The Power of our Mind

Being sick sucks. About two or three weeks ago I came down with a cold virus. It was rather nasty, I must say. My head was plugged up, as was my chest. It’s been about three weeks now and my chest still has some lingering congestion. That’s not what prompted me to write this post though…two days ago while I was at work I came down with some kind of stomach bug. If there is any kind of illness I dislike the most, it’s the stomach flu. I was totally knocked down, and I’m still recovering.

This prompted me to question, why do we get sick? Is it simply our immune system being caught off guard? Is it improper hygiene? Or is it another reason entirely, like Karma…or, is illness just all in our head? Is it possible to fight off illness with thought alone? I find this intriguing.

I have to admit to being a sceptic. I usually need to see solid evidence of something before I believe it. Take psychics for example. I used to think that all psychics were just making stuff up based on your body language and popular or common ‘phenomena’ (you’ll get married to a man with dark hair and have two children kind of thing). All of this changed when I had an experience with someone who totally and completely changed my mind on the subject. Now I believe there actually are people out there who have the ability to communicate with ‘higher’ beings and can sense the subtle energies around you.

It’s been said that you can change the properties of water just by thinking about it. If you project happiness and kindness onto water, it will actually change to embody these qualities. There have even been studies done on this subject, with the most notable person (to me) being Dr. Masaru Emoto (feel free to google him if you wish). Despite the all of the research that has been done, I still find myself doubting this. How can thought have such a big effect on our daily lives? I mean, I can see it in some ways…but when it comes to influencing physical things I have a hard time wrapping my head around it. I know the placebo effect would fall under this category, and that has been proven many times. I just don’t know that I could have stopped myself from being physically sick when I had the stomach flu just by thinking that I was healthy and felt wonderful. I have a hard time thinking those things when I’m kneeling in front of the toilet (sorry for the mental picture), or even when my nose is completely plugged up and my voice is gone. I would like to believe that if I thought positively (I am healthy, I am feeling wonderful) I would get better, or that I wouldn’t even be sick in the first place, but I find myself questioning it. If part of me believes this, why can’t the other part let go and also believe it? Maybe I need some kind of solid proof that it works, or will work, I don’t know. I’d just really like to stop questioning things for once. Sure it’s good to do that sometimes, but not all the time. I think I need to work on this….

~Amy