May 2, 2024
Illness and the Power of Suggestion
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The body consciousness responds
to suggestions whether they come
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through the mind, the vital, or
directly act upon the physical
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level.
Whether consciously noted or
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not.
This has the potential to cause
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illness in the body if it
happens to be a negative
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suggestion, or to cure illness
if it is a positive suggestion.
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A researcher at Jipmer Hospital
in South India was researching
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00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,960
cancer in mice.
Utilizing curly and photography
9
00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,400
as a tool of observation, he
found that he could provoke the
10
00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,080
development of tumors in mice
through subjecting them
11
00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,720
regularly to a frequency or
vibration pattern of mice who
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00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,720
had cancer.
He was able to chart the
13
00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,880
progression of increasing
illness among the mice he used
14
00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,040
for this experiment.
He then subjected these same
15
00:00:55,040 --> 00:01:00,160
mice to the frequency vibration
pattern of healthy mice and was
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00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,960
able to show a systematic
reversal of the cancer and the
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00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,360
returning health of the formerly
sick mice.
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00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,680
For the most part, we do not
recognize the power of
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00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,760
suggestion on our health and
Wellness.
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00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:19,120
In this case, by using mice, he
avoided the implication that
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00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,800
there was somehow a mental
suggestion that was creating the
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00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:27,160
result in either direction.
There was a direct vibratory
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00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,240
force upon the vital envelope
and the physical body, and this
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00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,400
was the condition for either
creating or healing illness.
25
00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,880
Homeopathic medicine relies on
extreme dilutions of a
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particular substance that would
create a condition in the body
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at full strength to reverse that
condition.
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00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,960
The exact mechanism is unknown
to Western medical researchers,
29
00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,640
who fail to appreciate the value
of homeopathy working at an
30
00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,680
extremely subtle level.
While they try to explain away
31
00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:06,400
the results by attributing it to
a form of placebo effect caused
32
00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,600
by the mind adopting the idea
and sending a suggestion to the
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00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,560
body, they cannot account for
the success homeopathic
34
00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,720
practitioners have had with
horses and dogs where the
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00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,680
question of mental intervention
is not involved.
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Siorobindo related a
circumstance when his brother
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00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:31,720
was extremely ill and feverish.
It so happened a wandering not a
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00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,360
Sanyasin came by and learned of
the situation.
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00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,320
He asked for a glass of water,
which he infused with a mantric
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00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,320
force.
The brother quickly regained his
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health after imbibing the water.
Siorobindo writes quote The
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suggestions that create illness
or unhealthy conditions of the
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00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,920
physical being come usually
through the subconscient For a
44
00:02:56,920 --> 00:03:01,320
great part of the physical
being, the most material part is
45
00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,960
subconscient.
That is to say, it has an
46
00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:09,800
obscure consciousness of its
own, but so obscure and shut up
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00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,280
in itself that the mind does not
know its movements or what is
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00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,800
going on there.
But all the same, it is a
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00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,840
consciousness and can receive
suggestions from forces outside,
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00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:28,360
just as the mind and vital do.
If it were not so, there would
51
00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,400
not be any possibility of
opening it to the Force and the
52
00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,800
Force curing it, for without
this consciousness in it, it
53
00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,680
would not be able to respond.
In Europe and America there are
54
00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,160
many people now who recognize
this fact and treat their
55
00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:49,600
illnesses by making conscious
mental suggestions to the body
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00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,680
which counteract the obscure
secret suggestions of illness in
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the subconscious.
There was a famous doctor in
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00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,880
France who cured thousands of
people by making them
59
00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,560
persistently put such counter
suggestions upon the body.
60
00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:10,000
That proves that illness has not
a purely material cause, but is
61
00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,360
due to a disturbance of the
secret consciousness in the
62
00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:18,360
body.
End Quote Reference Shriorobindo
63
00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,079
and the Mother, The Hidden
Forces of Life, chapter 3,
64
00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,720
Hidden Forces around pages 72 to
73.
00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:05,840
The body consciousness responds
to suggestions whether they come
2
00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:10,280
through the mind, the vital, or
directly act upon the physical
3
00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,240
level.
Whether consciously noted or
4
00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,360
not.
This has the potential to cause
5
00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:19,120
illness in the body if it
happens to be a negative
6
00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:24,000
suggestion, or to cure illness
if it is a positive suggestion.
7
00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:29,840
A researcher at Jipmer Hospital
in South India was researching
8
00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,960
cancer in mice.
Utilizing curly and photography
9
00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,400
as a tool of observation, he
found that he could provoke the
10
00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,080
development of tumors in mice
through subjecting them
11
00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:44,720
regularly to a frequency or
vibration pattern of mice who
12
00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,720
had cancer.
He was able to chart the
13
00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:50,880
progression of increasing
illness among the mice he used
14
00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,040
for this experiment.
He then subjected these same
15
00:00:55,040 --> 00:01:00,160
mice to the frequency vibration
pattern of healthy mice and was
16
00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,960
able to show a systematic
reversal of the cancer and the
17
00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,360
returning health of the formerly
sick mice.
18
00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,680
For the most part, we do not
recognize the power of
19
00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,760
suggestion on our health and
Wellness.
20
00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:19,120
In this case, by using mice, he
avoided the implication that
21
00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,800
there was somehow a mental
suggestion that was creating the
22
00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:27,160
result in either direction.
There was a direct vibratory
23
00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:32,240
force upon the vital envelope
and the physical body, and this
24
00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,400
was the condition for either
creating or healing illness.
25
00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,880
Homeopathic medicine relies on
extreme dilutions of a
26
00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:45,120
particular substance that would
create a condition in the body
27
00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:48,160
at full strength to reverse that
condition.
28
00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,960
The exact mechanism is unknown
to Western medical researchers,
29
00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:57,640
who fail to appreciate the value
of homeopathy working at an
30
00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:01,680
extremely subtle level.
While they try to explain away
31
00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:06,400
the results by attributing it to
a form of placebo effect caused
32
00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,600
by the mind adopting the idea
and sending a suggestion to the
33
00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,560
body, they cannot account for
the success homeopathic
34
00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,720
practitioners have had with
horses and dogs where the
35
00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,680
question of mental intervention
is not involved.
36
00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,240
Siorobindo related a
circumstance when his brother
37
00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:31,720
was extremely ill and feverish.
It so happened a wandering not a
38
00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,360
Sanyasin came by and learned of
the situation.
39
00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,320
He asked for a glass of water,
which he infused with a mantric
40
00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,320
force.
The brother quickly regained his
41
00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:49,120
health after imbibing the water.
Siorobindo writes quote The
42
00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,520
suggestions that create illness
or unhealthy conditions of the
43
00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,920
physical being come usually
through the subconscient For a
44
00:02:56,920 --> 00:03:01,320
great part of the physical
being, the most material part is
45
00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,960
subconscient.
That is to say, it has an
46
00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:09,800
obscure consciousness of its
own, but so obscure and shut up
47
00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,280
in itself that the mind does not
know its movements or what is
48
00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,800
going on there.
But all the same, it is a
49
00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:22,840
consciousness and can receive
suggestions from forces outside,
50
00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:28,360
just as the mind and vital do.
If it were not so, there would
51
00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,400
not be any possibility of
opening it to the Force and the
52
00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:36,800
Force curing it, for without
this consciousness in it, it
53
00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:41,680
would not be able to respond.
In Europe and America there are
54
00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,160
many people now who recognize
this fact and treat their
55
00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:49,600
illnesses by making conscious
mental suggestions to the body
56
00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,680
which counteract the obscure
secret suggestions of illness in
57
00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,200
the subconscious.
There was a famous doctor in
58
00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:00,880
France who cured thousands of
people by making them
59
00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:04,560
persistently put such counter
suggestions upon the body.
60
00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:10,000
That proves that illness has not
a purely material cause, but is
61
00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,360
due to a disturbance of the
secret consciousness in the
62
00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:18,360
body.
End Quote Reference Shriorobindo
63
00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,079
and the Mother, The Hidden
Forces of Life, chapter 3,
64
00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,720
Hidden Forces around pages 72 to
73.