Why do we get sick?
November 3rd, 2009 by jim1537
Most people used to think of our health as something that could be identified solely by two things: our genetic family history, and in addition, our lifestyle choices such as diet, smoking, whether we exercise or not, being overweight, along with consumption of alcohol and drugs.
Besides genetics and lifestyle choices, illness was also thought of as something that just randomly happened – like the roll of the dice, or the luck of the draw. Some people just ended up sick, while others didn’t. One person who never smoked a cigarette in their life could become diagnosed with lung cancer, while someone else who smoked two packs a day might never get the dreaded disease many refer to as “The Big C.”
In recent decades, the awareness has come into the medical community that illness may not be totally based on genetics, lifestyle choices, and/or at random – and that there are some other causes that can be verified. Even conventional doctors acknowledge that stress can play a large part in our health, especially for prolonged periods of time. With the fast pace of living we are all under now, many of us experience sleep deprivation, which can also create serious health problems and life threatening accidents.
For many of us, stress, a fast paced life and sleep deprivation being identified as factors that affect our health may seem as obvious as the sun rising in the morning, but to doctors who would think otherwise, this was quite a revelation. After all, can science clearly and precisely determine just how much these issues affect our health? There are those who live under tremendous stresses and still remain healthy, while others who have relatively stress free lives experience dire illnesses.
To complicate matters even further, the industrialization of our society causes many people to have serious illnesses due to environmental hazards, such as toxic waste dumps which contaminate the water we drink, the air we breathe, and our food supply. Besides entire species being threatened of extinction, we now hear of communities of people who have been stricken ill, with some even dying, because of nearby health hazards due to industrialization.
Besides industrialization, some feel that our health is simply a matter of God’s will, and our “destiny,” which we have no control over either way.
There are also spiritual masters who teach that certain illnesses we manifest in our bodies were spiritually agreed to by us before we came into a given lifetime, for the purpose of learning lessons and/or burning negative karma.
But on top of all of the factors mentioned above, many who are spiritually minded have come to believe in recent decades that illness is something we as individuals do create for ourselves. It is now perceived that we have a lot to do with whether we’re sick or healthy – not just for the obvious reasons of genetics, lifestyle choices, stress, and even the environment, but due to the mind, body, and spirit connection we possess. Now a mainstream concept within our culture, the idea that we create our own illnesses has been something that great spiritual masters have taught for decades – even centuries.
All of the above mentioned factors pose the question of just how much of our illnesses are self created, while what part of our health, if any, is simply beyond our control? As the old mainstay of “without your health, you have nothing” rings so true, I will attempt to probe all of these questions step by step in this writing with the purpose of all of us having and manifesting the best possible health and well being.
Which came first – the chicken or the egg…? Karma and genetics
It would seem logical that if both of our parents and/or other family members had heart disease, so would we at some point in our lives. After all, it is in our genetic profile. This would presume that genetics help to dictate our health, propensity to certain diseases, and even our longevity of life. So with this mindset, genetics come first, (meaning they are the cause) and our health is the effect.
From a spiritual perspective though, it is the exact opposite as it pertains to our health lessons, issues and karma. While we are still on the other side before incarnating, we choose our parents and family depending on what it is that our health lessons and karma are to be. The reasons we choose our parents and family (from a health perspective) are multi-faceted:
1 – If we are spiritually agree (before incarnating into a given physical lifetime) to have certain health issues, we choose parents and family who also have the same health issues. From a spiritual perspective, this is the rarest of options – one that says we are predestined to have the same health issues and problems that have been present in our family history. There is no way of statistically verifying this, but my sense throughout all of my spiritual work is that only a very small percentage of health issues we manifest fall into this category of being predestined, and verifiable through family genetics.
2- We may choose parents with a health issue to break the pattern and NOT manifest the illnesses they have. In this instance, the spiritual agreement is to NOT carry the genetic pattern any further. If one or both parents had cancer, the agreement is for us to be cancer free. Here we are setting up a life where we are compelled spiritually to end a pattern that needs to stop, and that is our role. This option occurs more often than option 1 listed above, but is less prevalent than option 3, which is indicated directly below.
3- What feels to me to be the most likely possibility regarding our health as related to our genetics is that it is optional and choice driven. I heard a doctor on CNN state it this way: “Our genetics are the gun, but we either pull the trigger or not.” In this instance, we have the ultimate choice as to manifest good health, or to carry on the pattern of our parent’s health problems.
That “pulling the trigger” can be quite literal, as in becoming a drug addict when our father was one. It can also be internal. The fear of getting sick in the way mom or dad did can be a terrifying and haunting reality within us. As we get close to the age that mom had a stroke, we fear that we too will have one. That helps to “pull the trigger” as well. As we create what we fear, we must realize that being in a positive frame of mind, and NOT identifying with, or being scared of our family’s health issues helps us to be healthy.
In addition to the choices we make once we are in a physical lifetime, the end result is always preceded by the spiritual agreements we set up before coming in this incarnation. The good news is that in most or almost all instances, we do have a choice as to whether to repeat a family health issue or not and that we are not just a mirror of our genetics. This way, out health is largely in our hands.
What did you just put in your mouth? – What we ingest and lifestyle choices
It may sound crude to ask someone, “Hey, what did you just put in your mouth?” But the old cliche of “You are what you eat” could be expanded to say: “You are all you put in your mouth and how you live?” This statement includes everything ingested in addition to food, including alcohol, drugs, as well as the type of lifestyle we engage in.
Of course all of us now know that fatty and processed foods are bad for us, along with smoking, alcohol and drugs. And yes, we should exercise and not get overweight as these are all serious contributors to our health, regardless of all of the other factors covered in this writing.
But perhaps, there is a more profound reality to these choices. What we take in our bodies and how we live truly shows what we think of ourselves, how we view our bodies, and the value we feel we have or don’t have of.
If someone said, “I’m a heroin addict, but I really like myself,” what would we think of such a claim? Or how about, “I’m eating greasy cheeseburgers everyday but I do value my body.” Stated in this fashion, these statements sound utterly absurd.
They certainly back up the title of one of my recent newsletters: “Actions Speak Louder Than Words — A Spiritual Perspective,” as our actions say more about us spiritually than anything we could ever say.
We must first make the adjustments necessary regarding what we take in along with lifestyle changes. Then, we must get to the bottom of the emotional and psychological reasons as to why we did the things we did. We overate because we were emotionally frustrated and food provided a comfort – a false comfort. We need to come to terms with what motivated us to overeat, and heal that pain in addition to redefining our eating habits. We drank because we wanted to numb our inner pain, and escape what we felt. Stopping drinking is the beginning, not the end of our sobriety. We must work through and uncover all of the reasons within us as to why we drank.
Then, we not only alleviate the symptoms, but we get to the root cause of why, and with answering and healing the most profound question of “why,” we help to transform our health for the better!
Hey, it just happened… – The random affect
For those of us who don’t acknowledge the reality that for every effect, there is a cause, we can perceive that stuff just happens regarding our health in seemingly random ways. “Statistically, there’s a certain number of people that get a disease, and you’re just one of them,” is a statement to back up such a mind set.
Some people get stricken with life threatening illnesses, and have no idea why. The fear, terror, and the perplexity of why this happened can rivet people’s sense of well being and even their belief systems down to their core.
But spiritually, there is always a cause behind an effect – and usually, it is us who is the cause regarding our health. If we look at it from the most obvious perspective, it sounds completely realistic:
- You eat more, therefore, you gain weight, and your health suffers.
- If you’re overweight, you eat less, lose weight, and improve your health.
- You exercise, and probably live a longer and healthier life.
Here, we’re seeing causality in the most obvious of ways. But what about the causality that comes from within? How do we feel about our bodies? Do we like what we see when we look at ourselves naked in the mirror? If we do, we’ve improved out health. Why? Because thought is energy, and if you like what you see in the mirror, the thought of “I am ok” is generated to your body. And liking your body helps to improve your health as your body absorbs the positive messages being sent to it.
If we say, “I’m so ugly and hideous,” when we look at ourselves, we’ve helped to lead ourselves to illness. Saying such a statement is the cause, which creates energy that says, “My body is no good.” And of course, your body will pick up this energy, and if reinforced long enough, carry out the energy of the original cause, which is to make the body ugly and hideous.
It is so important to always find what you DO like about your body and celebrate it – and never refer to your body as ugly, unattractive, or undesirable.
Remember, each of our bodies are created by the divine architect, who creates everything perfect in divine image! By knowing this and identifying with this reality, you help to increase the likelihood of long lasting health!
This is killing me! – The stress factor
“I’m late for work – I don’t have time for lunch – I’m late picking up the kids – I can’t sleep because I’m worried about my presentation at work tomorrow – I’m stuck in rush hour traffic and can’t get home to cook dinner,” are statements that we all say or hear.
“Oh my God – you mean I feel asleep at the wheel, and that’s what caused the car accident. Did I hurt anyone else,” a man waking up in the hospital asks in bewilderment?
All of these statements unfortunately probably sound all too familiar, as most of us experience one or most these realties every day.
Welcome to the modern world, where the stress and demands of a fast paced life make us sick, injured, and even kill people every day!
As I mentioned earlier in this writing, even doctors acknowledge that stress plays a factor in our health: High blood pressure, headaches, nervous tension, shallow breathing, panic, anxiety, all weigh heavily on the body and bring our health dramatically down, Remember, we weren’t originally made to live this way on a daily basis. Yes, most of us can handle brief periods of stress – but not day in, day out, for years and even decades.
One could say, “But I can’t control this. This is the way life is. What can I do as I have bills to pay?”
A deeper question needs to be asked. What is the bottom line here – Are you willing to sacrifice your health for a deadline at work – drive when you’re not alert and rested and potentially fall asleep at the wheel?
Here are three points worth considering:
1-Cast the burden of stress daily to infinite intelligence and divine love! Here is an affirmation: “I now let go and release all stresses today to divine love and now go free to be relaxed, balance, and forever healthy!” This will certainly help to dissipate and release stress from within. Also, try to just let go and let God, literally. There may always be things that may stress us out, but by mastering the concept of giving up the burden to a higher power, we lift a ton of weight off of ourselves, and let the highest good manifest in our lives! Each issue becomes less important, as we are travelling through this world lighthearted, free and unattached. This will improve our health immeasurably!
2- Modify the stress the best you can, and when necessary, be willing to make tough choices. Sure, it would be great to never have to sleep, as we would get more done. However, nature didn’t create us that way. Our bodies can handle the occasional night with short sleep, but when we start making a pattern of it, then it is bad.
If you miss an event, or didn’t get to work overtime and make more money, oh well, so be it! At the end of the day, your health shouldn’t be compromised.
3-It is not worth sacrificing your body, the only body you have, all for the sake of stress, achievement, and a fast pace lifestyle! You can always find another job – money can be made. You can always redirect your day to day activities! Always know your bottom line, and put your health first, no matter what, as you only have one body, and without that one healthy body, you have nothing!
Why am I coughing when I step outside? – Industrialization
Since industrialization has been around before any of us were born, we may just sort of assume that this is the way it has always been. However, there was a time when there were no automobiles, trains, planes, and deadly smoke billowing out of factories around the clock. We once lived in a world where species and life forms were not on the verge of being wiped off the face of the earth. Since industrialization is a fact of life, we all have to deal with its effects, but here are some points worth considering to maintain your health in the midst of our modern world;
1-We all need to try and do whatever we can to change the world to become friendly to humans, the environment and all forms of life. This may seem like a tall order, but a great long range goal! Anything you do moves the world at large in the right direction.
2-Make sure the tap water in your area is suitable to drink. If not, drink purified water, which will help to keep your system healthy and cleansed.
Try to live in an area that has healthy air to breathe, and if you can’t, use air purifiers in your home to improve the air quality in your immediate environment.
Educate yourself regarding the food you eat. Learn to read labels, and stay away from food that is processed. Buy organic and natural if you can, and grown your own food if at all possible.
Make sure to give praise and thanksgiving for everything you eat, and affirm that all you take in digests perfectly in your system, and brings you complete health and well being,
3-Affirm that you are in a state of harmony with the environment and the outer world. By doing so, you are more likely to improve your health, as being in a “state if harmony” with the world is always good for our bodies.
In addition to having the best possible water, air, food, and living in the healthiest environment possible, make sure to be respectful and reverent of nature and all that is present on earth. Be good to the world around you and the world will be good to you! Even in the midst of an industrialized society, respect and reverence for the world and life will help to bring that same energy and reality back to you, providing a cornerstone to build your health on!
Am I meant to be sick? – God’s will and karma
It is God’s will that I get sick? Is illness meant to be? Do I have a choice as to be healthy or not? Are my health problems predestined?
These are all questions any of us might ask if and when we get sick; the eternal “Why did this happen to me?”
As it pertains to sickness, it is quite rare that we actually agree (on the other side before being physically born) to have a certain illness at a specific time in an earthly lifetime. In all of my spiritual work, I would estimate that less than 5% of all illnesses are predestined.
If that is correct, then when, why, and how would being sick be predestined?
If we have certain spiritual and/or karmic lessons that tie into being sick or ill in a certain way, then we would sign a contract (on the other side in our spiritual bodies before being born) to manifest an illness in a specific time and way in our coming physical lifetime. With this type of contract, one could call it God’s will, or “destiny”, as our higher self agrees to take on this lesson. If we agree to it in our spiritual contract, we will not be able to get out of it once we’re in the human form.
Let me give you an example of someone I believe had a spiritual contract to have a certain illness at a specific time. There is no way of proving this, but I will share with you what I saw.
I had a female friend who I met when I was a teenager. She had sex appeal, charisma, good looks, a huge ego, and was attached to all of her feminine attributes, including ”the millions dollar hole,” a nickname for her pussy. In fact, she was a model for a time. Her human attachment to these things caused her to be manipulative, arrogant, and egotistical.
When she was in her early to mid thirties, she developed breast cancer. She ultimately lost both of her breasts and her hair. In addition, her body became quite distorted through the tough medical treatments that accompany battling cancer. She fought the disease for 9-10 years, and then transitioned into spirit.
I felt that she had set up her earthly life (before incarnating) with all of the feminine attributes mentioned above, along with a strong attachment to such things. Her lesson was to be stripped of all that she was attached to. Why? So that she could become unattached and humbled, for her growth on a soul level. Even though she didn’t process this lesson in her personality before leaving this world, she experienced it, which was the objective of her soul.
The good news is that it is so seldom that we spiritually agree to manifest a certain illness as my friend may have, and that we are largely in control as to whether we’re sick or not. With that awareness, the question needs to be posed, “Then why do so many people get sick?” Besides the choices that directly affect our heath such as what we ingest, our environment, lifestyle, and stress, that answer is a little three letter word.
Sickness and sin; two peas in a pod – How we create our illnesses
“The germ of its own defeat is present in every negative thought, word and deed we engage in. It literally makes us physically ill.” Spirit just gave me this message as I was writing, and it belies a very simple and truthful reality: “Sickness is sin.” Meaning, whenever we sin, we help to make ourselves sick. It doesn’t matter whether we hurt others, and/or ourselves. Our body pays the penalty, and the more we sin, the sicker we get.
In this context, “sin” is much broader than in Biblical terms, which is based on the Ten Commandments. Anything that is contrary and goes against the reality of divine love can be considered a sin. For example: If we believe that we’re born with the birthright of prosperity, keeping ourselves in poverty is a sin.
Keep in mind that this little three letter word comes from a Latin word which means an act of suicide. It’s easy to grasp if you think that sin creates a negative energy, and since all we think, do and say comes back to us, our body houses our repercussions and becomes ill when and as we sin.
1-What you think can make you sick
The Dalai Lama says that “To think of killing someone is the exact same thing as killing them.” The point that he’s making is that thought is reality, and that what we think is tangible and real; not just internalized and hidden from the world.
What do we think of ourselves? If we think that we’re not good enough, unattractive, never going to be a success, unworthy of money, and a loser, these thoughts are sinful. Why? Because they are contrary to God’s divine image of us, which is one of magnificent perfection! These thoughts will not only help to manifest their reality, they will make you sick. Why? Because thought is energy, and the energy behind all of these thoughts is negative toward you. That continued negativity wears down the body, its defenses and creates illness within us.
I had a client who though her body was ugly for decades. She mentally focused and obsessed on the areas of her body which she felt were unattractive. She held these sinful thoughts for so long about herself, that eventually, her body started manifesting serious negative health conditions that were visible to anyone seeing her. Even though she didn’t think badly of others, her sinful thoughts toward herself did harm her body.
Thinking badly of others will make you sick. The old phrase of,”I am my brother’s keeper” (in thought) rings true here. It’s not enough to refrain from physically hurting someone or avoiding an attempt to ruin their reputation. We need to really just listen to our thoughts, and see them for what they are. If we think negatively of someone, work toward replacing that thought with something positive about that person. Or at the very least, bless them and let them go. Right there, you’ve legitimately improved your overall health.
Harboring resentment and jealousy of others helps to tear down our cells. Holding onto feelings of hatred based on prejudice on any level attacks our bodies. Whether based on race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, appearance, or any prejudgment, we must do our best to not hold on to any part of it, even if just for the sake of our bodies.
Thought is the origin from which we build our reality, and thinking badly of others, helps to cripple the physical foundation of our bodies. Try to raise your thoughts to a higher level regarding those you don’t like. You might say, “I can’t because I don’t like them.” That’s precisely why we need to mentally perfect ourselves on those who we think badly of, because it will improve our health immeasurably.
2-Your words can make you gravely ill
“Life and death are in the power of the tongue,” states the Bible. Perhaps, no truer words have ever been spoken. When you listen to people talk all day long, it’s a miracle that they’re still ok by the end of the day. Favorite topics include: Death, tragedy, accidents, murder, sickness, poverty, gossip, criticizing and hating others, and the theme that “Life really sucks!” With the atomic power of words, this voicing of negativity comes back to us and affects our bodies. If you think that a person may say 25 negative statements per day for 10 years, that’s literally 91,250 negative thoughts, or the equivalent of 91,250 drops of poison in their body over a ten year period.
We sometimes believe that if we speak badly of someone we don’t know, it’s no big deal. “I hate his guts, and don’t want him to become President,” an angry man says of a political candidate! “She’s an out of control monster. I can’t wait for her to get hers,” a woman rants about a reckless celebrity!
Most people think that they’re just harmlessly venting. However, it is the exact opposite, especially if we care to be physically healthy. These hateful words come back to roost, right inside of our bodies!
Wishing bad upon others is a surefire recipe for a health crisis. Most of us wish badly upon those who have hurt us, so yes, we are not crazy. We didn’t just make it all up — something really did happen.
“I wish that everything she did to me comes back to her,” a woman says of her former friend who stole her boyfriend away. But what we wish upon them will come back to us. It is not as if that we are exempt from the repercussions of our negative wishes because we have been victimized. The law of the universe is quite clear: We need to wish well upon everyone, especially those who have hurt us! Think of it this way: If we wish bad upon someone who has hurt us, we get hurt twice: Once from what they originally did to us, and again when the bad we wished upon them harms our health.
Constant criticism of others tears down our vitality and brings disease to us. “Look at her. She’s fat, ugly, and disgusting. No one would want her,” a woman says of her co worker.
Probably the worst example of our words making us sick is when we’re angry. “I hate the SOB, as he keeps hurting me, and he’ll never stop. I wish he would die,” a young man says of his mean father!
“My life is horrible and it will never get any better. I give up trying, and f*&^ everything and everyone,” a woman shrieks!
With the power of such anger propelling these words, it is like guzzling a can of Drano. In these moments, we need to step back and ask ourselves, “What did I just say?” Sure, we feel momentarily better for getting it all out, as we vented, but it is the same thing as having a bad temper and punching someone.
Our cornerstone to redirect what we say, which will heal our bodies, is to use our words for only three purposes: To heal, proper, and bless! With our new vocabulary, our health will continue to benefit every day.
3-Shut down and your health shuts down too
So many of us as adults have learned to shut down as way of surviving – by not feeling and shutting down our emotional pain. Therefore, we suppress (consciously) and repress (unconsciously) our emotions, which in time can make us gravely ill. Think of it like a damn (our body) and the water (our emotions) keeps building up till the damn eventually gives! It is the same with our health. Suppress your feelings for years and even decades, and it sets you up for a potential heart attack! Our bodies, although usually resilient, can only take so much.
A great therapist once said it best when she stated, “Acknowledging your feelings will never kill you, but denying them will!” She was right. Our emotions are designed to cause us to react and motivate us to take action. They are in a sense our fuel, and a necessary part of what drives us. Turning those feelings inward and off, especially painful ones, is like activating a ticking time bomb inside.
I knew a woman who had been sexually abused in childhood, which dramatically affected her self esteem, choices in men, and her overall view of the world. She learned to turn off her emotions as a way of surviving, because what she felt was too scary at the time. However, she continued that pattern for decades, instead of working on acknowledging her feelings and healing her past as she became an adult, so her health ultimately paid the price, as she developed cervical cancer.
When we close off, it’s like shutting a door. We can’t cut and close just one section, as the entire door gets shut. It is the same with us. When we suppress and repress, we globally shut down, as we can’t just pick and choose what we wish to bury; all of it gets buried inside. We become depressed, lethargic, our circulation suffers, along with our overall health and well being, and since we are closed, it is extremely difficult for our health to repair. Remember, a blessing never comes to you – it must come through you! We must work on opening up to our feelings, work through the pain, and allowing ourselves to let our emotions work for us, which allows us to become an open channel for healing and maintaining our body.
4- Selfishness and hurting others hurts our bodies
When we are self centered, selfish, and even narcissistic, we may think that we are getting our way and looking out for number 1, but we are ultimately only hurting number 1 — the one and only body we have.
Since physics proves that everything within the universe in interconnected, we are all connected and here to offer our unique gifts to others. When we refuse to contribute to others as we are supposed to, we sin. We have denied our divine purpose to the collective, and the world suffers as it is only us who can contribute what we’re here to offer.
Imagine if a parent spiritually agreed to nurture their child’s talent for acting, put them through acting school, and financially assist them as they were making their career happen. Then, due to selfishness, the parent reneged on their spiritual promise, therefore, their child did not get acting lessons, and consequently, didn’t “make it” as an actor. Destiny was changed for the worse due to the selfishness of the parent and ultimately, their body would pay the penalty.
When we hurt others, we usually don’t physically attack them. What we typically do is cheat, lie, manipulate, deceive and play mind games. These sins are detrimental to our health, even though we may have thought we got away with it at the time, as our negative mission was fulfilled without us getting caught.
There was a woman who was jealous and resentful of a new female coworker. So she set out on a mission to get the new co worker fired through discrediting her to the entire office. Through maneuvering and manipulating, she achieved her objective, as the new co worker lost her job after only one month. She seemed to get away with it, but when the repercussions of her actions came back years later; her body paid the price.
I remember a man who cheated on his wife constantly and even though his wife tried to save the marriage, her efforts failed. After many years, he divorced her for another woman. You might think, “Oh, I bet the new woman cheated on him.” No, she did not. It wasn’t the new woman, or any other woman who paid him back for his sins. It was his health that reaped the repercussions, as he developed fatal prostate cancer.
When we hurt others, it is not merely the act that affects them. How their life was changed irrevocably, and presumably for the worse, is like dropping a pebble in the water; the ripples keep on going. This is what happens to our health, as the negative ripples come back and tear down our bodies. As we stop harming others, though, it is like a most powerful medicine that repairs and restores the temple of the living God – our physical body.
5-I can’t forgive, and if that means I get sick, oh well…
I remember a client of mine who had many people she hadn’t forgiven, including her ex who use to physically abuse her, neighbors who damaged her property on purpose, plus her three children who all used her and stole from her financially. She was beginning to get ill, and I knew why. Her lack of forgiveness was eating her body alive, and I tried to tell her so.
Her response might surprise you when she flatly said: “I don’t care if I get sick; I’m not going to forgive them.”
But if you think about it, it’s not that unusual. Many of us refuse to forgive, but most of us know that we should. Forgiving doesn’t mean that you have to accept someone who hurt you back into your life. It isn’t condoning what they’ve done, either. You do not become vulnerable to being harmed again through forgiveness; it is the exact opposite. Forgiving sets you free, surrounds you in divine protection, and heals your mind, body, and spirit.
In fact, forgiving those who have wronged us is one of the strongest keys in the world to our health and well being. Its positive effects can probably not begin to even be measured. There is nothing bad that comes from forgiving. Only good comes from this healing act.
Almost all medicines have side effects, and some quite serious. Forgiving has none.
As doctors can be expensive and misdiagnose us, forgiveness is free and will never get it wrong, not even one time.
Medicine can often alleviate some of our symptoms, but not always get to the root cause of an illness and offer a complete cure. Forgiveness heals the cause and is a cure.
Forgiving allows you to fly with the eagles by setting you free from the dark and poisonous energy that internally rots our bodies. Never lose sight of the fact the energy is everything. By holding on to hatred, resentment, anger, bitterness, and the proverbial “Life isn’t fair” attitude, these energies work hard on every cell in our bodies, tearing them all down! With forgiving, you are free, lighthearted, filled with openness and joy, happiness, and physical vitality.
We are now releasing the burden, like lifting a ton of weight off of our tired and aching backs. There is nothing scary about it. Not forgiving those who have hurt you poisons you – It doesn’t affect them at all… “Oh, they’ll get theirs,” you might say! Those thoughts don’t help you and certainly don’t hurt them.
Your body, once paying the penalty for non forgiveness, can now be washed clean as virgin snow: ageless, timeless, and in perfect health. As we forgive, we bathe ourselves in eternal light and unconditional love! One of the greatest healers of all time is process of releasing all who have hurt us to their highest good, and living by the law of divine love. Yes, we have all been hurt, and we have all harmed others. Therefore, we also need to forgive ourselves for what we’ve done that victimized others, and for any choices we’ve made that have had negative repercussions!
As the phrase goes: “Let the person without sin cast the first stone!” But when and as we forgive, where are the stones? There are less and less to throw or be thrown!
Live for today and be healthy!
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.” Buddha
With this wise quote, we see why living for today is a great tool for our health and well being!
Keep in mind that there is only now. The past and the future don’t exist, as they are only an illusion. Therefore, we disconnect from reality by living for yesterday or tomorrow, where we sever our ties with eternal source, light and love!
Whatever happened before, it is over with! Let it go, release it, pronounce that you’re at peace, and engage in laughter. None of it can hurt you anymore,,. You are no longer a prisoner of memories. Just take the lesson and throw the rest away! Today is all there is, and live it like you were just born when you woke up this morning! Look at everything as if you’re seeing it for the very first time! As the world is new, so is your body!
The future is not yet here, so don’t think about it! Let go of the fear of getting old, and the terror of all the nightmares that might happen. Thinking of it truly helps to make all of your fears actually come true, which you don’t want — while living in the here and now helps to guarantee a wonderful future.
Escaping reality through the dreams of tomorrow, or the terror of what could occur, scatters your energies and dramatically weakens your body! Don’t dwell on the future for even one moment. Immerse yourself in all that is right in front of you, like a giggling toddler, engaged in fascination, magic and wonder! Live in wonder and your body remains like a newborn infant, filled with energy and joy!
Living for ONLY today is an investment in yourself that allows your health to increase – like putting millions of dollars in the bank, sitting back and just watching it all grow.
Let us now feel a new birth! We are reborn right at this very moment! We have claimed our perfect health and well being by living in harmony with all that has been ours by divine right all along.
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