Embracing Wholeness in the Face of Cancer – Part 4

In today’s show we will be looking at how a body functions when it is healthy. When I take the time to really consider what happens in my body, it is nothing short of a miracle. That is to say, we have trillions of cells which carry out millions of life-sustaining actions. Not to mention they accomplish their tasks in an orderly and cooperative way.

Each cell plays a vital role . . .

Each cell has its specific job to do. Besides its job as an individual, it also plays a role in our human eco-system. Liver cells detoxify blood. At the same time, they store, release and metabolize sugar and cholesterol. In addition, those same liver cells monitor hormone levels. Not only is our liver busy at work, but our colon cells (not far away) are busy absorbing fluid, moving yesterday’s food through our system and monitoring bacteria levels.

Throughout our body, our cells are doing their jobs. Not only are they doing their jobs, but they cooperate with each other in ways that are beyond most of our understanding.

Our body’s natural intelligence . . .

Lifeforce energy is called Prana in Ayurveda medicine. Prana is the primary impulse that creates and sustains us. As long as Prana is flowing, life continues. Once a body stops functioning in a way that supports the flow of lifeforce energy life ends and we die.

Bio-chemically the same before and after death . . .

Bio-chemically, our bodies are exactly the same immediately before and after death. However, in life there  exists an energy not present in death. That is to say, Lifeforce energy.

That leads us to ask, what is this lifeforce energy that organizes our cells, molecules and organs into individuals who are self-aware and capable of breathing, thinking and so much more?

This question lies at the heart of what many of us face as we look cancer in the face.  We undergo the transition from individuals living and surviving in the material world we have always known, to questioning life from a more consciousness-based perspective.

For more than 200 years we collectively believed only the material world was worthy of our attention. As we continue in the information age, we see consciousness as a real force.

The unspoken message . . .

In traditional western medicine there is an unspoken message that says understanding health begins with understanding  death and illness. In most medical schools there is little talk of life and death or health and disease. Consequently, doctors become disease technicians.

Medical school teaches that life is the product of chemical reactions in the body. Subsequently, awareness, ideas and emotions follow. In that model, death becomes the inevitable end of a machine (the body) wearing out.

The problem with this approach is . . .

Things seem like a collection of solid materials, they are in fact made of atomic building blocks that are mostly empty. Even the sub-atomic particles that make up atoms are non-material.

The entire Universe, according to Ayurvedic science, is made up of a non-material field of energy and information. That is to say, everything we perceive as matter is actually non-matter. To put it another way, Ayurveda medicine and quantum physics offer the same message namely matter and energy are interchangeable.

Unraveling the Quantum Fields . . .

Science continues to unravel the quantum fields, and as they do, we begin to see a different structure to our Universe. There is an energy field beyond the limits of time and space – and from which time and space are born. This non-material field is called, by physicists, the Unified Field. Within this field lies the possibility for all that can exist.

Ayurvedic science calls it the field of Pure Potentiality, or the field of Pure Consciousness. It can also be called the field of infinite possibilities because all that was, is, or will ever be comes from this field. I often speak of it in my work as the Law of Pure Potentiality.

Health through a consciousness-based approach . . .

In that case, our thoughts and our cells are both an expression the underlying field of intelligence that stems from the field of Pure Potentiality. Our physical body is a field of molecules. Our mind is a field of ideas. In the end, there is a field of consciousness that underlies both. The healing traditions call this field of consciousness Spirit.

Our lifeforce is the expression of that field of consciousness called Spirit. It is the energy that animates us. Our connection to this field of intelligence is what allows our cells to work independently doing exactly what they need to do as individuals and collectively as part of the team of cells that make up the ecosystem of our body.

When something interferes with the flow of energy . . .

However, when something interferes or interrupts the flow of the energy coming from the field of consciousness called

Spirit, our cells change the way they work. Cells forget what it means to be whole. Those same cells begin to act as if they are disconnected from the body as a whole.

In a consciousness-based model, this is the starting point of cancer. We talked about our ongoing exposure to toxins and their accumulated effect. When cells become misguided or confused in their role, they ignore their cellular community. They stop working in harmony. Cancer cells take on an uncontrolled expression of power and reproduce with no regard for their host. In so doing, it creates its own destruction.

Revisiting the questions . . .

Join me next week when we revisit the question:

What is the deeper meaning of this illness which creates so much suffering?

Embracing Wholeness in the Face of Cancer:

The Embracing Wholeness in the Face of Cancer series is based on the work of the late David Simon, M.D., former Medical Director, the Chopra Center for Well Being.

This series is similar to math in that, what we talk about this week builds on what we have talked about previously. If you have not seen Part 1: Life is a Paradox, I would invite you to follow the link below and watch the series in order.

If you are struggling, I show people how to apply these principles in their life, so they can take action in order to achieve their health, personal, professional and financial goals.

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