Spiritual Illnesses - Gurds Hundal
From Carly Findlay Morrow -
Yesterday a "health journalist" I am acquainted with online released an ebook called "A-Z of spiritual illnesses explained". I was alarmed at the title, and downloaded it. And I was horrified at the content. Many others were.
She has a huge social media presence and media prominence.
Here's some excerpts.
"There is a spiritual cause for our illnesses. With every illness and ailment, there is also a spiritual meaning of illness. In other words, illness is created within our body when we are refusing to change or accept issues in our lives. Each block we encounter is an illness that we refuse to see part and remain stuck with."
Some "definitions":
"Acne: Not accepting the self. Dislike of the self."
"Cerebral Palsy: A need to unite the family in an action of love."
"Lung: Problems: The ability to take in life. Depression. Grief. Not feeling worthy of living life fully."
"Multiple Sclerosis: Mind hardness, hard-heartedness, iron will, inflexibility."
"Psoriasis: Fear of being hurt. Deadening the senses of the self. Refusing to accept responsibility for our own feelings."
"Rash: Irritation over delays. Immature way to get attention."
"Stroke: Giving up. Resistance. Rather die than change. Rejection of life."
The victim blaming, shame, stigma and misinformation in this book is terrible.
She asked me my opinion and I wrote to her, very diplomatically. I included these paragraphs:
"Our conditions did not come about because of a spiritual cause. Many of our illnesses were caused by genetics or are acquired, or through accidents. Many of us accept our illnesses and are proud of our identities. I hope you can see this.
Your preface and definitions only perpetuate the shame, self hatred, stigma and misinformation around living with illnesses and disabilities. Myself and others with illnesses have spent so long accepting our illnesses and disabilities and living with them we don't need to be blamed for causing them."
She gave me a seemingly sincere apology but didn't realise she should have referenced the content. As a journalist, she didn't think to. She also didn't think this book could be damaging. She said she only gave it to others who think like her, to which I said of course they wouldn't have seen a problem with this.
Today I found out she's plagiarized it from Louise Hay, word for word. http://alchemyofhealing.com/causes-of-symptoms-according-t…/
When I called her on that, she unfriended me. She didn't write an ebook, she just mastered the art of copy and paste.
Friends, don't believe this bullshit. Don't let so called health experts with huge social media followings shame you into believing your thinking caused your illness or disability. Read widely, look for references and qualifications. Seek proper medical advice.
You are worthy, you are loved and you did nothing to cause your illness or disability.
You can download her (public) document below, which she has released as a 'freebee'.
Yesterday a "health journalist" I am acquainted with online released an ebook called "A-Z of spiritual illnesses explained". I was alarmed at the title, and downloaded it. And I was horrified at the content. Many others were.
She has a huge social media presence and media prominence.
Here's some excerpts.
"There is a spiritual cause for our illnesses. With every illness and ailment, there is also a spiritual meaning of illness. In other words, illness is created within our body when we are refusing to change or accept issues in our lives. Each block we encounter is an illness that we refuse to see part and remain stuck with."
Some "definitions":
"Acne: Not accepting the self. Dislike of the self."
"Cerebral Palsy: A need to unite the family in an action of love."
"Lung: Problems: The ability to take in life. Depression. Grief. Not feeling worthy of living life fully."
"Multiple Sclerosis: Mind hardness, hard-heartedness, iron will, inflexibility."
"Psoriasis: Fear of being hurt. Deadening the senses of the self. Refusing to accept responsibility for our own feelings."
"Rash: Irritation over delays. Immature way to get attention."
"Stroke: Giving up. Resistance. Rather die than change. Rejection of life."
The victim blaming, shame, stigma and misinformation in this book is terrible.
She asked me my opinion and I wrote to her, very diplomatically. I included these paragraphs:
"Our conditions did not come about because of a spiritual cause. Many of our illnesses were caused by genetics or are acquired, or through accidents. Many of us accept our illnesses and are proud of our identities. I hope you can see this.
Your preface and definitions only perpetuate the shame, self hatred, stigma and misinformation around living with illnesses and disabilities. Myself and others with illnesses have spent so long accepting our illnesses and disabilities and living with them we don't need to be blamed for causing them."
She gave me a seemingly sincere apology but didn't realise she should have referenced the content. As a journalist, she didn't think to. She also didn't think this book could be damaging. She said she only gave it to others who think like her, to which I said of course they wouldn't have seen a problem with this.
Today I found out she's plagiarized it from Louise Hay, word for word. http://alchemyofhealing.com/causes-of-symptoms-according-t…/
When I called her on that, she unfriended me. She didn't write an ebook, she just mastered the art of copy and paste.
Friends, don't believe this bullshit. Don't let so called health experts with huge social media followings shame you into believing your thinking caused your illness or disability. Read widely, look for references and qualifications. Seek proper medical advice.
You are worthy, you are loved and you did nothing to cause your illness or disability.
You can download her (public) document below, which she has released as a 'freebee'.
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