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Chapter XXXI: The Mental Attitude.1955
Chapter XXXI: The Mental Attitude.
T
hose who have familiarized themselves with the Yogi teachings regarding
the Instinctive Mind and its control of the physical body—and also of
the effect of the Will upon the Instinctive Mind—will readily see that the
mental attitude of the person will have much to do with his or her health.
Bright, cheerful and happy mental attitudes reflect themselves in the shape
of normal functioning of the physical body, while depressed mental states,
gloom, worry, fear, hate, jealousy, and anger all react upon the body and
produce physical inharmony and, eventually disease.
We are all familiar with the fact that good news and cheerful surroundings
promotes a normal appetite, while bad news, depressing surroundings, etc.,
will cause the loss of the appetite. The mention of some favorite dish will
make the mouth water, and the recollection of some unpleasant experience
or sight may produce nausea.
Our mental attitudes are mirrored in our Instinctive Mind, and as that
principle of mind has direct control of the physical body, it may readily be
understood just how the mental state takes form in the physical action of
functioning.
Depressing thought affects the circulation, which in turn affects every
part of the body, by depriving it of its proper nourishment. Inharmonious