THE BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT JOURNAL
NAMAH is a pioneer body, mind and spirit journal with an integral vision looking at the influence of the spirit or soul in psychology and health.Death
Death and Immortality
The quest for immortality is as old as man himself. Without knowing death it seems we cannot fully understand life itself.
But who can know death? The dead do not tell tales. And the living do not experience death. True we can know something about the process of death of the body. We can perhaps answer what happens to the body when someone dies. But can one know the state of one who has experienced death? Read more...
Inner approach to health
Foothills to equality
Equality is one of the chief foundations of spiritual life, especially one turned towards earth and action. Its role in everyday living is however often understated. To begin with, it is one of the best safeguards against those emotional and other reactions that arise in us in response to the challenges of life, including states of illness, suffering and pain. However, like most spiritual and yogic terms, equality also is a much misunderstood term, the confusion ranging from inaction and inertia to indifference and even complacency. This article explores the different aspects and dimensions of this psychological (and indeed physical) condition and discusses the processes that help us achieve it. Read more...
On wasting energy
Human beings don’t know how to keep energy. When something happens — an accident or an illness, for example — and they ask for help, a double or a triple dose of energy is sent. If they happen to be receptive, they receive it. This energy is given for two reasons: to restore order out of the disorder caused by the accident or illness, and to impart a transformative force to repair or change the source of the illness or accident. Read more...
Integral Health
The metaphysical basis for Integral Health — Yoga and health
Why do we need a distinct paradigm of health based on Integral Yoga? Before reflecting on this question, we have to consider a basic postulate, why do we need a yoga perspective of health at all?
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Specific diseases
Malarial fever and its Āyurvedic management
It is interesting to see how modern medicine is an infant science. Centuries, even milleniums ago when there were no modern gadgets, illnesses were being treated systematically, clearly and with discrimination. The additional information brought by microscopes and petridishes helps the process; one can detect the malarial parasite in the blood. But sometimes one can't. Then this Āyurvedic diagnosis may help...
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