Health and illness need to be seen in a new light—the light
of holistic healing, in which psychological science plays an essential role.
Suppressed and unresolved emotional issues give rise to disease.
The body is a physical conduit for the information sent by
consciousness, with the sole purpose of making it clearly visible to us.
The body is the temple of the soul and owes its functions to
intangible instincts, emotions, feelings, psychological movements, and
cognitive processes.
Consciousness is information taking form or expression
through the body, just as a radio broadcast is transmitted through a radio
receiver.
To restore balance in the human system, the body falls ill
so that imbalances in our consciousness—those areas that have strayed from
their original harmony and unity—become visible and recognized through
suffering. Therefore, illness signifies a disruption of overall harmony, and
through healing, we return to a state of dynamic equilibrium, feeling at our
best—healthy and happy.
Just as the body cannot live without the mental and
emotional aspects, it also cannot become ill without receiving information from
these levels of the system. In other words, there can be no clear distinction
between physical, psychological, psychosomatic, or any other types of illness.
One of the most common causes of health disturbances is the
suppression of emotions. When a symptom appears in the body, it draws attention
to itself, interrupting the usual flow of our lives. Therefore, a symptom
should be respected and embraced, not hated or rejected, because it serves as a
messenger of our internal imbalance. By looking deeper within ourselves, we
make the symptom unnecessary—its role as a warning signal is fulfilled.
By manifesting a symptom on a visible, material level, we
externalize it so that we can perceive its "otherness," project it
outward, and "see" what has been hidden in the invisible. Since we
perceive everything outside the body (beyond the skin) as external or separate,
the body becomes the stage where imbalances are expressed.
Once we realize that there is no true
"otherness"—that everything we are is always whole and complete—then
the "expelled" symptoms on the physical level no longer have a
foundation to persist. When the emotional and mental aspects are revitalized
and purified, balance and harmony are naturally restored, bringing us back to a
state of health.
Illness is a state of being that indicates something is
happening within a person’s awareness. A psychological imbalance manifests in
the body as a symptom, carrying information about either a deficiency or an
excess—more precisely, about the boundaries a person has set for themselves.
Once the essence of a symptom and illness is understood, a
person’s attitude shifts toward restoring harmony. Such a person no longer sees
their suffering as an enemy but as a friend—one that helps them discover what
is missing and reach the root of their illness, ultimately guiding them toward
healing.
Symptoms are our allies, unwavering in their honesty. They
do not disappear when we angrily reject them; they return whenever necessary.
If we understand a symptom and have the courage to take responsibility for
ourselves, it becomes our wisest teacher on the path to healing. It reveals
what we lack, points out what needs to be integrated into our consciousness,
and, once this integration occurs, the symptom becomes unnecessary—there is
nothing left for it to express or signal. This is the difference between merely
overcoming an illness and truly understanding, accepting, and transforming it.
Transformation leads to healing, to the full expression of health, and to the
wholeness of consciousness that we call enlightenment.
A defining characteristic of illness is the polarity through
which our consciousness perceives everything that exists. We live in a dual
world—light and dark, day and night, male and female, good and bad, and so on…
We can continue dividing endlessly. Health and illness, too, fall into this
division, often viewed as two opposing states. From the moment we say “I,” we
separate ourselves from the rest of existence, limiting ourselves and sometimes
becoming prisoners of polarity for a lifetime. The ego prevents us from seeing
the hidden unity behind duality; we do not allow ourselves to expand our
consciousness, to step beyond the confines of our self-image, and to perceive
the whole, the oneness, the indivisible truth.
Illness and health are two interconnected concepts, existing
within a system and depending on each other, much like inhalation and
exhalation, like the tide’s ebb and flow. Therefore, our polarized
consciousness, which often presents them as mutually exclusive states, must
rise above the either-or mindset and recognize their unity. Otherwise, when we
fight against illness in order to be healthy, we unknowingly obey the universal
law of balance—from the smallest to the largest scale—where the more we resist something,
the stronger it grows. A clear example of this is medicine: the more efforts
are made to promote health, the more diseases seem to arise.
This phenomenon is known in psychology as fixation, or the
act of assigning excessive importance to something we either desire or wish to
eliminate. By pouring our energy into the battle against disease, it
proportionally grows at the same rate as our resistance. It is impossible to
eliminate one pole—illness—without also letting go of the other—health. If we
wish to evolve, we must transcend duality and perceive the bigger picture,
learning to see both poles as parts of the same whole and seeking the positive
within them.
Every identification we make, based on a limited choice
between two opposing options, denies the existence of the other and ultimately
leads to illness—in the broadest sense of the word.
Everything we refuse to see, experience, or
accept—everything we deny—forms our shadow. By rejecting half of our
possibilities, we only hinder ourselves from experiencing our wholeness. The
fact that we do not acknowledge something does not mean it ceases to exist; it
merely becomes part of our shadow. The shadow is the sum of all the rejected
aspects of ourselves, the things we refuse to see, and thus remain unconscious
of. It poses a danger precisely because we are often unaware of its existence.
All impulses originating from the shadow are projected
outward onto some vague, anonymous evil because we are afraid to recognize the
true source of our suffering within ourselves. Could it really be that I am
the one causing all of this? Absurd!
If we are honest with ourselves, we will admit that we fear
the unknown. And the shadow is unknown to us—we are afraid to get to know it
and take responsibility for our own wholeness. The process of projection means
that we turn one half of ourselves into an enemy and externalize it, giving
birth to illness. Rejection and struggle make us dedicate a significant portion
of our time and energy to the external, visible symptom, which, in turn, leads
us to the opportunity to integrate it into our consciousness.
The outer world only reflects the principles embedded in
consciousness as a whole. In this sense, our knowledge must pass through
polarity because it is through polarity that we come to understand the
unintegrated principles within us and ascend to a qualitatively new level in
our evolutionary development. As a microcosm, the human being is a reflection
of the macrocosm and contains in a smaller form all the principles of
existence, dormant latently within the consciousness. The path through duality
requires the acknowledgment and awareness of these principles. Every human
decision chooses one pole and rejects the other, thereby creating its own
shadow. The impulses of the shadow seem to invade from the unconscious into the
body and become somatic, manifesting as symptoms. The symptom, in turn, compels
us to integrate and overcome, through our physical body, the principle we have
unconsciously rejected at a mental level, thus restoring balance.
When interpreting symptoms, we should refrain from focusing
solely on the apparent causal relationships at a functional level. These
connections can always be found (as we are an indivisible whole), and we do not
deny them, but they can also entangle us in a labyrinth. Instead, we interpret
the symptom in terms of its quality and subjective manifestation. We should
analyze the moment when a symptom appears in the context of our thoughts,
emotions, fantasies, and life situations that define the timeframe of its
emergence. Additionally, we should summarize the symptomatic manifestations
into a principle and transfer this model to the psychological level. Paying
attention to the language we use can serve as a key, as our speech reflects
deep psychological processes. Finally, we must ask ourselves: what in our life
right now is the symptom hindering, and what actions is it prompting us to
take? The answers to these questions often bring us quickly to the core issue
at hand.
Symptomatic interpretation and analysis… yes… But in truth,
I am certain that there has never been a doctor, in any era, in any country, at
any point in history, who has truly healed anything. The healer of every person
is within themselves. The best doctors are those who have seen and developed
within themselves the talent to serve society through what they do best.
We are all energy, an eternal force, shifting from form to
form, yet always existing. Every encounter with another person is an
experience, and every experience is a connection that lasts forever. If a
person departs with resentment harbored in their heart—whether toward another
or in the form of self-directed aggression—and this cycle remains unresolved,
then later in life, this pattern tends to repeat itself. Thus, a person does
not suffer just once, but many times, until the lesson is learned. There is no
right or wrong—only lessons, and whether they are learned or not.
It is good to observe, to become wiser through the lessons
we extract from life’s events. It is good to express gratitude, to bless the
circumstances and the people involved in them or who provoke them. The
conclusion I arrive at is that our feelings and emotions play a fundamental
role in our health and well-being.
What truly matters is the way things feel. This is recorded
in every cell of the body, in the core of one's being, in the mind, and in the
eternal self. When certain religions preach the necessity of feeding the hungry
and giving water to the thirsty, the act of giving itself and the person who
receives it are not the essence. What matters is the feeling that arises when
one gives wholeheartedly and with love. Providing water to a dying plant or
animal brings just as much enlightenment about life and our Creator as offering
water to a thirsty person.
You leave this plane of existence with a kind of archive,
moment by moment, of how you have mastered your emotions. The unseen,
non-physical feelings that fill the eternal within us are what define the
difference between what is good and what is less good (or unconscious). Action
is merely a channel through which feeling and intention can be expressed and
experienced.
When a doctor tells a patient that their case is hopeless,
it actually means that the doctor’s knowledge is limited and they lack the
information needed to assist in healing. This does not mean that a cure does
not exist. If even one person has ever recovered from the same health
condition, then the human body clearly possesses the ability to heal
itself—there is a model for restoring health from that specific illness. There
is always a way because illness is a component of health—a higher component of health
as an ever-occurring mechanism. Healing has nothing to do with time. Both
healing and disease last only for a moment.
The body exists as a whole and is healthy at the cellular
level until, in a single moment, the first abnormality appears in just one part
of a cell. It may take months or years before symptoms arise and the disease is
recognized. Healing is the reverse process. You are ill, your health is
unstable, and then, depending on the society you belong to, you receive some
form of treatment. At some point, the body stops deteriorating and takes its
first steps toward recovery. I believe that we are not random victims of poor
health and that our physical body is the only means through which our higher
eternal consciousness communicates with our personal consciousness. Calming the
body allows us to reflect and analyze the truly significant wounds that need
attention: damaged relationships, gaps in our belief system, the tumors of
fear, the erosion of faith in our Creator, hardened emotions of ingratitude,
and so on.
All of this will be explained scientifically. However, at
this stage of human development, the focus is on creating devices to apply
techniques. The truth, though, is that true healers—those who heal with
consciousness and thought, with awakened connection, love, and light in their
souls—bring forth the miracle of life and health without... an electric cord.
Psychosomatics is the physical reflection of a person’s
inner life. The body acts as a kind of screen onto which the symbolic messages
of the subconscious—not the unconscious—of the unintegrated and the separate
are projected. On this screen, everything "hidden" (subconscious)
becomes "visible" (conscious). Healing aims to achieve wholeness and
unity. A person is truly healthy when they have discovered their true self and
become one with all that is.
Illness compels a person to stay on the path toward unity,
which is why it is a road to perfection.
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