Volume 24, Issue 3
NAMAH Journal Volume 24, Issue 3
Articles in this Issue

Patients and the art and science of healing
By Ashok Kumar Bhatia - Oct 15, 2016
Besides managing their bodily afflictions, patients have to confront the cold impersonality and crass commercialisation of the healthcare delivery mechanism. New advances in the realm of medicine do give hope but these are mostly futuristic in nature. Besides medicine, exercise and food, the real succour available to patients is in the form of an inner connection with the soul, faith, sincere prayer, a sunnier disposition and some service to those who happen to be less fortunate than them.

My healing journey through the consciousness approach
By Yogesh Mohan - Oct 15, 2016
This is a case study in healing through consciousness. Here the doctor helps the patient to explore her own cause of illness. The case is narrated by the patient herself.

Moving Forward
By Unknown Author - Oct 15, 2016
There are two views we may have about Nature. One is that it is a mechanical energy and like any other physical and mechanical energy it can be harnessed and manipulated. The more we can learn the laws governing its processes, the more we can utilise and manipulate our world through it. But there is another view of Nature. It sees Nature not as mechanical energy but as a Conscious-Force, a Power that seems mechanical only on its surfaces but acts as if there is a great wisdom hidden within it. The elaborate and intricate processes, the complex adjustments and adaptations, the astounding far-sightedness even in its random acts, the manifestations of beauty and joy with a variety of colours and patterns and designs, give the impression of a master artist at play with forms.

Living truly
By James Anderson - Oct 15, 2016
Living truly is the need of the hour. It is the aim of all life. The reign of Truth is decreed. When we collaborate with it, ultimately only health can flourish.

Integral healing — a personal perspective
By Debabrata Sahani - Oct 15, 2016
Healing is not just a phenomenon confined to physician, patient and hospitals. Rather, it is an experiential reality of our very existence where survival and growth is always associated with injury and imbalance. This article explores few practical means which can be a part of our daily life. An attempt is made here to create a synthesis of different approaches of therapy to address multiple dimensions in our being, so that instead of a blind mix it becomes a conscious symphony. Above all, it invites the reader to start the journey towards health and harmony — right now.