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CAUSES OF ILLNESS:
PHYSICAL . EMOTIONAL . METAPHYSICAL

My interest in the body-mind connection to possible emotional causes of illnesses began when I was introduced to Catherine Ponder's first book, the Dynamic Laws of Prosperity in the early 1960s.

I was actually seeking a way to increase my income when a friend told me about Catherine Ponder. I obtained her book and my feet were firmly planted on the road to incorporating affirmations in my daily routines. To this day, some 50 years later, I still affirm “I am a healthy, happy, prosperous child of God ... I am! I Am! I Am!” daily.

What I gained from reading her first book was the realization that there were causes for illness other than those espoused by the medical and scientific community. This realization added a path to my journey and I am going to share what I have learned and the personal experiences I have had which resulted from utilizing some of the insight I gained.

The first thing I learned when I began working with healing energies was that the cause of the dis-ease or illness was the underlying energy that should be determined and worked with. Once the cause is eliminated the body can accept and utilize healing energies.

I am presenting a brief list of illnesses or discomforts, the metaphysical cause(s), and some additional thoughts on some of them.

A few emotional issues that cause illness and discomfort:

  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Betrayal
  • Depression (which, in itself, has a number of different causes.)
  • Frustration
  • Grief (caused by different events...death of a loved one, divorce, loss of a pet, etc.)
  • Guilt
  • Hopelessness
  • Lack of self-confidence
  • Lack of self-esteem
  • Lack of self-love
  • Loneliness
  • Regret
  • Relationship problems
  • Sadness
  • Self-pity
  • Shame 

As with every thought that forms, each individual emotion created forms its own energy, This energy is measurable and each emotion vibrates to its own special energy. We know that laughter releases endorphins which in turn boost the immune system. Anger or fear releases both adrenalin and cortisol, which suppress the immune system and make your body acidic. It damages the liver and gall bladder as well as the heart. The adrenals react to negative emotions and the body goes into survival and uses nutrients heavily to sustain itself. We must learn to listen to our body. We must learn to listen to our body. 

Now to the generally accepted metaphysical causes to many illnesses and discomforts:

Ankles: Ankles represent grounding, balance and mobility and they are our basic support system. If you experience a sprained ankle you may be having difficulty defending yourself or being non-flexible in some situation. If your ankles are swollen it indicates you are retaining some form of emotional energy or are unable or refusing to release a person or situation.

Alzheimer's: Unable to accept the world as it is. Loneliness and feelings of being useless and being unwanted.

Arthritis: Arthritis takes hold when there are strong resentments being harbored, when feeling unloved or unwanted. Self-criticism and self-rejection.

Back Discomforts or Problems:

Lower back - this area deals with financial problems.

Middle back - this area deals with guilt or the inability to release past issues.

Upper back - this area deals with feeling there is no emotional support, of being unloved.

Blood Pressure:

HIGH - Unresolved, long-time standing issues living in the emotional body.

LOW - Feeling defeated, no love in the life, no happiness or joy.

Bowel Problems and/or Constipation: It can encompass the fear of letting go and/or the refusal to let go. This can relate in many areas...personal or business or spiritual. Fear of the Future.

Breast Problems:

Left Breast - not nourishing the self, everyone else's needs come first. The left side of the body deals with the feminine nature.

Right Breast - over-bearing and extremely protective nature. Difficulty in sharing or giving love. The right side of the body deals with the masculine energy.

Cancer: Cancer results from grief that is eating away at you, a lack of inability to nurture self or others or to forgive and release deeply buried secrets or hurts. You are urged to forgive ourself and others for the hurts and pains you have.

Colds: Too many irons in the fire at one time. Confusion and disorder.

Cold Sores: Having words of anger, fear or hatred and not expressing them.

Depression: There are many causes for a state of depression but the main ones are feelings of hopelessness, anger, unloved and alone, lost dreams.

Diabetes: Diabetes comes when there is no sweetness left in life and no joy forthcoming. Emotional isolation and bitterness toward the world.

Dizziness: Scattered thinking, inability to center or establish priorities.

Ear Problems: Ear problems develop from not wanting to hear something, from too much confusion and turmoil surrounding and anger.

Eye Problems:

Near Sighted - fear of the future or seeing the real world, out there, around you.

Far Sighted - fear of the present or not wanting to see what is going on right around you.

Cataracts - unable to see or imagine any joy in the future.

Feet Problems: Fear of the future and of change.

Fever: Result of anger, burning up over something, lack of peace and love.

Flu: Flu is developed usually in response to statistics...it is the time of the year for the flu...dealing with group beliefs and mass negativity.

Gas (flatulence): Gas deals with undigested or undigestible ideas or concerns. Life feels as though the flow has been disrupted.

Gout is a result of retaining emotional energies.

Gum Problems: The gums respond to an inability to make decisions and follow through.

Hand Problems: Holding on to tightly, not handling things well, not wanting to release or let go.

Heart Problems: Heart problems indicate there is a lack of joy and love in the life and there are issues from angers that have not been recognized or dealt with.

Hemorrhoids: There is a resistance or fear of deadlines. A fear of letting go and moving on.

Hip Problems: There are decisions not being made due to a fear of going forward. The status quo appeals rather than making a change.

Infections: Infections come into play from irritation or annoyance concerning a recent situation in some area. Anger here also.

Itching/Pruritis: Itching to get out of some situation. Unsatisfied with present environment...physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

Jaw Problem: Jaw problems result from anger, resentment, clenching the jaw and wishing for revenge.

Kidney Problems and Stones: Harboring of undissolved clumps of anger.

Knee Problems: Inability to bend or make adjustments. Too much pride.

Left Side of the Body: This represents an imbalance in the feminine aspects of receptivity, motherly energies, and love.

Leg Problems: Fear of the future and moving forward.

Lung Problems: Depression, feeling unworthy, grief.

Migraine Headaches: These headaches deal with the fear of being close or allowing someone into your life. Fear of rejection. Feeling pressured in one or more areas of your life.

Neck Problems: The refusal to consider a different opinion or position. Stubborn...a “pain in the neck” or dealing with some you consider to be a pain in your neck.

Nose Problems:

Runny Nose: represents tears that have not been shed.

Stuffy Nose: inability or refusal to see or honor your own self worth.

Sinus Problems: Being irritated with someone close to you but not expressing that irritation.

Obesity: Fear, insecurity, looking for emotional protection or approval.

Pink Eye (conjunctivitis): Not wanting to see something or someone. Anger and frustration with whatever is occurring in your life.

Prostate Problems: Feeling inadequate or experiencing feelings of guilt that weaken the masculinity.

Rheumatism: Bitterness, feeling a lack of love and being victimized.

Right Side of the Body: This represents an imbalance in the masculine energies of giving, being physical, putting out of fatherly energies.

Seizures: Running away from everything and everyone in your life.

Shoulder Problems: Life is a burden...feeling as if you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.

Solar Plexus: Not acknowledging those gut and/or intuitive feelings you get.

Thyroid Problems: Feeling repressed and unable to do what you want. Humiliated. Feeling limitations in most areas of your life.

Tumors: Pockets of remorse, old hurts and shocks have not been dealt with and released.

Viral Infections: Bitterness surrounds you and there is a lack of joy in your life.

Warts: These are little expressions of hate coming to the surface. You feel you are ugly.

Wrist Problems: Again being inflexible on some situation. Stubborn.


Healing Practices: 

There are some measures you can take to begin releasing these emotions and establishing a path to reestablish balance.

  • Begin a daily routine of visiting with your Chakras and working towards bringing their energies into balance.
  • Begin working with the color energies that resonate to the illness you are experiencing. Wear them, eat them, breath them and take them into your meditations.
  • Do your research on which foods will aid in the release of the dis-ease or dis-comfort that you are working with . Be sure your foods are organically grown and take the time, while you are eating, to feel the healing energy of the nutrients your body is enjoying.
  • If you feel the need or desire to take natural herb or vitamin supplements, do some research and connect with a Naturopath or Nutritionist to discuss the best route to follow.
  • Connect with nature: walk barefoot in the grass and on the beach. The ocean or lake or waterfall have great healing qualities provided by the negative ions they generate and the peaceful state of mind they seem to be able to instill.
  • Smile - laugh - giggle: Even if you don't feel like it. Those actions release and change the chemistry in your body.
  • Exercise helps release emotional energies.
  • Meditation allows a balance between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
  • Take some classes, get some massages, find a good chiropractor and/or a Reiki Practitioner.

I have included no affirmations for there are many sites and books written (Louise Hay for example) on affirmations that are available.
I personally feel that once you have determined the cause of your illness or discomfort you are in a position to create the affirmation(s) that will best work for you in helping correct your illness or discomfort.

The list I have presented is short but I think l have covered enough areas of the body to enable you to make a determination as to the metaphysical or emotional cause of those problems I did not cover.
The prevalent causes of any dis-ease or dis-comfort are anger, fear and feeling unsupported. Suppressed or unexpressed anger is a killer. Lack of receiving and giving love is probably the second in line.

Love, laughter and joy are really the basis of instilling health and well-being, not only for yourself but for those around you.

   









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