Chanting for Health
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Chanting for Health
Problems that have their root
cause in the spiritual dimension can best be overcome by spiritual practice and
other spiritual healing methods. In the current era, the recommended form of
basic spiritual practice is the chanting of the Name of God according to the
religion of one’s birth. Chanting brings about physical, psychological and
spiritual well-being.
Understanding
the root cause of a disease, the spiritual reasons behind it and the percentage
of the spiritual cause is all part of the spiritual or subtle-dimension which
is difficult to understand. In addition, the availability of a person who
understands the subtle-dimension and can tell us the remedy for it is not
always possible. Therefore, one is not always able to understand exactly which
organ is affected, what spiritual remedies (chant, mudrā and nyās) can be done to make it stronger in order to reduce the disease to a
considerable extent. Patients along with taking
advantage of the given spiritual remedies should complement their treatment
with modern medicines. Swamiji in his discourses has mentioned that he
is writing a book on Aura Science and in that he will be writing how to prevent
diseases from occurring. He has said that modern medical science only treats
the symptoms whereas the root cause lies elsewhere. He will be writing about
treating the root cause and how to go about it by eliminating the other
collateral reasons before finding the root cause.
When chanting is specifically required for spiritual healing, it
is important to understand an important spiritual principle. Every organ in the
body is governed by a certain aspect of God known as a Deity. When one’s organs
are affected by a certain ailment due to a spiritual reason, chanting the Name
of a specific Deity related to that organ and illness is more likely
to result in a positive outcome. The Divine consciousness (Chaitanya) of the specific
Name of God strengthens the organ at a spiritual level and the person’s ability
to combat the disease increases. The more specific is a spiritual healing chant
for a given disease, the sooner are results seen and in a larger proportion.
Chanting with concentration: When one
chants with concentration, there is a protective sheath of sāttvik vibrations
created around the diseased cells. After a certain period of time, the
possibility of the disease recurring is minimised.
Chanting with spiritual emotion (bhāv): When one
chants with spiritual emotion, Divine energy is awakened in the organs. As
a result, the cells in the organs are infused with the strength of Divine
consciousness. Due to this increased spiritual positivity the distressing
vibrations, in the form of germs causing the disease, are destroyed and the
cells of that particular organ are re-energised.
Chanting with prayer: The
effectiveness of chanting is increased manifold when prayers are said
intermittently while repeating the Name of God. In fact only when one prays
intensely with spiritual emotion, are the vibrations of that particular Deity
Principle in the Universe attracted towards the person. The Divine vibrations saturate
the person’s consciousness, thereby destroying the distressing vibrations of
the disease. Chanting without prayers filled with spiritual emotion is not
qualitative, but merely quantitative and of lesser benefit to the patient.
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