Absence of Spiritual Vitality

“Isn’t it interesting to consider that perhaps your troubles, which you think is a deep seated physical malady, may be traced instead to an absence of spiritual vitality in your life? I do not say that such is the case because I am not a physician, nor do I make any pretense of being one. I am simply saying that it is the judgment of some of the most discriminating minds in the field of psychology, medicine and religion that a spiritual lack is the basic cause of much illness.’
(Norman Vincent Peale, The New Art of Living)