WESAK 2008 - New Age Festival of Spiritual Unity and Blessings
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When we pursue happiness, it eludes you. However, when you recognise that happiness is the natural state of the soul, all you need is to eliminate all that comes between your happiness and you.
By Ursula Mistry The
ability to heal lies dormant in everybody. All you require to trigger it is the
urge to heal
What is the first thing that you do when you hurt yourself
in any part? You place your hand there, for immediate relief. Congratulations,
you have already taken the first step towards pranic healing!
To comprehend
pranic healing, we must first understand the essence of prana. There are
many definitions of prana—a universal principle, life energy, bio-plasma,
magnetism or vital energy. Prana, in fact, is the force behind all activity
in the body. It is in and around all manifestations and, more importantly, can
be drawn, stored, and sent from one person to another.
When we feel 'low,'
something interferes with our supply of vital energy or prana. In pranic
healing, prana is sent to afflicted parts. This flow of energy stimulates
cells and tissues and, as a result, waste matter is ejected from the system. And
the capability to do this lies dormant in almost everybody.
However,
most people are unaware of their potential. Some, like Colonel Henry Steel Olcott,
a friend and disciple of Madame Blavatsky who founded the Theosophical Society
in New York in 1875, discover it accidentally.
Once, while visiting Sri
Lanka, a Buddhist priest told Olcott that the Church planned to turn a nearby
village into another Lourdes, complete with miracles. Olcott said: "In that case
you should start performing a few miracles yourself." The priest said he had no
such powers. Olcott, aware of the power of suggestion, decided to help.
A few days later, a partially paralyzed man came to the Buddhist temple. Olcott
slowly ran his hands in the air over the affected part and told the person that
he would definitely improve. That evening, the man returned to Olcott, saying
he felt much better and wanted more treatment. Olcott obliged and the man continued
to improve.
The upshot of this incident saw Olcott receiving instant
acclaim in the area as a miracle worker and the ailing began flocking to him.
To his own amazement, Olcott realized that he was actually learning to cure patients.
Something seemed to flow from him into the ailing. He had learned pranic healing
simply by trying.
But sending our vital energy to others can leave us drained. So, it is
advised to use pranayama, a yogic breathing exercise, for building
up vital energy before attempting pranic healing.
RHYTHMIC
BREATHING PRACTICES
Sit
comfortably, with spine erect, hands resting in your lap.
Place your
finger on the pulse. Inhale, counting to six pulse units.
Hold your
breath, counting to three pulse units.
Exhale slowly, counting to six
pulse units.
Count to three pulse units before drawing the next breath.
Continue this exercise without straining yourself.
Next, inhale and
hold your breath for a moment. Now pucker up your lips as if to whistle, and exhale
a little.
Hold. Then exhale a little more.
Repeat till you have
exhaled completely.
But remember, breathing exercises should be comfortable,
so never strain.
TRY
GENERAL SELF-HEALING FIRST
Lie
down comfortably, close your eyes and relax.
Breathe rhythmically and
command a good supply of prana.
While exhaling, send prana
to the affected part.
Do this a few times and then use exhalations to
mentally push diseases, impurities, blockages out of the body.
Use your
hands, passing them down the body from the head to the affected part, visualizing
the prana flow down the arm, through the fingertips, into the body. You'll
see that the results are quite amazing.
You can make circular movements
above the body, or, like Olcott, make a few mysterious passes. Finally, when you
heal others, flick your fingers occasionally so as not to absorb their afflictions
and wash your hands thoroughly after you have completed the treatment.
The
ability to heal lies dormant in everybody. All you require to trigger it is the
urge to heal
