The Person is Sick
The ascetic was sitting in a cave and meditating. Suddenly a mouse scurried into the cave and clung to his sandals. The ascetic got angry and opened his eyes: "Why are you stopping me from thinking? "" I'm hungry, " the mouse squeaked. "Go away, you stupid mouse," the ascetic said. "I am looking for unity with God, how dare you stop me!" "How do you want to become one with God, if you are not able to become one even with me?" All the previous arguments were aimed at realizing that a person can be sick, but can not get sick. This is the main difference between our and the medical approach to the problem of illness. Medicine considers the disease as "an obstacle to the normal healthy state…