The Rebbe's Wisdom

As I'm typing this, the news is on in the background. Hal the coyote that was hunted and trapped in Central Park died as he was being released. No surprise there, the poor thing was stressed for days eluding capture. Obviously the stress was too much for him, though his handlers say they have no idea why he stopped breathing.

Go figure.

Back to Rebbe's Wisdom...I subscribe to Daily Dose from www.chabad.org. It's a wonderful bit of daily wisdom from Rabbi Menachem M. Schneersohn (known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe). Admittedly, his wisdom is over my head at times, but always interesting.

In one of his notes he said, "The worst thing you can do to recover from illness is to dwell upon it. To ponder, "Perhaps I would be better off with this remedy or with that; perhaps I should read up on what happens to people with this sort of thing; perhaps my doctor doesn't know what he's talking about and I'm going to get worse instead of better; perhaps..."

Find a good, caring doctor and follow his advice. Remove your mind from the illness and trust in the One Healer of all creatures, that He will send His healing energy through this doctor. Be confident you will be healed.

And then let your mind rest on good and healthy thoughts that have direction and purpose to them."

How right the Rebbe is! The power of the mind to heal the body is tremendous. We've been so well trained in this Western Medicine world of ours, to take a pill, have an operation, endure endless treatments, that we don't recognize the power of our own minds to heal.

Ponder this thoroughly before you reach for the phone, or for another pill. Give your thoughts to healing, not to the perpetual band-aid.

Be well.