Comments on: Sorting it Out: The Mind-Body Connection and Your Health http://lifeasahuman.com/2010/parenting/get-cracking-on-inner-and-outer-health/ The online magazine for evolving minds. Sat, 26 May 2012 03:05:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: nathan http://lifeasahuman.com/2010/parenting/get-cracking-on-inner-and-outer-health/comment-page-1/#comment-970 nathan Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:29:55 +0000 http://lifeasahuman.com/?p=1393#comment-970 I don't think it's as simple as thinking yourself into illness or wellness. There are many causes and conditions that come together to create health or illness the way I see it. However, I very much agree that how you think about something does impact it - sometimes greatly. In some ways, what it most important is having a fluidness around labels and thoughts completely - to not believe in them as fixed things in the world, because they aren't. Too much fixation on "positive" views can lead to depression and disappointment later, and too much fixation on negative views simply adds suffering onto one's pain. I don’t think it’s as simple as thinking yourself into illness or wellness. There are many causes and conditions that come together to create health or illness the way I see it.

However, I very much agree that how you think about something does impact it – sometimes greatly. In some ways, what it most important is having a fluidness around labels and thoughts completely – to not believe in them as fixed things in the world, because they aren’t. Too much fixation on “positive” views can lead to depression and disappointment later, and too much fixation on negative views simply adds suffering onto one’s pain.

]]> By: Gil Namur http://lifeasahuman.com/2010/parenting/get-cracking-on-inner-and-outer-health/comment-page-1/#comment-887 Gil Namur Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:14:48 +0000 http://lifeasahuman.com/?p=1393#comment-887 That is so very true Heather. What is sad is how so many people just don't get it. Sadder still, some people don't, or refuse to believe it. I think it is one of the most important truths we can learn in this life time :-) Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Gil That is so very true Heather. What is sad is how so many people just don’t get it. Sadder still, some people don’t, or refuse to believe it.

I think it is one of the most important truths we can learn in this life time :-)

Thanks for sharing!
Cheers,
Gil

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