There is no hard scientific evidence for the causes of depression. It is all theory. Measuring symptomatic chemical changes and other physical variables and then presenting them as factual causes is an attempt to make the shoe fit the foot. They are not causes, they are symptoms. The very same physical changes can be measured by various meditative states. In fact, a simple forced smile on your face will induce beneficial and measurable chemical changes in your body. Do the chemical changes cause the smile or does the smile cause the chemical changes? The medical answer is to give you a pill that will make you smile - but will never make you happy.

Perhaps it is time to open the door to some new possibilities and new ideas. One thing we can be certain of, what is being offered is not solving the problem.

Despite the many proclaimed advances in the field of psychology and pharmacology, depression continues to increase at an alarming rate. Pills and conventional therapy are simply band-aid treatments placed upon gaping wounds that are grossly ineffective in addressing the root problems of depression. If they worked, depression would be declining instead of rising. Conventional therapy is nothing more than a top coat of paint providing temporary aesthetic beauty, destined to peel off over time. Medications may seemingly solve one problem while causing several other problems, often with severe and irreversible health consequences.

Depression is not a medical condition, never was, never will be!

The root causes of depression invariably revolve around "Meaning of Life Issues" that are more often than not completely overlooked when addressing a persons depression.

They are in fact central to a full recovery!

While measurable physical and mental symptoms may develop as a result of depression they are secondary to the root cause of depression. Depression is a spiritual illness. That's right! Depression is rooted in a weakened spiritual being an area unknown to the medical world. The entire medical community is saying no, this is our area, do not enter. But in reality it is not their area and they have no cure. All they may offer are band-aid solutions to cover the physical and mental symptoms. If you want help with spiritual problems you need to consult an expert who is understanding the causes of spiritual illness and knows how to resolve them.

Native American's call it "Finding Your Center", Eastern Mystics refer to it as a process of "Purifying the Heart". Buddhists explain it as a "Balance between Ying and Yang, Body and Soul.", Kabbalahism, talks about "Navigating Between the Physical and Metaphysical Worlds".

Scientists have attempted to remove this component because they can not quantify it, study it or understand it within the limitations of their minds. Spirituality is not within their area of expertise. Their attempts to undermine and discredit spirituality has ended in dismal failure. Moreover, the scientific approach focused on eliminating and discrediting spirituality, is the root cause for the enormous increase of depression in the Western worlds. In fact, the field of human science is nothing more than a religion unto itself that preaches self as your center. Self (ego and mind) is not your center, your heart is your center. Spirituality is your center. Without it, you should feel depressed - how else will you know you are on the wrong path?

Spirituality, not to be confused with Religion, must be nurtured and exercised as does the body and mind. A weakened spiritual component, as with a weakened physical or mental component, is susceptible to illness. In short, most people suffering from depression are covered with layers of fat around their spiritual being from years of inactivity and neglect.

Some of the major causes of depression, according to conventional medical thinking, are life trauma, bad experiences, confronting death or illness and chronic pain. All of these situations force us to consider our purpose within the world we live. These issues are otherwise ignored when we are feeling well and not confronted with our own mortality. When they are brought to the forefront, if we do not have a healthy spiritual being, a good sense of who we are and what our purpose in creation is all about, depression follows. Spiritually healthy people simple do not get depressed. Sad, yes, depressed, no.

Treatments that address the body and mind, ignoring the greater spiritual component, will always end in failure. Body and mind are the wings of the bird, without the spiritual tail you can not fly - destined to crash.

Spiritual understanding which enables someone to address these important issues can not be obtained through university teachings. Spiritually rooted problems require someone trained in areas of spirituality. If the medical community were able to address these critical issues, rates of depression would be declining not increasing. They are not capable - it is not their field of expertise. Admitting that would mean loosing their share of what has become a multi-billion dollar industry.

Problems With the Unseen

Many people suffering from depression are actually very spiritual people who are struggling with the emotions and experiences they have because they are spiritually very sensitive to the world around them - the unseen world. Sensing the spiritual realm without any understanding can be very frightening and lead to many difficulties. Just knowing and understanding, that you are not "crazy", is a great relief to many people who are experiencing things they are told are not real. Scientists are only understanding what they see with their physical senses. They are not able to provide help in areas of spiritual concerns. What you are feeling is more real than you think. Do not let people make you feel foolish. They are foolish for limiting what is possible and only examining what is perceived by their physical being.

Most of you have been so indoctrinated into believing that you can take a pill to cure most anything that ails you will be quick to reject that your depression, suicidal tendencies, schizophrenia and other conditions are related to a weakened spiritual being. The tendency to want to remain a coach potato instead of getting up and exercising your physical being is far less difficult to overcome than the will it takes to exercise a lazy spiritual being. But for those who have the will, it is the only way you will find lasting relief. The rest of you will continue to look for the easy fix, the latest drug, yet another false therapy and continue to have problems.

Another major reason for depression often cited by the medical community is a hereditary tendency in depressed people. Suggesting that depression runs in the family. Weakened spiritual natures certainly do run in families. For example, if a child, before conception, is dedicated to the service of God and the birthing process adheres to the natural laws set forth by the Creator of All Things, the chances of producing a spiritually healthier child are as profound and real as the physical and mental precautions taken to ensure a physically and mentally healthy child. If you drink or do drugs during pregnancy, even before the pregnancy, there are both physical and spiritual consequences effecting the spiritual and physical health of the child. The good news, there are methods for breaking this hereditary tendency and becoming a strong spiritually fit being.

How you decide to strengthen your own spiritual being is a choice for you to make.

We have found our own methods that have worked best for us and we have seen them work well for others, but we are not hear to promote any one specific way. Search for what is right for you and beware of the false practitioners - they may be found in medical doctors as much as they can be found in spiritual healers. A good place to start is at: http://www.brokenearth.org 

Still not convinced? Still accepting what the medical community wants you to believe?

What was once perceived by many as foolish superstition is now taking on more enlightened understanding through the new research and work presented by people like Masaru Emoto, who has documented the peculiar effect that energy resonance (spirituality) in the form of words and phrases has on water crystals. As a result age old practices of blessing a home, water, food, baby, work, events and people has now taken on new scientific meaning. For those not familiar with Masaru Emoto's important work, visit his website at: http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/entop.html 

In the same manner that you will excel more quickly with a qualified physical trainer, you may excel more quickly with a trainer who is understanding spirituality. Be very careful who you seek help from. As portrayed in the movie Star Wars there is a dark side of the force. Stay away from fortune tellers and the like, while understanding and having some knowledge they are receiving from dark sources. Search and Ye Shall Find . . .

Follow your heart.