Kenneth Maswabi
The book of illnesses
I am not going to repeat myself
This is not a medical textbook
The pathogenesis of these illnesses is a
mystery
These are the illnesses of the soul
Forget the body and mind for now
Just open your heart
And observe the healing power of
awareness
This is not a classroom of science
It’s a revelation of the horrors within
Loneliness is a far more dangerous cancer
of the soul
Than even the worst disease in the
medical textbook
It feeds on the young and the old alike
Poor or rich, educated or not, healthy
and unhealthy alike
Loneliness engulfs the soul
Distorting reality and puncturing the
serenity of the spirit
Loneliness is one of the most common
illnesses of the soul
It is a source of chronic despair,
regardless of material wealth,
Achievements, attachments and identities
Loneliness vandalizes the spiritual
connection with your true self and others
Leaving you helplessly lost, inside the
physical world
It is the cause of restlessness,
promiscuity and alcohol and drug abuse
The cure and therapy is unconditional
Love
Selfishness is a disease of the Soul
It is the contamination of the soul with
mental toxins (ego, power, control)
It is a far more dangerous state than we
will ever know
It is the source of lies, deceit and
wickedness
If not curtailed, selfishness will
transform into pure evil
Selfishness is the cause of conflicts
between individuals, wars between nations
And even genocide between tribes,
cultures and nations
Selfishness is the most destructive of
all the illnesses of the soul
It is disruptive and destructive to the
house of humanity
Selfishness is very hard to cure, one
needs to let the ego die
And be transformed into a selfless human
being
Wickedness is an off-shoot of selfishness
It is the intoxication of the soul with
evil
It is more focused on the spirit than the
physical
It is rampant in families, within tribes,
friendship cycles and work environments
It is a dangerous foolish game of the
soul
It has destroyed many families, caused a
lot of poverty, suffering and deaths
Wickedness is rarely curable with
unconditional Love
Evil is not as common as we may think
But it is the total transformation of the
human soul
Into a beast of the dark abyss of the
unknown
It is the absence of the sacred Light
The inability to Love or be LOVED
As far as I know, evil has no cure
©Kenneth Maswabi
