The Ten Commandments and Health The word healing derives from the Old English word holy, meaning coming into wholeness or holiness, or moving from dis-order into order. The Ten Commandments provide a perfect spiritual guide for this process of coming into wholeness. The Ten Commandments are the founding principles of the Western Spiritual Tradition whether you are Jewish, Christian, or Muslim. They not only provide a code of ethical behavior, and a spiritual ladder for self-mastery, they also set forth guidelines for attaining physical and emotional health. In Exodus 15:26 God informs the Hebrews of the relationship between health and illness and their adherence to the Commandments: "If you listen to the voice of the lord and you do what is right in his eyes and give ear to His commandments and keep all of his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I put upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord that heals you." During this lecture Dr. Reznik will demonstrate how departing from the Commandments can result as a physical and/or emotional breakdown, and how the adherence to the Commandments can lead you to health, inner peace, and spiritual awareness.