The most dramatic story I have heard is of a woman who was pronounced dead on the operating table. She described the doctors and nurses in the room along with a detailed description of the set-up and various colors such as the uniforms. It was all very exact. The amazing thing about it is the woman was blind and could not have possibly seen anything she was describing. There is a 180-degree turn between the external and the internal.
Physical healing starts with the healing to get the peace.
Spiritual healing starts with the peace to get the healing. People who hurt when they think of some past loss are trying to get the healing to get closure or peace. This can take years if ever. When we get into the inner peace first and then look at the event, we will see, feel, and act differently than when we are feeling insecure, unloved, and unhappy. In my early days of counseling, I would spend forty minutes gathering data on the person's background and then in the last ten minutes try to have them feel good enough to come back the next week.