Of the four forces in the Universe - weak nuclearforce,strongnuclearforce,electricity& magnetism -are but different manifestations ofthat Unitary Power which theVedists call Prana. Using this Vital Energyto heal is called Pranic Therapy. This article is a continuation of theearlier article Pranic Therapy Part I.

Application of Chaos Theory in the field of Medicine

Another breathtakingdevelopment in medicine is the application of Chaos
Theory. Chaos theory,advanced by Mendelbrot, is a mathematical theoryapplied to non-linear and random events. It sees order in chaos. Most ofordinary phenomena in the world such as changes of weather, thebehaviour of cancer cells, occurrence of heart attack, movement ofelectrons etc, do not seem to follow anyregular&recurrent pattern &are unpredictable on the basis of linear mathematics .Thoughitcontradicts Laplace, its positive aspect is that is sees Cosmos ( order )in Chaos.

Chaos theory of maths tries to find amoremeaningfulcorrelation&behaviouralpattern in such systems. One of the most fundamentalproperties of an organism isHomeostasis, the maintenance of afixed internal milieu, especially with regard to body temperature, BP,pH etc.The earlier school of thought regarded homeostasis as health,( Walter Cannon called it "the wisdom of the body" ) & any deviationfrom it was disease. But Chaos theory revolutionised this thinking &pointed out that health is the flexibility of an organism to respond toany changing environment.Our lungs, heart, liver etc are all designedto deal with frequent changes & health is the flexibility or capacityto maintain this state of chaos at the maximal level of efficiency.

Holistic health does not reject the Western system of medicine in toto.In the case of infectious diseases, nutritional & hormonal deficienciesand bodily defects which need surgical intervention, it follows the Westernsystem. Psychosomatic diseases such as hypertension, peptic ulcer,allergic asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome etccan be treated by Holistic Medicine, it averrs. Holistic health providesa way of life which prevents the reccurrence of some of these ailments.It is more prophylactic, preventive, curative & restorative.

Integral Life

Integral Life is an ancient Vedic ideal. The ancient Rishies ( Seers )believed in the fulness of Life - 100 % materialism & 100% spirituality.They actualised the Unity of Life first - long before they realized theUnity of Consciousness. The unitary principle of life is known a Prana,the Vital Energy. Cosmic Prana is a major topic ofdiscussion in theUpanishads. This Universal Vital Energy flows through invisiblechannels in the human body known as Nadis. The BrhadaranyakaUpanishad describes Prana as Truth and Brahman as the Truthof Truths. It was during this period ( around 500 B C ) that Indiadeveloped the Science of Life known as Ayurveda. later. He came to the conclusion that along with Life-instinct ( known
as Eros ) man had apparently a powerful Death-instinct ( known asThanatos ) which manifested itself as Self-hate & aggressivebehaviour. He showed that not all accidents were really accidents.The accident-proneness of the victims produced by the unconsciousdeath wish they had cherished was the cause behind someaccidents.Research has indicated enough evidence for vicious & insidiousforms of self-hate in man. We can understand how self-hate operateson the level of the Unconscious if we observe the way many peopleabuse their own stomachs, lungs & other vital organs, and the waysome people bring ruin upon themselves by yielding to drug addiction& alcoholism. This self-hate acts as aninhibitingfactorformostindividuals. Success can be achieved, said Dr Maxwell Maltz,if this inhibitive factor is removed from the mind. Most peopleare unaware of it & drift through life unaware of the self- harm theydo. Some of them wake up from this unconscious drifting andbegin to have a new attitude - an attitude of love, friendlinessand peace towards themselves & their brethren.It actually indicatesthe dawn of true love for one's higher Self known as the Atman.Thanatos was known in Vedanta as Thamas ( the destructiveelement in man ). Thamas is destructive and self-destructive.By yogic sadhana alone can this Thamas or Thanatos bedestroyed.

Yet till evil is slain in its own homeAnd light invades the world's inconscient baseAnd perished is the Adversary forceHe ( the Saviour ) must still labour on, his work halfdone! ( Aurobindo )
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