The conception of OIDA for the health of the soul
OIDA therapy provides us with an unprecedented quantity of information and dimensions to be realized, to be achieved. But nevertheless the principle of health in our conditioned existence is noticeably heightened by any type of spiritual development. And since we believe there are many chances, many births and deaths, the soul will always be able to arrive where we aspire it to arrive. Therefore the healthy state of consciousness according to the Vaisnava philosophy and the Vedic tradition is that state of being where you do not harm anybody anymore. On the contrary, you are very well disposed to help others according to your capacity. We also call it brahminical consciousness.
Higher than this is the pure love of God consciousness, which does not contradict, nor obliterates the previous brahminical achievements. It simply enhances it by intensifying the urge, the need, and the understanding of what is the deepest and highest benefit for every soul. This body we have now can be dovetailed and utilized in its pure consciousness by the grace of mystical practices meaning that even our physical body can be spiritual. “A healthy body a healthy soul” - is a Greek saying.
A healthy body from a spiritual-health point of view is a body which is connected to the spiritual meaning of life where you are not simply obsessed by sensual experiences, denying and ignoring all the spiritual dimensions of your identity. So we can understand from our Vedic psychology that the healthy body means a healthy spiritually dedicated life -body, mind, intelligence, all in line with your understandings in your mystical tradition. Control of the mind and control of the senses. All this is a part of a healthy condition. OIDA therapy provides people with that great hope, great faith that there is such a wonderful sense of being, such a wonderful goal to be achieved by making austerities. To reach this state of being is really worthwhile. To a certain degree we have to agree that we must make the right decision, to move into the right direction, even though it may be more comfortable to remain in the conditional existence.
There is a saying “it is holy to be wise when ignorance is bliss.” People often prefer their ignorant stages although they intuitively know better. The austerity, the ability, and the willingness to move in a spiritual direction by engaging in spiritual activities is something which is motivated and produced by the faith within us. We have to understand and analyze what it is we want to cultivate in our life and what we want to avoid. This is the quest. This is the question raised in our life daily again and again and here we have a quite extensive explanation concerning what can be achieved by a certain type of practice which makes it worthwhile to dominate and to control lower instincts.
Lower instincts, or let’s call them desires motivated by the exploitative or indifferent mentality, are dragging us away from spirituality. It is these desires that are further increasing our karmic conditioning, further karmic distancing of ourselves from spirituality, from health, and from positive expectations. Who knows how deep into the world of different births it may actually drag us? But even within the present lifetime you can already understand this. A little crime and you spend years behind bars. So the material world shows us we cannot exercise absolute freedom. You have to obey the rules of someone and the rules of the state are not mystical. But the rules of the material nature are mystical because they come from Mother Nature, the Divine Mother who teaches us how to behave accordingly. So there are many hints and lots of encouragement for following the path of faith.