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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

Modern medicine has achieved remarkable results, its ability to save people from ailments which a mere

generation ago would have led to an untimely death, borders on the miraculous. But when it comes to

chronic illness, modern medicine has its limits. Sometimes the treatment is worse than the disease.

Sometimes the treatment only provides temporary relief from symptoms.

Sometimes there is no treatment.

Fortunately, modern medicine does not possess a monopoly on our ability to heal, as the body

possesses innate powers that can heal many chronic health issues.

In this video, we explore the body's natural

capacity to heal and look at the role self-transformation plays in promoting these healing abilities.

Health and illness, wrote Gabour Matte, are not random states in a particular body or body part. They are, in fact, an expression of an entire life lived.

Our body is constantly at work healing itself. White blood cells clean out wounds and combat infections.

Fibroblast cells create new tissue to repair ruptures to our skin and flesh.

New bone cells are created to fuse fractures, and the immune system can identify and neutralize

all sorts of harmful pathogens. But the body can do more than just heal from wounds, infections,

fractures, and viral and bacterial illnesses. It also has the

ability to heal itself from virtually all forms of chronic disease, as is evidenced by the

phenomenon of spontaneous recovery. A spontaneous recovery occurs when an individual is unexpectedly

cured from a disease in a way that cannot

be explained through the paradigm of modern medicine. Absent any intervention by doctors, without

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