Article from Gurumargam: Santhigiri And Modern Medicine

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Santhigiri And Modern Medicine

Dr. Shyam Prasad MD, DM*

 

People

from all walks of life visit Santhigiri Ashram to know about the

doctrine of Navajyothi Sree Karunakara Guru the founder of Santhigiri

Ashram. They also want to get relief from the difficulties of their

life. Guru tries to correct the misunderstandings among people that

miracles are not the fulfillment of Divine attainment. Guru

re-established Sanathana Dharma according to Yugadharma and initiated

the creation of a new world order.

 

All

science and doctrines which would not try to change according to

Yugadharma’s will not exist for long. This new ideology explains not

only the importance and drawbacks of modern medicine but also ruined

prosperity & stability of human life. The authenticity of this new

method which is patented by Santhigiri is dedicated to the world

through Guru. Years back Guru started to establish Medical practice and

it is being conducted carefully. Santhigiri got permission to start the

first Siddha College in Kerala. Ayurveda Medical College of Santhigiri

is also formulating new methods in Medical practice.

 

I

remember the occasion when I first reached the abode of Guru. Guru

asked me “Is human body a machine with jeevan’ (soul) or does it have

‘jeevan’ in it†as he knew about me as a doctor. This question made me

to think a lot. I never had thought about such a matter. But I could

not convince Guru that human body is only a biological machine and

there is no such thing as this kind of ‘Jeevan’ in it. I felt that my

thoughts are directed to a particular area. The ‘I’ in myself

predominated in my thoughts.

 

I

remember the interpretation of ‘life’ in the book ‘paralokavum

punarjanmavum’ (eternal world & rebirth) written by Acharya

Narendra Bhooshan. In that book he explains the meaning &

importance of ‘I’. Daily more or less hundred times we use this word.

What is this ‘I’ which we always use. Is it our body or any part of it?

Who is this so called ‘I’. All of us, ourselves see it through mirror.

We appreciate our beauty. The attractive image which we see through

mirror is not ‘I’. Such kind of thinking is wrong. If body is the ‘I’

then what is life? Why fear of death? Why we wish to live? What is the

purpose of life and death. All men rich & poor, literate &

illiterate, scientists & philosophers have to accepted the truth. Do

innocent, dishonest, wicked all men face the same end?

 

Does ‘I’ mean a visible body with mind? If

‘I’ means not body, then what am I? Anything which is in the body? What

is the relation between it and the body? Did it exist before body? Then

what is its figure like? What is the ultimate aim of the body? Does ‘I’

end with the body?. If not in which form will ‘life’ exist? Is ‘I’ the

life or soul (Jeevatma)?

 

Now

I recollect the story of Nachikethas in ‘Kadopanishath’. Nachikethas

asked Yamadeva while he was in search of the secret of Jeeva. “Somebody

says after death man remains. I need a solution for this problem.

Clarify what is eternal? Advise me about Divine knowledge. “A Guru who

got spiritual attainment only can give advise on such matters.†That

was Yama deva’s reply.

 

My

thoughts reached a dead end. I told Guru “I believe in the existence of

life in human body though I did not learn it from Medical booksâ€. With

smile Guru said “If you think so what will you do for that Jeevanâ€. I

have never heard such a question in my life. The man who is working for

24 hours is only for his physical & material aim. Learning, wealth

and loving each other, praying God are all for material gains. What

will man do to “life†when he does not know about Jeevan? We do not know

that the aim of human life is for purification of ‘Jeevan’ (soul).

Those who knew it never tried to do it. I kept silent without answering

Guru’s question. Guru continues his question. “You know that all parts

of human body can be attacked by any disease. Can you then clarify the

disease which affects ‘Jeevan’? How can you diagnose it? Who can cure

it?†I remember the occasions when I could not diagnose some diseases

precisely. I became aware of the limitations of modern medicine.

 

I

had to face so many situations where I failed to suggest a proper

treatment. So we treat only for the sake of treatment. Different names

of disease went through my mind. How can Medical Science diagnose the

disease which affects Jeevan? In the Medical world we can diagnose only

diseases at the body with the help of scanning machine. I wish of we got

a machine which can scan the disease affecting Jeevan.

 

I

stood before Guru helplessly. Guru said “Jeevan has so many merits which

are good & bad. Good is known as ‘virtue’ (punya) and bad ‘vice’

(papa). Human life is a balanced total of these good and bad parts.

This is called as fate.

 

I

felt that I am learning the earlier part of Medical Science. “I tried

to analyze the meaning of Guru’s valuable words. Virtue oriented life

has luck, healthy body, prosperity and a life with papa has bad luck

weak body with so many diseases and their lives become tragic. If so,

different kinds of diseases will arise. I failed to think about how to

diagnose and treat certain diseases.

 

The divine words of Guru again come to my mind. “Different types of diseases may arise in human body. The reasons are these.

 

1. Common disease

2. The disease which results because of misworship

3. The disease relating to ‘Jeevan’.

 

I

felt that, I was sitting in a post graduate class in Medical Science.

The classification of diseases based on spiritual factors was something

new to me. I was totally perplexed to hear ....... and tried to learn

about diseases, related to Jeevan which is due to distorted Aradhana

(worship). What is the ‘Aradhana Dosham’ (defect of worship). Is

praying God a good deed? How is it wrong? Worshiping anything

believing it God is not good. I learned from Guru that worshiping any

spirit believing it as God is foolishness. That is not the proper way

to God.

I

remember the advice of Sreekrishna to Arjuna that if we worship devil

we attain Devi-Devas if we worship Devi-Devas reaches the same we

attain them, the worship of evil spirit Guru ‘pithru’ leads to ‘pithur’

& worship of leads us Guru. I remember many patients of which

especially five patients - three women & two men. All of them were

following the path of worship evil spirits through which they performed

certain miracles to the public. They had achieved wealth and fame and

finally became miserable. Three of them got paralysis, one man became

in sane & other got giddiness. They achieved fame through worshiping false Gods and thus gained for them faith of the public. At

certain stages in the prosperous life the grace of their life vanished

and they became sick. The false God (Upasana Moorthy) aspired the

virtues of their devotees. The evil spirits encourages their devotees

and acquire their virtue of Jeevan and then made them sick. I felt pity

for the ignorant devotees of evil spirit.

On

another occasion when I was in Guru’s presence a family came to see

Guru with their 16 year old girl. She was very weak. She always makes a

strange sound like belch. Because of the strange disease she could eat

or drink anything properly for the last three months. Her family

treated her in different hospitals like Medical College, Trivandrum

& Mental Hospital. As she did not get any relief from the

treatments they reached here as directed by somebody. Guru asked me

about her disease. I replied that it may be because of some mental

problem. But they had already treated her for mental disorders but had

no good result. I know nothing more to say.

 

Again

Guru asked me to know about their way of worship. They were people from

below poverty line and belonged to S/C. They were worshiping an evil

spirit in an Amman Koil near their house. This disease is because of

the influence of their deity. I understood that if they followed and

believed in Guru’s words the evil spirit will be destroyed & thus

the girl might get relief. If they do not follow this way the disease

will repeat.Human body is formed according to Jeevakarma for thousands

of years. The lack of virtue in Jeeva exists as different types of

disease. Sages who are Njani’s say about the reason for diseases as

“poorva Janmakritham papam, Vyadhiroopena Jayatheâ€. Disease which is

the result of ‘Janmanthar karma’ is called ‘karma vyadhi’.

 

The

knowledge which we learnt from science is not enough to diagnose or

treat all diseases. In most cases diagnosis is not apt. Only a

temporary relief is got from the medicines. In some cases medicines

have no effect. Asthma, Diabetes, B.P., Cancer are such heriditary

diseases. If modern science cannot cure diseases properly what then

will be a solution. Each and every person has a halo according to their

own ‘Jeevan’s merit & demerit. There was a time when sages of India

treated diseases according to the colour of this halo. They had asked

the plants themselves about their medicinal value. They got a strange

light like knowledge of medicine which is bestowed with God’s Grace.

The sage imparted this knowledge to people through disciples. This sage

culture has been lost since hundreds of years back. If the disease due

to the defect of Jeevan or karmadosha we have to do punyakarma. What is

the way for that? A Guru to whom Brahmam has given the power to protect

all life can only do this correction appropriately.

 

Achieve

‘punya’ (virtue) according to ‘kaladharma. That is Gurumargam’. Through

that punyam (fortune) one may get at Santhigiri’s theory of Health

(Arogyadharma Sidhantham) which is dedicated to the world for this

purpose. It is a kind of theory which keeps all science with Guru’s

Vision. This is rather a life style than Medical practice.If we accept

the way to avoid ‘karmadosham’ we can follow the scientific way of

treatment for this karmavyadhi. But in most cases one kind of treatment

is not enough. Different types of treatment should be practiced at

different times.

 

Let

me point out an experience of one of my relatives. It was in 1990. She

got breast cancer. Papilaridikt carcinoma which can spread through

blood. She went to Guru after diagnosing the disease through Biopsy.

Guru said it was due to lack of ‘punya’ in ‘Jeevan’ (years back when

asked about the delay of her marriage then also Guru said this. Besides

this Guru intimated them that some problems may arise later. But at

that time they did not take it seriously.) Guru directed them to pray

for God’s Grace and start Allopathy treatment. Operation was conducted.

Doctor of R.C.C. concluded that the germs did not spread in other parts

of the body. So no more treatment was needed. Knowing this Guru said

‘the disease has spread to other parts and it will come soon. Siddha

medicine should be taken in order to prevent this.

 

As

directed by Guru they started taking Siddha medicine with prayer

staying at Santhigiri Hospital. Then for sometime Homeo Medicine &

finally Ayurveda for a long time. On some occasions Guru gave her

Bhasmam & theertham only with special Sankalpam. Guru advised her

to pray continually with the sankalpam’

of ‘Appa Guruve’ always. About ten years later she was suffering from

back pain & leg pain. They went to R.C.C. and did all tests

including bone scan. The report was that she has no disease. Guru said

she had disease but it will not apper now. Again started taking Siddha

medicine.

 

Two

months later when they repeated the bone scan it was clear that bone

cancer had affected her. Guru told them to start treatment in R.C.C.

Still they are taking medicine from R.C.C. Besides that ‘Bhasmam’ &

‘theertham’ from Guru and some Ayurveda Medicine. With the Grace of

Guru she still lives in good health. She goes for office work and does

household work properly. She is coming to Ashram & doing some

‘karma’ there when ever she gets time. I

am eagerly wishing that modern Medical Science should be changed

according to Guru’s ideology for the well being of the world. Praying

always for it.

 

*The author is a well known Neurologist and Secretary, Santhigiri Ashram Advisory Board)

 

(Courtesy: Santhigiri International Conference on Health, Peace and Spirituality Souvenir)

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