A calm and centered state of mind is not simply a nice attitude. It is a health-promoting clinic that exists within me. I need an overall life attitude that is health-promoting. I have a physician living within me. My body is like a laboratory that produces its own chemicals. The way that I think, feel and eat, the way I live my life, help shape the chemical makeup of my body. This affects my physical state of health.

I am a physical, mental and spiritual being.

Scientific findings have led the search for heart health into a new domain: that of the spirit. The new prescriptions include prayer, practicing forgiveness, going to church or temple, and surrendering to a
divine authority. These developments beg the question: Is the heart merely a pump supported by an adequate flow of oxygenated blood and a steady supply of nutrients? Or is this fist-sized muscular organ the
“seat of the soul,