HEALING
OURSELVES AND GROWING THROUGH ILLNESS
Our difficulties
and tests are like the weight lifter's weights that help him to build up
his muscular power. By exercising our inner power in response to these
challenges, we develop our emotional, mental and spiritual muscles. We become
emotionally stronger and mentally more positive and assured of our ability
to face any possible situation.
Here are some concepts that will
help us to grow through our life experiences:
1. Perceive life as a school.
2. Remember that every experience
is a lesson designed to teach us something about our selves and the nature
of reality.
3. Remember that life gives us
exactly the lessons we need in every moment.
4. Discover which lessons life
is trying to teach us. Richard Bach, in his book Illusions reminds us that
a "problem never comes to you without a gift in its hands". Our life-challenge
is to fearlessly study our problems and discover the gifts therein.
5. Determine what changes we need
to make in our living or thinking habits in order to become free from this
problem or, in some cases, to realize that there actually is no problem.
We can ask ourselves these questions: a. What must I let go of? (Habits,
emotional tendencies, addictions, attachments, fears, expectations, attitudes,
beliefs.) b. What can I begin to develop? (Positive beliefs, disciplines,
attitudes, abilities.) c. Is there actually any problem here or I am making
it into a problem?
6. Decide how we can start making
these changes so as to once again find peace, health and harmony.
7. Accept that only we ourselves
can solve this problem, otherwise its solution is of no use to us. We can
take advice from our doctor, psychiatrist, clergyman or guru, but it is up
to ourselves to make the actual changes. It is our responsibility as well
as our opportunity.
The difference between the pessimist
and the optimist is that the pessimist sees the problem in every opportunity
and the optimist sees the opportunity in every problem.
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM
ILLNESS
I remember a story told by Dr.
Jayadeva of the YOGA INSTITUTE OF BOMBAY.
"Once an enlightened being was
asked "Who was your guru?" He answered, "Sinusitis." The enlightened one
went on to explain that in order to free himself of his sinusitis he had
to change his diet completely. Then he started doing exercises and breathing
techniques to purify and remove the stresses from his body that intensified
the problem. After that, he started practicing deep relaxation and meditation
in order to quiet the mind and nervous system, which seemed to be at the
root of the sinusitis. Finally, he had to completely alter his understanding
of himself and the world around him, so as to remove the basic causes of
imbalance in his body and mind. As a result of all these efforts and changes,
his body and mind became so purified and in tune with the Spirit, he became
enlightened."
Some possible lessons we might
learn from illness are:
1. To improve our diet: Choose
to eat healthier foods in proper quantities, so the body and mind will be
strengthened and able to function effectively and clearly, biologically,
mentally and spiritually.
2. To adopt healthier living habits:
Learn to exercise, breathe and relax regularly, so as to create a body that
has the strength to protect itself from microbes and various
malfunctionings.
3. To analyze and correct any
negative thought patterns that may create emotional, mental or physical
blockages.
4. To learn to be more humble
and compassionate through this rather humbling position in which we are
temporarily weak, vulnerable, and perhaps even dependent upon others.
5. To learn to accept, love and
care from others: Some of us cannot accept affection or even simple compliments
from others. We always want to be on the giving side. This can sometimes
be based on egotistic motives.
6. To think more deeply about
the meaning of life: Why are we here? What is the purpose of life?
7. To reexamine our goals and
value system: What do we want from life? What is important to us? Are we
living in such a way as to achieve our goals?
8. To develop mental powers of
positive thought projection so as to send healing energies into the various
parts of our body and heal it.
9. To take a more active role
in the creation of our health, happiness and harmony. Only we can create
our illness and health.
10. To surrender to God¢s
will. Although we do everything we need to do in order to create health,
we must also be able to accept whatever the results may be in order to unite
our will with the Divine Flow.
11. To concentrate more on our
contact with the Divine through prayer and meditation.
12. To realize that we are not
this body and begin to dis-identify from it, feeling ourselves as an immortal
spirit.
(Condensed from the recently
released book "The Psychology of Happiness (ISBN 0-9710116-0-5) by Robert
Najemy . His writings can be viewed at
http://www.HolisticHarmony.com)
"Clarity - The Psychology of Happiness" can guide you towards much desired
improvements in your life, health, inner harmony and relationships. Visit
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