Anxiety and nervous tension often make us restricted. We are tense, and we hold ourselves in check. We cannot let ourselves go. As a result of this we lose our normal freedom and ease of manner. It comes to affect us in all that we do, in our work, in our leisure, in our intimate life. We hold ourselves back, and try as we may, we cannot let ourselves go with the normal sense of freedom that we once enjoyed.
Relaxed.
I feel the relaxation.
Feel the muscles let go.
They let go all through me.
It is in my mind.
I let go.
The Feeling of Inner Strength-The effects of anxiety tend to destroy our morale. We may have had the condition a long time, and had treatment that has not helped us. We feel like giving in. But remember you can be promised at least some help from the practice of our relaxing mental exercises. So do not give up. When you are thoroughly relaxed, think along these lines:
Relaxed.
All my muscles relaxed.
The calm of it all through me.
I feel the calm and the ease.
The calm that gives me strength.
The inner strength.
I feel the inner strength.
Remember the importance of the prior relaxation and regression. This is the key which opens the door of our mind to such ideas.
The Development of Self-Discipline-The way back to health from nervous illness always demands a fair degree of self-discipline. Some conditions require more, some less; and some of us find self-discipline easier than others. But we all need it for the struggle ahead, and we can help ourselves like this:
Relaxed.
Relaxed and calm.
The calm that gives us the strength.
The inner strength.
The strength to do what we have to do.
We can proceed further along these lines:
The inner strength.
It is calm strength.
Easy strength.
Easier and easier to be strong.
This of course is absolutely true. At first self-discipline is difficult, very difficult; but as we practise it more and more, it becomes easier and easier.
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Posted on 2009 under Arthritis |
Here, briefly, are a few more actual cases of arthritis having been healed, as follows:
Mrs. E. L., 47, Algaras, Sweden
Mrs. E. L. noticed the first symptoms of arthritis in 1956. She felt a dull pain and stiffness in her hands. The pain spread to the other joints: elbows, shoulders, legs, and feet. Eventually the whole body was affected and the pain became more and more intense.
She was referred by her doctor to the Lidkoping Hospital. There she received x-ray treatments plus some drugs. In 1957 her doctor prescribed cortisone. In 1958 she was treated with gold injections at the Mariestad Hospital which resulted in slight improvement in her knees. In 1961 she was again treated with gold injections and other drugs in Nynashamn Hospital but without any improvement. She stayed at the hospital for two months.
During all these years of conventional treatments with drugs, x-rays, cortisone, and gold injections her condition was gradually getting worse. Her joints were badly deformed and the pain became more and more unbearable.
Finally, in 1962, Mrs. E. L. came to the Bjorkagarden Institute. She stayed there six weeks and fasted five days on juices. She felt great improvement; pain and stiffness disappeared. In 1963 she returned for six more weeks and this time she fasted ten days.
After a second visit to Bjorkagarden her arthritis was all but gone. Pain disappeared and joints became flexible and mobile. She continued with the lactovegetarian diet in her home, and reported to me in August, 1966 that she felt great and had no recurrence.
Mrs. I. B., 39, Borlange, Sweden
Mrs. I. B. was stricken with arthritis at the age of 22. First, she noticed a swelling in the joints and then later stiffness and pain. She was treated with various drugs. Her condition was steadily getting worse until 1958 when she had to go to a hospital in Halmstad. She made several hospital visits during 1958-63. In spite of these treatments and several drugs she didn’t notice any improvement in her condition.
In 1964 she came to Bjorkagarden Institute. She stayed there three weeks and fasted three times. After three weeks of intensive biological treatments and fasts her arthritis was completely gone. In answer to my inquiry as to the results of her treatments in Bjorkagarden and the permanency of her cure, Mrs. I. B. wrote, in September, 1966:
“Results were fantastic. No arthritis left… No relapses!”
Mr. S. K., 40, Stockholm
The first symptoms of arthritis appeared in 1952. The contributing cause: a stubborn case of chronic tonsilitis. The pain in his joints continued on and off for several years. A visit to a doctor resulted in the removal of his tonsils. But the pain and the stiffness in the joints didn’t disappear. With the passing years it only seemed to become worse.
Finally, he was referred to the Sodersjukhuset in Stockholm. There he was treated with gold injections.
In 1957 he started with cortisone. At first he felt great improvement. Then the pain and the stiffness returned. In 1959 he was sent to the Karolinska Institute and stayed there three months—no improvement.
During 1961 and 1962 he was trying to keep going with the help of cortisone—16 milligrams a day, a very heavy dose. In addition to cortisone he was taking various other drugs, including sulfa drugs and salicylates. He estimates that during a period of six years he had consumed 25,000 aspirin tablets! All these drugs didn’t help his condition at all. His arthritis was getting progressively worse with aggravated and intensified pain and stiffness.
In 1963 Mr. S. K. went to Brandals Clinic. Treatments at Brandal started with the traditional fast. He fasted for 20 days and felt better and better with each day of fasting. After the first week all pain and stiffness disappeared. For the first time in many years he could clench his hands together. After 20 days of fasting, consequent special diet, and other biological treatments his long battle with arthritis was finally won.
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