| Discussions involving the Law of Attraction or the | | | | do some families appear to be magnets for the |
| Secret of Attraction predominately revolve | | | | disease while others appear to be immune? |
| around money and wealth. However, wealth is | | | | Certainly, I believe, environmental issues play a |
| only one aspect of life. Health is of greater daily | | | | large part in the development of cancer. Genetics |
| concern to us than is wealth but it does not | | | | play a part. Lifestyle, eating habits and smoking all |
| appear to receive the same attention. | | | | play a part. But what about the Law of |
| The Law of Attraction applies to all aspects of | | | | Attraction? Does it somehow explain the |
| our lives including our health. We attract our state | | | | increasing incidence of cancer throughout the |
| of health just as we attract our state of wealth. | | | | world. |
| This attraction is, for most people, usually by | | | | The Law of Attraction requires three steps: ask, |
| default. While we are usually cognizant of | | | | believe and receive. According to Law of |
| attracting good health into our lives by our | | | | Attraction, the universe will give us exactly what |
| activities and philosophies, we are usually totally | | | | we ask for. Is not the attention that we give to |
| unaware of attracting disease into our lives. Very | | | | cancer in a way sending a message to the |
| few patients with whom I have dealt have stated | | | | universe that we are asking for more (is not |
| initially that they knew they created their disease. | | | | preparing for it asking for it?)? Is not the ongoing |
| Cancer is one of the areas where I spend a lot of | | | | devotion to the business of cancer telling the |
| time with patients, families and medical staff. As I | | | | universe that we believe we are ready to receive |
| ponder the Law of Attraction, I often think about | | | | more of it. We are receiving it with open arms! |
| the universal focus on cancer. Cancer is a hot | | | | I am not suggesting that any individual wishes to |
| topic. The treatment of cancer is a hot issue. The | | | | have cancer. Nor am I suggesting that we should |
| medications for cancer treatment are an | | | | stop our research and treatment or our funding |
| expensive issue. Newspapers, radio stations and | | | | for such. That would be foolish. I do notice that |
| television stations regularly carry articles and | | | | very little emphasis is placed on prevention. As a |
| programs about some aspect of cancer. | | | | society, if we were not ready to receive cancer, |
| Governments feed more money into cancer | | | | would we not be taking steps to get rid of the |
| research and treatment. Pharmaceutical | | | | environmental and publicly promoted lifestyle and |
| companies develop more expensive medications | | | | eating habits that we know contribute to cancer? |
| for its treatment and make more and more | | | | I believe the Law of Attraction adds a viable |
| money. Physicians specialize in its diagnosis and | | | | explanation to the increasing rates of cancer (as |
| treatment. Treatment teams are set up to work | | | | well as many other diseases) in our society. I |
| with the cancer patient and his family. Public | | | | believe it applies at both the macro level and the |
| forums are held and even court battles are | | | | individual level. I expect little significant change will |
| fought over one type of cancer being given | | | | occur at the macro level and that it is up to each |
| preferential treatment. And the incidence of | | | | individual to apply the tenets of the Law of |
| cancer continues to escalate! | | | | Attraction to their own lives to protect |
| Why? Why, with all the focus on cancer and the | | | | themselves. I do not believe our governments, |
| enormous amounts of money being spent, does | | | | industry or large institutions have the best interest |
| the incidence of cancer continue to rise? With all | | | | of the individual in their focus. Thus we must learn |
| the expensive treatments, why do people | | | | to protect ourselves from these diseases by |
| continue to have recurrence of their cancer? Why | | | | every means possible. |