Next to the death of a loved one, the diagnosis of a disease is the greatest leveller there is. Overnight a person who seemingly had life under control can be rendered totally disempowered by a body whose cells have been thrown into disorder and chaos. It matters not one jot what position one holds, materially, financially or professionally. Suddenly, everyone is equal and fighting for a common cause - survival.
One school of thought maintains that the need for relinquishment of control is exactly why disease manifests in the first place - to allow people the chance to get back into synch with the more natural rhythms of life.
The belief is that when we become ill the facade, or inauthentic mask, that we present to the world is forced to crack. We feel powerless and angry at first and cry ‘Why Me’? Thankfully, however, after the shock of diagnosis, most people are able to move swiftly through the stages of grief and emerge in the polar opposite state of empowerment. Steps are intuitively taken to live a more authentic life. A cathartic process begins of discarding people, and things, which are weighing us down; true friends are revealed; events that would once have rattled us are seen for what they truly are- manifestations of the ego. We stop fighting the trivial and impersonal, and concentrate instead on living each moment to the full.
In taking these actions we feel as if we have regained control and therein lies the paradox; we may need to lose something in order to find it again. In losing our facade we gain a loving awareness of the simplicity of life and nature and we discover our connection to a greater order.
One of the most simple and comforting rhythms of life is that of the Moon. Come what may, through the darkest days and nights on the road to recovery, the Sun will appear to rise and set. The Earth will revolve and the Moon will reflect a monthly cycle of light, turning from dark to bright (full) and back again in perfect, synchronistic motion. Our bodies respond in a multitude of ways to these movements, not least with a marked thinning and thickening of the blood that mirrors the lunar phases.
Knowledge of the effects that the lunar cycle can bring to bear on the body was known to the earliest physicians. Even today the most august of medical journals will confirm that there is an increased likelihood of haemorrhage around the the time of the Full Moon, when the bloods ability to coagulate is impaired.
What has got lost in modern medical practice over the ages however, is information relating to the transiting Moon’s movements against the backdrop of the Sun’s apparent path - the zodiac. A great number of ancient texts reveal that operations should not be performed when the Moon occupies the astrological sign ruling the part of the body that requires surgery. For example, one should not have a heart operation when the Moon is in Leo, or an operation on the face when the Moon is in Aries, or to the throat or neck when the Moon is in Taurus. Some of the more enlightened surgeons still follow these rules, which can be traced back to the time of Hippocrates, today.
More recent research has shown that young women undergoing mastectomies for breast cancer have a significantly increased survival rate and recurrence-free prognosis when the surgery is performed in the luteal phase of their cycle - which is itself connected to the cycle of the Moon. (see www.breastcancerchoices.org/medartsurgery.html) Perhaps further research will show the survival figures rise even higher if surgery is avoided when the Moon is in Cancer, the sign of the breasts.
Many people erroneously equate astrology with fortune telling. However astrology is essentially the study of cycles. It can be used to reveal a grand cosmic pattern behind our thoughts, activities, inclinations and development. When cyclical patterns (astrology) are taken more seriously by the General Public, and astrological doctrine regains its rightful place in medical establishments, it may well help people to take decisions about the timing of their surgery. Decisions which could literally prove to be life-enhancing.
Health is the proper relationship between the microcosm, which is man, and the macrocosm, which is the universe. Disease is a disruption of this relationship. - Dr Yeshi Donden, physician to the Dalai Lama
She invites you to read her many article on the indivisibility between the celestial and terrestrial.
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