SPIRITUAL MEDICINE IN THE MULTI PERSPECTIVE OF RELIGION
Abstract: Spiritual healing,
also known as healing through prayer and meditation, has been widely studied by
various scholars from different religions including Islam, Hindu, Buddhism and
Christianity. The term spiritual medicine is increasingly popular with
increasing mental disorders, degenerative diseases, metabolic, cancer and
social illness such as drug abuse. Religions of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and
Christianity have almost the same tradition in the spiritual aspect to create
purity of self and inner peace through the practice of worship or prayer based
on spiritual meditation. The application of spiritual medicine is mostly done
to reduce stress and anxiety due to illness suffered by the patient. Spiritual
medicine is commonly used to peace building, study self-control, anger
management, empathy, affection, calmness, and also to sharpen brain activity
and increase well being. Spirituality refers to the process of improvement done
with the aim to restore humans to the true figure as a God creation and have
the correct perception about the true image of god based on the holy book of
the Qur'an, Torah, gospel and the main figure of world religions such as the
Buddha and prophet of Muhammad PBUH. All religions teach the need to ask the
Creator to be healthy, prosperous and free from the sufferings of illness. The
benefits of spiritual medicine depend on the quality, intensity and frequency
or quantity of practices or methods that are practiced by each religious
believer.
Author: Marwa Minhas
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg170267
