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The science of healing has gone a long way and with the advance of modern science and industrialization, we can say that we have made astounding breakthroughs in the field of medicine. We have made amazing discoveries about microscopic organisms and viruses.

We have made immunizations, antidotes, and vaccinations to the world’s worst killer diseases such as cholera, tuberculosis, hepatitis, and even leprosy. We have actually even discovered our very genetic make-up. Western medicine has come to its zenith that all kinds of healing arts however ancient and effective are all classified as alternative medicine. We cannot deny the fact that indeed modern medicine has increased the lifespan of the whole population of those living in highly developed countries.

But not all of western medicine can be considered good. Yes we were able to develop vaccinations and immunizations but we have in effect helped the virus develop into new and difficult strains. In fact, many diseases existing today are an indirect result of modern medicine. Another backlash is that we have been fixated with the short term solutions to illness provided by modern medicine and have forgotten to analyze the other aspects of disease. An example of this is the common headache. Every time we have a headache, we usually drink a pain reliever. But we never really analyzed the psychological and emotional dimensions of having a headache. We never even thought that an honest-to-goodness reflection and meditation could have the same effect as paracetamol. Here lies the problem, we have stressed too much on the physical body and have totally forgotten the role of the heart, the mind, and the spirit to the question of health or disease.

Let us look at the topic stress. In modern lifestyle, stress is the main cause of disease. But modern medicine has no cure for the cause but only at the symptoms. Meditation which is a cure all for alternative medicine is being scoffed at by Western medicine. Depression which is fast becoming a bane to the modern man is relegated to psychologists. One important example of the limits of western medicine is energy healing. Western medicine has no name for it. Japanese healing arts such as the Reiki is actually based on energy healing by fortifying the energy centers of the body which are called chakras. Hindu energy healing is called pranic healing. Chinese energy healing is acupuncture. What is good about this is that energy healing considers all aspects of the person. It considers the physical health. It looks at the emotional wellbeing as well as the spiritual strength of the person.

Western medicine has in fact forgotten to factor in an important aspect of health-emotion. Negative emotions have no physicality in themselves until they manifest in actual disease. For example prolonged rage can create heart problems but Western medicine can only diagnose the heart problems but not the prolonged rage which is actually the root of the problem.

In Japan, a Reiki master can literally direct the flow of healing energy through the chakras and effect a healing that can be statistically proven. Yet many doctors trained in the western tradition scoff at the idea. However when time comes when all else in western medicine have already failed, whom do they call? The practitioners in what they call “alternative medicine”. Much to their surprise, some patients do really get healed!