It seems that not much emphasis today is put on spiritual problems effecting us physically. However, it is the spirit that lifts up the body, not the other way around. So if the spirit is sick, what will lift up the physical? Shlomo HaMelech, (Solomon the King) says in proverbs 17:22, that a happy heart makes for good health. What makes a happy heart then? To be happy you must be spiritually healthy. To stay spiritually healthy, you must stay in your Word. Let’s look at one of David’s statements in the book of Psalms. Melech David said: “My eye deteriorated from anger.” Let’s take a closer look at that statement. The Sages say that anger is manifested through the liver.

Further insight into the connection between your eyes, liver, and anger can be found in the book, Sefer Yetzirah. It also has some things to say on how the constellations correspond to parts of the body. Capricorn just happens to be the one that corresponds to the liver and the moral attribute of Capricorn is anger. Chinese medicine also notes the connection between the eye and the liver. Have you noticed that jaundice, a disease of the liver, shows up in the eyes? In the English language someone who is irritable is said to have a “jaundiced” disposition or “bilious.” In fact, the word “bile” has two meanings: the fluid produced by the liver; and (2) anger. In Hebrew the word anger can be broken up in two parts. The first part means, “to cover” and the second part means “the eye.”

Both spiritually and physically speaking, anger can cause one’s ability to be clouded in perceiving his surroundings. Anger can isolate a person and create a barrier that is almost impossible to get through. Anger takes away your joy. It causes you to see things in situations that are always negative. It is said that the eyes are the windows of the soul. Is anger worth putting a stumbling block in your physical health for? Sometimes, we need to look at our spiritual condition when we are wondering what’s wrong with our physical one. Actually, the realization that one’s spiritual condition effects one physically, is the basic principle of psychosomatic medicine. So we see anger certainly won’t turn your brown eyes blue, but it will turn everything in your life a dingy gray!