In the preface of this 67th (!) edition of “Heal Your Body”, Lousie L. Personally, I don’t think there is any reason why this booklet should have to be interpreted in that way. Hay is often criticized for arguing that all disease is caused solely by unhealthy mental attitudes.
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I’m hoping that the addition of alternative medicine literature such as this booklet (and of course, personal experience and observation) to the scientific study reports, patient records and medical textbooks I read will give me this full picture. study the traditional scientific explanations of disease as well as the alternative spiritual ones. Despite my scientific background and profession (both in medical research), I believe that the only way to get a full picture is to listen to both sides, i.e. I read this booklet right after the popular science book “Microbe Hunters” (Paul de Kruif), in which I found this statement, as true now as it was when the book was written in 1926: "Murderous germs are everywhere, sneaking into all of us, yet they are able to assassinate only some of us, and that question of the strange resistance of the rest of us is still just as much an unsolved puzzle as it was in those days of the roaring eighteen-eighties when men were ready to risk dying to prove that th I read this booklet right after the popular science book “Microbe Hunters” (Paul de Kruif), in which I found this statement, as true now as it was when the book was written in 1926: "Murderous germs are everywhere, sneaking into all of us, yet they are able to assassinate only some of us, and that question of the strange resistance of the rest of us is still just as much an unsolved puzzle as it was in those days of the roaring eighteen-eighties when men were ready to risk dying to prove that they were right." That “strange resistance” (or an increased susceptibility, which would be the other end of the spectrum) is what I hope alternative medicine can help explaining. If conventional medicine isn't working for you or you just dislike the traditional remedies to headaches and such, this book is worth a peek.more Regardless, the book is still illuminative and helpful. I realize it does work for others so I'm not discounting it, just saying it's not the solution for me. It laughs at affirmations and refuses to be so easily manipulated. I realize that there's logic behind this concept but my mind just doesn't play along. Now, where Louise Hay and I part ways in this thinking is with her remedy - affirmations. Just that knoweldge allows me to think through what's happening in my life and make some adjustments. I find myself reaching for it often when I'm not feeling well and get curious as to what might be the true underlying issue for the physical pain. It was actually a very enlightening book for me.
I've always believed there is some connection between mind and body, I just never considered the specific relationship between each part of the body and the psyche. It's just a short book which lists different diseases and physical ailments and what are perceived as the psychological reasonings behind those pains. It was actually a very enlightening In dealing with chronic pain a friend referred this book to me as an alternative to the traditional medicine that wasn't as effective as necessary.
In dealing with chronic pain a friend referred this book to me as an alternative to the traditional medicine that wasn't as effective as necessary.