Oct. 19, 2024
Medicine, Faith and the Healing Process
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YouTube reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Powers Within, Chapter VI Faith, pg. 54 This episode is also available as a blog post at https://sriaurobindostudies.wordpress.com/2024/10/17/medicine-faith-and-the-healing-process/
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There are a number of examples
that lead to the conclusion that
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it is not medicine alone that
cures the patient.
3
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A young man reported his own
experience.
4
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He was visiting India in the
early 1970s and was afflicted by
5
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a severe case of amoebic
dysentery while there, to the
6
00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,800
point that he was in extreme
pain, bleeding and undergoing
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00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,720
constant bowel disruption.
He asked some people where he
8
00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,360
was staying, how he should deal
with the situation and they
9
00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,160
recommended a homeopathic doctor
nearby.
10
00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:40,000
They made it clear that taking
allopathic drugs or seeing an
11
00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,120
allopathic physician practicing
western medicine would not be as
12
00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,440
successful for him.
His only prior had experience
13
00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,920
had been with allopathic
medicine and he had to that
14
00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,640
point in time never encountered
homeopathy.
15
00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,240
Nevertheless, he went to the
homeopathic physician who
16
00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,720
started by asking him a number
of questions seemingly
17
00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,600
irrelevant, such as whether he
preferred hot or cold showers
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00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,280
generally.
After responding to the
19
00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:14,040
questions, the physician gave
him some pellets to take, which
20
00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,840
consisted of sugar infused with
the homeopathic remedy diluted
21
00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:24,000
based on homeopathic principles
to the point that no active
22
00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,440
substance could be found if
analyzed.
23
00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,800
The doctor advised him to take a
pellet and let it dissolve under
24
00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,520
his tongue, and with that, he
dismissed the individual with
25
00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,120
the promising statement that by
the time he got back to his
26
00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:43,040
guest house 15 minutes away by
rickshaw, the bowel movements
27
00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,520
would come to a halt.
He further advised that it would
28
00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,600
take some time for the internal
damage to heal, but the worst
29
00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,080
was now over and the patient
would be on the mend.
30
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The doctor's certainty in the
matter influenced the young man
31
00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,120
and he followed the directions.
Lo and behold, within the
32
00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,880
designated 15 minutes, in fact,
the bowel movements had stopped
33
00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,240
and he began his recovery from
that point.
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Homeopathy is a controversial
healing modality in the West.
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The USFDA does not consider it
to be real, but as this young
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00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:27,240
person found out and as many
others have testified, it works.
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The placebo effect is another
instance where we can eliminate
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00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:33,560
the medicine as the curative
agent.
39
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As previously noted, some 30% of
test subjects who received a
40
00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:43,960
placebo recover without the
actual medicine, and an unknown
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00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,400
number of those who received the
medicine were aided by the
42
00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,160
mental will and faith in the
medicine, not simply by the
43
00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,800
chemical biological action of
the medicine itself.
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Srioro Bindo notes quote It is
not the medicine that cures so
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00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,280
much as the patient's faith in
the doctor and the medicine.
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00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,000
Both are a clumsy substitute for
the natural faith in one's own
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self power, which they have
themselves destroyed.
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End Quote Reference Sri
Aurobindo and the Mother Powers
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00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,720
within Chapter 6 Faith page 54.
00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,400
There are a number of examples
that lead to the conclusion that
2
00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:07,040
it is not medicine alone that
cures the patient.
3
00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,560
A young man reported his own
experience.
4
00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:16,160
He was visiting India in the
early 1970s and was afflicted by
5
00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:20,640
a severe case of amoebic
dysentery while there, to the
6
00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:24,800
point that he was in extreme
pain, bleeding and undergoing
7
00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,720
constant bowel disruption.
He asked some people where he
8
00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,360
was staying, how he should deal
with the situation and they
9
00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,160
recommended a homeopathic doctor
nearby.
10
00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:40,000
They made it clear that taking
allopathic drugs or seeing an
11
00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:44,120
allopathic physician practicing
western medicine would not be as
12
00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,440
successful for him.
His only prior had experience
13
00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,920
had been with allopathic
medicine and he had to that
14
00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,640
point in time never encountered
homeopathy.
15
00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,240
Nevertheless, he went to the
homeopathic physician who
16
00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,720
started by asking him a number
of questions seemingly
17
00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:07,600
irrelevant, such as whether he
preferred hot or cold showers
18
00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,280
generally.
After responding to the
19
00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:14,040
questions, the physician gave
him some pellets to take, which
20
00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:18,840
consisted of sugar infused with
the homeopathic remedy diluted
21
00:01:19,320 --> 00:01:24,000
based on homeopathic principles
to the point that no active
22
00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,440
substance could be found if
analyzed.
23
00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:30,800
The doctor advised him to take a
pellet and let it dissolve under
24
00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:34,520
his tongue, and with that, he
dismissed the individual with
25
00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:38,120
the promising statement that by
the time he got back to his
26
00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:43,040
guest house 15 minutes away by
rickshaw, the bowel movements
27
00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:46,520
would come to a halt.
He further advised that it would
28
00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:50,600
take some time for the internal
damage to heal, but the worst
29
00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,080
was now over and the patient
would be on the mend.
30
00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,200
The doctor's certainty in the
matter influenced the young man
31
00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,120
and he followed the directions.
Lo and behold, within the
32
00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,880
designated 15 minutes, in fact,
the bowel movements had stopped
33
00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,240
and he began his recovery from
that point.
34
00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,680
Homeopathy is a controversial
healing modality in the West.
35
00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:22,000
The USFDA does not consider it
to be real, but as this young
36
00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:27,240
person found out and as many
others have testified, it works.
37
00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,680
The placebo effect is another
instance where we can eliminate
38
00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:33,560
the medicine as the curative
agent.
39
00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:39,120
As previously noted, some 30% of
test subjects who received a
40
00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:43,960
placebo recover without the
actual medicine, and an unknown
41
00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,400
number of those who received the
medicine were aided by the
42
00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,160
mental will and faith in the
medicine, not simply by the
43
00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,800
chemical biological action of
the medicine itself.
44
00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:02,280
Srioro Bindo notes quote It is
not the medicine that cures so
45
00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,280
much as the patient's faith in
the doctor and the medicine.
46
00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:11,000
Both are a clumsy substitute for
the natural faith in one's own
47
00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,920
self power, which they have
themselves destroyed.
48
00:03:15,560 --> 00:03:20,440
End Quote Reference Sri
Aurobindo and the Mother Powers
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00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:24,720
within Chapter 6 Faith page 54.