v Health is the wealth by God. In an energetic person have harmony on the physical, psychological, spiritual and social realm. When there is an disproportion, healing becomes necessary.
v Modern medicine restricts itself only to the body, neglecting the subtle dimensions of the human personality. Holistic healing by Jesus always has triple focus- on the mind, the soul and the body. Forgive led formation
v Human body is both the living sacrifice and the temple of God. Eco-friendly life style is uphold the art, beauty and rhythms of life.
‘Manushasnehi’ a Malayalam Magazine recently published an article related the hopeless condition of modern medicines and hopeful of God’s healing power. The author says that, “If you had a disease you definitely consult a doctor, because he /she needs to live, when you got the prescription you must buy the medicine because they need to live, once you got the medicine you should put it into the waste box because you also need to live”. One of the retired professors of Kottayam medical college, kerala says that “the patient must be well aware that all the medicines are directly or indirectly poison especially in allopathic system. The intake of medicines has result in the increase of diseases”. All medicines have side effects because there are not miracles. From a chemists' point of view, designing a good medicine is difficult because you need to design a drug that binds and activates/inactivates one single type of target in a cell without binding to and affecting any of the other millions of molecules in the body.
Many meds come with documentation in the package which shows the result of double blind studies. That documentation will give you a rough idea of what the chance is of getting a side effect. Each and every treatment modalities of modern medicines causes’ lot of side effects starting from the hair falling to skin allergy, kidney failure, imbalance of B.P and Chronic diseases like cancer. Also it seriously affects the economical conditions of the family due to the extinctive and expensive treatment. These physical and economical problems may leads to some psychosomatic imbalance in human nature. In other words modern medicines and diagnostics are harmful to living self and destroy the very beauty and rhythm of the human life.
Physical health is the overall condition of a living organism at a given time, the soundness of the body, freedom from disease or abnormality and the condition of optimal well-being. Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God. We must take reasonable care of them because health is the real wealth. Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and it remains forever in a special relationship with the creator. Healing itself was considered one of the grounds that creative spiritual powers were working through human being. God’s healing through Christ makes the person to grow both physically, psychologically and spiritually.
Holistic healing in free of coast:-
Jesus’ healing was a holistic journey from brokenness to wholeness and fullness of life. But modern medicines can never give the holistic healing. Holistic health is a state in which an individual is integrated at all levels of being; body, mind, spirit and emotions. It is a state of well-being; not a mere absence of disease; but a dynamic ever expanding, self motivating experience towards achieving a purposeful and vibrant life style. The strongest message of the holistic health movement is that physicians are not responsible for the quality of a patient’s health. Holistic healing knowledge systems are associated with the positive building up of body immunity, while the allopathic tradition is more interventionist and attacks disease in isolation from its context, often with further medical repercussions in terms of side-effects.
Allopathic medicine restricts itself only to the body, neglecting the subtle dimensions of the human personality. These medicines with its scientific approach have become the dominant paradigm in the 20th century. It views the world as a mechanical device and leaves out the inter relationships between the mind, body, and spirit, the psychological biochemical aspects of the disease. In the holistic healing, the cause of any disease is understood in terms of the whole person and not in terms of a particular organ or tissue. The conventional practitioners of medicine have three reasons to ignore the mind-body healing methods:1)Pharmaceutical(mafia)and insurance industry controls and commercialise the healing. 2) high-tech gadget and computers focus on organ systems of body, like parts of a machine.3) the standards of law, science, and business ethics require the medical practitioners to conform to the prevailing system. There is an ample evidences reveals that the unholy- nexus of medical-blade-Lab-Pharmacy. Unfortunately, now a day’s majority of ‘Christian mission hospitals’ are corporate profit oriented business firms than service oriented.
The ethics of medical practitioners are often questioned, as there is a medical lobby working to exaggerate the physical ailments of the patients. Often the ailments are too exaggerated and severe medications are advised by the doctors. The doctors and the representatives of medical companies work hand in hand to maximise their earnings at the cost of the patients’ lives. It has to note that the share market boom has largely supported by the pharmaceutical companies whose share alone will not go down on any bear run. They are always the bull horns that maintain the share market hype. They are largely supported by the medical practitioners who advocate their medicines receiving several perks furnished by these companies. They are mutually benefitted and the common person who becomes the patient becomes the scapegoats.
There are several proofs that these medicines are manufactured in small scale industries in the villages of India where the production cost is so minimal and at the same time the quality is at stake. Now the production, manufacturing and marketing of medicines also become a profitable and compatible business. The side effects of the medicine makes the patients further more complicated patients and this lead to a complex system of diseases where the patient becomes a dependant customer of medicines. The ethics of the medical practitioners has to be questioned with suspicion. India has become a dumping ground for many banned drugs; the business of producing banned drugs is booming. Not many people know about these banned drugs and consume those causing side effects that can damage their bodies. This problem keeps on aggravating as some of the important dangerous drugs that are globally discarded are available in India. Here comes the importance of holistic healing practices where the side effects are nothing and the complex system of medicine lobbying is completely zero. Here the patient himself or herself can be the healer and thereby accentuating the doom of medical lobbying.
A urgency of Eco-friendly, God cantered life style
Every medicine has some side effects or risks associated with their use, although most people take medicines and claim that our science and technologies are the gifts of God. So we use our potentiality for our sake. We are tempted with modern life style so we wanted medicines for our curing. Holistic health is not an easy way to be healthy, it is a life style. It is a difficult path, sacrifice of some of our ingrained habits, addictions, phobias, and obsessions. We must avoid our blind western imitation of food, dress, cosmetic products and habits.
As Christians we more talk about the ecological problem and we are more concern about community healing which is not found because of not having personal healing and just basing on medical healing. If we are aware of personal healing the rest will be healed. Medical mission and hospitals have converted Healing ministry to profit mission. Unfortunately today churches also became the promoters of these centres because they want us to tempt with modern food patterns, rapacity and life style.
Holistic healing is not a miracle. It is a ‘way of life pattern and culture’ and everyone can experience it. I believe that Jesus never did a miracle like magicians, but the gospel writers interpreted healing as a miracle.(Gospel of John use the word ‘Sign’ of Jesus). Everyone can heal one’s body those who seek the way of life. The healing becomes effective when there is a strong faith and a concern for fellow beings. Even secular Holistic healing centres have also scientifically proved that one. But we think that we need medicine because we get tempted. James 1:13-15 he said that God himself tempts no one but one is tempted by one’s own desire, being lured and enticed by it. Then, when that desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and that sin, when it is fully grown, gives birth to death. Do not be deceived, my beloved.
In nutshell, Healing is a gift of God. Healing is ‘the process of being restored to bodily wholeness, emotional well-being, mental functioning, and spiritual aliveness’. In a healthy person there is harmony on the physical, psychological, spiritual and social level. When there is an imbalance, healing becomes necessary. But allopathic medicine restricts itself only to the body, neglecting the subtle dimensions of the human personality. Healing needs to focus on the mind, the soul and the body. It is holistic and is represented in the integral part of the gospel. Jesus heals the body, soul and spirit. Healing which is holistic should be the part of Christian mission. Church’s mission of healing calls for a holistic approach to the human person. The ultimate goal is to enable the person to assume responsible to one self, to heal oneself by modifying all type of harmful attitudes, values, and habits and prepare eco friendly, veg-oriented, simple life styles that taught by our Lord Jesus. God bless &help you to realize His way. Amen.
Prepared by. Binu J. & ed. by Prasad V.Abraham. Valanjavattom.
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