By relaxation, I don’t mean falling asleep in front of the TV set or unwinding with friends. The kind I’m talking about is a quieting of mental activity and withdrawal of body and mind from external stimulation.
BERNIE SIEGELI had patients who didn’t die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It’s why women live longer than men with the same health problems.
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A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying – but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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The Secret Language of Your Body truly is the essential guide to restore your body to its healthiest state and assist you to heal your life.
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Life is an opportunity to contribute love in your own way.
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Whenever you get around to doing what you want to do, it will be now. The things you need to do to live a happier, more fulfilling life-the only time you can possible start doing them is now.
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It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
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If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, “What would make me happy?” In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn’t work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs.
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I would never have had if I’d been fool enough to make them do what I thought they should do.
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God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all suffering will cease.
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Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
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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.
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There is no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people.
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I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team.
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What I try to get physically healthy people to understand is that they’re going to die someday. There is no way out. And dying isn’t failure, but not living is, so make use of your time. Don’t keeping waiting.
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I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet – each of us in our own way
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The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
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