Holistic Health
Sharing Doubts,
Concerns & FAQ's
Welcome to
Holistic Health - OK, this may seem a lot theoretical. Further it could not be so easily
verified and you may be having a lot of doubts and cynicism in this regard. So
we take a plunge in FAQ for this topic. This may enlarge as we share our
thoughts with each other. You are welcome to
raise any question or doubt and we
would try to answer in our own capacity.
Holistic Health Query No. 1 -
Doesn't It All Look Somewhat Mystical:
Yes, it is definitely mystical in appearance. Because it might be the
our general
tendency including modern scientists to easily discard or
ignore just it all by labeling this realm mystical. But
all of the forces had been
mystical before being explored like gravitational force, electricity,
electro-magnetic forces, small microbes causing diseases. The list can be very
long. But as we discovered out those realities and gradually adopted them in our
lives, sometimes over generations, they all have become now a part of our life.
Holistic Health Query No. 2 - Are
We Having All These Stuff - The Three Bodies And These Related Things? Are We
Functioning Through Then?
We are not merely having these stuff but we are actually living through and
with them during all the moments of our lives. The direct and indirect
evidence of man's three
bodies is expressed in many ways through his threefold nature. In the wakeful
state, we are conscious more or less of our three vehicles. When we are
sensuously intent on tasting, touching, smelling, listening or seeing, we are
working principally through our physical body.
Visualizing or willing, we are mainly working through our astral body. Our
causal body finds expression when we are thinking or diving deep in
introspection or meditation. The thoughts of the genius come to those of us who
habitually contact his causal body or exercise more of its nature. In this
sense an individual can be broadly classified as 'a material man', 'a energetic
man' or 'an intellectual man' depending on the dominant use of the any one.
Still almost all of us are primarily expressing physical nature.
Usually we identify ourselves most of the time with the physical body.
During
dreams in sleep, we remain in our astral body, effortlessly creating any objects
we desire. During dreamless sound sleep, we transfer our consciousness or ego to
the causal body.
The astral and causal body is active when even when the physical body goes to
rest during sleep. Likewise the causal body remains active even when the two
other bodies goes to rest in dreamless deep sleep. That is why we don't feel
something like loss of consciousness during or after sleep. After sleep we find
the continuity of awareness as if we had gone to deep rest.
Holistic Health Query No. 3 - How
We Can We Directly View And See Our Bodies:
The best and direct option is to go into deep meditation and the practitioner
can go into the breathless state of trance, he will not merely see all this, he
would be able to work through these instruments and could directly realize the
immense power of the subtler realm just like we do with the physical nature.
Further some evidence can be found in the
metaphysical powers like Clairvoyance, during
hypnosis, Subconscious power, during prayers, Reiki, pranic healing, mental
healing, during inspirations as of the scientist discovering Benzene ring
formula. These and many more modalities could offer definite and convincing
evidence.
Next is the near death experiences of people, especially of those who have
returned back to life several minutes or hours after they had been declared dead
medically. The great similarity of the experiences of these cases render further
evidence.
The true incidences of
past life memories are also a dependable factor.
Holistic Health Query No. 4 - Are
These Bodies A Extensions Of Our Physical Bodies?
Not exactly this.
Our physical body is the extension of these bodies. The
physical body can't remain without the other two bodies. The astral body can't
remain without the causal body. The deeper body is the base and root of the
grosser one. This is the fundamental principle of holistic health.
Holistic Health Query No. 5 - The
Science Has Advanced So Far As To Find The Subatomic Particles Like Electron,
Proton, And Neutron. It Is Knowing A Lot About Photons. Where Are We Lacking In
This Field That We Are Not Able To Trace The Concept Of Subtle Body In Science?
The story given
below is so motivating and inspiring to me that I want to refer it whenever we
try to understand or mention the holistic health. Besides it has come from one of the
most genuine authority.
We welcome all
sorts of questions and queries and doubts about holistic health. They can be a
wonderful sources for all of us to explore holistic health.
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SIDEBAR
This story from the life of Shri Shri
Lahiri Mahasaya, the great master of Kriya Yoga Lineage clears the point, and
the two path exactly. More information about Lahiri Mahasaya can be available by
reading "Autobiography Of A Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda and Self Realization
Fellowship, Los Angeles, USA.
There had been many disciples of Lahiri
Mahasaya. One person, Mr. Paresha Nath, a renowned Ayurvedist of his time,
was there in a meeting, showing his popularity and fame and great knowledge.
Lahiri Mahasaya was also present and scolded the Ayurvedist about some wrong
interpretation of the texts of holistic health.
In a private meeting with the 'doc' and
some other close disciples, the great master taught the enthusiastic herbalist
about the deep secrets of holistic health.
"The principles of Ayurveda and Yoga
and the holistic health can't
be felt just by reading and outer means. When one does follow the inner path and
advances, the subtle principles of the holistic nature of our body and
this world is realized by the practitioner of yoga. By realizing these elements
in the inner path, one not only knows them but has spontaneous control of these
elements." Only in the way advised by the master, we can verify, validate and
experience and realize ourselves and help others in exploring and living the
holistic life.
After some time, this Ayurvedist became a
disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya and exalted in the practice of Kriya Yoga to the
extent that sometimes Lahiri Mahasaya scolded him not to practice too much and
seek the balance of the outer and inner world.
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