Cancer - is it what you eat, or what's eating you?

Cancer is one of the most greatly feared diseases of our time. You could say it is almost 'epidemic'. What is the cause? What is the cure? These are the questions that are asked time and time again.

In the holistic view of health, where mind, body and spirit are completely interconnected, all of these aspects must be addressed in order to bring about 'cure'. The factors that influence the development of cancer are many, including hereditary, dietary, and lifestyle. Many health practitioners also understand that the development of cancer can be strongly influenced by the suppression/repression of emotions - anger, grief, guilt, resentment, etc.

If a doctor says “You have cancer and you have 6 weeks to live” – how do we know this is true? There are many stories of people who have been given a terminal diagnosis of cancer or some other illness, who have lived to tell the tale. I quote from one such person who says the following:

“…. after a prognosis of ‘six weeks to live’, I embarked upon a journey which to this day, some 37 years later, continues. My sojourn in hospital was actually highly educational because the experience taught me a number of things, the most important of those was to be self-activating. However, it also taught me something else, …. the resolution within myself never to accept at face value whatever negative medical prognosis was given. ……. nobody can tell you that you are going to die just because you have a serious illness. They are not God. ”

Ian Gawler, author of ‘You Can Conquer Cancer’, underwent a mid-thigh amputation at age 25 for osteogenic sarcoma. However the cancer spread until Gawler had visible bony lumps of about 2cm in diameter growing from his chest. He was given only two or three weeks to live. This was in 1978. Now, 30 years later, Ian Gawler is alive and well, with no trace of cancer, and now runs healing retreats for cancer patients in Victoria. (See http://www.gawler.org/html/s01_home/home.asp for more information).

“Is cancer what you eat, or is it what’s eating you?”

to be continued.....