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PATIENT'S GUIDE > SPIRITUAL HELP
  Doctors, patients discuss higher power, healing
TRIBUNE-REVIEW Tuesday, December 25, 2001

Can Prayer Heal? Some surprising answers.
By Jeanie Lerche Davis, WebMD Feature

Probing the power of prayer
CNN.com January 18, 2000

A Prayer for Healing
An article by a patient who had cancer.
CBHP Newsletter January, 1999

Some Thoughts about Faith Healing
A sceptical article by Stephen Barrett MD who operates Qwackwatch, Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions

 
Health & Meditation: Breath, Stress, and Meditation
Watching the breath was Gautama the Buddha's basic insistence, en route to meditation, to consciousness. It is no surprise to discover that every Eastern health care approach places breath at centre stage. Natural breathing is the essence of meditation.

Frequently Asked Questions
Responses to questions that many people have about meditation. You can also conduct a detailed search, using key words, and so find the appropriate response.

 
The 5 Minute Meditation Break

Take a moment out of your busy life now to give yourself a gift of relaxation and peace.

 


Osho Meditations: Watchng the Breath
Breath-watching is a method that can be done anywhere, at any time, even if you have only a few minutes available. You can simply watch the rise and fall of your chest or belly as the breath comes in and goes out, or try this version….


 


Osho Meditations: Four Levels of Relaxing
This particular method is useful for those time when you are sick because it helps build a loving connection, to create a rapport between yourself and your bodymind. Then you can take an active part in your own healing process.


 


Spirituality and Cancer

"A diagnosis of cancer compels a person to ask the ultimate human questions, “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” “What happens to me, after I’m gone?”  I believe that religion and spirituality have a very important place in life, especially when confronting these complex, existential issues. Although we rarely acknowledge the fact that we are mortal, having cancer begs us to look our mortality right in the eyes..." An article by Nancy Hassett Dahm, a nurse with experience in caring for over 400 cancer patients and author of a comprehensive cancer guide.


 
Last Chapters

A new web site called, 'Last Chapters,' offers a collection of inspiring stories and video interviews of people who are facing death or chronic illness. These stories shed light on a range of issues about quality of life, including: spirituality, talking about dying, managing pain, caregiving, coming to terms with grief and more. You may find this web site useful as a resource.

 
Transitions at the End of Life Center

For comprehensive information about end-of-life issues, visit the cancerpage.com

 
The Bruderhof Grief Companion
Everyone grieves differently. But no one needs to carry grief alone. Whatever loss you are grieving, here you can share your loss with others, and find material that other grieving people have found helpful and comforting. The site features writings from a variety of classic and contemporary writers that other grieving people have found helpful and comforting.