Excerpt from the book The
Dynamics Of Disease and Healing: The Role That Perception and Beliefs Play In
Our Health and Wellness (Published July 10, 2015 ) (pp. 16, 17)
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Background
Health is undoubtedly the most important aspect of human
life. Though many
treasure it, those who do not are forced to realize its absolute
necessity as son as it is
seriously compromised and, possibly, lost forever. Despite the fact that for millennia
Man has searched for the Tree of Life to restore what many
believe might have been the
original human condition on earth, a state most likely
characterized by total physical and
psychological well-being, this much sought-after goal
continues to be elusive. Recent
statistics show that the countries worst affected today by
debilitating diseases are,
paradoxically, those whose healthcare systems consist of the
most modern medical
practices and technologies.
Though traditional medicine has scientifically proven that
lifestyle, diet, stress
and degraded environmental conditions do impact human
health, as a holistic health
practitioner, I firmly believe that other, more intangible
elements may play a fundamental
role in the dynamics of health and healing. I asked myself, Do perception and beliefs
impact our health, and, if yes, to what extent?
This study starts with an examination of what health and
disease really are. It
looks closely at the placebo effect and at the power of
suggestion. It explores the power
that the mind and spirit exert, as suggested by the
practices of ancient and primate
cultures, as well as the individual’s level of awareness and
consciousness. Finally,
through analyzing and observing seven case studies, it
attempts to identify and name
those factors responsible for elevating human well-being to
its optimal level.
Statement of the Problem
Too often, people resign themselves to eventual diagnoses of
disease based on
inherited genes and chronic illness among their
relatives. Though genetic factors may
indeed render a person more prone than another to a certain
health condition, it does not
necessarily follow that the individual is destined to
express it. The belief that we have no
control over our health is, in fact, the consequence of negative
and passive attitudes that
denote a lack of knowledge and information, low awareness of
who we really are and
how our bodies function and communicate with us, poor
understanding of how the
individual belief system influences human life and health and
ultimately, of the powerful
ability we may have to potentially avoid altogether or
reverse certain conditions.
Certainly, very often people get sick and do not heal under
conditions of the
psychological stress they experience as a consequence of the
way they interpret and
perceive reality.
However, as they become aware of this dynamic and improve their
mindset, favorable physiologic results often occur, some
nearly immediately.
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