Love, Medicine & Miracles

1. -Aimless playfulness for its own sake, like that of a happy child

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2. -The ability to become so deeply absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time, external events, and all your worries, often whirling, humming, or talking to yourself absentmindedly A child’s innocent curiosity An observant, nonjudgmental style

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3. -Willingness to look foolish, make mistakes, and laugh at yourself Open-minded acceptance of criticism of yourself

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4. -An active imagination, daydreams, mental play, and conversations with yourself

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5. Part of the mind’s effect on health is direct and conscious. The extent to which we love ourselves determines whether we eat right, get enough sleep, smoke, wear seat belts, exercise, and so on. Each of these choices is a statement of how much we care about living. These decisions control about 90% of the factors that determine our state of health.

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6. The abujmarhia tribe of central India enjoy a pollution-free environment, a wholesome natural diet, abundantly loving sexual relationships beginning primarily in early adolescence, relaxed but occasionally strenuous work in the fields by day, dancing and storytelling in the evening, and plenty of rest. Cancer is absolutely unknown among them.

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7. Cancer risk incurred by the personality type for whom life’s meaning comes entirely from people or things outside the self. Cancer is a symbol, as most illness is, of something going wrong in the patients life, a warning to him to take another road.

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8. I was a flower child, in love with the world, and my parents said, “grow up”, so I grew up and got cancer. Loving doesn't mean one hasn't grown up. Being childlike is not childish.

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9. He was a saint why him? The truth is that compulsively proper and generous people predominate among cancer patients because they put the needs of others ahead of their own. Conditional givers. They are giving only in order to receive love. If their giving is not rewarded, they are more vulnerable to illness than ever.

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10. Do you love yourself enough to take care of your body and mind? The answer is contained in your lifestyle. Do you eat moderately? Are there plenty of fresh fruits and vegetable in your diet? Do you avoid most processed, additive-laden food? Do you smoke? Do you eat a good breakfast and get adequate rest? Do you exercise? Are you self-motivated? Most centenarians have been self-employed for much of their lives. Do you seek activities that give you joy and satisfaction?

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