Mystical Angels

what is your view about rukha d'koodsha?

In Dr. Larry Dossey's book, "Healing Words," he discusses the findings of strictly controlled scientific experiments that were conducted in hospitals to determine the effectiveness of prayer in healing. In his well documented research, he discovered that while prayer was able to produce proven scientifically verifiable results, prayer could not be described in terms used to describe the exchange of energy as it is normally defined by science. Dossey writes, "If prayer were a conventional form of energy, it would weaken as distance is increased, and this does not happen. If it were energy, its effects could be shielded, but this has not proven possible. This strongly suggests that prayer does not involve any conventional energy or signal, that it does not travel from here to there, and that it may not go anywhere at all." Dossey continues saying, "If prayer does not go anywhere, then it may simultaneously be present everywhere, enveloping sender, object, and the Almighty all at once." Dossey refers to this quality of omnipresence as 'non-locality' and describes the work of the physicist, John Stewart Bell, who succeeded in proving the existence of non-locality in physics. Dossey tell us, "The non-local view suggests that the mind cannot be limited to specific points in space (brains or bodies,) or in time (the present moment,) but is infinite in time and space; thus, the mind is omnipresent, eternal and immortal. If minds are indeed non-local, this means that they cannot be walled off and separated from one another: at some level they are unitary and one." The ability to heal at a distance, through prayer or through any other means, seems to involve the virtual manipulation of the very fabric of space and time by an unknown component of human consciousness. Dossey suggests that the component of our consciousness that operates through prayer is infinite in time and space, immortal, and eternal. While this speculation has been around for a long time, Dossey's studies in indirect intercessory prayer provide evidence for the existence of the soul. For the first time, science has indirect proof that the 'soul' exists as a non-physical presence within everyone. Dossey's research has not only indirectly proven the existence of the soul, it has also proven that human beings are capable of therapeutic interventions via the soul. While healing accomplished through prayer is non-local, I believe that the spiritual gifts defined in the Bible as Words of Wisdom, Words of Knowledge, Spiritual Discernment, Faith, Healing, Miracles, Prophesy, Diversity of Tongues, and Interpretation of Tongues, may well be the manifest 'local' manifestations of the same healing dynamic that has been scientifically proven through Dossey's research into the non-local therapeutic interventions brought about through intercessory prayer. Perhaps the non-local presence that Dossey discovered is the naphsha, and the mysterious power that translates the prayers of the faithful into therapeutic interventions that can only be described as miracles is rukha d'koodsha. One of the words left untranslated is the Aramaic word 'naphsha.' Naphsha has been unsuccessfully translated as 'life,' 'soul,' 'self,' and 'itself' in English and Greek texts. All attempts to find an equivalent in the symbolism of English language has failed. The reason earlier translators have failed to understand its meaning is simple. Naphsha was the word Jesus used to describe a component of a complex philosophy that formed the basis of a highly developed system of what we now call psychology. Another untranslated term that is central to this system of spiritual psychology among the archaic Jews is 'rukha d'koodsha.' Rukha d'koodsha has been translated as the Holy Spirit. The Aramaic term 'rukh' has been translated as 'spirit,' 'energy,' and 'wind.' The terms 'magnetism' and 'electricity' can also be regarded as descriptive of 'rukha.' The commonality of these terms is in the fact that, while invisible, they produce visible effects. The term 'koodsha' is the Aramaic ancestor of the Hebrew word 'kosher.' While kosher means 'proper' as delineated by the five books of Moses, koodsha is broader and means 'proper as determined by the will of God for man, both known and unknown.' It represents that which is divinely intended for man. It also represents an innate and undetectable, yet tangible force that can be transferred from one human being to another when the human will is aligned with the Will of God. When the two terms combine, they represent the most sacred core concept of archaic Hebrew psychology. Jesus defined denial of rukha d'koodsha as the unforgivable sin. Mary conceived of ruksha d'koodsha. Rukha d'koodsha descended from the sky in the form of a dove following Jesus¹ baptism. Rukha d'koodsha led Jesus into the wilderness to test his strength in the face of adversity. Following the resurrection, Jesus told his Apostles to "Receive rukha d'koodsha."

Public Comments

1. I think you need to pray in Jesus' name in order for the prayer to work Jesus is like the mailman to God.
2. Can I have a source for the EXPERIMENTS please, not the book, just the research papers? I bet like many people before him, he either pulled it out of his... imagination, or completely misinterpreted the results. A link to a peer-reviewed scientific research paper would be nice.
3. My dear friend BJ Freeman shall we all proceed to the stars. As usual your questions capture my attention. This one was a mouthful but worth the read. And my answer. Larry Dossey MD is a brilliant man, his books are phenomenal contributions to Christianity and its branches. The very essence of which is God is Love. That prayer is part of this Love. Unbeknown to secular science, prayer taps into Perfection. God Love is Perfection. I haven’t’ read all his books, but I get the major idea. God interacting with humans is possible. And every Christian knows and bases their life on their relationship with God. If that’s what Dossey wants to call interacting. You discussed prayer is like power, and something like energy but its neither. Well, that’s because pray is different in that its not limited to laws of physics, science or logic due to it’s eternal infinite origin. Then you discussed Dossey‘s views on the power of the mind beyond thought, which by the was is again prayer. And I understand all that, I agree with you for the most part. Then you lost me when you suggested in question form that the non-local presence that Dossey discovered is the naphsha, and the mysterious power that translates the prayers of the faithful into therapeutic interventions that can only be described as miracles is rukha d'koodsha. The idea is right, but the theology, or labels are remote from Dossey’s line of thinking. Doessey would have used the words Light, not naphtha. And Wisdom, not rukha d'koodsha. I don’t think Doessey was concerned with the original Aramaic language as you or I might be, he was speaking to a specific group of people. People that believed like him. People that are Christians. Anyway, great question. Enjoyed the discussion. Hope my response comes closest to answering your question, and gives you something to discuss further.