Why do we get sick? Where does illness come from? Why us? Where does healing come from? How can we know which healing approaches are the very best for us individually?
Wise seers and saints of all ages have told us that the entirety of this physical creation was created and is continuously sustained by Spirit in accordance with a cosmic master-plan.
Even the simplest, most unprepossessingly plain rocks are created according to a design, which we can see reflected plainly through an electron microscope as the atomic structures of the rock.
The outward form of the rock is determined, in turn, by all manner of natural processes that may take place over a very long time: volcanic eruptions, compression, fossilization, mineralization, etc.
Sandstone, to take an example, is outwardly shaped by external elements such as wind, rain, and temperatures. Each grain of sand is externally unique, though its essential pattern is the same in every sand grain of the same type.
What is the “cosmic pattern” that forms a human being? Great sages since time immemorial have told us that we are created by a divine energy that shapes itself first into an idea, then more grossly into energy, in accordance with the original thought-pattern or map; and only then finally into visible matter.
In a poem, Consecration, Paramhansa Yogananda described the creation of his own physical form:
By Thy breath born
By Thy love grown
He reminds us that if we want to understand our existence truly, we should to look to the cosmic source of our being – to the Cosmic Master Plan. He reminds us that that ultimate source of our being is Spirit, the Cosmic Creative Intelligence in which we existed even before that Source projected us as first an idea, then as a pattern of energy, and only then as our physical body.
Like the rock or the grain of sand, our physical being is outwardly shaped by environmental factors and experiences.
It seems so obvious – if we want to find lasting health and healing, the spiritual realm is bound to be involved. Indeed, Yogananda and many other liberated beings have taught that the ultimate source of healing is the Spirit from which we originally emerged, and that Spirit is not coldly indifferent, like some heartless mechanism, but that it has our very best interests always, continuously, uppermost at heart.
The secret, of course, is learning to align ourselves with that Source so that it can flow into us and help us, as it always wants to do; instead of blocking its flow through our own wrong habits of living, our including disharmonious thoughts, emotions, and behavior.
Naturally, Yogananda said, the Spirit expects us to do what we can to heal ourselves and remain healthy. We must treat the body wisely. We must study the symptoms of disease and its remedies on the physical, mental, and emotional realms, and learn to address their underlying physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual causes.
But the sole method available to us to treat imbalances in the invisible realm of the energetic blueprint that creates and sustains us, is by wisely applying energetic therapies, and calling upon the healing power of Spirit through personal spiritual development.
We often reference the great Indian saint, Paramhansa Yogananda and the Ananda Path of Self Realization in our writings. We were drawn to Yogananda’s teachings because we found them breathtakingly beautiful, positive and uplifting. And, as you’ll be aware if you’ve read his wonderful book, Autobiography of a Yogi, he was born with a special mission for this age, to help people understand scientific spirit methods for healing body and soul. He said that, ultimately, faith, inner communion, prayer, and meditation are the most practical, scientifically tested healing methods of all.
At the same time, he taught the purest form of naturopathy, beginning with methods for drawing upon the healing power of Spirit.
Yogananda’s teachings have worked wonderfully for us personally, though he stated that the One Light of Spirit comes to Earth through many rays, thus every true religion has own its great saints and its own great teachings, divinely adjusted for the unique understanding of its followers. As Yogananda did, we revere them as well.
The first step to true healing, then, and to profound peace and happiness, is through perseverance and diligence on whatever path you choose. Deepen your devotion. Try to live your highest vision. Try to live in each moment by that which you know inwardly to be true. Then every health outcome and medical prognosis will become much lighter.
May Peace and Happiness be ever yours.
Drs. Connie and Marcel Hernandez
DrConnie@DrsHernandez.com
DrMarcel@DrsHernandez.com
650-602-8972 (voice and text)