| Discussions involving the Law of | | | | the disease while others appear to be |
| Attraction or the Secret of Attraction | | | | immune? |
| predominately revolve around money and | | | | Certainly, I believe, environmental |
| wealth. However, wealth is only one | | | | issues play a large part in the |
| aspect of life. Health is of greater | | | | development of cancer. Genetics play a |
| daily concern to us than is wealth but | | | | part. Lifestyle, eating habits and |
| it does not appear to receive the same | | | | smoking all play a part. But what about |
| attention. | | | | the Law of Attraction? Does it somehow |
| The Law of Attraction applies to all | | | | explain the increasing incidence of |
| aspects of our lives including our | | | | cancer throughout the world. |
| health. We attract our state of health | | | | The Law of Attraction requires three |
| just as we attract our state of wealth. | | | | steps: ask, believe and receive. |
| This attraction is, for most people, | | | | According to Law of Attraction, the |
| usually by default. While we are usually | | | | universe will give us exactly what we |
| cognizant of attracting good health into | | | | ask for. Is not the attention that we |
| our lives by our activities and | | | | give to cancer in a way sending a |
| philosophies, we are usually totally | | | | message to the universe that we are |
| unaware of attracting disease into our | | | | asking for more (is not preparing for it |
| lives. Very few patients with whom I | | | | asking for it?)? Is not the ongoing |
| have dealt have stated initially that | | | | devotion to the business of cancer |
| they knew they created their disease. | | | | telling the universe that we believe we |
| Cancer is one of the areas where I spend | | | | are ready to receive more of it. We are |
| a lot of time with patients, families | | | | receiving it with open arms! |
| and medical staff. As I ponder the Law | | | | I am not suggesting that any individual |
| of Attraction, I often think about the | | | | wishes to have cancer. Nor am I |
| universal focus on cancer. Cancer is a | | | | suggesting that we should stop our |
| hot topic. The treatment of cancer is a | | | | research and treatment or our funding |
| hot issue. The medications for cancer | | | | for such. That would be foolish. I do |
| treatment are an expensive issue. | | | | notice that very little emphasis is |
| Newspapers, radio stations and | | | | placed on prevention. As a society, if |
| television stations regularly carry | | | | we were not ready to receive cancer, |
| articles and programs about some aspect | | | | would we not be taking steps to get rid |
| of cancer. Governments feed more money | | | | of the environmental and publicly |
| into cancer research and treatment. | | | | promoted lifestyle and eating habits |
| Pharmaceutical companies develop more | | | | that we know contribute to cancer? |
| expensive medications for its treatment | | | | I believe the Law of Attraction adds a |
| and make more and more money. Physicians | | | | viable explanation to the increasing |
| specialize in its diagnosis and | | | | rates of cancer (as well as many other |
| treatment. Treatment teams are set up to | | | | diseases) in our society. I believe it |
| work with the cancer patient and his | | | | applies at both the macro level and the |
| family. Public forums are held and even | | | | individual level. I expect little |
| court battles are fought over one type | | | | significant change will occur at the |
| of cancer being given preferential | | | | macro level and that it is up to each |
| treatment. And the incidence of cancer | | | | individual to apply the tenets of the |
| continues to escalate! | | | | Law of Attraction to their own lives to |
| Why? Why, with all the focus on cancer | | | | protect themselves. I do not believe our |
| and the enormous amounts of money being | | | | governments, industry or large |
| spent, does the incidence of cancer | | | | institutions have the best interest of |
| continue to rise? With all the expensive | | | | the individual in their focus. Thus we |
| treatments, why do people continue to | | | | must learn to protect ourselves from |
| have recurrence of their cancer? Why do | | | | these diseases by every means possible. |
| some families appear to be magnets for | | | | |