GENERALLY BELIEVED MYTHS: “YOU ARE HEALTHY IF YOU HAVE NO SYMPTOMS”

The public has been brain washed to believe that health is the absence of disease symptoms.  We were led to believe that disease suddenly strikes a person and if we fight it and feel better, we are healthy again,  These sudden diseases is seen as an outflow of our genetic make-up which means that our [...]

Yesterday and tomorrow make you ill

The human mind has an enormous influence on a person’s wellbeing.  Through the years it became clear to me that there are especially two aspects that have a determining influence on a person’s mind and body: yesterday and tomorrow.
Yesterday is the past.  Many people carry a lot of baggage from the past on their backs.  [...]

Who is responsible for you?

People in our society so often think others are responsible for them: the pastor or priest is responsible for their spiritual life and the doctor is responsible for their health.  In practical life I often had the experience that people expected me to solve their problems and then they sat back, waiting to see the [...]

Truth and Health

Truth mixed with subjective ideas
Through the ages people tried to understand the body and health: from experience people learnt what was beneficial and what was dangerous. This knowledge was passed on from one generation to the next and so all the primitive peoples survived.  This knowledge, however, was not always grounded in the truth [...]

The “magic bullet”

The modern world is known for its materialistic evaluation of time: “time is money”.  This has had a great impact on the tempo of everyday life – everything must be done in haste to eliminate waste of time.  Shortcuts are improvised for every aspect.
When ill, people visit doctors who prescribe quick acting medicines that help [...]

“Healthy” and “sick”

When is a person really healthy?  And when are you sick?  Although these do not seem to be difficult questions,  it is important to have clarity about these concepts.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says:  “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”.  When [...]