What do you think of auto suggestions for therapeutic purposes?!
Question: What do you think of auto suggestions for therapeutic purposes.?
In the Aurobindo ashram they say people are taught to suggest to themselves that they are getting better day by day.. This is a spiritual belief (Yad bhaavam thad bhavathi or what you think you become - a philosophy generally shared by all that positive thoughts do good).
In hypnotism also this principle is used to cure people of mainly imagined problems or sicknesses.
how do you feel about it - preferably those who have followed the methodology for personal problems rather than mere logical opinions please.Health Question & Answer
In hypnotism also this principle is used to cure people of mainly imagined problems or sicknesses.
how do you feel about it - preferably those who have followed the methodology for personal problems rather than mere logical opinions please.Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Hi. I like the concept bcos i believe "No person knows your mind more than yourself".
I read this book called 'Yog Nidra' on this topic. Its interesting to compare it to western psycology such as psycotherapy and psycoanalysis. Personally I have only used sound and mantra meditation technics.
"When we think of good health, we very often refer to the body, and we rarely ascribe good or bad health to a healthy or unhealthy mind. The interaction of the body and the mind has been recognized by the Indian seers since time immemorial. Of course, this was not the case with Rene Descartes (1596-1650), the French rationalist and dualist who is regarded as the founder of modern western philosophy and psychology. Inn the Cartesian psychology, the body and the mind could not directly interact. This concept of Descartes has already been discarded by modern Western psychology. It has already been recognized throughout the world that the practice of yoga makes the mind calm, tranquil and healthy. For an average person, it is often difficult to control the mind. For a yogi, however, it is practicable to restrain the mind. Yoga-nidra, being a technique of Yoga and Tantra, is an effective means of controlling and regulating the mind.
A number of diseases are psychosomatic. They are rooted in the psyche (mind), but they blossom and bear fruits in the physique (body). Medical and surgical treatments of psychosomatic diseases do help the patients, but cannot uproot the original cause. Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy sometimes alleviate the symptoms, but not always. Psychoanalysis has its own limitations. The subjectivity of the analyst, the patient
I read this book called 'Yog Nidra' on this topic. Its interesting to compare it to western psycology such as psycotherapy and psycoanalysis. Personally I have only used sound and mantra meditation technics.
"When we think of good health, we very often refer to the body, and we rarely ascribe good or bad health to a healthy or unhealthy mind. The interaction of the body and the mind has been recognized by the Indian seers since time immemorial. Of course, this was not the case with Rene Descartes (1596-1650), the French rationalist and dualist who is regarded as the founder of modern western philosophy and psychology. Inn the Cartesian psychology, the body and the mind could not directly interact. This concept of Descartes has already been discarded by modern Western psychology. It has already been recognized throughout the world that the practice of yoga makes the mind calm, tranquil and healthy. For an average person, it is often difficult to control the mind. For a yogi, however, it is practicable to restrain the mind. Yoga-nidra, being a technique of Yoga and Tantra, is an effective means of controlling and regulating the mind.
A number of diseases are psychosomatic. They are rooted in the psyche (mind), but they blossom and bear fruits in the physique (body). Medical and surgical treatments of psychosomatic diseases do help the patients, but cannot uproot the original cause. Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy sometimes alleviate the symptoms, but not always. Psychoanalysis has its own limitations. The subjectivity of the analyst, the patient
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