Each patient is sent an instruction sheet explaining how to tune in and become receptive to the healing power. Because this Absent Healing is a very real and powerful factor in the soul, no patient should be placed on an Absent Healing list against his or her will.

Normally it is much more effective if the patient knows and cooperates with the absent healing, but of course this is not possible where the patient is extremely unwell or mentally disturbed. In such cases, friends or relatives should respect any deep convictions, which they know would make a patient unwilling. Patients should not ask to receive to spiritual healing from different sources, this is like trying to tune into different radio programs simultaneously, and can bring confusion rather than harmony and healing to the soul.