When cancer or any other illness returns, I don’t believe that it’s because the doctor didn’t “get it all out,” but rather, that the patient has made no mental changes

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When cancer or any other illness returns, I don’t believe that it’s because the doctor didn’t “get it all out,” but rather, that the patient has made no mental changes and so just re-creates the same illness

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I also knew that if I could clear the mental pattern that created the condition called cancer, I wouldn’t need the doctor.

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The point of power is always in the present moment. This is where we begin to make changes.

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When you were a tiny baby, you were pure joy and love. You knew how important you were; you felt that you were the center of the universe. You had such courage that you asked for what you wanted and you expressed all your feelings openly. You loved yourself totally—every part of your body, including your feces. You knew that you were perfect. And that is the truth of your being. All the rest is learned nonsense and can be unlearned.

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Usually what we believe is only someone else’s opinion that we’ve accepted and incorporated into our own

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Usually what we believe is only someone else’s opinion that we’ve accepted and incorporated into our own belief system.

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I could ask myself: “Why do I believe that it’s difficult for me to learn? Is that really true? Is it true for me now? Where did that belief come from?

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Would I be better off if I dropped that belief?”

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If we want a joyous life, we must think joyous thoughts. Whatever we send out mentally or verbally will come back to us in like form.

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Take a little time to listen to the words you say. If you hear yourself saying something three times, write it down. It has become a pattern for you

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The way to control your life is to control your choice of words and thoughts.

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The way to control your life is to control your choice of words and thoughts. No one thinks in your mind but you.

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We’ve learned that for every effect in our lives, there’s a thought pattern that precedes and maintains it. Our consistent thinking patterns create our experiences.

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We’ve learned that for every effect in our lives, there’s a thought pattern that precedes and maintains it. Our consistent thinking patterns create our experiences. Therefore, by changing our thinking patterns, we can change our experiences.

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learned how I had unknowingly created dis-ease in myself, and this made a great difference in my life. Now I could stop blaming life and other people for what was wrong in my life and my body. I could now take full responsibility for my own health

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I’ve learned that for every condition in our lives, there’s a need for it. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have it. The symptom is only an outer effect. We must go within to dissolve the mental cause. This is why willpower and discipline don’t work.

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for every condition in our lives, there’s a need for it. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have it. The symptom is only an outer effect. We must go within to dissolve the mental cause. This is why willpower and discipline don’t work.

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It’s like cutting down the weed instead of getting the root out.

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The mental thought patterns that cause the most dis-ease in the body are criticism, anger, resentment, and guilt.

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