Words From The Master: 09 Feb 2008

Healing your way into Bliss!

A man went to a doctor for relief from wheezing. The doctor asked him to have a cold water shower for an hour, sit in front of an air conditioner for another hour and come back to him for treatment.

The patient got frightened and said that if he did that his wheezing will be full blown into asthma.

The doctor said, "That is exactly what I want. I know how to treat asthma, but not wheezing!"

When healing turns into a business proposition, it can lead to great danger, both to the healer and the healed!

All religions and all Masters have shown that they have healing powers. Healing is not any miracle; it is simply playing with Energy. With any religion or Master, the first sign that one looks for is healing.

In fact, no Master is accepted as a Master if he cannot heal people and restore health in his followers in some form or the other. Spirituality itself is only a ‘pickle’ for most people. They take a bit of it when they feel like it. It is never a main meal!

Buddha says: Healing is expression of your compassion and care you extend towards someone to help them. Healing is restoring physical, mental and emotional well being. Healing can happen at any of these levels.

Healing of the spirit takes care of all these three levels physical, mental and emotional well being. Healing energy for the spirit comes from the Cosmic energy.

We are all part of the Cosmic energy. This Cosmic energy created us; it nourishes us; it energizes us and keeps us healthy. Unlike other forms of elemental energy such as earth, water, fire and air which are tangible and are available to us for direct absorption, cosmic energy is intangible. In order to absorb this energy of which we are part, the only route is meditation.

Within our body system, energy of the Cosmos is reflected through energy centers or chakra. When these energy centers are blocked by our negative emotions, we tend to become ill. Meditation can energize these energy centers by dissolving our negativities. Our health, physical, mental and emotional, is restored. Meditation heals!

Healing makes the body at ease. Healing the mind leads to happiness and well being. Healing the spirit liberates you into bliss. This is the path of meditation.

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This article was earlier published in the Economic Times, an Indian newspaper.