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Healthful Living
yet you are capable of controlling your imagination, and overcoming
these nervous attacks.—
Testimonies For The Church 5:310.3
.
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992. The nerves .. control the vital action of every part of the
system. If your mind is impressed and fixed that a bath will injure you,
the mental impression is communicated to all the nerves of the body.
The nerves control the circulation of the blood; therefore the blood is,
through the impression of the mind, confined to the blood-vessels, and
the good effects of the bath are lost. All this is because the blood is
prevented by the mind and will from flowing readily, and from coming
to the surface to stimulate, arouse, and promote the circulation. For
instance, you are impressed that if you bathe you will become chilly.
The brain sends this intelligence to the nerves of the body, and the
blood-vessels, held in obedience to your will, cannot perform their
office and cause a reaction after the bath.—
Testimonies for the Church
3:70
.
993. Let the mind become intelligent, and the will be placed on
the Lord’s side, and there will be a wonderful improvement in the
physical health. But this can never be accomplished in mere human
strength.—
The Medical Missionary, 216
.
994. Keep the power of the will awake; for the will, aroused and
rightly directed, is a potent soother of the nerves.—
Testimonies for
the Church 1:557
.
995. Bring to your aid the power of the will, which will resist
cold, and will give energy to the nervous system.—
Testimonies for the
Church 2:533
.
Cheerfulness Productive of Health
996. A contented mind, a cheerful spirit, is health to the body
and strength to the soul. Nothing is so fruitful a cause of disease as
depression, gloominess, and sadness.—
Testimonies for the Church
1:702
.
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997. That which brings sickness of body and mind to nearly all is
dissatisfied feelings and discontented repinings.—
Testimonies for the
Church 1:566
.
998. Heart-sickness makes many dyspeptics; for mental trouble
has a paralyzing influence upon the digestive organs.—
Testimonies
for the Church 3:184
.