ON CONDUCTING HEALING CENTERS 207Sun or Moon in those signs. These positions
predispose the mind to center on disease, often in a
most unwarranted manner. The Taurean fears sickness
to an almost insane degree and prediction of disease is
fatal to his nature. The Virgoans court disease in order
to gain sympathy, and though professing to long for
recovery, they actually delight in probing the matter to
the depths; they will plead ability to stand full
knowledge and profess that it will help them; but if the
practitioner allows himself to be enticed by their
protestations and does tell them, they wilt like a
flower. They are the most difficult people to help in
any case and extra care should be taken not to
aggravate their chances by admissions of the nature
indicated. Some students have a morbid desire to know
the time of their own death and probe into this matter
in a most unwarranted manner; but no matter how they
may seek to deceive themselves there are very few
who have the mental and moral stamina to live life in
the same manner, if they knew with absolute certainty
that on a certain date their earthly existence would be
terminated. This is one of the points most wisely
hidden until we are able to see on both sides of the
veil, and we do wrong, no matter what our ground, to
seek to wrest that knowledge from the horoscope.
In the past when our efforts in behalf of the sick
were necessarily restricted to members on account of
lack of help in the office the question was sometimes
asked, “How may I help a sick friend?” Though we are
now prepared to render aid from Headquarters to
“whosoever will” come, it is important to impress
upon Probationers the great opportunity which is theirs
by virtue of the connection they have established with
the Teacher. Healing is accomplished principally by