Healing The Other Way - Daily Dose of Wisdom

There are two approaches to healing:

One is to find whatever has been weakened and damaged by illness, then repair and strengthen it.

Another is to find whatever remains viable and healthy, and support and strengthen it. Since it is one body, fortifying one aspect brings healing to all the rest.

So too, the healing of the spirit: One path is to grab the weakness by its horns and fix up your act. Another is to focus your energies on the spiritual resources that are working well. Since it is one soul, when one area is enriched the rest is elevated with it.

So too, in repairing whatever is amiss in your world: When you see others are not doing their job, important work is being mishandled and valuable opportunities passed up, it is not a time for anger or despair. It is a time for you to strengthen many times over the good work you are doing in your own sphere.

And since we are all one, the energy you invest in your little corner of the world pays off in every other portion as well.

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Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson

From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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August 28, 2008

How you focus your healing

I think that it depends on the situation. In some circumstances we really have to fix what is wrong and focus our energies on it, just like if one breaks one's arm, it must be attended to, its not good enough to just focus on the other working arm.

I do however agree that if all we are doing is trying to correct our wrongs all the time and we don't focus on our good qualities, we will get frustrated and may give up all together.

Therefore I think both approaches are correct but it depends on the circumstances.

Anonymous
Zurich, Switzerland

August 27, 2008

Re:Healing the Other Way

Your "Daily Doses" are so profound and I am so grateful to have found this site.
Every "dose" is so positive in nature and gives me so much to latch on to. All negativity and despair are dispelled by words that give me something positive to strive toward. The sense of relief is immediate.

Anonymous
Flushing, NY/USA

August 26, 2008

beautiful and too true

Anonymous