Therapy of Spiritual Illnesses, about 80% of all diseases have no known medical cure.

THE CHAPLAINS CORNER: Fr. Dr. Richard Ward, Orthodox Psychotherapist

Therapy of Spiritual Illnesses, about 80% of all diseases have no known medical cure. They are psychosomatic, including both psychological and biological diseases.

THERAPY OF SPIRITUAL ILLNESSES.

Exposing the Spiritual Roots of Disease

True Cause = “Missing the Mark”

SIN (Gr. hamartia) Literally, “missing the mark”, Sin – a word which translates as” missing the mark.” It comes from the Greek term “hamartia” which reminds us of the bowman who fails to hit his target. All human beings “miss the mark” of perfection which serves only to separate us from God’s infinite love. Thus, sin keeps us from our “mark” or goal and will ultimately lead us to death, if our course it is not corrected during the remaining years of our lives (St. Matthew 5:48; Romans 3:23, and 1 John 1:8)

PASSIONS ARE THE EMOTIONS THAT CONTROL YOU, they are the Major Contributors to Psychosomatic Illness and Diseases. They include sexual desire, anger, envy, desire for material goods, rejection, fear, and love to name a few. They are all desires that cannot be satisfied. You can never gain all the material goodies you desire. You will never gain all the recognition you feel you deserve. You will always have a desire for tasty food, but if you fill your desire for it, you will get sick. The same goes for sex and many other desires. Passions are an expression of your ego-centeredness. It’s all about yourself and what you want for your own pleasure and gratification. In reality, your passions are futile attempts to satisfy your spiritual longing by this world’s means and are doomed to failure.

Paul reminds us, those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (Gal 5:24) Jesus reminds us, from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these things come from within, and they defile man.” (Mark 7: 21-23)

MAN’S PROBLEMS ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL HIS SOLUTIONS ARE SPIRITUAL,

Dr. Ward an Orthodox Priest/Psychotherapist/Metaphysician and Board-Certified American Academy of Clinical Hypnoanalysts he uses, Clinical Hypnoanalysis, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Gold Standard Tapping, Optimal EFT (Unseen Therapist), Orthodox Noetic Healing and Of course Orthodox Psychotherapy which relates psychology to neurology, but goes beyond them because, it functions beyond the limits of science, without ignoring it. It has no similarities to any western or eastern type of psychotherapy, it has its own different character, and a specific distinct anthropology. In any case the term “Orthodox psychotherapy” was accepted by scholars, as demonstrated in the voluminous book titles Manual of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity by the American Psychological Society. At the same time, it helps both the psychosomatic composition and the socialization of a person, we find this in Holy Scripture and in the patristic texts, especially in the so-called neptic-hesychastic Philokalia ones used to resolve the underlying passions and emotional causes of any problem (Body, Soul and Spirit).

Meet Fr. Dr. Ward, by going to: www.drrichardward.com. He takes office appointments in El Dorado County, California, USA and can-do Zoom consultations with people from all over the world, for more information or to make your appointment go to: www.drrichardward.com

St. John’s Management Group. A Therapeutic Orthodox Catholic Chaplaincy.

Members: The International Conference of Police Chaplains, The American Academy of Clinical Hypnoanalysts, The American Metaphysical Doctors Association, The Christian Legal Society.

Office: 1-530-644-4588

Note: We should of course, seek medical attention for any illness that threatens our immediate health. Removing or overlaying the Passions are treated by an Orthodox Priest and in some cases a believing doctor.

Ref: The Holy Bible

Ref: St. Paul the Apostle

Ref: Gary Craig, EFT founder

Ref: Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos