I agree with at least part of this. It is indeed what happens inside of us that determines whether illness develops or not. If the impulse to give and receive love is sufficiently blocked or twisted, by the establishment inside of thought processes which contend with the wish to express love, then illness develops out of the conflict. These conflicts typically arise in early childhood, where we hear and perceive the words and actions of those around us, and those get internalized. The child is not always able fully to distinguish between words and the real meanings of the actions of her caretakers.

The word "love" can mean different things. "Love" can mean punishment, if we are taught "spare the rod and spoil the child". Or, if we are taught that we will receive love and approval if we do such-and-such. Or that we will be denied it if we do not do such-and-such.

I feel sure that some Inquisitors believed that torturing certain people to death was an expression of "love" for the person's "eternal soul" -- or that putting some people to death was "justified" if it meant that a large number of "others" could be saved from "error".



Too far from the original poster's message?