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guidelines (Mind/Body)
healing belief systems
psychospiritual approaches
definition
"The body is just a particular form of the universal life energy, whereas the mind is a more subtle form, which has a greater capacity for universal attunement and harmony. Thus the body needs to adapt itself to the mind. This is why the consideration of belief systems is so important to healing". (Schwartz)
"It is easier for patients to believe that forces outside themselves are responsible for their illness. But as long as they remain entrenched in that belief system, then the solution to cancer and heart disease and degenerative disorders is not going to be forthcoming. You can only bypass the coronary artery so many times; it keeps getting blocked because the source of illness is within.
"Losing the memory of who we really are can bring about disease, since the impulses of intelligence and consciousness translate into physiological responses. Happier people are healthier than unhappy people, and the reason for unhappiness in the Ayurvedic tradition is loss of contact with the source of happiness, the self, which means lack of contact with the source of everything in nature. It is the loss of unity consciousness.
"It is the memory that is lost. When you lose the memory that you are the Programmer who writes the program for the whole universe, including yourself and all your feelings, you become insecure. With that comes separation, fragmentation, hostility, anxiety, fear. And the brain chemistry corresponding to all this translates into high blood pressure, inappropriate cortisol responses from the adrenal glands, and an ineffective immune system. The discovery of neuropeptides was so significant because it showed that the body is fluid enough to match the mind."
(Chopra, p. 51-53)
Feelings of hopelessness contribute toward an individuals' susceptibility to illness and death. The onset of a disease may frequently follow an important change in an emotional relationship. A profound feeling of psychological impotence often precedes illness and death. Such patients feel both hopeless and helpless. They have a depreciated image of themselves, they have lost gratification in their lives, and their futures seem bleak. Their belief systems center around beliefs in personal impotence, poor self-worth, and the lack of the future to offer any hope of change. (Mehl, p. 29)
"Twentieth century Americans tend to blame themselves and feel guilty if they think their disease is anything but physical. While it is absurd to think that any process could be just physical, since people believe so, we must understand this belief. The concept of illness as punishment is what creates problems. Perhaps we can avert this process by arguing that so many of the originating factors took place in childhood. There is no blame, since children are not held responsible anyway, especially for unwitting responses that seemed the best at the time." (Mehl, p. 82)
see:
attitudinal healing
bodymind psychobiology
cancer correlations: psychoneuroimmunology
cancer patients: personality characteristics
cancer treatments: immune enhancement
holographic paradigm
human energy fields: overview
human energy centers: overview
mind beyond body
process paradigm
quantum healing
search for god
state-dependent learning
the shadow and physical symptoms
footnotes