Noetics

[Bengalzona]

Over 90% of all healing is done by the body itself. Medicine generally just assists the body in the healing process. And it is scientifically proven that your moods and attitudes can impact aspects of healing. For example, people with clinical depression are also inclined to develop certain physical ailments as well. Depression impacts the immune system. If your mental state can impact your physical well-being in a negative way (example: stress), it only stands to reason that it can impact it in positive ways as well (reduced stress). I think we are learning that we can have more control over our personal healing process than we previously thought. That doesn't me we can consciously direct cells to do certain things in certain areas of the body. But it does appear that we can impact the overall environment those cells are in and encourage certain cells to thrive with certain attitudes or dispositions.

This makes me wonder about healing miracle stories from the past. While I generally discount these stories (or take them upon pure faith with regards to religion), I wonder if some people in the past haven't had a knack for encouraging positive thoughts and feelings in others (through meditation, relaxation, hypnotism, etc.) and, thereby, indirectly assisted them in healing themselves to such a degree that people might have thought of it as miraculous.