Reflections on the impact of thoughts in the therapy of cancer
Autor: HESSEN | Publicado: 2010-12-29T04:05:00-08:00

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Translation                                                                                       Alcíone Fagundes                  dos Santos -                  alcionefagundes1@gmail.com                                                                    Faith does not                  change the laws                  of nature, does                  not make                  miracles, but                  can help the                  work of a very                  good medical                  team, making big                  difference in a                   hospital                  treatment                                                                                                                                                                           It is common,                  after overcoming                  a cancer, that                  patients need                  emotional                  support for                  returning to                  their routine of                  life, because                  they are still                  need special                  care, physically                  and emotionally,                  knowing that                  each case                  involves                  specific                  aspects.                   Because steps                  are many and                  painful:                  diagnosis,                  examinations,                  research,                  surgery,                  chemotherapy,                  radiotherapy and                  other medical                  procedures, the                  recovering                  person is                  fragile and                  requires careful                  monitoring.                                                                                     Winning a cancer                  and immediately                  return to an                  active life,                  although there                  isn’t the rule,                  does not mean                  that the disease                  cannot be won.                  According to                  reports of                  patients,                  suffering is not                  only from the                  disease itself,                  but also from                  treatments                  themselves,                  often marked by                  side effects. It                  is common to                  observe                  emotional wounds                  and changes in                  the style of                  living of                  patients and                  their family. To                  minimize a                  little the                  traumas left by                  the therapeutic                  process,                  emotional                  support relieves                  distress and                  fear of                  recurrence.                                                                    Spiritists are                  aware that                  patients, when                  arrive at the                  hospital, brings                  with themselves,                  in addition to                  their disease,                  their history of                  past and current                  life. Their                  emotional state                  is the result of                  vectors and                  structure of                  personality,                  interpretation                  and experience                  of events,                  considering                  aspects of                  imaginary and                  real, and other                  variables of                  causes of                  disease.                                                                                     Science and                  technology                  increasingly                  allow early                  diagnosis and                  appropriate                  treatment of                  disease,                  monitoring its                  development and                  even obtaining                  success in many                  cases.                                                   Mind can                  influence the                  outcome of                  treatment                                                                                     However, even                  with such                  scientific                  advances, many                  diseases promote                  organic,                  emotional and                  social changes,                  that require                  constant care,                  and therefore                  adaptive                  processes.                  Remember, above                  all, "the                  valuable                  contribution of                  academic                  medicine, when                  is not                  accompanied by a                  good                  doctor-patient                  relationship,                  results                  incomplete to                  achieve the                  excruciating                  causes of                  disease and                  distress." (1)                                                                    Currently,                  studies are made                  on optimism,                  spirituality,                  creativity,                  religious faith                  and especially,                  the complex                  universe of                  thought that                  have been                  associated with                  the welfare and                  quality of life                  of people with                  chronic                  diseases.                  Furthermore,                  research on                  human health                  that is                  analysing if                  mind, through a                  psychological or                  emotional state                  has the ability                  to cure disease.                                                                                     A study done by                  scientists of                  the University                  of Pennsylvania,                  in the United                  States, attempts                  to demonstrate                  that the fact                  that people with                  cancer are                  optimistic or                  pessimistic does                  not directly                  influence the                  chances of                  survival to the                  disease. For                  consistent                  reasons, we                  disagree with                  these arguments;                  since evidence                  suggests that in                  several cases of                  serious                  illnesses (such                  as advanced                  cancer), mind                  (the way of                  thinking) can                  influence the                  outcome of                  treatment, not                  disconsider the                  value of                  doctors, of                  course.                                                                                     Strictly                  speaking, faith                  (in the concept                  of common sense)                  does not change                  the laws of                  nature, does not                  make "miracles",                  but it may help,                  concurrently,                  the work of a                  good medical                  team, making                  large difference                  in hospital                  treatment.                                                   Facing disease                  many people                  transform pain                  into hope                                                                                     It is imperative                  and appropriate                  to consider,                  that stating                  that one has                  religious faith                  to "feel"                  powerful when                  facing disease                  does not solve                  the issue of                  pain, because                  the "titles of                  faith” are not                  mere words to                  cover our                  deficiencies and                  weaknesses. They                  express duties                  of improvement                  that we cannot                  escape without                  further                  obligations. In                  our circles of                  work, thus, it                  not enough                  simply believe                  and convince. "                  (2)                                                                                     There are                  specialists who                  support this                  argument,                  considering that                  the look                  optimistic about                  disease, and                  firm thought in                  healing are                  powerful                  mechanisms that                  can help                  patients cope                  better with the                  treatment of                  cancer and                  resume a normal                  life. As an                  example we have                  what happens to                  the                  Vice-President                  of Brazil - José                  Alencar.                  Currently, more                  and more people                  are surviving                  cancer and this                  survival, are                  related, without                  doubt, to                  emotions and                  thoughts, rich                  content of                  vibration                  between the                  patient and the                  Creator. Many                  patients, before                  the diagnosis of                  disease,                  transform pain                  into hope, and                  awaken in them                  the will to                  fight for a                  better life.                  Others, however,                  give up,                  assuming they                  are under a                  death sentence.                                                                                     Regarding the                  process of human                  thought, the                  academic                  science, which                  is materialist                  by excellence,                  purpose that the                  phenomenon is                  purely                  physiological,                  due to incessant                  activity                  neuronal. But                  the Spiritists                  know that the                  mental matter is                  the creation of                  energy that                  externalises                  from the spirit                  and spreads by a                  flow of                  particles and                  waves, as any                  other form of                  propagation of                  energy in the                  universe. As in                  physical field,                  thought, in vary                  degrees of                  excitement,                  generates waves                  of length and                  frequency                  correspondents                  to the content                  of the creator                  impulse of will                  or desired                  objective.                                                                    The reflections                  of thoughts                  returns to                  ourselves                                                                    Thinking is a                  process of                  projection of                  mental matter                  and this matter                  "is the subtle                  instrument of                  will, working in                  formation of                  physical matter,                  generating the                  motives of                  pleasure or                  grief, joy or                  pain, optimism                  or despair,                  which do not                  reduce,                  effectively,                  abstractions,                  because they                  represent eddies                  of force where                  soul creates its                  own states of                  inductive mind,                  drawing to                  itself the                  players [for now                  imponderables]                  of light or                  shadow, victory                  or defeat,                  happiness or                  misfortune. "                  (3) In this                  respect, thought                  is not                  intangible                  anymore to                  substantiate in                  the condition of                  matter in                  motion.                                                                    The reflections                  of negative                  feelings and                  thoughts that we                  feed ourselves                  come back to us,                  after being                  transformed in                  mental waves,                  confusing our                  organics                  functions. So,                  thought, as a                  subtle form of                  energy, acting                  in a kind of                  wave, with a                  speed much                  higher than                  light, when                  passing by                  places and                  creatures,                  situations and                  things, affects                  integrally our                  health. "When we                  surrender                  ourselves to                  imbalance or                  disruption or                  when we                  establish                  perturbation                  against us                  (...), we                  reflect in the                  psychosomatics                  tissues certain                  fields of                  rupture in cells                  harmony,                  creating morbid                  predisposition                  for this or that                  disease, and                  therefore the                  entire area                  affected becomes                  susceptible to                  microbial                  invasion. " (4)                                                                    By thoughts of                  fear,                  exacerbated                  anxiety,                  disappointment,                  we slave                  ourselves in                  trunks of                  painful                  punishment,                  sentencing us,                  sometimes, to                  years of                  pilgrimage in                  the tracks of                  spiritual                  uneasiness. And                  to shorten the                  torment that                  plagues us in                  many ways our                  conscience, it                  is essential the                  renewal of our                  mind, the only                  way of recovery                  of spiritual                  harmony and                  physical health.                                                                    Never                  discouraged when                  facing                  challenges of                  any disease                                                                    Given this, try                  adopting strict                  discipline of                  mental and moral                  habits, setting                  as goals putting                  our duties above                  worldly                  pleasures and                  keeping us calm                  with the unique                  opportunity of                  current physical                  experience,                  which help us                  with spiritual                  information.                  Seek, above all,                  healthy habits                  of prayer,                  meditation and                  work, trying to                  enrich us with                  hope and joy, so                  we will never                  discouraged when                  facing the                  challenges any                  disease. "We                  must watch and                  pray so we will                  not fall in                  temptations,                  because it is                  better cry on                  the prods the                  resistance                                                                    than smile under                  drugs of fall."                  (5)                                                                    For all ills,                  and any                  diseases, focus                  our thoughts on                  Jesus, because                  "our medicine is                  and will always                  be Jesus”. We                  should adjust                  ourselves to the                  Redeemer Gospel,                  because Christ                  is the goal of                  our renovation.                  "By regenerating                  our existence by                  His standards we                  restructure the                  intimate lives                  of those that                  are around us.                  The Gospel of                  the Lord                  explains that                  the pure and                  working thought                  is the force                  that excels us                  from the                  darkness to                  light, from                  hatred to love,                  from pain to                  joy. " (6)                                                                                                      Sources:                                                                                                                     1. Divaldo                  Franco Pereira.                  Page dictated by                  the Spirit                  Joanna de                  Angelis, in                  mediumistic                  session of the                  night of                  15/12/1997 in                  Path of                  Redemption                  Spiritist Center                  in Salvador,                  Bahia. Text                  taken from the                  preface of the                  book: Attendance                  Fraternal spirit                  dictated by                  Philomena Manoel                  de Miranda.                                2. Xavier,                  Francisco                  Cândido. In the                  areas of                  Mediumship,                  dictated by the                  Spirit Andre                  Luiz, 14th                  edition, Rio de                  Janeiro: FEB                  Ed., 2001,                  pages: 118 to                  125.                                3. Xavier,                  Francisco                  Cândido.                  Mechanisms of                  Mediumship,                  Spirit led André                  Luiz, RJ: FEB                  Ed., 2001.                                4. Article "An                  Integral Vision                  of Man,"                  Spiritist Group                  Socorrista                  Euripides                  Barsanulfo                  available on                  site http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9319/chacras.htm,                  accessed on                  25/04/2006.                                5. Xavier,                  Francisco                  Cândido. Viva                  Source, dictated                  by the Spirit                  Emmanuel, Rio de                  Janeiro: Feb                  Ed., 2002, ch.                  110.                                6. Xavier,                  Francisco                  Candido. In the                  areas of                  Mediumship,                  dictated by the                  Spirit Andre                  Luiz, 14th                  edition, Rio de                  Janeiro: FEB                  Ed., 2001,                  pages: 118 to                  125.