Allopathic medicines

QUESTION: Does the use of allopathic medicines/surgeries cause any impediment in the pursuit of Brahmacharya or God-realization in general?

ANSWER: Most Antibiotics and other potent Allopathic medicines cause serious side-effects giving rise to new problems. They snub the immune system from functioning naturally and instead kill both the harmful as well as benefic bacteriums within the body. In addition to these side-effects, various other complications can arise through prolonged use of such strong allopathic drugs as has been accepted and proven by science itself. Inundation of the body with the strong chemical/synthetic formulations present within these drugs toxifies the body. Hence these are to be taken as a last resort, only if the problem is serious and allopathic treatment unavoidable.

Till the time the Brahmachari does not become an Urdhvareta, he is prone to illness and disease like the ordinary man. Illness also manifests in the course of Brahmacharya when toxins of past karma surface whilst being vacated. The best method of action at such times (as regards karmic illness) is to bear the illness without any medicine and let the body fight it out naturally, though this approach is not everyone’s cup of tea. By medicating oneself, one interferes with the expulsion of negative karma which is meant to give some pain and then vacate. This karmic toxin has embedded itself with a purpose (further to wrong action), and the correct way out is to let it work through the related illness, suffer the pain and thereby get rid of it. Karmic illnesses occur further to the presence of past karma and not accidentally. The human body has been designed by the Almighty with perfection. It is not a medium that is prone to disease or illness. Illness occurs despite this because of our own mis-doings (past karma) of this or a previous birth. These karma-s have to be worked without choice. Knowing it to be such, Yogi-s do not medicate themselves at incidences of illness or disease involving purification, and even if they do, resort to simple, natural home remedies made from herbs, spices etc. These natural remedies do not interfere in the expulsion of karma (unlike antibiotics which snub the symptoms but do not weed out the cause, thereby making recurrence of the condition more probable), but gently strengthen the immune system to help fight the disease.

This approach involves complete surrender to God. Only a Brahmachari who has strong belief in God and has surrendered can bear such an approach. It is a tough and testing method which requires much will power & determination to bear the pain. But it is a method that gives the best effects ultimately, for the Yogi dissolves his karma without interfering in its removal.

This is done with constant reminder of the attitude –
“God resides in this body. I am really the Atman and not the Ego. However, due to Avidya (ignorance), I committed many mistakes and accumulated negative karma. Now I have realized those mistakes and am following the correct mode of life. But the karma accrued has to be settled. The all merciful Lord is vacating these chunks of karma through these illnesses/diseases which appear now and then. Pain and suffering are to the body & mind and not me (for I am the Atman). Let that which happens happen. I will undergo any amount of suffering, for that is the best and fastest way of erasing karma and attaining to liberation. Karma clears through as much pain as is required for its removal and not more, for the laws of karma are always fair. The Lord will remove all these karmic causes in course of time. I bow to that Supreme being with all humility, and accept that which he does with surrender. He will take care of this body.”

Such an attitude may not be possible for one and all. It calls for much ‘Titiksha’ (endurance to pain & suffering). If this approach is not possible, medication is the next solution. Those who cannot bear such an approach have to take recourse to allopathic or other remedies which give some relief (the fact remains that karma always makes man suffer as much pain as is destined, try what method he may to escape). No one can escape karma. These are the two methods of handling illnesses. One can choose, based on his choice.

The silver lining to these dark clouds of illness that occurs in the initial stages of Brahmacharya is the fact that after a few years of Yoga & unbroken Brahmacharya with much God-meditation and complete surrender, the Yogi becomes a complete Urdhvareta (non-semen producing state) and no longer gets any illness. When ‘Bindu’ (seed) becomes steady at the Ajna Chakra as ‘Soma’ (divine nectar) and does not come down to form semen, the ‘Vajra’ (diamond body) is formed. Unto him does not come disease, neither debility of oldage, nor death due to such causes says the ‘Svetashwatara Upanishad’. He gets blessed with the ‘Divya Sharira’ (divine body) that is immune to all abnormalities (from simple cough, cold, fever to other more serious illnesses). His body becomes extremely fresh, full of health, strength and vital energy. It emanates a mild, yet pleasant fragrance. No disease can touch him then. He requires little sleep, little food, does not get fatigued easily, and has perfect vision (without any eye defect). The mind is cheerful and full of the innocence of divinity, wishing good to all and in the thought of God. All this is stated from personal experience, further to having suffered various karmic illnesses and ordeals before reaching the above described stage by the grace of the Almighty.

Sometimes, past karma is so strong that one meets with accidents or has to undergo surgeries for removal of tumors and the like. At such times, there is no other way but to go through systematic medical treatment and bear the side effects of strong medication/invasive surgery. This body & mind are afterall the mediums of the Jiva for working out karma and this is one of the ways of cleaning karma to attain liberation.

ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)

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QUESTION: Thanks for the detailed reply!
I also just wanted to know if there is any karmic connection for diseases such as dust allergy, and life style diseases such as diabetes, etc, which seem to be the norm now a days for every body and not for some few people. Isn't the polluted environment and water/food and the reason for this rather than karma?
Appreciate if you can throw some light on this and also any material which can help us find out the root cause for our physical illnesses, etc, and also methods which can help to overcome them...