Guest guest Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Our body is always the best place for us to understand about ourselves and the people around us. This is my favourite excerpt : "The Immune system can and does provide a powerful defense against defence potential pathogens, but what is perhaps less obvious is that it is also capable of bringing too much power to bear during the course of clearing away foreign invaders. Like an army lashing out blindly against an unseen and unmeasured enemy, the immune system is capable of using excessive deadly force in the wrong time or place - and it is capable of overkill. And as almost always happens in such situations, the most devastating damage of all may be done to innocent bystanders. The result could be nothing more than a midly annoying allergy. But it can be more deadly. People may die for hepatitis, not because the virus destroys the liver - the virus itself is actually quite harmless - but because of the violence of the attack of the immune system on the infected liver. Our immune systems are thus like a high-wire balancing act. Death lies on either side. Science and medicine have given us the means to keep our balance for most of the length of the wire, but it is still a very risky act" The Double-Edged Sword of Immunity, At War Within William R. Clark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 OM Nora "Our immune systems are thus like a high-wire balancing act. Death lies on either side." Yes, we are our worst enemy or best friend. We can literally eat ourselves up, as in necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) and cancer. We can attack ourselves as in your example. We can also succumb to spiritual pride. Death does lie close whenever the gunas are abused and infused with ego. If , however, we purify ourselves with diet; herbs; pancha karma; colour, gem or aroma therapy; yantra and mantra meditation; asana and pranayama; ayurvedic counseling and behaviour modification; vairagya and vikeka, then our prana flows are normalized, leshyas are attenuated, and our physical systems will cooperate with each other. We will be fit vehicles for moving into the Divine. This purification process is what constitutes Sadhana. It is thought, will and action applied to spiritual evolution instead of sensory gratification. It is turning the senses inward to reveal our Divine nature OM Namah Sivaya Omprem , "N. Madasamy" <ashwini_puralasamy> wrote: > Our body is always the best place for us to understand about > ourselves and the people around us. This is my favourite excerpt : > > "The Immune system can and does provide a powerful defense against > defence potential pathogens, but what is perhaps less obvious is that > it is also capable of bringing too much power to bear during the > course of clearing away foreign invaders. Like an army lashing out > blindly against an unseen and unmeasured enemy, the immune system is > capable of using excessive deadly force in the wrong time or place - > and it is capable of overkill. And as almost always happens in such > situations, the most devastating damage of all may be done to > innocent bystanders. The result could be nothing more than a midly > annoying allergy. But it can be more deadly. People may die for > hepatitis, not because the virus destroys the liver - the virus > itself is actually quite harmless - but because of the violence of > the attack of the immune system on the infected liver. Our immune > systems are thus like a high-wire balancing act. Death lies on either > side. Science and medicine have given us the means to keep our > balance for most of the length of the wire, but it is still a very > risky act" > > The Double-Edged Sword of Immunity, At War Within > William R. Clark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 "This purification process is what constitutes Sadhana. It is thought, will and action applied to spiritual evolution instead of sensory gratification. It is turning the senses inward to reveal our Divine nature" How true Ompremji. Sometimes theoretical is much easy than practical, would you agree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 OM Nora "How true Ompremji. Sometimes theoretical is much easy than practical, would you agree?" I do agree. That is why we need a sadhana discipline to keep bringing us back to and grounding us in the Divine whenever we lose contact and let our lower nature predominate. To err is human, to forgive Divine, n'est pas? OM Namah Sivaya Omprem , "N. Madasamy" <ashwini_puralasamy> wrote: > "This purification process is what constitutes Sadhana. It is > thought, will and action applied to spiritual evolution instead of > sensory gratification. It is turning the senses inward to reveal our > Divine nature" > > How true Ompremji. Sometimes theoretical is much easy than practical, > would you agree? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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