Dispelling the myths

Anita Moorjani learned in a unique way that it was not her fate to be always stressed and fearful, or to have a terminal illness. In her recently published book, Dying to be Me: My Journey From Cancer To Near Death, To True Healing, she tells how for four years she fought stage IV lymphoma cancer, which led to her near-death. While in what was thought to be an end-of-life coma she received profound knowledge about her life, mission and purpose. Upon regaining consciousness, she knew that her body would be quickly healed of cancerous tumours. And so it was, as she was released from the hospital within weeks, without a trace of cancer in her body. With an increased belief in the God-force within, she no longer feared death and this experience increased her desire to confront life fearlessly.

Moorjani now believes that her cancer manifested in her physical body due to the fear of being herself, displeasing others, not measuring up to their expectations and the fear of living life to the fullest. People healed of fatal diseases often have similar stories to tell.

"Only when I realized my own magnificence, my own perfection, my own self worth as a beautiful child of the universe, was I able to let go of fear and embrace life with all its uncertainties, ambiguities, joys, sorrows, and challenges," she said. In her book, Anita Moorjani speaks about her now enduring realisation of 'the God-force within'.

Jesus Christ shared the same health-giving observation around 2000 year ago in these words: "The kingdom of God is within you" …. within our consciousness.

It's my belief that we don't have to wait for a near-death event to gain that feeling of peace, confidence, love and ensuing health more regularly throughout our days. Maybe you'd agree that inspiration comes in many different ways - from a movie, from the peace and empowerment we get from walking in nature or through prayerful affirmations of our likeness to the divine consciousness or Mind. This is health-giving inspiration worth seeking out.

The World Cancer Day website confirms, we should never think that we deserve to suffer an unjust sentence like cancer - it's neither our fate nor habitually a death sentence these days. It's a relief to know that all our human resources are being drawn together to eradicate cancer and its effects on people.

While it's heart warming to hear accounts by so many people of how grateful they are for the loving support of medical staff and the excellent cancer treatment they've received, such experiences as Moorjani's suggest that our fate might be the eventual realisation of this 'kingdom of God' within … a state of consciousness that feels embraced in love and is naturally healthy.

To say that this realisation can, here and now, have a significant impact on our health and happiness may be an understatement.