Subtitle: The Disruptive Truth from On No Mind: Healing is Not Fighting Symptoms, But Starving Them.
We commonly believe illness is a signal of the body "betraying" us—an external invasion or internal malfunction. But after reading Chapter 7 of On No Mind, you may encounter a radically different perspective: The primary root of most experiences we call "illness" is not material, but conscious.
This is not to deny the reality of physical suffering, but to reveal a deeper law of energy: "Mind at work" (the sustained focus of thought) is the mold that solidifies energy into the appearance of sickness.
Part 1: The Birth of Illness: An Inverted Causality
We firmly believe: "Because a part of my body is sick first, I am then able to perceive it."
On No Mind points out this is a fundamental cognitive inversion. The truth is precisely the opposite:
It is "first comes the solidification by 'mind at work,' then energy manifests as the appearance of illness."
The life energy of Self-Nature is inherently flowing, transparent, unobstructed—like light, like water.
"Illness" begins with an unconscious thought: "There's some soreness/pain/something off here." Once "mind at work" begins, your attention (the energy of consciousness) becomes like a laser beam locked onto that location, starting to observe, analyze, and worry. This process is termed "the congealing projection of attention."
The life energy, under sustained "illumination" and fixation, has its natural flow forcibly interrupted, slowed, stagnated, and ultimately "frozen" into specific sensations: soreness, numbness, distension, pain. If this focus does not cease, the solidification intensifies. The energy frequency lowers further, density increases, eventually manifesting as medically detectable inflammation, nodules, or even tumors.
Therefore, the body never actively "falls ill." It is merely a faithful screen, truthfully manifesting the state of energy solidified by your focus of consciousness. Pain is a frozen block of energy; and your "mind at work" is the winter that creates the cold.
Part 2: The Medical Trap: When the "Patient" Identity Becomes a Cage
Based on the above understanding, our habitual "get sick - see doctor - get diagnosis - receive treatment" model can sometimes fall into a vicious cycle: it may unintentionally reinforce the identity of "I am a patient."
Your regular check-ups, repeated discussion of symptoms, constant search for healing methods... these actions themselves, if not met with awareness, can become a ritual that continually confirms and "feeds" the illusion of illness. You tightly bind your sense of self to the named pathological phenomenon, thereby providing a more stable and powerful "energy supply" to this solidification process.
On No Mind does not negate the value of modern medicine (especially for acute trauma and organic pathology), but warns us of a kind of "collective hypnosis": over-identifying with the "patient" role may, while you seek external solutions, cause you to overlook the most fundamental internal switch—the focus of your "mind at work."
Part 3: Healing Through No Mind: Reversing Solidification, Letting Energy Flow Back
The true direction of healing thus becomes crystal clear: It is not fighting the "ice" (symptoms) outwardly, but stopping the "cold" (solidification by mind at work) inwardly.
The Three-Step Healing Process:
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Awareness & Naming: When discomfort arises, immediately name it clearly in your mind: "Look, my 'mind at work' is performing an 'energy solidification' operation at such-and-such location." Reframe the issue from "I am sick" to "My attention is fixated."
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Withdraw Identification & Attention: Gently yet firmly, cease analyzing, resisting, or defining this sensation. Treat it like a noisy guest; you know it's there, but you stop engaging with it. Withdraw your sense of self from being "the one in pain," and abide in that background awareness that knows the pain without being involved. This is returning to "No Mind."
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Trust & Allow: When you stop focusing (stop the projection of "mind at work"), the solidified energy loses its sustained external "shaping" force. Following the inherent intelligence of life energy—which moves toward wholeness and balance—it will automatically begin to dissolve, thaw, and rejoin the stream of life.
For formless psychological afflictions (anxiety, depression), which are pure "fabrications of attention," cessation of projection often brings immediate relief.
For tangible physical damage, the reparative intelligence of Self-Nature also activates instantly, but material-level reconstruction follows nature's rhythm of time. Patience itself is part of wisdom.
Conclusion: You Are Already Whole. Just Recognize It.
The body's alarm (symptoms) will gradually calm after you stop feeding it with "mind at work." This is not magic, but ceasing a sustained self-hijacking of energy.
The way of healing is simple yet profound: Do not invite illness. Do not reject the body. Do not feed the image. Abide in No Mind.
Once the outer "image of illness" appears, you cannot "remove" it through willpower or resistance. Any effort to "remove" it only strengthens it. You simply need to "withdraw the light source of attention, and the phenomenon is deprived of nourishment" — move away the beam of conscious light that solidifies energy.
The body is a flowing image of Awareness's light. Do not freeze it into the shape of illness with fearful thoughts. Cease the mind's work, and ice returns to water. Abide in No Mind—that is the great healing.
The wholeness you seek is not in a future diagnostic result, but in the unmoving peace of the present moment, when you stop identifying with the "patient" story and return to the background of "No Mind."
Core ideas derived from On No Mind, Chapter 7: "Healing through No Mind".
