{"id":3244,"date":"2021-10-10T11:30:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T14:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geolegadodeallankardec.com.br\/?p=3244"},"modified":"2023-10-06T14:40:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:40:55","slug":"spiritualism-and-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geolegadodeallankardec.com.br\/en\/artigos\/artigo-de-opiniao\/espiritismo-e-saude-mental\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritualism and Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today, October 10th, is International Mental Health Day<\/a>. And, as a matter of such importance, we could not let it pass unnoticed.<\/p>\n

We begin by stating that, as it is extremely important, the slightest signs of restlessness and imbalance, be they uncontrolled stress, melancholy\/depression and other disorders, should always motivate the search for professional psychological support<\/strong>. Many of our concerns come not only from aspects deeply rooted within us, but also, many times, from organic imbalances. We are spirits incarnated in a body, and these are subject to the vicissitudes of matter.<\/p>\n

That said, let's move on to the spiritual aspect of our mental health. For us spiritists and, globally, for every spiritualist, the brain is not just a chemical and organic reflection, but it is, rather, the organ of expression of the Spirit, although muffled in its real face. Therefore, the Spirit \u2013 or the soul \u2013 is the one who presides over the will, the choices and, in a word, the free will.<\/p>\n

Recognizing ourselves, therefore, in a kind of duality between Spirit and matter, we understand that any treatment that addresses the mind should approach the individual in a holistic way, that is, integral, integrating body and Spirit. It is clear that a good professional psychological support will do a lot in this regard, but we cannot deny that, by encompassing the existing spiritual sphere, the treatment will always bring much more benefit in this regard.<\/p>\n

What we are trying to do here is to demonstrate that, when it comes to mental health, we cannot see everything only from the spiritual aspect \u2013 especially regarding the probable spiritual obsessions \u2013 but also from the organic and physiological aspect of the issue. For example: we can think that a person who lives under stress and who has emotional out-of-control events is being the victim of a spiritual obsession, when, however, he just has pre-diabetes symptoms, which causes hypoglycemia, which leads to such out-of-control .<\/p>\n

We cannot, therefore, as spiritists, in welcoming whoever and wherever it may be, treat everything as if it were a \u201cspiritual problem\u201d, which would be very irresponsible. It is always important to investigate what is going on with the individual, trying to find out if he is undergoing psychological follow-up, if he is being treated and, if not, seek to refer the brother for such treatment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, it is important to highlight that Spiritism has a very important facet in this aspect, as it enlightens the individual about the reasons for the difficulties of life and about our constant relationship with the spiritual world around us. Now, how many cases of madness are not also initiated by an open and unvigilant mind to the thoughts of Spirits of the third order<\/a>? How many times are we not fed, because of our imperfections, in the most subtle processes of mental alienation that, slowly, are causing us manias, fears and various disorders?<\/p>\n

Since we are Spirits incarnated in a body and our Spirit is in charge of our will, it is clear that the root of all our problems will always be in the Spirit \u2013 even in the case of pre-diabetics, since it is due to a bad habit in the food, provoked by \u201chis Spirit\u201d, that such an evil was installed. Therefore, in this sense too, the more the Spirit understands about the devices and purposes of life, the need to correct its imperfections, the benefit of prayer on the mind and the fact of mental association, with incarnated and disembodied beings, according to our inclinations mental health, the easier it will be for you to remain mentally balanced.<\/p>\n

But, what in the case of an already installed imbalance process? Here, as we have already said, in the first instance we cannot dispense with professional psychological treatment<\/strong>. This is imperative. Secondly, through Spiritism and Magnetism, we can also offer a very beneficial treatment:<\/p>\n