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Healing The Other Way


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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By Tzvi Freeman
Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; rendered by Tzvi Freeman.

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Posted: Aug 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.
Posted By Anonymous, Zurich, Switzerland

Posted: Aug 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.
Posted By Anonymous, Flushing, NY/USA

Posted: Aug 26, 2008
beautiful and too true
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54 Years, 54 Ideas
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1971: Personal Property according to the Rebbe
1972: Aging and Retirement according to the Rebbe
1973: Anxiety according to the Rebbe
1974: The Mitzvah Tank
1975: Prison according to the Rebbe
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1977: Healing according to the Rebbe
1978: Sleep according to the Rebbe
1979: Sleeplessness according to the Rebbe
1980: Parenthood according to the Rebbe
1981: Childhood according to the Rebbe
1982: Birthdays according to the Rebbe
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1984: Time and Radio Waves according to the Rebbe
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