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The Art of Healing

By Deepak Chopra

Many people, including physicians, have become disillusioned by the prevailing materialistic interpretation of illness and health. The revolution in health care emerging now in the West is based on the insights of ancient traditions, where healing and spiruality were intimately linked. In tradicional approach to medicine the body is more than a mere life-support system: it is seen as a vehicle for realizing perfect health in body, mind and spirit – a bridge to our highest potential.

At the heart of these medical traditons is the recognition that the physical world, including our bodies, is largely a product of our individual perception, and that it is the mind that directs the body towards sickness or health. Our bodies often express inner, even subcounscious, psychological states. The physician’s role whithin this system is to guide the patient towards greater self-awareness, beyond the self-imposed  limitations that foster disease. Ultimately, true healing begins when we discover within ourselves that place where we are linked with the larger forces of the universe. Although each person may seem separate and independent, all of us are connected to patterns of intelligence that govern the whole cosmos. Our bodies are part f the universal body, our minds an aspect of a universal  mind.

When harmony prevails between the elements of human physiology and the forces of the macrocosm, nature’s intelligence flows spontaneously through the cells of the body. Whether or not the physician resorts to the use of medications or external therapies, the patient is directed towards health-producing behavour that restores dynamic equilibrium to body and mind, so leading to physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. Health then becomes a heightened state of vitality, creativity, peace and joy where we transcend the individual ego.

Awareness, attention and intention should be as much as part of health care as drugs, radiation and surgey because ultimately, one’s state of counsciousness is the most important element in the healing process.

The word “healing” originates from “holy”, which in turns derives from the Word “whole”. When the memory of wholeness is restored, healing takes place whithin our mind and body. The memory of that original wholeness is always present on a celular level, bu is overshadowed by our habitual inattention and our preoccupation with trivial and mundane affairs.

Deepak Chopra in “The Tibetan Art of Healing”

Segundo “The Tibetan Art of Healing”, o médico-terapeuta deve estar em alerta como um falcão para poder distinguir as variadas desordens/doenças. Deve ser paciente como uma ovelha na observação da flutuação dos sintomas e cauteloso como uma raposa na prescrição da medicação quando a doença já se encontra instalada. No tratamento de recidivas e agravamentos deve ser rápido como um tigre.