HAPPINESS AS A REMEDY – INTRODUCTION
Posted by adminHappiness can indeed be spoken of as a remedy. Mysterious functions take place in our bodies, which are responsible for equally mysterious and inexplicable effects. No less puzzling is the interaction between the mind and the nervous system. In what a wonderful and simple way the central nervous system executes the orders of the mind! Millions of muscle fibres work like obedient little horses, harnessed and driven by millions of reins and guided by our will, the driver. To this wonder-system of divine design we owe the movement and rhythm of life.
How differently the sympathetic nervous system works! Unguid-ed by the cerebrum and uninfluenced by the will, it performs those functions that could not possibly be maintained and attended to by our conscious minds. The circulation and digestion, as well as all the organs involved in these processes, are regulated by the autonomous nerves on which our physical and mental well-being depends. Although the will has no power over them they can nevertheless be influenced by our imaginative faculties, by our feelings and emotions. Joy will get hold of the hidden switches of the sympathetic nerves, and release cramps and flood away congestions in the liver, the kidneys and the pancreas. Even the heart cannot escape the positive influence of joy and happiness.
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