The Cause of Illness

Hi. I'm Hans Wilhelm. Today I will speak about the cause of illness from the spiritual perspective. I believe that a deeper understanding can help us to embrace and advance the healing process. Let's get right to it: We are all familiar with Newton's third law of motion, called the law of Cause and effect. We see it everywhere in our life - it also includes illnesses. All illnesses are the effects of causes set into motion earlier. For instance, lung cancer is often the effect of a cause called smoking. Diabetes is often caused by a sugary and unhealthy diet. Sunburn is the effect of the cause of excessive sun exposure. And so on. We can clearly see that these illnesses were caused by something that we ourselves have set into motion earlier in our life. Cause and effect. But what about illness where even the physician doesn't know from where it came and why we have it, like many forms of cancer and so on. We cannot pinpoint it to anything specific which we did wrong that may have caused this illness. If everything in our life happens for a purpose are such illnesses then just bad luck? Our problem is that we usually think of ourselves as too small, too limited. Many believe they only live this one single life-time and therefore, they cannot look beyond their present short life span on Earth. But we are eternal beings and most of us have lived many, many life times before. It is quite possible that in some of these earlier life-times we have acted against the law of LOVE and created - what is generally called "karma". If we are unkind, unloving against another person, against nature or against ourselves we are against our true nature, which is LOVE. The consequence is karma, or soul burden. It is stored in the large causal cosmic computer and will eventually return to us so that we see our mistake and can feel how our thoughts, words and actions have impacted others and ourselves. This is not a punishment. The law of karma is a tool for us to become loving and kind again, by experiencing and understanding what we once have given to others or to ourselves. We are always reaping what we have once sown. Therefore, we are always our own teacher and we are 100% responsible for whatever happens to us. This also includes our illness. So, these illnesses where we cannot trace the cause back in this life time can be karma from a previous existence. As simple as that. There are countless reports and books on this subject by people who have explored past lives. Most famously the American sleeping prophet Edgar Cayce who has given about 15.000 life readings for people all over the world. Edgar Cayce was able to access the Akashic records and could read the person's karmic history - including the causes of their illness and he even suggested innovative healing methods at times. Let's look at some famous examples from his vast library: There is the case of a college professor who had been born totally blind. In a previous life time he had lived in Persia - which is now Iran - where he was a member of a barbaric tribe whose custom was to blind its enemies with a red-hot iron rod. He was the one who did it and also enjoyed it. That was the cause of his particular blindness. Naturally, blindness can have many other causes. Then there is the story of a forty-five-year-old mother of three children who was stricken with polio. She subsequently lived in a wheelchair and became completely dependent on others. The karmic cause was attributed to the entity's behavior in ancient Rome. She had been among the royalties and closely associated with Nero's persecution of the Christians. The reading said, - and I quote - "And the entity laughed at those who were crippled in the arena and lo! that selfsame thing returned to you." End of quote. And then there is the case of a man of thirty-five years who since infancy had suffered from a severe digestive disorder. He needed constantly to limit himself to certain foods in certain combinations. The origin of his disability was attributed by the Cayce reading to an incarnation at the court of Louis XIII of France where he had a very serious weakness: It was extreme gluttony. It was something that he had even done in a preceding life in Persia. In these two life times he had committed the sin of excess against his body. These are just a few examples of how our thoughts, words and actions in past lives can become the cause of an illness in our present life time. But karma does not only apply to physical illness. It can also be the reason for psychological disorders, excessive behaviors and emotional problems. Let's look at an example: The Cayce readings speak of an entity who for karmic reasons was once taken prisoner by Hannibal and forced to row in the galleys of the trade ships. He was cruelly treated by his colored overseers, of whom one of them finally beat him to death. His hatred against the colored race persisted for twenty-two centuries. In his most recent incarnation, the entity was a farmer in Alabama. Throughout his long life he hated black people with a fierce and unrelenting venom. At one time he even became the founder of a Society for the Supremacy of the White Race. This is just a typical example of an attitudinal carryover from one life time to another one - very much the same as karma. Can we now see that even strong emotional patterns can have their origin in past lives? For instance, if we are an extrovert or introvert is often shaped by past life experiences. The same applies to the cause of many phobias which are often caused by horrific experiences in past lives. We can also see how intense wows, like "I will never marry again!" can carry through into many future lifetimes where the soul will always choose a solitary life-style. Edgar Cayce's vast collection of life readings are on record at the A.R.E. headquarters in Virginia Beach. They are a true treasure trove and have been carefully studied by many experts, health care professionals, researchers, and scientist. The A.R.E. campus also includes a Health Center that offers healing modalities suggested by Cayce. Since his ground-breaking work there have been a number of past life regressionists like Helen Warmbach or Dolores Cannon and countless others who have written many books confirming and expanding on the work pioneered by Edgar Cayce. But can we now see how everything shifts once we grasp that our life is not just this life time, but we have had many, many lifetimes before? Even if it was centuries ago. What we then thought, said and did can dramatically influence and change our life and our well-being of today. Only because we can't remember our wrong-doings from the past does not mean that they don't have an effect on us - like an illness or an emotional carryover. Before anybody now rushes to the next past-life regressionist, let me assure you that there is no need to dig into our past. The energy of the day will show us exactly what thoughts, words, and actions are out of balance with LOVE. I have explained it in greater detail in my video "The Amazing Earth School". If we are facing a strong re-occurring situation over and over again, then let's feel into it in a quiet time. Take a moment to meditate and see if something from a past life comes to mind that could be about some karma. Most diseases are directly from the lifestyle of this lifetime and if not corrected will continue to be burden to the soul. There is so much more on the topic of illness that I will explain in separate videos. Most importantly I will speak about the healing process from the spiritual perspective. In the meantime, if you wish to read more about the amazing work of Edgar Cayce, you may be able to get a copy of "Many Mansions" by Gina Cerminara. I assure you, it will make fascinating reading. And then there are also the books "Cause and Development of all Illness" and "Reincarnation - Life's Gift of Grace" by Gabriele. The last two books are on my recommended book list on www.LIFEexplained.com Thank you so much. I am looking forward to seeing you in my next video.