| ←Hazíratu'l-Quds | Lights of Guidance , compiled by Helen Hornby XXIV. HEALTH, HEALING AND NUTRITION |
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A. Spiritual and Physical Healing
- 923. Consult Competent Physicians When Ill
- 924. Prayers for Spiritual and Material Healing
- 925. The Greatest Name Influences Both Spiritual and Physical Matters
- 926. Two Ways of Healing Sickness
- 927. Two Processes of Healing—Prayer Alone not Sufficient
- 928. Spiritual and Material Healing Essential and Complementary
- 929. Physical Healing Must be Reinforced by Spiritual Healing
- 930. Healing of Illness—There is no such thing as "Bahá’í Healers"
- 931. To Associate Such Things with the Cause Ultimately Injures It
- 932. Not a Unique Phenomenon
- 933. To be Able to Help Another Soul Who is Suffering
- 934. Try not to Have the Faith Identified with Such Things
- 935. Should not Become Healer
- 936. Healing by the Holy Spirit
- 937. Visiting the Sick
- 938. However Critical and Hopeless Consult and Follow Treatment of Competent Physician
- 939. Both Spiritual and Physical Forces Needed to Secure Speedy Recovery
- 940. Physical Ailments Have No Effect on the Soul
- 941. Bahá’ís Must Avoid Depleting their Forces and Suffering Breakdowns
- 942. The Supreme Need of the World Today is for Spiritual Healing—Bahá’ís Are the Leaven that Must Leaven the Lump
- 943. Some Illnesses Have to do with the Spiritual Development of the One Affected or of the Loved Ones
- 944. Physical Pain is Necessary to Existence and is Unavoidable—In Every Suffering One Can Find a Meaning and a Wisdom
- 945. Decree of Bahá’u’lláh Consult Competent Doctor
- 946. It is the Responsibility of the Believers to Look After the Sick
B. Mental Illness
- 947. Little is Known About the Mind and its Workings
- 948. Mental Illness Does Not Affect Our Spirit or Our Inner Relation to God
- 949. Disease of Two Kinds—Madness Can be Cured Through Prayer
- 950. Some Serious Deficiencies, Physical or Mental, Can Incapacitate One to Contract Marriage
- 951. No Objection to One Seeing a Psychiatrist
- 952. Bahá’ís Should not Become Healers
- 953. The Mind Can Be Helped by Professionals, but the Soul is not Aided by Psychotherapy
- 954. The Science of the Mind is in its Relative Infancy—Therapy of Mental Disorders is Advancing
- 955. Mental Illness is not Spiritual
- 956. Bahá’ís Should not Take a Defeatist Attitude Toward Mental Illnesses
- 957. Psychiatry
C. Doctors
- 958. Physician is Blessed Who Heals in the Name of God
- 959. To Seek Medical Treatment and Obey the Doctor is a Divine Ordinance
- 960. One must Obey Command of God and Submit to Medical Opinion
- 961. The Science of Medicine is Extremely Useful
- 962. The Sick Must Refer to a Skilled Doctor
- 963. The Physician Has Two Powers
- 964. When Giving Treatment, Turn to the Blessed Beauty, Bahá’u’lláh
- 965. It is Imperative to Consult a Doctor Even if One is an Eminent Physician
- 966. God Alone Has the Power to Give True Healing…Many Men Have Died of the Very Disease of Their Specialty
- 967. Service is Prayer
- 968. Doctors Versed in Medical Science Can Treat Case Better Than Loving Mothers
- 969. Powers Released by Bahá’u’lláh Destined to Reveal Themselves Through Instrumentality of His Followers
- 970. Doctors Should not Work on 9 Holy Days
- 971. Corrupt Practices
D. Illnesses and Medical Practices
- 972. Medical Science will Greatly Improve with the Spiritual Awakening of Man
- 973. Surrogate Mothers and Artificial Insemination
- 974. Artificial Production of Life
- 975. Conception Without Male Sperm
- 976. Hypnotism
- 977. Auto-Suggestion or Hypnotism
- 978. Cancer
- 979. Cancer—Not Stated it is a Spiritual Disease
- 980. Chiropractic
- 981. Circumcision
- 982. Reference to Certain Aspects of Medical Profession not Found in Sacred Writings
- 983. Heart/Kidney Transplant
- 984. Organ Donor for Parts of the Body Including the Eyes
- 985. Euthanasia (Mercy Killing)
- 986. When Dissecting Human Body It Must be Treated with Respect
- 987. Life Support
- 988. Telepathy
- 989. Before Serious Operation Consult More Than One Physician
- 990. Protect Your Health by Sleeping Enough
- 991. Take Care of Health as a Necessary Means of Serving the Cause
- 992. Vaccination
- 993. Vivisection
- 994. Torture of Animals—When the Hearts of Men Change Medical Research will Eliminate as Much Suffering of Animals as Possible
- 995. During Vivisection Animal Must be Well Anaesthetized
- 996. Sins Are Potent Cause of Physical Ailments
E. Physical Education
- 997. Material Education
- 998. The Essentiality of Taking Proper Care of Child From the Early Days of His Life
- 999. Give Them Advantage of Every Useful Kind of Knowledge
- 1000. Training and Development of Physical Body Ensures Strength and Growth
- 1001. There Should be a Program for the Development of Youth All Over the World
- 1002. Playing Games
F. Diet and Nutrition
- 1003. Treat Disease Through Diet, but do not Neglect Medical Care
- 1004. One Course Meal More Pleasing in the Sight of God
- 1005. Mother's Milk Normally is Best for the Child
- 1006. Abstinence From Eating Animal Flesh
- 1007. The Four Canine Teeth in Man
- 1008. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Has Said that Bahá’ís Must Develop Medical Science So that Illness May Be Healed by Foods
- 1009. Medical Science is Only in Its Infancy
- 1010. Should One Kill Animals for Food?
- 1011. Many Ailments that Affect Man also Afflict Animals—Animals Heal Themselves with Food and Aliments
- 1012. Eating of Pork is not Forbidden
- 1013. The Body is Like a Horse that Carries the Personality and Spirit
- 1014. The Prophets of God are not Immune from Things Which Men Suffer
- 1015. No Specific School of Nutrition or Medicine has been Associated with the Bahá’í Teachings
- 1016. We have Guidelines, Indications and Principles which Experts will Carefully Study in the Future
- 1017. Believers Should Seek Help and Advice of Experts—The Teachings Say Nothing about Eating Meat or Fish
