Category: Inner Peace
The line between schizophrenia and psychic abilities
August 17th, 2010, Comments Off
I once know of someone who was suffering from schizophrenia. This man was disconnected from reality because he had not been able to deal with it. He suffered in silence and remained an outcast both to society and his family. The rejection, disgust and lack of understanding shown to him had worsen some of his [...]
When you feel unwell and the doctors cannot find anything wrong with you
August 10th, 2010, Comments Off
A friend of mine shared with me that she used to have a number of health problems. When she attempted to treat using Western medicine, the doctors could not find anything wrong with her. She later tried to take Chinese medicine- it helped a little to relief her condition.
Because I know her personally, and am [...]
Buddhist explanation of why illnesses and suffering arises
June 26th, 2010, Comments Off
I came across the following text many years ago when I first began searching for answers behind illnesses. After all, when diagnosed with a terminal illness as well as losing those we love, we are disorientated, confused and desperately sought for answers. As I am a Buddhist, the following information written had been a source [...]
Unhealthy habits that you are not able to break because it reminds you of happy times
June 2nd, 2010, 1 Comment
Do you have any habits that you know is not healthy or beneficial but you are helpless to stop them because it reminds you of a period of your life when you are most happy and carefree?
It can be anything, ranging from:
Spending hours a day watching old movies that remind you of the times when [...]
Controversies surrounding mind-body-spirit medicine
May 31st, 2010, Comments Off
Lately in this blog, I have been featuring articles connecting the role of our outlook, attitudes, personality and how we deal with emotions on how they affect health ailments that we may have in our bodies. The mind-body-spirit connection in health and healing has many controversies and in this article, I will attempt to address [...]
How your personality determines your state of health
May 12th, 2010, Comments Off
Vernon Coleman in his book, Mindpower made the observation that it is our personalities, not life events that is linked to physical conditions:
During the years I spent in general practice I came across hundreds of patients whose lives had been mapped out for them by their personalities. And in many cases the lifestyles those patients [...]
A cancer diagnosis that forces a woman to relook her life
May 5th, 2010, Comments Off
The mom of a close friend of mine got diagnosed with womb cancer when my friend was 17 years old. Prior to the diagnosis, her mom had always been an accommodating, and quietly submissive person, taking care of the family business while my friend’s father is out hanging out with his friends.
When her dad came [...]
Why it does not pay to have a bad temper
April 18th, 2010, 3 Comments
Recently, someone I know lost his dad suddenly. The report indicated that it was ‘heart failure’ but he was very puzzled because they have no prior family history of heart attacks.
As there is a deeper relationship between heart ailments and a person’s emotional levels, I asked him if his dad was someone who constantly held [...]
