Perfect Materia Medica of Mind & Surabhi Mudra.

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Dear Brendan

 

I liked your posting. I am myself interested in Ayurveda and homeopathy. I

learned something about Panchakarma during my time in the TM-Movement . I

intent to take an education in Classical Homeopathy soon. It is my

impression that Classical Homeopathy can work miracles as it works in the

subtle koshas of the body. It would be interesting to connect Homeopathy

with Jyotish. I wonder if somebody has written books on this subject.

 

By the way there is a mudra which you make by your 2 hands, It is called

Surabhi Mudra and it balances all the 3 doshas at the same time.

I learned it from the book " Mudra Vigyan " by Shri Keshav Dev Ji Maharaj and

have very good results by practicing it and other mudras . Shri Keshav has a

web site where you may buy the book.

 

http://mudrasforhealing.com

 

 

 

> In a message dated 12/12/2000 6:44:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> vlarsen writes:

>

> Namaste Ann,

>

> This is in response to your note about Dr. Seghal. He is not the origin of

> this method. Dr. Seghal is a classical homeopath with his own slant and I

> have all of his books in my library. BTW, his books are available from

> Minimum Price Homeopathic Books, Blaine, WA. Call the 800 information for

the

> number if you wish to purchase them. You would end up totally confused if

you

> start out with his books.

>

> Perceiving symptoms of the mind and giving priority to those symptoms is

> elementary to the science of classical homeopathy and that was Hahnemann's

> method, the founder of homeopathy (year 1796). These notions have their

> origin in ancient alchemy both east and west and homeopathy has its origin

in

> western alchemy, first brought to our attention or should I say

popularized

> by Paracelsus in the 1500's.

>

> Hahnemann did not ignore the physical symptoms and neither does Dr.

Seghal.

> The person has to be seen as a totality, a constitutional state of being,

a

> state of consciousness and it is that state of consciousness that we treat

in

> homeopathy, not the physical symptoms. The physical symptoms are an

> expression of the state as are the mental symptoms. The dis-ease is deeper

> than the mind, and according to the homeopathic model it is a vitiation of

> the life-force. Hahnemann was in the habit of saying that nobody has ever

> seen a disease and he was correct. It is unseeable, unknowable for it is

an

> existential problem, and from the point of view of medicine, we have to

use

> the symptoms, the manifestation of the internal dis-ease, to guide us in

the

> selection of the medicine to unlock the life-force, the consciousness,

based

> on the use of medicine according to the " law of similars. "

>

> Say a person suffers from raw red angry boils all over the skin... an

> expression of fire (infection, blood is boiling) or in Ayurvedic terms,

> excess Pitta. You will generally find that the events in the persons life,

> the story of the recent events, will correspond to this condition

(boiling,

> fury, anger, rage). In homeopathy, we want to know this story, for our

> Materia Medica is a compilation of " images/story " of sick people, " soul

> sickness " rather than just physical ailments. To get permanent results we

> must cure this inner condition. The body mind system is an expression of

the

> purest integrity, for that system spontaneouly obeys all the laws of

> creation/cosmos.

>

> When medicine is practiced in this way it is so beautiful. The mind and

the

> body are linked together by prana, the life force. The mind is the

container

> of consciousness and the repository of our past negativity, our evil

thoughts

> and actions. The mind is the bridge between the inner and the outer, the

> subjective and objective, and thus the mind is the source of all our

> subjective views of 'self' and 'other', 'good' and 'evil', 'heaven' and

> 'earth'.

>

> It is through the mind/Moon that all our negativity from the past must

flow

> for all our subjectivity was created by the mind. This is why the Moon is

so

> important in astrology. Since the mind and the body are linked by prana,

it

> is easy to see that our thoughts and actions influence our physical

health.

> Prana becomes disturbed by our thoughts, feelings and emotions, and these

are

> created by our own subjectivity, hence any system of medicine that is

> curative, must be based on the mind or consciousness of the individual and

> not just physical pathology.

>

> This of course is what we see when we look at an astrological chart. We

see

> the past actions, deeds, failures, tragedies, mishaps and we have a story

to

> tell the native. And the native says, yes, yes, and we are able to

instruct

> the native on behavior, lifestyle, meditation practices, philosophy,

> psychology, etc to help him/her overcome the chronic/pathological

condition.

> My fascination with astrology and alchemy (Homeopathy and Ayurveda) arose

> because through the years I sought to understand our struggle in the

human

> world and I believed in the past and still do that our sickness is a

> manifestion of our incapacity to digest the struggle/karmas.

>

> Ayurveda has a very similar philosophy to homeopathy but a different model

to

> express similar ideas. As in homeopathy, Ayurveda sees all disease in

terms

> of ego distortion, Ahamkar, and this give rise to the various conditions

in

> the body. The doshas and sub-doshas have their movement of energy/life

> force/prana, own psychology, attitude, philosophy, response to life,

> environment, and hence disease. Ayurveda has a beautiful science of

Anatomy

> and Physiology to describe the dis-ease process in terms of the tattwas,

the

> three doshas, the dhatus (tissues), and the srotas (channels). Through

> Ayurveda, we are able to see how the tattwas flow through the body and

> influence the various organ systems through the dhatus and srotas.

>

> All classical homeopaths are trained to treat chronic disease with a high

> priority given to the story of an unlived life... the sorrows, the

passions,

> wrong thinking, distorted beliefs (God, religion, people, marriage, sex),

> inappropriate responses (anger, jealousy, lust, greed, etc.). It is

different

> than Ayurveda, but as Dr. Vasant Lad, one of the great teachers of

Ayurveda

> who came to America, tells us that they are ultimately the same. They

treat

> the same consciousness using the intelligence/consciousnes of kingdoms of

> nature.

>

> One of my favorite Ayurvedic teachers used the Ayurvedic herbs according

to

> the law of similars, one herb at a time. This requires very clear

perception

> and very sensitive fingers so that we can accurately determine the state

of

> the person and the sub-dosha that is out of balance and it is my favorite

> method to practice Ayurveda. Take the pulse, determine the sub-dosha,

confirm

> the symptoms and prescribe that single herb for a month to peel away that

> layer of ignorance.... disease is based on our ignorance (ignoring our

> fundamental nature). If Prana Vayu is out of balance, Ashwaghanda may well

be

> the herb.

>

> Medicines prepared from the plant, mineral and animal kingdoms (say snake

> venoms or spider venoms), are all imbued with a vibrant consciousness and

for

> some very mysterious reason, our state of imbalance always, always, always

> corresponds to a single medicine from one of these kingdoms (dhatu, moola

and

> jeeva). It is the task of any practitioner of medicine to understand the

> human being and to understand nature. The true healer is a " go-between "

the

> two, for he has to re-unite the two and establish wholeness. Fragmentation

> leads to splitting in the personality and in the body. It leads to

> multiplicity, growths within growths (compensatory or multiple

personalities

> or cancers, tumors, warts and the numerous other maladies).

>

> Regards,

> Brendan

>

> > Dear Visti and Learned Scholars,

> > I would like to concentrate my

studies

> > on

> > Female Horoscopy through a deeper understanding of the moon; Navamsas

and

> > Kaala Chara Dasas.

> > Could you please explain the philosophy/rationale for its use and

any

> > information you may deem useful in broadening my understanding for

its

> > responsible application?.

> > I received notification from Indian Books and Periodicals

Syndicate,

> of

> > a

> > homeopathic text entitled " Perfect Materia Medica of Mind " by Drs Y,S

> and

> > P

> > Sehgal (**do Sagar Pub carry this title?). Apparently Dr M Sehgal

> > originated

> > the idea of prescribing on the mind symptoms alone " since we have to

> > prescribe for the patient and not for the disease... "

> > I am way past aspiring to heal; my intention is to help alleviate

> > suffering.

> > Thank You for Your Help,

> > Ann.

> >

>

>

> OM TAT SAT

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