Mental Health

On this very day, as I meditated, another lesson struck me regarding a sensitive topic… the famous Mental Health.

I have always wondered what the true cure for this condition is. Is it medication? Therapy? A combination of both? Or am I missing something. Lo and behold, as I read from the Lecturer “The Inner Voice” from the book: In the Light of Truth” I sensed the answers I was seeking for.

First, I got to understand in true sense, what makes one’s mental health decline, asides through substance abuse and a damage to the brain. According to the Lecture, The Inner Voice “Feeling is not intuitive perception! Feelings emanates from the physical body. This generates instincts which, guided by the intellect produce feelings… the combined working of the feeling and intellect, however, gives birth to the imagination… the intellect, being a product of the brain bound to space and time and the finest and highest element in matter, is able with the co-operation of the feelings to produce imagination”.

As I reflected on this words, I got to see more clearly how periods where I experienced intense low moods, diagnosed by the NHS as depression, actually worked. I recall that the initial process starts with a negative thought in my head about a person, thing or event. This gradually begins to affect the way I feel, thus making me anxious and really low in mood. Afterwards, the imagination sets in! This cycle which I experience is closely linked to the quote extract from the Lecture, The Inner Voice: “…the combined working of the feeling and intellect, however, gives birth to the imagination…”. My then overactive intellect had resulted in a feeling which awoken an over active imagination, and this cycle continued. “It was all in my head” as the popular saying goes.

Now, back to the main question, the cure? No doubt, medication and therapy do play a significant role in elevating mental health conditions. But the extra secret ingredient to this recipe is that of the spiritual! Let me explain.

Based on my understanding and experience, through the Laws working in Creation, Mental Health conditions, not those that are caused through substance abuse or a damage to the brain, are caused by the law of attraction, which attracts similar thought forms which a person is thinking of. The negative thought forms that have been attracted are heavy and dense in nature, which ultimately weighs on the person in form of a low mood. Haven’t you noticed when there’s a shift in the way one thinks to that of opposite, a little lightness sets in? Now imagine what happens when this positive thinking is constant! Oh how light such individual would feel! It’s all a natural process through the Laws in Creation working harmoniously.

By understanding these Laws in Creation, I got to understand and strengthen my conviction in the great benefits absorbing pure Spiritual Teachings has in elevating mental health conditions. This can come in different forms like the verses in the Bible, Lecturers in the Grail Message, Experiences from people, music, or even through your own spirit: that deep and gentle sensing that nudges you from time to time - your intuition, the list goes on.

When one who may be struggling with a mental health condition takes baby steps to focus his mind on that of the positive which ignites his spirit, he has ultimately found the extra secret ingredient to help elevate his mental health struggles!