CHRONIC
ILLNESS
Unlike acute
diseases which have a limited duration upon the vital force, chronic
diseases can remain in the individual for decades. These diseases
do not necessarily result in the death of the individual and they
may not die directly from the symptoms of this disease.
The chronic nature of their escalating symptomatology brings about
great hardship to the individual in one way or another and severely
undermines the quality of life through a continuum of ongoing
fixed symptoms as well as the addition of ancillary sufferings.
All this eventually leads to a terminal situation due to a weakening
of the vital force.
Whether it be a specific terminal disease or not, chronic diseases
are about the erosion of the stability of the life force. It is
only through this continual decline, in the all of the dynamic
aspects of the vital force, that we observe the general downward
spiraling trend in the over all well being of the individual.
These patterns of deterioration take place on all the levels of
the organism simultaneously, i.e.; the physical, mental, and emotional
spheres of a person.
For example, a person suffering with terminal cancer, long before
it has been diagnosed, may show mental and emotional symptoms
years before the overt symptoms manifest. Some people may suggest
that this person used to be more friendly and out going until
a particular tragedy occurred some years earlier. The patient
may also complain how their mental clarity used to be more clear
before the same event.
The patient will be able to relate their loss of mental clarity
by stating that they now have a horrible memory for peoples names,
or that now, unlike before, they can't remember anything and always
have to make lists of everything. The patient will usually not
recall how they were more sociable, or less irritable. Of course,
when these issues are brought to the attention of the patient,
they will say others have become more obnoxious and that's why
they want less to do with them.
What they will most likely fail to recognize, is that a traumatic
event in someone's life if left unresolved, has enough power in
the event to subvert the quality and the stability of the vital
force. The destabilization of the life force, with all of its
attending checks and balances existing solely to promote homeostasis,
then tacitly permits from a place of weakness, illness and disease
to begin to occur.
There and then begins a process of subtle deterioration of well
being, a compromise of the harmonious relationship of functions
and sensations of all centers to one degree or another. This almost
imperceptible decline is recognized by the vital force's attempt
to call for help, by producing symptoms. It is the accurate reporting
and faithful recording of these injured cries that allow the healer
to clearly prescribe a therapeutic protocol for the alleviation
of the suffering.
