Afterword Health is nothing more than united purpose— if the body is brought under the purpose of the mind, it becomes whole because the mind’ s purpose is one. Apart from the mind, the body has no purpose at all.
— A Course in Miracles Some final words of caution: Food is our helper, our ally, our support, at times our undoing. But it is not our salvation. A change in diet can help us— but if we remain concentrated only on the food aspect of health and well-being, after a while the pendulum will swing back and we’ ll get sick again from the very same food that once made us“ well.” We have no right to be healed unless we are prepared to return that gift a thousandfold. Health for its own sake is an ego trip. It is wasted as a goal; but it gains meaning as a means, an instrument to further the evolution of our consciousness. We must ask ourselves, if we wish to be healthy, WHAT FOR? To what use will we put our health? Regardless of what we eat, our bodies will automatically be healthy when we are aimed in a positive direction, following our individual path, centered and undivided in attention, doing our chosen work, grateful for life, and living with love.