David Lawrence Preston

Tag: mind-body

  • The Higher and Lower Selves

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    Our inner experience often feels like a tug of war as various streams of thought battle for attention. Some thoughts come from the needs of the body and emotions. They make up the part of the mind referred to as the ego or ‘Lower Self’. In contrast, we also have thoughts which come from the…

  • A New Body Every Year?

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    Would you like a brand new body every year? It’s not that far-fetched you know! Your body is constantly regenerating itself. The cells continually die and are replaced with new cells at the rate of more than one million every second.  The cells of the heart and digestive system are replaced every three to six…

  • Who do you think you are?

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    There’s a story of an anxious philosophy student who goes to see his professor. ‘Please Sir,’ he asks, ‘I’ve got a question that’s eating me alive. I must find the answer. Do I exist?’ The professor turns to him with a withering look and replies, ‘Who wants to know?’ The yearning to discover our true…

  • What do we mean by ‘Spiritual Beings’?

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    It is often said that we are not human beings having a spiritual experience but spiritual beings having a human experience. What does this mean, and does it have any relevance for people not of a religious persuasion? Or does this religious language obscure the truth behind this statement? There is a part of us…

  • Take responsibility for your health

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    Health is a priceless asset that we tend to fully appreciate only when we lose it. But how many people really take care of their health in a holistic sense? We live in a land of plenty and medical knowledge has never been greater, yet ill health and obesity are rampant. How can this be?…

  • Health is Wholeness

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    Health means wholeness in every aspect of our being – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The terms ‘health’, ‘to heal’ and ‘holy’ all come from ancient words meaning ‘whole’. Health is a spiritual condition. It has its origins in the invisible energy field from which atoms are formed, and is influenced by our thinking. Good…

  • Plumbers and Mechanics

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    We’ve always known that there’s close connection between the body and the mind. It’s widely recognised, for instance, that people going through tough times get stressed and suffer stomach upsets, headaches, tiredness and so on, and besides how else do we wiggle our fingers or flex our toes? In the Oriental tradition, mind and body…

  • What are we?

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    One morning I knocked on my son’s bedroom door. ‘Are you up?’ I asked. I heard a groan and then a voice answered. ‘My body’s up, but I’m not!’ Later that day, I turned on the TV.  A reporter was interviewing a woman with piercings all over her body. ‘Why did you do it?’ asked…

  • Your Body Speaks Your Mind?

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    I recently came across a book by a Belgian mystic, Christiane Berlandt. Entitled, ‘The Key to Self-Liberation,’ it promises to reveal the symbolism of the main organs (heart, lungs etc.) and other parts of the body (e.g. fingers, chin), plus the psychological origin of a thousand diseases. First published (by the author herself) in 1993,…