Blog #2--Adapting to Health Problems

Ever since BQB Publishing agreed to publish my book, I have kept a running list of topics I wish to share with readers in future blogs. These topics include expansions of discussions started in the book, clarification of other main points of emphasis plus new material. I am also eager to respond to any questions or comments readers may have in response to my book or these blogs.

However, Nature's plan for us isn't always the same as we wish it to be. I found myself putting off starting a blog, thinking it would be most useful if available around the time of the book's actual release. And then, about the time I was ready to begin, I was diagnosed with a set of physical abnormalities that could terminate my life abruptly.

I was encouraged to undergo a series of five surgeries, three of them major, with the assumption I would be in fine health afterward. That makes no sense to me. My medical background and a strong intuition that I've learned to trust suggests strongly I might live longer and have a better quality of life without the surgeries. So that is what I will try to do.

I am taking a risk since I could suffer a heart attack, stroke or both at any time. But I was also advised the same could happen during any of the surgeries. So in my mind, postponing surgery gives me a chance to get my blog started and help market my book. And it also allows me to help out my wife Mary Jane, who has been putting off hip replacement surgery to help me.

This decision is not taken lightly. I KNOW we all live forever; I discuss this in detail in the book. Overcoming the fear of death, and all other fears, is essential for our spiritual growth. So I must set an example and follow my own guidance. When I let go of all possible fears, all that's left is a clear feeling I'm better off without surgery, even though that goes against the recommendations of multiple medical specialists, all of whom want a chance to show me their expertise and make loads of money.

More generally, I recommend that we rise up and see ourselves as equal to our doctors and other professionals and stop putting them on a pedestal, a practice which is hurtful to us and them both. The self-confidence of knowing we are equal to those we consider exceptional improves our immune system and ability to maintain a balanced health. And treating them as our equals helps prevent doctors from letting their arrogance produce more mistakes. Surgeries, exotic drugs and medical magicians get the accolades, but our bodies are still more capable of keeping us healthy than any medical expert.

It is easy for us to claim we are spiritual people, but we find out whether that is true when Nature tests our mettle. We are hypocrites if we treat ourselves differently under duress than we would recommend for others. Spirituality requires us to recognize the innate equality of all things and all people and the reality that all of us eventually discard our bodies and go on to other realms. If we place our own welfare ahead of our family, friends and the general public, we demonstrate selfishness, not spirituality.

My decision may come back to haunt me, especially if I end up an invalid who is a burden to his family. My intuition suggests that won't happen, but I could be in error. Either way, we always make the decisions we most need to make at any time. After all, we can't change them once they're made, so accepting and living with them is the only sane solution.

If readers are enjoying it, I will keep putting out blogs twice a week until I can't do it any longer.

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