10-19-2010, 01:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-19-2010, 04:24 PM by LsavedSmeD.)
Quote:The first indication that something was amiss with Marley's health came in May of 1977. While on tour in France, Marley re-injured a right toe during a soccer game. The injury refused to heal and instead quickly worsened -- the entire nail came off and doctors recommended amputation. Citing religious beliefs, a limping Marley refused the surgery and gamely continued on tour. Later that summer, Marley finally allowed an orthopedic surgeon to perform a skin graft on the toe, and the procedure was deemed "a success."
In September of 1980, a weakened Marley almost fainted onstage while performing in New York. The next day, he collapsed while jogging in Central Park. Marley was diagnosed with a brain tumor (a result of the untreated cancer in his toe) and given less than a month to live.
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Maybe he was mad or angry at his toe for pulling him down when he was on tour and channeled the anger into his toe or more eloquently put - at his toe. On top of that, bob marley was all about love but he was also angry with the system with it's controlling of people; he was obviously of a wanderer's decent. He may not have shown the anger but may have kept inside of him manifesting into an outburst of cancerous malignant masses.
Just like a cigarette smoker who smokes when angry may get cancer because of channeling the anger into the habit.
The anger either has to be faced and balanced with love within (STO) or channeled aggressively in violence or control (STS).