Parable of Healing

Parable of Healing

In Old China, the physician's role was to make sure that all kept well, for a physician was paid only if those for whom he was responsible were well.

One day the physician walked through the village and saw a man yelling at another man. They were basically, very, very angry at one another and the physician asked to speak to one. He walked away with him and said, "What are you angry about?" 

The man said, "He told me he did not like the way I grew my crops." The physician said, "Do not get upset at what someone else does to you. Think of the person as saying what they believe, even though it may not be true.

The physician knew how anger at people, for doing things that you allow, cause restrictions of muscles in the back. This causes great difficulty in the shoulders and legs and can cause great weight gain. It is important to know, but the physician would not tell his charge.

He walked on and saw a man sitting dejected in front of his house and asked, "What is your problem?" The man said, "I do not know which way to go. I have been offered a large sum of gold for my house. I do not know whether to sell it and move to the seaside, or go the imperial city, or whether I should keep it. Oh, I do not know what to do."

The physician said, "Relax. Do not let frustration overwhelm you. If an opportunity comes and you hesitate, you are saying you do not know what to do. Decisions create frustration, which is not what you need. If you decide to Gotham way, you can be disappointed, and you will say, 'See? I chose the wrong way.'

"If you relax and tell the person who has offered you the gold you will think about, or feel what should be done, and do not worry about everything else, everything falls into place. If you worry about what to do and when, then you will not know whether to go."

The physician knew that frustration causes agony in individuals. He knew that frustration can cause cancer or great difficulty in the digestive system. It can cause problems in seeing and hearing and also within the bladder.

"If you let things flow," he told the personage, "and do not y to make a decision, you will be always where you should be."

"But what if the personage said if will give the gold by tomorrow, and I must answer."

"By tomorrow,  if you do not feel certain that you should, do not go."

He walked on and he saw a woman running from her home screaming and yelling. He stopped her and asked her what was wrong. She said, "There is a rodent in my house!" He said, "Do not be scared of the rodent. They will not harm you."

"But they bite and cause great sickness."

"Who said they cause great sickness?"

"My mother."

"Come, let us look at the rodent."

They walked in and he said, "If you would clean your house, and have no food upon the floor, you would have nor rodents."

He knew that fear causes heart disease, arthritis, and rheumatism. It causes circulatory problems and even cerebral hemorrhage.

He walked on, and hear a man saying to another, "You are not any good; you are terrible." He took him away and he said, "Why do you judge him so violently?"

"Because that is what he is. He is terrible!"

"Why do you not let him be what he is and not get excited over it."

"Because what he is is affecting the whole village."

"How?"

"We all know that he is bad."

"Who said he was bad?"

"It is known."

Individuals can only be bad if society says they are bad. Judgement of other people can cause flu and colds, cause throat irritation and great discomfort of stomach and body. The physician in Old China had to keep his personages well.

What is the physician in your world doing?

Old Chinese

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