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      All of our experiences, past and present, influence the nature and quality of emotional and physical

health.  They are markers in the way our life energy develops and grows.     By understanding and

transforming the quality of your life experiences, you reduce the possibility of illness.  Left unhealed and

misunderstood, they may lead to illness and also affect how well you recover. The way you react to feeling  

ill or under the weather is also based on all your experiences and how you have responded to illness in

the past.

     Illness or any major crisis in your life is mostly a process of the past catching up with you. This does not

include natural events  -  such as earthquakes or floods  -  or accidents, but in many cases, it is the effects

of our past thoughts, actions and interactions with other people that influence how and why we become ill.

If we can honestly identify the source of illness or any major crisis, we can start to extinguish the negative

forces of the past and transform them into positive experiences.

     Your physical body is an expression of consciousness and of all time and space in miniature, a microcosm

of the macrocosm.   You can help your body develop into a higher state of physical intelligence, which

enables it to heal itself.  This state of body directly and simply expresses the energies of the mind onto the

world, thereby bringing peace and harmony. This experience unites us with the divine grace of the universe

and the god or gods of our understanding, teaching us to honour the lives we have entered and guiding us

through difficulties.   In this state, you have a direct understanding of the space between moments and you

are able to know reality directly and intimately. Just as your mind can experience this enlightenment so your

body can become the physical expression of it.  There is no one way in which enlightenment presents itself,

because each person's body and mind are unique.  Your experience would be different to mine and the next

person's but we would all share common qualities.

     You can heal your mind and body and achieve dynamic well-being by using the pure state of your inner

mind.  To do this it is necessary to discipline your everyday mind, which will always try to dominate any

interchange that involves the conscious connection between it and your body.  You can start to discipline

your everyday mind by observing the way you react to problems:

                   * Does your body tense up?

                   * Does your mind go blank and wish the problem would just go away?

                   * Do you worry or panic?

                   * Do you feel overwhelmed by the force of the problem?

     If you go through these or similar reactions of your body, mind or spirit, start directing comfort and love

to each one.  Through this gentle self-help, you will start to understand your reactions and feel more ordered

mentally.   And you will start to direct the interchange between your body and your mind.

     As the everyday mind ceases to try to control your life, you will experience the unfolding of the purity 

and innocence that is within everyone.

                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   o  O  o   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Taken from:

The Tibetan Art of Living

Wise Body, Wise Mind, Wise Life

by  Christopher Hansard ~