Comments on: Mental Illness = Physical Illness http://sparks.infonetportal.com/2010/01/mental-illness-physical-illness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mental-illness-physical-illness Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:10:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter Link http://sparks.infonetportal.com/2010/01/mental-illness-physical-illness/comment-page-1/#comment-1947 Peter Link Fri, 02 Apr 2010 09:58:56 +0000 http://sparks.infonetportal.com/?p=1586#comment-1947 Good question. Actually, no. Both situations -- the driving of the car and the captaining of the boat -- taught me the same lesson twice. That car sickness or sea sickness are both the result of mental un-focus. So now when I'm in a car and not driving or out on the water and not captaining, I make sure I stay mentally focused on positive things -- both visually and mentally. I stay alert to the specifics around me and do not let my mind drift alone unawares. I've been practicing this for several decades now and have gotten so good at it that I don't even have to think about it any more. It's just automatic. I have not had either "disease" for decades. But let's be completely clear. Occasionally when I'm traveling in the back seat of a car and I feel the slightest first bit of nausea coming on, I seize the moment and handle the suggestion immediately. I simply resume my focus and it always immediately goes away. I don't have to drive the car. Essentially I learned the real lesson from the earlier experiences and learned the true cause and solution. The solution was not to drive the car or captain the boat, but to become more focused in life, to change my thought, to lift my thought, to take control of my mental atmosphere and focus away from the drift of the sea or the sway of the car and on to a higher mental clarity. The entire experience I see as a metaphor for all mental healing. Good question. Actually, no. Both situations — the driving of the car and the captaining of the boat — taught me the same lesson twice. That car sickness or sea sickness are both the result of mental un-focus. So now when I’m in a car and not driving or out on the water and not captaining, I make sure I stay mentally focused on positive things — both visually and mentally. I stay alert to the specifics around me and do not let my mind drift alone unawares.

I’ve been practicing this for several decades now and have gotten so good at it that I don’t even have to think about it any more. It’s just automatic. I have not had either “disease” for decades.

But let’s be completely clear. Occasionally when I’m traveling in the back seat of a car and I feel the slightest first bit of nausea coming on, I seize the moment and handle the suggestion immediately. I simply resume my focus and it always immediately goes away. I don’t have to drive the car. Essentially I learned the real lesson from the earlier experiences and learned the true cause and solution. The solution was not to drive the car or captain the boat, but to become more focused in life, to change my thought, to lift my thought, to take control of my mental atmosphere and focus away from the drift of the sea or the sway of the car and on to a higher mental clarity.

The entire experience I see as a metaphor for all mental healing.

]]> By: Sandra Henderson http://sparks.infonetportal.com/2010/01/mental-illness-physical-illness/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 Sandra Henderson Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:09:37 +0000 http://sparks.infonetportal.com/?p=1586#comment-1945 So, help me here. Doesn't this mean you still have to be in the physical driver's seat? So, help me here. Doesn’t this mean you still have to be in the physical driver’s seat?

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