Spiritual Health

Spiritual Health help give oral examinations to the mostly young physicians applying for licenses to practice medicine in California. These doctors have already been graduated from medical school, completed residencies in their various specialities, and passed the written examinations. As a group} they are highly educated, motivated, and intelligent. “lve been curious to see how much they know about stress.

At the last examination, I asked the doctors to pretend that they were examining me—a 50-year-old man complaining of fatigue. One of the most common complaints of stress is fatigue. ‘What are the causes of fatigue?’ I asked.

‘Give me five or ten possibilities.’ “All these bright physicians quickly suggested heart disorders, lung problems, and all kinds of exotic diseases that the average doctor sees once in a lifetime. None of them seemed to know that depression is one of the main causes of fatigue. “They were very concerned with the organs of the body, with the systems, tissues, and molecules.

Not one even tried peeking into my spirit. No one asked me what I thought of life, if I loved my wife, if I felt harassed or unappreciated at work, or if I had good relationships with my children. I “Unfortunately, it’s taking a long time for my fellow doctors to understand and appreciate the tremendous impact of the mind on the body. The medical system is making progress, but slow- ly.

Doctors are still being taught the disease/drug equation: for every disease there is a drug, or will be soon. “But we already have something more powerful than any drug ever devised, and it’s exactly tailored to our needs: our spirit.

Unleashed, the spirit can be a whirlwind of health, happiness, and success in life... : When your spirit is weak, you are filled with pessimism and gloom; you feel small and helpless; you wonder if it’s possible to find any joy in life. Standards 317 When your spirit is weak, life is a chore, not the pleasure that it can be.

I’ve delivered many babies: boys and girls, black and white, small and large. I never delivered a success or a failure in life. ] never delivered a lawyer, a doctor, or a truck drover. Only babies. At the moment of birth they were all successful because they were filled with unlimited potential.

Some were physically stronger than others, some had more innate wisdom or inborn courage than others. But all had unlimited potential as far as their spirit was concerned.