The importance of what we call "sickness"

"We come into this world with a very precise intention, and in that intention we have enough time and enough energy to express that one question and answer to that one question that governs our life, and how our life unfolds becomes the answer. And, he said that the symptoms that we experience that everybody gets uncomfortable with are actually the map back to our original intention, and eliminating the symptoms without following the map ruins the possibility to authenticate ourselves in this life". Gerald Cohen citing Fourteenth Century philosopher Chicatilia.