Next to the death of a loved one, the diagnosis of a disease is the greatest leveller there is. Overnight a person who seemingly had life under control can be rendered totally disempowered by a body whose cells have been thrown into disorder and chaos. It matters not one jot what position one holds, materially, financially or professionally. Suddenly, everyone is equal and fighting for a common cause - survival.

One school of thought maintains that the need for relinquishment of control is exactly why disease manifests in the first place - to allow people the chance to get back into synch with the more natural rhythms of life.

The belief is that when we become ill the facade, or inauthentic mask, that we present to the world is forced to crack. We feel powerless and angry at first and cry ‘Why Me’? Thankfully, however, after the shock of diagnosis, most people are able to move swiftly through the stages of grief and emerge in the polar opposite state of empowerment. Steps are intuitively taken to live a more authentic life. A cathartic process begins of discarding people, and things, which are weighing us down; true friends are revealed; events that would once have rattled us are seen for what they truly are- manifestations of the ego. We stop fighting the trivial and impersonal, and concentrate instead on living each moment to the full.

In taking these actions we feel as if we have regained control and therein lies the paradox; we may need to lose something in order to find it again. In losing our facade we gain a loving awareness of the simplicity of life and nature and we discover our connection to a greater order.

One of the most simple and comforting rhythms of life is that of the Moon. Come what may, through the darkest days and nights on the road to recovery, the Sun will appear to rise and set. The Earth will revolve and the Moon will reflect a monthly cycle of light, turning from dark to bright (full) and back again in perfect, synchronistic motion. Our bodies respond in a multitude of ways to these movements, not least with a marked thinning and thickening of the blood that mirrors the lunar phases.

Knowledge of the effects that the lunar cycle can bring to bear on the body was known to the earliest physicians. Even today the most august of medical journals will confirm that there is an increased likelihood of haemorrhage around the the time of the Full Moon, when the bloods ability to coagulate is impaired.

What has got lost in modern medical practice over the ages however, is information relating to the transiting Moon’s movements against the backdrop of the Sun’s apparent path - the zodiac. A great number of ancient texts reveal that operations should not be performed when the Moon occupies the astrological sign ruling the part of the body that requires surgery. For example, one should not have a heart operation when the Moon is in Leo, or an operation on the face when the Moon is in Aries, or to the throat or neck when the Moon is in Taurus. Some of the more enlightened surgeons still follow these rules, which can be traced back to the time of Hippocrates, today.

More recent research has shown that young women undergoing mastectomies for breast cancer have a significantly increased survival rate and recurrence-free prognosis when the surgery is performed in the luteal phase of their cycle - which is itself connected to the cycle of the Moon. (see www.breastcancerchoices.org/medartsurgery.html) Perhaps further research will show the survival figures rise even higher if surgery is avoided when the Moon is in Cancer, the sign of the breasts.

Many people erroneously equate astrology with fortune telling. However astrology is essentially the study of cycles. It can be used to reveal a grand cosmic pattern behind our thoughts, activities, inclinations and development. When cyclical patterns (astrology) are taken more seriously by the General Public, and astrological doctrine regains its rightful place in medical establishments, it may well help people to take decisions about the timing of their surgery. Decisions which could literally prove to be life-enhancing.

Health is the proper relationship between the microcosm, which is man, and the macrocosm, which is the universe. Disease is a disruption of this relationship. - Dr Yeshi Donden, physician to the Dalai Lama

Kathryn Cassidy is a professional astrologer. She began bringing her personal brand of astrology and metaphysics into the public domain after working with top media astrologer, Jonathan Cainer. She now hosts three blogs collaboratingwithfate.blogspot.com collaboratingwithfate.blogspot.com cosmiccipher.blogspot.com cosmiccipher.blogspot.com cosmicorder.blogspot.com cosmicorder.blogspot.com
She invites you to read her many article on the indivisibility between the celestial and terrestrial.

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Power of the Mind

The main basic difference between medical science and holistic healing is the perception of what we are. The holistic view regards man as a trinity, made up of the body, mind and soul. Indeed, the body is only the physical case that houses the mind and soul. Medicine, however, is based on the philosophy proposed by Rene Descartes, a French mathematician and philosopher in the 17th century. He regarded man as a machine that obeys only the physical laws. The mind and soul play no roles in the body.

Given this conflicting view about man, it is therefore up to you to decide what you want to make out of yourself. You may believe that you are just a pile of chemicals, bones and flesh that has no mind and soul. Worry not, for like an old car, you can remove any worn-out parts of your body and replace them with some newer parts from somewhere, if you can. Hopefully by doing so, you can function better. BUT, can you?

I am reminded of an article in Newsweek (Special Issue 1999) about a man who had undergone a heart transplant. After everything is done, the man recovered very well. Modern technology had saved him. However, what surprised the cardiac surgeon was that the man with the new heart did not behave as he did before. He had the tendency to become suicidal.

From the holistic point of view, the mind is the root cause of problems. Carolyn Myss (in Creation of Health) says that cancer is created through excessive fear, guilt feelings, inability to cope with changes, self-hate and self-denial. Debbie Shapiro wrote (in The Bodymind Workbook): “Cancer appears to be the result of many years of inner conflict, guilt, hurt, grief, resentment, confusion or tension surrounding deeply personal issues. It is connected to feelings of hopelessness, inadequacy and self-rejection.”

According to Freud, the mind is an iceberg and only one-third floats above water. However, Avni Sali, a professor of surgery at the University of Melbourne, Australia, said: “But I’m sure that in cancer patients it’s probably 10%. Most of it is under water.” Paramahansa Yogonanda said that “there is an innate connection between the mind and the body. Whatever you hold in your mind will be produced in the physical body. … all diseases have their origins in the mind. The pains that affect the physical body are secondary diseases.”

The holistic healers view pain, sickness or the disease of the body as a signal that there is an imbalance within, perhaps due to conflicts of emotions and thoughts deep down within us, and is threatening our survival. This disease represents a wake-up call for us to do something in order to heal ourselves. However, few ever understood this message.

Contrary to medical views, body-mind healers have pointed out that:

1) The healing power of the body is within us. There is a physician within us and this power heals us absolutely.

2) Many of us are ignorant or are unaware of our own body’s healing potential.

3) Many of us block ourselves off from this potential, preferring to trust others whom we think can cure us rather than trust our own Infinite Intelligence within.

4) Many of us create unhealthy circumstances by thinking negatively and harbouring self-denying thoughts that eventually make us sick. We fail to recognise that these are the root causes of our many illnesses.

5) We are unaware that from the day we are born, we have been bombarded with negative suggestions. Negativity begets illness.

The seat of our real mind is the subconscious. Joseph Murphy (in The Power of Your Subconscious Mind) wrote that we view our world through thoughts in the subconscious mind. “Think good and good will follow, think evil, evil follows. Change your thought and you change your destiny.” Ralph Emerson said that “man is what he thinks all day long.”

From the above, we can conclude that the very first step in healing is for every cancer patient to recognise the influence of his own mind on his illness and recovery process. Many a time, we ask patients if they carry any emotional baggage or harbor any unresolved emotional conflicts within them. Invariably the answer would be: “No, no, I have no emotional problems at all.” They simply do not want to admit or discuss them, perhaps for fear that people know their secrets or they do not see the relevance or relationship between unresolved personal emotions and their cancers. After all, in schools we are taught that illness is caused by some kind of bug, virus or germ and it has nothing to do with the mind. Most patients would tell me that whatever problems they have are all old issues and have long been forgotten.

However, as we began to probe deeper, some of them just broke down and cry. So, my first advice to all cancer patients is to be honest with your own self, especially your subconscious mind. Think again, do you carry any baggage? Remember that you are not just a machine – devoid of mind or soul. You are sick because “something inside is eating you up.”

Let me suggest a list of some active steps that you can take to heal your mind, your soul and lastly, your body and its cancer.

1) Think positively: as you think, so you become!

According to Susan Bannerman, a clinical psychologist working with cancer patients (in As you think, so you become. Proc. 1st World Congress on Cancer, Sydney, 1999, pg. 199): “Illness is a reflection of a person’s negative perception and self-defeating ways of thinking. Hatred, envy, selfishness, jealousy, self-judgement, self-doubt, self-criticism, lack of self-respect, feeling of unworthiness, etc.” All these are negative and destructive thoughts. Do not harbour them for they do not help you at all. On the other hand, cultivate positive attitudes of love, joy, happiness, sharing, caring, self-esteem and self-confidence.

When you see a glass of carrot juice that is not filled up to the brim: how would you see it — as half full or half empty? Our perceptions of many situations can be either negative or positive. Learn to see things positively. Alex is a colon cancer patient. He told us: “I do not consider myself taking herbs. I just drink tea and it brings me a lot of good”. On the other hand, we have patients telling us: “Yuck! The tea tastes horrible!” Think for yourself, do you think you will benefit from drinking a ‘yucky’ drink?

What messages do you think the following remarks convey to you?

“Are your herbs hygienic?”

“You mean I to boil the herbs? I have no time to do so. It is so cumbersome!”

“The herbs are so bitter!”

“My doctor said this … My doctor said that …”

“I have this problem for such a long time already, my doctor said there is no more cure…”

You may want to tell us: “No, I can’t change. Take me for what I am.” We remember one young lady who had breast cancer. She hated her father very intensely. The sight and thought of her father worked her up so much so that she felt pains in the lump of her breast. We told her to go home and hug her father and love him. She was adamant at sticking to her “guns” saying: “No, I hate him.” We then told her: “The problem is this. It is you who have to suffer and perhaps die. It is not your father who suffers if you hate him.” Again here, patients have a choice, to embark on the healing journey rightly or to be left in misery. In our Centre, there is a quotation: “when you hate people, the only person who gets hurt is you, because most people you hate don’t know. And the rest of the world don’t care.”

To cultivate positive thinking is simple and easy. It is just like letting go of your baggage. Put it down! This requires no skill at all but you must have a loving heart. Do not insist on hanging onto your baggage. You have a choice. And again, our advice is: Let go!

2) Free yourself of negative thoughts.

Many negative thoughts are ingrained into our subconscious mind and they become a part of us. You and I have similar problems. And more often than not, we do not even know that these negative thoughts ever exist or are causing us all the problems. We are the product of our environment and the experiences of our lives. So to be able to free ourselves from these negative thoughts we must first and foremost be aware and recognise that these negative thoughts are in us. If we keep insisting that they are non-existent, then there is no reason for change or wanting to be free. If we admit that negative thoughts are our problems, the next step is to consciously correct them and replace them with positive thoughts. Keep on doing this correction like cultivating new habits. With time these good values stick in our mind. Always tell ourselves that we want to change and are capable of doing so. In time we will see that we do change. Remember, you need not be trapped in your past. Life is not living in the past, or the future. It is living in the present.

Beng Im

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As NanoTech and BioTech merge we will soon find the cures to many of mankind’s most pressing medical issues and perhaps cures for many types of cancers. Consider micro mechanical delivery systems to the concentrated areas where cancer cells are or even search and destroy systems, which will go through the body and weed out the cancer cells from the biosystem? How far are such technologies from reality?

Not too far and some are ready to be tested on real humans, as they have already proven themselves effective in lab situations. One concept is to use micro thin carbon nano-tubes to deliver the medicine to the exact area cancerous area without hurting nearby healthy cells and the concept actually works, now it is only a matter of time to test it on humans, but really is only one of many such new techniques and technologies being considered today.

Others are also in the pipeline and everyday some medical researcher or scientists thinks of another possible way to cure some type of cancer you see? Within the next two decades scientists and research and development labs may be well on their way to eliminating cancer deaths as one of the leading causes of deaths in the first world? Eventually thru economies of scale these new techniques can be made available to humans across the Globe, Imagine a World with no cancer?

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In recent years, the incidence of breast cancer among women has increased. As a result of this, organizations that aim to raise breast cancer awareness have doubled their efforts to give women around the world the right information to help them prevent and deal with this disease. These organizations teach women to detect early signs of cancer and recognize the symptoms of the disease. It has been proven that early detection increases a woman?s chance of survival by as much as 96 percent.

Symptoms

Some of the symptoms that women are told to watch out for include lumps, which are usually firm and painless. Other possible symptoms include swelling on the underarms and on the skin on the breasts which then develops an unusual appearance. Women are also asked to look out for veins that become prominent in the breast area. Other symptoms also include inverting of the nipples, rashes and changes in skin texture, depressions on the breast area and discharges other than breast milk.

Early Detection Plan

However, looking out for symptoms is usually not enough in detecting this disease, since there are instances in which patients are asymptomatic until the cancer reaches stage 3 or 4. To be able to prevent this, breast cancer organizations encourage women to come up with an early detection plan, which includes clinical breast examinations every three years for women aged 20 to 39, then every year thereafter. A monthly breast examination for women beginning at age 20 is also encouraged. Mammograms every two years for women in their 40s and yearly mammograms for women in their 50s are also being emphasized. Women are also told to keep a record of these exams and their appointments with their doctors. Additionally, women are urged to eat a low-fat diet, engage in regular exercise and avoid smoking and drinking alcohol.

The importance of early detection of breast cancer cannot be denied since it has been proven to increase a cancer patient?s survival rate by as much as 96 percent. Given this, it is then important for women to do what they can to prevent having to suffer unnecessarily from this disease. Having an early detection plan is an effective way of doing just that.

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