Healing through others is not as good as healing oneself

Author: Zhong Libarren
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Publish Date: 2007-02-01
Features: Facing those who are tormented by illness, I often sigh: "Don't wait until you lose your health to cherish it; don't wait until you're lonely and helpless to seek help; don't make excuses that you're busy and have no time for your body, because then you'll never have any free time. If you want it, you must take it now; if you seek it, you will lose it." Remember this, and take action immediately! If we can let our parents, who have suffered and raised us with great hardship, live happily, joyfully, and healthily under our care, isn't that the greatest happiness for us as children? What we want is health, not disease! But many people only focus on disease, not on health. To complete our work, we stay up late, drink alcohol, eat nutrient-deficient takeout meals, and sleep at the office... What have we invested in our health? We have created all the conditions for getting sick—so if we don't get sick, who will? To blame whom? Western medicine blames bacteria and viruses, but refuses to blame the greatest culprit—ourselves... Not fully trusting doctors but trusting ourselves—some people might even be afraid to think about it! I can tell you with certainty that as long as you change your fixed mindset and learn a little extra knowledge, you can completely lighten your load and no longer worry about your body. You might even start to worry about doctors losing their jobs! If you want a happy life and learn to face illness with composure, you must learn to walk alongside illness. Because illness is not just one person's disease—it's a family's disease! Illness is a mandatory question in life, but also the best answer and commentary. Because illness is fate...
Treat your body as you would your child. Illness is like a child's mischief—it's a tremendous energy that can be transformed into motivation for growth, but we often resent and fear this energy. The ultimate goal of all treatment is to awaken the patient's self-healing potential. Many people think that as long as they memorize all the meridians and acupoints and can recite herbal formulas from memory, they can heal themselves and others. But they don't realize that learning medicine and treating illness are two different things. It's like martial arts—learning a hundred styles of flashy movements is useless in a real fight; it's better to master just one boxing technique. So, if you want to learn martial arts, study the true skills of Shaolin and Wudang. If you want to learn medicine, study the methods of treating illness and nurturing health. Some people say that it's better to learn than not to, but that's not necessarily true. Not learning means no restrictions, which is carefree, but learning can lead to self-imposed constraints.