If I told patients to raise their blood levels of immune globulins or killer T cells, no one would know how. But if I can teach them to love themselves and others fully, the same changes happen automatically. The truth is: love heals.
BERNIE SIEGELIf I told patients to raise their blood levels of immune globulins or killer T cells, no one would know how. But if I can teach them to love themselves and others fully, the same changes happen automatically. The truth is: love heals.
BERNIE SIEGELYou can find examples of how little we value ourselves everywhere you look. The signs on the front of the convenience stores where Stephen lives in Florida tell the story. Beer, ice, bread and milk are the big come-ons.
BERNIE SIEGELHow will you know whether you are letting life teach you and nourish you? If your physical senses become more sensitive to the beauty you see.
BERNIE SIEGELI see people who die a few minutes after a doctor tells them there is no hope of a cure. They give up and go. Others get angry and find joy in proving the doctor wrong. Something within them is challenged and hopeful. Hope is the divine motivator.
BERNIE SIEGELA surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying – but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
BERNIE SIEGELWhen we hate people who hurt us, we come to resemble what we hate, or worse, and then we suffer all the more. What is evil is our response. We have choices, and love is the most powerful eliminator of all.
BERNIE SIEGELIt takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
BERNIE SIEGELConsciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.
BERNIE SIEGELIt’s the consciousness that has come into us from other experiences and our consciousness that we remain aware of when we leave our bodies and they communicate with us through dreams, and even through drawings which I do a lot of work with myself.
BERNIE SIEGELWe destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.
BERNIE SIEGELSure, bad things can happen in the tonow. But when bad things happen to children, they show us the way again, because they know how to be in touch with their feelings and needs.
BERNIE SIEGELUnconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.
BERNIE SIEGELLove and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs. The rituals and outward signs are not as important as one’s actions and deeds. Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight about.
BERNIE SIEGELIt is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation.
BERNIE SIEGELAct as if you are the person you want to be.
BERNIE SIEGELYour body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor.
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