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Consciousness as medicine: reflections and experiences with acute
illnesses

Dr. Yogesh Mohan

Editor’s note
The word’ consciousness’ is coming into wider and wider usage in modern times. It is a sign that we
are getting more deeply engaged with the subjective side of human experience. It is also an indication
that we are seeking for some fundamental basis of life and existence as we have hit a road-block there,
a block that only the introduction and inclusion of Consciousness as a fundamental Reality behind all
phenomenon can alone remove. All other theories leave a big hiatus between what is experienced as
real and the basis of that experience of reality. However, the word is also used in a more general sense,
to describe the state of awareness we are in at a given moment. It is important to draw the distinction
since while Consciousness in its deepest sense indicates the fundamental Reality, the base of
Knowledge-Power that exists behind all things, the common Matrix of creation so to say, the states of
consciousness are limited by the bandwidth of the experiencing person. Thus we can speak of different
levels and layers of experience such as mental, vital, physical consciousness or even a subconscious
and a superconscious state. In other words, there is only One Consciousness which becomes limited
and is experienced as different in different persons depending upon the limitation of the experiencing
person. The present article uses the term mostly in the latter sense though there is an obvious
undercurrent of the former usage at places.

Abstract
A combination of inner and outer causes results in a creation of disease within an individual. The
intervention of medicines, therapies and doctors breaks the disease-cycle and modifies the healing
process. Healing follows a certain law of nature, which is governed by certain factors. Once we
modify the factors or bring in a new factor, the pathway and the outcome is changed. Consciousness is
one such vital factor that has a powerful influence on the healing pathway.

It has been four years since I discovered and facilitate its healing. I wish to share a few
simple ways to directly act on one’s own body experiences and insights gained on the way.

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