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The Role of Medicines for the Spiritual Aspirant in the Cure of Illnesses · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The spiritual aspirant practicing the integral Yoga
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  devotes his efforts to coming into contact with the divine
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  Force, being receptive to its influence and action, and
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  bringing it down to transform the action of the mind, life and
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  body. Once this force is completely
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  assimilated into the physical cells of the body, it can do
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  away with the vibratory response we know as illness, according to
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  the intensive work done by the Mother of the Sri Ro Bindu
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  Ashram, who spent years working on opening the physical
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  substance to the higher force. For those who have not fully
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  accomplished this task, however, there remains the existing
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  habitual patterns of response and expression in the mind, the
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  vital and in the body, each level being successively more
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  dense and therefore less pliable.
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  Long established habits in physical nature tend to control
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  the physical substance. The process of transformation at
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  the cellular level is long and often not easily identifiable.
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  Individuals sometimes get glimpses of the power of the
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  divine force directly acting on the physical body and curing an
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  illness without medicines. Srioro Bindo related an incident
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  involving his brother who was very ill and not recovering.
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  A wandering Yogi came by, saw what the situation was and
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  requested a glass of water. He cut through the water while
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  chanting certain mantras and had the patient drink the water.
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  Healing soon followed. Paraman's Yogananda related a
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  story from his own experience as a youth where he was deathly
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  ill. His mother prayed with ardent
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  faith to the Guru, and the healing power entered him and
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  healed him. As long as the complete openness
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  and transformation of the nature is not accomplished, the seeker
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  may resort to the use of physical medicines.
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  For the seeker, this is adjunctive support, not primary
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  action, and he continues to focus on the Divine force as the
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  curative power and the medicine as the representative medium to
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  deliver the support to the body that it happens to require at
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  that moment. The spiritual path is long and
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  arduous. A healthy mind, a strong vital
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  force and a strong and healthy body are extraordinarily
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  helpful. The seeker should not waste this
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  opportunity by refusing to care for the body in a time of need,
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  Srioro Bindo observes. Quote medicines are a peace
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  allay editor note last resort that have to be used when
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  something in the consciousness does not respond or respond
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  superficially to the force. Very often it is some part of
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  the material consciousness that is unreceptive.
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  At other times it is the subcontinent which stands in the
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  way even when the whole waking mind life physical consent to
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  the liberating influence. If the subconscious also
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  answers, then even a slight touch of the force can not only
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  cure the particular illness but make that form or kind of
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  illness practically impossible hereafter.
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  End Quote. Reference.
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  Sri Robindo, Bases of Yoga, Chapter 5.
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  Physical Consciousness, Subconscious Sleep, and Dream
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  Illness. Page 106.