As I checked my email, I saw a note from Meetup.com. Now I haven’t participated in any Meetups since January…so it’s been a while. Meetup has all kinds of "Meetups,” if you will, activities for people with like minded interests; for example, I believe in Angels...and there's an Angel Meetup. If you're familiar with Myers Briggs...there’s a Myers Briggs Meetup and those are just for starters. There are book club Meetups, cigar aficionado Meetups, Once a Week Pint Meetups (it's a guy thing) and just about every other kind of Meetup you can possibly think of! (Meetup is all over the US… check it out)
So as I checked my email, I saw a reminder note about a Meetup at the Lake Harriet Spiritual Community; a "Healing Service" was going to be held on Wednesday, October 28th... I didn't respond as I figured I wouldn't have time to go, after all I’d been working some nights until 7:00, so I deleted the message. When Wednesday came around, my day was again quite crazy and I really, really, really needed some down time...some time to relax and well just veg. I started thinking that I'd leave at 5:00 and find my way to the healing service--I figured if nothing else, perhaps they'd do some meditation. So I went.
I arrived early, parked and went inside. I didn't know anyone there...but when I saw a few people trickling into the sanctuary, I went in to find myself a seat. I decided to sit in the front row...don't ask me why...I guess my curiosity got the better of me. At any rate, I picked a seat in the front row, one chair over from the aisle. A few minutes later, an attractive woman came in and asked me if the seat next to me, the seat on the aisle, was taken. I said no, and she asked if she could sit by me. Sure no problem. We introduced ourselves and I asked her if she'd ever been to one of these services before. She nodded and said she'd been to one--I don't know if it was the previous week or the previous evening.
The two "Healers" if you will, were Dr. Michael Ulm and Lynn Woodlynn. I didn't know anything about either of them so when I entered, I grabbed one of the information sheets about the service and about the two of them. The title of the handout was "Can teeth heal spontaneously?" Hmmm...interesting. So I read a little more and it said that both Dr. Ulm and Lynn Woodlynn are known for having "Miracles" happen at these services. Hmmm....
The flyer went on to say that Dr. Ulm frequently has people who are at his services find gold or silver fillings in their mouths...sometimes even gold teeth. And Lynn Woodlyn is known for people having "instant life shifts" and "instant manifestations" happen. Now, I don't know about you, BUT...I tend to be somewhat of a skeptic...oh for Pete's sakes...my mom thinks EVERYTHING is fake...so I come by it naturally.
Dr. Ulm and Lynn came into the sanctuary and sat down in two chairs that had been placed in front for them. Lynn briefly identified herself and introduced Dr. Ulm and then asked a woman in the audience if she would be willing to come up and tell her story. The lady agreed. The woman told that she was recently diagnosed with stage four cancer of the tongue--a very rare form of cancer. She was told by her physician, that she would need to have a good portion of her tongue removed, her voice box removed and with the amount of surgery required her face would forever be disfigured. She would also have to be tube-fed for the rest of her life. She didn't want to go through that, so she made plans and paid for her funeral. She also made an appointment for a second opinion.
One evening a friend of hers asked her if she would like to attend a healing service and the woman decided she had absolutely nothing to lose. Her story continues with her visit to the doctor for that second opinion, that very day…October 28...and I'm sure you know where I'm going here -- but yes...she went and the doctor and when he looked in her mouth, he told her he didn't know what the other doctor was talking about as she in NO WAY had stage four cancer...and, as a matter of fact, she had just a small spot on her tongue which he could remove. Truly a miracle! Me being the skeptic wondered, hmmm....is she a plant?
The evening went on and Dr. Ulm told a bit about his background and Lynn told a bit about hers. Then they asked us all to close our eyes and breathe deeply. Lynn walked us through some deep breathing exercises and some mediation, if you will, whereby she told us all to take that beautiful white light from our hearts and spread it throughout our entire body, through every cell. At one point, she told us to put our hands palms together--but not touching to see if we could feel the energy between them. Well...yes...I've done that before and yes....I know how to feel the energy. You know that "personal space" we all have around us? You know...when people get in your "space" it's somewhat irritating sometimes, well that "personal space" is really energy. So when you're putting your palms face to face about an inch apart, you're feeling the energy. It's a pretty neat experience if you’ve never done it.
Once you’re able to feel the energy, you can change it…sort of…into a ball…and then expand it out. Yes, I know this sounds whacky!!! It’s actually kind of fun! At any rate, we were then told to direct our energy to the front of the room…where there were approximately 20 chairs facing us. These chairs are the chairs that would be used for ‘healing’ so we were asked to direct our energy, our light, and thoughts of God, healing and love toward the chairs. As that was happening, Lynn invited whoever wanted to come forward to do so and sit down in one of the chairs. They could stay as long as they wanted to and return to their seat when they felt ready.
I was watching…I was not about to go up front and sit in a chair and have a whole bunch of strangers looking at me while Dr. Ulm, or Lynn Woodlyn lay their hands upon my shoulders. Nope. Not doing it! Dr. Ulm would occasionally come out into the audience and stand behind someone and do a healing right there; I suppose he was drawn to these different people. I hoped he would come to me, where I was seated, so I wouldn’t have to go to the chairs in the front. Several times, he looked at people and told them to look in the mirror he handed them as he was sure they had received a gold or silver filling or gold tooth. Hmmm….I’m thinking…this is amazing…are all these people Plants? There were 35 – 40 people present and, of course, not all of them were handed the mirror but here and there maybe six or eight people altogether.
Eventually when one of the seats in the front opened, I moved from my chair to it. After all, this is a healing service and I’m stretched so tight…and so raw…from the hectic pace of life and work, that I figured it can’t hurt. I sat for a few minutes somewhat impatiently waiting for someone to come to me. Dr. Ulm finally made his way over. I had my eyes closed and my hands sitting on my lap, palms up. Dr. Ulm, lay his hands on my shoulders and I don’t recall exactly what he said, except for, “Come Holy Spirit, Come.” Then he leaned over and said, "God said your list isn’t long enough…you need to ask for more. He has a trailer load of gifts for you, you just need to ask and be willing to accept them. Will you do this?” Barely perceptible I nodded my head, that yes I would accept God’s gifts. Dr. Ulm moved his hands over my head and then snapped his fingers three or four times around it…sort of. As you can imagine, I found it all a bit strange…however…I was very relaxed for a change, which was a nice feeling.
I moved rather quickly back to my chair and sat there. The last few people who wanted healings came forward and when there were no others, they closed that part of the service but not before handing a mirror and flashlight to someone in the front row and saying, “Go ahead, check and see if you have any gold or silver fillings, then pass the mirror and the flashlight on." My new friend Holly, took the mirror, opened her mouth, turned to me and said, “Cindy, do I have a gold tooth back there?” Well sure enough, she did—a very shiny gold tooth! Hmm…what the heck?? I laughed, it was amazing! But then…the skeptic in may came forward; Ahhha! I know…she's a plant! You know…the attractive woman in business-like attire…surely a Plant.
Next, Lynn told us it was time for Dr. Ulm to do “His Thing.” Okay…now we’ve all seen those preachers on television—those Jimmy Baker types--who people walk up to and the preacher places his hand on their forehead and yells something like, “HEAL!” and the person falls over backwards. Hokey, Hokey, Hokey.
Well sure enough, that’s what Dr. Ulm does. As people lined up, he asked some of the men (and/or women) in the audience, anyone who was willing to assist, to come up and be “catchers” for those who fall. As I watched, I couldn’t tell exactly what Dr. Ulm was saying to the people but it appeared he was saying something similar to each one and lo and behold--over they went. Each one fell over backwards and was caught by the “catchers” and gently laid on the floor where they were covered with a blanket. Some people lay there for a couple minutes, others longer; there didn’t seem to be any sense of timing at all. People got up when they were ready.
As I watched, my brain began screaming…NO WAY!! FAKE, FAKE, FAKE!! I don’t get it!! It was at that point that I began to feel very uncomfortable and I began to cry. I suddenly had this terrible feeling that once again, I didn’t belong, and most certainly I didn’t belong there…with this group, I was an outsider looking in…and it made me uncomfortable. I wanted to run…I wanted to leave and get out…but I didn’t want to people to see me walk away so I stayed in my place,—in that chair in the front row, a captive, crying and watching; humiliated by my tears and my confusion.
Holly, the woman sitting next to me, went up for the swooning and sure enough, down she went. When she came back and saw my tears, she gently placed her arm around my shoulder. She told me I should go up for the fall, so to speak. Well trust me…there was NO WAY I was going to go up there…not gonna happen! This is all too crazy! When Dr. Ulm had “dropped” everyone who wanted to drop, the evening ended…and there I was still crying and trying very hard to compose myself. Many people waited in line to speak with Dr. Ulm after the service. I just sat there…not quite ready to leave and completely unsure about what I had witnessed. Holly caught the eye of Dr. Ulm and he stepped away from the person he was speaking with and asked me if I was going to be okay; I nodded and responded that yes, I would. But the tears kept coming.
When Dr. Ulm finished speaking with the people who were lined up, Holly was one of the last, he came over and asked me what happened. I told him that I suddenly felt very, very uncomfortable…like I didn’t belong there. To be honest, I don’t remember exactly what he said to me. But again he placed his hands on me, made some hand motions and snapped his fingers four or five times around my head. Okay…whatever. I got up, fairly composed and feeling very relaxed, yet still uncertain about what I had witnessed. I thanked Dr. Ulm, went to Lynn Woodlynn and thanked her…and then walked outside to my car.
In the darkness of the car, I thought, “Hmmm…I’m going to look in the mirror and see if I got a gold tooth.” I struggled to see, I didn’t have my glasses on and the interior light over my head did little to light up the rearview mirror. I looked and noticed a tooth on the lower left side of my mouth that looked as though there was a filling on the outside bottom but not over the top of the tooth. I started thinking…hmmm…did I have a gold tooth or a silver crown there? The one gold crown that I had—was many years ago and it was eventually pulled as the tooth was likely cracked and never stopped aching until it was out of my mouth. I called my 22-year-old and told her, through my tears, what happened and I told her that I thought maybe I’d gotten a gold tooth but I wasn’t at all sure. Her response, “Send me a picture!” Ugghh! Fine!! Thanks!!
I hung up and drove home alone within my thoughts, calm and relaxed…more so than I’ve been in weeks. I felt really good. When I arrived home, I went into the house said hello to Baby Kitty and then walked up the steps and into the bathroom—which is always the way I go to my bedroom. I have my door to the hall locked as when my ex was living in the house, or whenever he would come over for this, that, or the other thing, he’d go into my bedroom in search of God knows what. So eventually I just locked the door, put stuff in front of it so he couldn’t get in and left it that way. Not to say he couldn’t get in through the door from the bathroom to the bedroom…which I eventually put a keyed lock on…much to my chagrin.
At any rate, as I walked past the mirror that night, I stopped, turned and looked in the mirror opening my mouth to see if I did, in fact, have a gold tooth. OMG!!! I squinted…was I seeing right? I had not only ONE gold tooth…but I had TWO!! OMG!! How crazy is that?? I grabbed my glasses for a closer look. I was stunned! I'd had nothing to eat or drink, there were never any fingers placed in or near my mouth…OMG!! It seems that calling it a “miracle” is too big of a word but I don’t know what else to call it!! It is now 10:50 p.m….it’s late but I called my elderly parents. I told my mom to get my dad on the phone because I had something to tell them. My mom was concerned, “Is it good or is it bad?” Through my giddy tears, I told her “just have dad get on the phone, you’re not going to believe what I’m about to tell you!” I told them what had happened and I’m pretty certain they thought I’d gone right over the edge…I’d lost all my marbles! I said, “I’m coming over! You’ve got to see this!!” I drove to their house and yes, at 11:15 p.m. on Wedn
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