Many years ago I poured boiling water over my hand as I drained a pot of pasta. The pain was intense. Because this occurred at a time when I was dealing with significant emotional pain, due to recent events in my marriage, I had been devoting large amounts of time to my spiritual practice, which involved meditation as well as prayers and affirmations, because I wanted to heal the situation through love.

Thus the spiritual work I had been doing allowed me to turn fearlessly to love as soon as I felt the pain. I immediately mentally declared what I saw to be the truth of the situation, namely, that the power of love was able to heal my hand. I repeated this declaration of truth often and with deep conviction. Without doubt or wavering, I held to what I understood to be the the truth: that spiritual law dictates that the power of love is able to heal anything, wholly and utterly.

I immediately felt a lessening of pain. I remained peaceful and fearless and within minutes the pain completely disappeared. I continued my declarations and avoided looking at my hand or thinking about it. By the next morning not only was there no pain, I could not tell which hand had been burned, the skin was perfectly healthy. There was absolutely no scarring, discoloration or tenderness.

Love is the greatest power in the Universe. It is the energy, the very essence, of the Universe and once we know how to tap into it we are able to manifest our dreams, peacefully resolve our conflicts, heal physical and emotional disorders, and access the wisdom of the Cosmos. The key to mastering love energy does not take a special ability, wisdom or circumstance. Everyone with the requisite - that is, constant and pure - intention and application has the necessary capability.

For full healing to occur we need to generate a sufficient “charge” of love energy strong enough to eradicate all fear, doubt and any other low vibration emotion, which only act to dissipate the love charge.

Healing through the energy of love is rather like operating electrical appliances. When we want to run an electrical appliance we must plug it into an electrical source to get the power we need and we must leave it plugged in, we cannot pull it in and out, or switch the electricity supply on and off. It must be plugged in for sufficient time and at a sufficient voltage to get a high enough charge.

Thus, we must “plug in” to love and stay plugged in to avail ourselves of its wondrous healing and transformative powers, even when we are tempted to resort to lower vibrational emotions such as fear, dishonesty, hatred, or revenge. The reason most people don’t seem to be able to heal their problems with love is not because of any purported innate powerlessness of love, but because of their inability to stay plugged in and choose love at all times, with every thought, word and deed.

Whilst the most skeptical among us might dispute the healing power of love, like any scientific law, it can be tested. If we doubt the power of love, all we need do is apply the rules of love to a problematic situation.

The test consists of applying love energy - forgiveness, acceptance, and compassion - to any problematic situation or condition that may arise in the next few days. It is recommended that a relatively minor condition is chosen, one where feel very little fear. Fear is the greatest obstacle to this process.

The first step is to create a short declaration or affirmation which is repeated for as long as necessary. For instance, where an emotional conflict needs to be resolved, a possible declaration could be: “There is only love.” If it is a physical condition that needs healing, the declaration could be: “I am healthy and whole.”

Then we must watch our thoughts and feelings to prevent any lower vibration emotions - such as doubt, fear, or hatred - from creeping into our thoughts. Repetition of the affirmation helps with this.

Finally, we must refrain from ruminating over the situation or the condition, as well as the people involved. It is always wise to put the problematic nature of the situation out of mind as this just keeps us in fear and doubt. The aim is to carry on in our daily life as if healing has already occurred, because in truth, this is the reality, and we are just seeking to manifest that reality.

This process is dependent on the quality of our application and thus time is irrelevant. If we are successful in staying pure and constant in our intention and application the result is assured.

Try it and see.

Eileen McBride
Eileen McBride is the author of Love Equals Power 2, a spiritual seeker and teacher. This article was published on May 8, 2014.