Editorial March 2, 1987 Issue

Alone in a crowded elevator

Allison W. Phinney, Jr.

An alert, slightly concerned voice came over the elevator intercom. It was a nice voice, asking if there was anything it could do for me. I suggested it might make the elevator work. Then it explained that everything that could be done was being done.

The elevator was stuck somewhere between floors. But since I was alone, it seemed like a good opportunity to pray about a couple of things that needed healing. I sat down to make use of the time. Interestingly, I found I first had to put the "crowd" off the elevator. It was the same crowd I'd got on with—a crowd of human opinion and speculation that had been filling up my thought. Even an empty elevator can be a crowded place!

Soon spiritual inspiration and perspective returned, I was able to pray, and then the elevator was fixed as well. But as I was thinking about the experience later, a lesson came through strongly. How plain it is that the spirit or consciousness which heals is not a crowd mentality!

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