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Dear Sister Joyoti,

 

Namaskar. I fully sympathise with you and your plight as I too have gone through

a lot of suffering in life. Only I found out that it was modern science that had

led me to a state of limbo and made me face death for seventeen long years. It

was an extremely horrid time I assure you.

 

When I decided to go off drugs and search for alternate methods of healing I was

termed a lunatic by everyone and my doctors washed their hands off me, probably

with relief, as they could do little to help. I was suffering from multiple

sclerosis, suicidal depression, mood swings/disorders, panic disorder,

intractable insomnia, asthma, irritable bowel and an ischaemic heart. Quite a

mouthful don't you think? Today I am leading a near normal life and even trying

to reach out to help others. My erstwhile allopathic doctors look at me with awe

surprised that I was able to pull out of that crisis. All this was thanks to a

homoeopath who still treats me on the net.

 

The problems I am left with now are a result of nearly 30 years of using

allopathic drugs. This condition is known as iatrogenic illness (I hope I have

got the term right) and is the name given to illnesses resulting from side

effects of allopathic drugs, injections and vaccinations. But I am still

fighting and Sri Ramakrishna willing I will be out of the woods.

 

Today it is widely recognised that many of the chronic diseases we all suffer

from today are a result of allopathic intervention. I have given this example

before but I give it again now;

 

Imagine the body to be a very delicate and costly machine. To save it from harm

and ensure that it runs smoothly the maker has installed some in built warning

signals; a red lamp that blinks, a siren, a delicate fuse and so on. This

machine falls into the hands of an untrained mechanic. When the machine

developes an internal error, the red light blinks. The mechanic hammers the

light so that it stops blinking. When the siren wails, he shuts it out. And when

the delicate fuse blows off he replaces it with a heavy duty one. The defective

machine still goes on working and the mechanic is happy that he has "fixed" the

problem. Then one day the machine splutters and dies out. The mechanic is

surprised that "in spite of the best care" the machine has failed.

 

Allopathy, or modern medicine, tries to suppress symptoms without going to the

root cause of the disease. When the symptoms are suppressed the body continues

to work but the person feels very uneasy. The doctor assures him that everything

is all right as he displays no symptoms. Ultimately the patient comes down with

diseases such as diabetes, cancer, immune deficiency etc which have no cure in

allopathy. So the scientists start tinkering ever more with genes, stem cells

not knowing that even those attempts will bring only temporary relief and lead

the patient to even greater agony.

 

These are only the physical side effects of suppression. The mental agony the

patient faces can only be known by the sufferer (like you and me). The law of

cure is within outward as the body, or the vital force (prana) always tries to

throw the disease out. Suppression drives the disease deep into the body

affecting the internal organs and the mind. Today the very immune system is at

risk as evident by the rising cases of AIDS, Tuberculosis etc. Mentally too

depression, insomnia, inability to handle stress, suicidal tendencies,

irrational and intemperate behaviour are very commonplace in todays world

serviced by scientific medicine.

 

Modern medicine follows the reductionist system dividing the physical body into

its constituent parts or cells. In the process it loses sight of the patient.

The cardiologist is very happy to replace a valve, the oncologist feels great

satisfaction in removing a cancerous growth, the endocrinologist keeps blood

sugar at bay with insulin all without observing the patient as a whole or

whether they are contributing towards a cure. They are more interested in

"disease management" as they have come to realise that allopathic principles do

not hold out hopes of a cure. When the patient ultimately breathes his last they

assure the relatives that they "have done their best". They are too short

sighted to notice the agony of the patient or study the long term effects of

their treatment. They declare war on the body without trying to help the person

involved. Modern medicine has become like fast food, very easy to cook, good to

eat but dangerous for health.

 

Today a parallel movement, which already exists, is drawing the attention of

patients with seemingly incurable diseases. These methods like yoga, ayurveda,

homoeopathy, naturopathy treats the patient and not just the disease. The

miracles are there for all to see and even the allopaths acknowledge the

benefits. Appolo group of Hospitals, super speciality hospitals in India, now

refer incurable patients often in their last stages, to these doctors. I have

personally seen the prescription of a terminal cancer patient containing the

remarks, "Refered to homoeopathy". These hospitals are now opening alternate

medicine departments and appointing yoga trainers. Recently the Mumbai

Municipality have opened ayurvedic clinics at all of its 164 hospitals in

Mumbai. Conscientious allopaths, Dr Deepak Chopra, MD, to name one, are

denouncing further "advances" and reputed oncologists are studying the role of

karma in disease. The Govt of India is waking up and sprucing up its ayurvedic

and

homoeopathy medical colleges. It has recently announced the opening of 14 new

ayurvedic colleges all over India. The outlay for alternative medicine research

has been increased manifold and a Council for Alternative Medicine has been

formed.

 

Human disease is now no longer being seen as a local individualised physical

malady alone. Not only are the mental, emotional, spiritual and social aspects

being studied but even the inter relationship of human disease on environment

and other species is being studied with great interest. This system is being

termed eco-medicine where methods by which nature and all its inhabitants can

live in harmony and thus eradicate disease both at the micro and macro level are

being studied. This study holds great hope and has already noted the effects of

human illness on society and environment whereby a vicious cycle has been

formed.

 

I wish to end with the words of Hahnemann, "Cure is restoring a person his

former state of health both mental and physical, by assisting nature and based

on methods that are fully comprehensible and easily understood."

 

So Joyoti, the fight against modern medicine is not a fight of religion against

science but a fight between science and an anomaly that tries to project itself

as a science.

 

If you are willing I would request you to kindly contact me off the list so that

I can help you fight your disease. As a brother it is my solemn duty to do so.

 

Love & regards,

Jagannath.

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