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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