THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN IS IN PART  A FORM OF SPIRIT SICKNESS
  By Christina Sarich,
  With all the Susan G. Komen �runs for the  cure� and incessant talk of pink ribbons,
  you�d think women were dropping like flies  from breast cancer, but this isn�t the number
  one killer of women in modern society.
  The most common killer of women is also one  of the most preventable diseases.
  According to research from Harvard, coronary  heart disease, and the stress which is behind
  it, is the leading cause of death among the  female gender, but why?
  As per the study, women are six times more  likely to worry about getting breast cancer,
  but heart-disease is a much more real and  present danger.
  Part of the problem is that breast cancer  usually hits a woman in her 50s, while the
  first heart attack happens to women when they  are much older, so it is easier to discount
  heart disease, and the underlying factors  which contribute to it.
  Another possible reason women worry about  breast cancer more than the health of their
  hearts, is two-fold: we are naturally outwardly  focused as nurturers, and Big Pharma has a
  racket going with breast cancer, so we�re  primed to think of this disease first.
  $9,850 dollar breast cancer drug anyone?
  Heart disease is also sneaky.
  It doesn�t always start with a serious stroke  or heart attack.
  The physical symptoms can include fatigue,  shortness of breath, mid-chest pressure (not
  pain), nausea, and radiating pain from the  jaw or the left shoulder.
  Non-physical symptoms of an ailing heart can  include:
  � An inability to express openly, the suffering  and pain we�ve endured emotionally.
  (Even the Harvard study says that a woman�s  stress is often discounted and her symptoms
  chalked up as hypochondria, so women are taught  to �suck it up.�)
  � An inability to forgive and express compassion.
  � Leading with our heads instead of our  hearts.
  � Co-dependent tendencies or a lack of expressing  our full power.
  � Lack of acceptance.
  In Sanskrit, the heart chakra is called Anahata,  which means unstruck note, or unwounded love.
  A woman is born with an innate ability to  love unconditionally, but through cultural
  and familial pressure we�ve been taught,  just like men, to stuff it down, and cut ourselves
  off from the emotions that can with a broken  heart or a heart that needs to express forgiveness
  for pain caused by others.
  When the heart chakra is balanced, it radiates  serenity balance, and calm.
  It easily gives and receives love.
  It doesn�t ruminate on past hurts because  they�ve been expressed in a healthy way.
  Why are so many women dying of a heart attacks  and strokes associated with heart disease?
  Our hearts must return to the �unhurt�  or �unstruck, unbeaten� state, the �unmade
  sound� which is infinitely, AUM.
  (Or, really the fourth sound following A-U-M,  which is silence).
  When the Zen koan asks, �What is the sound  of one hand clapping/� It refers to this
  �unstruck note.� It is referring to the  primal energy of sound itself, the sound of
  creation, of love in its creative force.
  We must trust the intelligence of the heart  to be our inner compass again.
  As we nurture others, we must also nurture  ourselves.
  If we feel as if we don�t belong or fit  in, it�s time to reach out and connect with
  others who can accept us as we are.
  It is also interesting to note, that women  don�t respond to traditional medicine the
  way that men have.
  As the Harvard study details,
  �Most of our ideas about heart disease in  women used to come from studying it in men.
  But there are many reasons to think that it�s  different in women.
  A woman�s symptoms are often different from  a man�s, and she�s much more likely than
  a man to die within a year of having a heart  attack.
  Women also don�t seem to fare as well as  men do after taking clot-busting drugs or
  undergoing certain heart-related medical procedures.
  Research is only now beginning to uncover  the biological, medical, and social bases
  of these and other differences.
  The hope is that new knowledge will lead to  advances in tailoring prevention and treatment
  to women.�
  The heart is a fascinating muscle, and its  energy is used for much more than just pumping
  blood through our veins.
  According to Rollin McCraty, Director of Research  at the Institute of HeartMath, the heart�s
  electromagnetic field is about 5000 times  stronger than that of the cranial brain, interacting
  with and permeating every cell of our bodies.
  When we heal the heart�s energy, women will  return to their natural state of compassionate,
  uncompromising, unconditional lovers.
  This is what needs healing.
     
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