Who can help asking "Why?" when they develop a disease?
According to theologian and "medical intuitive" Caroline Myss,
Ph.D., and co-worker C. Norman Shealy, M.D., who is a physician,
neurosurgeon, and expert on pain and stress management, the answer
goes further than a medical explanation. The Creation of Health
explores the emotional, physical, and spiritual patterns that form
health and the stresses that can cause disease.
Myss identifies eight dysfunctional patterns that lead to
illness. Being aware that "negative attitudes create negative
responses within the physical body" allows you to make changes
toward health after identifying your emotional, psychological, and
spiritual stresses. The most interesting chapters discuss specific
diseases in terms of lifestyle factors, stress, and psychological
patterns and energy factors, with case studies. A heart attack, for
example, is "an explosion of energy attempting to break down an
emotional barrier ... caused by warehousing fears and anger," says
Myss. The authors alternate, rather than co-write, chapters and
topics, so you know whose perspective you're reading. The
theoretical sections are not easy reading, but the insights you can
apply to your own health make the work immensely worthwhile. --Joan
Price