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Book Reviews




        The Body Speaks... Healing through Knowledge


        Dr. Vandana Gupta, 2nd Revised Edition 2016
        Healing Center, Bommayarpalayam, Tamil Nadu, India 605104
        Pages: 80
        Price: Rs. 300
        ISBN:: 978-81-7060-284-2.





        The body is the final battleground of all  trace the origin of disharmony. In the process
        diseases, all adverse forces, all conflicting  what is important is she does not allow the
        cognitive schemata and all contradictory  client to exclude the bodily disharmony by
        emotional upheavals. Yet we are ordinarily  shifting to the inner realms. Instead one
        not aware that the individual body has an  shifts to an inner poise from where the outer
        unparalleled uniqueness. We usually tend  disharmony can be adjudged in a new light to
        to ascribe uniqueness to an individual’s style  be spontaneously and effortlessly acted upon.
        of cognition and to the pattern of emotional  This is unique because in traditional occult
        expression but the body is assessed in neuro-  work, an astral body is projected and invested
        physiological terms. As a result, all bodies  with qualia while the outer body remains
        are evaluated in the context of biological  unchanged. One escapes from suffering to
        commonality.                             be in the astral body. After all, the ultimate
                                                 goal in traditional systems was to be liberated
        One of the unique contributions by Sri  from everything, including the physical body.
        Aurobindo to the world of thought has been  On the contrary, Dr. Vandana guides a client
        the exploration and exposition of the subtle  to shift inwards and view the outer body from
        body consciousness that is unique for each  that inner poise. A spontaneous movement
        individual. Sri Aurobindo described that the  in the inner consciousness can then work
        subtle body consciousness can be developed  miracles on the physical body.
        to such an extent as to act in accordance to the
        will or even independent of the will.    Through guided probing, the inner worlds
                                                 reveal themselves through images, colours,
        The subtle body-consciousness exists in the  sounds or sensations or may be through none
        inner being that stands behind the outer being  of these but some intuitive awareness. The
        or subtle personality. Dr. Vandana Gupta  revelations are viewed non-judgmentally
        explores the body-consciousness of her clients  and with detachment. There are no conscious
        in her own, creative way. She facilitates a  attempts at correction. The problems are
        dialogue with the body consciousness to  resolved automatically and are replaced by

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