Positive thinking
It’s not only the physical position which is important for the absorption of the divine healing power, but also the internal mindset. „When can you take it up? Not before, you have detached from the Bad and you really have nothing in common with the Bad anymore. The absorption doesn’t any earlier start; before it is not possible. So, now open up your heart, and really pour out everything. Away with all worries and miseries!“
An elementary component of the teaching of Bruno Gröning is the knowledge about the power of thoughts. The help-seekers or healing-seekers should free themselves deliberately of all negative thoughts, above all from their illness and thoughts, of all fears, worries and miseries. „Trust and believe, it helps, it cures the divine strength“, emphasized Bruno Gröning over and over again. He underlined the internal, positive attitude as a basic condition, so that God can work.
„Don’t think of your illness, don’t think of the past.“ (19.09.1950) Bruno Gröning sometimes said that many people do sit firmly on their illness and don’t let it go. „If he (the person) dwells on his suffering, it`s impossible that he receives normally.“ (07.09.1950) „Over and over again the person dwells on with which he has felt as evil in his body. He looks at it and maintains it. He does everything possible. He has no idea of doing something else, because the power of this habit has gone over in his flesh and blood, (...). He really dwells on his sickness, and with it he breaks down and degrades his body.“
(05.10.1958) „I say whoever dwells on his illness, that one who holds it tight, and who wants to get rid of it, however, you all want this probably, that one shouldn`t think about it anymore, but observes his body, (...) . (23.09.1950) „The Good enters only when the bad is removed.“ (31.08.1950) well, the conscious separation of the illness-thought is a basic condition for every spiritual healing. This is why the person shouldn’t say: „This is my illness“, because with these thoughts he would hold on to everything. Also he should not say: „I have this illness“, but: „I had this illness“ to separate internally from it already. Bruno Gröning basically warned any help-seeker against speaking of illnesses.
To receive the healing wave it is important that the person is “tuned in” properly, i.e. with a firm faith in healing and on the right transmitter, God himself! Bruno Gröning often stated the comparison to a radio: All negative thoughts would generate bad reception. God would always send all the best, but many people could not feel it, because they would have a wrong life-attitude.
It is recommended to play a pleasant music during the absorption of the divine transmitter and to think simply of something beautiful. Many visualise nature, the sea, the mountains, visions of the forest or other scenery, a sunset and others. Above all, one should observe the body. „You have to tune in here only to receive the true divine transmitting, better said: to attain it. How you attain this transmitting, you ascertain this. But over and over again I must say, only then, if you give real attention to your body, thus you pay attention to what happens inside it, much less around it, but only within your own body. So you are deflected by the environment, by your surroundings, then please simply close your eyes, (...).“ (Date unknown)
Friedrich Retlow mentions in his brochure from the 1950`s „Bruno Gröning's healing- stream – his nature and his effect“ one more important aspect in regard to positive thinking: „Particularly with healings by the energy stream (...) to which the materialistic world looks unbelievingly and negatively, the danger exists that disparaging aspersions, malicious judgments assail (...) the sick person and destroy his faith in his healing and recovery. (...) some relapse of the former illness will occur with this destroying effect of negative thoughts. Thoughts are forces which have a specific oscillation and radiation. (...) if sick people, (...) from harmonious surroundings of good, helpful and confident people enter into another circle of mockers, skeptics and unbelievers and remain there, the relapses can occur for those named reasons without being acknowledged from outside. Hence, it will be advisable not to talk about an initiated healing by the stream; if such a change of the surroundings happens, it is preferable to keep silent, like generally in contact with skeptics and unknowing people,. Only if the transition period finishes and the state of health firmly backs up and seems secure, one should freely talk about it.“
The power of thoughts, not only in relation to health, but in all situations, is pointed out in many books nowadays, partly in million editions. Authors like Dr. Joseph Murphy, Norman Vincent Peale, K. O. Schmidt, Dale Carnegie, Louise L. Hay and many others have written great books on this topic.
