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Causes and Prevention or Elimination of Illness · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The physical body has an ingrained response for most
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  people to vibrations that precipitate illnesses.
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  The vector carrying that vibration, whether one calls it
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  germs, bacteria, virus, or suggestion, strikes the
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  protective vital envelope or aura surrounding the body.
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  If it finds an opening, or if it can create an opening, it enters
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  into the physical body and begins the process of activation
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  of its characteristic vibration, leading to the appearance of
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  symptoms. In some cases, these forces
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  utilize suggestions with a strong component of fear so as
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  to try to defeat the mental and vital response before it can act
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  to help protect the body. The physical cells can also
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  experience this fear if it raises a powerful enough
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  vibration to reach through the vital envelope.
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  As this happens, the body marshals its defense mechanism
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  to try to fight off the illness, and in the course of that
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  struggle, byproducts of the struggle are produced, leading
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  to what we characterize as inflammation, mucus, fever, and
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  various methods of expulsion of the residues from the body.
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  If we observe the progression closely, and if one has a subtle
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  enough awareness, one can actually see or feel the impact
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  before it manifests any illness. It may be a sense of pressure on
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  the aura, it may be a feeling of weakness, it may be the rising
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  up of some fear or anxiety about an illness, or even the first
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  sense of whatever the illness is that is trying to manifest.
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  At these early stages, if one counters with a strong will to
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  reject the illness, it is possible to prevent it.
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  This is not just a mental formation.
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  Rather, it must be able to influence the physical mind and
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  the physical body in order to carry out this influence.
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  If the control by the consciousness is not
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  sufficiently developed, sometimes an external aid is
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  utilized to convince the physical mind and the body that
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  it need not get sick. This may be in the form of a
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  call to the divine with total faith, or it may take the form
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  of a particularly powerful mantra that has the ability to
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  change the vibrational pattern and strengthen the aura.
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  Or it may take the form of an external substance, such as an
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  herbal preparation, that essentially tells the body that
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  the need is being taken care of and all will be well.
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  In some cases, an inert substance is used for what is
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  commonly called the placebo effect.
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  The point here is that it need not be a powerful drug if the
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  body is simply assured that whatever is being done will help
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  it stave off the illness. Eventually, as the spiritual
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  practice develops, the seeker may find an enhanced capacity
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  for avoiding or throwing off illness vibrations, shortening
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  their intensity or duration, or simply not becoming I'll.
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  Some cases show the power of the spiritual influence of the guru,
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  such as the experience recounted by Paramount Yogananda in his
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  Autobiography of a Yogi. Reliance on the power of the
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  guru and the power of prayer. A serious illness was overcome.
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  Other instances in the same text provide a similar message.
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  Illness can be defeated by directed spiritual force, by
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  whatever method. The body must be convinced at
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  the cellular level not to accept the vibrations that constitute
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  illness, but rather to throw them off and eliminate them from
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  their normal mode of action. Sri Aurobindo notes quote the
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  feeling of illness is at first only a suggestion.
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  It becomes a reality because your physical consciousness
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  accepts it. It is like a wrong suggestion in
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  the mind. If the mind accepts it, it
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  becomes clouded and confused and has to struggle back into
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  harmony and clearness. It is so with the body
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  consciousness and illness. You must not accept but reject
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  it with your physical mind and so help the body consciousness
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  to throw off the suggestion. If necessary, make a counter
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  suggestion. No, I shall be well.
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  I am and shall be all right. By will to illness I meant this,
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  that there is something in the body that accepts the illness
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  and has certain reactions that make this acceptance effective.
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  So there must always be a contrary will in the conscious
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  parts of the being to get rid of this most physical acceptance.
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  End Quote. Reference.
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  Shrioro Vindo and the mother looking from within.
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  Chapter 4 were deals and difficulties.
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