`Only God can Heal`

Dr Gerhard Blättner, Director, Medical Science Group, talks about his experience with Bruno Gröning`s teachings

Why do you, as a physician, commit yourself so strongly to spiritual healing through the teachings of Bruno Gröning?

It is my firm belief that all physicians today have a duty to help their patients. But if his knowledge is not enough, then a physician should consider, without prejudice, other ways that could help his patients. I heard of Bruno Gröning and the Circle of Friends years ago. When, through verification of reported healings, I saw that even severe chronic ailments have simply disappeared, then I knew that I can`t and shouldn`t remain silent about what is happening here.

There are many other directions in naturopathy as well as in the area of spiritual healing. Why opt for the Bruno Gröning Circle of Friends?

For me, personally, this isn`t the only path, but the best one, because it is so simple. My goal is to be able to impart something simple to people free of charge by means of which they can help themselves. That is what we need in today`s health situation. My colleagues and I also notice this in particular during our lecture trips to the poor countries of the world. In the lectures we explain to the people how they can open themselves up to the Healing Stream according to the teachings of Bruno Gröning. Many people in the audience immediately feel the power in their body. We see the first healings during the lectures themselves. Local groups are then formed and they develop a momentum of their own-they grow on their own because it really helps.

What is it about the teachings of Gröning that is for you, as a physician, specially important?

Besides the simplicity and the fact that it doesn`t cost anything, its naturalness and clarity are very important to me. I always emphasise in my lectures that reputable spiritual healing, whether here in the Circle of Friends or elsewhere, is open and clear, not mysterious and mystical.

Gröning emphasised time and again that he doesn`t say anything new, but that it is merely an ancient knowledge in today`s terms. This knowledge should really be common knowledge. But it was forgotten or falsified. All religions and physicians of earlier times knew it. This force has definite laws; whoever knows them can use them.

In verifying the healings within the Circle of Friends we see it confirmed again and again how the healing power works on people, if they let it. Here, thoughts and feelings are of great significance. Spiritual healing is more than a mere absorption of energy-the person seeking healing must also do something. For example, it is difficult to become well if you still hate or are envious of others. It is also necessary to bring back to people an appreciation for these processes of adaptation and cleansing. How difficult it is for many people to realise that pain, diarrhoea, fever, or other reactions in the body can be a part of the healing! The person who wants to become well in this way must finally learn to take over the responsibility for his own health again.

However, healing is and remains-and this can`t be emphasised enough-in the end a gift of God.

Do you, too, feel like a healer now?

For heaven`s sake, no. No human being can heal; only God can heal. As Bruno Gröning said: ``I don`t heal; the divine power helps and heals.`` The person seeking healing experiences on his own accord with God`s help, when he opens himself up to the Healing Stream. Our task is merely to give him the instructions.

Are the teachings of Gröning a new religion?

When God or divine power is spoken of, many people think they are in church or in some kind of religious splinter group. That is how far we have strayed from the natural. Actually, knowledge of the existence of a supreme being, a supreme spirit that is the single and greatest physician, should be obvious to every physician. Physicians and healing practitioners can only be his helpers. It is important for medical specialists to experience again His existence and His way of working and helping-in our everyday practice as well. The teachings of Gröning, I believe-this must be clear-are `supra-religious`. Physicians from all religions are members of the Medical Science Group. The Muslim remains Muslim, the Christian remains Christian, the Jew remains Jewish, and the same with the Buddhist or Hindu. Here, too, no one places himself above the others. It is a matter of people, not religion.

This power isn`t concerned with `Catholic` or `Protestant,` doesn`t differentiate between Christians and Jews, Muslims and Buddhists-the only thing that counts is a person`s heart and his will to do good.