The Science of Healing
Medical science, as is being taught through the current curriculum in medicine, empowers the medical graduate to diagnose & treat illnesses comprehensively. However, when one considers “Health” as defined by the WHO, perhaps, the tenets in modern medicine, is unable to ensure appropriate ‘Spiritual Health’, i.e. Healing of the Soul. Since each human is made up of the Body, Mind & Spirit, therefore, ensuring comprehensive & total health will require healing, not only at the level of Body, Mind & Emotions, but, also at the level of the Soul. Thus, a medical graduate needs to learn how to get connected to, experience & integrate the mind-body-spirit triune, so as to develop the capability to systematically heal all three spheres that constitutes a human being.
A doctor, whether general practitioner, specialist or super specialist needs to assess each patient, as a whole, considering, not only the physical malady that afflicts the person, but also the socio – psychological & emotional stress that one undergoes, including the fears, beliefs & thought patterns, as all these aspects impact upon & modify the patho-physiology of the disease process. Medication, by itself, has limited role in the overall healing process, unless aided by counselling, reassurance & inner motivation to recuperate.
Every single cell in the body responds to every single thought that a person thinks and every single word that a person speaks. Continuous modes of thinking & speaking produce different behaviour patterns, facial outlines, body postures & diseases. A scowling face is the result of unhappiness & distrust. A permanent frown & contracted scalp & facial muscles, often caused due to anxiety & tension, tends to diminish blood supply to the hair follicle, resulting in Baldness. Similarly, when one feels psychologically & emotionally disturbed to either see or hear certain situations that repeatedly keep occurring in the family or at work, it may accelerate the development of loss of acuity of vision or hearing. Migraine headaches are created by people who always want to be perfect and create a lot of pressure on their own self. The neck represents flexibility & being able to accept other people’s view points. Persons who are very self righteous, rigid & stubborn, tend to develop Spondylosis of cervical vertebrae. The vertebral column supports the head & body. So, whenever a person feels lack of emotional or financial support, the resultant thought patterns lead to backaches in the upper or lower back.
Creating the right attitude & building determination and faith in one’s ability to recover & heal from the most grievous of illnesses, plays a crucial role in the process of early recovery & restoration back to total health, in each & every patient. This may be achieved by learning to restructure one’s thinking pattern, through guided meditations and creative visualizations. One needs to feel empowered, knowing that one has the choice to create one’s life the way s/he wants to, with what one already has. One needs to learn mindfulness & being in the now & present, to concentrate & focus on a pattern of continuous healing. Mindfulness exercises, if introduced as a part of the therapeutic process, will accelerate total recovery.
“Love Yourself – Heal Your Life” workshop, based on the philosophy of Louise L. Hay, renowned author of “You Can Heal Your Life”, 50 million copies of which have been sold worldwide, is one such wonderful Life Transforming workshop that inculcates specific skills to restructure the thought patterns, so as to manifest positive changes in life. The Wk Sp helps liberate participants from restrictive & limiting thought patterns, opening wide vistas for quantum accomplishments in life. Since every thought we think and every word we speak, manifests and creates our future, therefore, through this workshop, the participants learn simple, yet, extremely powerful techniques to create what they truly desire and want in their lives. The workshop also helps participants to identify specific negative thought patterns viz. anger, fear, guilt, resentment etc. that are actually responsible for various ailments, whether physical, mental or emotional, that afflict an individual.
The human soul has the inherent ability to heal each and every body part. By establishing connectivity with one’s soul, it is possible to heal and restore to normalcy, all ailments & diseases, whether of body, mind or spirit. Mindfulness & meditation help to connect with one’s soul that opens the door for vital cosmic energy to flow towards the ailing body part and ensure comprehensive soul healing to take place. The renewed ability to concentrate, focus and choose the appropriate thought that one allows to germinate & blossom in one’s mind, reinforces and enhances the ability for quick healing & restoration back to total fitness. Mindfulness, meditation and creative visualizations, that form an integral part of the “Love Yourself – Heal Your Life” workshop, also augments the process of preventive health care by stimulating immunogenesis, increased happiness & joy and enjoyment of the full potential for creativity & work, apart from boosting productivity, prosperity & affluence.
