Re : The Spiritual Dimension of Health.

July 19, 2005

Dear Friends,

I have received a number of private mails on this subject suggesting

that medicines are unnecessary while treating disease. Now, while I

would definitely resist the overmedication resorted by a certain system, I

cannot entirely rule out the beneficial aspects of external aids.

I know that in the past people were able to shake off disease based

on mental powers alone. However we must note here that we have

largely lost those mental powers of getting rid of disease at the

physical level. There is also a paucity of genuine spiritual healers. At any

rate their numbers cannot solve the enormous health crisis that looms ahead and

is also upon us at this very instant.

There is also a need to educate ourselves and also the future

generation regarding the untapped potential of the mind and spirit.

We all know that we barely use 20% of our brain. Perhaps to access

the other 80% we have to step out of the thinking process imposed on

us by physical science. Many would shudder at this and point out that we would

once again be swamped with superstition and irrational

behaviour.

I don't think we need to worry about that. We have mentally evolved

enough to resist the dark forces, most of them having taken shelter

under the aegis of science, rationalism and "correct" political

thinking anyway.

The immense popularity of the Harry Potter series among children all

over the world is a heartening feature inasmuch that children have

yet to completely discard the powers of imagination. A very good link on

children and their spiritual origins would not be out of place here;

But till we come up to the stage where the majority of us have access to such

mental powers we need external aid. And we must not forget that disease starts

by affecting the mind. This is exactly why the weakened mind of a patient cannot

throw of the disease force.

Thus alternative medicine with its emphasis on prevention, vitality building

procedures, spiritual help and minimum medication should be encouraged to

flourish. However this does not mean that I am discounting the benefits of

spiritual healing. We have seen enough miracles that owe their origin to such

methods.

Regards,

Jagannath.

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