{"id":16173,"date":"2011-08-11T06:28:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T10:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=16173"},"modified":"2024-11-08T05:31:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T10:31:41","slug":"why-do-spiritual-people-ever-get-sick-welcome-your-symptoms-as-evidence-the-body-is-clearing-out-toxins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-do-spiritual-people-ever-get-sick-welcome-your-symptoms-as-evidence-the-body-is-clearing-out-toxins\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Spiritual People Ever Get Sick?  Welcome your symptoms as evidence the body is clearing out toxins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I got an email yesterday after blogging about<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=16058\">a tummy bug <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">last week and <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=16139\">nicotine poisoning<\/a> this week. \u00a0The writer asked, &#8220;<em>I&#8217;m confused. \u00a0Why do you \u00a0ever get sick since you always write about being spiritual and knowing how to attract your reality?<\/em>&#8221; \u00a0 I get asked questions like that all the time. \u00a0Being spiritual doesn&#8217;t mean you don&#8217;t get sick, it means you act and react in a conscious way when you do. \u00a0 I attract way more wellness than sickness, way more good than bad, way more joy than aggravation. \u00a0I have no complaints whatever. \u00a0\u00a0As far as getting sick, I figure stuff is always moving through my body and if I&#8217;m being a little too resistant (consciously or unconsciously) then it&#8217;ll linger a day or so. <\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Everything moves on quickly enough, so I don&#8217;t think of it as a problem. \u00a0In reality, what we call &#8220;sick&#8221; is just our body&#8217;s reaction to expelling a toxin<\/span>.<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=40335\">A diagnosis is just a snapshot in time<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and our symptoms are usually the cleansing stage. \u00a0 Now that I know what it is, I&#8217;ve learned not to be afraid and think it&#8217;s the beginning stage of some scary, big illness. \u00a0I&#8217;ve learned\u00a0to accept the symptoms and love them because that means the ick is on its way out. \u00a0<!--more--><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For years, one of my prayers for someone sick was that I was willing to trade some of my robust, abundant health for them to have a little more. \u00a0I went though a stage thinking each time I had an illness, that was just\u00a0my price to pay. \u00a0Then I learned I didn&#8217;t have to <em>negotiate and trade <\/em>anything, the prayers would suffice.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, if I saw them as someone sick who needed my help and my prayers, then I wasn&#8217;t seeing the truth of them OR the truth of me. \u00a0I finally learned that if I could envision them in my mind whole and well and sustain that thought, that was the consciousness that healed. \u00a0 If I could gently remind them of what they know and what they&#8217;re possible of, their body would kick in and reflect the new knowledge. \u00a0Kind of like a kick start after the engine dies. \u00a0Okay, exactly like a kick start.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And remembering what your body is capable of \u00a0(as far as healing itself) is not always easy in the face of illness. \u00a0That&#8217;s one reason to start practicing what you know about your own body&#8217;s amazing ability BEFORE you get sick. \u00a0It&#8217;s hard to dispute evidence of something you can physically see and feel. \u00a0It&#8217;s one of those times you need to &#8220;look past the illusion&#8221; to the reality of the situation.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The &#8220;illusion&#8221; is not the fact that your body is wracked in pain or distress. \u00a0It clearly is. No, the &#8220;illusion&#8221; is the thought that if your physical body is in jeopardy, then YOU are in jeopardy. \u00a0 <em>Here, there, wherever, YOU will be, everlastingly everafter.<\/em> No matter which &#8220;body&#8221; or form you appear in. \u00a0 Simply grokking that will make you freer than you ever thought possible. It will put you at the helm with sure confidence and new respect for this remarkable vehicle you&#8217;ve been born into. \u00a0So when an illness or a pain or a whatever flows through you, you&#8217;ll take it in stride, be glad to see evidence that your body is pushing out the toxins to bring itself back into balance. \u00a0You&#8217;ll remember who you are and be eager to move onto the next step, whole and healthy again.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=40335\">A diagnosis is just a snapshot in time<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=42044\">When \u201cthinking positive\u201d doesn\u2019t help<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=15854\">Get diagnosed or not?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=16173\">Why Do Spiritual People Ever Get Sick?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=3379\">Doing Experimental Creat-ive Visualizations<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=16017\">Do you really have this or that diagnosis? Keep talking about it and you will.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=29054\">Remember that modern medicine is amazing, prayer works and miracles happen every day. This is how we change a thoughtform.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-do-spiritual-people-ever-get-sick-welcome-your-symptoms-as-evidence-the-body-is-clearing-out-toxins\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Why Do Spiritual People Ever Get Sick?  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