| Spiritual healing is an important science that helps | | | | This surrender of the problem also helps in reducing |
| people to overcome problems that have their root | | | | our ego and therefore a temporary rise in spiritual level. |
| cause in the spiritual realm. However unless the | | | | As a result, we are able to access energy of the mind |
| principles of this subtle science are understood and | | | | which sends energy behind our prayer for others. |
| adhered to, spiritual healers can be negatively impacted | | | | Hence our prayers to heal others work. |
| by practicing spiritual healing. The most sustainable | | | | - Spiritual healing techniques: Spiritual healing techniques |
| form of spiritual healing is enabling the person in trouble | | | | such as Pranic healing and Reiki actually use the |
| to begin and continue their spiritual practice. | | | | energy of the mind augmented by the Universal |
| | | | Energy of Will. This type of spiritual healing can only be |
| 1. What is Spiritual Healing? | | | | done by a person around the 50% spiritual level. They |
| Spiritual research done by Spiritual Science Research | | | | do not access any universal vital energy. Vital energy |
| Foundation (SSRF) has shown that up to 80% of | | | | only exists at an individual level and not at a Universal |
| problems in our lives have their root in the spiritual | | | | level. When one has access to energy of the mind |
| dimension. Spiritual healing as defined by SSRF is | | | | one is able to control the vital energy in the vital body. |
| overcoming the spiritual root causes of problems by | | | | A person who is below the spiritual level of 50% |
| spiritual means. | | | | technically cannot heal using these methods. This is |
| | | | because they do not have enough access to |
| 2. Difference between symptoms displayed and the | | | | Universal energies. In case where a person below the |
| root cause | | | | spiritual level of 50% is able to do seemingly miraculous |
| It is important to differentiate the symptoms displayed | | | | cures by Pranic healing or Reiki, invariably it is ghosts |
| by a person and the basic root cause. We can better | | | | healing through them. Ghosts use these healers to |
| understand this by an example. | | | | affect society. While there may be temporary relief or |
| Let's say John throws a bucket of water on the floor | | | | miraculous cure from a problem, ghosts use the faith |
| in Jane's room when she is not there. He then hides | | | | people have in the healer to infuse people with black |
| himself to watch Jane's reaction on her return. When | | | | energy and lead people astray. |
| Jane enters the room she searches high and low for | | | | |
| the cause but cannot find the reason for the water on | | | | 9. What is the catalyst to channelise spiritual energies? |
| the floor. She then goes on to wipe the floor. John lets | | | | The main deciding factor as to whether a person has |
| out an evil chuckle under his breath at Jane's plight and | | | | the ability to heal is based on the amount of spiritual |
| ignorance about the root cause. | | | | practice he/she has done and the corresponding |
| This is a typical analogy of how a spiritual reason such | | | | spiritual level. This spiritual practice can either be of this |
| as an attack by a ghost (John) can cause a problem in | | | | lifetime or a previous lifetime. |
| life such as a heart condition (i.e. the water on the | | | | The healer's desire to heal is a secondary factor that |
| floor). Due to the fact that we do not have the sixth | | | | helps hone a spiritual healer's ability to heal. |
| sense vision to see or perceive the ghost, our search | | | | |
| for the cause of, for example, the chest pain remains | | | | 10. How will one know if one needs spiritual healing at |
| limited only to the physical or psychological dimension. | | | | all? |
| | | | Spiritual research conducted by the Spiritual Science |
| 3. What does Spiritual Healing heal? | | | | Research Foundation (SSRF) over the past 20 years |
| We can now appreciate that in cases of heart | | | | has revealed that 80% of problems in life have their |
| disease resulting from a spiritual root cause, medical or | | | | root cause in the spiritual dimension. Thus these |
| surgical treatment can only alleviate the consequent | | | | problems can be overcome completely only by |
| damage done by the spiritual root cause. Thus by | | | | complementing worldly efforts with remedies in the |
| treating the heart condition by surgery or medicine, | | | | spiritual dimension. This explains the overwhelming |
| medical sciences can at best bring about a | | | | importance of spiritual healing in solving problems in |
| symptomatic cure. The condition however reoccurs as | | | | one's life. |
| the root cause, for example, the ghost, is not taken | | | | It is difficult to decide with the help of intellect whether |
| care of. | | | | one needs to augment spiritual practice with other |
| Spiritual healing is about diagnosis and removal of the | | | | spiritual remedies. Only Saints and people with strong |
| spiritual root cause of the problem, that is, the ghost in | | | | extrasensory perception (ESP) or sixth sense can |
| the above example of heart disease. It could also be | | | | really say with authority whether a spiritual healing |
| used for stopping a potential problem happening in the | | | | remedy is needed because only they can diagnose |
| first place. | | | | whether the problem has a spiritual root cause. |
| Though advanced spiritual healing remedies can also | | | | However one can also make a decision based on their |
| revert the physical damage done, in most cases it is | | | | intellect if the following are observed: |
| advisable to use physical measures (treatment) to | | | | - Problems that do not go away despite best of |
| alleviate the physical damage (i.e. the water in our | | | | worldly efforts. |
| example above). This is because one would have to | | | | - Chronic or recurrent problems with no apparent |
| use a lot of spiritual energy to achieve what can be | | | | cause. |
| done with comparatively lower input at a physical level. | | | | - Problems affecting many people in a family |
| This is considering that spiritual energy is invaluable and | | | | simultaneously. |
| extremely difficult to acquire compared to any physical | | | | - Problems that exacerbate around new moon and full |
| effort. | | | | moon. |
| It is for this reason that the Spiritual Science Research | | | | - Problems that are alleviated at least partially when |
| Foundation (SSRF) emphasises that only the | | | | the affected person is exposed to a spiritually positive |
| appropriate level of energy be used for treating a | | | | environment like being in company of Saints. |
| problem. So for example, if a person is having eczema | | | | So in summary it is advisable to do spiritual practice, a |
| due to a spiritual root cause, it needs to be treated at | | | | type of spiritual remedy, on a daily basis. |
| a physical level with medicines and the spiritual root | | | | |
| cause needs to be alleviated by spiritual remedies. | | | | 11. Can harm come to one in anyway, if spiritual healing |
| | | | is done incorrectly? |
| 4. Basic principles behind spiritual healinga. Principle | | | | The short answer is - yes. Following are some of the |
| behind diagnosis | | | | ways it can be harmful: |
| Diagnosis of a problem that has its root cause in the | | | | Healers that are after fame and fortune and of lower |
| spiritual realm can only be done with one's sixth sense | | | | spiritual level are most likely to be targeted by ghosts. |
| (ESP). The accuracy of a diagnosis can vary | | | | Higher level ghosts use these defects and |
| considerably and is a function of 2 basic factors: | | | | attachments in the spiritual healer to affect and |
| - The person's sixth sense (ESP) ability and spiritual | | | | possess them. The possession is insidious and |
| level versus the strength of the affecting entity or | | | | intangible and the healer would not have the faintest |
| ghost (demon, devil, spirit, etc.) | | | | clue that he is being controlled by a ghost. Hence it |
| - Destiny that decides the duration of sufferings | | | | goes unnoticed. Once they have possessed the |
| - Resolve of the guiding Saint of the spiritual healerb. | | | | healer, they initially alleviate symptoms of the persons |
| Principle behind any type of spiritual healing | | | | treated by the healer through their spiritual strength to |
| The following is the principle behind any type of spiritual | | | | get their faith but also to infuse black energy into the |
| healing treatment practiced anywhere in the world. | | | | treated persons. |
| Basically by applying spiritual healing remedies we try | | | | If the healer does not have an advanced sixth sense |
| to: | | | | he may not be able to discern the difference between |
| - Decrease the subtle basic raja-tama components | | | | positive and negative in the subtle world. Hence while |
| caused by the ghosts | | | | the healer may think he is channelising energy from |
| - Increase the subtle basic sattva component | | | | spirit guides he is actually healing with black energy of |
| - Try to remove or at least decrease the layer of | | | | ghosts posing as spirit guides. So even though the initial |
| black energy created by ghosts which is inherently | | | | symptoms may be cured to gain the patient's faith, the |
| raja-tama. | | | | long term effects are quite damaging. |
| - (Sattva (purity, Divinity), raja (action, passion) and | | | | |
| tama (ignorance, inertia) are basic subtle components | | | | 12. Who should we heal and when should we heal? |
| entire Creation is made of and which modern sciences | | | | At the outset we need to understand two important |
| have not yet 'discovered') | | | | principles. |
| | | | - The best type of spiritual healing is when a person |
| 5. Generic types of spiritual healing methods | | | | does spiritual practice for oneself. In this way, one |
| There are two generic methods of spiritual healing. | | | | builds up one's own spiritual reserves so that he is less |
| These are the two choices that apply to all of us who | | | | prone to attack from the spiritual dimension. Doing |
| have a problem that has its root cause in the spiritual | | | | regular spiritual practice is also far more sustainable as |
| realm. | | | | a protective measure than being spiritually healed using |
| | | | some form of spiritual healing. As much as possible |
| 1. Spiritual remedies: This is where either someone else | | | | spiritual healers need to encourage people to begin |
| or the affected person himself performs a certain | | | | and be regular with their spiritual practice, even if they |
| specific act to alleviate a certain problem at a spiritual | | | | continue to come for healing. Spiritual practice |
| level. | | | | complements the spiritual healer's efforts in removing |
| 2. Spiritual practice: When a person does spiritual | | | | the problem. |
| practice that conforms to the five basic principles of | | | | - Spiritual growth to realise God is our main purpose in |
| spiritual practice he builds his own ability to protect | | | | life. Accordingly if all our actions, spiritual healing or |
| himself against harmful elements in the spiritual | | | | otherwise are aligned to assist ourselves and others to |
| dimension | | | | progress spiritually we benefit maximally. |
| The first method of healing mostly brings about | | | | Given the above, spiritual healers' time and energy is |
| symptomatic cure and sometimes cure of the spiritual | | | | best spent when they help other people to overcome |
| root cause, while the second brings about cure of the | | | | any spiritual obstacles that are inhibiting them from |
| root cause of a spiritual problem. | | | | practising Spirituality. In this way they are helping people |
| | | | grow spiritually. From a purely spiritual perspective, it is |
| 6. Modes of spiritual healing | | | | best that one does not use spiritual healing energy on |
| The energy being channelised for healing is brought | | | | people that have no intention of starting spiritual |
| about through: | | | | practice. The reason for this is that unless a person |
| | | | does spiritual practice to augment the spiritual healing, it |
| 1. Use of an inanimate object such as holy water or | | | | at best brings about temporary relief as the affecting |
| holy ash. | | | | entity can cause harm in other areas of life or the |
| 2. Through a person | | | | person can be affected repeatedly by other entities. |
| - Through a person (generally the person has to be | | | | Spiritual healers have access to Universal energy |
| above 50% spiritual level) | | | | appropriate to their spiritual level. Along with this comes |
| - Through a Saint i.e. a person above the 70% spiritual | | | | a responsibility to help people to grow spiritually which |
| level. | | | | is being in alignment with our purpose of life. If this is |
| - (Here spiritual level is defined on a scale from 0% to | | | | not the case a spiritual healer begins to stagnate and |
| 100% where inanimate objects would be at 0% and a | | | | invariably deteriorates in his spiritual level and can |
| God Realised Soul, i.e. someone Who has merged with | | | | potentially be used by ghosts. |
| God Principle, would be at 100%) | | | | It is advisable not to get emotionally carried away |
| Depending on the mode used, the mechanism of | | | | healing people just for the sake of healing. If it is in a |
| action, i.e. how energy is channelised, changes. | | | | person's destiny to go through a certain amount of |
| | | | suffering then all we do is alleviate it temporarily. But |
| 7. Importance of spiritual level of the healer in treating | | | | the person still has to go through the required quota of |
| others | | | | suffering. Instead, it would be spiritually more correct if |
| The spiritual level of spiritual healers is the all important | | | | our intention was to heal a person so he gets the faith |
| aspect which defines: | | | | that the spiritual dimension does exist and this in turn |
| - How they are able to treat others | | | | inspires him to begin his spiritual practice. |
| - What healing methods they can use and | | | | |
| - The types of Universal energies they have access | | | | In summary |
| to | | | | Spiritual healing is practised by many people worldwide. |
| | | | Only by understanding the principles and the spiritual |
| 8. Types of healing | | | | perspective on 'who' and 'when' to heal can we be |
| Examples of various spiritual healing techniques that | | | | sure to be in alignment with the purpose of life. The |
| are commonly used to heal others can be: | | | | best spiritual healing gift that one can give others is |
| - Chanting the Lord's name: Chanting for others is | | | | assisting them in beginning their spiritual practice so that |
| possible only when one is at the minimum spiritual level | | | | they can help themselves. This is akin to giving a |
| of 37% and is the easiest way to help another person. | | | | person a fishing rod and making him independent as |
| - Prayers and surrender: When we pray we | | | | opposed to spoon-feeding him and giving him a fish. |
| acknowledge our lack of ability to solve a problem. | | | | |