How do we know and feel LOVE? The test of love is adversity (!)
- Strong wind blows, brings window of opportunity;
- As we face our obstacles, in us that wisdom reveals;
- What matters most is the philosophy you hold onto;
- Because what doesn't kill you will only make you stronger!
Self-enlightenment: to see past the anguish, the pain and the unfortunate event - hence your inner spirit evidently felt; binding in love with your loved ones, supporting in prayers and hopes. Read about "Faith & Healing" at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984737,00.html
Not only do patients with chronic health problems fail to find relief in a doctor's office, but the endless high-tech scans and tests of modern medicine also often leave them feeling alienated and uncared for... Millions more is spent on best-selling books and tapes by New Age doctors .. who offer an appealing blend of medicine and Eastern-flavored spirituality.
Numerous studies have found lower rates of depression and anxiety-related illness among the religiously committed. Nonchurchgoers have been found to have a suicide rate four times higher than church regulars.
Could it be that religious faith has some direct influence on physiology and health? Harvard's Herbert Benson showed that patients can successfully battle a number of stress-related ills by practicing a simple form of meditation. The act of focusing the mind on a single sound or image brings about a set of physiological changes that are the opposite of the "fight-or-flight response." With meditation, heart rate, respiration and brain waves slow down, muscles relax and the effects of epinephrine and other stress-related hormones diminish. Studies have shown that by routinely eliciting this "relaxation response," 75% of insomniacs begin to sleep normally, 35% of infertile women become pregnant and 34% of chronic-pain sufferers reduce their use of painkilling drugs.
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