You Are the Universe: Science of Desire, and How You Attract Illness & Disease

"Illness is an Illusion: Negative thoughts and feelings trigger a stress response in the body. When you worry about your health, your brain can perceive this as a threat. The amygdala signals "Threat! Threat!" which in turn activates the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal glands. This activation leads to the release of stress hormones like cortisol. When this stress response is frequently triggered by worry, the body remains in a state of "fight or flee".

This chronic stress response hinders the body's ability to heal itself. The body is too busy dealing with the perceived threat to focus on repair and maintenance.

Studies have shown that on average, people experience more than 50 stress responses per day, and this number can double for those who are lonely, depressed, pessimistic, or unhappy, which are emotional states that can be linked to health worries.

Conversely, positive emotional states can lead to positive physical outcomes. Happy people tend to live 7 to 10 years longer, and optimists are significantly less likely to develop heart disease. This suggests that worry (a negative emotional state) could have the opposite effect.

Chemical reactions in the body are influenced by emotional states. When you are in a hyper-emotional state, whether positive or negative, it can kindle reactions in your body and potentially even be transferred to other living organisms. Worry, being a negative emotional state, could trigger negative chemical reactions in the bacteria within your body, potentially manifesting as illness.

Taking ownership of negative health conditions through constant worry and self-identification ("I am unwell," "I am tired") can unwittingly allow these conditions to shape your reality. Emotional turmoil resulting from negative beliefs and thoughts creates a ripple effect of hormonal and chemical imbalances.

The Brain:

The brain communicates with all the cells in the body via hormones and neurotransmitters. Therefore, the negative thoughts associated with health worries have a direct biochemical impact on the body.

The brain is a "prediction generator". Constant worry involves negative predictions about future health, and while the brain aims to anticipate the future, excessive negative prediction can create a state of chronic alert and anxiety.

The mind cannot distinguish between what you want and what you don’t want. If you constantly focus on not being sick or worry about getting a disease, your mind is still dwelling on sickness and disease, potentially giving power to those negative outcomes.

Negative programming from external sources, like constant negative news about health crises, can contribute to a default negative mindset and increased worry.

The "reticular activating system" (RAS) is a biological system that can be influenced by our focus. If you constantly focus on health problems and worries, your RAS might filter your experiences to confirm these worries, noticing more information related to illness.