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Illness and the Vital Sheath · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  There are historical examples of individuals who were caught in
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  the middle of a major epidemic, such as the plague who worked
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  daily among the infected populace yet failed to become
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  I'll. Invariably, we can see that they
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  maintained a strong vital envelope or aura around
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  themselves and never accepted the suggestion of the contagious
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  illness. There are also examples of those
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  who maintain this strength for some time, but got worn down and
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  through stress and exhaustion weakened their vital sheath
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  sufficiently to eventually succumb to the disease.
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  There are numerous ways to either weaken or strengthen the
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  vital sheath. Physical causes include lack of
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  proper diet, lack of proper sleep, overindulgence in sex, or
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  otherwise overstraining of the physical body.
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  Vital causes include desire, ambition, fear, worry or
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  anxiety, anger, lust, greed, jealousy, or other strong vital
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  or emotional reactions which, although they may in some cases
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  temporarily cause an apparent increase in the force of the
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  vital sheath, eventually rebound as the individual falls back
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  into some form of exhaustion or despair.
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  Mental causes may include acceptance of suggestions about
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  the virulence of a disease or epidemic, thoughts of
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  hopelessness, suicide, or depression.
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  The vital sheath can be strengthened through providing
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  the antidotes to the above. One way that yogic practitioners
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  have found to increase the strength of the vital envelope
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  is to chant various mantras, devotional songs, development of
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  calm and peace in the being concentrated attention all may
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  help. A researcher in Jipmer Hospital
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  in South India tried an experiment on a visitor to the
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  facility whereby he photographed with Kerlian photography the
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  normal aura of the individual and then had that person
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  undertake some chanting for a few minutes, at which time a new
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  Kerlian photograph showed a vibrant, much expanded and
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  strengthened aura exuding from the individual.
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  One of the most important issues remains the acceptance of the
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  suggestion. The suggestion is sometimes
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  coming in through the mind when an individual hears about a
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  particular illness in the vicinity and its virulence, or
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  about an epidemic that is predicted and takes in this
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  suggestion as something that will potentially impact him.
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  Sometimes it comes through a vibration penetrating through
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  the vital sheath by taking advantage of various holes or
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  weaknesses that show up in the aura as noted above.
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  Sometimes it comes as a suggestion, subconscious to our
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  waking awareness of a vibration by a medium of communication
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  such as bacteria or virus that once inside the body begins to
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  vibrate its unique force and communicates this directly to
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  the cells of the body. It should be noted, however,
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  that many individuals have reported that they can sense the
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  vibratory attack on the vital sheath or the penetration of
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  that sheath, and they are able to set up a counter vibration
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  and essentially overcome the suggestion and avoid the illness
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  entirely or minimize its impact. Sometimes they use a supplement
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  or pharmaceutical drug to act as the carrier to the body of the
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  suggestion of strength and immune support.
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  Sometimes they do it through will or through enhancing the
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  vital envelope immediately, Shriorobindo observes, Quote
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  This is how illnesses try to come from one person to another.
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  They attack by a suggestion like this or otherwise the nervous
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  being and try to come in even if the illness is not contagious.
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  This often happens, but it comes more easily.
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  In contagious illnesses, the suggestion or touch has to be
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  thrown off at once. There is a sort of protection
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  round the body, which we call the nervous envelope.
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  If this remains strong and refuses entrance to the illness
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  force, then one can remain well even in the midst of plague or
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  other epidemics. If the envelope is pierced or
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  weak, then the illness can come in.
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  What you felt attacked was not really the physical body, but
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  this nervous envelope and the nervous body.
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  Prana kosha of which it is an extension or cover.
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  End Quote Reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The
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  Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter 3, Hidden Forces around pages 73
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  to 74.