The Philosophy of Illness

Among the days of your life, have you ever felt that illness makes you bothered? You work hard for giving the best for your parents' anniversary, toys for your child, tuition for your study, or special stuff you want to have for years; unfortunately, your body doesn't feel that fit to cooperate. You feel uncomfortable, afraid, and disappointed.

Several people think about their illnesses, and taking care of their body to cure, but mostly are not able to make sense of their illnesses. It's like a modern medical philosophy concerns on disease healing. By taking medication, your disease is hoped to be cured and recovered then. It may be OK for you, but it isn't for your body!

Indeed, being healthy is required for experiencing our lives. In other hand, we are not talking such limited purpose. We are talking about entire of body including your physical and soul. Imagine a machine that's been unstable. Then, you fix and finally use it again. You have never thought that its performance continually decreases along with its use, until 5 years it is possibly changed.

Chinese medication has different point of view. It considers your energy balance consisting "Yin" and "Yang". Yin is quiet and passive while Yang is active. Chinese medication philosophy believes that your illness is caused by the imbalance of your energy. Too much Yin makes you sick. You should keep your energy equal to keep you healthy.

Something Exists Because It Has Reason To Happen

Let's see on different perspective. Everything in our lives has causal relationship.

When your body gets sick, think what you've done. It's highly possible that you have done many things, right? I felt this. My head was hurt and fever. I thought I would miss things to do in that week. Until my doctor wrote permission for taking rest to the office I work, I realized.

I realized that my body needed break. In silence, I was  conscious there had been documents handled, research done, and workshop participated. I felt grateful.

After my doctor released the letter of permission to allow me having bed rest for several days, my body needs to heal its energy. All day long, I laid on my bed until the night came, my body had been healed.

It is the natural reason, why we need illness, sometimes. Your body has limit, it knows the condition when the time you need break after your high physical or thinking activities. What will happen if your body doesn't have limit? You don't know you have been exhausted. Like a bulb, when the string is expired, it is suddenly broken off.

So, it doesn't matter you get illness. It is the time to recover your body become well. My doctor ever said to me when I was a child,

"It's OK that sometimes you don't feel quite fit, even sick. It will prevent you from being arrogant - like pharaohs considered themselves as gods because they didn't ever feel they were sick. In fact, they had been, so much deep in their bodies."