Monday, November 22, 2010

MEDITATION AS MEDICINE (Part-3), How Does Meditation Help a Doctor ?

HOW DOES THE MEDITATION HELP A DOCTOR.

The greatest responsibility on the medical profesionals is to restore and maintain health of the society.  Health is birthright of everybody.  It is treasure which neither science nor wealth can buy and to gain it most people would readily agree to give up everything.
Health is not merely a precious possession but a resource in which the whole community has a stake.  Although health is defined as state of complete physical, mental, social as well as spiritual well-being, and not merely absence of disese or infirmity, yet the modern system of health-care looks after just the physical health alone.
If we stuldy teh attributes of health, we can see by even casual self-analysis that most of us are ot healthy.  The practice of Raja Yoga is the strongest foundation for building the stage of one's mental and social health as well as a distinct advantage in maintaining the well-being of on's body.
The practice of Raja Yoga Meditation provides a medical practitioner with an excellent auxiliary means in
(1) Diagnosis
(2) Treatment and
(3) Satisfaction of patients. Besides, it also helps him to keep his own personal and social life peaceful, harmonious and happy.

MEDITATION - IN DIAGNOSIS
Just a few minutes of Raja Yoga practice makes our mind peaceful and calm.  In this state of tranquality, our power of decision improves immensely.  Many Raja Yogi doctors have professed to have been benefited by this practice in improving the faculty of taking correct and quick decision.  It also enables us to put our thought - process in a desired direction rapidly. Unwanted and unnacessary thought does not hinder the deep thinking.
This enhances the ability to do differential diagnosis quickly without any mistake.

IN TREATMENT
Raja Yoga Meditation is a good adjunct to most of the modern therapueutic methods.  IT restores the normal sleeping patterns which are effected in many a psychological and psychosomatic disease and disorder.  Combination of Raja Yoga Meditation with other therapeutic methods greately enhances the rate of progress with many patients.

Raja Yoga Meditation changes the individual's internal physiological response to environmental circumstances, thereby allowing a more adaptive behavioural response to life- pressures.  It provides physiological and psychological rest, necessary for the body to replace chemical resources, depleted by fight or fight responses, excessive fear, angrer and chronic distress. Thus, when Raja Yoga Meditation is added to traditional approaches in the treatment of psychological and psychosomatric disease-be they behavioural, psychoanalytical or psychopharmacological~ patients improve at a rate much faster than usual.
In a number of incidents it is observed that diseases like diabetes and hypertension have been stabilized or treated much more quickly by regular practice or Raja Yoga Meditation.
A 55 years old female, principl of a school had moderate to serve type of essential hypertension for about 10 years and which could not be controlled by a number of antihypertensive drugs.  Within a few days of practising Meditation, The Blood Pressure could be controlled by these drugs and after a eyar of Raja Yoga practice for about 45-60 minutes/day, her blood pressure could be stabilized at 150/90 - 155 /95 without any pharmacological treatment.
Similarly, a 48 yar Veternary doctor developed maturity onset diabetes which was not controlled by insulin for years but within a few days of practising Raja Yoga Meditaiton, his diabetes came into control with 1/2 tablet of oral antidiabetecs/ day.
Raja Yoga Medittation is very effective to overcome smoking, alcohol consumption and Drug abuse.  Raja Yoga offers even a beginner the experience of supersensory pleasure.  Through the self-reinforcing nature of Raja Yoga, a patient's mind will be pulled increasingly towards the activity and very naturally his cognitive patterns will begin to alter. Hi will simultaneously experience a very subtle but significant increase in his level of will power so that at least he will be able to reduce the dosage that his addiction requires.  This in turn created self- confidence which, in course of time, inspires him to shed the old and unwanted habit entirely.
In recent years, there has been growing recognition that "Prevention is far better and Cheaper Than Cure".  Medical scientists and health organization are focusing much of their researc effort on this goal of preventing the occurence of disease as far as possible. The practice of Raja Yoga by itself can prevent many diseases which are psychologically caused or precipitated.  Raja Yoga not only strengthnes the mind but exercises it to a level or great flexibility.  This means the power of mind to resist disease is increased enormously, for there is no weakness lurking in the subcouscious any more to invite disease into the body and also in increases the will to get well.
Though the practice of Raja Yoga conclusively prevents many illnesses occuring primarily as a result or psychological stress, nevertheless a yogi is not totally immune to diseases, primrily resulting from congenital, mechinical or environmental factors.
But the signuficat observation to be made her is that though a certain amount of sickness may be unavoidable in the present circumstances of polluted environment, a Raja Yogi learns to overcome the suffering which would otherwise accompany the illness.  In other words, though the physical vehicle ~ the body - may be malfunctioning, the soul within can continue to enjoy unbroken tranquality or mind.

IN SATISFYING PATIENTS
  • Raja Yoga enables a doctor to acquire
    Hand that never hurts,
    Tongue that never cuts
    Mind that never bursts,
These qualities help him to satisfy patients and satisfaction of patients is needed for the successful medical practice.
IN DOCTOR'S FAMILY LIFE : (Not only for DOCTORS - but for every one)
As the life of a doctor / individual is very busy, he/ she has to bear with hunger, tiredness, lack of sleep, stress, etc. He has to deal with patients of different Temperament.  Therefore he/she can give very little time for his/ her family members and so, some times, his family relations are disturbed.  Raja Yoga practice enables a doctor to develop the powers to tolerate and face various situations.  This helps him to adapt, accommodate and adjust in different situations.  Thus his family life also becomes peaceful, happy and harmonious.

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