A Cause of Disease
“Disease of the body as we know it, is a result, an end product, a final stage of something much deeper. Disease originates above the physical plane, nearer to the mental. It is entirely the result of a conflict between our spiritual and mortal selves. So long as these two are in harmony, we are in perfect health: but when there is discord there follows what we know as disease.”
–Edward Bach (English Physician and Creator of the Bach Flower Essences, 1886-1936)
Health
“Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of; a blessing that money cannot buy.”
–Izaak Walton (English Biographer and Author of The Compleat Angler {1653}, one of the most frequently reprinted books in English literature, 1593-1683)
I love the quote, but I had to wonder how he felt about the health of all the fishes that he yanked out of their homes….
A New Kind of Guidance
“Every advance in social progress removes us more and more from the guidance of instinct, obliging us to depend upon reason for the assurance that our habits are really agreeable to the laws of health.”
–Emily Blackwell (English-born American Physician, and the Third Woman to obtain a Medical Degree in the United States, 1826-1910)
Absorb the Light
“A person wishing to develop properly should first of all absorb light correctly, then heat, then air, and finally sold food for the body.”
–Peter Konstantinov Deunov (a.k.a. Master Beinsa Douno, Bulgarian Spiritual Master and Founder of a School of Esoteric Christianity, 1864-1944)
“Prophet for Our Times: The Life and Teachings of Peter Deunov” (Peter Duenov)
Health Is Organized Matter, Energy and Thought
“What does health represent? Organized matter, organized energy, organized thought.”
–Peter Konstantinov Deunov (a.k.a. Master Beinsa Douno, Bulgarian Spiritual Master and Founder of a School of Esoteric Christianity, 1864-1944)
“Prophet for Our Times: The Life and Teachings of Peter Deunov” (Peter Duenov)
Not Just a Goal, But Also Content
“Every healthy person must have a goal in life and that life must have content.”
–Hermann Hesse (German-born Swiss Novelist, Poet and, in 1946, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1877-1962)
Happiness and Health
“If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.”
–Elbert Hubbard (American Editor, Publisher and Author, 1856-1915)
Harmony and Health
“A healthy person is one with mind, heart and will in complete harmony – with light in the mind, an impulse and stimulus in the heart and energy in the will.”
–Peter Konstantinov Deunov (a.k.a. Master Beinsa Douno, Bulgarian Spiritual Master and Founder of a School of Esoteric Christianity, 1864-1944)
Learning By Example
“Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches.”
–Sri Aurobindo (a.k.a. Aurobindo Ghose, Indian Nationalist Leader, Mystic, Philosopher and Creator of Purna (Integral) Yoga, 1872-1950)
Contented Living
“Nine requisites for contented living:
- Health enough to make work a pleasure.
- Wealth enough to support your needs.
- Strength enough to battle with difficulties and overcome them.
- Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them.
- Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished.
- Charity enough to see some goods in your neighbor.
- Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others.
- Faith enough to make real the things of God.
- Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.”
–Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (German Poet, Playwright and Philosopher, 1749-1832)
