The Miracle of Awareness

THE MIRACLE OF AWARENESS This book is based on Awareness, Meditation, and Relaxation (AMR) to bring about healing, empowerment, and integration from the human person for a new awakening. Body awareness is the key to alleviation of suffering and illness. Our positive or negative thoughts, beliefs, mental images, color, and light have a positive or negative effect on our feelings. These feelings affect our body as positive or negative body sensations. Beyond a certain optimum level of positive or negative body sensations, toxins get accumulated in specific areas of the body and the result is illness in the body. In healing procedures positive and negative body sensations are made conscious and the effect of this awareness is utilized to optimize physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health. Fr. Joe Kunnumpuram, S. J., is a trained Psychologist, Spiritual Director, and Retreat Master. Besides his philosophical and theological studies, he has done his Masters in Chemistry and Clinical Psychology. He taught chemistry at St. Michael's School, Patna from 1978 -1983. He was Master of Novices at the Patna Jesuit Novitiate from 1983 -1991. Then he did his Masters in Clinical Psychology from Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, from 1991 - 1994. After his studies he was appointed to Atmadarshan, Patna, Center for Spirituality and Counseling. At present he is the Superior of Atmadarshan and Program Director of Atmadarshan Experience, a unique Training Program in Awareness Meditative Relaxation (AMR) for Psycho-Somatic-Spiritual Integration. He has conducted numerous AMR workshops in India and abroad. He has also given various programs in counseling, psychotherapy, healing, spiritual direction, retreats, and leadership training. His first book, The Miracle of Awareness, has been well received by the readers for an easy and quick way to healing and empowerment from within the human person for a new awakening. The readers have also welcomed his second book, On Wings of the Swan, as an excellent guide to meditation leading to healing, empowerment, and spiritual growth. His third book, The Star of the East, is a comprehensive treatise on AMR for persons in any helping profession for integral human liberation. His fourth book, The Light of Love, is the culmination of the author's search for the integral liberation of all life in the radiance of love emerging from the heart of God. His fifth book, Finding God in All things, is to help us become contemplatives in action so that our actions may be filled with divine love and compassion for all beings. His sixth book, The Light of Awareness, is a compendium of AMR as pathways to psycho-somatic-spiritual integration. His seventh book, Pathways to Depth awareness, is a series of directed meditations for holistic integration. Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 My Discovery of Body Awareness Discovery of Body Awareness Testimony of Healing Insight into Healing Discovery of Deep Relaxation Alleviation of Body Swelling Healing of an Intense Fear Healing of Nervousness Personal Experience of Healing Chapter 2 Integral Theory of Awareness Modern Approach to the Theory of Awareness Monitoring Sensory Store (SS) Short Term Memory (STM) Long Term Memory (LTM) Controlling Our Consciousness The Conscious The Unconscious Twilight Zone Preconscious. Personal Unconscious Collective Unconscious Cosmic Unconscious Deeper Self (Spirit Within) A Holistic Synthesis Principle of Transformation of consciousness AMR Therapy Chapter 3 Treatment of Asthma History of Awareness Meditation Satipatthana Sutta: Foundations of Awareness Anapanasati Sutta: Awareness of Breathing Prjnaparamita: The Heart of Perfect Wisdom Reflection on Awareness Meditation Meditative Relaxation Meditative Relaxation and Brain Waves Meditation, Relaxation Response, and Healing Experimental Verification of the effect of AMR in the Treatment of Asthma A Typical AMR Session Unique Experiences during AMR Therapy The Observed Efficacy of AMR Therapy Significance of the Research Certain Generalizations AMR Script Body Relaxation Awareness of Breathing Awareness of Body Sensations Awareness of Stressful Areas of the Body Awareness of stressful feelings Back to Awareness of Body Sensations Back to Awareness Breathing Waking up from Awareness Meditation Chapter 4 Treatment of Stress-related Illnesses Body Awareness Origin of Illness Healing "Watcher Self" and Well-being AMR for Adult Asthmatic Patients AMR in the Treatment of Stress-related Illnesses Experiences in Healing of Stress-related Illnesses A Deaf Woman Loss of Smell Tetany Hypertension High Cholesterol Sciatica. Rheumatism. Tremor in the Right Hand Eczema Dust Allergy Acid Stomach Peptic Ulcer White Patches on the Skin Control of Cancer Limitations of AMR Therapy AMR Therapeutic Procedure for Stress-related illnesses Chapter 5 Healing of Negative Feelings Interaction between thoughts, feelings, sensations, and body parts AMR Therapy Negative feelings and their effect on the body Healing of a Law Student with Anxiety AMR Script for Anxious Reactions Healing of a Woman with Extreme Fear AMR Script for Phobic Reactions Healing of Guilt Ridden Wife of an Official. AMR Script for Guilt Reactions AMR Therapy for Hurt, Sadness, Resentment, Anger, Dislike, and Hatred Healing of a Woman with Deep Hurt AMR Script of Hurt Feelings