MEDITATION AS MEDICATION:
In the conference hall of the National Hotel, the song "Mannadhi boodham" (a Tamil song) was being played and the entire hall was full of doctors who had come to listen to Master's discourse entitled "Meditation as Medication"
The organisers were a little tense about bringing THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM safely in through the crowd. However, there was a pleasant surprise. He entered into the crowd with a blissful face like Lord Subramanya. The crowd, with folded hands, made way for the Master. How was it that the doctors who were seeing Him for the first time awarded him so much respect?
We have been with Master for so many months and we have a humble respect towards him, as an enlightened Master but it was surprising that the doctors, who had never seen him before, were giving him so much respect? These doctors had received the research report by Dr.Murali Krishna from USA, about the mind of a mystic. The report is about THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's no mind state and being doctors, they all understood His enlightened state. That explained their undue respect for the Master.
Reporters' interaction with the Master
Reporter: Does meditation cure disease?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: Definitely, it does.
Reporter: What are all the diseases that can be cured?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: All the diseases that you can name and those that you cannot name can be cured.
Reporter: How does meditation cure all diseases?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: What ever be the disease, the root cause for it lies in any one of the internal organs which has been damaged, understand the truth; whatever be the disease, it is because of less energy in our body.
Reporter: How does meditation improve our energy level?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: There are seven energy centres in our body.
Reporter: Is it inside the body?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: Yes, Mooladhara, Swadistana, Manipuraka, Anahata, Visuddhi, Agna and Sahasrara are the seven energy centres in our body. The Vedas have explained these chakras in a detailed manner.
Reporter: What is the proof that these Chakras exist?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: Do you love your children?
Reporter: Yes, I love my children and my whole life is centred, on them. If you ask like this, what can I say, Master?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: If I ask you to prove that, will you show me the proof for that?
Reporter: No.
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: Why?
Reporter: It is an emotional truth.
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: What you call as a feeling of love is inside you. The Rishis call that place the Anahata. Love is a feeling, a form of energy. The energy centre for love is the Anahata chakra. If the Anahata Chakra does not work properly, you feel irritation, depression and anger. The blood starts boiling. Blood pressure will rise and you will not have peace of mind. You will get all sorts of physical and mental problems, related to this. We call this as disease.
Reporter: Master, if you analyse your statement, then is it that all diseases are illusions.
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: You can say that also. For example, fever is an increase in body temperature and cancer is the multiplication of cells at a particular place. If you balance these, the increase of temperature and increase of cells will disappear.
Reporter: Is it so Master?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: It is very easy to be healed, from disease.
Reporter: Can you explain this Master?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: When the energy flow in the body gets disturbed, you get diseases like fever and cancer. Similar to the way our heart controls the blood flow. the chakras control the energy flow. Majority of the diseases disappear when the chakras are healed.
Reporter: How do you heal chakras?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: That is a very subtle thing, related to the emotions.
Reporter: What is the relation between emotions and diseases being cured?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: More than 90% of our diseases are psychosomatic means diseases related to the mind and body. The diseases that affect the physical body are caused mainly by the mind. Turbulence in the mind creates diseases. If these wrong emotions are rectified, close to 90% of the diseases can be cured.
Reporter: Is it so easy to cure diseases, Master?
THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM: A Tao saying preaches the following:
'One who has conquered the mind has conquered the world. One who can rule his mind is capable of ruling the world.'
Your mind is your world; mind is your life and only the mind determines death, achievement, sorrow etc. If you heal your mind, you can not only cure the diseases, but also win over the world. To heal the mind, learn the art of controlling the emotions. Your life will become blissful. MEDITATION AND MEDICATION:
What is medication?
Medication is giving medicine from the outside to a disease, which is inside the body.
What is Meditation?
Meditation is the process of sending out the object that causes the problem inside the body.
This is the main difference between medication and meditation.
Medication originated in the west whereas meditation took its birth in the east. Meditation has spread across the seas and is protecting the whole world.
We all know that the ultimate aim of both medication is to cure and have qood health. Medicine, definitely, has to give good health. However, meditation does not have this compulsion. The aim of meditation is to give ultimate happiness, the eternal bliss.
Side effect of Medicine: Disease Side effect of Meditation: Getting cured
Meditation was not created to cure diseases. People who lived without diseases explored deep into the mysteries of life and created meditation.