Do you believe in the power of the mind? Can we heal ourselves of all illness?  

I do believe that the human mind is capable of great things, including healing one's self. While I have not had experience with healing myself from a serious illness, I used to practice yoga. I found that I was not able to perform at my best during my yoga workouts unless I was focused with my mind. It was very intense - yoga requires you to not only move your body correctly into each position, but to clear your mind and focus on what you are doing. It was after I learned how to clear my mind and focus that I was able to learn to really flow from one movement to the next and was able to perform them correctly. Unfortunately, I no longer do yoga, but I do hope to start again soon!

Hi Andrew
I do believe in affirmations. That is what I think your talking about. I have read in several different places that you can make your self feel better. Like you live with constant pain, if you keep telling the brain on a daily basis that the pain is not that bad, it will eventally get to where it doesn't seem to be as bad.
Good discussion and have a good day.

Yes, we can. There are so many ways to help get rid of any sickness if is not too late. If someone watch comedies for 30 days, can lower his blood pressure and feel better. Petting dogs and cats has the same impact.
Placebo response proves the concept. Up to 1/3rd of patients given a placebo may respond with a reduction in symptoms, depending on the condition.

Hi Andrew, I am with you on this one and have also read some of the writing of Deepak Chopra. He is one of the best known writers in his field today and any of his works is worth reading. There have been and still are many who believe that we have the ability to heal ourselves of any illness. Anyone who has a positive outlook on life can be open to such things and yes our thoughts are very powerful. Some people believe that like Jesus, we are all sons and daughters of God, such people say that the only difference between us and Jesus is that he knew who he was - the son of God. Whether or not you believe the stories as told in the Bible, the fact remains that there have been many such occurrences, some in our own day. One of the great spiritual leaders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries was Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science. Although the religion which she founded does not seem to be growing today, it grew extremely fast in it's early years and even for many years after her death. Although I may not agree with all of her teachings, I believe that she was truly a pioneer in the new spiritual movement of today. She was also a great Christian lady despite what the fundamentalist Christians say about her. There is much about the new spirituality to be found on the Internet and it makes for very interesting reading. Blessings.

Even as we can kill ourselves by thinking, we can heal ourselves with thought. I don't believe (for one minute) that you have never healed yourself using mind over matter. Everyone, at sometime in their lives, has had the common flue, and world-wide, thousands die of it every year. If you have Survived the flue, you have Healed Yourself. Think of the diseases each of us have endured, fought, and conquered, over the years of our lives, and realize that everyone has caused miracles to happen, using Mind over Matter!

there are so many things that human being can not handle and explain. the power of mind is a centries-old subject,and now most of those studies are in the frame of psychology.in most traditional medicines,the power of mind is a usual assistance to the healing.i do think sometimes the mind takes an important part in healing ourselves,but not all illness.

I believe that our mind plays a big role in our health. Our body reacts what our mind tell. If I think that my body is sick, then our body would fell sick. Miracles I think is a result of faith on what our heart believes in. Its a result of a greater intervention over us. But the most important is that we also need to take actions on whatever we think off. I cannot simply say that my sickness will go away but still eating banned foods or living in a dangerous life style.

Yes i believe in the power of the mind. In fact scientist even claim that humans are not yet fully utilizing the brains power and that we only use a few percent of what our brains are capable of doing. I think there will come a time when we can communicate with just our thoughts, heal ourselves and many more. at the moment, there are games that can let you play with just your mind by attaching gadgets to your brain. If machines can catch our brain waves then there must be away for us to develop it so that we can emit more powerful brain waves without the need to use machines.

Hi Andrew,
I am more a reality person. I still believe that if you have some illness, you need to go see a doctor, take some medicine. But in the same time, i won't deny that the power of your mind helps you heal the illness, like alwasy think postive, be happy, smiling, those helps, but i won't think that's the key point. Technology still the major to reply on.Thanks for the interesting topic!

i always believe that what your mind can conceive, your body can achieve. although we cant really avoid some to be skeptic at time because there is no scientific explaination in all this. actually not only on self healing but in fulfilling what you always dream of as well. say for example those who came from nothing and with the help of mindsetting that they will become successful and rich. the next thing you'll know is that theyve done it and already giving inspiration to others. i think power of mind has always something to do with it, we just cant explain how it has happened. happy mylotting andrewfreyne