Depression is a negative illumination. It descends from our desires and thoughts, the highest level of our inner structure, to our mood. From our mood, it proceeds to seep into the bodies’ systems, including our bones, tissues, nerves, and skin.…
Depression is like a virus that suddenly lands on us, chills us, paralyzes us, and lays us down. It strips away the joy of life, the strength to move, function, listen, and open our eyes. If we are depressed, we…
It is said that thought can influence the healing of the body. What is the power of thought? How does it work exactly? What can increase it? We have been evolving as a human species for generations, and our main…
A person is a private system that needs balance, and its balance depends on the general system in which it lives. Today, when the world has become interconnected and interdependent, the general system is in fact global, because human beings…
We are made of a desire to receive pleasure and delight, a desire to enjoy, which exists in various degrees. This desire develops qualitatively, becomes more sophisticated, and urges us to bring it new fulfillments. If we once wanted only…
Pressures, pains, doctors. Maybe the tests show nothing unusual, but the distress continues. Therapists, psychologists, medications. Sometimes there is some relief, but not a solution. Work is hard, family is hard, life is hard everywhere. Why has this epidemic come…
Where does the sensation of pain come from? What is its role? What is the difference between today’s pains and those felt in the past? Can we do anything to ensure there will be less pain tomorrow? The basic substance…
What is the root of cancer? How do relationships between people influence it? Will we ever be able to eliminate it from the world? The integral approach to education, which views the human being, society, and nature as one whole,…
It is commonly thought that if you have your health, you have everything. However, despite much scientific progress, it is hard to say that today we feel healthier. What is the full definition of health? What is the root of…
Our body is naturally adapted to endure physical suffering. It can withstand pain, torture, even extreme conditions like solitary confinement, and still recover. But mental suffering—stress, despair, a lack of purpose—can break a person entirely. The reason is because our…
An illness of the soul is far more challenging than a physical illness because it is the root of all illnesses, every single one of them. If we attain the correct attitude toward the world, i.e., one of absolute love,…
First, we should internalize the immense responsibility doctors hold in our world. People entrust doctors with the most valuable thing they have, their very life. Since most people do not live spiritual lives, i.e., life in connection with the upper…