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Spirit

A Celebration of Spiritual Empowerment

Reprinted interview by Susanne Spitzer, courtesy East West

Ron Roth, Ph. D., is an internationally known teacher, modern day mystic and author of many books, including The Healing Path of Prayer. His numerous CDs include Living Beyond Limits in the Fourth Dimension and The Divine Connection.

SS: How may we become more perfect vehicles for the Holy Spirit?

RR: The best way to unleash that power is through authentic prayer, a heart-to-heart conversation with the Divine. In the Christian Testament there is a list of gifts of the Holy Spirit. One gift that I believe is misunderstood is healing. The original language does not say “gift of healing” – it says “gifts of healing” – and for me, that means the gift goes to the sick person. I think the moment we start calling ourselves “healer,” the power begins to diminish, because that's not what it's about. It's about the recognition of the essence – call it Holy Spirit, or whatever name you like. It's a presence, which calls us into a relationship and that relationship is what prayer is about.

SS: How may we shift our consciousness to heal any entrenched patterns we may find in our lives?

RR: You have to make a conscious choice for what you truly want – not only make it out loud, but also write it down. In the book of Deuteronomy, there's a statement where God says, “I lay before you life or death, blessings or curse. I bid you, choose life.” What He's saying is that the choice is ours. Maybe that choice keeps being presented over and over, but you will notice, as you more consciously make the choice for life, the energy of that choice coming to you starts to diminish. At one point you wake up and realize, “Oh, that particular challenge isn't there anymore,” because you've made the choice.

Our part is to choose to pray, to choose to allow the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, to work through us. The Holy Spirit is not a dogma; it is the essence of who we are. Once we become aware of the fact that we are Spirit, our challenges diminish. That’s how we begin to transcend and transform our lives.

SS: How may we recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit inside ourselves?

RR: The voice is always followed by peace. It may come in a prophecy, it may come in a word of wisdom, or in a dream. However, where most people fail, and I've done this, is in thinking, “Oh, this is to be accomplished right now.” In the spirit world, there's no time. There is no space. It's really learning to listen as you go about your daily duties. In the Hebrew Testament Elijah says, “Then I heard a whisper, and in the whisper was the sound of God's voice.”

SS: You speak about this concept of “no time,” that everything is already set for us. We just need to open, to receive. We just have to set ourselves up as the right receptacle for it.

RR: That's correct, and again, we’re back to prayer. There are many forms of prayer – everything from listening to singing to meditating. These are tools that open us to be better receptacles. Each person is like a radio transmitter and receiver. Our challenge is that we're always transmitting and we're never sitting quiet long enough to receive.

Sometimes the healing or the manifestation of that grace does not occur immediately because there is something we are called to do. In that silent, still voice, there is this whisper, there is this voice telling us, “Take this step: take this step.” If our mind is too full of chatter, we don't hear it.”

This article reprinted courtesy of East West Magazine. Interview by Susanne Spitzer. For more information on Ron Roth's appearance in the Atlanta area, see his ad click here.

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