The Supreme Source Of All Healing

Spiritual practice is unique for every individual. I have been drinking from the well of wisdom in the Vedas for the past 35 years, especially the Srimad-Bhagavatam, also known as the Bhagavata Purana, one of Hinduism’s eighteen great puranas.

The Vedas are the original Sanskrit texts of India’s ancient spiritual culture featuring a vast body of wisdom in every field of human life, to help the soul navigate this world and reach the ultimate destination beyond.

This ancient manual of life was compiled by Srila Vyasadeva, who is revered by great saints and seers as a literary incarnation of God. In Sanskrit, he is called a saktyavesa-avatara, which means one who is empowered with energy of Divinity to fulfill a distinct purpose. In the case of Vyasa, his Divine purpose was the writing of everything that humans need to know to fulfill their aims and completely awaken spiritually.

Although Vyasadeva was an avatar, and therefore not an ordinary person, he felt despondent after composing all the Vedas. His guru, Narada Muni, the great sage among the demigods, then appeared to him and explained that the cause of his despondency was that he had not yet fully glorified the personal feature of the Absolute Truth.

Taking this to heart, Vyasadeva then meditated deeply on the Supreme Personality of Godhead and wrote Srimad-Bhagavatam from his matured and purified realization.

In Vyasadeva’s own estimation, the most profound of all spiritual wisdom within the Vedas is found within the Srimad-Bhagavatam. And the cream of that cream he describes as bhakti, devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Spiritual practice is allowing the temple (your body) to be full of light and to live life as a total celebration ~ Tony Samara

One of the many things I love about the Vedas and Srimad-Bhagavatam is how thoroughly it details every aspect of spiritual science. Every energy and entity in cosmic creation and the eternal transcendental world is named and identified, with complete information about its relationship to the Supreme Source. In fact, I find all other spiritual teachings, belief systems, and wisdom traditions contained and explained in this all-encompassing perspective.

This is what ultimately inspired me to begin practicing, sharing, and cherishing the bhakti healing arts, appreciating them as complete and connected to the fountainhead of all things spiritual.

Healing means making whole and well again. The Vedas identify the root of all suffering and ailment to be disconnection of the soul’s consciousness from its relationship with its Supreme Source. All other symptoms are satisfied by tending to this root cause. Bhakti, or pure devotional service to God, is identified in Srimad-Bhagavatam as the original natural healthy state of the soul and the means to reconnect it to that wholeness.

The essence of Hinduism is the same essence of all true religions: Bhakti or pure love for God and genuine compassion for all beings ~ Radhanath Swami

Many cultures throughout human history have had their own healing practices and wellness traditions. Energetic clearing, grounding, protecting, balancing, and realigning, for example, are universal principles expressed in different ways according to time, place, circumstance, and the individuality of people.

Within bhakti, these benefits are inherently woven into our spiritual practices, though they are not the core aim. The true aim is loving relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, upon whom all energies depend. In connection with this original Source and Master of all energies, the soul’s own energy is naturally awakened, aligned, and mastered.