If
any of you have been to see your GP recently because of the throat
infection that seems to be going around, it's likely that although you
may have been prescribed antibiotics to fight the infection, your GP may
at the same time have recommended that you avoid taking them. The
reason for this is that in August doctors were issued with guidelines
from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence* to limit
antibiotic prescription because it is leading to a growing problem of
'superbugs' or bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.
The
medical professionals claim that there is a real danger that if the
resistance continues to develop, then we may be faced with a situation
where there is no viable treatment for certain types of infection. In
April the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an updated factsheet on
'antimicrobial resistance' citing tuberculosis and malaria as becoming
untreatable in certain parts of the world**.
Should we be worried?
Well,
take your pick. With catastrophic climate change, a geopolitical
nuclear miscalculation and being taken over by terminator robots to
choose from, surely a superbug pandemic doesn't add greatly to the risks
human beings are already facing.
And
, as a species, we may have been here before when our Neanderthal
ancestors transitioned to the Homo Sapiens*** of today. The good news is
that Mother Nature, like Apple iphones, sometimes provides 'bug-fixes'
in the upgrade version. The bad news is that you have to scrap your
iphone 4 and go buy a new iphone 6.
A
clue as to how Nature is introducing this 'bug-fix' lies in the human
immune system, which is the body's in-built mechanism for fighting
infection. It's like the body has a vast army of highly trained soldiers
with excellent communications that know when the body is under any kind
of attack, and rush to the battle site to contain and remove the
intruder. The U.S Department of Health and Human Services provide a very
good public information document as to how the immune system works(see
link below).
A key part of the immune system is the thymus gland
which lies behind the breast bone in the chest and produces 'T-cells'
which fight infection. According to a sahaja yoga understanding the
thymus gland is governed by the heart chakra, which is nourished by the
kundalini energy during meditation. So there's a strong connection
between the heart chakra and how easily you are able to fight infection
and therefore your health. There's even scientific evidence supporting
this(see the Health Benefits of Love- link below to Huffington Post
article).
If
you're meditating daily then you may have noticed how when your friends
come down with a bad case of flu, for example, that completely knocks
them out for two or three days, it only affects you for a day and is
milder; if you catch it all.
The
kundalini energy it seems is improving and strengthening the heart
chakra in a way that seems to protect from infection, over and above the
health-enhancing effects of meditation in general. And there
potentially lies the 'bug-fix'.
If you remember from when we covered chakras & mantras - 'What's that tingling I feel on my fingers' or 'Keeping good health -Be fearless!'
the archetype of the heart chakra is the Warrior Mother. In indian
iconography she is represented as 'Goddess Durga' or 'Jagadamba'('Mother
of the Universe'). Also, interestingly, in India a connection has been
made between this image and the person of Shri Mataji herself.
The allegory of a feminine power defeating a negative force (as portrayed in this 3min dance-drama : mahisasuramardini ) could very easily apply to the fight against infection.
See you at group meditation on Tuesday.
Regards
ps. Also related: Health and How your Lifestyle can make you Sick.
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