The amazing story of Norman Cousins - and how to reprogram your body for health!

How laughter reversed a critical disease and stopped severe pain

The fascinating story of Norman Cousins remains a powerful one for anyone seeking answers beyond the pervasive drug-based approach to life and health.

Norman Cousins (born June 24, 1915) was a longtime editor of the Saturday Review, global peacemaker, who received of hundreds of awards including the UN Peace Medal and nearly 50 honorary doctorate degrees.

In 1964 following a very stressful trip to Russia, he was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis — a severe degenerative disease causing the breakdown of collagen — which left him in almost constant pain.

His condition was so severe, it motivated his doctor to say that he would surely die within just a few months.

However, Cousins correctly reasoned that if stress had somehow contributed to his illness, then positive emotions could play a role in reversing his disease.

Since his doctor had no real solutions, Cousins checked himself out of the hospital and into a hotel across the street and began taking extremely high doses of vitamin C while exposing himself to a continuous stream of humorous films and similar “laughing matter”.

In his book, “Anatomy Of An Illness” he claimed that 10 minutes of belly rippling laughter would give him two hours of pain-free sleep, when nothing else, not even morphine could help him!

His condition steadily improved and, quite miraculously, he slowly regained the use of his limbs.

Within six months he was back on his feet, and within two years he was able to return to his full-time job at the Saturday Review.

His story totally baffled the scientific community and also inspired a number of research projects.

Click here to read the essence of his message in the transcription of a radio interview he gave in 1983 on the impact of positive emotions on health.

His 1979 book An Anatomy Of An Illness remains a classic.

Yogic perspective on health

The ancient yogic perspective on health and healing is exactly the same – that illness is simply the absence of health, not a ‘thing’ in and of itself.  The true cause of illness is energetic, not ‘physical’ – and it is there that we must return if we truly wish to heal as individuals and as a collective.

The Law of Attraction on health

No matter your state of health, you must start telling a new story about your Physical Well-Being to regain vibrational control of your health.

The below passage is based on the wonderful teachings of Abraham Hicks will help you regain a powerful foothold, alongside taking any action you need to. Remember, action is thought, demonstrated.

Script for talking to your body daily