I experienced something a few weeks ago which is a bit of a miracle in my eyes: I have been suffering with very dry eyes for quite some time now and I tried all sorts of alternative things to get rid of the uncomfortable feeling but nothing really helped. Doctors prescribe eye drops and they don't really do it either... Mainly at night I woke up with my eye balls sticking firmly to my eye lids and then always had difficulties going back to sleep afterwards because of the ongoing discomfort. Surely I also got worried about why this happens, how this could ever be solved and thinking about the future with it getting worse and worse etc....
When I woke up in the middle of this particular night and started tossing around I suddenly remembered that I had this problem before, a few years ago, and that it must have disappeared from one day to the other without me really noticing it.... I can only recall that I said something to myself and I remember the empowering feeling of a revelation, you know when you understand something new which comes with that "aha effect"? Then I went straight back to sleep (for the first time in months after waking up with that problem). When I woke up the next time in the early morning hours, it was gone!! I mean not just better, I mean GONE!!
When I woke up in the middle of this particular night and started tossing around I suddenly remembered that I had this problem before, a few years ago, and that it must have disappeared from one day to the other without me really noticing it.... I can only recall that I said something to myself and I remember the empowering feeling of a revelation, you know when you understand something new which comes with that "aha effect"? Then I went straight back to sleep (for the first time in months after waking up with that problem). When I woke up the next time in the early morning hours, it was gone!! I mean not just better, I mean GONE!!
I really couldn't believe it!! I was trying to make sense of what happened and could only come to the conclusion that it dissolved because I stopped worrying about it... I so wish I could remember what exactly it was that came to me as an insight but it must have been something that allowed me to simply let it go..... What else could have changed during the night other than my thinking about it?? I did not sleep with an eye specialist LOL, nor did I do anything... I clearly felt the relief of seeing something new which also allowed me to just go back to sleep as if the problem was solved...... and it was......... for days I did not have any symptoms at all...
Now guess what happens........... every now and then it re-appears, not as bad as it was, but I have started "playing" with it........ the more attention I give it, the worse it gets. My mind obviously can't comprehend how it disappeared and creates all sorts of thoughts around it once more, analyzing, trying to understand. It is as if it grows the more I doubt the fact that it was really gone. At the same time it does not work telling myself "it is just thought" for it to disappear again. It clearly needs seeing on a deeper level, otherwise it stays on our minds somewhere in the background and still plays out from there.
I see this little story as a clear proof for that worrying does not help a health condition, it makes it worse. And it gives me hope that the power of Thought not only brings alive our feelings and emotions (via the power of Consciousness) but that also our physical bodies respond to the same creative process and that spontaneous healing is possible via insight on a deep level. I found this talk by Lissa Rankin MD really fascinating, it shows the power of our minds revealed by her research:
Now guess what happens........... every now and then it re-appears, not as bad as it was, but I have started "playing" with it........ the more attention I give it, the worse it gets. My mind obviously can't comprehend how it disappeared and creates all sorts of thoughts around it once more, analyzing, trying to understand. It is as if it grows the more I doubt the fact that it was really gone. At the same time it does not work telling myself "it is just thought" for it to disappear again. It clearly needs seeing on a deeper level, otherwise it stays on our minds somewhere in the background and still plays out from there.
I see this little story as a clear proof for that worrying does not help a health condition, it makes it worse. And it gives me hope that the power of Thought not only brings alive our feelings and emotions (via the power of Consciousness) but that also our physical bodies respond to the same creative process and that spontaneous healing is possible via insight on a deep level. I found this talk by Lissa Rankin MD really fascinating, it shows the power of our minds revealed by her research:
The best I can describe what I feel we can "do" is to just trust in our innate healing abilities. Am not saying we should ignore the symptoms but leave the thinking to the doctor and listen to our inner voice of wisdom which is powered up by this intelligence behind life which Sydney Banks called "Universal Mind". The good news is, there is something we can do while we undergo treatment: I believe more and more the cure lies in simply gaining an understanding of the Three Principles in an insightful way which naturally brings fresh thinking into our consciousness and bodies.
With a deeper understanding of how the process works behind the scenes of our personal mind, we not only have the handle on how we experience our health but miracles are more likely to happen...
With a deeper understanding of how the process works behind the scenes of our personal mind, we not only have the handle on how we experience our health but miracles are more likely to happen...
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