Original article:  http://www.ou.org/torah/article/rabbi_weinrebs_parsha_column_behar-bechukotai#.T7pWAlLBtAM

http://www.ou.org/torah/article/rabbi_weinrebs_parsha_column_behar-bechukotai#.T7pWAlLBtAM

I just wanted to add a note on his comments about saying something about how illness was brought about by prior faults.
While I do not advocate anyone going out and taunting another with “god is punishing you” by making you ill–that is not correct. Rather we make ourselves ill with our behavior when we are not acting in a manner consistent with love for ourselves and other.
There is no doubt in my mind that many illnesses have karmic reasons. Certainly cancer, MS, Parkingson’s, etc. and a whole whole of diseases are caused only within ourselves. Right there is a clue.
If you look at New German Medicine and talk to healers, spiritualists and others about these types of disease they CAN give you the karmic conditions for it and therapy to concentrate on.  Here are some examples of karma interacting with your life:

Diseases of the gut–diarrhea, constipation, IBS. Natural cures: co Q10, fish oil and probiotics. Therapy: letting go, stopping negative thoughts in their tracks, etc. Read books on letting go, meditation and yoga all help tremendously.

Heart Disease–high blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, co Q 10, fish oil, probiotics, lypospheric or lyposomal vitamin c (NOT conventional type). Broken heart. Stay out or get out of an abusive or emotionally poor relationship. Watch for others that leaving you crying or drained. Get out and get away. Build new kind friendships. One will blossom into love.

MS, Parkinsons and Epilipsy are caused by being unfaithful to your spouse.  This is one of the worst karmic illnesses you can bring upon yourself. And you don’t get out of this one by never marrying.  The disease is equally applicable to spouses that don’t marry, won’t commit or have multiple wives or husbands.  Generally to cheat on your significant other, or love them but not commit and cheat, is one of the worse offenses in life there is.  Get your act together and be honest.  Natural cures:  same as gut.  Brain and gut tissue are linked.  Such karmic diseases teach you to depend upon and appreciate your beloved other because you have no other choice.

Bladder cancer and disease:  From feelings you have been edged out in “your territory”.  Often comes after loss of a job, loss of a promotion, inability to advance, etc.

Remember, if you’re staying with a jerk, the longer you take to get out, the longer your true love is waiting for you. Read books on getting out of bad relationships, therapy.
Etc. So while it could be said that your disease is your fault, that’s not kind or caring. It’s more complicated than that.
God/dess loves us greatly and is only very, very kind and gentle to us all.

Also, I do not have a full list of all the karmic diseases out there and causes, so if someone does, please pass it along and I will post it here.

A karmic disease will consist of three causes 1) DNA or your body structure or tendency to take on a particular disease 2) your lifestyle–healthy or not will control the length and depth of the karma; 3) your activities on this earth–if you worry or are a worry wart, your unkind, spew negativity, collect negativity and do not clean your aura, how you treat others, yourself–all karmic components of disease.