When one becomes a detached witness to the afflictions of the body, they no longer remain afflictions. If one resists them, that is the actual affliction. If you are sick, just take rest.
Saving your precious energies, direct them all towards the realization of the Self. Let the mind merge in the heart. If it has several other desires at the same time, your love for the Self will never become one pointed. Unless there is absolute one-pointedness, there will not be stability in contemplation. If contemplation is unstable, how can there be the most sublime experience of the Self? ~ Ajay Kapoor