Re: OT: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

[G. Morgan <usenet_abuse@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Josepi" <J.R.M.@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>There is more than just a placebo effect to praying, chanting or any other
>form of active meditation. This is not a religious thing. I am far from that
>but based on many reports of mystical "cures". These are only mystical cures
>in the eyes of the chem/cut medical field as they cannot explain it, yet.
>
>Somewhere in your mind it knows how to cure it's own body.

That's true.  I remember hearing about a medical experiment in the 70's that
dealt with children with leukemia.

Half of the kids were told to think about little-bitty "Luke Skywalkers"
(remember this was in the 70's) waving around his light-saber inside their body,
killing the cancerous cells with his weapon.  It turned out that the kids who
were told to visualize that scenario improved their condition dramatically.  The
control group did not do as well.

I don't have a citation for that experiment, it was something told to me (don't
even remember who).  But I may try to find it and read more about it.