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pies. There is controversy over
the effectiveness and safety of
almost every technique.
An arsenal of new drugs have
been developed in an attempt to
calm or correct chemical imbal–
ances in the depressed patient's
mind and central nervous system.
Doctors must often experiment
with different drugs, and many of
these must be taken for severa!
weeks to have an effect. Conse–
quent side effects must then be
dealt with.
Modern mental health officials
hope such therapy will reduce
distressing emotions and feel ings
to more tolerable levels. Mean–
while therapists try to discover
the underlying causes and suggest
a course of dealing with them. Or
they hope patients relieved of
sorne distressing symptoms will
improve by themselves.
lt
is not our editorial policy to
make judgments about what is
good or bad therapy for depressed
persons- all of which treats the
effects, not the ultimate causes.
Such a decision is the personal
responsibility of individuals in–
volved or those taking responsi–
bi lity for them.
For sorne seriously or chroni–
cally depressed persons- espe–
cially those threatening suicide or
bodily harm-certain drugs or
other special treatments may be
the only option available if ration–
al communication is no longer
possible or if immediate lifesav–
ing is necessary.
An objective presentation of
the benefits and problems asso–
ciated with common modern
depressive therapies is discussed
in the book
Depression-How to
Recognize lt, How to Cure lt,
How to Grow From lt,
by Wina
Sturgeon.
Our editorial policy, by con–
trast, is to reveal the causes of our
human problems-why humanity
is plagued with so much mental
illness, with fears, worries and
depression .
The Missing Dimension
The missing knowledge about
mental depression is revealed in
the Bible. Here is spiritual knowl–
edge that unveils both the causes
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and solution to most mental ills,
fears and worries.
"My people are destroyed for
lack of knowledge [and that
includes spiritual knowl–
edge] ..." Why? " . . . because
you have rejected knowl–
edge ... ," reveals the Creator in
Hosea 4:6, Revised Standard
Version.
Mental ill health is the result
of broken spiritual and, possibly,
physical laws that God set in
motion and mankind as a whole
has rejected.
Many modern minds think it
educated to reject biblical revela–
tion and the reality of immutable
spiritual laws. But if we break
these laws, eventually they break
us!
Christ said, " ... ye shall know
the truth, and the truth shall
make you free" (John 8:32).
God's written Word is truth. It
makes us free-free of mental
depressions, free of spiritual
depressions, free of sin.
The truth that is missing in so
many lives and in education in
general is the true understanding
of the purpose of human life and
of the laws, values and attitudes
that produce peace of mind, joy
and happiness.
Millions do not understand
how and why their human nature
develops with so many damaging
values and fearful attitudes in
life. Most humans have been
blinded to the understanding of
how they can receive the spiritual
help and power they need to over–
come their damaging human pulls
and fears--of how to deal with
every adverse situation in life
with faith and hope--of how "to
pray and not to faint," as Jesus
taught (Luke 18:1).
Next month, an important fol–
low-up article will fill in these
enormous gaps of spiritual knowl–
edge. You will be shocked to
learn how humanity, cut off from
God by wrong values and atti–
tudes, has been set up by the devil
to experience fears, hopelessness,
futility and deep depression.
And, finally, you will learn
God's way of escape from every
fear and depression you now
have!
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the mystery
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