Prescription Drugs Can't Cure Spiritual Malaise
The body is downstream from the soul
Even before COVID and the disastrous medical interventions used in response to it, Americans - especially young people - were sicker than ever. After almost three years of counterproductive public health policies, rates of chronic disease and mental illness have reached epidemic proportions.
This unprecedented volume of human suffering has been a bonanza for the biomedical industry, which profits handsomely from poking, prodding, and prescribing. The only problem is, it doesn’t seem to be helping. Ailments like chronic fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, and major depression are “cryptogenic,” meaning that they are of unknown origin. Since mainstream medicine can’t identify or detect the cause of these problems, all it can do is manage the symptoms - endlessly for the patient, and lucratively for the practitioners.
The Mind Controls the Body
The issue is this: you can’t treat an upstream problem with a downstream solution. The origin of these maladies isn’t really unknown, it’s just unacknowledged. The body is downstream of the soul, and just as doctors once refused to consider the possibility that microorganisms could cause illness, they now refuse to consider the possibility that an as-yet-unmeasurable aspect of consciousness could likewise be causing illness.
To orthodox medicine, it is unimaginable that autoimmune diseases and mental illness could be the result of spiritual imbalance. And yet, it is well established that stress negatively affects every function of the body, particularly the immune and endocrine systems. Autoimmune flareups are directly linked to stress, as are episodes of anxiety (panic attacks) and depression. This is proof that what is happening within a person’s mind affects his or her body.
Now, replace “mind” with “spirit” or “soul,” and nothing has changed, except now the doctors will say the theory is nonsense. Nonetheless, the mind/spirit/soul (whichever you prefer) is upstream of the body, and the upstream issue is this: our society is in conflict with human nature, and most of us live lives that are in conflict with our individual natures.
The Paradox of Choice
We are bombarded with messages that tell us we can be whatever we want: millionaire, star athlete, brilliant scientist, man, woman, furry creature … The options, according to the mainstream narrative, are endless. This is a prescription for misery.
Psychologists call it “the paradox of choice.” The more options we have, the less confident we are in the ones we select, and the more we second-guess the decisions we’ve made.
We don’t need, want, or benefit from unlimited options. We can’t all be superstars or millionaires, nor should we be. In fact, that type of goal in itself is unproductive. What we need is to live in accordance with our individual natures. What if you didn’t have to choose what to be, but instead simply look inward to find out what you naturally are?
Finding Your Nature
Discovering your nature isn’t as hard or as mystical as it might sound. In all honesty, most cultures would use psychoactive plants to make the experience clearer and more impactful, but you can do it through a guided meditation as well. There is no one right way to do this, but here’s an approach you can try.
Find a dark, quiet room.
Relax comfortably.
In your mind’s eye, allow yourself to drift deep into your mind.
Imagine that there is a whole cosmos inside you, with stars sprinkled across an endless, black sky.
Floating in that star-lit sky, imagine a being shaped like you, but made of light. That’s your spirit.
Imagine a string, like a spiritual umbilical cord, stretching from your body to your spirit.
Breathe deeply. Imagine that as you exhale, your breath is traveling into your spirit, filling its lungs with life.
In return, your spirit sends energy back down the spiritual umbilicus to you. Feel the healing warmth of that energy, and see its glow.
Once you feel that you have renewed the connection with your spirit, ask it, “What is my nature?”
Listen to the answer. Don’t worry if this sounds silly, or like some hippie nonsense; do it anyway. In your mind’s eye, see your spirit, feel the connection, and listen to what it tells you.
If you try this, leave a comment and share what you learned.
Good luck!