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Two Conditions for Preventing Illness · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  The mother describes 2 conditions for preventing
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  illness from invading the physical being.
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  The first condition is basically not to want it.
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  When we reflect on this, the first reaction is that we don't
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  want it. This is however not the complete
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  picture. We have to recognize that the
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  human being is an amalgam of multiple different parts of the
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  being, each with its own characteristic mode of action
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  and response, and that these different parts are not always
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  in agreement with each other. At the mental level, we may
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  reject the vibration that is pressuring the body and which,
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  if allowed, would create physical illness.
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  This does not, however, encompass the response of the
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  vital or the physical aspects of our existence.
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  Some people actually have a vital nature that accepts
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  illness as a way of achieving recognition and support from
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  others. Such individuals dwell on their
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  various illnesses, their suffering and the martyrdom they
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  are undergoing, and they elicit sympathy from others.
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  This makes them feel special. Even assuming, however, that the
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  vital nature is not encouraging the illness, this still leaves
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  the physical body, which has a habit of responding to certain
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  vibratory patterns, as precursors and harbingers of
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  illness, so that the physical body simply accepts the
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  vibration and lets it carry itself out in the physical
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  being. Thus, not to want it is a
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  condition that must be recognized as applying not just
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  to the mental formation, but to the vital and physical levels as
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  well. The second condition is not to
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  be afraid. Once again, we have to take into
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  account the different parts of the being.
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  One may have a strong mental formation that one is not afraid
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  of illness, but this does not control either the vital
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  reaction or the physical response.
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  The vital nature may be terrified about the risk to its
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  life and life energy, or the physical cells of the body may
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  be vibrating in fear. In whatever part of the being
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  the fear arises, it creates a sympathetic vibration that draws
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  to it exactly what one fears. This provides the needed opening
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  for the illness to enter through the vital protective envelope
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  and thereby embedded self into the physical being and manifest
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  as an illness. Those who recognize the role of
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  the different parts of the being in the acceptance of an illness
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  may utilize various strategy to convince other parts not to
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  fear. Sometimes this is a matter of
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  exercising a conscious will. Sometimes it is a matter of
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  relying on the Divine grace in a deep and abiding manner.
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  Sometimes it is bringing in peace and harmony into the being
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  through conscious meditation or infusing light or force from
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  above to fill the being at all levels.
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  For those who are unable to fully carry out any of these to
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  impact the vital or physical levels of the being, there are
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  additional ways to bring that trust and support to them.
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  The physical tends to respond to physical support.
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  Thus, when the mind recognizes the situation, it may carry the
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  confidence and faith to the physical body through means of
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  taking a particular herbal remedy or through some simple
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  action such as taking fruit with a known high level of vitamin C,
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  for instance. The body gets the message that
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  protection from another level is being provided to it in a very
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  physical form and thus gains confidence to ward off the
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  illness. A disciple asks Sweet mother,
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  when one sees an illness coming, how can one stop it?
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  The mother responds quote, Ah, first of all, you must not want
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  it, and nothing in the body must want it.
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  You must have a very strong will not to be ill.
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  This is the first condition. The second condition is to call
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  the light a light of equilibrium, a light of peace,
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  quietude, and balance, and to push it into all the cells of
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  the body, enjoining them not to be afraid, because that again is
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  another condition. First not to want to be ill, and
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  then not to be afraid of illness.
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  You must neither attract it nor tremble.
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  You must not want illness at all, but you must not, because
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  of fear, not want it. You must not be afraid.
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  You must have a calm certitude and a complete trust in the
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  power of the grace to shelter you from everything.
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  And then think of something else.
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  Not be concerned about this any longer when you have done these
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  two things, refusing the illness with all your will and infusing
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  a confidence which completely eliminates the fear in the cells
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  of the body. And then busying yourself with
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  something else, not thinking any longer about the illness,
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  forgetting that it exists there. If you know how to do that, you
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  may even be in contact with people who have contagious
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  diseases, and yet you do not catch them.
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  But you must know how to do this.
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  Many people say, Oh yes, here I am not afraid.
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  They don't have any fear in the mind.
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  Their mind is not afraid, it is strong, it is not afraid.
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  But the body trembles and one doesn't know it, because it is
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  in the cells of the body that the trembling goes on.
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  It trembles with a terrible anxiety, and this is what
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  attracts the illness. It is there that you must put
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  the force and the quietude of a perfect peace and an absolute
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  trust in the grace. And then sometimes you are
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  obliged to drive away with a similar force in your thought
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  all suggestions that after all, the physical world is full of
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  illnesses, and these are contagious, and because one was
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  in contact with somebody who is ill, one is sure to catch it.
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  And then that the inner methods are not powerful enough to act
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  on the physical. And all kinds of stupidities of
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  which the air is full. These are collective suggestions
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  which are passed on from one person to another by everybody.
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  And if by chance there are two or three doctors, then it
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  becomes terrible laughter. End Quote.
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  Reference Srioro Bindo and the Mother.
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  Powers within, Chapter 14. Power over Illness and Pain,
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  pages 117 to 118.