I think it pays to bear in mind that a human being is a complex package of systems, of which the body is one. Doctors of allopathic study know a great deal about the structure of that system and are learning more every week.

There are several other systems in play in the whole, though, which are nowehre near as well understood, one being the mind -- both the distress/unconscious (so called) parts and the analytical and intuitive parts -- and another being the workings of the individual as a spiritual vector, about which very little reliable data of a universal sort exists, and a great deal of semi-cooked information is used instead.

Point is that these systems interact with each other -- nothing shakes up a mind like a physical trauma, and it is also generally true that an oppressed or depressed mind is more prone to walk into physical traumas than a clear and fully operational one. But the boundaries of these systems aren't known and the mechanisms of their interactions are only guessed at.

There's a lot more could be said on these and others that seem to be in play in day-to-day experience, but I don't have a week! :P>)

Best regards,

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