27 Jul 2020 HYN Himalayan Yoga Academy
Ether is the first element that appeared in this universe, which is the most effective, pervasive, indestructible, and universal. It is a formless, invisible, and subtle element. It is the most subtle manifestation of the supreme soul or cosmic intelligence, whereas the other four elements are gross. There is a belief that all the devatas, or God and Goddess, who are immortal, live in the ether element (Sky). We don’t become immortal, but we can attain sound health, inner peace, cosmic power, and pure energy in the presence of the ether element. No existence is possible in the absence of the ether element. It is a fact that if the ether element were not created, nothing could exist, even a human being. Further about Ether Element Therapy.
Mahatma Gandhi has described the ether element as “King of Health” and also said that knowing the mastery of the ether element is like knowing the mastery of the supreme soul (Parmatma). The more we use this great element, the more we will be free from all ailments. If we establish a relation with the ether element directly or indirectly, which is infinite, our body, mind, and soul become completely healthy and blissful. To attain the ether element sufficiently, one should stay or sleep in open sky fasting (Upavaasa) is a powerful means to attain this element, but we have a lot of techniques and ways to gain better health and a better life by attaining the ether element. In our body, the ether element is especially located in the head, throat, ear, heart, stomach, vessels, skin, and other spaces. Major functions of this element are sorrow, purity, openness, love, compassion, kindness, joy, sex, fear, and anger.
Physiology of Ether Element
Just as the ether element is all around us, it is also within us. Between holes in the skin, the intra space of cells, the hollow of the canals, vessels, cavities, tracts, there is an ether element. We should not fill up the space occupied by ether wherever the space is more; there are more vital forces or cosmic power. However, we try to enrich the ether element, able to get more vital power and easily recover the diseases. When the body is sick, it needs sound rest and purity, which cures the diseases. The reasons of proper recovering through different ways of healing in contact of ether element, just lying in open places, staying in clean and fresh environment, doing the fasting and other different means of ether element application, body organs gain inner rest, become pure, regulation of circulation, speed up elimination, generation of vital energy that cure the diseases.
As this principles, just stay in big room, open house, less and less stock in living rooms, live in nature, close to nature, love to nature, lots of physical, biological, hormonal, psychological, spiritual changes are attained that leads the permanent cure, wholesome development and rejuvenation of life.
Types of means used in ether element therapy
Ether element has a vital role in all aspects of health and disease management. Naturopathy treatment starts from the use of ether element, and also this application will be continued after recovery for the whole life as well. The patient is advised to apply ether elements like rightful living, art of happiness, prosperity to rest, and deep sleep by counseling, and also doctors say to be positive, to do fasting, etc. Wild animals, when they become sick, first leave their eating and get a complete rest. This is a natural phenomenon. But we do not follow the rule, why? This is our weak point and ignorance in attaining natural living.
To enrich the ether element in the body, the following means are applied.
- Ether bath and closeness to nature therapy
- Brahmacharya (Cosmic Path) Therapy
- Self control Therapy
- Rightful living therapy
- Mental disciplinary therapy
- Rest, relaxation and Recreation Therapy
- Art of happiness
- Maunavrtta (Silence) therapy
- Sound sleep therapy
- Antaranga (Internal) Yoga Therapy
- Upavaasa (Fasting) therapy
Means and Modules of Ether element therapy
Ether element is one of the elements of the pancha tattva. As the application of this element, different means or techniques can be attempted in different patterns or modules based on diagnosis, needs, and conditions of a person, and also the availability of devices and sources. To attain the ether element therapy, various techniques or means can be used in different patterns or modules. Each means can be modulated according to the nature of problems, conditions, needs, and other required factors. Time, duration, gap, season, age, sex, interest, will power, effort, dosha, and nature are referenced to ensure and design the means and modules of treatment.
Ether Bath and closeness to Nature Therapy
The ether bath is to stay in nature and feel the cosmic energy or natural power in the atmosphere. It is like a meditative process to connect to the supreme soul. It is done in Brahma Muhurat kaala, early in the morning as for as possible, if not at any time of the day, in open, natural, and clean places. The ether bath is also known as a cosmic shower. However, we spend more and more time close to nature, naturally, it becomes an ether bath. So, most of the time, if we pass in nature or an open place, ether energy or cosmic power can be sufficiently attained from the atmosphere.
Treatment Module:
Treatment Name: Ether Bath and Closeness to Nature Therapy
Applied Parts: Whole Body (External and internal), Mind and spirit
Duration: 15 to 45 Minutes
Method:
- Stay in open, clean, fresh, natural, calm possibly early in the morning in comfortable position sitting or lying be wearing less, loose, light, thin, and clean.
- Just sit in gardens, in the jungle, on farms, banks of rivers, near waterfalls, base of the Himalayas, on beaches, and walk or visit, or trek in such nature freely.
- Just be close to nature, feel the energy, and enjoy it.
Useful In:
Refresh the body and mind, give complete rest in body and mind, oxygenate the lungs, blood, and skin, calm and harmonize the entire body and mind, make better sense, good feeling, and positive, enhance the vital, heal the physical and mental illness, and upgrade the spiritual power.
Precaution:
It should be less pollution venue or spot.
It should be normal climate, no rain, no clod, no hot, no windy if practice is done outsides.