The spiritual meaning of pain in body parts

the spiritual meaning of pain in body parts

In western societies, we go to the doctor or pharmacy for pain or discomfort. However, according to metaphysics, there is a spiritual meaning of pain in body parts. Below is a comprehensive list of ailments from A-Z, and the corresponding reason for that ailment, according to metaphysics. 

The information below is based on Louise Hay’s book – You Can Heal Your Life. Louise says that if we run to the doctor or pharmacy every time there is discomfort in our bodies, we are treating the symptom of the problem, not the underlying reason for the problem.

While I personally love and respect Louise Hay, and I refer to her book regularly, please keep in mind that the information below is not meant as medical advice. Rather, it is general metaphysical observations, serving to illuminate some areas in your life.

A Note From The Author: How I use this information

I am a child of the west, so when anyone in the family gets sick, I refer to the doctor’s advice. However, I do refer to “You can heal your life” and the information below when there are recurring incidences. For example, there was a time in my life when I struggled with severe adult acne. I did everything you’d expect – I changed my diet, I saw a dermatologist, I changed my skincare, etc. Nothing worked. I referred to the book (and the information below), and learned that a reason for acne could be “not accepting myself.” I immediately dismissed the “diagnosis,” but as time passed, I realized – it was true! With a lot of self-love, I’ve learned to love and accept myself completely, and I have been acne free for years.

But it wasn’t just the acne diagnoses I dismissed. Initially, I dismissed them all, but I was proven wrong every time. I don’t dismiss anything out of hand anymore, even if it sounds wrong. Instead, I go to work on the diagnosis because (to me), there really seems to be a spiritual meaning of pain in body parts.

I encourage you to get the book or refer to the information below when there are ailments that seem to keep coming back, despite medical help.

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A

Abdominal Cramps

Fear. Stopping the process.

Abscess

Fermenting thoughts over hurts, slights, and revenge.

Accidents

Inability to speak up for yourself.
Rebellion against authority. Belief in violence.

Abdominal Cramps

Fear.
Stopping the process.

Abscess

Fermenting thoughts over slights, hurts, and revenge.

Accidents

Inability to speak up for yourself.
Rebellion against authority. Belief in violence.

Aches

Longing for love.
Longing to be held.

Acne

Not accepting yourself.
Disliking yourself.

Addictions

Running from the self.
Fear.
Not knowing how to love yourself.

Adrenal Problems

Defeatist.
No longer caring for yourself.
Anxiety.

Alcoholism

Feeling of futility.
Guilt.
Inadequacy.
Self-rejection.

Allergies

Denying your own power.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Refusal to deal with the world as it is.
Hopelessness and helplessness.
Anger.

Amenorrhea

Not wanting to be a woman. Dislike of the self.

Anemia

“Yes-but” attitude.
Lack of joy.
Fear of life.
Not feeling good enough.

Ankle

Inflexibility and guilt. Ankles represent the ability to receive pleasure.

Anorexia

Denying the self life.
Extreme fear.
Self-hatred and rejection.

Anxiety

Not trusting the flow and the process of life.

Apathy

Resistance to feeling.
Deadening of the self.
Fear.
Appetite – Excessive
Fear. Needing protection.
Judging the emotions.

Arm

Represents the capacity and ability to hold the experiences of life.

Arteries

Carry the joy of life.

Arthritic Fingers

A desire to punish.
Blame.
Feeling victimized.

Arthritis

Feeling unloved.
Criticism.
Resentment.

Arthritis – Rheumatoid

Feeling victimized.
Lack of love.
Chronic bitterness.
Resentment.
Deep criticism of authority. Feeling put upon.

Asthma

Smother love.
Inability to breathe for yourself.
Feeling stifled.
Suppressed crying.

Athlete’s Foot

Frustration at not being accepted.
Inability to move forward with ease.

B

Back Issues

Represents the support of life.

Rounded shoulders
Helpless and hopeless.
Carrying the burdens of life.

Lower Back Pain
Lack of financial support or fear of money.

Mid-Back Pain
Guilt.
Feeling stuck in all that stuff back there in the past. “Get off my back!”

Upper Back Pain
Feeling unloved.
Lack of emotional support. Holding back love.

Back Curvature
Fear.
Trying to hold on to old ideas. The inability to flow with the support of life.
Lack of integrity.
Not trusting life.
No courage of convictions.

Bad Breath

Anger and revenge thoughts. Experiences backing up.

Balance, Loss of

Scattered thinking.
Not centered.

Baldness

Fear.
Tension.
Trying to control everything.

Bedwetting

Fear of parent, usually the father.

Belching

Fear.
Gulping life too quickly.

Bell’s Palsy

Extreme control over anger. Unwillingness to express feelings.

Bladder Problems

Anxiety.
Holding on to old ideas.
Fear of letting go. Being “pissed off”.

Bleeding

Joy running out.
Anger.

Blisters

Resistance.
Lack of emotional protection.

Blood Pressure – High

Longstanding emotional problem not solved.

Blood Pressure – Low

Lack of love as a child. Defeatism.

Body Odor

Fear.
Dislike of the self.
Fear of others.

Bones

Represent the structure of the universe.

Bone marrow
Represents deepest beliefs about the self. How you support and care for yourself.

Breaks
Rebelling against authority.

Brain

Represents the computer, the switchboard.

Tumor
Incorrect computerized beliefs.
Stubborn.
Refusing to change old patterns.

Breast

Represents mothering and nurturing and nourishment.

Cysts, Lumps
A refusal to nourish the self.
Putting everyone else first.
Over mothering.
Overprotection.
Overbearing attitudes.

Breath

Represents the ability to take in life.

Breathing Problems
Fear.
Not trusting the process of life.
Getting stuck in childhood.
Fear of taking in life fully.

Bronchitis
Inflamed family environment.
Arguments and yelling.

Bruises

The little bumps in life.
Self-punishment.

Bulimia

Hopeless terror.
A frantic stuffing and purging of self-hatred.

Burns

Anger.
Burning up.
Incensed.

Bursitis

Repressed anger.
Wanting to hit someone.

C

Calluses

Hardened concepts and ideas. Fear solidified.

Cancer

Deep hurt.
Longstanding resentment.
Deep secret or grief eating away at the self.
Carrying hatreds.

Candida

Feeling very scattered.
Lots of frustration and anger.
Demanding and untrusting in relationships.
Great takers.

Canker Sores

Festering words held back by the lips.
Blame.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Anger and frustration at life’s seeming injustices.

Cataracts

Inability to see ahead with joy. Dark future.

Cellulite

Stored anger.
Self-punishment.

Cerebral Palsy

A need to unite the family in an action of love.

Chills

Mental contraction.
Pulling away and in.
Desire to retreat.

Cholesterol

Clogging the channels of joy.
Fear of accepting joy.

Circulation

Represents your ability to feel and express your emotions in positive ways.

Colds

Too much going on at once.
Mental confusion, disorder.
Small hurts.

Colic

Mental irritation.
Impatience.
Annoyance in the surroundings.

Colitis

Insecurity.
Represents the ease of letting go of that which is over.

Coma

Fear.
Escaping something or someone.

Conjunctivitis

Anger and frustration at what you are looking at in life.

Constipation

Incomplete releasing.
Holding on to garbage of the past.
Guilt over the past.
Sometimes stinginess.

Corns

Hardened areas of thought – stubborn holding on to the pain of the past.

Coughs

A desire to bark at the world. “Listen to me!”

Cramps

Tension.
Fear.
Gripping, holding on.

Crohn’s Disease

Fear.
Worry.
Not feeling good enough.

Crying

Tears are the river of life, shed in joy as well as in sadness and fear.

Cuts

Punishment for not following your own rules.

Cysts

Running the old painful movie.
Nursing hurts.
A false growth.

Cystic Fibrosis

A strong belief that life won’t work for you. “Poor me.”

D

Deafness

Rejection.
Stubbornness.
Isolation.
What don’t you want to hear? “Don’t bother me.”

Depression

Anger. You feel you don’t have a right to have this anger.
Hopelessness.

Diabetes

Longing for what might have been.
A great need to control.
Deep sorrow.
No sweetness left.

Diarrhea

Fear.
Rejection.
Running off.

Dizziness

Flighty.
Scattered thinking.
A refusal to look.

Dry eyes

Angry eyes.
Refusing to see with love.
Would rather die than forgive.
Being spiteful.

Dysmenorrhea

Anger at the self.
Hatred of the body or of women.

E

Ear

Represents the capacity to hear.

Ache
Anger.
Not wanting to hear.
Too much turmoil.
Household arguing.

Eczema

Breath-taking antagonism.
Mental eruptions.

Edema

What or who won’t you let go of?

Elbow

Represents changing directions and accepting new experiences.

Emphysema

Fear of taking in life.
Not worthy of living.

Endometriosis

Insecurity, disappointment and frustration.
Replacing self-love with sugar.
Blamers.

Epilepsy

Sense of persecution.
Rejection of life.
A feeling of great struggle.
Self-violence.

Epstein-Barr Virus

Pushing beyond one’s limits.
Fear of not being good enough.
Draining all inner support.
Stress.

Eye

Represents the capacity to see clearly past, present, future.

Astigmatism
“I” trouble.
Fear of really seeing the self.

Hyperopia
Fear of the present.

Myopia
Fear of the future.

F

Face

Represents what we show the world.

Fainting

Fear.
Can’t cope.
Blacking out.

Fat or Weight issues

Oversensitivity.
Often represents fear and shows a need for protection.
Fear may be a cover for hidden anger and a resistance to forgive.
Running away from feelings.
Insecurity, self-rejection and seeking fulfillment.

Arms
Anger at being denied love.

Belly
Anger at being denied nourishment.

Hips
Lumps of stubborn anger at the parents.

Thighs
Packed childhood anger.
Often rage at the father.

Fatigue

Resistance, boredom.
Lack of love for what one does.

Feet

Represent our understanding of ourselves, of life, of others.

Foot Problems
Fear of the future and of not stepping forward in life.

Fever

Anger.
Burning up.

Fibroid Tumors

Nursing a hurt from a partner.
A blow to the feminine ego.

Fingers

Represent the details of life.

Thumb
Represents intellect and worry.

Index
Represents ego and fear.

Middle
Represents anger and sexuality.

Ring
Represents unions and grief.

Little
Represents the family and pretending.

Food Poisoning

Allowing others to take control.
Feeling defenseless.

Frigidity

Fear.
Denial of pleasure.
A belief that sex is bad.
Insensitive partners.
Fear of father.

Fungus

Stagnating beliefs.
Refusing to release the past.
Letting the past rule today.

G

Gallstones

Bitterness.
Hard thoughts.
Condemning.
Pride.

Gas

Gripping.
Fear.
Undigested ideas.

Gastritis

Prolonged uncertainty.
A feeling of doom.

Genitals

Represent the masculine and feminine principles.
Worry about not being good enough.

Gland Problems

Represent holding stations.
Self-staring activity.
Holding yourself back.

Gout

The need to dominate.
Impatience, anger.

Glaucoma

Stony unforgiveness.
Pressure from longstanding hurts.
Overwhelmed by it all.

Gray Hair

Stress.
A belief in pressure and strain.

Growths

Nursing those old hurts.
Building resentments.

Gum Problems

Inability to back up decisions.
Indecisive about life.

H

Hands

Hold and handle.
Clutch and grip.
Grasping and letting go.
Caressing. Pinching.
All ways of dealing with experiences.

Hay Fever

Emotional congestion.
Fear of the calendar.
A belief in persecution.
Guilt.

Headaches

Invalidating the self.
Self-criticism.
Fear.

Heart

Represents the center of love and security.

Heart Attack
Squeezing all the joy out of the heart in favor of money or position.
Feeling alone and scared.
“I’m not good enough.
I don’t do enough.
I’ll never make it.”

Heart Problems
Longstanding emotional problems.
Lack of joy.
Hardening of the heart.
Belief in strain and stress.

Heartburn

Fear. Clutching Fear.

Hemorrhoids

Fear of deadlines.
Anger of the past.
Afraid to let go.
Feeling burdened.

Hepatitis

Resistance to change.
Fear, anger, hatred.
Liver is the seat of anger and rage.

Hernia

Ruptured relationships.
Strain, burdens, incorrect creative expression.

Herpes Genitalis

Mass belief in sexual guilt and the need for punishment.
Public shame.
Belief in a punishing God.
Rejection of the genitals.

Herpes Simplex

Bitter words left unspoken.

Hip

Carries the body in perfect balance.
Major thrust in moving forward.
Fear of going forward in major decisions.
Nothing to move forward to.

Hives

Small, hidden fears.
Mountains out of molehills.

Hodgkin’s Disease

Blame and a tremendous fear of not being good enough.
A frantic race to prove one’s self until the blood has no substance left to support itself.
The joy of life is forgotten in the race of acceptance.

Hyperactivity

Fear.
Feeling pressured and frantic.

Hyperventilation

Fear.
Resisting change.
Not trusting the process.

Hypoglycemia

Overwhelmed by the burdens in life.

I

Impotence

Sexual pressure, tension, guilt.
Social beliefs.
Spite against a previous mate.
Fear of mother.

Incontinence

Emotional overflow.
Years of controlling emotions.

Indigestion

Gut-level fear, dread, anxiety.
Griping and grunting.

Infection

Irritation, anger, annoyance.

Inflammation

Fear.
Seeing red.
Inflamed thinking.
Anger and frustration about conditions you are looking at in your life.

Influenza

Response to mass negativity and beliefs.
Fear.
Belief in statistics.

Ingrown Toenail

Worry and guilt about your right to move forward.

Injuries

Anger at the self.
Feeling guilty.

Insanity

Fleeing from the family.
Escapism, withdrawal.
Violent separation from life.

Insomnia

Fear.
Not trusting the process of life.
Guilt.

Intestines

Represent assimilation and absorption.

Itching

Desires that go against the grain.
Unsatisfied.
Remorse.
Itching to get out or get away.

J

Jaundice

Internal and external prejudice.
Unbalanced reason.

Jaw Problems

Anger.
Resentment.
Desire for revenge.

K

Kidney Problems

Criticism, disappointment, failure.
Shame.
Reacting like a child.

Kidney Stones

Lumps of undissolved anger.

Knee

Represents pride and ego.
Stubborn ego and pride.
Inability to bend.
Fear.
Inflexibility.
Won’t give in.

L

Laryngitis

So mad you can’t speak.
Fear of speaking up.
Resentment of authority.

Left Side of Body

Represents receptivity, taking in, feminine energy, women, the mother.

Leg

Carry us forward in life.

Liver

Seat of anger and primitive emotions.
Chronic complaining.
Justifying fault-finding to deceive yourself.
Feeling bad.

Lockjaw

Anger.
A desire to control.
A refusal to express feelings.

Lump in the Throat

Fear.
Not trusting the process of life.

Lung

The ability to take in life.
Depression. Grief.
Not feeling worthy of living life fully.

Lupus

A giving up.
Better to die than stand up for one’s self.
Anger and punishment.

Lymph Problems

A warning that the mind needs to be recentered on the essentials of life. Love and joy.

M

Malaria

Out of balance with nature and with life.

Menopause Problems

Fear of no longer being wanted.
Fear of aging.
Self-rejection.
Not feeling good enough.

Menstrual Problems

Rejection of one’s femininity.
Guilt, fear.
Belief that the genitals are sinful or dirty.

Migraine Headaches

Dislike of being driven.
Resisting the flow of life.
Sexual fears.

Miscarriage

Fear of the future.
Inappropriate timing.

Mononucleosis

Anger at not receiving love and appreciation.
No longer caring for the self.

Motion Sickness

Fear.
Bondage.
Feeling of being trapped.

Mouth

Represents taking in of new ideas and nourishment.
Set opinions.
Closed mind.
Incapacity to take in new ideas.

Multiple Sclerosis

Mental hardness, hard-heartedness, iron will, inflexibility.

Muscles

Resistance to new experiences.
Muscles represent our ability to move in life.

Muscular Dystrophy

“It’s not worth growing up.”

N

Nails

Represent protection.

Nail Biting
Frustration.
Eating away at the self.
Spite of a parent.

Narcolepsy

Can’t cope.
Extreme fear.
Wanting to get away from it all.
Not wanting to be here.

Nausea

Fear.
Rejecting an idea or experience.

Neck

Represents flexibility.
The ability to see what’s back there.
Refusing to see other sides of a question.
Stubbornness, inflexibility.
Unbending stubbornness.

Nephritis

Overreaction to disappointment and failure.

Nerves

Represent communication. Receptive reporters.

Nervous Breakdown

Self-centeredness.
Jamming the channels of communication.

Nervousness

Fear, anxiety, struggle, rushing.
Not trusting the process of life.

Neuralgia

Punishment for guilt.
Anguish over communication.

Nodules

Resentment and frustration and hurt ego over career.

Nose

Represents self-recognition.

Nose Bleeds
A need for recobnition.
Feeling unnoticed.
Crying for love.

Runny Nose
Asking for help.
Inner crying.

Stuffy Nose
Not recognizing the self-worth.

Numbness

Withholding love and consideration.
Going dead mentally.

O

Osteomyelitis

Anger and frustration at the very structure of life.
Feeling unsupported.

Osteoporosis

Feeling there is no support left in life.
Mental pressures and tightness.
Muscles can’t stretch.
Loss of mental mobility.

Ovaries

Represent points of creation. Creativity.

PQ

Pain

Guilt.
Guilt always seeks punishment.

Paralysis

Paralysing thoughts.
Getting stuck.
Terror leading to escape from a situation or person.

Pancreas

Represents the sweetness of life.

Pancreatitis

Rejection.
Anger and frustration because life seems to have lost its sweetness.

Parasites

Giving power to others, letting them take over and life off of you.

Parkinson’s Disease

Fear and an intense desire to control everything and everyone.

Peptic Ulcer

Fear.
A belief that you are not good enough.
Anxious to please.

Phlebitis

Anger and frustration.
Blaming others for the limitation and lack of joy in life.

Pimples

Small outbursts of anger.

Pituitary Gland

Represents the control center.

Pneumonia

Desperate.
Tired of life.
Emotional wounds that are not allowed to heal.

Poison Ivy

Allergy Feeling defenseless and open to attack.

Polio

Paralysing jealousy.
A desire to stop someone.

Premenstrual Syndrome

Allowing confusion to reign.
Giving power to outside influences.
Rejection of the feminine processes.

Prostate

Represents the masculine principle.
Mental fears weaken the masculinity.
Giving up.
Sexual pressure and guilt.
Belief in aging.

Psoriasis

Fear of being hurt.
Deadening the senses of the self.
Refusing to accept responsibility for our own feelings.

R

Rash

Irritation over delays.
Immature way to get attention.

Right Side of Body

Giving out, letting go, masculine energy, men, the father.

Ringworm

Allowing others to get under your skin.
Not feeling good enough or clean enough.

S

Scabies

Infected thinking.
Allowing others to get under your skin.

Sciatica

Being hypocritical.
Fear of money and of the future.

Scleroderma

Protecting the self from life.
Not trusting yourself to be there and to take care of yourself.

Scratches

Feeling life tears at you, that life is a rip off.

Senility

Returning to the so-called safety of childhood.
Demanding care and attention.
A form of control of those around you.
Escapism.

Shin

Represents the standards of life.
Breaking down ideals.

Shingles

Waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Fear and tension.
Too sensitive.

Sinus Problems

Irritation to one person, someone close.

Skin

Protects our individuality.
Anxiety, fear.
Old, buried things.
I am being threatened.

Slipped Disc

Feeling totally unsupported by life.
Indecisive.

Snoring

Stubborn refusal to let go of old patterns.

Solar Plexus

Gut reactions.
Center of our intuitive power.

Sores

Unexpressed anger that settles in.

Spleen

Obsessions.
Being obsessed about things.

Sprains

Anger and resistance.
Not wanting to move in a certain direction in life.

Sterility

Fear and resistance to the process of life or not needing to go through the parenting experience.

Stiffness

Rigid, stiff thinking.

Stomach

Holds nourishment.
Digests ideas.
Dread.
Fear of the new.
Inability to assimilate the new.

Stroke

Giving up.
Resistance.
Rather die than change.
Rejection of life.

Stuttering

Insecurity.
Lack of self-expression.
Not being allowed to cry.

Sty

Looking at life through angry eyes.
Angry at someone.

Suicidal thoughts

See life only in black and white.
Refusal to see another way out.

T

Teeth

Teeth may represent decisions.

Teeth Problems
May represent longstanding indecisiveness.
Inability to break down ideas for analysis and decisions.

Root Canal
You feel you can’t bite into anything anymore.
Your root beliefs are being destroyed.

Impacted Wisdom Teeth
You are not giving yourself the mental space to create a firm foundation.

Throat

The throat represents the avenue of expression.
It is the channel of creativity.

Throat Problems
The inability to speak up for yourself.
Stifled creativity.
Swallowed anger.
Refusal to change.

Sore throat
You are holding in angry words.
Feeling unable to express yourself.

Thrush

Anger at yourself for making the wrong decisions.

Thymus Gland

You are feeling attacked by life.
You’re feeling like they are out to get me.

Thyroid Gland

The thyroid gland represents humiliation.
Thoughts that you never get to do what you want to do. You are asking questions like “when is it going to be my turn?”

Hyperthyroid
Rage at being left out.

Tics, Twitches

Fear.
A feeling that you are being watched by others.

Tinnitus or Ringing in the Ears

Represents a refusal to listen.
Not hearing your inner voice.
Stubbornness.

Toes

Represent the minor details of your future.

Tongue

The tongue represents the ability to taste and experience the pleasures of life with joy.

Tonsillitis

Fear.
Repressed emotions.
Creativity stifled.

Tuberculosis

Possessive. Wasting away from selfishness. Revenge. Cruel thoughts.

U

Urinary infections

You are angry, usually at a lover or the opposite sex.
You are blaming others.

Uterus

The uterus represents the home of creativity.

V

Vaginitis

Anger at a partner.
Sexual guilt.
Punishing yourself.

Varicose Veins

You feel you are standing in a situation that you hate.
Discouragement.
You are feeling overworked, overwhelmed and overburdened.

Vitiligo

You may be feeling completely outside of things.
Feeling like you don’t belong.
Feeling like you are not one of the group.

Vomiting

The violent rejection of ideas.
Fear of new things.

WXYZ

Warts

Little expressions of hate.
Belief in ugliness.

Plantar Warts
Anger at the very basis of your understanding.
Frustration about the future.

Wrist

Represents movement and ease.

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