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Originally posted by Faceman:
6.) Chewbacca, I guess I'm stnading at the same point of view as you with the "scientific explanation of faith healing" (if not correct me) and would like to elaborate: I think that because a lot of illnesses are at least partly psychosomatic a change of faith (not used as a religious term solely here) can have a very positive effect on your recovery. Surviving of cancer for example is more common with people who believe in their survival than with people who basicaly give up. I myself believe in the strenghth of my immune system and tend to recover quickly from (fortunately rather small) illnesses, never sunk into it and (thank god) have never been comitted to a hospital. This may be a conicidence (because I can still rely on the strenghth of my youth) but I do not view it as such and thus get along a cough without getting bronchitis or asthma (at least I think so).
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Well, yes Faceman, I agree with your "scientific explanation of faith healing" in the sense that thinking healthy contributes to becoming and being healthy.
There is also a mystical/psycic side to what I was refering to as well that includes various techniques.
Creative visualization is probably a more accessible and easier technique to describe becasue at its core it is exactly what the term implies: Using the imagination to visualize being/becoming in a healthy state of mind/body. This isn't just mere idle daydreaming, but more like a conscious emotionally engaged focused meditation. I can reccomend some excellent books on this topic if your curiosity is peaked.
One of the more basic uses of CV is to overcome fears. One particular visualization involves imagining a personal fear as a big black ugly blob. Bravely reachout in your 'minds eye' and stick your hand deep into your fear. Get a firm grip and yank your fear inside out, turning it from black, to light blue, green, pink, or a color that is soothing and calming to you. When you have finally turned your fear inside out, picture its new beautiful form flying away to sink into your consciousness, to reside where fear once did. This is using CV to create personal psycological transformation. I can only say from personal expirience that this particular visualization technique is amazing.
This same technique can be applied to cancer as well, some well documented cases involve using visualization to "see" cancer cells being destroyed and replaced with vibrant healthy cells in a suffers body. The most potent form of this kind of healing is done by the sufferer of the disease themself, though anyone is capable of doing it on the behalf of someone.
Why and how does creative visualization supposedly work? Well thats whole discussion in and of itself, but it falls under the same principle that an optimistic mindset lends to having health and recovery.