How to Benefit from The Mind-Body Connection by David Snape

Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of "Love, Medicine and

Miracles" was once a distraught surgeon who

fretted over his inability to effectively serve

his cancer patients. Dr. Siegel's recognition and

growing understanding of the mind-body connection

eventually allowed him to serve his patients and

himself in a greater capacity.

Bernie writes in his book, "When a doctor reports

amazing improvements in a patient's condition, he

or she almost never mentions that person's beliefs

and lifestyle, but when I inquire, I find the

patient always has made some drastic change toward

a more loving and accepting outlook. The patient

seldom tells an unreceptive doctor about this,

however."

When the person's mind changed, the state of their

health changed. Hence, the importance of the mind-

body connection.

However, just covering up the surface with

positive thinking isn't necessarily going to help.

It's like cleaning out a house. The dirt and filth

has to be removed and the stale air replaced with

fresh air. There has to be a fundamental change

for real healing to take place. Surface level,

'positive thinking' isn't going to effect this

kind of change, just like lightly dusting our

homes won't get the real dirt out.

So what are the dirty and stale things in our

minds? Well, they could be things like grudges,

prejudices, anger, resentment and hate. One

spiritual principle from religion talks about

"loving your enemy". That can't be done without

giving up hate. By giving up something bad, we can

make room for something good to come in and may,

as a result, see a corresponding change in our

bodies.

The problem here is that many of these bad things

are buried and hidden and we won't necessarily see

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BIO:

Dave Snape is a health, fitness and wellness
enthusiast. He maintains a website on that theme:
http://tobeinformed.com Dave also practices Falun
Dafa

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