此篇神引用了一小段聖經上的軼事，來幫助我們了解和牢記有關思維(thought)的力量與速度，以及知曉(knowing)與信心(faith)的神奇力量。值得參閱：「只要你說一句話，我的僕人便會被治癒」，這句話記錄在新約聖經馬太福音第八章，百夫長回答耶穌，請耶穌只要說句話便能幫他的僕人治病，不用去到他舍下。而就在這句話說完之前，那僕人已被治癒。神說，這就是當年百夫長對主耶穌的信心(The faith of the centurion)。
聽神談【正視人類「思維想法」的力量與速度】
在你們的人生中沒有一件事——沒有任何一件事——的發生，不是以一個思維想法開始的(Nothing occurs in your life---nothing---which is not first a thought.)。思維就像磁鐵，將效應吸引到你身上。思維也許不總是那麼的明顯，而讓人知道它是產生結果的原因，例如「我將要得一個可怕的疾病」。思維也許是（並且通常是）比那更微妙得多。例如「我不配活下去」、「我的人生總是一塌糊塗」、「我是個失敗者(魯蛇)」、「神將要懲罰我」、「我厭倦了我的生命！」
思維想法(Thoughts)是一種非常微妙卻力量極大的能量形式。語言文字(Words)是較不微妙，但更濃密的能量形式。行動(Action)則是最濃密的能量形式。行動是能量在沉重流動中的沉重物質形式。當你認為、說出並做出一個像「我是個失敗者」的負面觀念時，你就放入了巨大的創造性能量。你會因感冒而病倒一點都不奇怪。那還算是最輕微的後果。
一旦負面思維轉化成物質形式時，就非常難逆轉其效應了。並非完全不可能—— 但是非常困難。它須具有一種極度的信心(an act of extreme faith)。它需要一種「對宇宙的正面力量很強的信念」——不論你稱之為神、女神、不動的動者、原力、第一因，或不論什麼。
療癒者(healers 幫別人治癒的人)正是有這樣的信心。那是一種跨越到「絕對知曉」的信心(a faith that crosses over into Absolute Knowing)。他們知道你在當下這一刻本 應是完整、完全和完美的。這樣的知曉也是一種思維——而且是個非常有力的思維。它有移山(move mountains)的力量——更不用說只是移動你身體裡的分子。那就是為什麼療癒者往往甚至能在遠距離，治癒別人的原因。
思維是無遠弗屆的。思維比你能說出其內容的話語，更快地飛馳世界，橫越宇宙。
「只要你說一句話，我的僕人便會被治癒」(“Say but the word and my servant shall be healed.”)。而它就是這樣，就在那完全相同的一刻，甚至在他說完這句話之前。這就是當年百夫長(centurion)對主耶穌的信心（註：這句話出自新約馬太福音第八章，百夫長回答耶穌，請耶穌只要說句話便能幫他的僕人治病，不用到他舍下來。The faith of the centurion）。
摘自《與神對話 I》第13章
Nothing occurs in your life—nothing—which is not first a thought. Thoughts are like magnets, drawing effects to you. The thought may not always be obvious, and thus clearly causative, as in, "I'm going to contract a terrible disease." The thought may be (and usually is) far more subtle than that ("I am not worthy to live.") ("My life is always a mess.") ("I am a loser.") ("God is going to punish me.") ("I am sick and tired of my life!")
Thoughts are a very subtle, yet extremely powerful, form of energy. Words are less subtle, more dense. Actions are the most dense of all. Action is energy in heavy physical form, in heavy motion. When you think, say, and act out a negative concept such as "I am a loser," you place tremendous creative energy into motion. Small wonder you come down with a cold. That would be the least of it.
It is very difficult to reverse the effects of negative thinking once they have taken physical form. Not impossible—but very difficult. It takes an act of extreme faith. It requires an extraordinary belief in the positive force of the universe—whether you call that God, Goddess, the Unmoved Mover, Prime Force, First Cause, or whatever.
Healers have just such faith. It is a faith that crosses over into Absolute Knowing. They know that you are meant to be whole, complete, and perfect in this moment now. This knowingness is also a thought—and a very powerful one. It has the power to move mountains—to say nothing of molecules in your body. That is why healers can heal, often even at a distance.
Thought knows no distance. Thought travels around the world and traverses the universe faster than you can say the word. "Say but the word and my servant shall be healed." And it was so, in that selfsame hour, even before his sentence was finished. Such was the faith of the centurion.
