Dr. Larry Dossey is a physician of internal medicine and former Chief of Staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital, who lectures around the world. He received his M. D. degree from Southwestern Medical School (Dallas), and trained in internal medicine at Parkland and the VA hospitals in Dallas. Dossey has lectured at medical schools and hospitals throughout the United States and abroad. In 1988, he delivered the annual Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, India, the only physician ever invited to do so. He is the author of twelve books dealing with consciousness, spirituality, and healing, including The New York Times bestseller, HEALING WORDS: THE POWER OF PRAYER AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE, and, most recently, ONE MIND: HOW OUR INDIVIDUAL MIND IS PART OF A GREATER CONSCIOUSNESS AND WHY IT MATTERS. His books have been translated into many languages. Dr. Dossey is the former co-chairman of the Panel on Mind/Body Interventions, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health. He is the executive editor of the peer-reviewed journal, EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing. He is a member, as Suzanne is, of the prestigious Scientific & Medical Network (SMN), where he sometimes speaks at their events. SMN is a worldwide professional community and membership organization for open-minded, rigorous and evidence-based enquiry into themes bridging science, spirituality and consciousness. Dr. Dossey gave a moving talk at an event I was producing for TED a few years ago. And, his interview by Oprah, that we talk about in our podcast episode, was revelatory in authenticating the power of prayer to heal people. Dr. Dossey lives in Santa Fe with his wife, Barbara, a nurse-consultant and the author of several award-winning books.

Larry Dossey's website

Larry's mission: "My mission is to tell the truth and not shade the truth."

Larry's one-line message to the world: "Pay Attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." - Mary Oliver

The SUE Speaks Blog Post about Larry Dossey, M.D.

Larry's startled by discovering statistics on the healing power of prayer
amasses prayer findings in The New York Times best selling book, Healing Words
personal experience of healing power
main interest is the role of consciousness and healing
Larry's personal prayer ritual
distance doesn't matter
non-locality
prayer working backwards in time
ancient traditions were tuned into non-locality: Akashic records, cosmic consciousness, allumination, awakening, enlightenment, Christ consciousness, Zen Samadhi, yoga
EST in 1972: praying for strangers
Werner Erhard
the power of thought beyond prayer that affects the material world
prayer strategies
materialism and capitalism have overshadowed our sense of connection
origins of greed and selfishness
a case to be made for compassion and love for all creation
understanding our interconnection would dissolve our oppositional reality
Greta Thunberg and the promise from the younger generation
David Bohm
Physicians Untold Stories by Scott Kolbaba
mind-boggling miracle healing of Barbara Cummiskey
the significance of prayer coming from love
we don't need to know how prayer works for it to work
twins' experience as a "telesomatic" event
Twin Telepathy by Guy Lyon Playfair
"twin stuff" between Larry and his identical twin brother
a doctor's fear about writing up a miracle cure
Larry's praying for his patients
contribution that spirituality and spiritual practices make to human health
Larry talked about prayer on Oprah's SuperSoul Conversation. Watch it on YouTube
Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Oliver's poem, "Sometimes"

Just a moment.