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Section 5 - Physical conditions and their spiritual components
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Conditions and their spiritual component
     Table 03: The fingers and their spiritual aspect
     Table 04: The finger or toe knuckles
     Figure 21: The individual teeth
     Table 05: The individual teeth and their spiritual aspect
     Table 06: The Individual toes
     Table 07: The vertebrae and their spiritual aspect
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Since we are spiritual as well as physical beings, our thoughts, attitudes and emotions affect our health at least as much as the physical world. Profound healing becomes possible when we address both the spiritual and the physical aspects of a condition. Use the descriptions below to address the spiritual component, and seek medical attention from your professional healthcare provider to address the physical.

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ConditionSpiritual component
A
Abdomen Organs within the abdomen enable our spiritual reactions to our life experiences to manifest in our physical body

See digestion

Issues that can arise

Bloating
Putting too much (or too little) emphasis on self. See ego, self-esteem, self-importance

Distension
Excessive thoughts of ego, self-importance, or self-condemnation, or shame. See self-esteem

Itching
See anxiety

Pain
See distress
Ability to learn Results from our feelings of worthiness to be alive, to receive nourishment, to receive focused, loving attention, and to participate meaningfully in the family

Issues that can arise

ADD / ADHD
Means literally being unable to hold our focus for any longer than a few seconds, and it means literally that we received too little or too much attention as a child. Hyperactivity is a physical response to a desperate need to get - or avoid - focused attention

Looks like
Habitually over-reacting to life experiences as an excuse to ensure that we receive lots of attention. Attempts by others to soothe us are like an addictive balm, but the risk is that they will eventually tire of soothing us. If we do not get the desired response (favourable attention), our agitation can increase to the point of tears or even temper tantrums disguised as a fear response, in the hopes that they will give up and comfort us. Even if that 'comfort' comes in a negative form like yelling or shaming, it is preferable to going without attention

Spiritual effects
Can manifest as a chronic need for validation from others. See co-dependent relationships, self-esteem

Physical effects
Ear and hearing issues, eye and vision issues, comprehension and memory problems

Change the pattern
Work on building a relationship with your inner child. By paying better attention to our needs, we find it easier to pay better attention in daily life. Doing these things gives us something meaningful on which to focus... our happiness. The more we meet our needs, the easier it becomes to maintain focus - an extra benefit!

Learning disorders
Includes auditory processing disorder, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyslexia, language processing disorder, nonverbal learning disabilities and visual perceptual/visual motor deficit

Can result from any or all of the following:
Change the pattern

Meditate to uncover incorrect or false belief about self that formed during early childhood and replace them with truth and understanding. See inner child work
Absenteeism / TardinessAbsenteeism and chronic lateness are passive/aggressive forms of abandonment in which we are unable or unwilling to meet responsibilities. It is the source of many of life’s difficulties and can infuriate those who are waiting for us, and sometimes that is the whole point. See avoidance, dawdling, defiance, silent rebellion

Spiritual effects
Unable or unwilling to follow through on commitments, depression

Physical effects
Arrhythmia, hypothyroidism

Change the pattern
Meditate to find and resolve the reason for the pattern. Visit WikiHow to Learn how to prioritize

Note: Do you know someone who is always late to meet you? Try setting a limit for how long you will wait for them (your choice whether to let them know). Maybe it will be 15 minutes, maybe 30, but stick to whatever you decide and leave after your time limit
Accident pronenessGuilt or shame can make us unconsciously seek punishment, or wish to prove that we are not as good as everyone thinks, or that we ought to be punished for doing well if a loved one is a failure. This can manifest in physical as injury-causing accidents that often occur just before our performance is to be judged or tested (fear of failure/success). Injuries are a way to show that we are in pain and distress and in need of nurturing or sympathetic attention. See bruises

Change the pattern
Build stable self-esteem to enable expression of our emotional needs in a mature way
AddictionsResult from a spiritual desire to avoid pain or run away from truth, from responsibilities, from our thoughts and emotions, and even from life. Can be to a chemical substance like food, tobacco, drugs or alcohol, or to any behaviour (like gambling, shopping, overusing a cellphone or personal device, etc.). See abandonment, obsessive/compulsive behaviours.

Spiritual symptoms of addictions vary from telling constant stories about how everybody has 'done me wrong' (victim pattern) to pathological lying, to using guilt trips to manipulate others, to avoiding making decisions (see hoarding).
Since addictions begin as thoughts which in turn create behaviours, they can be modified, and even, in certain cases, released completely. To bring about such dramatic change requires great strength, determination and commitment, but change is possible. Until the root cause of the need for the addiction has been recognized, resolved and released, the likelihood of recurrence exists. Very often, the root cause is the belief that "God must hate me" (see unconditional love), and therefore I deserve to be punished. Excessive gambling can be caused by a chronic need to win, to prove that "God loves me".

Breaking an addictive habit
Those who have tried to ‘break’ a substance addiction or a self-destructive habit may have noticed their habit is not just one habit. Let me explain. Thanks to joining a months long gradual cessation program provided by my provincial lung association, I can share my story as a Formerly Addicted Cigarette Smoker.

The association provided a wealth of helpful information which I read and took to heart, so I was prepared as well as I could be for the process about to unfold. Participants were to keep track of each cigarette they either had, or craved but didn’t have, noting the time, severity of the craving and possible reasons for wanting it. This was a new concept for me, as I was not exactly the most observant person when it came to paying attention to myself. Sure enough though, I began to see that I wanted to smoke at certain specific and even predictable times... with a cup of coffee, after meals, when starting and finishing a phone call, when starting the car’s engine, etc. This was not just one, but many habits. I saw too that smoking had become part of my reward system; even in the midst of physically demanding tasks I would stop for a smoke because after all, I deserved a ‘reward’, when what I actually needed was to just rest for a few moments. This observation practice enabled me to start thinking of myself as a non-smoker, which is a vital component of the process of change - seeing ourselves in the new and improved way.

Last smoke
About two months after starting the program, I was tiring of recording every cigarette. On Halloween of 1986, I had a huge argument with my mother. The moment we ended the call, I badly wanted a cigarette. As I sat smoking and pondering what information to record, it occurred to me that the argument was important. While I didn’t have the knowledge or foresight to examine this further than to say well, there’s no way I’ll give my mother that much power in my life, I decided, firmly, that ‘this’ was the last cigarette for me. Over the next few days and weeks, I noticed that my cravings would come after increasingly longer periods and last for fewer seconds. Like waves on the ocean, the first few days saw one every three hours or so. Luckily the program had prepared me for this, so I was able to ‘just say no, not now’ and the craving would pass. This gradually stretched to three days, then weeks, then months. I was amazed to have a craving - seemingly from out of the blue - three years after my last smoke. It lasted not even a full second, and since then, I haven’t had a single desire to smoke.

Spiritual withdrawal symptoms
Now here’s the tricky part. I mentioned cravings above, and certainly, cravings play an oversized role in changing thought patterns and behaviours. Whether we’re trying to give up certain substances or change negative behaviours though, cravings are very likely to happen. Another, possibly even larger challenge than giving up the substance or the behaviour, is dealing with the increase in obsessive thoughts about the issue(s) we are unable or unwilling to confront and resolve.

We think we are sustained by our addictions, but truly, our addictions are sustained by us, by our thoughts.

When changing behaviours, our brain kicks into high gear and reminds us of all the reasons we want and need that thing, but that is not all. Our thoughts obsessively return to the underlying issues creating our need, our trigger events, and everything will remind us of our pain, the pain of the hurts we can’t bear to face (or worse, that we have been trained to ignore or deny). The temptation to use that thing can feel overwhelming, and that’s if we’re paying attention to our thoughts. If we are not, we’re likely to experience even stronger and longer-lasting effects and cravings.

For example, someone with abandonment issues (see abandonment, fear of abandonment, reverse abandonment) is apt to recreate the very issues their addiction enables them to manage. Abandonment issues might cause us to pick a fight with a loved one so that they (a) blow up at us, giving us an excuse to leave the relationship, (b) leave the relationship thereby proving that we are in fact unlovable, or (c) and this seldom happens, they will lovingly soothe and comfort us. In this case, the addiction is the need to receive regular, ongoing proof and confirmations that we are loved and appreciated. Any information to the contrary causes our knee-jerk reaction of lashing out. We might suffer brain freeze, rendering us incapable of calm or coherent thought, making the situation worse. But we don’t have to give in or give up. We have tools... We have re-trainable brains. We have information. We have free will.

AdenoidsRepresent our ability to protect our self-esteem from being harmed by others’ negative opinions about us

See immune system

Issues that can arise

Adenoiditis
Feeling unwelcome, uninvited and surrounded by negativity
Adrenal glands Represent our ability to regulate our reaction to emotional stress

Issues that can arise

Acute adrenal failure(Addisonian crisis)
Can occur upon learning that a cherished belief system is false

Addison's disease
Can occur if we habitually play victim whenever someone tries to hold us accountable for our words or actions. The alternative, accepting responsibility, is out of the question since we believe that doing so would be devastating

Primary adrenal insufficiency when due to:

Secondary adrenal insufficiency
If due to

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Results from parental inability or unwillingness to provide the child with the basic spiritual necessities of life, like unconditional love, compassion, emotional support, etc.

Cushing syndrome
Unable or unwilling to trust and just be at peace

Other infections of the adrenal glands
Disappointing realization that we really have no control over what others think of us

AlexithymiaCan manifest as a personality trait if one left a prior incarnation while suffering severe emotional trauma, or can manifest in the current lifetime due to psychological distress

See associated conditions
Autism spectrum disorder, addiction, ADHD, allergens and allergic reactions, anorexia, anxiety, asthma, bulimia, depression, dyspepsia, fibromyalgia, high blood pressure, Crohn's disease), inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, migraine headaches, nausea, PTSD, stroke, traumatic brain injury
AllergensRepresent fear of things over which we have no control

Animals
Angry that everyone else gets to do whatever they want (see pity parties)

Dust
Which person, behaviour or situation is a never-ending irritation in the family?

Environment
Physical manifestation of chronic fear of the unknown

Food
Deep need to receive loving attention from a specific authority figure. Chronic fear that we are in imminent danger but not knowing what to do about it and believing that no one will help. Physical result of an unresolved traumatic situation that we fear is bound to happen again. Check out What Is the Difference Between a Food Allergy and a Food Intolerance?

Insect stings or bites
Chronic fear of being an unsuspecting dupe, or fear of things that we cannot control. See anaphylaxis, Lyme disease

Mold
Feeling as if there is no escape from our current situation. Since we cannot change others, we must change ourselves by changing our reactions to our life experiences. See required life experiences, plus anger, blame, self-esteem, self-condemnation, shame, toxic relationship, feeling like a victim

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Just as there are many physical triggers for this condition, so there are many underlying spiritual components. Chief among these are several possible fears (fear of contamination and/or disease, fear of death and dying, fear of invasion, and fear of retribution), along with a profound need for focused one-on-one nurturing attention (see ADD / ADHD, possibly feeling like a victim, and being hyper-critical of things we do not like

Semen
Unrecognized or unresolved issue with our mate. See infertility

Specific individual
Extreme emotional discomfort when a certain individual is near and believing that we absolutely must not, CANNOT EVER, reveal our true feelings about them. Our feelings may be positive or negative
Allergic
reactions
Represent an unspoken plea for help in dealing with an on-going traumatic situation

See Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

Allergic fungal sinusitis
Unable or unwilling to acknowledge to others that we have suffered an incredibly painful experience, and there are reminders of it everywhere, making us feel it will be impossible to forget. We have built a spiritual dam to prevent our tears from flowing

Anaphylaxis
Frustration with feeling that it is unsafe to share our true thoughts about the current troubling situation. See allergens, angioedema

Histamine intolerance
Unable or unwilling to confront an aggressor. See fear of retribution

Seasonal hay fever
Who or what around us is so irritating that we are frustrated and/or furious and just want to cry? See anniversary illnesses
Flowers
As a young boy, my friend he would often visit his beloved grandmother, who happened to live just across the street from him. Grandma kept a beautiful flower garden that completely filled her front yard. Flowers bloomed from spring through autumn, and the air was filled with heavenly scents from spring through fall. When Grandma passed away, my friend was not allowed to attend her funeral, and he was ridiculed for showing his grief. He learned to suppress it, to the point that any flowery aroma - anywhere - would trigger his hay fever symptoms. Not only was he suppressing his sadness and grief though; his anger toward his parents and siblings for ridiculing his grief prevented him from learning to deal with his emotions in a productive way. By recognizing this, he began the process of healing.
Ambiguous
genitalia
Can occur as a life lesson for those who may have - in a previous existence - made less-than-considerate choices for someone in their care who was fully dependent. See birth abnormalities, required life experiences, What is karma?
AmputationWhether accidental or surgical, amputation is a physical manifestation of our failure to acknowledge the part we played in a traumatic or tragic life experience. See blame, denial, martyrdom, self-righteousness, victim. If amputation was accidental, see accident proneness. If amputation was surgical, see contributing physical condition(s)
AmyloidosisFeeling like a prisoner in our life situation. See enlarged tongue, rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis, victim
AneurysmChronic refusal to accept that our negative beliefs are based in fantasy rather than universal truth

Abdominal aortic
Inability to get past a shameful incident that shattered our belief of who we are and what we stand for

Brain
Obsessively repeating a lie to self, hoping that if we say it often enough, we will become able to accept it as truth

Thoracic aortic
Unable to admit to self that we made mistakes that harmed our loved ones
AnklesRepresent self-assurance or lack thereof

Issues that can arise

Arthritis
Chronic self-doubt

Breaks
Regretting a recent life choice and wanting - yet not wanting - to change it back (indecision)

Dislocation
Lack of spiritual stability and faith that we are doing what is right for us

Fat or swollen
Overcompensating for a perceived weakness

Ganglion cyst
Pattern of denying our true calling, both to self and to anyone who will listen

Sprains
Trying to force self into making an important decision or taking an important step, but resisting

Strains
Unable to choose the best course of action

Subluxation
Not knowing which way to turn or where to look for guidance or assistance

Weak
Fear of having to be independent; lack of trust in self
Anniversary illnessesPhysical symptoms and/or new traumatic experiences that arise as the anniversary date approaches of past traumatic events that have not yet been resolved and released. See seasonal affective disorder, seasonal hay fever, Why do we get sick ...?

Change the pattern
Meditate to find the original traumatic event. Then do the spiritual exercises in Section 9 to gain resolution and release

ArmpitsRepresent our comfort or lack thereof with open, honest communication with self and/or others

See arms, shoulders

Issues that can arise

See cancer, heart, infection, intertrigo, infection
ArmsRepresent our willingness to work and/or to meet commitments

Broken
Wanting a solid, visible reason to be excused from commitments we wish we had not made. See elbow, humerus, radius, shoulder, ulna, wrist
ArthritisOver-compensating for a perceived weakness in a particular area. Can develop after a joint has been injured, but releasing anger and blame over the injury can help to prevent it from forming

Acromioclavicular or AC joint
Carrying negative thoughts, attitudes and emotions about the burdens we bear. See cartilage

Ankles
Chronic self-doubt

Bone spurs
Physical outcome of chronic lack of forgiveness, whether of self or others

Feet
Emotional pain from past experiences that has not yet been released (habitual lack of forgiveness for self and others). Every new emotional injury adds to the buildup

Fingers
Placing excessive importance on what others are doing wrong (judgment, criticism, condemnation). Lots of finger-pointing. Fear that all that needs to be done will not get done in time. See affected finger

Gout
Denying our habitual anger with a parent or other authority figure. See legacy family pattern

Hips
Inability to move forward for fear of leaving someone or something behind, of being left behind, or of becoming useless. Unable or unwilling to release out-dated belief systems

Knees
Distrust in our ability to recover from defeat or loss. Habitually living in victim mode, always fearing the next offense. See knee problems, fear of invasion

Neck
Over-compensating for a lack of belief in self

Psoriatic
Habitually alternating self-condemnation with self-indulgence. Pattern stems from our caregiver(s) having been alternatingly, and unpredictably, too harsh/too loving. Our immune system becomes out of balance as a result of not knowing whether to expect cruelty or kindness from those around us, and over-compensates with self-protection just in case. See psoriasis

Reactive
Concealing our true reaction to a threat to our self-esteem. Since symptoms do not usually start until from one to four weeks after the triggering event, it can be challenging to recall the thought. Try to recall what was happening at the time of the initial infection anyway, because the information will assist the healing process

Rheumatoid
Unable to accept that we are good enough. Belief that we are bad or unworthy because after all, that is what we were raised to believe. Chronic griping about what everyone else is doing, saying and/or thinking in the hope that people will see our goodness. Anger, guilt, shame, victim

Shoulder
Belief that we are indispensable, or belief that we are carrying a heavier load than everyone else. See bunions, bronchitis)

Spine (Ankylosing spondylitis)
Firmly held, fundamental belief about a specific subject that is based in untruth and illogic, and of course that means that everybody else's belief is wrong, wrong, wrong. See self-righteousness
Autism
spectrum
disorder
Beyond the physical aspect of this complex disorder, there are many spiritual components to be considered. Family history and behavioural patterns must be examined, along with the spiritual learning requirements of the family unit and those of the affected individual. Spiritual success is measured by the degree to which love manifests. See birth abnormalities, karma, reincarnation, required life experiences
B
BackRepresents whether we feel supported in life

See bones, skeleton, spinal column, vertebrae

Issues that can arise

Back pain
Feeling alone, unsupported and at risk of harm
Beckwith
Wiedemann syndrome
The child has joined the family to experience what it is like to be reliant on the good will of one's caregivers. Whether the soul encounters kindness or cruelty, there is tremendous opportunity for spiritual growth
Bile ductsRepresent our ability or willingness to express strong emotions and/or forgive anyone, including self

Issues that can arise

Blocked
See symptoms: abdominal pain (upper right side), fever, itching, jaundice, nausea and/or vomiting, dark urine

Cancer
Hating self for living the lie that brought our success, but unwilling to let it go and reveal the truth. Feeling justified in holding onto it because after all, everyone else is just as 'bad' as us. See gallbladder, liver
Birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders)
Physical manifestation of unresolved spiritual issues within the affected individual if congenital, or within the parental or family relationship if genetic.

Souls enter human form to reflect or amplify the spiritual condition of the family, in conjunction with the individual's learning requirements. We may experience an extremely short or long life. We could be sent in to become a physician to minister to those in need, just as easily as we could be sent in to become one who is in need. Only the Universal Intelligence knows what is truly required for our spiritual advancement. See Required life experiences, What is a legacy family pattern?, What is karma?, What is reincarnation?
BirthmarksRepresent unresolved issue(s) from prior lifetimes, or from legacy family patterns in their current family. The child will seek to learn the ways in which their caregivers deal with strong emotions. It may be hard to believe that babies and children could have the capacity to understand such concepts, but since this condition arises from past life experiences, we must allow that while the baby may not yet have language skills, its soul has vast intelligence. See Birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders)

Infantile hemangioma
The unresolved issue(s) may arise from the way in which the soul left a prior incarnation, possibly through a violent injury, whether inflicted by self or another, whether accidentally or intentionally. It would be beneficial to be patient and tolerant with the child, teaching by example rather than, "Do as I say and not as I do"

Nevus simplex (angel kiss, stork bite or salmon patch)
The child will seek to learn the ways in which their caregivers react to events that cause them (the parents) to behave erratically or unpredictably
BladderRepresents patience and tolerance for self with expression of our needs or strong emotions

Issues that can arise

Cancer
Obsessed with the injustices one has suffered (lack of forgiveness). Unwilling to take responsibility for self, yet feeling forced into accepting it

Infection
Avoidance, ashamed of and/or hating self for being unable to stop having strong emotions

Inflammation
Anger (pissed off) and unwillingness to express it because they should already know

Interstitial cystitis
Unable to relax and fully trust that all is well

Leaky
Unable to deal with life's many little frustrations without getting angry

Overactive
Fear of being left out or forgotten (this condition can often create that exact situation). See distrust, fear of abandonment, pelvic floor dysfunction

Polyps
Trying to conceal strong emotions or withhold expression of our needs

Problems
Lack of patience, fear of expression of strong emotions. See urinary tract infections

Prolapsed
Not knowing when to hold onto or let go of emotional baggage and unable to stop thinking about it all

Vesicoureteral reflux
If from birth
Legacy family pattern of wanting, yet fearing, expressions of strong emotions like anger or grief. See birth abnormalities

If acquired
Unable or unwilling to fully express strong emotions due to fear that the core issue causing them may be revealed. See ectopic kidney
BloodSubstance that transports the vibrations of our thoughts, attitudes, emotions, beliefs and desires to each component of our physical body. Can represent our innermost desires, or can be a message that someone is behaving like a victim or martyr

Issues that can arise

Anemia
Giving up. Feeling powerless and angry that everyone else seems to have so much power. See blame, victim

Cancer (leukemia)
Represents our beliefs about the Universe, our place in it, and our right to exist, that are incorrect and impossible due to the true nature of the Universal Intelligence. In children, can be a reflection of parental belief systems or a karmic situation

Sounds like
"The Universe is out to get me". See fear of retribution

Cholesterol
Represents our ability to recognize that which is helpful or harmful for our health, and to maintain appropriate boundaries over our impulses, choices and actions

Hematoma
Note: Does not refer to those with physical conditions that can cause excessive bruising. See hemophilia

Difficulty in processing a recent emotional blow to our ego or self-esteem. Chronic bruising can indicate a need for sympathetic attention, or a desire to paint oneself as a poor, defenseless victim. See accident proneness

Hemochromatosis
Belief that we are carrying a far heavier load in life than we deserve, and also that it is far heavier than anyone else must carry. See diabetes, heart problems, liver disease

Hemophilia
Family pattern resulting from a fear of retribution. See legacy guilt

Pyroluria
Actively taking steps to harm others that somehow always end up hurting self. Self-imposed state of victim-hood

If acquired
See chaos

If inherited
See birth abnormalities and genetic disorders, legacy family pattern
Blood clots While physical injury can cause so-called "good" blood clots, the spiritual component of abnormal blood clots is one's system overreacting to spiritual injury, self-inflicted or not. The following factors and/or serious conditions are associated with abnormal blood clots:

Antiphospholipid syndrome - primary
Feeling threatened by impending change

Antiphospholipid syndrome - secondary
Chronic fear of being attacked

Arteriosclerosis and Atherosclerosis
Unable or unwilling to "go with the flow". Arguing with anyone who challenges our authority, in the belief that self knows best - about everything

Certain medications
Check out hormone imbalance, breast cancer, side effects, Why do we get sick ...?

Deep vein thrombosis
Profound desire to make everyone drop whatever they are doing to help us, because we are unwilling to actually do anything ourselves . Crippling desire to make everyone else as miserable as self. Look to the condition or the belief that is causing inactivity. See phlebitis

Factor V Leiden
See birth abnormalities

Family history
See birth abnormalities and Is there hope that I won't develop any of the diseases that my parents had?

Heart arrhythmia
Unable or unwilling to submit to a routine or schedule for fear of appearing weak

Heart failure
Unable to withstand the pressures of pretending to be successful while feeling like a failure. See arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure

Hiatal hernia
Living in an overly controlled environment; too much pressure to follow rules and live up to others' expectations. Anger, repression, suppression

Obesity
Trying to cover up shameful secrets. Unable or unwilling to express strong emotions. Habitually using food as a reward, or as an excuse to avoid meeting responsibilities or dealing with issues. See addiction, arrogance, survivor's guilt

Peripheral artery disease (or peripheral vascular disease)
Unable or unwilling to be cooperative, as a way to ensure that others feel subservient and see us as an authority figure. See possible contributing spiritual factors: arrogance, control, defiance. See possible contributing physical factors: atherosclerosis, Raynaud's disease

Phlebitis
Fury over our inability to control everyone and everything. Chronic refusal to simply let go and trust. Crippling desire to make everyone else as miserable as self

Polycythemia vera
See blood cancer

Pregnancy
Holding a negative belief about pregnancy, childbirth or our ability to be a good parent

Prolonged sitting or bed rest
Look for the condition or the belief that is causing inactivity

Pulmonary embolism
Stubborn refusal to budge - on anything - ever - unless there is absolutely no other option than to concede. Chronic need to be in charge. Viciously critical and quick to condemn. Unwilling to forgive others yet desperate to have everyone's approval. Expecting that everyone will just go along with us because they know we will make life miserable for them if they do not

Smoking
Find and resolve the underlying reason for starting and/or continuing to smoke. See addiction

Stroke
Emotional and cognitive inability to process a difficult experience that occurred prior to the stroke. Feeling strong emotions about it and either bursting to express our thoughts about it and frustrated with being unable to describe everything accurately, or forcing ourselves to bury the secret and never speak of it again

Surgery
Look to the physical condition that necessitated the surgery
Blood pressureRepresents temperament, self-control, and how we deal with stress

Issues that can arise

High
Constant anger and frustration, even if not voiced aloud. Always waiting for something bad to happen. See anxiety, atherosclerosis, distress, distrust, fear, heart failure, kidney problems, stress, victim, worry, stroke

Low
Chronic sorrow, even if not voiced aloud. Feeling helpless (“I want my daddy”) or even giving up on life. See Addison's disease, anaphylaxis, anemia, septic shock, thyroid issues, vitamin deficiency

Orthostatic hypertension
Unable or unwilling to just slow down due to wanting not to miss out on getting the things that everyone else appears to be getting. See self-esteem, and know that, in life, whatever is truly required for our soul’s ultimate good will be provided
Blood vesselsRepresent an information highway upon which travel our thoughts, attitudes, emotions, beliefs and desires

Issues that can arise

Peripheral vascular disease (or peripheral artery disease)
Unable or unwilling to be cooperative, as a way to ensure that others feel subservient and see us as an authority figure. See possible contributing spiritual factors: arrogance, control, defiance. See possible contributing physical factors: atherosclerosis, Raynaud's disease

Small vessel disease - Heart
Unable or unwilling to trust that all is well. See possible contributing spiritual factors: chronic distress, distrust, fear, worry. See possible contributing physical factors: birth abnormalities, diabetes, high cholesterol

Telangiectasia
Belief that life is dangerous. Can place us in a state of hypervigilance (or "fight or flight" state). If from childhood, can result from a life-ending trauma in a prior incarnation or from a family pattern. If developing later in life, can result from unresolved trauma. See affected area of the body plus autoimmune diseases, birth abnormalities, liver disease, lupus, pregnancy, scleroderma, spider veins, varicose veins

Spider veins
Wishing we were someplace - anyplace - else, or with someone - anyone - else, and feeling stuck in the planning process to bring change

Varicose veins
Wishing we were someplace - anyplace - else, or with someone - anyone - else, but unable or unwilling to do anything about it (victim). See vein eczema

Vascular dementia (or Cerebral small vessel disease)
Unable or unwilling to acknowledge our role in our painful life experiences. See possible contributing spiritual factors: chronic distress, distrust, fear, worry. See possible contributing physical factors: birth abnormalities, diabetes, high cholesterol, stroke

Vasculitis
Angry thoughts, chronic feelings of self-righteous indignation or feeling like a martyr or a victim. See possible physical contributing factors: birth abnormalities, side effects, blood cancer, infection (hepatitis B or C), autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or scleroderma that may trigger attacks on blood vessels. See complications that can arise: aneurysm, blood clots, vision loss or blindness, pneumonia, sepsis
Body odourNote: This does not refer to those with limited access to bathing or laundry facilities.

Excessive body odour can be a form of silent rebellion. Can begin as an act of spite. Withholding approval, lack of respect for others or self
Bone marrowRepresents our ability to maintain firmness of purpose

See lymphatic system

Issues that can arise

Leukemia, sickle cell anemia
BonesRepresent our spiritual infrastructure of belief systems

See broken bones, skeleton, spinal column, vertebrae

Issues that can arise

Bone spurs
Physical outcome of chronic lack of forgiveness, whether of self or others. See heel spurs

Cancer
Belief that is not based in Universal Truth: that we are unlovable and therefore unloved (in children, can be a reflection of parental beliefs. See leukemia, unconditional love

Osteogenesis imperfecta
Parents’ unrecognized issue of having - or not having - faith in a loving God or a similarly impactful belief that forms the foundation on which the child will stand or fall. See birth abnormalities

Osteomyelitis
Fear that we are alone and unsupported and incapable of supporting self. See infection

Osteoporosis
A cherished belief is found to be untrue and a positive replacement seems impossible to find. Can be a loss of our faith in a loving God, a crumbling spiritual infrastructure, fragile or unsound spiritual beliefs or fragile spiritual health

Paget’s disease
Deep regret for not having done more in our life and wishing to go back and do it over
Bowel Represents our ability to release that which is no longer needed

Issues that can arise

Anal fissure
Blaming someone for pressuring us to hurry up and perform but not seeing that the pressure - the stress - comes from our own need to win their approval

Inflammatory bowel disease
See ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Loose bowel
Belief that we have no credibility and no worth. Condemnation, victim

Necrotic bowel
Complete and utter despair, and unable or unwilling to take any steps to make changes that would help to change circumstances
Brain The brain is the soul’s wheelhouse during physical incarnation; the pineal gland is its helm, and the pituitary and hypothalamus glands are its commanders. The brain is the first place in the human body to react physically to our thoughts, attitudes and emotions. From there, signals are sent to the nerves in the spinal column and from there, to the area of the body that is affected by each particular thought, attitude or emotion

Issues that can arise

Abscess
Obsessive nasty, poisonous thoughts about a specific person, place or thing. See infection

Akathisia
Can be triggered by antipsychotic drugs used to treat mental illness. See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders). Akathisia can also be triggered by medications used to treat any of the following conditions: ADHD, anxiety, depression, encephalitis, insomnia, nausea / vomiting, traumatic brain injury. See movement disorders

Amusia
Can result from traumatic brain injury as well as unresolved emotional trauma

Amygdala
Represents our ability to react to our life experiences with emotions appropriate to the situation

Aneurysm
Obsessively repeating a lie to self, hoping that if we say it often enough, we will become able to accept it as truth

Anosognosia
Unlike denial, where we know we have a personal or medical issue but refuse to acknowledge it, this condition prevents us from being able to recognize that we have a medical issue. See stroke, traumatic brain injury

Aphasia
Firm belief that the Universal Intelligence is punishing us (or that we should be punished) for all the horrible things we have said and done. See stroke, traumatic brain injury, guilt, shame, unconditional love

Change the pattern
Meditate and practice doing these spiritual exercises: Apologizing and releasing guilt, Forgiveness, Grieving

Aphasia - Palilalia
Extreme fear that stating our opinion - all of it - will inadvertently cause something horrible to happen (similar to believing the superstition that stepping on a crack - even accidentally - will break our mother’s back). See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), Tourette syndrome

Aphantasia
Karmic condition resulting from past life inability or unwillingness to trust self due to having made catastrophic or life-ending choices. Can create a need in the current lifetime for others to tell us what to do. See co-dependent relationships

Change the pattern
Meditate and practice doing the Self-esteem exercise

Ataxia
If from birth
Legacy family pattern of parents enforcing strict control over their children due to fear of losing them and their services. See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), fear of abandonment

If acquired
See contributing conditions or factors:
Autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, sarcoidosis, celiac disease
Brain abnormalities such as abscess or tumour
Cancers such as breast, lung, lymphatic system, or ovarian
Cerebral palsy
COVID-19
Head trauma
Infections such as chickenpox, HIV, Lyme disease
Side effects from certain medications or substances
Stroke
Thyroid problems
Vitamin deficiency

Cancer
Firm belief in our own badness (chronic self-condemnation). Extreme regret over something we have done or not done, and this may set up a karmic situation

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - (Mad cow disease)
Stubbornly-held core belief based in untruth
  • Spontaneous (sporadic)
    Firm belief in a false story that developed from our negative reactions to life experiences. Any attempt by others to question or challenge the belief is met with firm (and possibly explosive) anger and refusal to consider any other possibilities
  • Familial (inherited)
    Firmly believing a false truth that our caregivers repeatedly reinforced in a negative way, that they believed was nurturing
  • Iatrogenic (via medical or dental procedures)
    Belief that medicine alone is capable of, and is responsible for, repairing any bodily damage sustained through life experiences
  • Variant (via eating beef infected with abnormal prion protein)
    A crippling inaccurate belief is intertwined with our identity

Dementia
Progressive inability to function within the boundaries of the lies we tell self and others about the type of person we are or were. See Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease

Encephalitis - Primary
Processing poisonous thoughts. Wanting to release them yet fearing that they may be true

Encephalitis - Secondary
A recent experience has re-triggered poisonous thoughts that we have not yet completely released because they may be true

Epilepsy and/or Seizure
Represents inability or unwillingness to cope with being told, "No". See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), psychogenic non-epileptic seizure

Focal seizures

Generalized seizures
  • Absence seizures
    Feeling extremely vulnerable ("I want my mommy!"). Trying to "seize" someone's attention. Anger, fear
  • Atonic seizures
    Fear that we will never get to the place we want to be, which is anywhere but where we are right now
  • Clonic seizures
    Desperate to divert attention from the matter at hand
  • Myoclonic seizures
    Lost in thought about all the things we would rather do than 'this', or all the places we would rather be than 'here'
  • Tonic seizures
    Deeply disturbed with the current situation and giving up on trying to change it, because no one ever listens to us anyways
  • Tonic-Clonic seizures
    Deeply disturbed with the current situation, but unwilling, or feeling unable, to do anything about it. Feeling trapped

Face blindness (Prosopagnosia)
If from birth
Legacy family pattern of generations of children being left alone for extended periods, whether through parental choice or by unforeseen circumstances. See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), fear of abandonment

If acquired
See contributing conditions or factors:
ADHD
Autism spectrum disorder
Stroke
Traumatic brain injury

Functional neurological disorder/conversion disorder
Sudden unrecognized fear or belief that something must be wrong with us personally. Such thoughts can become obsessive worry which can actually alter our brain function

Change the pattern
Check out Spiritual decluttering and learn to hear and identify your thoughts, so that you can change them

Huntington's disease
Legacy family pattern of withholding critical pieces of information from those asking questions. Desire for the questioner to "suffer as I have suffered". Subtle form of torture that aims to keep the question-asker under control. See greed, lying, revenge, spite, birth abnormalities

Sounds like
"If you don't know, I'm not going to be the one tell you." "Wouldn't you like to know."

Change the pattern
If someone asks a question, tell the truth and resist the urge to hold back certain crucial details

Hydrocephalus
Unable or unwilling to be at peace with the ebb and flow of emotions arising from life experiences. See birth abnormalities, infection, meningitis, mumps, traumatic brain injury, traumatic events

Intracranial pressure
Represents our ability to balance doing that which we want to do with that which we are asked to do, without feeling grief or guilt. See self-esteem

Meningitis
Our home and/or work environment is infuriating and there is no way to change it. Fearing that protection from it is impossible and it is only a matter of time until we become just like them (self-righteousness)

Progressive supranuclear palsy
Frustrated desire to be in control and feeling that everyone else has it all - in other words, feeling like a victim. Feeling that God has singled us out to punish us for something we have done that we believe is an unforgivable sin that everyone does. Unwilling to acknowledge our error and seething suppressed anger, guilt, shame, self-hatred

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure
Unconsciously holding self back from reaching out for assistance in processing traumatic life experiences

Contributing spiritual factors
Anxiety, distress, embarrassment, shame

Contributing physical factors
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), somatic symptom disorder, traumatic life experiences

Change the pattern
Meditate to identify the trauma(s) and the thought patterns arising from it, so that they can be resolved and released. See Spiritual decluttering

Reversal of vision metamorphopsia
Sudden, shocking fear that we may be overlooking something vitally important, or that things may not be as we believed or perceived. See stroke, traumatic brain injury, vertigo

Sensory processing disorder
Difficulty accepting that we are in a physical body. The soul may have left the previous life experience in a traumatic way, or this may be the soul's first incarnation in human form

Synaesthesia - Mirror-touch
If from birth
Karmic condition provided in accordance with the soul's need/desire to experience that all in physical form have feelings and experience pleasure and pain, not just self

If acquired
R
esults from the Universe cooperating with the soul's profound desire to feel

Synaesthesia - Visuo-spatial / Odour-Colour
Karmic condition enabled by the soul's desire to assist in building humanity's understanding of, and capacity for, experiencing life in physical form

Traumatic brain injury
Profound challenge presented in accordance with the soul’s learning path. See required life experiences

One-time
See accident proneness

Chronic
Placing self in situations where repetitive brain injuries occur, can indicate feeling extreme guilt that requires punishment. See accident proneness

Tumour
Obsessive negative thought patterns that eventually manifest in physical within the brain
Breast Represents nurturing and kindness - either need for, lack of, or provision of

See mammary glands

Issues that can arise

Cancer
There are more than 80 types of breast cancer, hence the spiritual component can be any or all of the following factors: Taking on a persona that we feel was thrust upon us by others or by negative life experiences. Belief that how we treat self and others is nurturing, when it is not. Feeling unloved or unlovable. Nursing grudges (resentment). Needing to mother or be mothered. Feeling unloved or unlovable. Living with the constant threat of someone's emotional abuse, feeling responsible for it when it happens, and feeling unable to stand up for self. Appreciating self for saying, "No" to an abuser, yet still wanting the abuser to somehow magically change into a good person (control). Longing to be loved and appreciated, craving everyone's positive attention

Fibrocystic breast disease
Tired of having to deal with the same old stuff every month and aching for change but not knowing how to make it happen

Implant illness
Fear of retribution or fear of looking stupid for having made the wrong choice - again. See chronic confusion, chronic fatigue syndrome, memory loss, skin rash, joint pain

Change the pattern
Meditate to learn your reason(s) for needing approval from others. See self-esteem

Inverted nipple
Fear o of being unable to nurture 'correctly' or refusal to provide nurturing

Itchy
Unrecognized need to nurture or a sudden need to be nurtured

Lactostasis
Can result from fearing failure or success, anger at having to be responsible, and/or a pattern of silent rebellion against authority figures

Mastitis
Either over-nurturing, feeling over-nurtured, or angry about having to over-nurture someone who really should not need so much support

Pain
Aching to nurture or to be nurtured. Fear of being alone and having to fend for self. Signal that trouble may be brewing within the family

Pimples between the breasts
Irritation with our mother, even if not alive

Size
Although not a problem as such, breast size creates much turmoil for our lives no matter our gender. The most important consideration in breast size (or any part of the physical body) is our thought patterns. Some people with breasts sized larger than their frame might suggest can be either very nurturing or kind, or very cold and cruel. The opposite also holds true, some with smaller breasts than their frame might suggest can be among the kindest, most nurturing - or coldest, cruelest - people. If someone has smaller breasts and gains a substantial amount of weight, their breasts might get bigger, but that would not necessarily mean that their thought patterns had changed. Likewise, someone with larger breasts might have reduction surgery, and their thought patterns may or may not have changed at all. But the breasts do represent nurturing and kindness, so if problems arise, the place to start looking for the spiritual component of the issue would be our nurturing and kindness, either need for, lack thereof, or provision of. Do we receive enough nurturing? Are we kind to others? Do we feel worthy of receiving kindness or nurturing? Do we provide others with care and consideration?
Broken bonesHabitually thinking, “Give me a break” (judgment, criticism, condemnation, victim). Time for a break with the old days or the old ways but unwilling to let go of the past

Ankle
Regretting a recent life choice and wanting - yet not wanting - to change it back (indecision)

Arm
Wanting a solid, visible reason to be excused from commitments we wish we had not made. See elbow, humerus, radius, ulna, wrist

Back
See spinal column, vertebrae

Chin
Shattered self-confidence due to a recent life-changing experience

Collar bone
Represents our ability to maintain self-esteem. If broken, a recent choice or event has made us question our ethics, morals and values

Elbow
Knowing it is time to change our attitude toward our mate or career but stubbornly refusing

Femur
Terror at the thought of having to support oneself

Fibula
Extreme disappointment that someone or something we believed was reliable and sturdy has failed

Fingers
Incorrect belief in a particular area. See affected finger

Foot
Wishing for a troubling situation to change but unable or unwilling to do anything to make the change happen

Hand
A recent decision has created unforeseen, unfavourable repercussions

Hip
Anger over being forced to change because of changes that occurred that were beyond our control. See victim

Humerus
Feeling compelled to do it all, without considering the consequences for self or others

Jaw
Fear that a recent decision or event is going to have disastrous consequences

Knee
Feeling at risk of being publicly humiliated

Leg
Fear that a recent decision was horribly wrong or that a recent negative experience proves our inability to navigate life. See femur, fibula, tibia

Nose
A recent experience left us feeling exposed and vulnerable but we have done nothing to protect self from threats. See victim

Ocular or orbital fracture
New information from a credible source is causing us to question a core belief. If found to be Truth, it could mean having to reconsider our life choices. See accidents

Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Parents’ unrecognized issue of having faith in a loving God, or lack thereof, or a similarly impactful belief that forms the foundation on which the child will stand or fall. See birth abnormalities

Osteoporosis
A cherished belief is found to be untrue and a positive replacement seems impossible to find. Can be a loss of our faith in a loving God, a crumbling spiritual infrastructure, fragile or unsound spiritual beliefs or fragile spiritual health

Radius
Unable or unwilling to grasp the potential negative impact of our actions

Rib
Too much self-imposed pressure to out-do all others. See individual vertebra

Shoulder
Trying to do anything and everything that is necessary to gain everyone’s approval

Skull
A recent emotionally traumatic event has created the need to reassess our life including relationships, career, hobbies, education - in short, everything. See Paget's disease

Spine (back)
See affected vertebra

Sternum
Sudden alert that things cannot go on as they have been. See Why do we ... have accidents?

Tibia
Fear that our strongest support will be ripped away from us

Toes
Sudden realization of a painful fact in a particular area. Habitually thinking, “Give me a break” (victim, judgment, criticism, condemnation). Time for a break with the old days or the old ways but unwilling to let go of the past. See affected toe

Ulna
Unable or unwilling to accept that our role in the family is under threat

Vertebra
See affected vertebrae

Wrist
Wanting life to have new meaning yet fearing the unknown, and so wanting to delay the inevitable changes that life brings
BruisesNote: Does not refer to those with physical conditions that can cause excessive bruising. See hemophilia

Difficulty in processing a recent emotional blow to our ego or self-esteem. Chronic bruising can indicate a need for sympathetic attention, or a desire to paint oneself as a poor, defenseless victim. See accident proneness
Burns and firesAnger, guilt, self-punishment, desperate for sympathetic attention or recognition
Bursitis Represents inflexibility, unwillingness to 'go with the flow'. See affected joint

Elbow
Complaining that others are not doing enough, yet we are unwilling to do our fair share

Finger
Unable or unwilling to adapt to unexpected changes in our work. See affected finger

Heel
False belief about our childhood is making it difficult to walk our life path with joy

Hip
Anger and distress about the constant changes that life brings

Knee
Anger about feeling unprotected

Shoulder
Unvented explosive anger and resentment

Toe
Unable or unwilling to adapt to unexpected changes on our life's path. See affected toe

Wrist
Self-condemnation over belief that we are failing at our chosen work
C
Cancer Represents obsessive/compulsive negative thoughts about a specific subject

Adrenal glands
Severe erosion of our faith in human decency after being on the receiving end of harsh criticism, even though we are extremely critical and judgmental. Attitude that says, "It is only all right for me to be honest"

Armpit
Desperate to hide a dirty secret and living in constant fear of it being exposed

Basal cell carcinoma
Holding onto a spiritual wound that we are unable or unwilling to acknowledge or deal with. See affected body part, grief

Bile duct
Hating self for living the lie that brought our success, but unwilling to let it go and reveal the truth. Feeling justified in holding onto it because after all, everyone else is just as 'bad' as us. See gallbladder, liver

Bladder
Obsessed with the injustices we have suffered (lack of forgiveness). Unwilling to take responsibility for self, yet feeling forced into accepting it

Blood
Beliefs about the Universe, our place in it, and our right to exist, that are incorrect and impossible due to the true nature of the Universal Intelligence. In children, can be a reflection of parental beliefs or a karmic situation

Sounds like
"The Universe is out to get me". See fear of retribution, leukemia, unconditional love

Bone
Belief that is not based in Universal Truth: That we are unlovable and therefore unloved. In children, can be a reflection of parental beliefs. See leukemia, unconditional love

Brain
Firm belief that "I am bad" (chronic self-condemnation). Extreme regret over what we have and have not done

Breast
There are more than 80 types of breast cancer, hence the many possible spiritual components. Can be any or all of the following factors: Taking on a persona that we feel was thrust upon us by others or by negative life experiences. Belief that how we treat self and others is nurturing, when it is not. Feeling unloved or unlovable. Nursing grudges (resentment). Needing to mother or be mothered. Feeling unloved or unlovable. Living with the constant threat of someone's emotional abuse, feeling responsible for it when it happens, and feeling unable to stand up for self. Appreciating self for saying, "No" to an abuser, yet still wanting the abuser to somehow magically change into a good person (control). Longing to be loved and appreciated, craving everyone's positive attention

Cervix
Obsessive/compulsive thoughts about the child (or children) that one could have, should have, or should not have, birthed

Choroidal melanoma
Focusing on a fault or flaw in someone (could be self, another, or humanity at large) and believing that they cannot/will not ever change. Resigned to living with what we see as permanent imperfection, rather than taking steps to change our opinion

Colon
Holding onto every little hurt and making sure that everyone knows we are wounded. Each new offense adds to the burden and strengthens our resolve to not do anything about it

Gallbladder
Poisonous thoughts that have infiltrated our beliefs about life and the process of living, and hating self for thinking them, yet feeling they are fully justified and so doing nothing to change them

Kidney
Processing our life experiences with a chronic “poor me” attitude (victim)

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
Negative thought patterns originating in the brain that have manifested physically in tumour cells (see breast cancer, lung cancer, melanoma), that create a deadly feedback loop within the body

Leukemia
Represents our beliefs about the Universe, our place in it, and our right to exist, that are incorrect and impossible due to the true nature of the Universal Intelligence. In children, can be a karmic situation or a reflection of parental beliefs

Sounds like
"The Universe is out to get me". See fear of retribution, unconditional love


Liver
Processing our life experiences with an “everybody else is an idiot and has caused all my problems" attitude (blame), or "I am an idiot and everybody else is better than me" (self-condemnation). Deep-seated, long-standing anger and feeling fully justified in holding onto it. Fear of abandonment. See liver diseases

Lung
If the individual smokes, look for the real reason for starting to smoke. If the individual has never smoked, could be a “smothering” attitude (smothering the truth, smothering a loved one, or being smothered by a loved one, etc.). Is the individual in a co-dependent relationship?

Lymphatic system
Unable or unwilling forgive self or others. Extreme, chronic resentment that creates the need to inflict pain on others. Living in emotional turmoil. Victim, seemingly unable to protect self

Lymphoma
Unable or unwilling to pay attention to signals  due to feeling that no one really cares about us, or that we are meant to suffer

Melanoma (skin)
Covering self in a shroud of negativity, can be self-hatred or self-righteousness. Look to the affected area of the body for understanding

Mesothelioma
Feeling abandoned and/or betrayed by those who are supposed to protect us

Mouth
Chewing on poisonous words. Incorrect beliefs that negatively flavour all of life's experiences

Multiple myeloma
Unacknowledged or unrecognized guilt, shame, blame and Grief from our early childhood over something that we did (or were falsely accused of doing), or regret over something we did not do that we wish we had done, prevent us from being able to accept all the good that life has to offer. Feelings of extreme unworthiness can cause us to seek out all sorts of punishment. See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), blood, What is a legacy family pattern?, What is legacy guilt?, Why do we get sick / suffer injuries / have accidents?

Ovary
Unable or unwilling to let go of the life that could have / should have been with the child we could have / should have had. Fearing that God has forsaken us or is punishing us by not giving us what we want. Strong belief that something is terribly wrong with us and with anything we create

Pancreas
Chronic need to control everyone and everything. Deep frustration with any imperfection that might risk our losing anyone's approval. Always feeling second- or third-best

Pleomorphic liposarcoma
Desperate to hide one's shameful secrets and living in constant fear that they will be discovered

Prostate
Refusal to accept responsibility for the negativity in our life (blame, victim)

Sinus cavities
Knowing that others are suffering and that we could help, but withholding assistance because after all, no one ever helped us. They deserve to suffer

Skin (melanoma)
Covering self in a shroud of negativity, can be self-hatred or self-righteousness. Look to the affected area of the body for understanding

Stomach
Eating a spiritual diet filled with sickening thoughts about self, others, God, or the world in which we live. Chronic distress about our life experience

Testicles
A negative idea or belief about self, others, God, or the world in which we live has formed and fear of it manifesting in reality is growing stronger

Throat
Trying to swallow a false story, or trying to feed someone else a false story; living a lie. Feeling stifled. Chronic choking back of tears or words. Wanting someone to meet our unexpressed emotional needs

Thyroid
Failure to monitor our spoken words and filter out judgment, criticism, and condemnation, believing that it is ok to share hurtful information because we think it is truth and they need to hear it

Tongue
Obsessive/compulsive thoughts about how we communicate and connect with others. See human papillomavirus (HPV)

Uterus
Obsessive thoughts of our failure to create perfection (self-condemnation)
Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndromeThought pattern that demands harsh punishment for the tiniest infraction of our personal standards. See addiction, bulimia, nausea, perfectionism, self-condemnation

Change the pattern
Do the Forgiveness and How to raise self-esteem exercises
Cartilage Represents ability to withstand and recover from shock or trauma

See joints, ligaments, muscles, tendons

Issues that can arise

Ankylosing spondylitis
Firmly held, fundamental belief about a specific subject that is based in untruth and illogic, and of course that means that everybody else's belief is wrong, wrong, wrong. See self-righteousness

Arthritis
Over-compensating for a perceived weakness in a particular area. Can develop after a joint has been injured, but releasing anger and blame over the injury can help to prevent it from forming

Damaged cartilage
Resistance to life changes that cause us to examine our spiritual self

Rheumatoid arthritis
Unable to accept that we are good enough. Belief that we are bad or unworthy because after all, that is what we were raised to believe. Chronic griping about what everyone else is doing, saying and/or thinking in the hope that people will see our goodness. Anger, guilt, shame, victim
CecumRepresents our ability and/or willingness to incorporate our spiritual reactions to our life experiences into our consciousness. See abdominal distension, abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, nausea and/or vomiting

Issues that can arise

Cancer
See colon cancer

Cecal volvulus
Unable or unwilling to consider that we are not doing everything perfectly and correctly, in spite of abundant evidence to the contrary

Inflammation (includes neutropenic enterocolitis, ileocecal syndrome, or cecitis)
See associated conditions: AIDS, cancer, food poisoning, immune system,, inflammation

Pain
See diverticulitis
Cell phone addictionIs the phone or device being used to avoid talking with the person or people at hand? Does using it give us a sense of importance or superiority or protection? See addiction, obsessive/compulsive behaviours
CellulitisUnrecognized suppression of profound grief and feeling like a victim of, yet also feeling responsible for, the tragedies in our life. See gangrene, infection, sepsis
Cerebral palsy Fear, fear, fear - in both mother and unborn child. Can result from unexpressed or unrecognized explosive rage in the mother. See birth abnormalities
Cervix Represents ability to maintain, manage, honour and sustain creative urges

Issues that can arise

Cancer
Obsessive thoughts about the child (or children) that we could have, should have, or should not have, birthed

Cervicitis
Anger toward self for stifling our creativity in favour of winning approval from another

Dysplasia
Fear that the joy we gain from creating will be insufficient to sustain life-long happiness or fulfillment due to recent painful experiences

Incompetent
Fear that we will fail to get over the pain of recent or ongoing traumatic events
CheeksRepresent emotional vulnerability

Buttocks
Result from hiding our negative motives from self. See acne, bruises

Facial cheeks
Issues can result from obvious displeasure and/or chastisement from an authority figure. See acne, rosacea, embarrassment, shame
ChickenpoxWanting to receive the same special considerations as everybody else. See shingles
Chin Represents our ability or willingness to meet challenges

See signals

Issues that can arise

Broken
Shattered self-confidence because of a recent life-changing experience

Pimples
Taking things to heart things that do not concern us personally

Trembling or twitching
Strong urge to express our thoughts or feelings
Chronic diseaseAccording to the Public Health Agency of Canada, “Chronic diseases, also known as non-communicable diseases or NCDs, are diseases that are persistent and generally slow in progression which can be treated but not cured.” By the definition of the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, “a chronic disease is one lasting 3 months or more. Chronic diseases generally cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear.”

According to the Universal Intelligence, the spiritual component of chronic disease is having suffered unrecognized and therefore unresolved traumatic events. Science is verifying the connection. Watch How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime - a TED Talks presentation by Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris
Chronic fatigue syndromeHabitual feeling that there is no way to get out of commitments that we felt pressured into accepting because of our fear of losing someone's approval if we just say, "No"

Change the pattern
Check out self-esteem
Clothing choices Represent either an unspoken need for attention or a desire to be invisible

Note: This category does not refer to those with few clothing options, or who lack access to laundry services.

Ill-fitted - Too big
Wanting to hide yet hoping to be seen; wishing for sympathetic attention

Ill-fitted - Too small
Trying to create drama and chaos with self at centre

Inappropriate - Casual
Displays a lack of regard for the things that others respect and/or admire

Inappropriate - Formal
Wanting to escape reality, wanting to not be held responsible

Inappropriate - Revealing
Desire to throw people off balance so as to maintain control of the situation

Loud dresser
Silently begging to be confronted to justify a wish to shout someone down. Defiance

Quiet dresser
Desire to avoid contact or communication of any sort

Soiled
Form of silent rebellion
Collar bone (clavicle)Represents ability to maintain self-esteem

Issues that can arise

Acromioclavicular or AC Joint arthritis
Carrying negative thoughts, attitudes and emotions about the burdens we bear. See cartilage

Break
A recent choice or event has made us question our ethics, morals and values

Distal clavicular osteolysis
Unrecognized, consuming belief that we are just not good enough as we are. See self-esteem

Osteomyelitis
Fear that we are alone and unsupported, and incapable of supporting self. See infection

Thoracic outlet syndrome
Carrying a heavy burden of emotional pain and not knowing what to do about it
Colon Represents our ability or willingness to let go of that which is no longer needed

Issues that can arise

Cancer
Holding onto every little hurt and making sure that everyone knows we are wounded. Each new offense adds to the burden and strengthens our resolve to not do anything about it

Colitis
Hidden shame and unrecognized guilt eating away at self. See Crohn's disease

Colitis - Ulcerative
Taking on responsibility for everyone's negative experiences and feeling the need to be punished for them

Crohn's disease
Over-reaction to a perceived threat. Always feeling like a victim and blaming anyone except self for our failures. "I want my Daddy!". See colitis

Diverticulitis
Blaming others for failing to prevent unpleasant experiences from happening and refusing to forgive them for it

Fistula
Feeling pressured into taking shortcuts that we know are likely to fail

Hemorrhoid
Trying to win the approval of an authority figure who stubbornly withholds it. Feeling pressured to hurry and feeling that there is just not enough time. Pushing too hard/trying to force self or another into doing what we want

Polyps
Trying to hold in that which needs to be released
Cravings Represent an unrecognized need for loving attention from self, but believing that our own is not enough to soothe the pain and hurt. We then turn outward to various behaviours or substances for comfort. See addiction, co-dependent relationships, guilt, obsessive/compulsive behaviours, self-esteem
Cysts, lumps
and bumps
Convinced that we are not worthy. Period.

Adiposis dolorosa (Dercum's disease)
Belief or fear that uninhibited expression of our innermost thoughts will lead to disaster. See lipoma below, affected area and birth abnormalities / genetic disorders, plus autoimmune diseases, brain, hormonal system

Chalazion (eyelid cyst or meibomian cyst)

Ganglion cyst
Pattern of denying our true calling, both to self and to anyone who will listen. See affected area

Lipoma
Physical manifestation of thought patterns that say it is not ok for me to live joyously

See neuroma

Ovarian cyst
Wanting to do or create something that is outside of our realm of experience, but not knowing what it is or how to bring it into existence. See hormonal problems, pregnancy, endometriosis, pelvic infection
Pilar cyst
Nurturing worrisome or troublesome issues in our thoughts, rather than actually doing something about them

Pilonidal cyst
Belief that what we ‘are’ doing is not what we ‘should’ be doing, but unable or unwilling to make any behavioural changes and feeling like a victim

Tumour
Whether cancerous or non-cancerous, obsessive judgmental or critical thoughts about self or others. See type of cancer or tumour: brain, lacrimal gland, pineal gland, pituitary gland
D
DawdlingAct of revenge designed to annoy someone by delaying doing that which we have been asked to do. Form of passive/aggressive manipulation often done when we feel we have no voice and no other options

Looks like
When asked to do something we then then decide to do a multitude of other things that we tell ourselves must be done first (even if they are not related to the task); or we pretend not to have understood the request and ask all sorts of questions about it, or we start doing it - but as slowly as is humanly possible. See avoidance, silent rebellion, victim

Spiritual effects
Chronic unhappiness that they want us to hurry

Physical effects
Low blood pressure, hormone imbalance

Change the pattern
Meditate to learn the source of the desire to anger others
Diabetes Lack of faith or hope that the future can be good or belief that it will not be good. Chronic state of distress; habitual belief that something bad is about to happen. Giving up hope

Diabetes insipidus
Unable to relax due to unrecognized, extreme, chronic anxiety. See autoimmune diseases, hypopituitarism

Gestational
Fear that the baby's potential for unhappy life experiences due to the father's negative behaviours, will cause unending grief and guilt for us

Hyperglycemia
Overcompensating for our perceived failure to prevent the family from coming to harm or having negative experiences

Hypoglycemia
Craving true happiness and looking everywhere for it but fearing it will never be found

Secondary effects of Diabetes

Type 1
Can occur after the family receives a devastating blow, and no one sees that we are taking on full responsibility and blame for it

Type 2
Chronic, crushing sadness because we know the happy stories we tell others (and ourselves) about our family are false, but hoping that they will believe them anyways
Digestion Represents how we absorb and release spiritual life lessons

See eating disorders

Issues that can arise

Appendicitis
Living with constant criticism whether from self or another. Trying to digest and accept a cruel idea that we know to be false

Bloating
Putting too much (or too little) emphasis on self. See ego, self-importance

Burping
Fear of being forgotten, ignored or lost in the shuffle

Celiac disease
Unable to accept nurturing yet believing that we are nurturing others, or feeling compelled to nurture others, either to gain their approval or because we think that no one else cares enough. Can occur when our job ends or if a child leaves home. Feeling that life has lost purpose

Choking
The thought that just happened was judgment, or our attention wavered. See signals

Distension
Excessive thoughts of ego, self-importance, or self-condemnation, or shame. See self-esteem

Diverticular perforation
Blaming everyone but self for our toxic, dysfunctional relationships, and astonished and furious that they will not change. Since we play a crucial role in creating our relationships, if we change, our relationships will change. See victim

Diverticulitis
Blaming others for failing to prevent unpleasant experiences from happening and refusing to forgive them for it. See victim

Flatulence
Feeling that we are always being overlooked and angry about it; self-importance

Food allergies
Deep need to receive loving attention from a specific authority figure. Chronic fear that we are in imminent danger but not knowing what to do about it and believing that no one will help. Physical result of an unresolved traumatic situation that we fear is bound to happen again

Food poisoning
Signal that we strongly dislike the topic of conversation during a meal but unable or unwilling to state our true thoughts or feelings

Gastroenteritis (includes Norovirus infection (Norwalk virus)
Belief that others are telling horrible lies about us and that everyone believes them to be true, but wishing it were not so

Gastritis

Gastroparesis
Unable to stomach or digest (absorb, utilize and release), the cruel spiritual food that we were fed as a child or are now consuming. Can result from child abuse, including feeling that our basic spiritual needs were not met

Gluttony
Fear that we will not be given our fair share, so taking everything that is offered and more. Applies to food and other substances as well as attention. See greed, self-importance

Heartburn/Indigestion (including gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD)
Just waiting for the next irritating experience. Strong dislike of much of what we take in (hearing / seeing / thinking / experiencing)

Hiccups
Wanting to change the subject of conversation in order to avoid talking about something; or wanting to take back words that were just spoken (form of control). See signals

Malabsorption syndrome
Unable to accept that we are worthy, that we are no worse than any other soul in human form

Physical effects and/or components
Infection, inflammation, trauma. If resulting from surgery, look to the physical condition that necessitated the surgery

Contributing physical conditions
Celiac disease, Crohn's disease, cystic fibrosis, lactose (or food) intolerance, chronic pancreatitis

Change the pattern
Meditate to learn the thought patterns preventing self-acceptance (guilt, shame)

Mineral or vitamin deficiency
Unable to grasp and absorb the key meaning of an ongoing issue. A missing piece of crucial information would connect the pieces of the puzzle, if only it could be found. Meditate to find the answer. Note: If you know which electrolyte is affected, please Google it. The search results will likely show the risk factors and symptoms for its imbalance, and you can check out those on this page of my website

Motion sickness
Anger, frustration and despair that we will still be stuck in our current life situation, even when the road trip, air flight or sea voyage ends. Feeling trapped

Nausea and/or vomiting
Spiritual diet filled with sickening thoughts like condemnation, distress, fear, resentment, revenge. See hangover

Obesity/Overweight
Trying to cover up shameful secrets. Unable or unwilling to express strong emotions. Habitually using food as a reward, or as an excuse to avoid meeting responsibilities or dealing with issues. See addiction, arrogance, survivor's guilt

Rickets
Hiding from life. If a child, living in an over-protected environment yet basic spiritual needs are going unmet. See inherited and congenital conditions

Sclerosing mesenteritis
Unable to stomach the constant hateful thoughts for self that we feel we are obliged to feel. See guilt, self-condemnation, shame

SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth)
Unrecognized or unresolved beliefs eating away at our very ability to thrive. See fear of retribution, feedback loop, guilt and legacy guilt, shame, intolerance, victim

Physical effects and/or components
Celiac disease, Crohn's disease, diabetes, diverticulitis, histamine intolerance, hormone imbalance, kidney stones, osteoporosis, malabsorption syndrome, mineral or vitamin deficiency, scleroderma

Change the pattern
Meditate to learn the initial triggering event so that it can be resolved
DiphtheriaFeeling invisible, unloved, unimportant, uninvited and unwelcome
Dizziness
(vertigo)
Desperate for love and approval but not knowing where to look for it. Worry, worry, worry. Trying to do make sure that everything is done (control) and gets done perfectly. Trying to avoid seeing an uncomfortable truth, denial. See labyrinthitis, Ménière's disease, nausea
Dry Represents a need to develop our spirituality. See affected area

Ears
Craving spiritual understanding and growth but fearing we will fail

Eyes
Lacking compassion, empathy for self. “No one cares about my hurts, so why should I?”

Hair
Tendency to overthink every little thing for fear of making a mistake. Feeling that we are at risk of imminent emotional, physical or verbal attack. If breakage occurs, can result from anger that the perceived attack has not happened yet

Heels
Depriving self of enjoyment and blaming someone else for making us do so

Lips
Unable to satisfy our thirst for something that we know is better left untouched. Feeling deprived

Mouth - chronic
Living with constant low-grade fear

Mouth - occasional
Knowing that our words are false and/ or purposely divisive

Scalp - dandruff
Chronic worry that someone in a position of power will judge, criticise and condemn our work

Skin
Craving a meaningful spiritual experience

Socket
See detail for the affected individual tooth or teeth
Dysautonomia Unable or unwilling to communicate clearly or honestly with others (or with self) about painful issues within the family unit, often due to a fear of retribution for causing trouble. Look to the following contributing condition(s) for more information (not a complete list):
alcoholism   amyloidosis  anemia  antiphospholipid syndrome  autoimmune diseases  birth abnormalities  celiac disease  Chiari malformation  diabetes  Ehlers-Danlos syndrome  Epstein-Barr virus  Guillain-Barré syndrome  hepatitis C  HIV / AIDS  lupus  Lyme disease  multiple sclerosis  mitochondrial disease  Parkinson's disease  pneumonia  pregnancy  rheumatoid arthritis  trauma  vitamin deficiency

Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
Stubborn refusal to change, to adapt, to collaborate, to cooperate

Neurocardiogenic or Vasovagal syncope
Unable or unwilling to deal with the matter at hand. See fainting

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
Desperate, insatiable need to receive unconditional nurturing. See COPD, congestive heart failure
E
Ears and
hearing
Represent how we interpret that which we hear

Issues that can arise

Burning
Condemnation, embarrassment, shame

Deafness
Extreme frustration that no one ever says what we want to hear. See fear of abandonment
Dry ear
Craving spiritual understanding and growth but fearing we will fail

Earache
Distress about our spiritual environment (lots of blaming and finger-pointing happening), and feeling hopeless that it will ever change

Eustachian tube blockage
Unwilling to pay attention to our emotional needs for fear of causing havoc in our family or group, and/or condemning self for inability to control our emotions when stressed

Fungus
Low or unstable self-esteem, shame, unshed tears over what is being heard or not heard

Itchy
Pay attention to what you are hearing or thinking. See signals

Labyrinthitis
Confusion about our life purpose; feeling like we are just putting in time. Unsure of which life path to take and afraid that our entire life will be wasted in the wrong pursuit

Mastoiditis
Tired of all of their noisy arguing; feeling responsible for it but not knowing how to make it stop. See infection

Ménière's disease
Refusing to do what we know we ought to be doing, and making all sorts of excuses about it

Misophonia
Loathing our personal environment and furious that no one understands or sympathises with our painful dilemma. Our constant fury toward the idiots around us, plus feeling impotent to smarten them up, makes us feel that these people will irritate us forever - we will never be rid of them. This constant stress lowers our vibrational frequency and creates so much tension that certain sounds actually seem to hurt us physically

Otosclerosis
Family pattern in which affected members refuse to hear what certain other members have to say. If the unwillingness to hear is not addressed, it may eventually manifest in physical by altering the ear's bone structure

Pain
Feeling trapped into listening to something you do not want to hear, or not hearing what you do want to hear. See signals

Polyps
Trying to avoid hearing what others are saying

Popping (for no apparent reason)
Pay attention to your thoughts. See signals

Seborrheic dermatitis
Habitual griping in our thoughts due to feeling helpless against life’s many annoyances. Changing our attitude is the key to reducing and removing the condition. See self-condemnation

Tinnitus
Unable or unwilling to confront what we know we are avoiding. See signals
  • Tinnitus - Buzzing or humming
    Signal to let us know that our guide has specific, timely information for us. Ask and then pay attention to your thoughts, and to whatever is happening around you
  • Tinnitus - Ringing
    Thinking we know best and not wanting any disagreement about it. Irritation (anger)

Trapped water
Hurrying through a normally enjoyable task to meet someone else's needs and unhappy about it

Wax build-up
Meeting everyone else's needs before our own and unhappy about it. Unable or unwilling to speak out against unfair treatment. See fear of abandonment
Eating disorders Represent our unrecognized or unresolved reaction to traumatic situations in our childhood (possibly ongoing) and over which we felt we had utterly no control. See addiction, obsessive/compulsive behaviours

Anorexia nervosa
So desperate to have some control in a chaotic environment, that withholding food from self seems like the only solution. May be used to punish self or to spite an authority figure

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID)
Desperate for focused loving or sympathetic attention

Binge-eating disorder
Bouts can be triggered by feeling unable or being unwilling to say what we are really thinking. The physical discomfort of over-eating, along with our guilt, shame and embarrassment of feeling out of control, takes our attention away from the original issue. See addiction, silent rebellion, obsessive/compulsive behaviours

Bulimia nervosa
Cycle of self-approval, then guilt and condemnation, then punishment. See depression, obsessive/compulsive behaviours

Diabulimia
Self-imposed punishment for believing self to be the cause of all the suffering, misery and tragedy in our family

Eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS)
Unable to discern exactly who or what is responsible for our pain, knowing only that “I hurt”

Feeding disorder
Battle of wills between child and caregiver resulting from a karmic situation

Muscle dysmorphia
Belief that we are ineffective, powerless, incompetent and incapable of fixing all the emotional turmoil in our family. See victim

Night eating syndrome
Trying to avoid feeling the feelings surrounding a traumatic event that happened during the night and that keeps replaying in the thoughts, especially at night. See insomnia

Orthorexia nervosa
Punishing self by building a persona of one who is dedicated to healthy eating - as a way to make amends for having caused the family to suffer. The more difficult it is to find “pure” foods, the less appetizing they are, and the more expensive they are, the better. The pattern has the added benefit of diverting attention from our supposed failures

Pica
Blaming the person or people responsible for all the pain and suffering in our life, unwilling to forgive anyone - ever - just in case they played a role in it, and wanting them to see how badly we are suffering because of their failures. See grief, spite, revenge

Purging disorder
Abject misery over the direction our life is taking, and feeling powerless to change it (feeling like a victim)

Rumination syndrome
Wanting the family to know that we do not believe the spiritual food they are feeding us, and that it is sickening
Eating open-
mouthed
If elderly or infirm
Could be a form of dementia, or could be Alzheimer's disease, such that the muscles have forgotten what to do, or the mind has forgotten how to process food

If not elderly or infirm
May have been taught different dining etiquette, may be flouting society and its rules (arrogance, defiance, silent rebellion), or may have breathing issues (lungs, nose, sinus)
Elbows Represent our attitude toward duty. See ligaments, tendons

Issues that can arise

Broken
Knowing it is time to change our attitude toward our mate or career but stubbornly refusing

Bursitis
Complaining that others are not doing enough but we are unwilling to do our fair share

Dislocation
Lack of spiritual stability and faith that we are doing what is right for us

Golfer's elbow
Angry about all the stupid obstacles in our path

Ligament damage
Unable or unwilling to stay committed to our chosen path, or living without a firm purpose and so veering from one project to another without ever accomplishing anything and hating self for it

Subluxation
Not knowing which way to turn or where to look for guidance or assistance

Tennis elbow
Feeling forced into wasting our time and energy in the wrong pursuit
Epstein-Barr
virus
Saying "No" but either being ignored or coaxed into agreement, or feeling that there is no way to get out of commitments that we felt pressured into accepting because of a fear of saying, "No". And it keeps happening. See mononucleosis
Essential
familial
tremor
Chronic, habitual self-condemnation and fear of retribution for over- or under-reacting to the constant onslaught of challenges that life brings. See affected body part

Familial tremor
Legacy family pattern of habitual self-condemnation and fear of retribution. See birth abnormalities
Eyes and vision Represent how we interpret that which we see

Issues that can arise

Astigmatism
Unable to find something valuable in life on which to focus

Blepharitis
Chronic sadness and not seeing that we have the power to change our circumstances. Waiting for somebody / everybody else to do something different or be different

Blindness
If from birth
A strong family pattern is occurring and no one sees it, and everyone is blaming someone else for making them be that way

If acquired
Feeling that one has been 'blind-sided' by life. Deep fear of confronting a difficult or painful truth or a desire to hide the truth (see echo chamber)

Bloodshot
Belief that someone is not seeing / appreciating all that we are supposedly doing for them, supposedly unselfishly

Blurred vision - temporary
More understanding is required about the matter at hand

Bruised
Disliking something we just learned about self (guilt, shame)

Bulging
Living in an unrecognized state of shock. Self-righteousness

Cataracts
Wanting to see the world not as it is, but as we want it to be, or as we think it used to be

Chalazion (eyelid cyst or meibomian cyst)
Taking on other people’s responsibilities because we are unable to say, “No” to them for fear of losing their approval. See self-esteem. Or... Rushing in to do someone’s job for them because they will probably do it wrong. See perfectionism

Change the pattern
Learn to allow others the chance to experience the consequences that can come from not doing their job, or from not doing their job well

Choroidal melanoma
Focusing on a fault or flaw in someone or something (could be self, another or humanity at large) and believing that it cannot/will not ever change. Resigned to living with what we see as a permanent flaw, rather than taking steps to change our opinion or helping another

Colour blindness (poor colour vision)
Belief that it is ok for us to do things that irritate others, but not for others. See sickle cell anemia, diabetes, macular degeneration, Alzheimer's disease, glaucoma, Parkinson's disease, addiction to alcohol, leukemia

Crossed eyes
Unable or unwilling to focus on that which needs to be seen or done, and doing whatever we can to prevent others from seeing it

If from birth
See birth abnormalities

Dark circles or hollows under eyes
Thinking and feeling like a victim. If caused by:
Detached retina
Fear that one has missed a very important message and that it will not be repeated

Dry eye
Lacking compassion, empathy for self. "No one cares about my hurts, so why should I?"

Far-sighted
Focused more on others than self (avoidance, blame). Looking ahead rather than here and now

Floaters
Wanting to believe that we have no unresolved issues, yet knowing there are "spots" that need some work

Fuchs Dystrophy
Unable or unwilling to acknowledge our disgust with those who fail to be or do what we wish they would

Glaucoma
Chronic self-righteousness. Martyr. Attitude of “I’ll show them”, yet feeling that no one is watching because no one really cares (abandonment), unwilling to forgive, prejudice, bigotry

Iritis
Not seeing that others might perceive our actions to be unkind (self-righteousness)

Itchy
Pay attention to what you are seeing or thinking. See signals

Keratoconus
Wanting to avoid looking at that which is right in front of us, in case it challenges our beliefs. See birth abnormalities, retinitis pigmentosa

Lazy eye
Seeing our parents or caregivers not working together as a team, and fearing that it is only a matter of time until we get thrown off the team too

Macular degeneration
Chronic fear that we might be perceived as a weak, old fool. See fear of looking stupid

Near-sighted
Focused more on self than others (self-importance). Living in the past

Orbital pseudotumor
Fear that if we start crying, we may never be able to stop

Pain
Feeling trapped into seeing something you do not want to see, or not seeing what you do want to see

Pigment dispersion syndrome
Unrecognized, incorrect beliefs about self that prevent us from being compassionate. See glaucoma

Pink eye
Anger and sorrow over a recent disappointment and believing that someone else is to blame. See self-righteousness, victim, COVID-19

Presbyopia
Inflexibility. Is it time for a new outlook on life?

Ptosis
Pattern of fighting with self over every single decision we make due to not having been allowed to make age-appropriate decisions during childhood and adolescence. We can become unable or unwilling to trust in self to do what is right. See contributing factors: cancerous tumour or cyst in the spinal column, neck trauma, stroke

Issues that can arise:
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, autoimmune diseases, Guillain-Barré syndrome, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease

In children
See birth abnormalities

Puffy
Irritated - or sad - with what we are seeing or witnessing

Retinitis pigmentosa
Belief that spirituality is ok for the other guy, but that we personally have no need for such silliness. See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), keratoconus

Retinoschisis
Unable and/or unwilling to discern and/or acknowledge to self, whom we can ever really trust to be honest. See cysts, lumps and bumps, birth abnormalities and genetic disorders, distrust, legacy family pattern

Reversal of vision metamorphopsia
Sudden, shocking fear that we may be overlooking something vitally important, or that things may not be as we believed or perceived. See stroke, traumatic brain injury, vertigo

Stye
Unable or unwilling to release tears over our painful experiences (it is ok to cry!). If chronic, practice the Grieving exercise

Tearing or watery
Negative - Purposely holding back tears. Positive - Feeling unconditional love. See signals

Thyroid eye disorder
Unable or unwilling to relax and trust; being on guard and on the look-out for danger all the time. See autoimmune diseases, Graves' disease

Twitching
Signal that something needs to be examined more closely

Vitreous detachment
Belief that life is harsher for us than most others, and angry that our loved ones are not doing everything they can to make life easier for us, and providing us with a soft place to land
F
FaceRepresents how we face life

How we see ourselves can manifest in the face. Facial abnormalities in children can be a reflection of spiritual difficulties within the family unit that are not being dealt with or "faced". See acne, avoidance, Bell's palsy, birth abnormalities, cheeks, chin, face blindness, rosacea, wrinkles

Issues that can arise

Bell's Palsy
Holding back tears. Unwilling to enjoy life (spite). Unwilling to verbally express sorrow and/or distress. Looking for a way out, fear of being caught and held responsible. Not wanting to hear, denial

Chilblains
Wishing to live in a different environment but seeing no way to get there, and feeling impatient and frustrated. See affected body part (face, fingers, toes) for more detail, as well as lupus, Raynaud's disease

Pain
Wanting to hide from that which we fear will be a painful revelation or confrontation

Swelling
Needing compassion, nurturing and sympathy for all of our suffering. See inflammation. Can be triggered by allergic reactions, cellulitis, pink eye, hormone imbalance, self-imposed stress, side effects, sinusitis, stye, surgery, thyroid diseases

Trigeminal neuralgia (tic douloureux)
A false belief system or an inner conflict is causing us to suffer increasing pressure to resolve it, once and for all. Find the issue by examining whatever triggers the pain. Correct the false belief by learning the universal truth through meditation. Resolve the issue through forgiveness both for self and others. See brain cancer, facial trauma, multiple sclerosis, root canal, stroke
FasciaRepresents the manifestation of self-esteem into physical matter. It reflects our spiritual ability to protect ourselves from attack or recover from injury, and indicates our level of spiritual flexibility in meeting the challenges of life. See pain, signals

Issues that can arise

Compartment syndrome

Dupuytren’s contracture

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Frozen shoulder

Hernia
Femoral, inguinal or umbilical

Marfan syndrome

Myofascial pain syndrome
Spiritual pain that manifests in physical as small bumps on muscles that radiate pain if they are irritated. Resolve the spiritual pain to reduce physical discomfort

Peyronie’s disease
Scar tissue resulting from spiritual injuries to a male’s over-inflated ego or sense of self-power, that can diminish ability to function. See bent penis, Birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders)

Plantar fasciitis
FeetRepresent how we feel about the direction of our life path

See toes, joints, knuckles, walk (gait)

Issues that can arise

Arthritis
Emotional pain from past experiences that has not yet been released (habitual lack of forgiveness for self and others). Every new emotional injury adds to the buildup

Athlete’s foot
Feeling like an unknowing, unsuspecting victim of someone’s lack of caring

Ball of the foot - pain
Belief or fear that anything we do to help ourselves will, eventually, backfire and hurt us. See metatarsalgia

Broken foot
Wishing for a troubling situation to change but unable or unwilling to do anything to make the change happen

Bunions
Avoidance of our true calling, of truth, of desire. Habitually holding anyone or anything else but self responsible for our problems and failures, yet always feeling responsible for everyone and everything. Aggravated by having to carry someone else’s load or feeling that we are carrying the whole load alone and not being appreciated
  • Tailor's Bunion
    Unwilling to do a certain task and expecting others to do it for us because after all, it is easy for them so they should not mind doing it

Bursitis
Unable or unwilling to adapt to unexpected changes on our life's path. See affected toe

Claw toes
Hanging on desperately for dear life due to feeling unsupported by those responsible for caring for us. See affected toe

Clubfoot
Fear of what might happen if we do our very best and still fail to be "perfect". See birth abnormalities

Corns and calluses
Craving approval from one and all, yet pretending not to need it, and withholding it from everyone

Cuboid syndrome
Low or unstable self-esteem such that self-condemnation kicks in at the first sign of a disagreement. A cascade of negative thoughts and emotions ensues, including anger, fear and feeling like a victim

Drop foot
Fear that we are incapable of living independently

Duck footed
Feeling fully justified in taking more than our fair share. See greed, splayed feet

Flat (fallen arches)
Inability to stand up for oneself. Hopeless that we will ever feel joy in life after having suffered a devastating loss

Change the pattern
Grieve the losses, build self-esteem, forgive

Fungal infections
Wanting to hide, and wanting to hide from, the (supposedly) shameful, dirty truth. Remember that while God does not ever judge, criticise or condemn us, he does allow us to experience the logical outcomes of our spiritual choices. See free will

Fungus
Ugly thoughts, attitudes and/or emotions eating at us (condemnation, embarrassment, guilt, shame). See athlete's foot

Ganglion cyst
Pattern of denying our true calling, both to self and to anyone who will listen

Haglund’s deformity
What is gnawing at us? Unhappy with the path we are walking. Deep sorrow over a poor life choice and possibly blaming someone else for it

Hammertoe
Fear. Clenching. Living in dread. Feeling as if constantly walking on broken glass (can show that our life path is filled with pain and needs to be swept clean). See affected toe

Heels
Represent core beliefs about the role we have taken on in this current lifetime
  • Dry or cracked
    Depriving self of enjoyment and blaming someone else for making us do so
  • Narrow
    Fear that we will never be able to do all that we are being expected to do
  • Spurs
    Fearing abandonment and feeling unsupported by loved ones, and so feeling fully justified in being self-centred, self-absorbed and self-important
  • Whip
    Wanting others to see how hard we are trying so as to win their approval

Hollow (cavus) foot or high arch
Pretending to ourselves that we are loved and supported, yet knowing that we are not. Can people not see how desperately we need their support? See broken foot, claw toes, hammertoes, metatarsalgia, plantar fasciitis, sprained ankle

Metatarsalgia
Unable or unwilling to comfort self, believing that we deserve to suffer - every step of our life’s path. See ball of the foot - pain

Morton’s neuroma
Habitually selling self short to gain sympathy or to escape responsibilities, or habitually over-stating our abilities or accomplishments in order to gain someone's approval. See neuroma

Numb
Belief that something we want to happen will never happen

Plantar fasciitis
Regret over a life path taken that we did not desire or choose. Not that we are unhappy with the current situation; we just wonder what it would have been like to have been able to follow our chosen path

Plantar fibroma
Fear that when our current stage of life or project is complete, no new 'next step' or project will be revealed, and we will become useless. Can be the "empty nest syndrome" manifesting in physical

Plantar warts
Walking our path in a cold, heartless way and blaming someone for making us be that way. See HPV

Sole of the foot - pain
Unable or unwilling to forgive a hurt that someone caused, believing that it was intentional

Sore feet
Walking our path with unresolved spiritual issues and no interest in gaining resolution. See echo chamber

Splayed feet
Endlessly searching for someone to provide us with emotional or spiritual stability yet finding none. See duck-footed, flat feet), hollow (cavus) foot or high arch

Tingling or vibrating
Signal from the Universe during a stressful situation that things are  going to be all right

Top of the foot - pain
Fear of retribution from an unkind source
Fetal Alcohol
Spectrum Disorders
(FASDs)
If arising from the mother-to-be unintentionally exposing her unborn baby to alcohol, required life experiences are being presented for the entire family.

If arising from the mother-to-be intentionally exposing her unborn baby to alcohol, a karmic situation or debt exists between mother, baby and entire family.

While not currently physically curable, the effects of FASDs can be greatly eased by the entire family practicing unconditional love, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness, and by not blaming or guilt-tripping. See addiction, birth abnormalities

Secondary conditions
See ADHD, addiction, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, PTSD
Fever Feeling extreme anger, embarrassment or regret over a recently-made decision
FibromyalgiaConviction that no one cares more about anyone or anything than us. Unable to discern the value of differences between people. Wishing to be left alone. Fear of the next attack, not only of the condition, but also from a loved one or a supposed friend. See autoimmune diseases

Spiritual effects
Anxiety, depression, distrust, martyr, perfectionism, self-righteousness, victim, worry

Physical effects
Arthritis, dizziness, irritable bowel syndrome, knee problems

Change the pattern
Meditate to learn to come to peace with the past
Fingers

Represent how we feel about how our life's work

See hands, fingernails, joints, knuckles

Table 03: The fingers and their spiritual aspect

FingerSpiritual aspect
ThumbRepresents how we feel about our ability to grasp what is going on. If injured, fearing opposition or feeling opposed
Index (pointer)Represents our tolerance (or lack thereof) of self and others. If injured, constant judgment, criticism, and condemnation, whether directed toward self or another, whether voiced aloud
MiddleRepresents our patience (or lack thereof) with self and others. If injured, easily offended
RingRepresents how we feel about marriage or being single, partnerships and friendships. If injured, can be unrecognized or unresolved issues with a partner or associate
BabyRepresents our comfort or lack thereof with our place in the family. If injured, living in a dream world and feeling it is being threatened. If bent, can indicate that there will be childish, whiny behaviour if we do not get what we want or when we feel threatened
More than five fingersSee description for adjacent fingers

Issues that can arise

See Achenbach syndrome

Arthritis
Placing excessive importance on what others are doing wrong (judgment, criticism, condemnation). Lots of finger-pointing and shaming. Fear that all that needs to be done will not get done in time. See affected finger

Bent or broken
Incorrect belief in a particular area. See affected finger

Brachydactyly (shorter than average)
Legacy family pattern of feeling 'less-than' or 'outcast', and fighting to overcome the deficits created by the belief system(s). See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), karma

Bursitis
Unable or unwilling to adapt to unexpected changes in our work. See affected finger

Dislocation
Lack of spiritual stability and faith that we are doing what is right for us. See affected finger

Fungus
Ugly thoughts eating at us (condemnation, embarrassment, guilt, shame). See affected finger

Ingrown nail
Feeling like we are always running late (blame, revenge, spite). See affected finger

Subluxation
Not knowing which way to turn or where to look for guidance or assistance. See affected finger

Syndactyly (webbed)
Legacy family pattern of feeling that we will never be given enough to meet our needs, so we must take it for ourselves and if they think we are greedy for doing so, it is their fault that we are. See affected fingers, birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders)

Trigger-finger
Extreme frustration in a particular area. See affected finger
Flu (influenza) Can occur if we are about to be tested and fear failure or success. Often used as an excuse to get out of commitments that we wish had not been made (avoidance) - just saying "no" can be a vaccine. The fear of being held responsible can make us wish we were sick and, since the Universal Intelligence responds to our thoughts, lo and behold, we get sick. Fear of being a victim. Deep need for one-on-one attention or to receive the same special considerations as our sick friends, or a desire to be looked after

H1N1
Wanting to be taken seriously, or to be rewarded in spite of our failures or shortcomings
Fungus Represents holding onto negative ideas or beliefs about self or others

Fungal infections / diseases
Wanting to hide, and wanting to hide from, the (supposedly) shameful, dirty truth. It is important to remember that while God does not ever judge, criticise or condemn us, he does allow us to experience the logical outcomes of our spiritual choices. See free will, guilt
G
Gallbladder Represents our ability to process, or digest, our thoughts, attitudes and emotions

Issues that can arise

Abscess
Obsessive, poisonous thoughts that are focused on justifying our reasons for choosing to act or not act in a certain way

Attack
Condemning self for a decision we made a short time ago, up to a day or two before the attack ("What have I done?!"). We might justify the decision in different ways, but inside, we fear that others think it was made for purely selfish reasons and are condemning us for it

Biliary dyskinesia
Obsessively repeating our reasons to believe that nothing seems to work right for us - EVER. Could be something like, “God hates me” or, “Nobody ever helps or supports me”. See blame, victim

Cancer
Obsessive, poisonous thoughts that have infected every belief we have about life and the process of living and hating self for thinking them, yet feeling the belief is fully justified and so doing nothing to change them

Gallstones
  • Common bile-duct
    Obsessively worrying about what others are thinking about us or our choices but wanting no argument or discussion about it because whatever we think is truth, right?
  • Gallbladder
    Obsessing about what others are thinking about us or our choices and believing our conclusion; they think we are no good
  • Pancreatitis
    Poisonous beliefs about the reason that a negative or painful life experience occurred

Gangrene
Successfully convincing self of the truthfulness of all the horrible thoughts we have, and completely unwilling to look for other options

Inflammation
Obsessively repeating thoughts about all the supposed selfless deeds we have accomplished, to build self-esteem where almost none exists or to justify our self-righteous arrogance

Perforation
Giving up on ever finding good in anyone or anything, especially self

Polyps
Falsely soothing our hurt feelings with bitter untruths

Sclerosing cholangitis
Repeated bouts of vicious condemnation of self or others, followed by periods of remorse and hoping that the words are untrue but doubting that they are
GangreneResults from giving up on the idea that our pain and anguish can ever be compensated for by those who have harmed us (resentment), and that since our pain is worse than anyone else’s, it can never be resolved or released. See cellulitis, diabetes, infection
Glands The glands represent our ability and/or desire to sustain and nurture ourselves. Their function is improved or impaired by our reactions to our life experiences. See affected glandular system:

Endocrine
Pineal gland, pituitary gland, thymus, thyroid and two adrenal glands. See affected organs that act as glands: kidneys, ovaries, pancreas, testes

Exocrine
Lacrimal glands, mammary glands, salivary glands, sebaceous glands, sweat glands

Issues that can arise

Adenovirus infections
Represent our ability to tolerate with patience the many irritations of life in physical. Flare-ups can indicate that a recent experience made us feel unknowingly angry or resentful - again

Prader-Willi syndrome
One parent fails to meet the other's needs, even if they have not been spoken aloud. The ensuing despair, frustration and/or rage affect the developing fetus and the child is born with this condition. He or she is left trying to resolve the parent's anguish
GonadsProvide the building blocks by which energy may manifest into matter. When sperm (see testis) fertilizes egg (see ovary), an energy gateway opens, through which an incoming soul may enter physical life

Ovary
Produces eggs, which if fertilized by sperm, are the means by which thought may manifest in matter

Issues that can arise

Cancer
Unable or unwilling to let go of the life that could / should have been with the child we could / should have had. Fearing that God has forsaken us or is punishing us by not giving us what we want. Strong belief that something is terribly wrong with us and with anything we create

Mittelschmerz (ovulation) pain
Unresolved issues around children, child-bearing, and parental responsibility. If pain is intense or severe, see appendicitis, ectopic pregnancy, pelvic inflammatory disease

Ovarian cyst
Wanting to do or create something that is outside of our realm of experience, but not knowing what it is or how to bring it into existence. See hormonal problems, pregnancy, endometriosis, pelvic infection

Ovarian torsion
Fear of being judged, criticised or condemned that prevents us from expressing our creativity

Polycystic ovary syndrome
Deep concern that having a child will cause our loved ones to ignore us in favour of the child (fear of abandonment), or fear that the child will cause us no end of grief, as we think we did for our parents (self-condemnation). See obesity/overweight

Premature ovarian failure
Belief or fear that "God hates me because I have done nothing meaningful in my life" or an "I give up" attitude

Rupture
Futile, impotent rage at feeling unable to fully express ourselves


Testis
Produces sperm, the vehicle by which thought may become manifest in matter

Issues that can arise

Cancer
A negative idea or belief about self, others, God, or the world in which we live, has formed and fear of it manifesting in reality is growing in intensity

Pain
See accidents, inguinal hernia, kidney stones, prostatitis, urinary tract infections

Testicular torsion
Fear of what the future holds for us and strong doubt that we will be successful in life
GroinRepresents our ability and/or willingness to take the actions needed to move us onward and upward

Issues that can arise

Strained
Resisting taking the next step, preferring to stay in a safe place even if it means losing out on opportunities
Guillain-Barré syndrome Belief that a recent choice or action has left us open for invisible negative forces to invade and torment us. See Can negative energies and entities harm us?
GumsRepresent our innermost feelings about how we support ourselves

See lips, mouth, teeth, tongue

Issues that can arise

Bleeding
Worry, worry, worry

Gum disease
Feeling overstressed, overworked and under-appreciated

Inflamed
Unable or unwilling to take the necessary time to care of our physical needs

Receding
Anger over being unable to win the approval of someone who is highly unlikely to give it

Swollen
Desperate need to do well enough to win the approval of someone who is highly unlikely to give it. Self-imposed stress
H
HairRepresents our thoughts and how we feel about them

Issues that can arise

Alopecia
Chronic self-condemnation for every mistake we have ever made

Baldness
Frustration with any imperfection. Worry, worry, worry

Dandruff
Chronic worry that someone in a position of power will judge, criticise and condemn our work

Dry
Tendency to overthink every little thing for fear of making a mistake. Feeling that we are at risk of imminent emotional, physical or verbal attack
  • Breakage
    Can result from anger that a perceived attack has not happened - yet

Excessive hair growth
Trying to cover up a secret. Self-condemnation

Folliculitis
Unable or unwilling to express our thoughts and feelings about the true cause of our misery and suffering. See barber’s itch, boils and carbuncles, infection

Gray (if younger than 30)
Physical manifestation of a family pattern of unwillingness to show vulnerability or weakness

Hiding behind one's hair
Manoeuver to deny access to those who would dare to look or question

Ingrown
Fear that our best efforts to conceal a secret will fail

Loss of eyelashes
No way to protect self from being hurt by seeing the ugliness in the world

Self-inflicted removal
(Includes over-plucking eyebrows, pulling out hair or excessive body hair removal)
Deep emotional or spiritual pain after a traumatic experience. Guilt, shame, spite
Hands Represent how we feel about our work and our performance of it

See fingers, fingernails, joints, knuckles

Issues that can arise

Achenbach syndrome or paroxysmal finger hematoma
Fear of having to stand up for self and having an unsuccessful outcome (fear of confrontation). See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), legacy family pattern

Arthritis
Placing excessive importance on what others are doing wrong (judging, criticising, condemning). Lots of finger-pointing. Fear that all that needs to be done will not get done in time

Back of the hand - if injured
Wanting to slap someone or fearing retribution

Broken
A recent decision has created unforeseen, unfavourable repercussions

Carpal tunnel syndrome
Doing a job that we would rather not be doing, and feeling unfulfilled, unappreciated and frustrated, and resisting making any changes

Dupuytren's contracture
Trying to understand an important spiritual concept that seems just beyond our grasp. It is related to our family dynamic and feels more important with each passing year, yet harder to pin down. Not 'getting it' only makes matters worse for self and exasperated family members. See birth abnormalities, What is karma?

Fungus
Ugly thoughts eating at us (embarrassment, guilt, self-condemnation, shame)

Ganglion cyst
Pattern of denying our true calling, both to self and to anyone who will listen

Numb or tingling or vibrating
Belief that we will never find our ideal career. Signal that we are being guided, for example, if shopping and our hand starts tingling over a certain object - either BUY it or BYE it - that is to say, it is time to ask whether to buy it or leave it

Palm - if injured
Unable or unwilling to give and take, or wanting to slap someone
HandwritingIf illegible, wanting not to be understood or wanting to be misunderstood and keeping secrets
Hangover See addiction, abandonment, guilt, shame, self-condemnation

Chronic
Can be created by a need to soothe or placate ourselves for putting up with abuse from others. We may think we are rewarding ourselves, but is it really a reward if it hurts us?

Occasional
Can occur after celebrating something for which we feel no real joy
Headaches Feeling trapped. Headaches are often used as a way to to punish ourselves, as an excuse or to escape responsibilities or commitments, or to under-perform. See head pain, abandonment, avoidance, chronic confusion, distress, fear of commitment, worry

Migraine aura
Unable to accept the truth about a troubling issue because it would interfere with our desired course of action

Migraine headache
Feeling helpless and hopeless to resolve an ongoing issue, yet unable or unwilling to seek options or ask for help

Retinal migraine
Feeling blind-sided by the actions of someone we considered to be a friend
HeartRepresents our ability to sustain self

Issues that can arise

See deep vein thrombosis, phlebitis

Aneurysm (thoracic aortic)
Unable or unwilling to admit to self that we made mistakes that harmed our loved ones

Angina
Sudden, intense fear that we risk repeating a past mistake

Aortic dissection
(The most common aortic catastrophe)
Extreme difficulty in understanding how someone could have been so cruel

Arrhythmia
Unable or unwilling to submit to a routine or schedule for fear of appearing weak

Atrial fibrillation
Wanting to comply with schedules and routines set by others because it is the right thing to do, but fiercely resisting, because the thought of having to do what ‘they’ say creates so much mental chaos and emotional turmoil that it is physically unsettling

Broken heart syndrome
Triggered by stressful situations such as the death of a loved one, a serious physical illness or surgery. Results from a sudden realization that we are not in control of life and death situations. See cardiac arrest

Cardiac arrest
Sudden fear that our life choices have been incorrect and hurtful (see forgiveness) and that there is no way to fix the damage (shame)

Cardiomyopathy
Unable or unwilling to acknowledge the truth about our family's spiritual environment

If from birth
See birth abnormalities

If acquired
See contributing factors

Types

Congestive heart failure
Unable to withstand the pressures of pretending to be successful while feeling like a failure (see arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure)

Erythromelalgia
Gradual (or sudden) realization that there may be no escape from the current situation, or relief from the burdens we carry. See autoimmune diseases, birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), blood vessels, chronic pain, Inflammation, lupus, peripheral vascular disease (peripheral neuropathy), polycythemia vera, Raynaud's disease, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) or CRPS

Heart disease
Pattern of avoiding dealing with our problems in favour of focusing on matters beyond our control. Can also manifest in our physical home as heating/cooling system problems. Those with heart disease may be perceived to be heartless, or at the other end of the spectrum, selfless

Sounds like
"You’re breaking my heart” (guilt trip, martyr)

Heart problems in children
Can be a reflection of spiritual/emotional difficulties within the family unit. Heart/lung disorders can also manifest in our physical home as drainage and/or heating/cooling system problems. Irregular heartbeat can show that we are unable or unwilling to follow a schedule or a routine. See birth abnormalities

Irregular heartbeat
Unable or unwilling to follow a schedule or routine. See silent rebellion

Murmur
Family pattern of being emotionally cold or emotionally smothering - in the extreme - and condemning any family member who dares to behave differently. See birth abnormalities, karma

Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
Belief that an imminent change will be lethally devastating

Myocarditis
Fear of change, wanting everything to remain the same. See inflammation

Pericardium
Represents our ability to protect ourselves spiritually from, and manage the emotional effects of, traumatic life experiences
  • Pericardial cancer
    Fear that the protective spiritual wall we have built around our emotions will collapse, leaving us at risk of experiencing the emotions of our traumatic childhood events once again
  • Pericarditis
    Squeezing the joy out of life with never-ending thoughts about how circumstances or other people are preventing us from enjoying life (blame). Could be our job, our past, fear of what the future holds, or family members, friends, co-workers, or even complete strangers
    Change the pattern
    Learn to build stable self-esteem

Raynaud's disease
Pattern of responding to perceived threats in an exaggerated way to regain control of a situation. The effect can be overt (like screaming at the mere sight of an insect or having a temper tantrum if not getting our way) or covert (withholding expression of strong emotions or even flatly refusing to speak [see cold shoulder]). See peripheral vascular disease, birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders). Check out this article from SciTechDaily Cold Case Solved- Raynaud’s Mystery Solved With New Genetic Findings
Hernia Represents trying too hard

Femoral
Feeling trapped and wanting to run away but unable to leave the current situation for fear of even worse conditions elsewhere. Victim

Hiatal
Living in an overly controlled environment; too much pressure to follow rules and live up to others' expectations. Anger, repression, suppression

Incisional
Stubbornly holding onto old emotional wounds (resentment) and feeling fully justified in doing so

Inguinal
Self-condemnation, trying to win over a tough critic

Paresophageal
Forcing self into believing what we know to be a horrific lie in order to maintain a relationship

Sports
Waiting for someone to see how hard we are trying, in spite of how much it hurts us. The hope is that the more it hurts, the more sympathy, or compassion, or caring we will receive. See martyr

Umbilical
Trying to force someone into a co-dependent relationship
Herpes
simplex
virus (HSV)
HSV-1 - Cold sores, fever blisters, herpes whitlow
Inaccurate beliefs about self, e.g., "I'm so bad" or "I'm so wonderful". Unable or unwilling to accept that we are no better or worse than anyone else - we are just normal

HSV-2 - Genital herpes, herpes whitlow
Belief that sex is bad, or belief that God says that sex is bad, but feeling powerless to stop wanting to have it. Guilt, self-condemnation, shame. See HIV / AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STD's)

HSV-3 - Shingles
Childish reaction to a challenging life experience. Belief that there is no protection from the ugliness and negativity in the world. Victim

HSV-3 - Ramsay Hunt syndrome
(or Herpes Zoster Oticus)
Desire to hide away from the ugliness and negativity in others, and either denying or not realizing that it is also within self. It is within everyone in human form

HHV-4 - Epstein-Barr virus
Saying "No" but either being ignored or coaxed into agreement, or feeling that there is no way to get out of commitments that we felt pressured into accepting because of a fear of saying, "No". And it keeps happening. See mononucleosis

HHV-5 - Cytomegalovirus
Feeling like a victim of our own caring and concern
Hips Represent our comfort (or lack thereof) with letting go of the past

See pelvis

Issues that can arise

Arthritis
Unable to move forward for fear of leaving someone or something behind for fear of seeming disloyal, or of being left behind (fear of abandonment) or of becoming useless. Unable or unwilling to release an out-dated belief

Broken
Anger that we are being forced to change because of changes that occurred that were beyond our control. See victim

Bursitis
Anger and distress about the constant changes that life brings

Dislocation
Lack of spiritual stability and faith that we are doing what is right for us

Subluxation
Not knowing which way to turn or where to look for guidance or assistance
Hoarding Chronic, desperate emotional neediness and a stubborn refusal to allow anyone to help; instead choosing to meet our own needs. The need to hoard items that are trash shows that we have condemned self and feel worthless (victim); the need to shop for new items shows that we feel the need to be rewarded for all of our suffering. See addiction, avoidance, defiance, denial, greed, insolence, isolation, manipulation, pathological lying, silent rebellion

Pet hoarding
Belief that no one will care for this poor, defenseless animal except me. This expresses an unresolved inner conflict of having received what we think was too little or too much attention from our caregivers
Hormones Represent our ability to regulate our emotional reactions to challenging life experiences. See glands

Issues that can arise

Andropause
Major physical life change that can create challenges to our self-esteem. Can show how well or poorly we adapt to change. Can help us better understand the challenges facing adolescents as they experience puberty, or the physical challenges facing females throughout life (see compassion). Meditating to understand the spiritual component of the physical issues arising can reduce frequency and duration of symptoms

Imbalance
Unable or unwilling to adapt to changes that are seemingly out of our control. See victim

Lipedema
Attitude that says: "I am worthless and I have no redeeming qualities. There is no way to change who I am so I'm stuck here, as is." This can lead to feelings of hopelessness and isolation, and can cripple any desire to see ourselves differently. It can lead to a thought pattern that says, "Why should I even bother trying anything. Nothing I do ever works for me." See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), legacy family pattern, victim

Menopause
Major physical life change that can create challenges to maintain our sense of self. Can show us how well or how poorly we adapt to change. Can help us better understand the challenges that face adolescents as they experience puberty (see compassion). Like the flu and the menstrual cycle, menopause is often used as an excuse when one needs a rest and yet is unable or unwilling to speak up for self. It is also used as an excuse to under-perform or to be 'bitchy'. Those who have severe problems with menopause may have a victim or martyr mentality. Pain or discomfort can be reduced, or even completely eliminated, by just saying "No" without guilt. The uncomfortable effects of hot flashes can be reduced by paying attention to our critical or condemning thoughts. The uncomfortable effects of frequent urination (nocturia) can be reduced by decreasing worry (see Section 9, How to stop worrying)
Human immuno-
deficiency virus
(HIV)
Belief that we do not deserve to have a happy, healthy life, or even to be alive. See AIDS, genital herpes, tuberculosis, guilt, shame, victim
HypochondriaChronic, compulsive need to receive focused, sympathetic attention from an authority figure, to steal attention from others (see envy), to avoid responsibilities, to be in crisis, or to punish self by assuming that we have a serious or life-threatening disease so as to compensate for any success we may have. Fear of retribution (from God) for every mistake that we have ever made; or fear that we are not living up to our life purpose and so will be punished; or fear that we have no value and no right to be alive, or at least that we should be suffering. Worry, worry, worry. See Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, somatic or psychosomatic symptom disorder

Belief that one has (or will develop) a terminal disease
Obsessive thoughts that every twitch, itch, bump, lump or pain is a symptom of a deadly disorder. Belief that every warning about foods, substances, diseases, etc. applies to self. Belief that if our associates develop a disease, "it's only a matter of time until I will get it too". See accident proneness, fear of death/dying, fear of invasion
Hypothalamus
gland
The brain is the soul’s wheelhouse during physical incarnation; the pineal gland is its helm, and the pituitary and hypothalamus glands are its commanders. This gland stimulates or inhibits many of our body's most important processes in accordance with our reactions to our life experiences

Issues that can arise

See diabetes insipidus, hypopituitarism, Sheehan's syndrome
I
I don't feel like it
syndrome
When given an opportunity to do something helpful or productive, we often use the old excuse of, "I don’t feel like it." What we are really saying is, “No”. It is all about power and control, and doing as we have been asked can be seen as a sign of weakness. Saying “I don't feel like it” is the polite way of keeping control and feeling strong. The challenge is to do as asked, even though we may not want to. Instead of telling ourselves that we are already doing enough, make that extra effort. Be prepared to work though, because once we get started, our mindset usually changes and enthusiasm sets in.
Note: This pattern is not a manifestation of laziness
Immune system Represents our ability to protect self

See adenoids | bone marrow | lymph nodes | mucous membranes | skin | spleen | thymus gland | tonsils

Issues that can arise

Antiphospholipid syndrome - primary
Feeling threatened by impending change

Antiphospholipid syndrome - secondary
Chronic fear of invasion

Autoimmune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Many believe that this condition is a punishment sent by God. It is not (see unconditional love). Can occur in the presence of utter despair or deep shame, or where there is a complete lack of self-esteem or sense of self-worth. Can occur if we have been deprived of approval from our caregivers and/or loved ones. Can occur when we are the victim of someone's selfish lack of regard for others. See genital herpes, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases (STD's), tuberculosis

Autoimmune diseases
Holding self to excessively high standards (perfectionism), but wondering why since no one else does, and using this as an excuse to harshly criticise others. Includes vicious self-condemnation for the tiniest infraction of those standards. Diseases can also arise if we have no way to know whether to expect cruelty or kindness from those around us, and our system can over-compensate with self-protection - just in case we are attacked. See Addison's disease  alopecia  ankylosing spondylitis  antiphospholipid syndrome  autoimmune pancreatitis (IgG4)  celiac disease  Crohn's disease  diabetes insipidus  diabetes Type 1  endometriosis  fibromyalgia  gastritis  giant cell arteritis  Graves' disease  Guillain-Barré syndrome  hidradenitis suppurativa  inflammatory bowel disease  interstitial cystitis  lupus  Lyme disease  Ménière's disease  myasthenia gravis   psoriasis  psoriatic arthritis  restless leg syndrome  rheumatoid arthritis  Sjogren’s syndrome  stiff-person syndrome  ulcerative colitis  vasculitis  vitiligo

Autoimmune disorders
Our immune system becomes out of balance due to not knowing whether to expect cruelty or kindness from those around us, and it over-compensates with self-protection - just in case

Compromised
Chronic fear of being attacked, whether verbally, emotionally or physically or spiritually

Cytomegalovirus
Feeling like a victim of our own caring and concern

Giant cell arteritis
Always thinking "If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I never would have allowed myself to feel happy. Ever." See autoimmune diseases, polymyalgia rheumatica

Change the pattern
Time for some spiritual exercises. Try them all, but especially forgiveness, grieving, guilt-buster

Mast cell activation syndrome
Over-reaction to reminders of previous traumatic events that have not yet been resolved

Spiritual components
Distress, distrust, fear of invasion, low or unstable self-esteem, stress

Physical components
See individual disorder or affected area of the body

Polymyalgia rheumatica
Tired... of life, of working hard but never seeming to achieve what we really want, of no longer receiving the nurturing we used to receive. See giant cell arteritis (related condition), depression, hips, shoulders, muscle pain

Sjogren’s syndrome
Habitually denying self of nurturing, and unable or unwilling to acknowledge our hurts

Spiritual components
Despair, grief, martyrdom, victim

Physical components
Autoimmune diseases, dry eyes, dry mouth, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis
ImpotenceComplex disorder caused by a combination of several physical and spiritual conditions; however, the root spiritual cause can be traced to a desire to withhold pleasure either from self or from our partner

Spiritual components
Anxiety, depression, fear, spite, revenge, stress

Physical components
Addiction, atherosclerosis, bent penis, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, multiple sclerosis, obesity/overweight, Parkinson's disease, sleep disorders, spinal cord injuries
Incontinentia pigmentiThis genetic condition (see birth abnormalities) can result from a long-standing family pattern of legacy guilt, blame and shame, and feeling like a victim due to not really knowing the reason for it all and feeling unable to escape. See autoimmune diseases, skin, eyes, teeth, spinal column

Change the pattern:
Meditate to learn the contributing thought patterns. Build a pattern of forgiveness of self for past words spoken or unspoken and deeds done or not done
InfectionFrustration that our desires are always being denied and belief that they will never be met. See cellulitis, fungal infections, gangrene, HIV / AIDS, mastoiditis, parasites, respiratory infections, sepsis, tuberculosis, victim, zoonotic diseases

Sounds like
"I never get what I want" or "When is it going to be my turn?"

Bacterial versus Viral infections
The difference between bacterial and viral infections is that some bacterial infections can occur spontaneously. In such a case, the spiritual component is purely from within self, that is, from our thoughts, and requires no input from the environment to manifest in physical.

Communicable infections, whether bacterial or viral, are spread by contact with infected people or contaminated surfaces, air, food or water. With these, the spiritual component arises from within self but the infection requires input from the environment to manifest in physical

Issues that can arise

H. pylori infection (Helicobacter pylori)
See conditions that can arise with this infection to find the thought patterns that can contribute to its development: bloating, burping (frequent), eczema (atopic dermatitis), idiopathic hives (urticaria and cold urticaria), nausea / vomiting, peptic ulcer, stomach cancer, stomach pain

Sarcoidosis
Unable or unwilling to let go of past hurts, and obsessing about what we will do to get even. See affected body part, resentment, revenge
Infertility Represents inability or unrecognized unwillingness to reproduce

See miscarriage, required life experiences. Can result from any of the following:

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Results from parental inability or unwillingness to provide the child with the spiritual necessities of life (unconditional love, compassion, emotional support, etc.)

Delayed ejaculation
Self-condemnation to the point of denying self the pleasure of fulfillment. Often carries over into other areas of life besides sex/reproduction

Endometriosis
Needing to control every little thing. Overly dependent on our mate (co-dependent relationship), or holding onto a core belief that is narrow-minded or out-dated. See miscarriage

Endometritis
Unrecognized anger toward self and our part in the reproductive process. See miscarriage

Fallopian tube issues
Feeling that our progress in life is being blocked by unseen forces, often called "bad luck" or a belief that "God must hate me". See Can negative energies and entities harm us?

Genetic abnormalities
Conditions arising from our ancestors' unresolved traumatic life events. See birth abnormalities

Low sperm count
Unrecognized and/or unresolved anger with our father

Premature ejaculation
Feeling unworthy to experience the pleasure of the sexual act. See embarrassment, guilt, shame

Prolactinoma
Desperate for loving attention yet knowing it is unlikely to be given

Secondary infertility
Fear of seeming to be greedy

Semen allergy
Unrecognized or unresolved issue with our mate

Weight issues
Lack of spiritual stability. See eating disorders
Inflammation Unable or unwilling to let go of the past. See fear of change

Bladder
Anger (pissed off) and unwillingness to express it because they should already know

Chronic
Lack of forgiveness for those who have harmed us, including self

Gallbladder
Obsessively repeating thoughts about all the supposedly selfless deeds we have accomplished, to build self-esteem where almost none exists or to justify our self-righteous arrogance

Joints
Overcompensating for spiritual deficits. See affected joint

Lipedema
Attitude that says: "I am worthless and I have no redeeming qualities. There is no way to change who I am so I'm stuck here, as is." This can lead to feelings of hopelessness and isolation, and can cripple any desire to see ourselves differently. It can lead to a thought pattern that says, "Why should I even bother trying anything. Nothing I do ever works for me." See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), legacy family pattern, victim

Panniculitis
Holding onto self-hatred, believing that to not do so would be disloyal to those who taught us to do so. See affected body part
Related conditions: Sclerosing mesenteritis

Insect stings or bitesChronic fear of being an unsuspecting dupe, or fear of things that we cannot control. See anaphylaxis, Lyme disease

Ant bites
Given that ants are social creatures and very hard-working, a bite from one could indicate it is time to get to work on something we have been putting off doing, or it is time to connect with someone we have been putting off contacting
J
Jaw Represents determination and perseverance

Issues that can arise

Broken
Fear that a recent decision or event is going to have disastrous results

Dislocation
Sudden loss of spiritual stability and faith that we are doing what is right for us

Lockjaw
Unable or unwilling to stop obsessing about the reason for a recent injury, possibly blaming someone for it. Forgiveness is key to easing the effects

Osteonecrosis
Unable or unwilling to stop complaining. Intense belief that others are not living up to their responsibilities and that we are beyond reproach; that we have done nothing whatsoever to create our current difficulties. See help-rejecting complainer

Subluxation
Not knowing which way to turn or where to look for guidance or assistance

TMJ disorder
Displeasure with our emotional environment but feeling unable or stubbornly unwilling to do anything about it. Wanting everyone else to change. Rigid, negative beliefs. See blame, victim
JointsRepresent our ease and comfort, or lack thereof, with change

Ankles  Elbows  Fingers  Hips  Jaw  Knees  Knuckles  Neck  Shoulders  Toes  Wrists

See cartilage, ligaments, muscles, tendons

Issues that can arise

Arthritic (aching)
Over-compensating for a perceived weakness in a particular area. Often develops after a joint has been injured, but releasing anger and blame over the injury can be help to prevent it from forming. See affected joint

Bursitis
Represents inflexibility, unwillingness to 'go with the flow'. See affected joint

Cracking - Intentional
Feeling that we have no voice and are not worthy of receiving attention. See affected joint

Cracking - Unintentional
Not acting on our desires, not knowing them yet wanting some way to be recognized. See affected joint

Dislocation
Lack of spiritual stability and faith that we are doing what is right for us. See affected joint

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Fear of abandonment that has manifested into the family's genetic makeup. Issues arising from the syndrome can be lessened by believing that one is worthy of love and support. See birth abnormalities

Inflammation
Overcompensating for spiritual deficits. See affected joint

Ligament damage
Unable or unwilling to stay committed to our chosen path, or living without a firm purpose and so veering from one project to another without ever accomplishing anything and hating self for it

Pain
Unable or unwilling to do that which needs to be done. See affected joint

Subluxation
Not knowing which way to turn or where to look for guidance or assistance. See affected joint
K
Kidneys Represent our ability to know right from wrong

Issues that can arise

Ectopic
If from birth
Legacy family pattern of promising to do the right thing, but never really following through due to the risk of getting into trouble. See birth abnormalities

If acquired
Chronic pattern of avoiding taking responsibility for our choices, instead blaming our actions on others. See vesicoureteral reflux

Gitelman syndrome
Unable or unwilling to nurture self, preferring instead to be dependent on others by using guilt trips and manipulation

If from birth
Legacy family pattern of co-dependent relationships, guilt trips and manipulation

If acquired
See autoimmune diseases, Sjogren’s syndrome

Kidney problems
Unable or unwilling to discern truth due to having had dishonest caregiver(s) in childhood, relying on dishonest authority figures in adulthood, and wanting to be treated like a child so as to avoid conflict with them. Hating every minute of it but unable or unwilling to make any meaningful changes. See victim

Kidney/renal failure when caused by:
Proteinurea
Belief that our strength can only be used if someone gives us permission. Can result if a parent or caregiver publicly shames a child for not being able to prevent making a mistake or for suffering an injury. The child’s resulting anger and shattered self-esteem can set up a behaviour pattern whereby the child becomes emotionally stunted and therefore overly reliant on others for emotional leadership. See fear of failure or success, fear of looking stupid

Stones
Obsessing about what others think about us or our choices and believing that they think we are stupid, because we believe we are stupid and therefore unworthy. Tendency to deprive self of basic spiritual needs due to condemning self and feeling like a martyr or a victim
KneesRepresent our ability to cope with learning that people and things are not as we believe or hope they are

Issues that can arise

Arthritis
Distrust in our ability to recover from defeat or loss. Habitually living in victim mode, always fearing the next offense. See fear of invasion

Baker's cyst
Trying to protect self from crippling blows to our self-esteem

Broken
Always feeling at risk of being publicly humiliated

Bursitis
Angry about feeling unprotected

Dislocation
Lack of spiritual stability and faith that we are doing what is right for us

Effusion (Inflamed or swollen)
Angry about always feeling like we have to be the one to let other people have their way. When are they going to thank me for it? When are they going to let me have my way for a change?

Floating kneecap
Trying too hard to protect self from unknown dangers or enemies. Living in constant fear

Inclusion body myositis
Terrified at the thought of the next challenge and the damage it will do to our life, and expecting it to come in the very next moment

Knee problems
Fear of being attacked from behind, or by an unknown, unseen enemy. Fear of becoming a victim and being brought to our knees. See distrust, arrogance and/or ego, fear of invasion

Knock-kneed
Fear, fear, fear and not having been taught healthy coping tools

Ligament damage
Unable or unwilling to stay committed to our chosen path, or living without a firm purpose and so veering from one project to another without ever accomplishing anything and hating self for it

Meniscus pain
Feeling that we are under assault from a trusted source. They are telling us something we do not wish to hear and there is no way to protect self from the ugly truth

Meniscus tear
A long-held belief has been found to be untrue, and the new truth feels like a blow to our ego

Osgood-Schlatter disease
Difficulty in processing rapid change; impatient to see what is coming next. Looking everywhere for guidance as to what kind of person to be, but not knowing whose opinion to trust, or after whom to model self

Subluxation
Not knowing which way to turn or where to look for guidance or assistance
Knuckles

Represent our ease or lack thereof with expressing our hidden desires

Issues that can arise

See affected finger, toe, or joint

Table 04: The finger or toe knuckles

Finger or toe knucklesSpiritual aspect
Thumb or big toeHidden desire to do what we want to do instead of what everyone else wants us to do
Index finger or second toeHidden desire to shush people
Middle finger or third toeHidden desire to tell someone how angry we are with them
Ring finger or fourth toeHidden desire to be in, or get out of, a close relationship
Pinky finger or baby toeHidden desire to return to childhood and be free of responsibilities
More than five fingers or toesSee description for adjacent fingers or toes
L
Lacrimal glands These glands serve both physical and spiritual purposes. The physical purpose is to maintain the eye surface via tears that cleanse and moisturize. Spiritually, these glands provide us with a release for strong emotions (anger, fear, joy, relief, unconditional love) via tears released during crying. The act of crying is a physical expression of our spiritual pain or pleasure

Issues that can arise

See pink eye, sarcoidosis

Blocked tear duct
Can result from habitually not allowing self to cry over important life experiences, whether they caused us pain or pleasure. Stifling self-expression is a sure sign that we have suffered repression

Dry eyes
Lacking compassion, empathy for self. “No one cares about my hurts, so why should I?”

Prolapse
Unable or unwilling to change that we are overburdened and overstressed. We may find it difficult to ask for help even when we are desperate

Swelling
If acute, see Epstein-Barr virus, mumps
If chronic, see thyroid eye disorder, sarcoidosis and orbital pseudotumor

Tumour
Whether benign or malignant, a tumour can indicate that our thoughts are focused on painful issues that need to be acknowledged, resolved and released. See Spiritual decluttering

Watery eyes or tearing
Negative - Purposely holding back tears as a punishment. Positive - Feeling unconditional love. See signals
Lactose
(or food)
intolerance
Can be any or all of the following:
  • Unresolved maternal issues (anger, unresolved grief)
  • A deep desire to receive attention that we know would be excessive but wanting it anyway
  • Angry with someone who over- or under-nurtures but afraid to ask them to change for fear of abandonment
  • Physical manifestation of intolerance of femininity or of expressing or displaying emotions. See misogyny

Check out What Is the Difference Between a Food Allergy and a Food Intolerance?
LazinessThis behaviour shows that we are unwilling to do that which needs to be done (see silent rebellion). Doing everything very slowly is dawdling, not laziness (see passive/aggressive and/or aggressive/passive). Telling others that they are lazy is judgment against others and can indicate self-righteousness. See procrastination
LegsRepresent how we carry ourselves through life

See ankles, feet, hips, knees, thighs, toes, walk (gait)

Issues that can arise

Broken
Fear that a recent decision was horribly wrong or that a recent negative experience proves that we are unable to make our way though life. See femur, fibula, tibia

Rotation of femur, fibula or tibia
Zigzagging through life due to searching everywhere for a solution but unable to decide on a particular path in case it is the wrong one. See help-rejecting complainer

Shin splints
Trying too hard to get something distasteful over and done with, or trying to achieve too much, too fast in order to win approval from a harsh critic, possibly self

Spider veins
Wishing we were someplace - anyplace - else, or with someone - anyone - else, and feeling stuck in the planning process to make any changes

Varicose veins
Wishing we were someplace - anyplace - else, or with someone - anyone - else, but unable or unwilling to do anything about it (victim)
LigamentsRepresent ability to follow through on commitments

See cartilage, joints, muscles, tendons

Issues that can arise

Ligament damage
Unable or unwilling to stay committed to our chosen path, or just living without a firm purpose and so veering from one project to another without ever accomplishing anything and hating self for it

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
Fear that our foundation and support will be ripped away
LipsRepresent how we express ourselves without words

See gums, mouth, teeth, tongue

Issues that can arise

Biting
If accidental
Biting back words that, if spoken aloud, could cause trouble

If on purpose
Wanting to show someone how badly we want to get it right

Chapped or burning
Burning to express negative thoughts, attitudes or emotions

Cheilitis
Holding onto hurtful beliefs even if we know they are false

Cold sores or fever blisters
Sudden idea that "I'm so bad" or "I'm so wonderful", and unable or unwilling to accept that we are no better or worse than anyone else - we are just normal

Cracked
Unable or unwilling to allow others the dignity of making mistakes

Dry
Unable to satisfy our thirst for something that we know is better left untouched. Feeling deprived

Pouting
Feeling sorry for self and wanting the world to know that we have been offended. See victim

Pursed
Keeping our judgmental, critical, condemning thoughts to self but hoping someone will notice our displeasure anyway
Liver Represents our ability to express or process strong emotions

Issues that can arise

Liver diseases
Anger, envy, jealousy, revenge - just sitting there being relished and savoured, and unwilling to acknowledge it all as being negative, harmful and hurtful

Cancer
Processing our life experiences with an “everybody else is an idiot and has caused all my problems" attitude (blame), or "I'm an idiot and everybody else is better than me" (self-condemnation). Deep-seated, long-standing anger and feeling fully justified in holding onto it. Fear of abandonment. See liver diseases

Cirrhosis
Stubborn refusal to see the good - in self, in others, in the world. "What's the point?"

Hepatitis
Tendency to blame anyone or anything but self for our problems. Failure to accept responsibility for our shortcomings. Extremely difficult to please. See criticism, perfectionism, sexually transmitted diseases (STD's)

Jaundice
Bitter attitude toward life; nasty temperament; unkind. If a newborn baby, taking on the mother's attitudes. See birth abnormalities

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Easily offended and unable or unwilling to let go of the resulting anger that can easily turn into resentment and the desire for revenge
Losing one's belongingsCan happen if we are not concentrating on what we are doing in the moment. If it happens often, can be a sign of living in victim mode, a need to live in chaos so as to avoid dealing with unresolved issues, or an unrecognized need to be nurtured
Lungs Represent our ability to give ourselves breathing room, to feel free to make choices, express our thoughts and live life as we would like. Lung disorders can manifest in our physical home as heating / cooling system problems. See upper respiratory infections

Issues that can arise

Asthma
Habitually responding to the unknown with agitation, anxiety, confusion, distrust, fear - a reflection of the home environment. An attack can be a way to control a tense family situation

Bronchitis
Feeling forced into being the responsible one, and angry about it. Feeling under-appreciated

Cancer
If the individual smokes, look for the real reason for starting smoking. If the individual has never smoked, look for a “smothering” attitude (could be smothering the truth, could be smothering a loved one, could be being smothered by a loved one, etc.). Is the individual in a co-dependent relationship?

COPD
Always waiting for the next punishment that we know life will deal us. See upper respiratory infection

Collapsed
Belief that we have just suffered an intentional attack from a completely unexpected, fully trusted source

Constrictive bronchiolitis
Chronic, silent, chilling, debilitating expectation of imminent death from no apparent cause

Cystic fibrosis
Stifling, explosive emotional environment in the home and wanting to put out the fire. See birth abnormalities

Emphysema
Unable or unwilling to let go of poisonous, stifling beliefs

Fungus (Aspergillosis)
Drowning in a swamp of sorrow. See grief and do the Grieving exercise

Legionnaires’ disease
Using others’ negative behaviour as an excuse to be mean, nasty or childish

Pleurisy
Reacting to a recent life lesson by rejecting or resisting it. If the lesson is accepted and absorbed, full healing is possible. If it is not, a pattern may develop of reacting to future life lessons in the same way, with the resulting pleurisy becoming chronic

Pneumonia
Extreme disappointment that an important opportunity has been missed, or extreme fear that we just made a very large mistake. See COVID-19

Pontiac fever
Sickening feeling that we have been cheated out of the good things in life - again

Shortness of breath (Dyspnea)
Physical manifestation of any or all of anxiety, fear, fear of failure or of success, fear of retribution, fear of the unknown

Tuberculosis
Belief that we are weak. Feeling at the mercy of those who are strong and in a position of power. Giving up on our ability to survive. See HIV / AIDS

Whooping cough
HEAR ME!
LupusAlways waiting for the next attack (not of lupus). Anxiety, blame, self-condemnation, victim
Lying
Quote from Mark Twain
“The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.” Mark Twain
Unable or unwilling to reveal the truth for any of the following reasons:

Watch Lie detector, a TED Talks presentation by Pamela Meyer
Chronic
Making up stories in an attempt to hide or escape being held responsible, or to appear kind and generous

Pathological
Purposely weaving a web of lies around a kernel of truth to keep everyone wondering and guessing, so that we ALWAYS remain in control and at top-of-mind. When taken to the utter extreme, can become Pseudo Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” Charles Spurgeon
Colourful shoes in a circle
Lymph nodes Represent our ability to defend self from verbal or emotional abuse

Issues that can arise

Cancer
Unable or unwilling to pay attention to signals due to feeling that no one really cares about us, or that we are meant to suffer

Swollen
Feeling like a victim, unable to speak up for self. See self-esteem
Lymphatic
system
Represents our ability to defend self from threats, whether real or imagined

See bone marrow | lymph nodes | lymphatic vessels | spleen | thymus gland

Issues that can arise

Lymphatic system cancer

Lymphedema
Afraid to let go of the hurt for fear that 'it' will happen again
Lymphatic
vessels
Represent our ability to release that which is no longer needed
M
Mammary
glands
Represent nurturing

See breast

Issues that can arise

Galactorrhea
Profound curiosity about breastfeeding, or an unmet desire to nurture or to be nurtured

Mammary duct ectasia
Wishing desperately to nurture someone of our choosing, rather than those who are currently in our care

Mammary fibromatosis
Cluster of obsessive negative beliefs about womanhood, motherhood and nurturing
Marfan
syndrome
Whether from birth or developing later in life, a karmic situation in which the affected person either experienced, or caused someone else to experience, what it is like to be at the complete mercy of someone with a complete lack of empathy or compassion. Their challenge now is to learn, at soul level, that all are equally worthy to be treated with dignity, respect, caring and compassion. See birth abnormalities
Me too
syndrome
Pattern of repeating words that someone else has just spoken, in effect stealing them from the person who expressed the original idea. Can result from a fear of speaking our own thoughts (which we fear might sound silly), or fear of being disagreed with and feeling incompetent to explain our viewpoint. The person being repeated may feel as if they were robbed

Change the pattern:
If someone does it to us
While we cannot make anyone else change - or even want to change - we can help by talking about it with them. After all, they might not even know that they do this

If we do it
Stop! Visit WikiHow and learn how to speak well
Measles Belief that our emotional needs are being neglected, and fear that the situation will never improve

German (Rubella)
Wanting to prevent taking the next step alone. Fear of abandonment, fear of the unknown

Red (Rubeola)
Wanting to permanently delay taking the next step of development. Fear of the unknown
Medical or dental procedures
including surgery
How to gain the best possible results
During the days before the procedure, at least once a day, take five or 10 minutes to:Taking these steps will elevate your endorphins and prepare your body to accept healing. Then just before the procedure, mindfully repeat the above steps and repeat, "I'm in good hands" as it begins
Memory Energetic representations of our life experiences and our reactions to them. Memory is an elusive creature; however, here is a brief explanation of its workings from a spiritual viewpoint.

An individual has an experience. A personal memory is created in the brain via the firing of neurons. The memory contains every single detail of the experience, including informational input from the experience itself (who, when, where, why, what, how) and sensory input from the physical organs (sight, smell, sound, taste, touch and thought).

Each of the neurons consists of not only a personal, physical memory, but a spiritual or "quantum" memory. The personal memory is stored in the brain, while the quantum memory is stored in the akashic or soul record. Upon physical death of the individual, the life experience is reviewed and the soul is prepared for its next set of required life experiences. The records may be accessed during an incarnation as well as during intervals between incarnations, to review a soul's spiritual progress

Issues that can arise

Alzheimer’s disease
Chronic self-deception. Habitually denying that we played any role in our negative experiences, yet feeling guilt over choices we made that we know had devastating consequences, and/or a strong desire to make everyone believe that we are innocent. In other words, wanting to live in a fairy tale and escape being held responsible (see fear of retribution). The underlying guilt and shame can create a victim mentality and a constant need to blame. See dementia

Dementia
Progressive inability to function within the boundaries of the lies we tell self and others about the type of person we are or were. See Alzheimer's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease

Forgetfulness
Often used as an excuse for obsessive/compulsive checking and rechecking. This is not forgetfulness though - this is inability or unwillingness to be in the moment. Can be a means of bringing extra attention to self, as a way of saying, "You are not important enough for me to bother remembering anything about you" or as a way to cover up our mistakes or shortcomings. Habitually using forgetfulness as an excuse can contribute to the onset of Alzheimer's disease. See ADD / ADHD

Remembering everything
Constantly reminding self of events, losses, experiences, victories or hurts in case they are needed to gain the upper hand in arguments (see guilt trips), or to give us a sense of superiority

Transient global amnesia
Occurs when we relax into a higher level of consciousness that enables our guide to present information from a past or future life experience that has bearing on our current incarnation. See Akashic records. Contact the author to discuss your experience to gain more clarity

Unable to forget
Can arise from traumatic events. See PTSD
Menstrual cycle Signifies the start of a new cycle, a new way of life, or a new opportunity. Can also represent recognition of our limitations, or that we have a pattern of fighting any change suggested by others (see defiance), refusing to go with the flow, or arguing just for the sake of being disagreeable. The cycle can be a guaranteed week or two every month when we can blame our body instead of admitting that we have needs. Like the flu and menopause, this process is often used as an excuse to under-perform or to be mean.

Those who have painful cycles may have a victim or a martyr mentality. Such pain, discomfort and other effects can be reduced, or even eliminated, by not allowing self the luxury of using this as an excuse. After all, the Universal Intelligence cooperates with our desires. Some lie and say they have painful cycles even if they do not; this can arise from a desire to play on the sympathies of others, or to escape responsibilities. See infertility, miscarriage, pelvis, pregnancy, uterine fibroids, uterus

Issues that can arise

Adenomyosis
Unresolved pain and agony over our childhood, and/or the children we have or have not had. Agonizing over the sort of parents we had or the sort of parent we have or would have been

Amenorrhea
If not caused by breastfeeding, pregnancy or menopause:
Deep and possibly unrecognized fear of any or all of the following: being an adult with responsibilities, being a female adult, attracting sexual attention, becoming pregnant, giving birth, becoming a parent

Endometriosis
Needing to control every little thing. Overly dependent on our mate (co-dependent relationship). Holding onto a core belief that is narrow-minded or out-dated

Endometritis
Unrecognized anger toward self and our part in the reproductive process

Menorrhagia
Results from a legacy family pattern of cyclic emotional and/or physical abuse toward the family’s female members or its children. This creates an unrecognized belief that life as a woman is all about suffering, with the body cooperating with our expectation. See premenstrual dysphoric disorder

Menometrorrhagia
Results from a legacy family pattern of cyclic, albeit unpredictable, emotional or physical violence toward the family’s female members or its children. See nose bleeds

Metrorrhagia
Results from a legacy family pattern of cyclic, predictable, emotional or physical violence toward the family’s female members or children

Missed periods
Can be caused by pregnancy or breast-feeding, eating disorders, ovarian cysts, polycystic ovary syndrome, premature ovarian failure or an "I give up" attitude, pelvic inflammatory disease, uterine fibroids

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
For some, menstruation is a thing to be dreaded. There can be no comfort because the next cycle is just around the corner, waiting to hurt us. This can result from a family pattern of cyclic, albeit unpredictable, emotional or physical violence toward the family's female members or its children

Premenstrual syndrome
For some, the monthly cycle is a reminder of all that is wrong in their life. The weight of such a concern manifests as an increased emotional burden which in turn creates physical discomfort

Uterine fibroids and/or polyps
Represent stifled creativity along with a desire for a life-changing experience and yet a fear of the unknown
Mental illness Reflects our inability or unwillingness to live life with a high enough level of emotional and behavioral wisdom to prevent inner chaos and protect ourselves from harmful activities.

Knowing whether we have had a spiritual experience or are suffering mental illness can help us stay on track with our spiritual development. Check out “Is it a spiritual experience or mental illness?”, a CBC Radio Canada presentation

Aggressive anxiety disorder
Pattern of lashing out at others either physically or verbally when feeling unable to control a situation. See intermittent explosive disorder, stress

Aggressive/passive behaviour
Obnoxious behaviour designed to force others into submission. This childish, abusive pattern results from growing up in an extremely controlled household or an environment with no boundaries at all. The aggressive phase can manifest as shouting orders, criticisms or guilt trips, throwing temper tantrums, threatening physical or financial assault, or abandonment. When the victim submits and becomes obedient and docile, the passive phase then begins. The aggressor shows mercy by showering the victim with affection, warmth and praise, giving gifts or rewards and generally being sweet and attentive... until the next time. The passive phase lures the victim into a false sense of security, and can even create a guilty feeling for ever having doubted the aggressor

Spiritual effects
Pathological lying, greed, self-righteousness, distrust

Physical effects
High blood pressure, dental problems (can result in total tooth loss), laziness or hoarding

Change the pattern
If this behaviour is an issue for you, either as aggressor or as victim, visit Section 2 to start changing your life

Avoidant personality disorder
Chronic avoidance of anything new or unknown due to extremely low or unstable self-esteem, fear of failure, or fear of looking stupid. The pattern can lead us into co-dependent relationships so that we can blame the other person's supposed need to be in control as an excuse to be silent, remain in the background, and generally hide from life. Feeling like a powerless victim can lead to profound anger and frustration and may result in passive/aggressive behaviours

Bi-polar disorder
Seemingly never-ending cycle of extreme self-approval and extreme self-hatred - usually in direct response to another's words or actions that have been taken as either a reward or a personal attack. Unable or unwilling to accept self as just another soul in human form, doing well at times and poorly at other times. Chronically unmet need to receive loving attention, and so doing all that we can to receive attention whenever possible by being either the very best or the very worst - at everything
  • Depressive phase
    Occurs after a perceived failure and thinking "I give up." "I'm useless and horrible and everybody hates me." "I'm not perfect and everyone sees it." "I can't bear the shame." "God hates me." "I hate me.”
  • Manic phase
    Occurs after a perceived success and thinking “I can do anything and everything.” “The rules don't apply to me (arrogance).” "I don't care what God - or anyone else - thinks of me."

Borderline Personality Disorder
Profound sense that one was, is, and always will be, a failure, and incapable of 'correct' thought or action. Often comes as a result of a child having every choice controlled by others or of having no one to provide guidance, in other words, no experience of what it is like to make right or wrong choices in a safe learning environment. This can result in a nearly complete lack of self-trust, along with anger at the imposed control of others and fear of having that control removed (fear of abandonment). See inner conflict

Chronic confusion
Can be caused by habitual repetition of negative thoughts, or by believing the constant criticism from our caregivers or loved ones. Too many people to please. See fear of looking stupid

Change the pattern
Check out spiritual decluttering and do the self-esteem exercise

Conduct disorder
Chronic feelings of intense rage and indignation over our life situation, along with a belief that it will never change because those who are responsible for us, those who should care the most, are hurting - not helping - us

Depersonalization-derealization disorder
Unable or unwilling to acknowledge that our choices, our actions, or our words, may have helped to create our current dilemma

See abandonment, avoidance, blame, denial, despair, fear of retribution, guilt, stress, trauma, victim. Issues that can arise from this disorder: anxiety, chronic confusion, depression, memory issues, obsessive/compulsive behaviours

Depression
Depression is not a constant state , being more like waves on the ocean. Just as we are recovering from a bout, a new experience can trigger another episode. Depression can become a reflex reaction to a specific experience, like making a mistake (whether anyone else knows about it), disappointing someone, or someone saying "no" to us. Until the root cause has been recognized and dealt with, the condition can only be managed.

Depression is based in our self-worth and self-esteem. A wave of depression often occurs if we feel that we have lost the approval of someone who is very important to us. If our sense of self is completely wrapped up in that individual, as can happen when living or working in co-dependent relationships, we feel we will lose our identity without their approval. We will do almost anything to cope with our sense of loss and deprivation. Usually this means doing any number of negative behaviours in the hope of getting that person to help us recover and buy back into the relationship. Then, we tell ourselves, everything will be ok again.

And it will be, for a little while. Until, almost from out of the blue, another experience will trigger another wave of self-hatred. Then we are right back where we started … punishing and hurting self ... going on a binge of alcohol or drug usage, starving ourselves or overeating / purging, withholding communication, shopping for things we do not need with money we do not have, cutting ourselves until we bleed, contemplating or attempting suicide, stopping doing the things we truly love to do … oh, the list is endless.

There is another way to live, but it means changing how we relate to others, and more importantly, how we relate to ourselves. It means becoming aware of - and changing - our thoughts, attitudes, emotions, beliefs and desires. If depression is hurting your quality of life, see choose a pattern

Dysphoria
Cycle of negative thought patterns triggered by perceived judgment, criticism and condemnation from others. See self-esteem
  • Gender
    Can result from familial and societal rejection, ridicule and public shaming for simply being different. It has become a worsening crisis as more people feel entitled to foist their personal beliefs and opinions onto those in a minority position in society. For the affected individual, see anxiety, depression, distress, eating disorders, self-harm, substance misuse. For those doing the public shaming etc., see bullying, hatred, prejudice, self-esteem, self-righteousness, tolerance, unconditional love
  • Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
    For some, menstruation is a thing to be dreaded. There can be no comfort because the next cycle is just around the corner, waiting to hurt us. This can result from a family pattern of cyclic, albeit unpredictable, emotional or physical violence toward the family’s female members or its children. See premenstrual syndrome
  • Rejection sensitive dysphoria
    Unable to tolerate the seeming loss of others' approval without falling into an emotional tailspin that can trigger any number of negative behaviours. The perceived loss can result from the slightest disagreement with our opinions, or any suggestion as to how we might improve something we have done, or even a hint that we may have erred. See self-esteem

Help-rejecting complainer
Living from one catastrophe or heartache to the next and, although seeming to want help to change their seemingly dire situation, resisting any suggestions that could help. They say things like "I've tried that already." "That won't work for me because..." "Nothing ever works right for me." Exasperating for us, but even more so for them. The spiritual component is being stuck in a feedback loop of craving sympathetic attention and recognition for all of their suffering, but needing to keep on suffering to justify their compulsion. See blame, victim
Note: Someone with this issue read this description and said, "This is dumb and it's not even accurate." Exactly the pattern.

Change the pattern
Meditate to learn whose attention was lacking during and after a traumatic event. Check out these Google search results for more information

How to help
Ask questions instead of making suggestions

Intermittent explosive disorder
Behaviour that we feel fully justified in maintaining. Used as a means of keeping control in any situation where we might lose the war. See aggressive/passive behaviour

Kleptomania
When our basic spiritual needs go unmet, our desperation can make us compensate by stealing objects from others. Eating disorders can also manifest along with other OCD behaviours

Logorrhea
Seemingly unable or unwilling to stop talking, to allow there to be silence, or to allow someone else to speak... to the point that we overload the listener with unnecessary or unconnected details. See aphasia, babbling, bi-polar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, traumatic brain injury. Visit WikiHow and check out 3 Ways to Be Friends With Someone Who Talks Too Much

Midlife crisis
Feeling stuck and knowing that we cannot go on any longer as we have, and feeling a desperate need to do something, anything, to relieve the craving for change. So we try a new job, or mate, or home, or car, or whatever, but quickly find that nothing helps. The wise realize that the solution is not out there, it is within ourselves... we need to change ourselves.

The craving can arise from having carried emotional and spiritual burdens for many years. The thought of carrying them for another few decades is too much to bear. The solution? Check out Spiritual decluttering

Multiple personality disorder
What it is not
It is not other souls inhabiting our mind or body

What it is:
  • Behaviour done out of a profound need to protect self from the actions and/or opinions of others
  • Fear of revealing our true nature, and protecting self by hiding within various acting roles
  • Desire to "keep them guessing". The benefits are multiple: Gives us a sense of always being in control, because since only "I" know the secret, others can never be sure with whom they are dealing. If someone expresses displeasure with us, we can tell ourselves that it does not really matter because it was not really us that they condemned

Spiritual effects
Gradual loss of desire or ability to recall our true self, unwillingness to confront the truth about our motives, unstable self-esteem

Physical effects
ADD / ADHD, pathological lying

Change the pattern
Meditate to learn the initial reasons for choosing the behaviour

Narcissism
Belief that everything is all about Me, everyone is thinking about Me, that Me is always correct, and anyone who disagrees is a threat to be destroyed, shouted down or publicly ridiculed. Belief that it is not enough to win - everyone else has to lose. Chronic refusal to give others a chance to speak. The pattern often leads to isolation, as very few people want to be around someone who is unwilling to listen, share the spotlight or give credit to another; however, if the narcissist happens to hold a position of power or authority, many are only too eager to forego their personal needs and sell out in favour of self-promotion. See self-importance

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Hiding our anguish and futile rage over being unable to change certain situations creates a chronic need to do something, anything, to divert our attention from them. OCD behaviours result, since doing a behaviour, even if self-destructive, or repeating certain thoughts, allows us to feel as if we have a bit of control. See addiction

Obsessive/Compulsive Behaviours
Unable to cope with life without doing certain routines when certain things have happened, or a seemingly uncontrollable urge to repeat a behaviour, whether it is acted out. Often done in response to repression or suppression of strong emotions, to gain some measure of control when we feel like a victim. Form of addiction that can be as difficult to treat as chemical dependency; however, if dedicated to healing self, tremendous change is possible. Before repeating any behaviour, it is important to remember that we have the ability to choose. See free will, obsessive/compulsive disorder, perfectionism

Physical effects
Self-soothing by using substances or behaviours to excess. Doing so can repel people (sometimes that is the whole idea) or anger them (a side benefit). The behaviours often end up creating the exact situation we think we are avoiding

Change the pattern
Meditate to identify and resolve inner conflicts

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
Pattern of non-compliance with authority figures, plus angry, defiant, spiteful and/or vengeful behaviour due to feeling traumatized or victimized, or to believing that 'nobody truly loves me'. See silent rebellion

Paranoia
Certain that everyone (all sentient beings and the Universe) and everything in the environment that has been perverted by humans, is plotting against Me and watching Me and waiting for Me to fail - to teach Me that I am powerless against them. My negative life experiences result because of them, not because of Me. The pattern can result from too little or too much control by our caregivers and/or positive versus negative attention, as well as parental failure to model balanced responsibility. See anxiety, avoidance, child abuse, fear, self-esteem, self-importance, self-righteousness

Passive/aggressive disorder
Unable or unwilling to stand up for self but resenting others' supposed lack of respect and supposed need to be in control. Constant grumbling, griping and whining but unwilling to take responsibility for our role in any negative situation (victim)

Looks like
Withholding communication, abandonment, extremely slow to act or react, to speak, to move or to offer assistance. See dawdling, chronic lateness, chronic procrastination (avoidance), habitual lying

Physical effects
Accident proneness, addictions, anxiety, dental problems, headaches or migraines

Persecution complex
Feeling that everyone is out to get us, or is judging us, or is thinking about us (see narcissism, self-importance, victim). Can stem from too little or too much favourable attention in early childhood

Sounds like
They all think I am bad and they are making my life miserable to punish me

Physical effects
Difficulty in maintaining close, satisfying relationships, covering the mouth when communicating, hiding behind one's hair when speaking, mumbling or talking fast

Change the pattern
Do the Self-esteem exercise

Reactive attachment disorder
Results from a lack of forming healthy attachments with caregivers in early childhood, due to caregivers' being unable or unwilling to connect emotionally with the child - not the other way around. Can become a generational family pattern

Schizophrenia
Can result from the following habitual thought patterns and emotions: self-condemnation , guilt, shame, futile anger, distrust, distress, anxiety; along with a childhood filled with chaos, chronic emotional instability, trauma, and/or a lack of positive parental attention. Additionally, the condition may be a karmic requirement, e.g., needing to learn to feel compassion for those who are at the mercy of their caregivers and lack self-determination
MTHFR variant If issues arise, they may be due to a legacy family pattern of denying its children any sense of individuality, or of receiving any special treatment, such that the children’s basic spiritual needs go unmet. Feeling like we do not matter. See birth abnormalities and genetic disorders, self-esteem

Issues that may arise

Spiritual effects
Anxiety, bi-polar disorder, depression, schizophrenia

Physical effects
Blood clots, colon cancer, chronic pain and chronic fatigue, heart attack, leukemia (acute), migraines, miscarriages (recurrent), pregnancies with neural tube defects like spina bifida, stroke
MiscarriageRepresents an end to a developmental phase

Can be triggered by the spiritual or physical health conditions of the fetus or the mother. Fetal failure for any reason may cause uterine infection (septic miscarriage). See pregnancy

Ectopic pregnancy
Can occur if the channel opened for the incoming soul is closed due to the mother's self-esteem suffering a damaging blow in the days just before conception, along with a fear that regaining it will be impossible

Fetal health
  • Blighted ovum
    Situation in which the mother's stubbornly-held belief about self being unloved by God determines the embryo's failure
  • Intrauterine fetal demise
    A soul's first entry, or re-entry after a traumatic prior life experience (see reincarnation), into human form may be done in gradually lengthening stages of time being spent in physical. The same soul may or may not return to this mother
  • Molar or partial molar pregnancy
    Paternal desire (unrecognized) to be the biggest and the best, at any cost

Maternal health
MitochondriaMitochondria represent the body's ability to nurture and sustain itself

issues that can arise

Mitochondrial disease
If from birth
See birth abnormalities

If acquired
See affected body part plus silent rebellion
Money problemsRepresent inability or unwillingness to protect self and our property

Related to a lack of self-worth and/or self-approval. Such beliefs can result from family behavioural patterns, which in effect say to the Universe that "I am not worthy to live in comfort" or "I deserve to suffer" or "I am a horrible person". These beliefs can be related to chronic guilt or shame, or feeling like a victim. Gaining money does not resolve the pattern unless the underlying thought patterns are recognized and resolved. If they are not, having money can actually create other self-destructive behaviours like addictions, eating disorders, hoarding

Change the pattern
Do the Guilt-buster and Self-esteem exercises
Mononucleosis See adenovirus, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, hepatitis, HIV, rubella, toxoplasmosis

Sounds like
Leave me alone. I just want to sleep. I don't want to have to do what anyone else says
Motor neuron diseasesAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), adult-onset
Denying our chronic, desperate need to avoid discussing painful issues or sensitive subjects, yet yearning to bring them out into the open. The issue here is fighting with self over whether to discuss something that is important to us or keep it hidden. Of course we all have reasons for wanting to avoid discussing some subjects; often it is because we think others will react poorly when we raise topics that they themselves wish to avoid.

This not knowing which topics are safe to discuss - the indecision - creates a push-pull effect on the body. Nerves and muscles are unconsciously tightened and relaxed at a furious pace, creating unimaginable strain on the systems. After many years of living with this pattern, damage occurs at cellular level. The body is eventually unable to cope and ALS results.

Not everyone with this issue develops ALS (see Primary Lateral Sclerosis). For those with ALS, the behaviour is severe, chronic and long-standing. It is not just one topic that is avoided - the indecision manifests in all choices of topics to share or avoid discussing. Those that are discussed that meet with negative responses or reactions cause us to judge, criticise and condemn self for making trouble. Those that are kept hidden remain in the thoughts creating further damage.

The challenge is to change the pattern, that is, to share and discuss what is important to us and to keep hidden that which we do not yet wish to disclose, in the knowledge that we cannot control how others react. Their reactions are just that - their reactions

If inherited
See birth abnormalities, legacy family pattern and What is karma?

Kennedy’s disease
Maternal pattern of legacy resentment of male family members that manifests physically in her son(s). The son feels extreme dissatisfaction with the way life is working out but is unable to express it verbally, given the family dynamics. See birth abnormalities and What is karma?

Post-polio syndrome (PPS)
Fear that the family unit is breaking up and not wanting it to change in any way. See polio. This is a form of "empty nest syndrome" manifesting in physical

Primary Lateral Sclerosis
Denying our chronic, desperate need to avoid discussing painful issues or sensitive subjects, yet yearning to bring them out into the open. The issue here is fighting with self over whether to discuss something that is important to us or keep it hidden. Of course we all have reasons for wanting to avoid discussing some subjects; often it is because we think others will react poorly when we raise topics that they themselves wish to avoid.

This not knowing which topics are safe to discuss - the indecision - creates a push-pull effect on the body. Nerves and muscles are unconsciously tightened and relaxed at a furious pace, creating unimaginable strain on the systems. Coming to peace with self-expression can ease symptoms and potentially avoid the condition becoming Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

If inherited
See birth abnormalities and What is karma?

Progressive Bulbar Palsy
See Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Progressive Muscular Atrophy
Can also be slowly-progressing Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Spinal Muscular Atrophy
See What is karma? and birth abnormalities
MouthRepresents physical expression of our thoughts, attitudes, emotions, beliefs and desires

See gums, lips, teeth, tongue

Issues that can arise

Ageusia
Lack of sense of taste represents inability or unwillingness to discern the dangers that our negative thoughts pose to our physical health, making us less able to protect ourselves. See COVID-19

Bad breath (halitosis)
Hiding the truth that one believes to be ugly and wishes were untrue but thinking it does not matter what we believe anyway because no one can read our mind, right?

Being hit in the mouth
Fear that God is using someone or something to punish us

Burning mouth syndrome
Fear of retribution if we speak our truth because they might think that we are mean

Cancer
Chewing on poisonous words. Incorrect beliefs that negatively flavour all of life's experiences

Canker sores
Biting back poisonous words, even if we think they are true. To avoid infection and speed healing, discover or acknowledge the real reason for thinking them and for not saying them

Covering the mouth when communicating
Shame or discomfort. If using the lips to cover the teeth while speaking, can indicate unresolved inner conflicts or fear of being found out. See hiding behind one's hair

Dry mouth - Chronic
Living with constant low-grade fear

Dry mouth - Occasional
Knowing that our words are false and/ or purposely divisive and are likely to meet with disapproval

Swollen salivary glands
Fear of retribution if others were to find out what we really think. See COVID-19, flu, mumps
Movement
disorders
See akathisia, ataxia, dystonia, Huntington's disease, multiple system atrophy, Parkinson’s disease, progressive muscular atrophy, restless legs syndrome, stiff-person syndrome, Tourette syndrome
Mucous
membranes
Represent our ability to protect our self-esteem from being harmed by others’ negative opinions about us

See immune system

Issues that can arise

See burning mouth syndrome

Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP)
Belief that we are 'bad' and therefore deserve to suffer
Multiple
Sclerosis
Deep need to be perfect - not so much to be a better person, but rather to make someone else see how hard we are trying to win their approval. Feeling overburdened and hopeless that the burden will ever be lifted, but unwilling to do anything to change it. See martyr, victim
MumpsAfraid of taking the next step, fear of failure or success
Munchausen's Syndrome
by Proxy
Chronic need for sympathetic attention - from everyone. Failure to recognize that others have needs and feelings too. Can manifest as a spouse murdering a pregnant mate or a child to kill a parent, sibling or pet. See martyr, self-importance, jealousy

Pseudo Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
Can occur with pathological lying with made up lies about loved ones, sometimes claiming that one or more of them has died. Why? To play on people's gullibility and sympathy, in the hopes of being excused from obligations and responsibilities, because after all, they have to attend a FUNERAL!
Muscle Represents our ability to nourish, nurture, support and sustain self

See cartilage, joints, ligaments, pain, signals, tendons

Issues that can arise

Atrophy
Contributing factors
Aging
Alcoholism
Broken bones
Burns
injuries
Malnutrition - see digestion, eating disorders
Spinal cord injuries
Stroke

Charley horse
Sudden realization that we might be left alone and unsupported (fear of abandonment)

Cramp
Signal that we just had a negative thought, attitude or emotion. Was it about self? Someone else? See condemnation, guilt, victim

Diastasis recti
Trying too hard to fix something on our own that we ourselves did not break

Dystonia
If from birth
Can be a reflection of the family's emotional environment. In this case, work to identify any tense situations at home. Could be someone using silence as a punishment, or abandoning tense situations by using various substances or behaviours. After identifying the situations, start to re-pattern them. For example, a mate getting up and leaving the room to end a conversation is form of abandonment. You can help to re-pattern that behaviour by allowing there to be a consequence for it. Start by sharing how the behaviour makes you feel and encouraging verbal expression of feelings

If acquired
Physical manifestation of rigid thought patterns. Meditate to learn the reason for suppressing creativity and/or verbal expression

Inclusion body myositis
Terrified at the thought of the next challenge and the damage it will do to our life, and expecting it to come in the very next moment

Pain
Aching to be nurtured or soothed

Parkinson's disease
Chronic, paralyzing need to either be in total control of, or entirely not responsible for, everything and everyone (what they are doing, thinking, feeling, saying and believing). Habitual judgment, criticism, fear, perfectionism

Rhabdomyolysis
Represents a crisis of faith. Searching desperately for answers to profound spiritual questions... looking everywhere except within for fear that we will get it wrong. Until we learn to connect with Source directly through meditation, we will be at the mercy of information that comes through others, that may not be based in Universal Truth

Spasm
Indecision about whether to hold on to or let go of the issue at hand, seeing that both options present danger and unsure which is the safer choice

Sprain
Trying to force self into making an important decision, or regretting a recent choice and wishing a different option had been available

Stiffness
Resistant to any change that we ourselves did not choose, or wanting things to remain as they were before the thing happened that created chaos for us

Strain
Unable to choose the best course of action, or trying too hard to foresee all possible outcomes so as to avoid mistakes

Tear
Wishing to undo a recent damaging error, or wanting things to be different without actually having to do anything differently

Twitches or tics
Need to get going or need to stay still. If unable to get going (for example unable to start a project), can be due to fear of failure or success, or exerting control because of a desire to withhold action (see passive/aggressive). If unable to stay still, can be due to a belief that we MUST always be doing something productive, or else!
Muscular
Dystrophy
Legacy family pattern of holding faulty belief systems that prevent growth, forward motion and/or fluid movement. Inability to follow through on decisions and condemning self for it. Can also result from extreme over- or under-protective parenting. See birth abnormalities
N
Nails Represent our ability to withstand challenges to our self-esteem from those whose approval we crave

Fingernails
Represent our thoughts about our work

Toenails
Represent our thoughts about how we are walking our path

Issues that can arise

Beau's lines
Visible proof of an unresolved traumatic event. See diabetes, scarlet fever, measles, mumps, pneumonia, zinc (mineral) deficiency

Biting
Distress; hungry for positive attention and/or approval from loved ones or authority figures

Breaking
An act or role is disintegrating, and not knowing what to do about it. Can happen when we make positive changes and our loved ones freak out. (Nothing has to be done. It is not up to the person making the changes to fix the people who are unwilling to change)

Bruised
Fear that a recent action or choice is being or will be harshly judged

Clubbing
Feeling that our work needs to be protected, either from judgment or from theft. Easily offended, low or unstable self-esteem, victim. See COPD, liver diseases, HIV / AIDS

Fungus
Ugly thoughts eating at us (shame, embarrassment, guilt, condemnation)

Hangnails
Fear that we are not doing what really needs to be done

Ingrown
Feeling like we are always running late. See affected finger, blame, revenge, spite

Lifting (peeling)
Fear that our flaws will be revealed for everyone to see

Pincer
Pattern of pretending that everything is always fine, that we never have any thoughts about how someone or something is annoying us

Pitting
Feeling attacked over every little thing. See alopecia, psoriasis

Ridges (horizontal)
We have dismissed our traumatic event as being unimportant, so we do not feel justified in seeking help to deal with it

Separation
Feeling extremely vulnerable or powerless. See allergic reactions, psoriasis, thyroid conditions, karmic situation

Split
Reminder that an inner conflict needs to be resolved. Look to the affected finger or toe for more information

Spoon
Frustrated that everyone else seems to get so much attention and appreciation - "What's wrong with me?!" See anemia, liver diseases, martyr, self-righteousness, victim, hoarding

Terry's nails
Unable or unwilling to pay attention to our thoughts and feelings about what is going on around us. See congestive heart failure, diabetes, kidney failure, liver disease
NeckRepresents how we feel about our outlook on life and how we deal with different viewpoints

See Cervical vertebrae

Issues that can arise

Black neck

Cervical spondylosis
Over-compensating for a lack of belief, faith and trust in self

Congenital muscular torticollis
Reflects the parents' inability or unwillingness to agree on a fundamental belief system about the purpose of life

Dislocation
Lack of spiritual stability and faith that we are doing what is right for us. See affected vertebra

Pain
Trying to avoid looking at a painful truth. Is someone close by, a pain in the neck?

Spasmodic torticollis
Beliefs about self and our place in the Universe that are not based in Truth

Subluxation
Not knowing which way to turn or where to look for guidance or assistance. See affected vertebra

Whiplash
Occurs after learning that a loved one or an authority figure holds a shocking belief system with which we heartily disagree
Nervous systemCommunication network through which our innermost thoughts manifest in the physical body

Central nervous system
See brain, spinal cord

Peripheral nervous system
Consists of two divisions, the autonomic and the somatic nervous systems

Autonomic nervous system
Controls involuntary activities and manifests our spiritual sense of well-being into physical. See Why do we get sick / suffer injuries / have accidents?

Autonomic nervous system divisions
  • Enteric nervous system
    Represents our ability to absorb or take in information from our life experiences, make sense of (or process) how it has affected us, and let go of (or excrete) that information which no longer serves our best interests
  • Parasympathetic nervous system
    Represents our ability or desire to motivate ourselves to meet our physical needs
  • Sympathetic nervous system
    Represents our ability or desire to motivate ourselves to flee or fight, and enables our sense of self to remain stable even when threatened. See abandonment

Autonomic nervous system components
Phrenic nerve
Represents our level of comfort within the environments in which we live, learn, play and work. See hiccups

Vagus nerves
Manifests the state of our emotional health and our spiritual outlook on life. See grief, joy, and the other strong emotions listed in Section 6, vasovagal syncope (fainting)

Somatic nervous system
Controls voluntary activities, enabling us to put our thoughts into physical action



Issues that can arise

Neurological disorders
Unable or unwilling to pay attention to our thoughts, and to honour our better intentions

Contributing factors

Birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders), traumatic brain injury, brain tumour, infection, spinal cord injury

Issues that can arise

Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Bell's palsy
Cerebral palsy
Epilepsy and/or seizure
Certain immune system disorders that can affect the body's tissues
Migraines and other headaches
Multiple sclerosis
Parkinson’s disease
Stroke

Neuroma
Self-imposed pressure to `Perform! Perform! Perform!’ no matter what. See Morton's neuroma

Change the pattern
Meditate to learn exactly whose approval we are trying to win. See self-esteem

Neuropathy or Peripheral neuropathy
Conditions in our life are such that we feel powerless to create change. Feeling like a victim

Stiff-person syndrome
Indecision as to how to cope with an on-going traumatic situation that is infuriatingly beyond our control. Should we fight or flee, and does it even matter what we do? See autoimmune diseases, epilepsy and/or seizure, muscle spasm, muscle stiffness

Transverse myelitis
Can occur when we dread having to hold - or fear becoming incapable of holding - responsibility

Contributing factors

Coxsackievirus (see hand-foot-and-mouth disease)
Cytomegalovirus
Flu (influenza)
Herpes simplex viruses including chickenpox, Epstein-Barr virus, shingles
HIV
Hepatitis B
Measles
Mumps
Polio virus
Rubella
West Nile virus
Zika Virus Infection
NeurotransmittersEnable our body to respond to our thoughts
NeurotransmitterIssues that can arise
AcetylcholineDeficiency
Denial that our actions have played any role in our negative or painful life experiences. See blame, self-righteousness, victim. See also Alzheimer's disease, dementia, myasthenia gravis

Excess
Unsure as to what, if anything, we want to bring into our reality. See despair, fear of failure or of success. See also headaches, hives, insomnia
Nocebo effectChronic desire to prove everyone, especially the experts, wrong. Disagreeing with everyone and everything. Unable to admire the good work of others. Uncooperative. If left unchecked, can lead to the belief that everything wrong with the world is the result of conspiracies. See control, distrust, spite, side effects
Nose Represents tolerance or lack thereof

See sinus cavities

Issues that can arise

Anosmia
Lack of sense of smell represents inability or unwillingness to discern threats and take steps to protect ourselves. See COVID-19

Bleeding
Worry, worry, worry... If at a funeral, unrecognized worry about the death or its consequences. Concern that something that we need will not be provided

Broken
A recent experience left us feeling exposed and vulnerable because we did not act to protect self

Deviated septum
  • Congenital
    Born into a family that stifles creativity and prefers that children do as they are told and expected to do, rather than what they might prefer to do. For example, "You should be a lawyer - not an actress."
  • Traumatic
    Deep sadness over a recent choice and wishing that we had taken the other option instead

Hyposmia
Unable or unwilling to identify our emotional / spiritual condition accurately or honestly

Out-of-joint
Anger. Easily offended

Overly sensitive to smells
Tendency to be judgmental and critical of self and/or others

Polyps
Feeling that our ability to thrive is being stifled

Post-nasal drip
Crying silently so that nobody can see or hear us, but hoping that someone will notice and offer sympathy or at least ask us what is wrong

Red
Repressed or suppressed emotions

Rhinophyma
Fear that everyone is thinking we must be stupid if we think we are flawless

Sensitive to temperature
Holding onto unresolved regrets

Sneeze or tickling nose
Pay attention to your thoughts about what is happening RIGHT NOW. While it may not seem important at the moment, the information will come into play in the near future. See signals

Snoring
Feeling like a victim, tendency to be passive/aggressive
O
Osteonecrosis Stubbornly holding onto inaccurate beliefs and not wanting any argument about them, even though gaining truth could change our life for the better. Finding and understanding the spiritual component and releasing the faulty belief can re-enable blood flow to affected area. See blame, victim

Hip
Intense belief that we cannot move forward because they cannot manage without us

Jaw
Unable or unwilling to stop complaining. Intense belief that others are not living up to their responsibilities and that we are beyond reproach; that we have done nothing whatsoever to create our current difficulties. See help-rejecting complainer

Knee
Intense belief that we have no power and no voice

Shoulder
Unwilling to take responsibility due to an intense belief that they will not let go of it, or unwilling to release responsibility due to intense belief that they will do it all wrong
OsteoporosisA cherished belief is found to be untrue and a positive replacement seems impossible to find. Can be a loss of our faith in a loving God, a crumbling spiritual infrastructure, fragile or unsound spiritual beliefs or fragile spiritual health
P
Pain The Universal Intelligence teaches that physical pain not related to illness or injury exists to show us that we are in emotional or spiritual pain, or that we have unrecognized / unresolved issues. Also, for some who are unable to express their emotional needs, telling others that they are feeling physical pain is the only way to get some much-needed attention (even if not for the real reason). See affected area, accident proneness, self-mutilation, signals

Addiction to pain
If unable to express our emotional needs, telling others that we have physical pain is one way to get some much-needed attention. This can be addictive

Chronic pain
Unresolved inner conflict or holding onto false beliefs

Dull ache
Longing to be comforted and so repeating false, hurtful beliefs to soothe self. Unresolved emotional /spiritual pain and/or sorrow. Or... Really tired of doing the same thing(s) over and over again and wondering how to jump off the hamster wheel without hurting anyone's feelings. Yes, there's a diplomatic way to do that. Let everyone know that you are going to start doing things differently, changing your schedule, reducing time spent with others so that you can focus on you, etc. It's not to hurt them, but rather to help yourself. Let them know how much you appreciate their patience and understanding as you navigate your new path

Sharp, stabbing
Signal that we just had a cruel, negative thought like anger, envy, judgment

Stiffness
Rigid thinking. See muscle stiffness

Affected area

Abdomen
See distress

Arms
Unable or unwilling to carry the load

Back
See skeleton, spinal column, individual vertebra

Breasts
Aching to nurture or to be nurtured. Fear of being alone and having to fend for self. Signal that trouble may be brewing within the family

Ears
Feeling trapped into listening to something you do not want to hear, or not hearing what you do want to hear

Elbow
Knowing it is time to change our attitude toward our mate or career but stubbornly refusing

Eyes
Feeling trapped into seeing something you do not want to see, or not seeing what you do want to see

Face
Wanting to hide from what we fear will be a painful revelation, or fear of retribution

Feet
Walking our path with unresolved spiritual issues

Hands
Working too hard for the wrong reasons

Head
Wanting to avoid someone or something. See headaches

Hips
Trying to bring something into the future that would be better left in the past. Fear of leaving someone or something behind

Joint
Unable or unwilling to do that which needs to be done. See affected joint

Knees
Hating what we are doing. Too much pressure to perform. Tired of always doing the same old thing

Legs
Belief that we are not being allowed to live up to our potential

Neck
Is someone or something a pain in the neck? Trying to avoid looking at a painful truth

Shoulders
Needing to be in control of everything. Feeling like we have to do more than everyone else, or that we are indispensable. Easily offended

Stomach
See anxiety, distress

Teeth
Unrecognized hurt feelings or hurtful thoughts

Torn rotator cuff
Always wanting more but having no control over getting it
PancreasRepresents our ability to maintain our sense of self-worth, validity, identity, or our place in the universe without the approval of others

Issues that can arise

Autoimmune pancreatitis (IgG4)

Cancer
Chronic need to control everyone and everything, and deep frustration with any imperfection - to avoid losing anyone's approval. Always feeling second- or third-best. Fragile self-esteem

Pancreatitis
Poisonous beliefs about the reason that a negative or painful life experience occurred
  • Acute
    Occurs within two or three days of receiving a devastating blow to our ego, like someone criticising us or suddenly withholding their approval for no apparent reason
  • Chronic
    Occurs after repeated assaults on our ego, like being constantly criticised or never receiving someone's approval
Parasites Fear of being taken advantage of by someone to whom we cannot say no, either because we feel sorry for them or their situation, or because we feel indebted to them. We know that this feeling of powerlessness is a potent weapon that others use against us, but we feel it is impossible to change the pattern that has developed. While we cannot change others, we can change ourselves. See zoonotic diseases

Change the pattern
Meditate to learn the reasons for needing other people's approval. See guilt, self-esteem, victim

Issues that can arise

Ectoparasites (includes scabies, common bed bug, fleas, and lice, including body louse, pubic louse, and head louse)
Feeling like an unsuspecting victim of the things in our environment of which we are unaware and over which we therefore have no control. See fear of invasion

Toxoplasmosis
Feeling like an unsuspecting victim of people or things that we feel should not be dangerous or harmful. See fear of invasion
Parkinson’s
disease
Chronic, paralyzing need to either be in total control of, or completely not responsible for, everything and everyone (what they are doing, thinking, feeling, saying and believing). Habitual judgment, criticism, fear, perfectionism
PelvisRepresents the projection of thought into action

See Paget's disease

Issues that can arise

Lateral pelvic tilt
Condemning self for spending too much time doing what we feel is the wrong activity, but doing it anyway

Pelvic floor dysfunction
Any or all of the following: unable and/or unwilling to let go of hurts (resentment). Needing approval from an authority figure who withholds it. Living life without a routine or schedule, and using it as an excuse to escape responsibility

Pelvic inflammatory disease
Inner turmoil regarding our creativity or choice of whether to have children

Pelvic organ prolapse
  • Bladder (Anterior prolapse or cystocele)
    Not knowing when to hold onto or when to let go of emotional baggage and unable to stop thinking about it all
  • Bowel (Posterior prolapse or rectocele)
    Not knowing whether or when to give or withhold affection, attention, approval
  • Uterus
    Unable to release pain and anguish over the loss of our position or status
  • Vagina
    Unresolved issue(s) over what we have - or have not - produced

Pelvic pain (also known as Symphisys pubis dysfunction or Pelvic girdle pain)
Fear of taking the next step due to profound, unresolved grief or regret over past mistakes
Penis Represents impulse

Issues that can arise

Bent
Feeling like a failure at bringing our hopes and dreams into reality

Erectile dysfunction or impotence
Complex disorder caused by a combination of several physical and spiritual conditions. However, the root spiritual cause can be traced to a desire to withhold pleasure either from self or from our partner

Spiritual components
Anxiety, depression, fear, spite, revenge, stress

Physical components
Addiction, atherosclerosis, bent penis, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, multiple sclerosis, obesity/overweight, Parkinson's disease, sleep disorders, spinal cord injuries

Male yeast infection
A new negative belief system has just formed; recognizing it, along with treating the physical disorder, can hasten healing. Frustration at never seeming to receive admiration, positive attention or recognition for our many (supposedly) selfless acts. See martyr
Persistent genital arousal disorderSee contributing factor(s)
ADD / ADHD, anxiety, depression, obsessive/compulsive disorder, overactive bladder, low or unstable self-esteem
Physical body Represents how we feel about where we have been, where we are now, and where we are going

Back
The direction from which we came (past)

Front
The direction in which we are going (future)

Sides - Left and right
Interpretations for the sides of our body are specific to the individual. Since we are all different, what left or right means to each of us can be different. What do they mean to you? Ideas to consider: The sides can represent male or female, spiritual or physical, strength or weakness, conscious or unconscious, etc. As always, when seeking understanding about spiritual (or earthly) matters, we can ask our guide in meditation
Pineal gland
The brain is the soul’s wheelhouse during physical incarnation; the pineal gland is its helm, and the pituitary and hypothalamus are its commanders. From here, our life path is charted and regulated, according to our reactions to our life experiences. It is the soul’s entry point into physical life, and is the structure through which we receive information from the Universal Intelligence

Issues that can arise

Cyst
Obsessive, constant worry over a long period of time. See headache, obstructive hydrocephalus, thyroid, vertigo

Tumour
Obsessively holding onto, and even reliving, every painful experience we have had
Pins and needles Worrying about getting stuck in a situation over which we have no control, feeling like a victim
Pituitary gland The brain is the soul’s wheelhouse during physical incarnation; the pineal gland is its helm, and the pituitary and hypothalamus are its commanders. This gland monitors our physical body and adjusts bodily processes and hormones as necessary to enable the functioning needed for the lessons of this particular lifetime

Issues that can arise

Diseased pituitary gland
Feeling that we are at risk of being harmed by invisible entities

Hypopituitarism
See the thought pattern(s) that contribute to deficiency of the following hormones:
  • Growth (GH)
    Wanting to remain in childhood, reliant upon our caregivers
  • Luteinizing (LH)
    Wanting no competition for our loved one’s attention
  • Thyroid-stimulating (TSH)
    Feeling responsible for everything and everyone yet wanting to be responsible for nothing and no one
  • Adrenocorticotropic (ACTH)
    Desperate for sympathetic attention
  • Anti-diuretic (ADH)
    Fear that disaster is right around the corner. See anxiety, distress, diabetes insipidus
  • Prolactin
    Unrecognized desire to be nurtured rather than to nurture others or fear of failure as a parent

Sheehan's syndrome
The following conditions can arise: adrenal crisis, low blood pressure, unintended weight loss, menstrual irregularities

Tumour
Obsessive thoughts about the healthy (or unhealthy) functioning of individuals within our family unit
  • If tumour is non-functioning
    Obsessive fear and worry that we will lose our identity within the family because people will assume that we are just like the rest of them; or obsessive fear and worry that we are just like the rest of our family members
  • If tumour is functioning
    “Flooding the zone” with overproduction of hormones to show everyone that we think we are ugly and unlovable and that we are suffering. Fear that the Universal Intelligence must hate us. See unconditional love
PlateletsRepresent our ability or willingness to protect ourselves from the ill effects of false belief systems by seeking Universal truth. See blood, blood clots, bone marrow

Issues that can arise

Thrombocytopenia (low platelet count)
Wanting to challenge the beliefs with which we have been raised, but afraid to anger those on whom we are still dependent, in case they might be offended. See self-esteem

Thrombocytosis (high platelet count)
Stubbornly holding onto beliefs that we know are false, out of a sense of misguided loyalty. See self-esteem
Polio Wanting the family to remain unchanged, fear of change

Post-polio syndrome
Fear that our family unit is breaking up but wanting it to stay the same. Can be the "empty nest syndrome" manifesting in physical
Polyps Represent growth that we think will help us but that is actually harmful

Bladder
Trying to hide our strong emotions or our needs

Colon
Trying to hold in that which needs to be released

Ear
Trying to avoid hearing what others are saying

Gallbladder
Falsely soothing our hurt feelings with bitter untruths

Nose
Feeling that our ability to thrive is being stifled

Sinus
Living with chronic disappointment and overcompensating for our failure to stifle hope for better times

Stomach
Trying to hold onto every little bit of affection and/or kindness that we receive due to fear that they will eventually figure out that we are not really worthy of receiving it

Uterus
Fear that having a baby would forever damage our chances of receiving the affection and/or kindness that we crave and feel we deserve

Vocal cord
Condemning self for getting carried away with the emotions of a situation and saying too much, too loudly
PorphyriaExtreme distress over troubling issues that we are trying to resolve on our own for fear of being judged for having them
Post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD)
Can arise after observing or experiencing terrifying events over which we had no control. Somehow we feel that we should have been able to prevent them, or at least been able to fix them or prevent them from ever happening again. The events need not have been life-threatening - they need only have been frightening for us personally. See stress, traumatic experiences, worry

Spiritual effects
If we feel we are responsible, we can take on anger, anxiety, guilt and shame. If we feel others are responsible, we can take on a victim mentality and become passive or aggressive. See blame, depression, low or unstable self-esteem, stress, traumatic experience((s), unable to forget

Physical effects
See hypervigilance, insomnia, OCD behaviours

Secondary Traumatic Stress
Compassion fatigue can arise for those caring for someone who needs constant attention, or for those whose job it is to care for victims of traumatic experiences

Change the pattern
The event(s) may seem impossible to forget, but it is possible to at least come to peace with them. Do the forgiveness, grieving, guilt-buster and how to stop worrying exercises
Posture Represents our outlook on life and how we feel about ourselves

See optimism, pessimism

Slouching
Feeling hopeless or helpless. Can be a form of silent rebellion

Straight but relaxed
Confident, hopeful

Straight but taut
Waiting for the next assault or attack
Powassan virusRegretting the outcome of a recent endeavour and wanting to go back in time to either not do it, or do it over again to get a different result
PregnancyRepresents the start of a new phase of life, a new identity, new possibilities

See blood clots, gestational diabetes, missed periods, miscarriage, stretch marks

Issues that can arise

Amniotic fluid
Represents protection

Too much, or too little, amniotic fluid reflects the mother’s ability or willingness to provide the child with balanced care and protection. For example, too much amniotic fluid represents a tendency to be over-protective, while too little represents a tendency to be inattentive. Can also indicate that both the incoming soul and the family require certain experiences for their learning. See birth abnormalities (including genetic disorders, legacy family patterns. If breech position occurs, can indicate the incoming soul's enthusiasm (if feet first) or lack thereof (if bum first) for entering this incarnation

Hyperemesis gravidarum
Literally sick with worry; wanting the process to stop because of the fear of so many unknowns coming up. Strong concern about whether our support systems will fail. What if, what if, what if, ...

Morning sickness
Worry over trying to anticipate all of the issues that may or will come up with the birth of the baby (or babies)

Placenta accreta (includes Placenta increta and Placenta percreta)
Profound, although possibly unrecognized, desire to stay pregnant

Placenta previa
Fear and uncertainty and worrying about everything... What if I'm with the wrong partner? What if my partner doesn't want this child? Maybe I shouldn't have the baby. Maybe I'm not competent to have this child. I can't afford to have this child. I don't want to have this child. God must hate me. This was not part of my plan. ...

Preeclampsia (includes eclampsia and postpartum preeclampsia)
Fear of being overshadowed by the child and its needs, or of losing self in the new identity of motherhood. See eye and vision issues, headaches, high blood pressure, kidneys, liver, lungs, nausea and/or vomiting, PTSD, stress, stroke
Proctalgia Fugax (variant of levator ani syndrome
Very strong, painful signal to let us know that we are finding it difficult to understand why others do not just do what we are doing, when it is so clear, to us anyway, that ours is the right thing to do. See judgment, criticism, condemnation, control, self-righteousness

Sounds like
Why don't they just...? Can't they see that...?

Change the pattern
Meditate to learn that we are all souls in human form, at varying stages of development, sometimes doing well, sometimes doing poorly
ProstateRepresents our sense of responsibility over that which we put out into the world, or that which we create

Issues that can arise

Cancer
Refusal to accept responsibility for the negativity in our life (blame, victim)

Enlarged (Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
Fear of loss of control over our personal affairs. The fear can manifest as stubborn resistance to changing our behaviour in any way

Prostatitis
Psoriasis Exaggerated wound-healing. Over-reacting to a perceived threat

Erythrodermic
Belief that we are at imminent risk of attack, but not realizing that the threat comes from within self

Guttate
Belief that any information that comes from self is invalid or untrue and will be ridiculed, so why say anything at all?

Inverse
Hiding from the ugly thought that we are unloved and unlovable

Nail
Belief that we are incapable and unworthy of protecting self from the many hidden dangers that exist when in a relationship

Pustular
Belief that our life choices and work are at imminent risk of being harshly criticised and/or condemned

Psoriatic arthritis
Habitually alternating periods of self-condemnation with self-indulgence. The pattern stems from our caregiver(s) having been alternatingly, and unpredictably, too harsh/too loving. Our immune system becomes out of control as a result of not knowing whether to expect cruelty or kindness from those around us, and overcompensates with self-protection just in case it is cruelty. See self-esteem

Scalp psoriasis
Extreme concern that we are in imminent danger
R
Radiation poisoningNote
Does not apply to victims of mass radiation exposure

Holding onto old emotional injuries; always telling the same old unhappy story. Fear of contamination, victim
Reflex
Sympathetic Dystrophy
(RSD) or
Complex
Regional Pain Syndrome
(CRPS)
Failure of our caregivers / loved ones to acknowledge our pain after an injury, and to allow us time to heal. They expect us to just pick right up as if nothing had happened, showing a complete lack of sympathy or compassion for us. We are left feeling uncared for, unloved or even invisible, which inevitably leads to feelings of unworthiness, deep sorrow and a need to medicate the pain

Change the pattern
Start building stable self-esteem
Respiratory infectionRepresents an unrecognized or unspoken need for any or all of the following: assistance, relaxation, relief, rest, support

Issues that can arise

Lower respiratory infections
Feeling stifled, either because of choice or due to feeling forced into self-censorship.

See bronchitis, constrictive bronchiolitis, COPD, pneumonia, zoonotic viruses

Upper respiratory infections
Living in an emotionally cruel environment where no one offers comfort or support, and where no one speaks of the family secrets, creates a desperate need for sympathetic attention. This chronically unmet need for simple kindness can lead to addictions or even suicide ideation.

See common cold, sinus problems, sore throat (pharyngitis), strep throat, tonsillitis, zoonotic viruses, plus:
Ribs Represent our ability to sustain and protect self

See thoracic vertebra, sternum

Issues that can arise

Broken
Too much self-imposed pressure to out-do all others

Removal (voluntary)
Desperate for others to focus on our physical appearance instead of our abilities or intelligence, which we feel are not now, and will never be, good enough
S
Salivary glandsRepresent our ability to savour life

See mouth

Issues that can arise

Blockage
If due to:

Cancer
Obsessing about how bad we are and believing that nobody really, truly loves us and never could
Scarlet feverTerror at the thought of an authority figure finding out that we have done something shameful, and doing anything we can to hide the truth
Sciatica(Includes piriformis syndrome) Intense, ongoing feeling that we will be left alone or unsupported - AGAIN, AS USUAL. See fear of abandonment
Seasonal
affective disorder
Emotional symptoms arise as the anniversary date approaches of past traumatic events that have not yet been resolved and released. See anniversary illnesses

Change the pattern
Meditate to find the triggering event(s) and then do the spiritual exercises in Section 9
Sebaceous
glands
Represent our ability or willingness to protect ourselves, and recover from, the damages that can occur in daily life

Issues that can arise

Sebaceous cancer
Chronic fear that there is an as-yet-unseen threat to our life

Sebaceous cyst
Fear that our (spiritual) flaws are on display for the world to see

Sebaceous hyperplasia
Feeling at the mercy of those with are unable or unwilling to give it
SeizureFeeling extremely vulnerable ("I want my mommy!"). Trying to "seize" someone's attention. Unable to cope with being told, "No". See anger, fear, epilepsy and/or seizure
Self-mutilationA silent plea for help or attention. Wanting to show our pain to the world, hoping that someone will take pity on us. Chronic despair and distress. See obsessive/compulsive behaviours
Self-soothing
(self-
gratification)
Includes hair-twirling, rocking back and forth, thumb-sucking

A silent plea for help or attention. Can be considered to be an addiction - but to a behaviour, rather than a substance like food, drugs or alcohol. Such behaviours feed a need that is every bit as real as hunger or thirst though... the need is to receive nurturing or attention, when we feel under stress or duress... or bored, or if we are trying to avoid doing something, or looking for a solution to a problem
SepsisStubbornly-held toxic negative belief that suddenly becomes destructively vicious. To initiate the healing process from within, learn what triggered the sudden eruption. See anger, distress, ego, infection, self-righteousness, shame
Sexually transmitted diseases Belief or fear that having or wanting sex is bad, and that it is only a matter of time until God punishes us. See herpes simplex virus, Why do we get sick ...?

Hepatitis
Any or all of the following: Taking responsibility for every little thing that is wrong in our life, or failure to accept responsibility for our shortcomings, and a tendency to blame anyone or anything but self for our problems. Profound guilt and shame for living a lie. Extremely difficult to please. See criticism, perfectionism, liver

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Belief that we do not deserve to have a happy, healthy life, or even to be alive. See AIDS, guilt, shame, victim

Human papillomavirus (HPV)
Belief that sex is shameful, or that our sexual history is shameful and we therefore need to be punished

Trichomoniasis
Feeling that we are not contributing to society, as if we are a parasite, and therefore require punishment. A recent life experience has shown us that that we are not fulfilling our true life purpose
Shoulders Represent our attitude toward work and our ability to perform

Issues that can arise

Arthritis
Belief that we are indispensable, or belief that we are carrying a heavier load than everyone else. See bunions, bronchitis

Broken
Trying to do anything and everything that is necessary to gain everyone’s approval

Dislocation
Lack of spiritual stability and faith that we are doing what is right for us

Frozen
Wishing that someone would share the chores, except they would probably do it all wrong

Subluxation
Not knowing which way to turn or where to look for guidance or assistance

Torn rotator cuff
Always wanting more but having no control over getting it
Side effectsUnwanted reactions to the things that are supposed to help us be healthy can arise as a result of our thoughts, attitudes, emotions, beliefs and desires about any or all of the following:
  • That which has been prescribed or given as treatment
  • The person who gave us the prescription or treatment
  • Our desire to stay sick or to get better
  • Our beliefs about our ability to heal
  • Our beliefs about whether we deserve to be helped
  • Our desire or lack thereof to be cooperative with