When the Mind Twists, Life Suffers
Most people speak of health as if it is something that can be purchased, repaired, or managed. They go from one hospital to another exactly the way a restless mind goes from one thought to the next — endlessly seeking, never seeing.
But the fundamental question is rarely asked:
Why are you ill at all?
Not the illness of the body — that is only the surface trembling.
There is a deeper sickness — subtle, invisible — born from the endless twists and distortions of the mind.
When the mind twists, the whole being bends.
Observe your life carefully.
Confusion, anxiety, fear, ambition, restlessness, disappointment — these are not happenings outside you. They originate from the movements of your own mind. And whatever begins in distortion inevitably ends in disorder.
The body merely speaks the language the mind has written.
Until there is clear perception — direct, unfiltered — there can be no real health.
The Twisted Mind Is Samsara
What tradition calls samsara is not a mystical concept; it is the psychological noise one carries every moment.
It is the ordinary life we have accepted as inevitable:
the life of illusions endlessly collapsing into new illusions;
the life of a householder burdened by conflict;
the life of seeking without understanding.
Where there is distortion, there will be disease.
Where there is conflict, there will be decay.
Where there is fear, vitality fades.
This is not punishment.
It is simply the nature of a mind that has lost its clarity.
Learning How to Live
Health is not something one attains; it is something that emerges when the mind ceases to distort existence.
To come to this, one must learn how to live.
Not how to behave.
Not how to conform.
Not how to obey.
But how to see.
To observe every movement of thought, every ripple of emotion, without trying to modify it or decorate it.
Such observation is like a flame — it burns the unnecessary, illuminates the hidden, and transforms without effort.
Awareness is the great purifier.
Nothing else is needed.
Perception: The Doorway to Health
When the mind sees clearly, the body falls into rhythm, the emotions into harmony, and the being into silence.
In such a state, health is not something to be cultivated; it is something that simply happens, like the rising of the sun when the horizon is clear.
Clarity is the true medicine.
Everything else is a temporary arrangement.
The Real Question
So the question is not whether you want health.
Every human being wants health.
The real question is:
Are you willing to look at yourself without distortion?
Without escape, without excuse, without fear?
If you are, then something extraordinary happens.
A quietness begins.
And in that quietness, the twisted mind straightens itself.
In that stillness, the roots of illness loosen.
And in that freedom, health flowers on its own.
In A Nutshell
As long as one continues to live within the distortions of the mind, there can be no health. Not just physical health, but the health of the whole human being. One may move from one hospital to another, seeking treatment, seeking management — but that is merely moving within the same field of confusion.
You must first understand why you are ill.
Not merely physically ill, but inwardly disturbed, confused, anxious. Illness is born out of the many twists and turns of the mind. It is the twisted mind that breeds disorder — not the body by itself, not the emotions, not the deeper being. The being is not distorted; it is the mind that has become entangled in its own creations.
Until the mind comes to perception — clear, direct, unclouded — there can be no true health.
The twisted mind is what this tradition has called samsara: the life of a householder caught in illusions, fears, ambitions, frustrations, and endless psychological conflict.
In that distortion there is disease, there is suffering, there is the slow decay of vitality.
To step out of this, one must first learn how to live.
Not according to an idea, not following a system, but by observing every movement of thought and feeling as it arises. This very observation brings awareness. And that awareness itself has a cleansing quality.
When there is perception — when the mind sees without twisting, without escaping — then the whole organism, the body, the emotions, and the deeper being come naturally into harmony. In that harmony, health is not something to be pursued; it is something that comes into being effortlessly.
The real question is:
Are you willing to look at yourself without distortion?
Because in that looking lies freedom, and only in freedom can health flower.
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