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Healing Modalities, Faith and Our Societal Biases · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The prevailing wisdom in today's world holds that science has
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  understood enough about the ideology of disease to be able
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  to intervene and take steps to mitigate or cure disease using
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  drugs or even, at the cutting edge, various forms of genetic
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  intervention. The practitioners of that
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  science envision a day when they will be able to change the
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  genetic makeup of an individual to eliminate certain diseases or
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  even use this science to alter the mechanism of disease.
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  Modern vaccines using recombinant RNA are used to
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  awaken the immune system to a potential future threat and
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  thereby forewarn and forearm the body against that disease.
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  Research in monoclonal antibodies is being used to
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  provide protection against certain illnesses, and new
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  antiviral medicines are developed to prevent viruses
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  from reproducing in the body, thereby aiding.
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  The immune system, all of the. Science is based on a specific
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  line of understanding of biology and Physiology and certainly
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  provides a distinct line of development over time that many
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  people have come to trust and rely on.
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  What? Is not heavily discussed,
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  however. Are potential.
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  Side effects and unintended consequences.
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  Nor are other approaches considered valid, even if they
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  have a long history of success. It is true that concurrently,
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  Western science is exploring and developing the use of lasers,
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  concentrated beams of light energy to effectuate certain
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  treatments, as well as using radiation therapies and even.
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  Various dietary. And lifestyle regimens to
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  address certain chronic imbalances.
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  Antheogenic substances have also started to be explored as a
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  means towards understanding and treating various conditions.
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  Clearly. There is room for other ways of
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  understanding and approaching the issue of health and
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  Wellness. Indigenous people around the
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  globe have explored various other ways of understanding
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  human health, Wellness and physical balance and harmony,
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  prayer and faith healing. The use of various forms of
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  sound therapy through the chanting of various sounds or
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  mantras. The use of various physical
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  asanas, specific dietary regimens, including in some
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  cases the use of herbs, meditation and harnessing the
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  power of the mind and the will are just a few of the methods
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  seen. In the.
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  Ancient traditions of more recent vintage, but nevertheless
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  shown effective in certain cases, is the use of homeopathic
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  remedies which do not rely on active ingredients the way
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  Western medicine does, but on energetic response of the body
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  at more subtle levels. Ayurveda.
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  Traditional Chinese medicine. Shamanic healers all have a long
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  history and show successful outcomes where practice with
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  understanding and faith. In fact, we see a resurgence of
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  interest in these traditional modalities even in the West, as
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  the implications and unintended consequences of the Western
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  approach become more obvious. These unintended consequences
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  include in some cases serious imbalances, disease conditions,
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  even death of the patient, not to speak of the high cost
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  involved and the chemical waste products that then enter into
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  the environment. Chemicals in the air, land and
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  water resulting from our modern day romance with chemical
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  products as the cure all for every problem.
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  Are changing the very. Nature of our Physiology,
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  impacting chromosomes, changing hormone balances, etcetera.
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  In some cases, these waste products actually create mutated
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  disease vectors that become antibiotic resistant superbugs,
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  thus the apparent victory. Of the Western.
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  Approach turns into a long term defeat.
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  As the bacteria and. Virus vectors find ways to
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  survive and thrive faster than. Western science can keep up what
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  the. Ancient traditions have found.
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  Is that? There are powers other than
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  physical substances. That can aid us in maintaining
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  physical health and Wellness and in restoring that balance when
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  it. Has somehow.
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  Been lost. We are already aware of the
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  ability of the mind and will to aid the healing process.
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  Research has actually been done that shows that meditation and
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  yoga can aid in the treatment of cancer, as per a 2014 study
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  published in the journal Cancer conducted at the University of
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  Calgary and the Alberta Health. Service's.
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  Tom Baker Cancer Center In 2019, another study published in
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  Frontiers in Psychology disclosed that those who had
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  meditated for a. Considerable time had longer
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  telomeres. Than those who did not meditate.
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  The length of telomeres is related to the aging of the
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  cells, and they shorten as cells age and die.
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  Other studies have found similar results.
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  There was also a well advertised case of a surgeon who was
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  diagnosed with advanced cancer and was told he had only a short
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  time to live. He decided to take a leave of
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  absence from his job to sort out his priorities and along the way
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  he met someone who recommended he take up a macro biotic diet
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  and meditation. He did so and forgot all about
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  the death sentence hanging over his head as he deepened his
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  focus on his inner growth. He simply forgot to die.
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  Doctor Anthony Satellaros autobiography recalled to life
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  the story of my recovery from cancer tells his story.
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  It is no great leap to suggest that as we continue to expand
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  our understanding and reflect upon the various different
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  approaches, we could dispense with many of the physical
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  substances and go directly to an energetic approach to healing
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  that relies on the ability to harness the higher and occult
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  powers that we have tended to disregard and our reliance on
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  external support and means of healing.
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  The placebo effect gives us a clue that should be a bright
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  sign for us. Along this line of approach,
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  Triorobindo writes in his Thoughts and Aphorisms quote.
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  We laugh at the savage for his faith in the medicine man, but
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  how are the civilized less superstitious who have faith in
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  the doctors? The savage finds that when a
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  certain incantation is repeated, he often recovers from a certain
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  disease, he believes. The civilized patient finds that
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  when he doses himself according to a certain prescription, he
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  often recovers from a certain disease, he believes.
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  Where is the difference? End Quote.
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  The mother observes quote one could.
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  Say in conclusion that. It is the faith of the patient
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  which gives the remedy its power to heal.
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  If men had an absolute faith in the healing power of grace, they
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  would perhaps avoid. Many illnesses end.
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  Quote reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Powers within,
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  Chapter 6 Faith, pages 54 to 55.