The expert is amazed and the layman wonders…
Paracelsus (1493 – 1541) said the following sentence: Every disease can be cured, but not every person. Whom did he mean?
Secondary disease gain, a term I learned about in school. Due to the illness, the patient receives attention and special treatment and is relieved of his duties. If the way of life is unfortunate and the person has no desire to return to everyday life, then there are good reasons for maintaining this state as long as possible.
A few years ago, I accidentally discovered how self-healing powers can be activated through inner images. A spastic paralyzed arm spontaneously freed itself when I asked its owner what is blocking nerve impulses in his brain? A black rubber ball that poisons everything was the answer. That’s it. The arm was loose for a while and then the spasticity came back. But – as soon as the man thought of the rubber ball again, the effect started again.
At the time, I didn’t know how this situation could be maintained. How does a patient become completely free? What can I do? I wanted to know, that was my heart’s desire. Since the powers of thought work precisely, the solution found me after a while. I tried what I had learned. Success came on several occasions. I was accumulating more and more evidence that when someone can engage in such a childlike method, health comes simply through mental images.
One day I plucked up courage and visited the man with the spastic arm. Over a cup of coffee, I told him and his wife about my successes: knee pain gone after 48 years, fear of death gone, painful edema in the legs gone…
He and his wife, who also has quite a bit of physical strain, listened to me. Then they talked about their everyday life. They need his pension to survive. The woman is relieved that she does not have to work as much because of her physical limitations. Little interest in health. As long as it doesn’t get worse…
I used to call it yellow vacation: not having to work for a week or more, to relax without giving away valuable vacation days. All you have to do is endure a bit of pain or discomfort. Before I steered my life in conscious ways, I was also one of those heroes who needed two weeks of flu every year. Less exhausting than worrying about where change is pending.
A hot potato, I know. I know how intense this shift in perspective is. For those who feel like they’ve been peed on the leg: don’t take it personally. If you think it’s stupid, just forget it! I don’t know who is reading this, nor do I know your story. But maybe there is someone who needs exactly these words to wake up, look at themselves in the mirror, recognize and say: shit! That’s exactly what I do!
Insight is the first step to improvement. When the disease is gone, there is free space. What should it be filled with? What change is possible when illness is no longer an excuse for postponement and relinquishing personal responsibility. So far no one has died from shame, but they have died from an inability to admit mistakes and change course.
I wish you the very best that you can do for yourself and I am happy to support you in this.
Love, Brita