[QUOTE=SunshineHeart;70222]Firstly, the “fountain of youth” idea is a completely limited human concept. Do you imagine that the Creative Life Force (of which the Soul is an aspect) that is ageless and timeless is concerned about “youth”? That word would have absolutely no context in the more expanded awareness that is accessed for genuine healing (and of which physical medical knowledge also has no concept within its limited purview).
Secondly, I agree that the mind and body must collaborate to effect a healing. However, that’s only part of the equation. The Soul essence – the captain / pilot of one’s ship of life – must not only be included, it must be allowed to set the sails.
The mind as perceived by most involves merely the “thought” process, that of conceiving an idea and giving form to human will.
That is like saying an immature and selfish 3-year old ought to be let loose with a nuclear device.
The human mind / will doesn’t have the capacity for the ultimate wisdom and power required to choreograph every single energy (that means every single thing whether animate or inanimate; every possible thought or idea; every essence such as fragrance or electromagnetism; every emanation such as other-dimensional light; every consciousness both manifest and unmanifest).
Such exquisite and precise choreography of all the above (and more) must be preconceived and intricately interwoven for the benefit of all the elements. Only the Creative Life Force itself has such capacity and it is beholden upon all us to fully receive the blessings of Its choreography.
As for meditation, one can easily meditate while upon a walk in the garden (if you’re too hung up on what someone else thinks of you, you may not be ready for this).
One can bend over to touch or smell a plant in a yogic posture, all the while being in meditative communion with the plant and all life. One can walk the garden path in a yogic posture while breathing in the Prana. Once can sit and prune / weed / repot / replant / sow seeds within a garden while in a yogic posture and experience a communion with the plants in a meditation of thanksgiving.
The same is true of a walk in the woods, in a city park, or simply in your backyard.
You can be in a meditative yogic experience while sitting in your bath, standing in the rain, walking your dog (once he / she is trained to walk calmly by your side, that is).
Meditation is an intensely mindful way of experiencing one’s whole life, not a special “practice” for an hour a day or some such.
The yogic postures can be easily woven into our daily activities – while we sit at the table for a meal, while we’re at the computer, while we sit in a chair reading, while we share a cup of tea with a loved one, while we prepare food in the kitchen, etc., etc., etc.
Yoga isn’t just for an hour or so on the mat; it’s for a lifetime of moment-to-moment choices of how we place our bodies, with what vibrational field our thoughts and bodies are resonant, and how we’re breathing in each moment … every moment … of our lives.
Ditto with meditation (which is simply another word for communion with the Creative Life Force in such a way that it fully flows through us).
There are lots of books out there with basically the same information that has been repeatedly regurgitated for the last few centuries (they’re diluted deteriorated versions of the Knowings). Very few of the available texts (almost none) discuss the genuine and original yogic wisdom – the forgotten elements of Cosmic involvement in our daily lives.[/QUOTE]
Actually Dr. Chopra covers many aspects in his book soul-mind-body.
He explains why we have a “quantum body” and what this means.
Probably it is not a bad idea to read the book before criticizing it.
