Spiritual Healing

Spiritual healing is an important science that helpsThis surrender of the problem also helps in reducing
people to overcome problems that have their rootour ego and therefore a temporary rise in spiritual level.
cause in the spiritual realm. However unless theAs a result, we are able to access energy of the mind
principles of this subtle science are understood andwhich sends energy behind our prayer for others.
adhered to, spiritual healers can be negatively impactedHence 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 troublesuch 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 Researchdo not access any universal vital energy. Vital energy
Foundation (SSRF) has shown that up to 80% ofonly exists at an individual level and not at a Universal
problems in our lives have their root in the spirituallevel. When one has access to energy of the mind
dimension. Spiritual healing as defined by SSRF isone is able to control the vital energy in the vital body.
overcoming the spiritual root causes of problems byA 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 theUniversal energies. In case where a person below the
root causespiritual level of 50% is able to do seemingly miraculous
It is important to differentiate the symptoms displayedcures by Pranic healing or Reiki, invariably it is ghosts
by a person and the basic root cause. We can betterhealing 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 floormiraculous cure from a problem, ghosts use the faith
in Jane's room when she is not there. He then hidespeople have in the healer to infuse people with black
himself to watch Jane's reaction on her return. Whenenergy and lead people astray.
Jane enters the room she searches high and low for
the cause but cannot find the reason for the water on9. What is the catalyst to channelise spiritual energies?
the floor. She then goes on to wipe the floor. John letsThe main deciding factor as to whether a person has
out an evil chuckle under his breath at Jane's plight andthe 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 suchspiritual level. This spiritual practice can either be of this
as an attack by a ghost (John) can cause a problem inlifetime or a previous lifetime.
life such as a heart condition (i.e. the water on theThe healer's desire to heal is a secondary factor that
floor). Due to the fact that we do not have the sixthhelps 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 remains10. 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 hearthas revealed that 80% of problems in life have their
disease resulting from a spiritual root cause, medical orroot cause in the spiritual dimension. Thus these
surgical treatment can only alleviate the consequentproblems can be overcome completely only by
damage done by the spiritual root cause. Thus bycomplementing 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 aimportance of spiritual healing in solving problems in
symptomatic cure. The condition however reoccurs asone's life.
the root cause, for example, the ghost, is not takenIt 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 thespiritual remedies. Only Saints and people with strong
spiritual root cause of the problem, that is, the ghost inextrasensory perception (ESP) or sixth sense can
the above example of heart disease. It could also bereally say with authority whether a spiritual healing
used for stopping a potential problem happening in theremedy is needed because only they can diagnose
first place.whether the problem has a spiritual root cause.
Though advanced spiritual healing remedies can alsoHowever one can also make a decision based on their
revert the physical damage done, in most cases it isintellect 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 ourworldly 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 because.
done with comparatively lower input at a physical level.- Problems affecting many people in a family
This is considering that spiritual energy is invaluable andsimultaneously.
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 thethe affected person is exposed to a spiritually positive
appropriate level of energy be used for treating aenvironment like being in company of Saints.
problem. So for example, if a person is having eczemaSo in summary it is advisable to do spiritual practice, a
due to a spiritual root cause, it needs to be treated attype 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. PrincipleThe short answer is - yes. Following are some of the
behind diagnosisways it can be harmful:
Diagnosis of a problem that has its root cause in theHealers that are after fame and fortune and of lower
spiritual realm can only be done with one's sixth sensespiritual level are most likely to be targeted by ghosts.
(ESP). The accuracy of a diagnosis can varyHigher 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 spiritualpossess them. The possession is insidious and
level versus the strength of the affecting entity orintangible 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 sufferingsgoes 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 healingtreated by the healer through their spiritual strength to
The following is the principle behind any type of spiritualget 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 tryIf 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 componentspositive and negative in the subtle world. Hence while
caused by the ghoststhe healer may think he is channelising energy from
- Increase the subtle basic sattva componentspirit guides he is actually healing with black energy of
- Try to remove or at least decrease the layer ofghosts posing as spirit guides. So even though the initial
black energy created by ghosts which is inherentlysymptoms 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 components12. Who should we heal and when should we heal?
entire Creation is made of and which modern sciencesAt 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 methodsdoes 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 whoprone to attack from the spiritual dimension. Doing
have a problem that has its root cause in the spiritualregular 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 elsespiritual healers need to encourage people to begin
or the affected person himself performs a certainand be regular with their spiritual practice, even if they
specific act to alleviate a certain problem at a spiritualcontinue to come for healing. Spiritual practice
level.complements the spiritual healer's efforts in removing
2. Spiritual practice: When a person does spiritualthe 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 protectlife. Accordingly if all our actions, spiritual healing or
himself against harmful elements in the spiritualotherwise are aligned to assist ourselves and others to
dimensionprogress spiritually we benefit maximally.
The first method of healing mostly brings aboutGiven the above, spiritual healers' time and energy is
symptomatic cure and sometimes cure of the spiritualbest spent when they help other people to overcome
root cause, while the second brings about cure of theany 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 healingbest that one does not use spiritual healing energy on
The energy being channelised for healing is broughtpeople 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 orat best brings about temporary relief as the affecting
holy ash.entity can cause harm in other areas of life or the
2. Through a personperson can be affected repeatedly by other entities.
- Through a person (generally the person has to beSpiritual 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% spirituala 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% tonot the case a spiritual healer begins to stagnate and
100% where inanimate objects would be at 0% and ainvariably deteriorates in his spiritual level and can
God Realised Soul, i.e. someone Who has merged withpotentially 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 ofhealing 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 treatingthe person still has to go through the required quota of
otherssuffering. Instead, it would be spiritually more correct if
The spiritual level of spiritual healers is the all importantour 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 othersinspires him to begin his spiritual practice.
- What healing methods they can use and
- The types of Universal energies they have accessIn summary
toSpiritual healing is practised by many people worldwide.
Only by understanding the principles and the spiritual
8. Types of healingperspective on 'who' and 'when' to heal can we be
Examples of various spiritual healing techniques thatsure 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 isassisting them in beginning their spiritual practice so that
possible only when one is at the minimum spiritual levelthey 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 weopposed to spoon-feeding him and giving him a fish.
acknowledge our lack of ability to solve a problem.