Root of all Illness

 It is said that money is the root of all evil.

Let us take a look at the English word disease.

                    DIS EASE

Break the word apart and we have a meaning that is not at rest.

Most people are capable of sleep or rest, so what plagues the body then?  Even the heart rests in-between beats.  The unhealthy heart doesn't get enough rest.

There is a strong mind-body connection.  The restless mind plagues the body, which is the neutral servant of the mind.

When the mind is sick, the body suffers, in many ways.  Not only is the body often not treated properly, not fed nor exercised properly, but it suffers the chemical reactions of too much stress, anxious thoughts.  The body is deprived of its rest when the mind has no peace. The body lives with the poison of noxious thoughts and angry passions.

Hate is not confined alone inside the mind.  Hate spreads though the joints, muscles, nerve tissues, blood gasses, and resides within the cells and electrical systems of the body.  All these systems are responsive to thought!  Your heart races when you are frightened, as your body releases adrenaline.  Your hands shake when you are upset.  Your stomach flutters when you gaze into the eyes of someone you are in love with.  Your body trembles at the touch of Love.

What is your body reacting to?  Are you bringing peaceful thoughts, love and kind gestures into your awareness?  Or, are you instead focused on all the negativity in the world?  Do you bring up your anger and hatred at every opportunity?   Have you become so irrational that you can start to see the cracks in your own mind?  Are you convinced that your neighbor is your enemy and hating on others?  Do you see the good or the bad in others?

That is the root of your malady.  What are you thinking about?

If you are justified in your hate, remember that hate is a double-edged sword.  More accurately it's like fire, indiscriminate about who it burns.  It is a deep well of poisonous thought, springing from deep within your consciousness, inflamed by your passions, sickening your persona, and weakening your emotional and physical health.  It saps your reserves, steals your vitality and drinks your youth.

If you want to heal, don't ignore the fire burning within you.  If it is an angry flame, the sickness needs to be treated there.  You surround yourself with what you perceive within. You create your world out of the clay.  You can rebuild it, one step at a time, thought by thought.  First change your mind, and the world takes notice!