In order to get a lasting cure, the psychological, social and mental aspects of a person have to be attended, says Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj
If you save one life, you are a hero, If you save a hundred lives, you are a nurse — anonymous.
It is now well established and widely known that most of the physical illness have their roots in psychic causes or the psychic factors, especially man’s negative outlook, negative attitudes, negative thinking and erroneous lifestyle. However, this great truth lies still hidden from so called modern man’s view that man’s outlook, attitudes and lifestyle are determined by the ethical and spiritual aspects of his personality. As a result of the lack of realisation of this truth, very little steps have been taken by the health scientists to give a spiritual touch to the environment in hospitals and a moral and spiritual orientation to the doctors,surgeons and nurses.
There might be some such hospitals and institutions who may be training nurses while keeping above mentioned factors in view, but their numbers are indeed very small. A nurse is a unique soul who will pass through our life for a minute and impact it for an eternity. Hence, it is very important for such a person who is responsible to look after a patients well being, to take care of her/his mental as well as spiritual health. There is no doubt in it that nowadays many nurses are spiritually inclined and they have those qualities within them, but if the health authorities give this aspect due importance in training, then things would be much more better at hospitals.
Each one of us react differently to the same situation of stress depending upon our values, belief system, weakness as well as our spiritual strength. Therefore, the delicate job of nurses requires that their functioning must have spiritual qualities also, for, in order to eliminate the factor of mental stress for recovery and for restoration of health, the patient must be free from mental stress and, in order to achieve the latter, he must have his spirit also healed by receiving spiritual treatment as well along with medical treatment. By receiving spiritual treatment, he/she would become strong enough to face stress in his/her life without getting their health affected by tension, trauma or depression.
It should be understood in this context that, if a patient gets cured, but does not change his attitude and outlook and gets emotionally disturbed again and again, he will then have to be treated again for the same or for a more complicated disease. In order to get a lasting cure, the psychological, social and mental aspects of his/her personality have to be attended. It is high time that health professionals across the globe realise this fact that merely a comfortable bed and room does not enable a patient to have rest, nor do tranquilisers,sedatives or pain killers remove his pain for a long period if there is a trauma or a conflict in patients mind. There is a power within each one of us, which helps us to regain health. This inner power has to be re-awakened, because, anyone who has lost the will to be well or the will to live, cannot survive for long.
Not many of us know about a fact that our strong and awakened will can work wonders in the matter of health. Positive thinking, positive attitude, faith in almighty as well as spiritual meditation can do what seems to be impossible for medical science. Medicines play their own role, whereas a person’s inner power along with harmony of mind,intellect and emotions enable nature to work its way to good health. Medication removes the barriers and meditation awakens the inner power and helps nature in process of cure.