“How can an enormously complex, multi cell organism—the human being— with incomprehensibly complicated interactions between the parts, maintain orderly functioning in the first place?”
Ayurved’s answer to this question is that, at its deepest level, the body has an “inner intelligence” that guides it. This fundamental field of intelligence is called Atma in the Vedic literature. According to the ancient texts, the inner intelligence of the body is an expression of the holistic intelligence that is the basis of all nature—the totality of all the laws of nature responsible for the orderly functioning of the universe. The description of this field of intelligence, or “consciousness,” is strikingly similar to the description of the “unified field” posited by modern quantum physics.
Imbalances can develop within the mind—body if the free flow of this guiding intelligence, from consciousness to mind and body, is hampered at any level. When an individual continues to violate one or more of the laws of nature that structure health, imbalances accumulate and diseases eventually occur.
It holds that healing arises from this deepest, most holistic level of mind and body, effecting changes on the surface by stimulating homeostatic and self-repair mechanisms.it places primary importance on the field of consciousness, thus it is also termed consciousness-based medicine.
The underlying basis shared by all chronic disorders is the lack of full enlivenment or expression of inner intelligence in the mind and body. Blockage of the expression or “flow” of intelligence in any part of the system leads to weakness of self-repair in that area and, consequently, to disruption of normal function and vulnerability to disease.
Transcendental Meditation allows to enliven the flow of consciousness in human physiology and, simultaneously, to remove blocks or impurities that are inhibiting its full expression and smooth functioning.
