DEPEND LESS AND LESS UPON MEDICINES but when needed you should take them. You should not condemn medicines as they come originally from herbs and minerals and so many things that God has created. So medicine is a part of curing but it is not the best method. And for the use of medicine you will need to consult with a doctor, whether it is an allopath, a homeopath, a chiropractor, an acupuncturist, an ayurvedic doctor or any other therapist. There are so many healers; it depends on which you believe in.
     To have good health, live a holistic, natural life, depending upon pure water, wholesome food and sunshine. Do exercise daily like yoga or walking or even sports. Get good rest if you can. Try to have pure thoughts and associate with those who have pure thoughts. In between, if you fail to keep healthy, take medicine. And then daily as you meditate and relax, try to touch that healing power within you. It will come but not all of a sudden. It takes time.
     Read good books to bring in good health because—note this—all diseases are psychological. For example, if there is an ulceration in the stomach or adhesions, it is related to mental adhesions. Selfishness creates so many things. Anger creates so many things. You have to purify your mind in order to get rid of disease. Your thoughts have to be pure and noble, dignified. By dignified I do not mean proud but having your own strength. When you have noble thoughts coming to you from all sides, your body begins to change. If you keep negative and dark thoughts, it will leave you with no other remedy for diseases but medicine. The mind has to be free from selfishness, jealousy, anger, greed and attachment. These all create diseases. Freedom from them is a must, because disease is the only result they could produce.
 

      In yogic terms we say: from bhoga, “wrong ways of thinking and acting,” you get to roga, “disease.” Therefore you should do yoga. Wrong ways of thinking, wrong attitudes and wrong actions create disease. Yoga means discipline of mind and body, having noble thoughts, a cleansing process. It includes pure food, water, air, sunshine and exercise. These reduce diseases, even hereditary or chronic ones. Hereditary diseases may be difficult to cure but they are not incurable. By changing your ideas and thoughts you could change that inheritance also, but this may take a long time. Therefore never rely on treating a disease only locally. It is joined and linked with your personality and attitudes. Change your negative mental patterns and you will see that the disease will cure.
      Pure and healthy food and water are not costly. Even though water is being purchased today, which is a disgrace to the human being, it is still cheaper than many things. Even food, though costlier than it should be, is cheapest when compared with commodities like clothing, machines, medicines, lawyers and doctors. Comparatively speaking, pure food is not costly if you want to remain healthy. But if you want to enjoy other things and do not mind to be unhealthy, then of course, that is costly. Enjoyment costs too much and also ill health costs too much. To live a plain, healthy life is still the cheapest thing in the world, though it should be cheaper.