Miraculous incidents due to positive emotions from everyday life and history
Human beings are driven by emotions. Emotion was defined by William James in 1884 as “a state of mind that manifests itself through sensible changes in the body.” There are positive emotions and there are also negative emotions.
John A. Schindler in his book ‘How to live 365 days a year’ says: ‘In any emotion, there are external manifestations, that is, changes that one can see exhibited externally on the surface of the body.
Therefore, negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, fear, discouragement, longing, etc. induce disease. On the contrary, positive emotions such as love, joy, hope, etc. cures many diseases.
We could read a lot of news from the newspapers which is amazing.
Here is one such event published in the March 4, 2013 issue of Time of India.
A Mr Dharmarajan, a 70 year old Sri Lankan Tamil, Vavuniya, was bedridden due to prolonged illness. He has lost track of his 55-year-old sister.
Thevathu Rukmini Devi was missing for the past 26 years. Suddenly, one day she heard the news that her sister is alive. Hearing this news, she simply jumped out of her bed and started walking.
When he had almost given up hope of meeting his sister, he heard the good news which acted as a tonic and the news acted as an energy booster. Her sister had been living in Madurai, South India, in a refugee camp for many years after escaping from Sri Lanka.
A positive emotion, true love cured his illness when the doctors failed.
Such is the power of positive emotion.
Let’s go to Indian history. Tavernier, in the course of his visit to India, had narrated his experiences in a book, Travels, which was first published in AD 1677. One of the incidents he mentioned in his book is worth noting.
The Raja of Vellore was killed in a battle with the king of Vispur. Eleven of his wives resolved to die with him. Knowing this, the General of Vispur imprisoned all of them together. They told the warden at the time: ‘Imprisonment is useless. We will die in three hours.’
After three hours, they were all lying dead on the ground and gone with their husbands, with no sign of violence on their bodies.
It is out of pure love, they sacrificed their life.
We come across one more news recently published in the Times of India dated December 25, 2016.
A couple married for 64 years spent their final moments together holding hands tightly before dying just hours apart in neighboring hospital beds.
Dolores Winstead, 83, and her husband Trent Winstead, 88, of Tennessee, died at Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, five weeks before their 64th wedding anniversary.
Dolores suddenly began to complain of a headache and became ill. She suffered a severe brain aneurysm and needed to be put on a ventilator as, along with her husband, her condition began to deteriorate. Hospital staff placed them in the same room and the couple was photographed holding hands next to each other. Dolores died first, and Trent blew her a kiss when told that she had passed away before dying himself a few hours later.
Many amazing incidents like the above can be compiled which will make us understand the true meaning of life.
True, positive emotions inspire everyone and create history.
Let’s develop positive emotions to enrich our life.