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The Power of Auto-Suggestion for Health and Wellness · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Auto suggestion is constantly active, although we generally do
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  this more or less unconsciously. For example, when we anticipate
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  a meal at a favorite restaurant, our mind sends signals to the
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  body that generates feelings of hunger, begins to develop
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  saliva, and prepares the body for enjoyment of the meal.
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  It is often said that the mind is the most erotic organ, as it
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  is through mental attention that the sexual drive is most
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  frequently activated and energized.
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  The brain is constantly sending signals to the various organs
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  and functions of the body through release of
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  neurotransmitters, hormones and electrical signal transmissions.
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  When we take a remedy to heal an illness, we are at the same time
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  sending a suggestion to the body that it is being supported in
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  its fight against the disease condition.
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  The link between the mind and the body and the power and
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  influence of the mind on the body is now widely, if not
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  universally, recognized. The power of auto suggestion,
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  however, is not limited to unconscious responses and
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  stimuli but can be consciously deployed to aid in the
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  development, healing and strengthening of the body.
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  Consciously generated thoughts and affirmations can have a
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  positive influence on the body as well.
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  It is well known that the brain generates electrical impulses
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  that can be captured and used to create synthetic speech for
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  those who are unable to speak, to move artificial limbs, for
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  those who have lost the use of various limbs, and to even
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  communicate with computers without keyboard or speech
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  input. Simply utilizing the power of
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  the electrical signals sent by the brain.
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  This same power can act as a means to strengthen the body and
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  promote healing when it is consciously utilized to send
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  positive signals to the body and the immune system in particular.
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  An interesting series of experiments was done by Masaru
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  Emoto and reported in his book The Hidden Messages in Water.
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  He utilized high speed detailed photography of crystals formed
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  in water that had been frozen to reveal the intricate shapes and
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  patterns of those crystals. He subjected the water
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  beforehand to concentrated focus based on various thoughts and
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  emotions. In some cases these were highly
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  negative thoughts and in others positive or beautiful thoughts
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  or emotions. The crystals took on a form that
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  represented the thoughts or emotions focused on them.
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  The differences were obvious and the results were reproducible.
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  He proved, therefore, the power of generated thought and emotion
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  to impact a material substance wirelessly, so to speak.
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  When we recognize that our physical bodies are around 55%
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  to 60% water, it becomes clear that the impact is substantial,
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  particularly as the thought or emotion is not distant but
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  intimately connected to the individual body within which it
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  is being generated. The process as described by
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  Shriya Robindo involves both a positive affirmation of health
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  and well-being but also a blocking action to overcome the
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  negative suggestions that tend to accentuate the power of
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  illnesses through raising up of fear, doubt, depression and
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  thoughts of negative outcomes, Sri Aurobindo writes.
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  Quote these auto suggestions. It is really faith in a mental
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  form act both on the subliminal and the subconscious.
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  In the subliminal they set in action the powers of the inner
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  being. It's a cult power to make
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  thought, will or simple conscious force effective on the
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  body. In the subconscious they silence
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  or block the suggestions of death and illness expressed or
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  unexpressed, that prevent the return of health.
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  They help also to combat the same things, adverse suggestions
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  in the mind, vital and body consciousness.
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  Where all this is completely done or with some completeness,
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  the effects can be very remarkable.
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  End Quote reference. Sri Aurobindo and the Mother
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  powers within, Chapter 6. Faith, page 54.