| Healing, 24:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease CHAPTER I The Psychological Causes of Disease TheHealing, 24:of Disease CHAPTER I The Psychological Causes of Disease The point I would like to make here,Healing, 24:Our theme is the esoteric consideration of disease and its forms; it seeks to elucidate the subjectHealing, 25:of those conditions which predispose them to disease, as individuals. At present, the race isHealing, 27:to group distribution. [27] To know whether the disease should be handled, All opathically orHealing, 27:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease I would like first of all to point out that myHealing, 28:We will start with the premise that there is disease; that disease is an effect of inner causes;Healing, 28:with the premise that there is disease; that disease is an effect of inner causes; that man hasHealing, 28:doing to clear his physical body of the germs of disease. It must, however, be borne in mind thatHealing, 29:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease Secondly, I seek today to give you another of theHealing, 29:for the Healer. Study these with care. Law II Disease is the product of, and subject to, threeHealing, 30:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease The second rule for the healer is as follows:Healing, 31:emerge in our studies is the fact that disease is seldom of individual origin, unless a manHealing, 31:or sexual dissipation), and that the bulk of the disease to be found in the world today is almostHealing, 31:As I earlier pointed out, these latter causes of disease are not primarily the result of innerHealing, 32:I have already made under the heading, What is Disease? I suggest the following: All disease isHealing, 32:What is Disease? I suggest the following: All disease is disharmony and lack of alignment andHealing, 32:is disharmony and lack of alignment and control. Disease is found in all the four kingdoms inHealing, 32:is found in all the four kingdoms in nature. Disease is purificatory in effect. Definite methods ofHealing, 32:are peculiar to humanity, and mental in origin. Disease is a fact in nature. Antagonism to diseaseHealing, 32:Disease is a fact in nature. Antagonism to disease simply energizes it. Disease is not the resultHealing, 32:Antagonism to disease simply energizes it. Disease is not the result of wrong human thought.Healing, 32:is not the result of wrong human thought. Disease is a process of liberation and the enemy of thatHealing, 32:is static. The law of cause and effect governs disease as it governs all else in manifestation. WeHealing, 32:I have also stated that the major causes of disease are three in number: they are psychological inHealing, 33:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease 1. Causes Arising in the Emotional-Desire NatureHealing, 34:I would remind you in this connection that disease is an activity of the physical plane. The streamHealing, 35:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease Certain things should be established as occultHealing, 38:the particular area of the body wherein the disease or discomfort is located. The time, however,Healing, 38:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease A. Uncontrolled and Ill-Regulated Emotion GivenHealing, 38:be potent factors in producing discomfort and disease. This is due to the fact that the vital orHealing, 40:of the higher energies. The emotional causes of disease and the mental attitudes which produceHealing, 41:and he fails to realize two things: First, that disease is sometimes the working out intoHealing, 41:wrong emotional and mental conditions. Second, disease is sometimes incident upon and part of theHealing, 41:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease There is not sufficient knowledge yet amongHealing, 42:matters. We might therefore conclude that: [42] Disease is a purificatory process, carried out inHealing, 42:When this is the case, a cure is possible. Disease can be a gradual and slow process of dying andHealing, 42:of death, whereas death is a beneficent friend. Disease can be the sudden and final call to theHealing, 44:the form - owing to man's wrong use of them - of disease and the many varying disorders to whichHealing, 44:Cancer. To these we must add two other groups of disease which predominantly affect those who are aHealing, 44:so prevalent at this time. These five groups of disease, and their various subdivisions areHealing, 45:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease Center Gland Physical Organs Type of Force OriginHealing, 46:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease This tabulation is simply an outline and, likeHealing, 48:of the two above experts, diagnoses the [48] disease, and treats it in collaboration with the otherHealing, 48:slowly into a new usefulness. Once the cause of disease is shifted out of an organ or bodily systemHealing, 48:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease From the above remarks it will be seen thatHealing, 48:From the above remarks it will be seen that disease emerges into the physical body from the worldHealing, 48:planes. It must be remembered, however, that disease - as it expresses itself in man - can beHealing, 48:mind as they ponder on these matters: Individual disease, due to interior conditions in a man's ownHealing, 49:serious ills. This is inherited from the past. Disease inherent in humanity as a whole. There areHealing, 49:is very ancient, and is impregnated with disease germs which take their toll of the vegetable,Healing, 51:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease Astral Force Center Bad Aspect Disease GoodHealing, 51:Causes of Disease Astral Force Center Bad Aspect Disease Good Aspect First ray. Will or Power. HeadHealing, 52:and only a partial listing of the types of disease which can be the result of the inflow of energy.Healing, 53:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease B. Desire, Inhibited or Rampant It would be ofHealing, 54:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease I should like here, in this connection, to giveHealing, 54:ill health, and which, therefore, work out as disease or as freedom from disease. It will beHealing, 54:work out as disease or as freedom from disease. It will be apparent to you, therefore, that a shiftHealing, 54:of those reactions which produce discomfort, disease or death. In the three laws which I have givenHealing, 54:These should form the basis of your reflection: Disease is the result of the blocking of the freeHealing, 55:incarnation having inherited predispositions to disease which come: From his own past; i.e.,Healing, 56:discussion, to elaborate the symptoms of disease, or to deal with the lesions, the pathologicalHealing, 56:primarily with causes, with the inner sources of disease and deal with those states ofHealing, 57:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease This statement brings me to the formulation ofHealing, 57:words, and would emphasize to you the fact that disease primarily is an effort on the part of theHealing, 57:the point of view of esotericism, all physical disease is the result of: Wrong stimulation, orHealing, 58:the Atlantean humanity, and the scourge of this disease was the major factor which devastated theHealing, 58:seeing the fearful evils and the extent of the disease which grew up out of the fertile LemurianHealing, 59:time produced other evils. Cancer is primarily a disease of inhibition, just as the syphiliticHealing, 59:stage in Atlantean times, is nevertheless a disease which has been generated principally in ourHealing, 59:of the emotional nature. It is largely a disease of depletion. Cancer, in its turn, was basedHealing, 60:Let us here tabulate our conclusions: [60] Disease Race Body Kingdom Organ Syphilitic LemurianHealing, 60:good food could cure, or at any rate arrest, the disease. It is an interesting item in the field ofHealing, 60:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease Similarly, as the race develops right emotionalHealing, 60:that though both men and women suffer from the disease of cancer, the general cause is notHealing, 61:from cancer than do women, though it is a dread disease, feared by all. In the secret of rightHealing, 64:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease I have somewhat elaborated this matter as it isHealing, 65:causes which, in this life, demonstrate as disease. You will note consequently the emphasis I haveHealing, 65:patient, if there is to be a true overcoming of disease. Will you understand me if I say that theHealing, 66:to the temperament so will be the types of disease, and the temperament is dependent upon the rayHealing, 66:These two types produce their own qualities of disease, which demonstrate as ill health throughHealing, 67:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease C. Diseases of Worry and Irritation The thirdHealing, 67:poisons which lurk behind the phenomena of disease. It might be said that all diseases can beHealing, 67:effects upon the nervous system. It is a disease of self-interest, of self-sufficiency, and ofHealing, 68:under the heading Psychological Causes of Disease, and have very briefly, yet I believeHealing, 69:of clairvoyance, the tracing of the causes of disease back to the subtler bodies is relativelyHealing, 70:to such a point that he becomes susceptible to disease. The scourge of influenza has its roots inHealing, 70:present "fearful" condition, we shall see the disease die out. They are so highly infectious fromHealing, 71:influenza patient (when the worst throes of the disease are upon him), "There is nothing theHealing, 71:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease 2. Causes Arising in the Etheric Body It will beHealing, 73:physical body there will be less likelihood of disease or sickness. There may, however, beHealing, 74:which is undesirable, then you will have disease, illness, or weakness of some kind. Every outerHealing, 76:all release (either through the physical cure of disease or through death) lies in theHealing, 76:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease A. Congestion Much real difficulty can be tracedHealing, 79:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease B. Lack of Coordination and Integration We comeHealing, 80:- Chapter I - The Psychological Causes of Disease C. Over-stimulation of the Centers There is muchHealing, 80:I could add to what I have said on the cause of disease arising in the etheric body, but in Part IIHealing, 82:is related to the causes and the effects of disease, because disease is the undesirable effect ofHealing, 82:the causes and the effects of disease, because disease is the undesirable effect of energy upon theHealing, 82:were to ask me what, in reality, lies behind all disease, all frustrations, error and lack of |
