Mind Character And Personality By Ellen G White Analysis

In the first volume of “Mind, Character, and Personality” Ellen G. White discusses in chapter seven entitled Disease that Begins in the Mind cautions for individuals that apply to modern times. Both the development as a child and the maintenance as an adult is important to the development of the healthy mental capabilities. White discusses the effect which imagination and children can play on the health of an individual.
The possession of an active imagination can positively expand an individuals life with vivid colors, but, when it is overused in reference to the individual’s health, it can negative effects. White stresses the importance of imagination’s role on wellness that she attributed it as the key factor underlying mortality. This factor can be seen in
They were chained to a painful place because their imagination built a fire and brimstone pit on the other side of the fence, by doing this they increased their stress and anxiety. Mind and body connection is so strong that this stress and anxiety actually negatively effects the physical. The heart and digestive organs are some of the most severely affected in the constant state of anxiety as their begin to wear under the never-ending state of pressure to function at their maximum operation capabilities. When we have less stress in our lives our heart, and other organs, benefit from the relief. White claims that as our mind begins to lighten its load of woes, the circulation of blood in our physical bodies follows the minds example and flows more freely. Another factor for the free-flowing nature of a less stressful life is the dietary actions taken by the individual. By eating well, we keep the blood pure and allow for the proper nourishment of the control center of the body, the brain. When we are happier we actually tend to make these health benefiting decisions. White