On Faith and Medicine

THE PULSE

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Key Takeaways

• Faith is to medicine as belief is to healing.

• Healing begins with trust before the results appear.

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Micro-Prompt
Faith is the courage to trust the process long enough for medicine — inner or outer — to work. It is the leap we take from known to unknown, familiar to unfamiliar.

Three to Consider
💭 Idea: Doubt arises because of the gap between what is known and what is unknown. When it appears, take one small action that aligns with faith or healing anyway. Mood follows action. The impediment to action becomes the way (Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book V, Section 20).
📖 Reading: Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning, paraphrasing Friedrich Nietzsche: “Those who have a why to live can bear almost any how.”
🎧 Watch: Ted Lasso’s locker room speech on “belief.”

Closing Thought
Faith is the bridge between trust and hope. It reinforces our sense of safety and security in the world.

With love & light,
John Moos, MD
Soul Surgeon