Cancer cures. You can look at the word "cures" as a noun or verb, and either would be accurate. Both make a bold statement, for sure, but when we open our minds to these possibilities, we can begin to see new, unexpected realities become available. For example, contrary to popular belief, there are plenty of proven and effective cures for cancer out there, and have been for decades (take, for instance, the Nobel Prize winner Otto Warburg, who demonstrated in the 1930s that cancer thrives in a low-oxygen, acidic biological environment, and can't live in a high-oxygen, alkaline environment)!
The real problem with cancer is not in a cure, but with all the fear humanity has surrounding it, and the ignorance that most people express when they don't even believe a cure is possible. Of course, it's scary when we equate cancer with a death sentence from God, or believe it rests with forces beyond our control, but this belief is based in a deep fallacy that our health and well-being are out of our hands. This stems from a victim-consciousness that assumes choice to be illusory and that we are not the creators of our own lives and bodies.
When we can address the fact that we have allowed ourselves to be ignorant of cancer because we were afraid and believed the lies we were told, we can begin to see how we gave our bodies' power to heal over to external, often corrupt institutions; mainly doctors and the medical system. (Follow up for the next installment on this topic: Cancer Cure Deniers--how Cognitive Dissonance/Willful Ignorance Kills)
What if cancer itself is the cure for an imbalanced body and lifestyle? What if it is simply a natural mechanism to restore balance both within the self and the environment? What if it is just a strong message from our body that it needs more attention and care? Cancer can be the cure our soul has secretly been longing for, if we slow down and open up enough to listen to its message and wisdom.
How many of us do things to our bodies we know are bad for them, but we do those things anyway? This would apply to nearly all of us, to varying degrees, depending on our ability for self-care. The more we care about ourselves, our bodies and environments, the more likely we are to make careful and conscious choices that reflect long-term-minded results, creating benefit and growth. The less we care, the more instantly-gratifying our choices will be and the more health debts we will incur in the future.
This is the kind of paradigm shift that makes healing any dis-ease so challenging, because it requires that we actually deal with our self and any ways that we have been living out of balance with nature. The first and most important place we must look is within, at our own thoughts, emotions, actions and belief systems.
Do we believe we are worthy? Do we feel good about ourselves, our relationships, the direction of our life? Do we believe we can live our purpose? Do we even believe that such a thing exists? Or do we believe life is a drudgery of one day/job/relationship to the next, with no room for the deep truth of our authentic self? Do we even know who our authentic self is?? Or, do we live our life in a kind of haze of suffering, looking for externals to soothe or avoid the pain we accumulate from believing in a nihilistic world view?
When we can question and begin to answer these kinds of queries, we can bring our authentic selves into our lives and address this most vital relationship. When we integrate the, often hidden, emotions within our psyche, we can halt self-destructive behaviors that allow dis-ease to take hold within the body. When we love ourselves enough to give our minds, our emotions, our bodies and our spirits what they need, cancer doesn't stand a chance. Love is truly the answer we've been looking for, but not in a philosophical way alone; specifically, it is the use of compassion in action; treating all the levels of our being with respect, kindness and appreciation.
So how does one do that? This is the hardest challenge: changing one's self, one's actions and one's own beliefs. Yet, anyone can create extraordinary results being committed to change for a brighter future. I write from personal experience, having spent nearly 30 years of my life struggling with my own myriad of illnesses, sugar and numerous other addictions, a depression that lived with me like a second head, passive-agressiveness that hid years of denied pain, and all of that, baked at 98° for a decade or two, culminating in my own Hodgkin's lymphoma.
After it all, the one thing that has become crystal-clear is that, the mind and body are 100% a product of choices and beliefs. To put it another way, my thoughts generated my beliefs which fed my choices & actions and created the circumstances of my life. Buddha acknowledged this truth first when he said "all that we are is a result of what we have thought." This is what Eastern traditions refer to when they say "karma."
It works for all of us in this way, but few accept this reality for one simple reason-it is too painful to admit that we are the ones causing our own suffering. But acceptance, as the final stage of healing, gives us the possibility of deep transformation. I can attest to this reality as the moment I finally and fully accepted I had Cancer (and gave up the victim and blame games around it) was the moment I became absolutely empowered to heal it. At that point in the process, I experienced the biggest and most rapid shift I had on the path to curing it, completely naturally, without radiation, chemotherapy or any conventional treatment, and I am far from the only one who has done so (research Dr. Sebi, who has been curing people of so-called "incurable" dis-eases for decades, and has the supreme court ruling to prove it).
Cancer, heart-disease, diabetes, any dis-ease, they're all signals from the body, mind and soul that we are not living in harmony with our true nature and our full potential. When we open ourselves up to change, instead of looking for the quick-fix, when we stop avoiding our real self, power, and response-ability, we can then unlock the miraculous within.
Cancer… our worst enemy, or our greatest gift?
