one human need that stands above all others it is confirmation of survival after death. That's why the Egyptians built all those pyramids.
"This issue continues to be the center-post of all religious theory and philosophy in all cultures throughout the world, even the most primitive. A lot of people have been fortunate enough to abandon their fear of death as a result of a personal experience such as an NDE, a miracle, angel intervention, or some other extraordinary supernatural phenomena that touched them. Presumably, this can allow them to live out the rest of their lives in peace. Sounds like you're a member of that club, now."
"Thanks Doctor Summers, that helps me. I had the faith before, but now any doubt that I had is gone."
"You are entirely welcome. And guess what?"
"What?"
"Your man is on his way over here. He wants to talk about psychic stuff. How about that? With him though I need to approach it from a more scientific view point."
"Give it to him good Doc," she said with a chuckle.

As Lisa was hanging up the phone, Tim was parking his car outside the Summers' ranch.
"Doctor Summers, Doctor Tim is here to see you," announced Anna. She led Tim into the doctor's study. Doc Summers was sitting comfortably in his captain's chair with his feet resting on top of the desk.
"What can I do for you, my boy," he asked genially, concealing his excitement over this long-awaited opportunity.
"You have the ability to telepathically communicate with certain of your patients. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't witnessed it with my own eyes. Would you explain to me how you do it?" said Tim with guarded skepticism.
Doc Summers looked up with a sheepish grin. "I'll do my best. However, realizing you are a science-minded person, I think we should start with the basics."
"OK," replied Tim, squirming nervously in his chair.
"Tim, you know what an atom is, right?"
"Yes of course. It's the smallest unit matter can be divided into without charged particles being released.
"Go on," urged Doc Summers.
"It has a nucleus that is made up of positively charged protons and neutrons. And it is surrounded by orbiting electrons, which are smaller particles that have a negative charge.
"Besides testing my knowledge of fundamental physics, what are you leading up to?"
"I think when we finish you will find that you know more than you think. It's important that I add something in order to help clarify a later point. And that is, the relative smallness of atoms and their subatomic particles.
"Did you know that if you could fill the earth with grapes, the quantity would be about same as the number of atoms in a baseball? And that the comparative smaller size of an electron would be like comparing a tall building to a speck of dust?"
"I suppose that could be true," responded Tim, a little impatiently, still wondering where the doctor was going with all this.
"What do you know about magnetism and electromagnetism?"
"Well," said Tim, sitting there feeling more and more like a school kid, "the earth is actually a giant magnet because of the current generated by liquid metals in the earth's core. And this creates an electromagnetic field which keeps the earth in alignment.
"Basically, this is the same principle behind the electric motor and generator. In fact, the principle of electromagnetism is, conceptually, at the heart of modern day computerized technology. And this includes the Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI machines we now use for body and brain scans. So what does this have to do with mental telepathy?"
"You'll see," replied Doc Summers. "Without getting into a deep technical discussion, let me take your explanation a step further. Electromagnetic fields can also be electromagnetic carrier waves for radio and TV signals, which consist of transmitted electrons at modulated ultra-high frequencies.
"Among other things, electromagnetism is simply the energy media by which electronic signals are transmitted to your TV antenna or to and from satellites in space. These signals are transmitted via electromagnetic waves created and amplified by a transmitter powered by a standard electricity source.
"Then there is electrochemical power; chemical reactions that release energy. Simply put, when the right chemicals are placed in close proximity to each other or mixed, they can produce a power or energy source for electric current. The best example of this is the battery.
"Now, getting closer to your question, let's talk about the brain and mind. The mind creates thought. Simultaneously, in fact continuously, the brain, through a bio-electrochemical reaction, is producing energy. The chemical reactions that take place in the brain, actually create electrical energy with a corresponding energy field.
"In addition to automatically controlling all bodily functions, this energy serves as the vehicle by which our thoughts are processed and then transmitted using its energy field much like a TV signal is transmitted. These thought signals are transmitted both inward, and outward, so to speak.
"The power of a given thought is determined by the intensity of will, which is amplified by emotion. The thought may be negative or positive depending upon your belief system and your state of mind at the time. Thoughts can be negative and destructive, or positive and productive, or just benign. I believe that the origin of diseases can often be traced back to negative thinking and life styles. Look what stress can do, for example. Mental stress is negative thought that can cause tension, illness and even eventual death. Conversely, a pattern of positive thinking can prevent illness, preserve good health and aid the healing process when disease does strike. My point is that thought signals combined with emotion are powerful.
"Many years ago, before we had telephone service in the rural areas, I used to get frustrated when patients would die before I could get there. Especially mothers giving birth. I remember praying for help in reaching these people.
"I was told, on a spiritual level, to tell my patients to concentrate on me when they were in desperate need. I did that and subsequently began to get intuitive feelings when certain patients were in desperate situations. I would hop into my old horse and buggy, later my model A, and head out." Ninety percent of the time I was right-the patient needed me. I've been doing this ever since. And with some patients I can actually tune into their thought frequency and pick up words and visions.
"I believe that we mortals are immersed in a sea of energy that includes the bio-electrical energy fields and thought signals of the people on this planet, as well as universal energies of a multidimensional nature. Accordingly, I contend that minute thought energies in various intensity, or amplitude, can be carried through space. I refer to this as telepathic transmission.
"Ordinary people do it all the time. People have often reported to me that they and their spouse, more than occasionally, have identical thoughts or know who is on the phone before they answer it.
"I further believe that we can all refine our ability to receive and send messages telepathically. And gradually, those who are of a higher consciousness and would not use it for evil purposes, will develop it.
"To elaborate, I also maintain that the energies of which I speak overlap into the spiritual realm with much greater implications. These include profound intuitions, guidance, and assorted documented miracles, healings, and strings of coincidences that served as links in a chain of synchronous events and experiences that cannot be explained-or disputed.
"Maybe they emanate from, or as, the disincarnate souls of loved ones or others. Or from divine entities such as guides and angels or, perhaps, directly from the consciousness of Jesus Christ, or God. I believe that any, or a combination of all of these is possible. Science can not prove or disprove this increasingly popular hypothesis.
"However, the evidence supporting the existence of forces beyond what can be scientifically verified is overwhelming. I don't understand it in specific tangible terms, nobody does. But I believe and support it."
"I just don't know. I'm not used to dealing with things that don't have a rational explanation," interjected Tim. "Sounds like some kind of grand, esoteric, cosmic integration and I have trouble accepting it."
"Tim, you sound like one of those doctors of old who didn't believe in germs or viruses until the microscope was invented and it was shoved down their throats. Is that how you are going to look at this or are you going to wake up and open your mind? Tim, I realize that you have a lot of knowledge. But I must tell you that knowledge is only a key to logic and, logic is merely the beginning of wisdom. You are lacking in wisdom!" Doc Summers spoke strongly with a tone of impatience.
"Let's go back to the beginning. You know that electrons transmitted through space can carry TV images. You must also know by now that scientists have identified over two hundred additional subatomic particles that are smaller yet. They came from study of cosmic rays and huge powerful accelerometers.
"I ask you, how small can small get? Is the answer infinite, like how big can big get? We know there are galaxies trillions of light years away from us. The universe is infinite in size. Regarding smallness, and bigness as well, there is a theoretical substance called 'ether' which by some is considered to be the stuff of the universe and fills the void of space. It is assumed to be weightless, transparent, frictionless, and undetectable. Call it ether or something else if you wish. Nonetheless, it is multidimensional, and definitely here, there, and everywhere. I believe as sure as I am sitting here, that there are also countless planets that can sustain life, orbiting the countless number of stars in the universe. In fact, I am absolutely convinced that we are being visited by extraterrestrials, But that's another subject."
"Yeah but...."
"No yeah buts yet, hear me out."
"Your wife-to-be, watched you save her life from another dimension of existence. Her consciousness, maybe her spirit, or soul, temporally left her body. And you once saw the transparent apparition of your grandfather after he died. I can telepathically transmit unmeasurable, undetectable, electrical impulses in the form of thought waves. Scientific experiments proving the instantaneous transmission of thought through telepathy have been conducted; reportedly, an astronaut circling the moon transmitted thought to a sensitive psychic on earth. And how is it that a mother can feel it when a child is in danger miles away? That's just a small sample of the supernatural and psychic phenomena going on.
"It's energy, man! It's all energy. Everything is energy made of the same stuff as the stars, including us! And it never dies.
"I suggest you give this subject the thought and study it deserves. I guarantee you will become a better man for it.
"Don't disappoint me Tim, You have such great potential. Remember the electricity you felt come through your hands as you massaged Lisa's heart?"
"Yes. I'll never forget it," said Tim soberly.
"Well, by the grace of God you are a healer. You have the talent of generating healing, kinetic energy through thought and concentration. This is nothing new. I want you to look into the merits of therapeutic touch and Reiki as healing tools. With love and pureness of intent, you can, and will increase your efficacy as a physician. You have already proved it, with Lisa. To what extent divine forces played in that, I don't know."
"I prayed for the first time in years," admitted Tim in a reverent voice.
"Tim, prayer and love are the most powerful combination there is. I'm glad that you now realize that." Tim nodded humbly.
"Use your gift!" Doc Summers emphasized."And, I would urge you to study quantum physics and healing, for therein lies the cornerstone for western medicine of the future. Scientists are finding, to their dismay, that at the subatomic level, it is proving difficult to control experiments. They, the observers, through their conscious desire for a given result, are actually influencing the outcome of experiments. In other words, quantum physics is a place where consciousness actually shapes and determines reality.
"This psychic kinetic phenomena is only another indication to me, that through the mind, we can alter the fabric of the physical world. Under the auspices of quantum physics, modern physics is unraveling before our eyes.
"Tim, we live in a spiritual universe where the material is subordinated by infinitesimal, intelligent energy that we, as individualized parts of, can access. This energy, which is all there is, I call God-omnipotent, omnipresent and the manifestation of unconditional love.
"I have gone beyond answering your specific question, but hope I have given you enough information to at least consider the possibility that the concept of psychic, or faith healing, is a reality. Just as it was in Jesus' time."

Doc Summers stood and gazed out the window at his horses and pastures and his beloved little pond in the distance. 'Wonder if I got through,' he said to himself.

Tim was flabbergasted. Stunned and confused, he hoped there would be further discussions in the days to come. He had never heard the doctor speak so vehemently and he somehow knew that today's conversation would change his life.