DISTANT HEALING

DISTANT HEALING

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The healing is said to be in operation when a set of processes are engaged in restoring the alignment (which was somehow disturbed) of the body-mind structure with the natural flow of life energy.

In the state of complete alignment the dissipation of organism’s energy is at minimum level.

All organisms except perhaps the so called civilized human beings are always in the state of complete alignment or in harmony with the nature.

Only this tiny component (humans) not being in harmony with the nature possess the idea of healing and try to heal by this way or that way.

The healing always happens on its own i.e. the body-mind structure like any other organism’s body) is bestowed with whole intelligence ; hence it knows how to restore the alignment if given a free hand in this matter.

Giving free hand means----not allowing thoughts to interfere in the process of healing.
That is why tranquillizers are given to stop the flow/movement/production of thoughts.
The sole purpose of giving the pain killers/tranquillizers is to block the information from reaching the brain.

If you are awake then the internal information (giving a sense of pain or pleasure in the body) gets blocked due to pain killer.

But when you are fully unconscious (due to tranquillizers) the outer and inner both information are blocked from reaching brain.

Thereby a complete relaxation of nervous system happens which is best suited for healing at physical as well as energy level (Chakra and all related phenomenon).
Hence, maximum healing happens when you are fully unconscious (movement of thoughts comes to naught).

In meditation also similar is the situation.

Deeper the meditation lesser the movement/flow of thoughts and more chance for the body’s intelligence to play giving rise to maximum healing.

Sometimes one gets healed in presence of a sage like person.

Sage is none but whose nervous system is totally relaxed naturally even in the waking state.

They are complete natural individuals i.e. always in alignment with the flow of life energy. That is why they hardly need rest. To remain in this natural alignment is perhaps everyone’s desire and all of us are continuously engaged to achieve that , albeit unconsciously.

Due to trust one has in the sages one gets oneself fully opened ; hence, by becoming in a state of total acceptance leads to the cosmic energy to rush towards him/her thereby healing him/her.

But the person concerned gives credit to the sages albeit due to his/her misunderstanding of the whole system of healing.

Similar healing may happen due to trust in other person(not labeled as sage) too, because the trust is the main factor.

But in other cases due to less amount of trust due to various socio-cultural and less personal acquaintance , the mind can create confusion too and sometimes misunderstanding may also happen especially when the person getting healed has read a lot and is having a lot of information.

Less the reading or having less information related to healing…more the chance of trust and less the chance of confusion/misunderstanding.

Similar is the situation in distant healing too.

A few important points related to DISTANT HEALING process.

1. Level of trust/doubt between the healer and the person to be healed ---More the trust (from both sides) more the chance of healing. In fact if this is so both are healed due to openness. If the healer is not healing (so called giving energy) consciously i.e. if the healing is happening spontaneously out of love and affection the chances of getting healed is far far better.

2. Level of openness ----If the object (person to be healed) is open to all sorts of ideas…means not in grip of various thought (less reading or less conditioning or having less no. of strong beliefs) the chances of getting healed is far better.

3. The level of acquaintance-----The more the level high….more the trust more easy to get healed.

4. Sometimes simple spontaneous hugging also heals as during that time the person becomes fully open automatically and the cosmic energy rushes to heal the person, but the person healed gives credit to the other who was involved in hugging.

5. Level of innocence-----More the person innocent more the chances of getting opened and healed. But the load of information makes a person less innocent, although there are exceptions. Such (innocents) persons are vulnerable to many intrusion/invasion of physic energy albeit all those are nothing but projections of one’s own mental energy. This happens because of strong beliefs in what he/she has read/information from various sources and lack the analytical/will power of going against his/her beliefs.

6. In distant healing although the person getting healed thinks that he/she is getting healed because of other person’s power, but that is not the true at all. Basically his/her own level of trust (in the person concerned) combined with innocence makes him/her vulnerable to cosmic energy (as his/her closeness of mind comes to naught during that period----in a sense the grip of beliefs/thoughts gets minimized or comes to naught). If the other person is responsible for the healing then the basic/fundamental and natural principle of healing---HEALING HAPPENS ON ITS OWN ACCORD—will not hold good anymore.

7. Level of relaxation of nervous system---At the body level the healing happens faster if the level of relaxation in nervous system is at higher level.

8. Detection of problem----In distant healing although the person concerned itself is responsible for his/her healing, but the other party( so called healer) may detect the exact location of the problematic part in the body of the person being healed. This mainly depends upon the level of openness and innocence alongwith experience of the so called healer. But without experience it can also happen in spontaneous act of healing where thoughts have no role to play in the healing process. This is possible because during the so called healing the feeling of separation among the two comes to nearly zero level due to presence of high level of trust between them combined with high level of innocence.

9. Release of blocked energy through other body- The blocked emotional energy (in energy body) of the person getting healed may get released through the so called healer depending upon the level of trust and innocence as described above.


Note: The interaction with one of my close friends led me to think on the above issue. My thoughts may not be in conformity with others’ thoughts on this issue. And I don’t mean to demean anyone’s authority on this topic of healing. Although I have learnt Advance Course in Pranic Healing, I am not a healer at all. This is purely my personal opinion based on reading and a little bit of experience in spontaneous healing.

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Stress

Stress is Just a Word

M.C. Orman, MD, FLP.


Pick up any book on the subject of stress and you will usually find a brief, authoritative-sounding definition within the first several pages. Each author begins as if:

stress is something that actually exists;

some degree of stress is "good" or "healthy" for you;

the best way to deal with stress is to manage or avoid it.


These assumptions are part of the "stress management mentality" of our times.

While they are generally accepted by most educated people, they are not really true.

You must know that:

a) stress is not a "thing" that exists;

b) there is no such thing as "good" or "healthy" stress; and

c) there is a much better way to deal with stress than learning how to manage or avoid it.

In order to become a winner against stress, you must start by understanding these three points.


What Is Stress--Really?

Many experts endorse the original definition proposed by Hans Selye in 1926: STRESS IS THE NON-SPECIFIC RESPONSE OF THE BODY TO ANY DEMAND PLACED UPON IT.

Selye was an Austrian-born, Canadian physician who conducted hundreds of laboratory studies on animals and humans during the 1920's and 1930's. He was the first person to document the chemical and hormonal changes that occur with stress. He was also the first to introduce the term to the scientific community.

Selye believed that stress results whenever we are faced with external changes or demands. Such demands include variations in environmental temperature, overcrowding, painful stimuli, and loud noises. In fact, Selye believed most of life was "stressful."

In the preface to his 1956 book The Stress Of Life he commented:

No one can live without experiencing some degree of stress all the time.

You may think that only serious disease or intensive physical or mental injury can cause stress.

This is false.

Crossing a busy intersection, exposure to a draft, or even sheer joy are enough to activate the body's stress-mechanism to some extent.

Stress is not even necessarily bad for you; it is also the spice of life, for any emotion, any activity causes stress.

Selye conceived of external demands as stressors and the internal body changes they produced as the stress response.

He also reasoned that the stress response occurs whether the demands we experience are positive or negative.

In other words, if you inherit a large sum of money or lose a large sum of money, your body would respond in exactly the same way.

According to Selye, what matters most is how well you adapt to each new demand.

He coined the term "eustress" (pronounced u-stress) to stand for good or healthy stress--i.e., to times when the adaptation process resolved itself quickly--and he chose the term "distress" to stand for bad or unhealthy stress--i.e., to times when the adaptation response was excessive or prolonged.

Thus, Selye not only gave us the "external demand model" of human stress, but he also gave us the idea that two types of stress occur for human beings--1) a "good" or "healthy" type, and 2) a "bad" or "unhealthy" type.


Although Selye's ideas were widely accepted, subsequent researchers proposed other definitions.

Some theorists noted similarities between the body's stress response and the "fight or flight" response, a well- known survival mechanism present in most animal species.

These researchers viewed stress as AN EXCESSIVE OR INAPPROPRIATE ACTIVATION OF THE BODY'S "FIGHT OR FLIGHT" RESPONSE, which is induced by threats of danger in our environment.


In the 1960's and 1970's, other researchers began to focus upon cognitive and behavioral causes.

Mental processes, such as our interpretations of events (e.g. good/bad; positive/ negative), our appraisals of situations (e.g. threat/no threat; danger/no danger) and our judgements about our ability to cope with our problems successfully, were believed to activate the body's stress response.

Memories of past experiences and habitual behavior patterns were also found to be important.

Thus, stress became viewed as a mind- body, "psychosomatic," or psycho-physiologic phenomenon.



This mind-body viewpoint is clearly expressed in the following definition, which is endorsed by many experts today:

STRESS IS A PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGIC AROUSAL RESPONSE OCCURRING IN THE BODY AS A RESULT OF A STIMULUS WHICH BECOMES A "STRESSOR" BY VIRTUE OF THE COGNITIVE INTERPRETATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

Meanwhile, while scientists argued about what stress really was, members of the general public began to use the term in a variety of ways.

Some people defined stress as having too many pressures, responsibilities, or demands in their lives.

Some used the term to refer to internal states, such as feeling tense, nervous, tired, or exhausted. Others considered stress to be the inability to concentrate or focus mentally.

Still others used the term to refer to any negative mood or emotion, such as anger, frustration, guilt, or anxiety, or to a host of stress-related physical problems, such as headaches, muscle tension, sleep disturbances, and high blood pressure.


(There are actually no "negative emotions," only emotions people consider to be negative. All emotions can have both positive and negative consequences. Fear, for example, can be devastating, while at other times it can save your life. Anger can be destructive, both individually and socially, while at other times it can be constructive for ourselves and for others.)


Humorous definitions also emerged.

One of these--STRESS IS CREATED WHEN ONE'S MIND OVERRIDES THE BODY'S BASIC DESIRE TO CHOKE THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF SOME JERK WHO DESPERATELY DESERVES IT!--frequently appears on posters, T-shirts, coffee mugs, and other novelty items.

Thus, as we enter the 1990's, we are faced with a multitude of definitions of stress, both popular and scientific. Unfortunately, all of these definitions ignore one major fact. This fact is emphasized in the definition I use and also encourage my patients to adopt:

Dr. Orman's Definition
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STRESS IS JUST A WORD!
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Allergic Bronchitis (Asthma)

Allergic Bronchitis (Asthma)


[ My wife was suffering from this from the childhood. Every month she used to take antibiotic course first then steroid tablets in tapering fashion as given by regular physician. At the age of 33 yrs in 1997 when I met the spiritual healer he gave a list of things and said the way of preparing the powder and to take that. after the medicine was over till date she has visited the doctor perhaps maximum 5-6 times in last 14 years, but not in situation as severe as that used to be. In 2002 the same formula I gave to one person (Mr. Bhatia) aged 55 yrs who was suffering for last 25 years. He used to take the steroid puff 4 times a day. He got relieved and is very much healthy living in Pune. I recommended other people also and they got benefitted]

The list of items are:

1. Green Moong (mung)-200 gms.
2. Kali Mirch(Black Pepper)---100 pc.
3. Ilaichi(Cardamom) green-50 pc.
4. Lavang(Clove)- 100 pc.
5. Methi(Fenugreek) grains-200 gms.
6. Dalchini(Cinnamon)-100gms
7. Bel(Stone Apple) Leaves-500 pc.
8. Tulsi(Holy basil) Leaves-1000 pc.
9. Sooth(Dry Ginger) Powder-150 gms
10. Amla(Gooseberry) poweder-200 gms
11. Triphala Powder- 100 gms.
12. Bay Leaves----200 pc.
13. Haldi(turmeric) powder-100gm

A. Dry all the items except 9,10 and 11 in the clear sun for 5 days.

B. Mix all the items in a grinder and keep the powder in an air tight jar.

C. At the time of going to bed in the night take one spoon of this powder with water as long as it gets finished. And see the miraculous recovery.

Effects of Food

Nisarga Raman

Effects of Food


How does the food affect the body cannot be concluded immediately like putting the light after the switching the button on.

Normally the effects to be seen takes a long time and may be very difficult yo correlate with the food taken a long time back too.

We should not forget the fact that in every 7 yrs or so we have a new body altogether. None of the cells of our body is more than 7 yrs old.

Many people get sick with some particular disease (which is supposed to happen due to some specific reasons) , but they find themselves puzzled why they got this as there was no reason for that.

I am not saying about the genetic diseases.

Many a times we don't know why people start behaving in some particular way.

Again I am not saying that for all these happenings only food is responsible.

But we cannot brush aside the fact that the food does play a major role.

The food and water are the only things over which perhaps we have full control while putting in our mouth, but we don't have any control over other factors contributing to giving rise to various diseases.

Hence, why should we not exercise our intelligence, if we have, in choosing the quality of food ?

For that we have to behave like scientists who are always open to all sorts of ideas.

Why should we not look into all aspects of food, because we are nothing but food only and we are recognised by this food body only?

Who will look into all these things if we the so called educated cannot do?

Why should we not experiment with the different ideas if they seem quite logical ?

DIABETIC NEWS

Nisarga Raman

DIABETIC NEWS



Artificial Pancreas Research Takes Huge Step Forward

By Gary Gilles, About.com Guide January 24, 2010

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It was just announced that the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is partnering with Animas Corporation to develop the first-generation artificial pancreas over the next four years. This is exciting news because it could become the prototype of a fully automated diabetes management system that completely self-regulates the flow of insulin, much like a healthy pancreas.

The goal is to combine the latest technology of the insulin pump with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) that continuously reads glucose levels in the blood. The CGM would communicate the blood glucose reading to the pump with wireless technology, prompting the pump to release the necessary amount of insulin to keep blood glucose within a target range. A sophisticated computer housed within the pump would slow or stop insulin delivery if blood sugar was going low and increase insulin delivery if blood sugar was going high.

The early system would still require users to manually deliver an extra dose of insulin at mealtimes. But a later model would eliminate this need and be fully self-regulating. We're not there yet, but we're getting closer.

More information is available about the JDRF Artificial Pancreas Project.

Healing Quotes

QUOTE:

"The cure of the part should not be attempted without treatment of the whole. No attempt should be made to cure the body without the soul. Let no one persuade you to cure the head until he has first given you his soul to be cured, for this is the great error of our day, that physicians first separate the soul from the body." -------------PLATO

"Complementary" means to "complete". Patients are helped back to "wholeness" using physical, mental, emotional, vital force and spiritual dimensions of treatment. This approach remains generally in line with the thinking of Plato.

"Wholeness" means that the physical, mental, emotional and vital force are all in balance between themselves and with the spiritual consciousness known as the Soul.. The body is, or should be, an expression of the Soul. Healing is the natural way in which all imbalances are rectified so that the symptoms of the stress or illness can be controlled. Sometimes our own natural ability to heal ourselves cannot cope so we need the help of others. Drugs may help in the short term but healing happens separately and this is why it is important to understand the process so that patients can help themselves back to health.

Healing is the act of getting rid of all the imbalances and creating harmony with the Soul. Consequently, Complementary Medicine is patient centred.

"I AM NOT MY BODY - I LIVE IN MY BODY."

Plato's quote (above) still embodies the best explanation of why the split has occurred between current orthodox medicine and the traditional or complementary approaches. But this does not explain the reality and, if you would like to reason out the problem, the following examples may help.

This is another way of expressing Plato's vision. The physical body is ultimately controlled by the mind and Soul consciousness. During our lifetime on Earth, our computer like brain is programmed by every experience we have so that we react to external forces like threats, anger, danger or beauty, compassion and love. Each reaction of the mind has a direct influence on the physical body which responds in the way it has been programmed. Sometimes that programming is wrong which prevents the body's defence mechanism from functioning correctly This allows illness and disease to get a foothold.

Perhaps the best example to explain this is to compare the motor car and driver with the human body.

A car has a framework which includes all the working parts plus seats for the passenger and a place for baggage. The driver decides what route, speed and direction is going to be taken. A car needs petrol for the engine, sparking plugs to ignite the fuel and a battery to spark the plugs. It is the driver who acts to avoid accidents and decides when the car needs servicing. It is the driver who must decide what fuel to use since putting ordinary fuel in a car which is programmed for unleaded will cause breakdown. Without any or all of these working parts the car will not go. Thus the driver has the overall responsibility of seeing the car is maintained and driven both safely and correctly

The ancients viewed humans as being constructed in much the same way. The physical part of us is represented by the car while the driver is considered as the vital force (car battery) and the spirit (Soul consciousness which decides motivation, direction and ethics). The old traditional systems of medicine accepted the vital force and spirit and treatments were for the healing energies which touched both the vitality and Soul to bring them back into harmony with the physical body.

Again, using the example of the car, we can begin to see the importance of correct thinking, motivation and nourishment as being means to maintaining health in the fullest sense. Healing is the equivalent of "jump starting" the vital force similar to coping with a flat battery. But healing also helps the patient to recognise past problems and re-programme themselves towards health and well-being.

The Healing Process

Complementary Medicine is a system of medicine which treats the physical, mental, emotional and vitality of the patient together with the spirit. This central view runs through a variety of disciplines which traditionally work towards the same goal where harmony between all levels of consciousness including the vital force and spirit must be achieved if true healing is to happen..

Healing the whole person has traditionally been seen as part of a co-ordinated programme of treatment. However, the scientific approach has tended to separate the treatment of the symptoms from treatment of the cause. Science does not recognise the common factor which unites all traditional medical approaches i.e. the vitality or spirit of the patient. Vital force and spirit can be equated with Chi in Chinese Medicine, Shakti in Indian Medicine, Vital Force in Homoeopathy, etc.

The Healing Mechanism

This is difficult to evaluate. Healers channel this energy to the patient. The process begins with a sense of compassion felt by the healer for the one in distress. Mothers feel this sense for their children and "kiss the hurt better" or gently "stroke" the pain away. Every aspects of the mother's thought, physical. mental, emotional and spiritual energy is concentrated on helping her child to over come the pain. In terms of healing energy, the mother's vital force and spiritual senses are focused on helping the child to regain its balance and overcome distress.

Does the healer try to heal the symptom or seek to help the patient come to terms with the cause of the problem ? It is not always easy to establish the primary need. In an ideal world both conditions need help and this is why the healers prayer is usually on the following lines - "May this patient receive the healing that they need." In this way, the appropriate energies are drawn from the healer in such a way as to begin the process of regaining the overall balance between all levels of consciousness. The process is not usually very fast and the healer will need to help the patient to realise that as it probably took a considerable time for the illness to develop so it will take time for the body to remove it.

The Attitude of the Patient

The way the patient views their problem is crucial and every attempt must be made to ensure that a balance between accepting the nature of the problem is balanced with expecting healing to occur.

This is especially important if the condition is life threatening. There is a need to remain quietly confident that the healing processes will stimulate both the body's immune response and the determination to change, remain uppermost in the patient's mind. Recognising the possible cause of the illness is useful where it is possible to change but it must be recognised that dwelling on past mistakes can inhibit the healing. It is better to look at today as the first one of the rest of your life. By living in the present, it is possible to focus on a programme of healing which will build for the future and automatically remove problems from the past at a pace which the patient can manage without adding additional trauma.

Working with Healers

There is a tendency for the public to think of healers as ordinary folk who have a natural gift. This gift can be from God, Nature or the Universe according to the individual belief and they give their services by the laying on of hands or prayer. Healing is certainly a gift which can be used by everyone but it is also a central part of all the ancient traditional medical treatments.

Healing energy is central to all those practitioners in Complementary Medicine. Homoeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine, aromatherapy, acupuncture and the other systems listed by the Institute for Complementary Medicine, the practitioner to diagnoses and heals at all levels of consciousness. However, it is a fact that many have tried to remove the concept of healing energy from the training and focus on a more simple and symptomatic approach. Osteopathy is an example where a partially qualified practitioner may only be concerned with the structure of the body and pay little attention to the mental, emotional and spiritual health of the person. In these cases, a complete removal of the symptoms may not be easy to achieve. Joints may be realigned but the change is often not permanent because the cause has not been treated. The patient is always required to play a crucial part in their treatment but some cannot find the strength of purpose to make necessary changes in their life style and belief systems to allow healing to reach its full potential.

What Is Healing?

Nisarga Raman

What Is Healing?

“Healing is a spontaneous event that comes about through a kind of grace. It can happen anytime, and in any place. It may or may not happen in the context of a healing session. It may come about simply with a smile from a stranger, the breeze blowing through the trees, the song of a bird — some reminder of our connectedness and wholeness — the beauty of Life just as it is at this moment for us.

“Healing can happen on many different levels. Sometimes our healing is not what we expect. We need to be open to the gifts which life is always ready to give us. It may be that a physical problem heals, but it may also stay awhile to teach us something. Sometimes a health challenge is a doorway to a deeper healing, a cry from deep within for attention to some part of us that has been unloved and feels separated from the Whole.

“Regardless of whether our focus in healing is on the physical, mental, emotional or spiritual level, all levels are invariably touched by the process, and none can be separated out from the rest.” — Mary Maddux


The Merriam-Webster dictionary gives the following definitions of healing:

1. to make sound or whole
2. to restore to health
3. to cause (an undesirable condition) to be overcome
4. to restore to original purity or integrity
5. to return to a sound state

“to make sound or whole”…

Although it is clear from these definitions that the word “healing” can be used in very broad ways, it most often refers to healing of the physical body, as in the healing of a disease of injury. It is also frequently used to indicate healing of mental, psychological, and emotional conditions. For those who are spiritually inclined, “to make sound or whole” would have to include the spiritual dimension of life, as well.

medicine broadening its scope…

Our medical institutions and training, which once were more narrowly focused on the physical aspects of healing, are gradually broadening their scope. First, the emotional and psychological factors which contribute to physical illness started to be more recognized. More recently, consideration is being given to the impact of spirituality on healing as well.

other traditions of medicine…

Other traditions of medicine, such as Ayurveda and Chinese medicine, are inclusive of every level of human life, and are in fact based on world views which recognize individual life as a part of a larger whole. They are based on philosophies which are essentially spiritually-based, whereas allopathic medicine is based on the scientific model which, until recently, has been quite materially-based. As the understanding of the abstract basis of our seemingly concrete, material existence becomes apparent in the cutting edge of physics, the world view upon which our medical system is based must necessarily shift.

spiritual healers in operating rooms…

The appearance of spiritual healers in operating rooms and research on such phenomena as “remote” or “distance healing” are an indication that the seemingly separate worlds of science and spirituality are beginning to shake hands. And this trend, after all, is a sign of “healing” as our medical system is made “sound and whole”!