1. “Physician, Heal Thyself”
Make a Contract
With Yourself
Ricardo Boye, ND (trad.), RDN
INTM 6202
George Washington University
Integrative Medicine
2. Prayer and Meditation
• Intrusive Thoughts
• Restlessness – why are we so?
• Agreement with Your Practice
• Make a Contract with Yourself
• Solitary Walks
• Pray and/or Contemplate
• Heartfulness
3. Prayer and Meditation
• Logismoi: Assaultive/Intrusive thoughts
• Assault - the logismoi first attacks a person's
mind
• Interaction - a person opens up a dialogue
with the logismoi
• Consent - a person consents to do what
the logismoi urges him to do
• Defeat - a person becomes hostage to
the logismoi and finds it more difficult to
resist
• Passion or Obsession: the logismoi becomes
an entrenched reality within the ”nous” of a
person
https://annunciationoca.org/about-sin-death/the-struggle-against-the-thoughts-logismoi/
7. “Physician, Heal Thyself”
Make a Contract
With Yourself
Ricardo Boye, ND (trad.), RDN
INTM 6202
George Washington University
Integrative Medicine
Editor's Notes
Mention fasting
Reflect on Setting Yourself Up for A Lifelong Pattern of Motivation to Live a Life Beyond Your Immediate Senses
Gratifying the senses only leads to enslavement – be careful of being an epicurean