Dr Laurence MagneRELIEVING
STRESS TO PREVENT CANCERFrom the office of Dr. Laurence Magne, author of www.cancer-free-for-life.comIt is now agreed that stress is not what happens, but how the personreacts to what happens. Stress in itself is neither
good nor bad. It isa mechanism built into our organism, not for the
purpose of making ussick, but to enable us to respond more effectively to challenges. Thesuccessful
people who can handle stress effectively have designedtechniques to manage the inevitable stressors in their life. You willnote that the most truly successful people are not overburdened withstress. They actually perceive stress as an opportunity for learningand achievement. They also possess a disciplined self-awareness and theflexibility to handle excessive amounts of stress. Individualtechniques which they qualified as tools for developing a consistentlypositive attitude toward life included:Deep breathing, Listening to musicLong walks on the beachTraditional meditationYoga practicesPrayerBiofeedback Visualisation The silent repetition of a meaningful word or mantraRelying on stress management techniques alone to accomplish therapeuticgoals is shortsighted. You must also take a good look at what drivesyour life. To learn more how you can stop
CANCER in your life, readCancer Free For Life.Finding a purpose in life: feeling that you have a role to fulfil inthe universe which gives you an unwavering commitment to your values.The stress management techniques described above are only tools toreinforce your sense of purpose. Victor Frankl: Man’s search for meaning. “Man finds identity to theextent to which he commits himself to something beyond himself, to acause greater than himself.’Research also shows that purpose is beneficial to psychological health,alleviating such conditions as depression and anxiety and physicalhealth and contributing to recovery from heart attacks and cancer. A majority of people with stress-related disorders are actuallysuffering from an inner feeling of unworthiness that generates animpressive array of coping strategies all aimed at self-perfection. Theperson you think you are is actually a committee of sub-personalities,each doing its best to keep you safe from situation that threatened youin the past. Most of us still harbour the emotional ghosts or ourselvesas children, frightened and insecure. Healing our
guilt involvesputting these ghosts to rest by giving them the love they need to letgo of their self-protective fear.Unhealthy guilt is an autoimmune disease of the soul that causes us toliterally reject our own worth as human beings. Unhealthy guilt causeslife to become organized around the need to avoid fear rather than thedesire to share love. Finding out who we are is the very process oflife. As long as we are prisoners of guilt, we cannot discover who weare, we are too busy with people-pleasing, and our addiction toperfection, to really live each moment as it happens. The question is not how we will die, but how we will live.Our inner critic tells us that we never good enough, never worthy ofour own love. In spite of all our achievements, peace and acceptanceremain elusive, and we are guilty and stressed. We have forgotten whowe really are. We are searching for our worthiness in all the wrongplaces. We forget that we access our real identity whenever the mindbecomes quiet and we are fully present in the moment. But whenever ourguard is down, yielding to the majesty of a sunset, the caress of abreeze, the silence of a heartfelt hug, we re-experience the innercurrent of joy and love that is always presentAfter all, what else can mobilize us to overcome the inertia ofday-to-day life? It’s the crisis and pain which are the universalawakeners. In facing our dark parts, the disowned parts of our beingthat we thought were unworthy of love, we learn to live whole,authentic lives. In the shadow, we find the power that allows us tolive life with enthusiasm, excitement, and joy, the natural impulseslost from our childhood.In becoming psychologically whole, we mend our souls and becomespiritually whole. We discover loving-kindness and compassion, theability to suffer with. Visit www.alternative-health-ebooks for more information and free articles. This article is available for reprint for your website and newsletter,provided that you maintain its copyright integrity and include thesignature tag.Article Source: http://www.articlecube.com
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