Ideal state of health.

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The definition of an ideal state of health according to Prof. George Vithoulkas

The person who is really healthy on all three levels of his being physical

emotional and mental has:

 

Freedom from pain on the physical level with a feeling of well being,

Freedom from passions on the emotional level with a state of dynamic calmness

Freedom from egotism and selfishness on the mental level while the person

feels unity with Truth or God or the world of ideas.

 

There is a possibility that a person will be healthy on one level while on

another level can be extremely sick.

 

The fact is that there has never been given in medical Universities the

definition of health. This matter is of extreme importance for a medical doctor

who is supposed to take a sick person from illness and dis-ease towards health.

If we could define correctly what is health then and only then we can know

whether after a specific treatment we take a person from a dis-eased state to a

healthier state.

 

For instance according to this definition a person who takes cortizon for an

inflamation of one of his joints and after that treatment develops depression

has not been better really but actually is worse as his emotional level is

affected. (anxiety depression irritability) or his mental state is afected with

confusion loss of memory etc in spite of the fact that the pain/inflamation goes

away. On the contrary we must admit that we have done a disservice to such a

person and led him from a relative superficial problem to a deeper and more

serious health hazard.

 

The Measure of health is according to the creativity of the person. But a

creativity that is useful for the person himself but also to an equal degree for

the society.

 

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