What do I mean by spiritual? Once you consider that statistically ½ of all the persons alive today will receive a cancer diagnosis sometime in their life, the numbers boggle the mind! The sad thing is that the usual person’s reaction to a cancer diagnosis is the feeling of dreadful finality, the end of the road because your days are numbered.

Although all the above is true, up to a certain point, the spiritual viewpoint you subscribe to in confronting cancer is of paramount importance. It will become a wellspring of strength and inspiration to guide you on your healing journey!

Your frame of mind, your emotions, the resulting choices you make, and how they affect your healing, are all part of your anti-cancer battle plan. Although we are all susceptible to a deep depression when we first receive the terrible cancer diagnosis, we shouldn’t linger there for too long. In short, it boils down to this: Are you going to embrace the spirit of a winner or a loser?

Taking responsibility for directing one’s mind and emotions toward positive outcomes is imperative in your anti-cancer battle. It will have the net result of passing the healing vibrations to all the parts of your being! The morning after my confirmed cancer diagnosis I resolved to marshal all the resources I could muster to fight the cancer, be it spiritual, nutrition, knowledge and any other thing, process or idea I could bring into the fold.

The last thing a cancer sufferer should do is lock themselves up in their bedroom and say goodbye to life! The mind can be like an old scratched phonograph record, playing the same negative tune over and over to infinity, if we allow it to do so!

The soul, through its power of will, can train and guide the mind to seek a better and more positive state that will permeate your entire being! Your body tissues will feel the positive energy being generated – and they will like it very much!

The simple way to begin to train your mind to focus on positive energy is to identify the negative thoughts and attitudes you have and replace them with positive ones, over and over. After a while, the mind will accept its new state of being and begin to reside permanently in the positive plateau you’ve created for it!

Here are some guidelines I’ve set for myself that have proven to be effective:

a) Embrace life by continuing to do all the things you did before your diagnosis. As an example: I could have taken advantage of the new regulations regarding in home care and have the government pay folks to come into my home and clean, cook, wash and a bunch of other stuff. I chose to continue doing these things for myself, as a show of strength over weakness!

Opting for strength in as many areas as you can will spread that feeling of personal power all the way through your being. It will strengthen your mind, your emotions, and filter all the way to your tissues and cellular structures. You will, in fact, be showing all the parts of your organism how to be strong, how to be an unbeatable champ!

b) Do not fear death
Take every opportunity to study the progression of the particular cancer you have. Go on YouTube.com and look up videos regarding the decease and how others are coping with it, what are the signposts to take into account and why? What are the gradual steps leading to the end of life?

Most importantly, do not fear something you can’t change, rather, embrace it and spend your time focusing your consciousness on the positive plateau we spoke of in the earlier paragraph and live as happily and content as you can today and let tomorrow take care of itself.

By embracing the terrible reality of your death you will gain strength, you will enlist an ally that will never mislead you. It will show you the things that are important, rather than wasting your time on irrelevant trivial pursuits.

c) Contribute:
Find ways to contribute to life. Provide guidance and support to those that may just be starting on their cancer healing adventure. Distribute your experience and knowledge to all you come in contact with, be they family members, friends or acquaintances you’ve met in a business or professional level. Above all, give your day a well-lived purpose!