Can we really cure diseases like cancer with positive thinking?

[Dargor]

Those who think we can certainly live with their mind in a different reality.

[leilasmum44]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

Not a placebo effect in my book.
And Flora is correct...core beliefs must be changed along with positivity.
Since the omnipresent flow of the Infinite Spirit of Intelligence, Power, Knowledge and Benevolence...
often called Source Energy or God... are within every corner and space of every cell and atom in our bodies...we
ourselves being co-creators with the Creator...can create health overnight...
tumors are nothing, a piece of cake with Grace and the power of belief.

The exception of changing a person's core beliefs is when you are doing Intercessory Prayer or healing ...
as in, when a person is dying, in a coma, being kept alive by pumps...which happened...
when the person was off all the machines, smiling, sitting up and talking the next morning after
doing an intercessory prayer to the Holy Spirit...and she is still alive and kicking 3-4 years later....this month!

Hello miss hepburn. What exactly is an intercessory prayer with the holy spirit?

[Melahin]

If a positive thought is one that creates a positive feeling in you, then yes.

[Melahin]

Originally Posted by gratefulgirl

How can we help another cure themselves or become a healer to them

To the former you have to become accustomed to your own well-being, and understand that feeling good means being in alignment with it. To the latter you have to understand that you can only be of any good to their well-being if you are in alignment with your own.

[CrystalSong]

Originally Posted by SlayerOfLight

That's pure hogwash... Good people get cancer and die all the time and Karma has nothing to do with that, because there are plenty of awful people getting away with everything they do. I take slight offense in this because the way you wrote it makes it look like my mother had bad karma and was a bad person... And there is little to no evidence for past lives and in the many NDE's I've studied I barely find anything related to reincarnation. Whatever you believe is up to you, but if I were you I'd be a little bit more realistic instead of blaming every ill thing on karma. Also, it makes no sense to punish someone with karma in their new life while they don't even remember what they supposedly did wrong in their past life.... If you are being punished you have at least the right to know WHY.

In the West we think about Karma more in a Cause and Effect type way, not some punishment from the gods like in some Eastern religions.

Cancer as karma in Western context can be applicable.
Basically thought affects our body - not every thought and not always - but in general.

Worrying a lot give stomach aches and indigestion. Prolonged worry leads to stomach Ulcers. A life of worry can lead to stomach cancer.
Cause and Effect.
Cancer and Tumors if not environmentally caused by toxins and such were likely caused by a whole life of particular types of thoughts and emotional responses and believe systems.
The good news is it takes a whole life time to suppress the body enough to create disease. "Dis-ease."
The bad news is our thinking and emotional responses can cause harm to the body long term.

Pain in the body can be said to be the body waving a red flag that something is going wrong - either physically (external environment) or Mentally (harsh painful thinking), or Emotionally. For a healthy body it's a good idea to genuinely like yourself and treat yourself as a beloved individual who you keep away from people who talk bad and say disparaging things, be gentle and nourishing and congratulatory to oneself as one would a beloved child. Be approving and supportive!
Over all in our lives no one will talk as harsh, critical and demeaning to us as our own minds will. And it can be inescapable, is it no wonder the body rebels and systems break down? The mind can be like some horrific dictator and the body is like a country - it won't be long until the populace rebels in the streets and sets fires to buildings and car! So yes, cancer can be karma - self created by not knowing better, by not being kind and gentle to one's self and by always criticizing, self loathing and non-approving of oneself.

Read or watch video's from Bruce Liptons - Biology of Belief. It's not just wild speculation - it's science. Our thoughts and beliefs sculpt our health and longevity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82ShSNuru6c

Can we cure disease with positive thought? Absolutely. Seen it happen to many times to even talk about. However!......if the internal belief systems do not change the disease will re-appear somewhere else in the body.
I can't tell you how many powerful well documented Healers quit healing people and started teaching people how to Heal themselves through changing their belief systems and inner talk because they were starting to see people re-manifest tumors, cancer and other diseases several years later in different regions of their body - because their thinking and beliefs hadn't changed.
So the life style both exterior and Interior which made fertile ground for disease must be changed for permanent healing and not just a temporary reprieve.

[markings]

First, karma is not the only factor but only one out of 17.
Second, karma may come from many previous lifetimes, not necessarily only the last one.
Third, disease and illness tends to manifest where there is a weakness in the body and corresponding to the body part.

Taking all this in account it should be clear that victim blaming using karma only shows a non-understanding of past and current processes which affect us.

[hoodat]

Originally Posted by FrankieJG

Not only cancer but any other serious illnesses which are hard to cure. Often called as placebo effect?

We don't have direct contact with our higher selves because it would make it difficult to live in our material reality but if the positive thoughts are strong enough our higher self will take note of them and take whatever action is appropriate. Remember that a physical problem could be the result of a spiritual problem. Sort of a wake up call.

[Shivani Devi]

Originally Posted by FrankieJG

Not only cancer but any other serious illnesses which are hard to cure. Often called as placebo effect?

Hello. I have been assured that 'positive thinking' plays a part, but 'positive action' and pro-action is much better.

In the early stages, such chronic diseases can be 'cured' by diet and lifestyle changes in addition to alternative therapies and having a positive outlook.

I'm about to put this to the test myself to treat a terminal auto-immune disease that's pretty much in the later stages - having gone misdiagnosed by doctors and specialists for years.

Every day brings more pain, more immobility and all my ligaments are inflamed all over my body...my rib cage is almost totally fused and I have bony growths everywhere.

There is no cure for it and it's irreversible, but there are certain things I can do to halt the progression and maybe get a little bit of movement back and some comfort.

Stuff like Ayurvedic herbs, acupuncture, hydration, colon irrigation, yoga, cutting out starch and refined foods, drinking apple cider vinegar, kombucha, raw juices...plus prayer, meditation, healing techniques and keeping a positive mental attitude.

ALL of this will cure 99% of diseases, even in the later stages sometimes.

Time to start.

[nellie]

I agree with so many of you who replied before me, In my opinion it's entirely possible, but not in a way that a lot of people try to tackle it.

Don't get me wrong, I love positive thinking. It's a great start for those who need to get rid of some limiting beliefs and toxic thinking patterns. For a person who has always been negative, positive thinking can bring immediate results and attract lots and lots of good things.

But the problem is, in my opinion, that people treat positive thinking as some effortless cure-all and get discouraged when it doesn't work, falling back into the trap of negative thinking. They decide to think better thoughts in order to 'see for themselves'. They're basically testing the method which automatically implies a skeptical point of view.

Another thing, if you manage to change something merely with your thoughts. If you think about something, imagine it and then synchronicity happens and you get it. When you manage to influence your reality, what does it say about the nature of said reality? I think it's a question that you need to ask yourself before any drastic change can happen.

I think that amazing things can be accomplished, things that we cannot even imagine or comprehend, but in order to do so we need a level of understanding that can only be accomplished through dedicated spiritual discovery.

[Scommstech]

Some very interesting opinions here.
To be blunt I feel that many people do not understand the theory behind creation and what constitutes our material existence. They still think from inside the box.
For a start what is the purpose of "Chi" or the Holy Spirit as some prefer it. Others refer to the "field, or the Force". The net result is that they all do the same thing and were provided as an essential requirement for our existence. Without them nothing can exist.
When you understand what Chi does then you are in a position to work with it, just the same as you work with numbers or music. You use your mental understanding to reverse the disharmony that you yourself have created, or allowed to exist.
Mostly you have not created it alone but only you can undo the damage.
Just like a hypnotist cannot hypnotise someone who does not want to give up their sub consciousness you have to reclaim your own sub consciousness and realign it through conviction to the true consciousness which is disease or error free.
Technically anything can be reversed even a lost limb.