Studies now report that positive or negative emotional traits influence a persons’ susceptibility to infection. [1] People in studies who report positive emotions show greater resistance to objectively verified colds. [2] Meditation has been shown in one study to produce significant increases in left-sided anterior brain activity, which is associated with positive emotional states. [3]
OK, so maybe that is not really new information to many people. But, what about once you do get a cold? How long do you think it should take to get over it?
Deirdre Davis Brigham, a psychotherapist, noted a case of one of her patients with multiple personality disorder. Personality number one had a case of the flu with all its attending symptoms, difficulty in breathing, congested chest, running nose, and laryngitis. When personality number two came out all the symptoms disappeared in just about six seconds. [4] No congestion, no running nose, no symptoms of the flu. Same body, two different beliefs.
Another woman, admitted to a hospital for diabetes, baffled her physicians by showing no symptoms of the disorder at times when one personality, who was not diabetic, was dominant. [5]If one changes their mind, it affects their body and their universe. A sudden reversal in a disease (what we might call a “miracle”) comes from a deep change of mind.
“Ascension Attitudes are called Attitudes because an attitude is a way of looking at the world. They are not called Ascension Beliefs because there is no need to believe in the Ascension Attitudes for them to work. One does not need to believe that a carrot seed planted in the ground and properly tended will grow a carrot. Belief is not required. Belief is a powerful force which can be quite useful or destructive, depending on how it is applied, but it is not required to change the nature of our lives. Carrot seeds grow carrots. The seed thoughts of the Ascension Attitudes grow a new way of looking at and living life.” [6]
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[1] Cohen S, Doyle WJ, Turner RB, et al. Emotional style and susceptibility to the common cold. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2003; 65(4): 652-657
[2] Smith A, Nicholson K. Psychosocial factoes, respiratory virus and exacerbation of asthma. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2001; 26(4):411-420
[3] Davidson RJ, Kabat-Zinn J, Schumacher J, et al. Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2003; 65(4): 564-570.
[4] http://articles.mcall.com/1992-10-13/features/2892744_1_relaxation-aids-virus-blood-pressure/2
[5] nytimes.com/1985/05/21/science/new-focus-on-multiple-personality.html?pagewanted=all
[6] MSI. Ascension! The Ishaya Foundation Publishing Co.
