The Patient's Role in Healing is a Free Resource Limited Only by Our Mind

Focusing on thoughts directs awareness externally.wisdom. Too often, we just focus on thoughts that
The focus of this article is to have doctors andtrigger fear and insecurity; by doing so, we ignore
patients interact on an experiential level instead ofpowerful inner resources. Avoiding those triggers
just an intellectual level. Every person has thisfrees you from limitations and allows the patient to
experiential level, but society's focus is too oftenbetter participate in his own healing.
limited to the intellectual level and we ignore ourThoughts often represent how others see you.
greatest resource in healing. The Internet hasIdentifying with that perspective makes you ignore
developed patients with a wealth of knowledge andthe Wisdom of your Body, the precious part of you
has made them more active in their interactions withothers never see. You are the only person that
doctors. That is definitely a plus, but if that placesconnects to your inner wisdom; others can only
their focus on thinking, that may be the way theyknow it intellectually. To become an active partner
ignore the Wisdom of their Body.with your doctor, you use inner resources in harmony
Thoughts enable us to be creative and better inwith the doctor's outer resources and that is how
problem -solving, but our thoughts are more efficienthealing happens the
when our focus includes the Wisdom of our Body.If patients could learn to master their inner resources,
Thoughts are symbols that represent people, placesthe cost of the national health plan could be
and things. In a medical context, they representdramatically reduced. This partnership could make
modern medical knowledge. That knowledge isdoctor treatments more effective and reduce
incredibly valuable, but it is most effectively usedpersonal suffering. The resources developed in a
when the patient is connected to the Wisdom ofhealth crisis will be useful in bettering the quality of
Their Body Thoughts become useful tools, creativelylife after the crisis has passed. This is a resource we
used when we transcend them and connect to innercannot overlook.