Book Review - Health Secrets From the Seventh Heaven

The human spirit consists of clashing entities constantly waging war with each other to gain control of the mind-body-human intellect versus animal emotion. This concept is part of the universal human experience. We are all familiar with the cartoon images of the little devil standing on a person's left shoulder arguing with the small angel on the right. The devil urges the host to go for the instant gratification while the angel warns about the unintended consequences of the mischief. This conflict usually ends with one knocking the other off the shoulder and convincing the person to act or abstain depending upon whether good or evil won the day. The Kabbalah calls this the war between the "good and evil inclinations." This is the world of opposites in which we live and have living within us.Each of these conflicting spiritual factions is continuously using every means at its disposal to gain the upper hand. The evil inclination is an accomplished liar; which is why we human
s are adept at rationalizing. With our evil inclinations, we can find a valid reason to justify anything that we want to do and argue convincingly that there is no other choice or that it's harmless or acceptable "because everybody does it!" And the end result is to suffer unintended consequences that we could have avoided.In effect, there are two types of realities from the human perspective: what happens and the story we make up about what happens, to fit the scenario with what we want in order to feed the bloated ego or avoid taking responsibility. Then we believe the embellished version as the truth of what happened and live inside the story.This is the reason we mismanage our bodies and develop destructive unhealthy habits, such as smoking, overeating, sedentary living, habitual rage and the like; rationale giving way to rationalization and reality perception giving way to self-deception. Our "bad side" justifies our self-destructive behaviors; and it takes a huge amoun
t of effort for the "good side" to overcome temptation.By conquering the evil inclination, by changing bad habits and practices, and by getting closer to G-d, we can gain the upper hand and rid our bodies of the pain, sickness, mental and physical ailments that plague our lives.This book is based on the Kabalistic work of Lubavitch Hassidism, the Tanya, (which means "teachings") and how it can be applied to maintaining physical and mental health. The Tanya, through its discussions of the purpose of creation, the essence of G-d and the relationship between the Creator and mankind, demonstrates how everything that we are is a process of thought, speech and action. The Tanya teaches how to conquer the evil inclination to change the reality in which we live. By changing the destructive spiritual conversation we have with ourselves we can get rid of the habits that lead to a destructive lifestyle. The performance and accountability for healing and prevention rests with each of us
. It's simply a matter of acquiring the tools for transformation.In this book Moshe provides many different anecdotes to demonstrate how the perpetual war of good and evil in many of his subjects led them down paths of inevitable destruction, leading to unhappiness, failure, poor health... and death. Every case illustrates how bad choices and interpretations have hurt the individual. He shows how changing the outlook we have on our lives, our surroundings and our relationship with our Creator and His creations leads to desirable results.True "spiritual healing" is an understanding what you are in relation to your Creator, taking responsibility for your choices and changing those familiar ways of being that are the root causes of existing and potential health problems. He has provided a practical and philosophical approach to achieving health and happiness.These pages will provide you the key to achieving better health by understanding our polarized existence. The first step
toward healthier living begins with learning the distinction of truth versus falsehood and perception versus deception. You will use what you learn in these pages to tackle a wide array of destructive ailments and habits: including drug addiction, smoking, obesity, anger, depression, hate, jealousy and so forth.Moshe's vivid writing covering his many years in healthcare, coupled with his explanation of one of the greatest philosophical works of all time, the Tanya, will dramatically change your life.

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