The Conquest of Disease - Eugene Del Mar [Ebook]

The Psychology of Mental and Spiritual Healing

In order to effectually destroy disease it is essential that one recognizes its mental cause ; he should acquire an understanding of the direction of the mind in its false reasoning and erroneous opinion ; he should eliminate these through knowledge of the Truth or Principle of Health ; he should realise that he is an Eternal Soul or Spiritual Being, and that his divine inheritance is Perfect Health. Not infrequently, the mere recognition of one's former errors of reason and opinion will suffice to restore normal ease.

THE CAUSE OF DISEASE

Physical disease is the result of thoughts that are based on false interpretations, on conceptions that have no foundation in Truth or Divine Law, on opinions that are not justified by facts ; leading to impressions that are incapable of harmonious expression, or expressions of a character that do not permit of harmonious impression. The thought that represents false reasoning interferes with free circulation, and this results in abnormal physical activities, of which pain is the reaction and conscious evidence. Man has a physical sensation of some character, and in his habitual interpretation of appearance and sensation as unfriendly and antagonistic, he forms an opinion concerning it that inspires fear, suggests pain and forebodes some degree of disaster.
Tradition tells him that it is the forerunner of some standardised species of disease, with its traditionally determined penalties. The particular form of that disease has been clearly described in terms of symptoms, and consciously or otherwise he pictures the form that it will take. This is exactly what it does. By some mysterious process, the picture is photographed into the body, the invisible takes on visibility, subconscious takes on consciousness, opinion assumes physical form, tradition is justified, and ignorance is crowned as demonstrated wisdom ! This transmutation of thought serves as a demonstration of one of the greatest mysteries, the persistent justification by the Universal Life of whatever attitude one takes toward it—it always accepts one at lOO per cent, of his own valuation.

One's thought founded on opinion and sense impressions have moulded his physical body in its own image and likeness. But the resulting condition is that of pain and suffering, and of sickness that is unpleasant and undesirable ; and naturally one seeks to transform this into the normal state of health and ease. How may this be done ?

The world has standardised its diseases, defined them physically, identified them in terms of symptoms, and pictured them so that one may visualise them readily. Their names are legion ; and it requires an encyclopaedia to catalogue them. The world has also standardised the cures for its standardised diseases, and it has one or more of these prescribed as a cure for each combination of symptoms ; for example, x y z is the drug corrective for the disease corresponding to the combination of symptoms 3, 28 and 76. This would be a splendid system if it only worked according to plan ; but from time to time so many changes are made both in the standardised diseases and the standardised cures, as well as in the opinions and beliefs of successive generations, that humanity has now more diseases than it ever before had ; and the world is awakening to a recognition that the whole system lacks any fundamental basis of Truth.

The fact is that one's diseases are dependent upon and may not be independent of his thought ; and if that thought is one of falsity, inharmony or disease is the inevitable result; it is the physical reaction to thought that is based on erroneous interpretation of appearance or sensation.

The basis of disease is erroneous thought, the occasion is the unscientific interpretation of fact or Truth, and the error consists in assuming a Principle or Truth in correspondence with one's belief in his destructive interpretation. Disease is due to one's erroneous behef, his faulty reasoning, his misconstruing of sensation, his ignorance of Principle. Usually a conventional name is given to it, a fear picture is generated, the suggestion is accepted, the traditionally anticipated result is expected, guilt is admitted, and punishment follows. And necessarily " the punishment fits the crime " against truth or Principle ! The creator is greater than his creation That which one creates he may control or destroy. That which is founded on opinion is but temporary in character, and may be effaced by a change of opinion.


Eugene Del Mar


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