Burky's Blog

> "Don't worry, be happy"
>
> Good advice for a longer life?
> Findings published in the European Heart Journal make the claim that
> being happy and naturally optimistic actually cuts the risk of
> developing heart problems.
>
> Researchers found that those who are generally content and
> enthusiastic have a better chance of keeping their heart healthy. They
> claim this is the first study to find such a strong link between
> positive emotions and a lower risk of heart disease and to reveal the
> potentially damaging effects of pessimistic thoughts and long-term
> negativity.
>
> Lead researcher Dr Karina Davidson claimed it might be possible to
> help prevent heart disease by boosting positive emotions and called
> for more clinical trials in the area. She said, 'If the trials support
> our findings, then these results will be incredibly important in
> describing specifically what clinicians and patients could do to
> improve health.'
>
> Might be possible?
>
> More clinical trials?
>
> What clinicians and patients could do?
>
> Give me a break!
>
> When is western, reductionistic, separate-the-mind-and-body medicine
> ever going to catch up with what the great spiritual teachers and
> quantum physicists have already discovered? We ARE our thoughts. Our
> hearts (and every other organ in the body) cannot possibly be
> disconnected from what we think and believe.
>
> It simply isn't possible, and never has been.
>
> Barb Jarmoska