The Godess Hygeia (was Kundalini)

[Guest guest]

Len Rosenberg wrote:

 

"When you get old, decrepit, and cranky (like me!) the

idea of merging with Brahman is no longer so

distasteful. "

 

Perhaps you have got the wrong medical care?

 

We better choose the medicine of Hygeia - the "shaktian" medicine if we want to

stay healthy throughout our lives so we can cooperate with cosmos in a more

perfect way in the sign of free creation!!

 

Dr Andrew Weil writes in his book Spontaneous Healing:

 

"Modern medicine has become so expensive that it is straining the economics of

many developed nations and putting itself beyond the reach of much of the

world's population. In many countries politicians argue about how to pay for

health care, unaware that a philosophical debate about the very nature of

health care has been ongoing throughout history. Doctors believe that health

requires outside intervention of one sort or another, while proponents of

natural hygiene maintain that health results from living in harmony with

natural law. In ancient Greece, doctors worked under the patronage of

Asklepios, the god of medicine, but healers served Askiepios's daughter, the

radiant Hygeia, goddess of health. Medical writer and philosopher Ren, Dubos

has written:

 

For the worshippers of Hygeia, health is the natural order of

things, a positive attribute to which men are entitled if they govern

their lives wisely. According to them, the most important function

of medicine is to discover and teach the natural laws which will

ensure a man a healthy mind in a healthy body. More skeptical, or

wiser in the ways of the world, the followers of Askiepios believe

that the chief role of the physician is to treat disease, to restore

health by correcting any imperfections caused by accidents of birth

or life.

 

Political debates about how to cover the costs of medical care

mostly take place among followers of Asklepios. There has been no

argument about the nature of medicine or people's expectations of it,

only about who is going, to pay for its services, which have become

inordinately expensive because of doctors' reliance on technology. I

am a dedicated follower of Hygeia and want to interiect that viewpoint into any

discussions of the future of medicine.

 

Let me give an example of how these different philosophies lead to very

different courses of action. In the West, a major focus of scientific medicine

has been the identification of external agents of disease and the development of

weapons against them. An outstanding

success in the middie of this century was the discovery of antibiotics and, with

that, great victories against infectious diseases caused by bacteria. This

success was a major factor in winning hearts and minds over to the Askiepian

side, convincing most people that medical intervention with the products of

technology was worth it, no matter the cost. In the East, especially in China,

medicine has had a quite different focus. It has explored ways of increasing

internat resistance to disease so that, no matter what harmful influences you

are exposed to, you can remain healthy - a Hygeian strategy. In their

explorations

Chinese doctors have discovered many natural substances that have such tonic

effects on the body. Although the Western approach has served us weil for a

number of years, its long-term usefulness may not be nearly so great as the

Eastern one."

 

Weil's homepage: http://www.drweil.com/

 

Regards

 

Lars