Wisdom to Cope with
Cancer Fear
To be diagnosed with cancer is stressful. To cope with
cancer stress, one needs wisdom--profound human wisdom.
Life is stressful, and thus many negative and unpleasant
experiences are recorded in the subconscious mind as memories and thoughts of
those experiences. According to James Allen, author of As A Man
Thinketh, men are “makers of themselves,” and the human mind is the
“master-weaver" of his future experiences; in other words, the thinking
mind may make him become what he thinks.
Therefore, a toxic mind with toxic thoughts may have
composed a toxic personality over the years. It begins with the ego-self,
which is your self-identity—that is, who you “think” you are—based on
your memories and past experiences. As a matter of fact, your whole being comes
from your memories, which control your life by making you “believe” that you
are really who you “think” you are.
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), there are
seven emotions that disharmonize the body and the mind: anger, fear, fright, grief,
joy, worry, and pensiveness or over-concentration. At first glance, “joy” may
seem to be the only positive emotion among the seven negative ones. However,
even joy may also become toxic, especially in an inflated ego. A case in point,
the once-celebrated-but-now-disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong used
performance-enhancing drugs to win his races in order to sustain and protect
his ego of winning. It was his self-inflated ego that led to his ultimate
downfall in his career.
Toxic emotions may also easily lead to the Seven Deadly
Sins of lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. Toxic thoughts
from toxic emotions become toxic memories stored in the subconscious mind.
Toxic memories cause the conscious mind to make toxic choices and decisions,
leading to toxic behaviors, actions and reactions that further exacerbate the
toxic mind.
All in all, stress is the underlying cause of many
diseases, including cancer. Stress can often worsen the symptoms of cancer.
Therefore, it is important to have good sleep to reduce the stress level. Sleep
is vital to wellness. A gold fish deprived of sleep will remain still for a
prolonged period to make up for its lack of sleep. Natural
sleep holds the key to living a stress-free life. The paradox is that we
cannot have natural sleep if there are too many stressors in our lives. Living
in this day and age, stress is an everyday phenomenon. In contemporary living,
nearly every aspect of life and living involves speed, so much so that many of
us have become addicted speed, and thus become time-stressed.
Remember, the body and the mind are interconnected. If you
continuously think of cancer or worry about getting cancer because of your
family history, you may end up having cancer, because cancer is a disease that
may be caused by many factors other than the genetic factor. As a matter of
fact, cancer fear may lead to many actions taken, such as the actions taken by
actress Angelina Jolie to remove her breasts because of cancer
threat.
A cancer diagnosis may be stressful, but use your mind to
overcome cancer stress.
Get your book on cancer: Congratulations! You've Got Cancer! Get
the wisdom to cope with a devastating situation, such as a cancer diagnosis.
This 132-page book is about what to do when one is
diagnosed with cancer. The author is neither a doctor nor an oncologist. He is
simply showing the power of the mind not only in coping with the traumatic
experience of cancer but also in overcoming the disease itself. In addition, he
presents detailed information on what an individual must do on the cancer
journey of cure and recovery. A cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence.
Rather, it is an opportunity for growth and development. Harness mind power to
combat cancer.
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