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Bill Lear , who developed the Learjet, was an inventor who was always open to infinite possibilities. He helped begin the car radio industry, developed an automatic direction finder for airplanes, among other inventions, as well as the airplane that carried his name.

From the grids that carry light from town to town, to terrorist threats and natural disasters, to the flexing of political muscles, to "power plays" in a hockey rink, power and its influence are inescapable. In fact, there's a generally held belief that all things are at the mercy of either ignorant, random forces, or of political decisions that can work either for good or evil.

Those who are unfamiliar with spiritual healing or who are just beginning to consider its possibilities for their own lives may naturally have some questions. They may wonder, for example, why the activity of prayer, which is essentially a mental activity, should have any direct impact on healing a bodily illness, which appears to be essentially a physical condition.

" I just caught a glimpse of infinite possibilities.

When one looks back over the history of science and technology, it is amazing to think how far humanity has come. It is humbling to think how recently many things were invented and how far they have developed since their first inception.

On may 6, 1954 , a twenty-five-year-old medical student, Englishman Roger Bannister, ran the first sub-four-minute mile in recorded history. His time of 3 minutes, 59.

Space exploration . Spiritual quest.

"I wasn't looking for infinite possibilities. I was just looking to survive," says C.

Galileo was seventy years old when the Inquisition required him to recant his conviction that the earth moved around the sun. In those days, it was believed that God had placed the earth at the center of the universe, and to believe otherwise was to offend God.

The 2003 Annual Meeting of The Mother Church & Conference was held in June in Berlin, Germany; Boston, Massachusetts; and on the Internet. Since then, participants and others have sent letters, e-mails, and faxes that tell of fresh inspiration and a recognition that spiritual ideas provide a meaningful response to challenges in their communities.