Conquering Depression: a Spiritual Approach is the Way to Go.

Many of us either know someone who have suffered or is suffering from depression or; have been victims of depression ourselves. Depression has always been a hot topic and a cause for concern because while the effect it has on the body is known to researchers, the cause is still unknown. The science of depression focuses on the effects it has on the body. The medicine of depression focuses on treating its biology so as to improve the brain's ability to regulate the mood swings. Hence, in the absence of treatment, the individual returns to a state of depression. Please note that more often than not, the treatment administered has serious side effects on other aspects of the body.

Spiritually speaking, Most depressions are the cause of in-congruent thought process. This in-congruence takes place in our lower mind which is a composite of our moods or emotions. The lower mind which houses all our dependent emotional variable is given to swaying.  When we think with our emotion (which many of us do), we are able to hold unto two conflicting thoughts. For example: 'I love you - I hate you', 'I forgive you but I will repay you with vengeance', or 'If God is love why did he allow that murderer to kill my parents leaving me in a state of poverty and despair'. 

Since depression is an affect of the lower mind, it means that highly emotional individuals have a higher rate of depression than individuals who are not.

Each individual is a composite of multiple energy wavelengths.  The spirit, which is the real man, is a conscious unit of many energy waves. The body is the coming together of numerous energy waves  also, but because of its rate of vibration it appears solid. Strength in character or strength in mind is dependent on our thoughts. which are the energies of the mind, being in sync or in phase with each other. When waves are in phase, there is a heightened amplitude or increase in strength. On the contrary, when waves are out of sync or opposes each other they diminish ones mental strength by pulling against each other. It is this diminished state of being that is called depression.

Anything that causes our energy waves to be out of phase can cause depression. Depression is therefore caused by; in-congruent thought processes, one's perception of certain life's events (which may be seen as an arm of  in-congruent thought process), certain illnesses, mutated genes or medication. However, the majority  suffering from depression does so because of in-congruent thought process.

The fact that man is a composite of numerous energy waves connected to each other means that man is a conscious energy field. An in-congruent thought process can affect any aspect of the field, triggering bodily chemical imbalance which may cause the shrinking and or destruction of some body parts.

To administer a permanent cure to the majority who suffers from depression, training must be undertaken to bring all thoughts in phase.  The real medication for depression is therefore knowledge. It is a new outlook or perspective on life - a new world view. Double mindedness brings about instability and depression. Knowledge guides the emotion aright.