A Compassionate & Loving Self

Hippocrates believed that nature cured disease and many of today’s modern diseases can be prevented with maintaining a healthy mind and body. Understanding this requires a different approach called “quantum healing”.
Deepak Chopra describes quantum healing as “the ability of one mode of consciousness (the mind) to spontaneously correct the mistakes of another
consciousness (the body).” From the quantum perspective, as we think and feel, we create chemical changes in the brain that set off a chain reaction of bodily responses. Both good & bad thoughts alter the field of intelligence and thus the body for better or worse.
Ayurveda is a medical perspective whereby symptoms are controlled by attention. The use of meditation and other techniques, such as primordial sound are implored to initiate healing. Meditation brings awareness of thought patterns while primordial sound uses one vibration to heal another. Usually Om, pronounced AUM, is the vibration or sound used to represent the collective vibration or sound of all living things and is a way to connect to your true undistorted self. Ayurveda differs from Western Medicine in that it believes the war (disease) begins inside the body.
Love and compassion are our highest qualities and in this state, we cannot contradict ourselves. True love and compassion for ourselves and all other beings enables us to live in accordance with nature.

Letting Go

As we move through life, we tend project our past into the present, classifying them as good or bad. In reality, there is no good or bad. They are opposites that cannot exist without each other. There is a dynamism to life: light and dark, up and down, etc., and life fluctuates between them. Our spiritual progression depends on our surrendering, not fighting against, what is. “Change is never easy, you fight to hold on, and you fight to let go.” – The Wonder Years.
Often times we hold on to past experiences we liked, wanting to repeat them, and experiences we did not like, taking them personally. We often forget letting go of the old provides an opportunity to receive the new. As Lao Tzu, the father of Taoism, says “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”
Repeating a mantra or prayer while contemplating its meaning can help penetrate deep layers of consciousness. A mantra on the law of impermanence is “Everything in life changes, nothing is permanent.” Another mantra that helps us understand the bigger picture follows “Whatever happens, happens for a reason, and the Universe knows best.”
Let go of what no longer serves you and step into your fullest potential. You have nothing to lose except emotional baggage, stress and tension. Practice yoga, exercise, and meditate. Get adequate nutrition, rest, and sun. Do things you are naturally good at and enjoy. All major religions and spiritual paths teach these universal or natural laws.