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dominant consciousness and the Spirit subjective to it.

The longer the ego awareness is dominating the spirit the

more likely the body is to suffer pain and illness of all

forms.

This is not to be confused with illness that can

bring about spiritual experience, such as death, where

the Spirit needed to be released from the ego world. The

illness that is referred to here is the one where there is

much pain but not terminal. When the sufferer finds

themselves in that state they can pray for direction to
take them to a better state. Fear is often experienced by

those who need change and this can cause the condition
to deteriorate further rather than improve. The

reluctance to change experienced by the sufferer causes

the pain to increase or become prolonged. God

consciousness, when exercised unconditionally and with

an enthusiasm for growth and development can usually

move the sufferer to a state where healing, and the relief

from pain abides.