Sickness is the ego's proof that you are a body and cannot be like God.
Miracles enable you to heal the sick and raise the dead because you made sickness and death yourself, and can therefore abolish both. T-1.I.24:2.
The ego has a profound investment in sickness. If you are sick, how can you object to the ego's firm belief that you are not invulnerable? It is hard to perceive sickness as a false witness, ... . ...those who want the ego are predisposed to defend it. T-8.VIII.3:2,3/4:1,4.
A sick body does not make any sense. It could not make sense because sickness is not what the body is for. Sickness is meaningful only if ... the body is for attack, and that you are a body. Without these premises sickness is inconceivable. Sickness is a way of demonstrating that you can be hurt. It is a witness to your frailty, your vulnerability, … . T-8.VIII.5:5-8/6:1,2.
Perceive in sickness but another call for love, and offer your brother what he believes he cannot offer himself. Whatever the sickness, there is but one remedy. You will be made whole as you make whole, for to perceive in sickness the appeal for health is to recognize in hatred the call for love. T-12.II.3:1-3.
All sickness comes from separation. When the separation is denied, it goes. T-26.VIII.2:1.
Sickness is a defense against the truth. W-136.15:6.
Healing is accomplished the instant the sufferer no longer sees any value in pain. ... For sickness is an election; a decision. M-5.I.1:1,4.
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