Volume 23, Issue 4

By Unknown Author - Jan 15, 2016

Being human is a precarious state of being. Man has left the security of the cave and the surety of his natural instinct. A nomad of varying climes, he is ever in search of a light he has lost. An adventurer of unseen lands, he fronts viewless dangers of the Unknown. He has added new complexities and with it new challenges and difficulties.

By Translated by Sampadananda Mishra - Jan 15, 2016

Ancient physicians of Āyurveda were known to have extraordinary capacities of healing. They could predict the life-span of a person by just looking at him or her. A brief hint on how this was done is given in the Suśruta Saṁhita..

By Natalie Tobert - Jan 15, 2016

A special problem is faced in the West, whereby people who have anomalous experiences were often assumed to have a mental health condition. However, survivors (of the mental health system) are rising up, claiming they want a more spiritual interpretation of their experiences. In the field of mental health in particular, problems result from an adherence to a dominant Western knowledge base, and its assumed ‘truth’ over cultural wisdoms. This article discusses the popular demand for a new paradigm for interpreting human experience. It explores cultural truths and presents examples of the urgent call for change in healthcare.

By Asit Kumar Panja - Jan 15, 2016

Dr. Asit Kumar Panja , M.D., D.Y.N., Ph.D. is Lecturer at the Dept. of Basic Principles, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur.

By James Anderson - Jan 15, 2016

This article, based largely on personal experience, looks at the problem and nature of pain, suggesting some ways of expanding in consciousness beyond it. Pain is a schooling and the process of expansion accompanies us over its entire course until it reaches its ultimate stage of transformation.