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