THE TAO OF HEALING MYASTHENIA GRAVIS

Introduction of the book:

Millions and billions of people worldwide are suffering from autoimmune diseases, including myasthenia gravis which is only one of the many different autoimmune disorders that are causing anxiety, fear, pain, mental confusion, and even suicidal thoughts in some of those afflicted.

According to Western medicine, there is no known cure for autoimmune diseases due to the complexity of their causes. Understandably, patients afflicted with autoimmune diseases are seeking healing from many different healing modalities, such as the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the Ayurvedic medicine, and among many others. In addition, they are desperately looking for help from herbs, fruits, and all kinds of natural nutrient supplements, as well as from physical exercises and spiritual practices, to rejuvenate their failing health due to their weakened immune systems.

The TAO may play a pivotal role in the healing process of any autoimmune disease, including that of myasthenia gravis.

The TAO is the profound wisdom of Lao Tzu, the ancient sage from China more than 2,600 years ago, who was the author of the immortal ancient classic Tao Te Ching on human wisdom.

The word “TAO” (道) in Chinese originally meant “road.” Later, it came to mean “way” and hence “the Way.” The TAO is “the Way” of looking at the world with a certain attitude of the mind, which is totally different from that of the West, and that is why it is so intriguing and fascinating, as evidenced by the fact that Tao Te Ching (道 德 經), the book of the TAO by Lao Tzu, is one of the most translated books in the world.

The TAO may provide self-inspiration and self-intuition for those who have to confront all the changes and challenges when diagnosed with myasthenia gravis or any autoimmune disease.

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A sample from the book:

The Healthy Brain 

This is how you may keep your brain healthy:

• Keep yourself hydrated because 80 percent of your brain is water. Drink at least 7-8 cups of water per day.
• Keep healthy gums, and floss your teeth regularly to prevent any gum disease.
• Enhance and improve blood flow to your brain with your 30-minute exercise at least several times a week.
• Eat a healthy diet: high-quality lean protein; low-glycemic and high-fiber carbohydrates; natural and not processed foods.
• Avoid inflammation and the formation of free radicals in your body.
• Avoid sugar and sugary drinks, including all sodas and diet sodas.
• Quit smoking, and limit your alcohol consumption to no more than 5 glasses per week.
• Manage your blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
• Maintain healthy levels of nutrients, e.g. vitamin D and omega-3s.
• Maintain healthy hormones of the thyroid and the testosterone.
• Promote good mental health, and avoid anxiety and depression.
• De-stress yourself with correct breathing and daily meditation.
• Get quality sleep of at least 7-8 hours a night without the help of medication.
• Develop meaning and purpose in your life.

In addition to having a healthy brain, you must learn how to empower your thinking mind to seek and acquire the knowledge to heal your myasthenia gravis.                                   

The Questions and the Answers

Asking many relevant questions and seeking the answers from those questions asked is the way to empower your thinking mind.

There is an old proverb that says: “He who cannot ask cannot live.” Life is all about asking questions and seeking answers from the questions asked—and that is empowering the human mind for knowledge and information.                                                

After a devastating myasthenia gravis diagnosis, it is not uncommon for the patient to ask the question: “Why?” Asking this pivotal question can have either a negative or a positive impact on the patient. The question “Why me?” often leads to negative emotions, such as anger, anxiety, frustration, hopelessness, and even unfairness; while the question “Why do I have myasthenia gravis?” may result in the intent to do something positive about the causes of the disorder, leading to healing.

In the Bible, Jesus said: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find” (Matthew 7:7) In real life, we must always ask ourselves many thought-provoking questions at all times. Asking questions is self-introspection, which is a positive process of self-intuition and self-reflection, without which there is no self-awareness and hence no personal growth and development. Therefore, asking questions is self-empowering the thinking mind to get the knowledge, which is a tool necessary for any healing process.

Remember, the kind of questions you ask determines the kind of life you are going to live. Your questions often trigger a set of mental answers, which may lead to actions or inactions, based on the choices you are going to make from the answers you have obtained. Your life is always the sum of all the choices you have made in the process. No matter what, life is a journey of self-discovery, a continual process of asking questions and seeking self-awakening answers from all the questions asked. The more questions you ask, the more powerful your thinking mind will become, and the more ready you will be to receive the self-intuitive answers.

The most important thing in questions-and-answers is to experience everything, not just to pursue the knowledge. As a matter of fact, knowledge can help, but it can also hinder. When you only follow what you know, and forget how and what you feel, you can easily be led down the wrong path. Extensive knowledge and even logical reasoning may not necessarily compound true human wisdom.

The bottom line: live every question you are going to ask yourself, and live in its full presence; be patient toward all those questions that you cannot find the answers right away. But true enlightenment may dawn on you one day when you find yourself asking fewer or even no more questions because by then you may already have got all the answers—that is the ultimate self-awakening.

Therefore, continue the process of self-reflecting all the questions you are going to ask yourself; without this self-reflection, you may continue to exist in the trauma of your myasthenia gravis diagnosis. Now,  start asking questions to put yourself on the right path to intuiting the TAO of healing myasthenia gravis.    

THE TAO OF HEALING MYASTHENIA GRAVIS