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Larry Dossey, M.D.:
Optimists live a heck of a lot longer than people who are pessimistic. They have stronger immune systems, more robust cardiovascular systems. Optimism probably affects every organ in the body.

Dr. Larry Dossey, author of the book The Extraordinary Healing Power Of Ordinary Things says having a sense of spirituality is also good for your health because…

If they do, they live, on average, seven to thirteen years longer than people who do not follow a spiritual path. And they happen also to have a lower incidence of all the major diseases you want to look at. Spirituality is simply a felt connection with something higher than the individual self.

And if you hear voices in your head, that may be a good thing.

People who are perfectly sane and brilliant and highly accomplished on private surveys will often admit that they hear voices. And that many of these are health related. They hear advice from the voice that often is life saving. My favorite survey is done in nurses, about 150 of them, about ten years ago and they were asked about voices. About 30% of them said they had heard voices and they considered them one of the most inspiring moments of their life. None of these women said that anything about this was at all scary. I think we ought to pay more attention to this.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.