Health and Forgiveness

It is important to forgive when we are feeling hurt or offended by someone else's words or actions but it is not always an easy thing to do. The negative or hateful things that we store in the "back of our minds" still manage to seriously affect our bodies in secretive and subtle ways. The act of continually feeling or hiding resentment and regret can cause and create biological stress, infection, irritation and disease. When hate and resentfulness arise, our bodies are being negatively charged by thoughts and emotions that are uncomfortable and toxic to think or feel. Even though we may do our best to stay physically healthy by eating well and exercising, we are still vulnerable to sickness or disease if we do not have innocence and on-going peace of mind. The mind is so complex that it has a difficult time accepting the simplicity of unconditional love and forgiveness. It is not until we realize that our resentment and regret is self mutilating that we see the benefit (or brighter side) of pride-swallowing and emotional sacrifice. We must spot the differences between resentment and forgiveness to know that health and healing is the result of the latter. If we believe that we can reach optimal health without refining and re-mastering our minds then we are being ignorant, selfish, and evidently care more about who we are on the outside. We will not reap any spiritual or divine benefit or reward if we proudly and arrogantly defend or protect our egos in order to preserve our reputation and self-image. If we can learn to master our reaction to life and all of its happenings then we can find a deep and absolute sense of peace that can and will sustain, repair, and rejuvenate our bodies on a micro and macro level.