Health, Consciusness, Wisdom

     The paradigm "illness as the enemy" is partial, dualistic - because it obscures the complete picture - the positive health experience inherent in illness: a more mature understanding of the meaning of life, personal transformation, self-transcendence ... wholeness, healing.

      "Health is viewed as a process of expanding consciousness. Consciousness is defined as the quality and diversity of personal-environment interaction as manifested in connectedness, reciprocal energy flow and boundary openness."
       Moch SD. Health within the experience of breast cancer. Journal of Advanced Nursing 1990; 15: 1426-1435. 

     "Wisdom is a function of deep insight into, and mature understanding of, the central existential issues of life, together with practical skill in responding to these issues in ways that enhance the deep wellbeing of all those who the responses affect."  
       Walsh R. The varieties of wisdom: Contemplative, cross-cultural, and integral contributions. Research in Human Development 2011; 8(2): 109-127.

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