Changes

First, not to want to be ill, and then not to be afraid of illness. You must neither attract it nor tremble. You must not want illness at all. But you must not because of fear not want it; you must not be afraid; you must have a calm certitude and a complete trust in the power of the Grace to shelter you from everything...

<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/07/11-may-1955#p13</ref>

We ought to use the divine health in us to cure and prevent diseases...

The secret is to emerge from the ego, get out of its prison, unite ourselves with the Divine, merge into Him, not to allow anything to separate us from Him. There is no illness, no disorder which can resist the discovery of this secret and the putting of it into practice, not only in the higher parts of the being but in the cells of the body.

<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/09/13-february-1957#p10</ref>

...as the consciousness becomes more subtle by practice of Yoga, we can come to be aware of the sea of pranic shakti around us,...But until we thus become aware of it, we have to possess a ...necessary a faith, śraddhā, in the power of the mind to lay its will on the state and action of the body, such as those have who heal disease by faith, will or mental action...

<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/24/the-power-of-the-instruments#p7</ref>

The exercises of Pranayama are the familiar mechanical means of freeing and getting control of the pranic energy...The pranic Shakti can be directed not only upon ourselves, but effectively towards others or on things or happenings for whatever purposes the will dictates. Its effectivity is immense,.. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/24/the-divine-shakti#p6</ref>

If people had an absolute faith in the healing power of the Grace, perhaps they would spare themselves quite a few diseases.

<ref>http://incarnateword.in/agenda/11/march-14-1970#p12</ref>

...it must be an integral faith and it must be absolute. And it must be of the right kind, not merely a force of mental thought or will, but something more and deeper. The will put forth by the mind sets up opposite reactions and creates a resistance...Mental faith is not sufficient; it must be completed and enforced by a vital and even a physical faith, a faith of the body...you must reach down to the most subconscious, you must fix the faith in the very cells of the body...

<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/5-may-1929#p18</ref>

There are sadhus...they live in a truly dirty condition—and they are free from all illness. Probably because they have faith...they do not think of their body, they think of the life of their soul. They have no illness...

<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/05/22-july-1953#p24</ref>

Those who are radiant...they may be radiant without it being a spiritual radiance...those who carry in themselves the joy of living, these are in harmony with Nature and, being in harmony with Nature, generally avoid accidents, they are immune from diseases and their life develops pleasantly as far as it is possible in the world as it is... <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/06/27-january-1954#p8</ref>

==Being Receptive to the Divine Force==

Try to keep yourself open to our Force in the body, that is the main thing... <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/doctors-and-medicines#p8</ref>

...he[one] must believe firmly that it[illness] must and will go. If he[one] can keep this attitude and open to the true force, the mind and nervous being once strengthened, the illness and weakness will disappear. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/illness-and-health#p65</ref>

As the body consciousness becomes more open to the Force (it is always the most difficult and the last to open up entirely), this[the] frequent stress of illness will diminish and disappear.<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/illness-and-health#p56</ref>

...illness ...must, before it can affect the physical body, touch another layer of the being...called...the etheric body, the nervous envelope. It is a subtle body and yet almost visible...it emanates from the physical body and closely covers it. All communications with the exterior world are made through this medium, and it is this that must be invaded and penetrated first before the body can be affected. If this envelope is absolutely strong and intact, you can... remain quite immune. It is a perfect protection against all possible attacks of illness...It is a very sensitive medium...it readily takes in all kinds of suggestions and these can rapidly change and almost remould its condition. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/16-june-1929#</ref>

If one is conscious of the subtle body or with the subtle consciousness, one can stop an illness on its way and prevent it from entering the physical body... <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/illness-and-health#p52</ref>

...if we develop the inward physical consciousness, we become aware of a subtle environmental physical atmosphere and can feel the forces of illness coming towards us through it, feel them even at a distance and, if we have learned how to do it, we can stop them by the will or otherwise... <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/28/the-physical-consciousness#p12 </ref>

==Rejecting the Suggestion of Illness==

...depression is the worst of all illnesses and we must reject it with as much energy as we use to get rid of a disease.

<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/14/depression#p10</ref>

It is always better not to say, "I will now have no more illness", it attracts the attention of these malevolent powers and they immediately want to prove that they can still disturb the body. Simply when they come, reject them.

<ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/illness-and-health#p48</ref>

...you get a queer sick feeling inside, a cold in the back, a little uneasiness,...as though the general harmony had been disturbed. Then you must concentrate all the more and with a great strength of will keep the faith that nothing can do you harm, nothing can touch you. This suffices, you can throw off the illness at that moment. But you must do this immediately ...you must not wait five minutes, it must be done at once... <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/31-march-1951#p22</ref>

...if the vital mind withdraws its consent, refuses to be dominated by the habitual suggestions and the habitual movements, these[the] recurrences of depression and despair can be made soon to cease...It can be done easily only when the mind refuses any longer to believe in the suggestions or accept the ideas or feelings that start the circle. <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/30/the-emergence-or-coming-forward-of-the-psychic#p45</ref>

These auto-suggestions [of being restored to good health]—it is really faith in a mental form—act both on the subliminal and the subconscient. In the subliminal they set in action the powers of the inner being, ...in the subconscient they silence or block the suggestions of death and illness… <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/illness-and-health#p37</ref>

==Having Will of Health==

Wake up in yourself a will to conquer. Not a mere will in the mind but a will in the very cells of your body. Without that you can't do anything... <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwm/15/will-to-conquer-illness#p1</ref>

...the body consciousness through old habit of consciousness admits the force of illness...To get rid of that one must awaken a will and consciousness in the body itself that refuses to allow these things to impose themselves upon it… <ref>http://incarnateword.in/cwsa/31/illness-and-health#p54</ref>