66 BringtheMiracletotheMindandEmotions
ofthewhereaboutsofthisyoungmanwhowasmyneighborfortwo
andonehalfyears.Perhapshewillreadthisbookorsomeonewilltell
himaboutthemiracleofmetaphysicalhealingsothathecanreceivea
curenowthatIwasunabletoofferhimsomanyyearsago.
Therearethousandsofpeopleinthiscountryalonewhosuffer
fromnervousstutteringorotherformsofspeechmalfunctiondueto
emotionalor mental stress. The miracle ofmetaphysical healing
offersthesethousandsofindividualsacurefromthephysicalman-
ifestationstheyendureandthementaltensionandemotionalstress
thatunderliestheirapparentproblem.Onesuchindividualsoughtmy
helptwoyearsago.
WhenKarenR.firstintroducedherselftome,itwasanintro-
duction replete with difficulties for Karen. Karen was a petite,
attractiveyoungwomanof 23 whosufferedfromaseriousstuttering
problem.Herspeechwouldprogressperfectlyforfourorfivewords
and then pauses would begin to occur with greater and greater
frequency. Duringthesepausesitwasapparenttoanyonepresent
simplyfromwatchingKaren'sfacethatshewasmakingapainful
attempttoframeherthoughts invocalspeech.
Ihonestlycouldnottellyouhowlongourfirstvisitlasted,since
IlosttrackoftimeholdingtomyresolvethatIwouldnotputwords
intoKaren'smouth.EventuallyKarengotherstoryoutandaskedfor
helpthroughthemiracleofmetaphysicalhealing.Karen'spersonal
historywasinmanywayssimilartothehistoriesofmanyindividuals
who sufferfrom nervous stuttering. She was the oldestofthree
childrenand,fromwhatshehadbeentoldbyherfamily,shehad
beguntostutterattheageoffourandonehalf.Atthattimethefamily
did notfeel the stuttering wassevereenough towarrantmedical
attentionorcorrectivespeechclasses.Mr.andMrs.R.hadalways
feltthatKarenwasasensitivechildandwasundulynervousand
wouldoutgrow thisnervousnesswith thecomingyears. Unfortu-
nately, the coming years saw a worseningofKaren's stuttering
problems and her family decided to seek the help ofa speech
therapist.
FromthetimeKarenwassevenuntilshereachedherfifteenth
birthdayshe attendedspeechclassesregularlyandpracticedhome
exercisesvigorouslyforthepurposeofriddingherselfofherstutter-
ingproblem.ToquoteKaren,"Nothingseemedtohelp.Insteadof
mystutteringgettinganybetter,itseemedtogetworse.Ibeganto
dreadschoolsinceevenwhenIknewtheanswershavingtoexpress
themverballywasevenmorepainfulthanhavingtheclassthinkIwas