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Namah Vol. 29, Issue 3, 15th October 2021

behind all illness and disease: disequilibrium. required as the old parameters are ceasing
The body itself needs a state of equilibrium to apply. Many of us cannot trust the food
to resist the impacts it receives from outside. we eat any more. Is this tier of protection
In this context, a material solution responds becoming obsolete? If humanity is to survive
appropriately to the needs of our material as a species, it probably needs to evolve to a
vessel. higher level of immunity. With aspiration,
we shall move from our existing mental
frameworks to a greater state of openness
and surrender. Always we seek to grow:
from balance we shift to equilibrium and
from equilibrium we transmute into a state
of overall harmony.

The chief characteristic of this approach is Subtle immunity
balance. However, it is not only the body
which needs this. All our nature secretly We have to look into more subtle domains
yearns for it. I say ‘secretly’, because their if one aims to become aware of the next
surface resists and might at times even reject tier of protection. This line of defence is
it. The surface nature, our ego-nature, only almost completely overlooked by humanity.
understands resolution through conflict. So However, it has been proven by experience.
many woes, both physical and mental, are In truth, this defence is always present, in
caused by this never-ending friction. varying degrees, regardless of the level
of awareness. It is not just exceptional or
But our secret nature, its inner domains, ‘abnormal’ people who benefit from this

understand and embrace the word ‘balance’ protection. Actually it is a very normal
very well and seek resolution through the state to be in. It is a natural consequence
force of harmony, the most evolved state of alignment, not necessarily just a facet
of balance. To enhance our immunity, of spirituality.
this sense of harmony needs permeating
throughout the whole being but there are There is a subtle sheath surrounding our
stepping-stones to this yogic shift. The body. The Mother referred to it as the nervous
attitude of stoicism and moderation provide envelope, “To whatever cause an illness may be
a strong indication of what has yet to
unfold. It is a posture which relies heavily
on mental reason. It is far from failsafe but
it fulfils a temporary purpose. This kind of
attitude comes through an inner discipline
and can be raised up to greater heights for
a greater immunity.

Perhaps this level of immunity can only go
‘so far’. A Greater immunity is now certainly

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