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29 Douglas James Cottrell 29 Douglas James Cottrell Douglas James Cottrell appearances (seminars, lectures, book-signings) Gums and teeth are normal. Moving now to the Douglas James Cottrell Continued from Page 28 as well as from Douglas's Online Store. chest cavity...." It is as if Douglas is able to Continued from Page 28 project his mind out of his body, across space to DOUGLAS'S CLAIRVOYANT ABILITY: scan a patient and report back his findings - Aided by his family doctor and his Deep Trance Meditation something he does with uncanny accuracy and chiropractor, Douglas began conducting great skill. experiments in deep trance meditation and He stretches out in a reclining chair, remote viewing. At first the images he saw in closes his eyes and begins to breathe deeply. DOUGLAS'S MIRACLE HEALING meditation were fuzzy, but the more he Within minutes, Douglas has entered the state of ABILITY: Transforming Matter with practised, the clearer the information became. Deep Trance Meditation (DTM). It is as if his Thought The medical doctor and chiropractor were able conscious mind has moved out of the way, to provide Douglas with the verification that fading into the shadows and allowing his After witnessing progress in their what he was seeing were not just figments of his contemplative mind (or what may also be called daughter, Cheri-Anne's health, through imagination. As Douglas's confidence and trust the Soul Mind) to come forward. The alternative therapies, such as massage and in this ability grew, he was able to relax further contemplative mind is the consciousness of the chiropractic, Douglas and Karen began to and deeper, letting go of his ego and entering immortal human soul. Unlike the rational mind investigate other unorthodox forms of healing. deeper and deeper levels of consciousness. (or the Personality Mind), the contemplative They decided to remain open to all modalities In time, these experiments began mind is not bound by the physical restraints of and all kinds of healing, regardless of how involving more and more subjects, who time and space. As part of the universal esoteric it may seem. In the early 1970s, returned with their friends and relatives. The consciousness of mankind, it sees all, knows all, Douglas and Karen had befriended Anglican local press also took notice and began and understands all. Where the rational mind is minister Rev. Alex Holmes, who resided in publishing articles about Douglas and his finite, the contemplative mind is infinite. Michigan. Not only was Rev Holmes a ability. But as his reputation grew, so did the Communication between the rational mind and practicing minister, he was also a practitioner of demand for his time. Self-described followers the contemplative mind takes place when the an ancient type of spiritual healing called the of Edgar Cayce came to test Douglas's ability. rational mind is receptive (i.e. during dream Laying On Of Hands. Douglas and Karen began What had started as investigations into health states or during hypnotic or meditative states of holding weekly sessions in their home with Rev problems had evolved into readings of past consciousness). When the body is excited, Homes laying hands on Cheri-Anne, and their lives, contacting deceased relatives, locating agitated or stressed, it demonstrates the ability friends and loved ones as well. Fascinated with lost persons. Some came with racing forms and of seemingly superhuman physical strength and this type of healing, Douglas asked if he could treaure maps. speed. Similarly, when the body is profoundly learn this ability too. Rev Holmes offered December 7, 1977 was the fateful day relaxed, the mind becomes capable of Douglas the advice that "even the mightiest that Douglas resigned his very secure position seemingly superhuman mental feats: river begins with a single trickle, so go slowly." with the Toronto Daily Star (Canada's largest clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, He graciously taught Douglas the secrets of the newspaper) to devote his time to giving Deep precognition, premonition, and prophecy. method, saying that in time he would be able to Trance Meditation consultations to the public. As its name implies, Deep Trance handle the energy that would go through him He was doing four hour-long meditations a day, Meditation (DTM) is a very deep, trance-like state without harm. Slowly and over some time, seven days a week. After a number of years of meditation, a state some have described as the Douglas learned how to cultivate and build up continuing in this way, Douglas has a vision in twilight state between consciousness and sleep the energy, and to sense it flowing from his which Edgar Cayce came to him to correct him (what some might define as self-hypnosis). In this fingertips. He first practiced laying on of hands about this sin of overworking. In an effort to altered state of consciousness, Douglas's on the plants around the house, and then on the deter people from coming, Douglas began to respiration and heart rate are slowed, his blood fish tank. To his delight, he was soon seeing the charge more for his consultations, but it had the pressure is lowered, and his brain activity changes results of his experiments: the plants were reverse effect. Interestingly, the "caliber" of (a condition medically referred to as "theta responding to the energy, and the vitality and clientele changed, and Douglas began seeing level"). The ability to consciously relax his body activity of the fish had noticeably improved. As more serious-minded clients for his invaluable and become emotionally detached from the his confidence in his new-found ability grew, services. physical, sensual world is something Douglas Douglas began demonstrating spiritual healing Since 1975, Douglas has given an learned to do. He believes that, to varying degrees, on his friends and loved ones. On one occasion, estimated 24,000 such consultations (or this is an ability that everyone can learn to express he laid hands on a man's head and his migraine "readings"), all of which have been recorded on as well. Most everyone, he says, has experienced instantly disappeared. On another occasion, he audio cassette (from 2004 onward, the DTM some degree of intuitive or spiritual phenomena in laid hands on a woman and the cyst on her neck their own lives (i.e. premonitions, déjà vu, consultations have been recorded digitally). His visions, gut feelings, prophetic dreams, etc.). instantly vanished. Douglas had the evidence he clients include people all over the world, from Yet there are people who are so amazed needed to show him that what he was doing was literally all walks of life, backgrounds, social and awestruck at the mental ability that Douglas genuine. castes, and spiritual faiths. exemplifies that they simply cannot believe it. Douglas and Karen's experience with Throughout his career, Douglas has The degree of accuracy and amount of detailed Rev Holmes opened them to other faith healers. continued in his quest toward enlightenment information Douglas demonstrates during a They took Cheri-Anne to see a faith-healer from and spiritual development. His mystical studies DTM session just seems impossible. Consider Philadelphia named Kathryn Kuhlman, of have taken him to schools, churches, temples, the following example from a DTM session: whom Douglas had heard through a mutual ashrams and sacred sites in Europe and India "Beginning in the uppermost portions of the acquaintance. Kuhlman was said to have and throughout North America. He has studied body, there is in the neck both severe miraculous healing ability, and she toured North with the Freemasons as well as the compression and mild rotation, approximating America holding "miracle services," gathering Rosicrucians. He has not led an easy life, an S-curve, affecting the 7th, 6th, and 3rd together hundreds of people in large however, and Douglas has faced financial cervical vertebrae as well as the Atlas-Axis. The auditoriums. When Douglas and Karen attended hardship and abuses at the hands of those who head is sitting crooked on the neck. Blood flow one such event, Cheri-Anne responded very strive to taint his reputation. He constantly to the upper areas of the cranium is somewhat well to the loving energy. They took her to the struggles against bias and prejudice for his restricted, causing mild oxygen starvation. events several times, witnessing people spiritual beliefs, not to mention those who find Brain activity is generally sluggish, especially receiving genuinely miraculous healings. At one the claims of his intuitive ability to be too affecting the reflex areas and motor skills gathering, Kuhlman looked into the audience amazing to be believable. centers. Vision is deteriorating noticeably in the and pronounced that God had promised her that Douglas passes on the wisdom he has left eye and painful sensitivity to bright light is in the future someone would replace her and learned about the spiritual world in his latest also developing. Some hair loss as well, carry on her work. Douglas had a calm book, Secrets of Life. He has also created a affecting predominantly the scalp area to the sensation come over him, accompanied with the course in meditation through a series of CDs. front and to the right side. Nasal passages are impression that he might be the replacement. These are available at Douglas's public clear and the tissue forming the lining is healthy. Continued on Page 31