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Namah Vol. 29, Issue 1, 24th April 2021

When he was undergoing a relaxation one can afford to be casual with full faith in
programme, he could feel the heaviness the Supreme Ideal.
all over the body except the fingers of
both the hands. He could relax all parts of The surgeon was not only instructed to practise
the body except the fingers, for his whole relaxation till he could relax his fingers but
consciousness had been invested in his fingers also advised to change his world-view, do
for fine surgery. some introspection and cultivate creative
habits with his hands, like playing music for
We have mentioned that one can relax those himself, anything which were not linked to
parts of the body that have been consciously any professional gain.
dealt with. Why then was the surgeon not
being able to relax his fingers? This is because Our aim in therapy should be Whole-Person
when one consciously deals with a part of health for we do not live in isolated compart-
the body, one has to do it with spontaneous ments, but in the flux of Consciousness.
joy, for Consciousness per se is not only In therapy, a small indication can point to
Knowledge and Power but also a formation a greater task that has to be achieved. An
of Bliss or AAnanda. In this case, the surgeon experienced clinician must not miss any cue
always had a high performance anxiety and for this simple inability to feel the heaviness
always took his performance seriously. But during relaxation, which could lead to
actually one can also not lose seriousness if framing a broader therapeutic outlook.

Dr. Soumitra Basu, a practising psychiatrist and member of SAIIIHR, is the Director of a school of
psychology, Integral Yoga Psychology. He is also one of the editors of NAMAH.

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