spiritualenlightenmentonewillnotsufferfrommentalillness.MysticalPsychology
leadsthemindtoexperiencegreaterpeace,balance,contentmentandinnerfulfill-
ment.Thisiswhyitissaidthatsagesandsaintsarethemostcompassionatebeings
andthatspiritualknowledgeisthegreatestgiftofall.ThisiswhythegodDjehutiis
knownasthehealerofthe“Eye.”TheEyeisthesymbolofinnerspiritualvision.In
themythofDjehutiandHetheru,thegoddessHetheruenteredtheworldastheEye
andlostherway,andDjehutihealedherdelusionandledhertospiritualenlighten-
ment.InthemythoftheAsarianResurrection,Heru’sspiritualEyewasdamagedby
SetandDjehutihealeditalso.Therefore,Djehutiisthequintessentialimageofthe
spiritualpreceptorwhohealsnotjustthebody,butthemindandsoul.Spiritualwis-
domandspiritualinstructionarethekeystoalleviatinganderadicatingthegreatest
sourceofmiseryinlife,spiritualignorance.Spiritualignoranceisthegreatest
sourceofpaininlifebecauseitleadsapersontoamyriadformsofadversity,suf-
feringandfrustrations,notinjustonelifetime,butincountless.Inthisregard,the
promotionofphysicalandmentalhealthisessentialtotranscendingthelowerstates
of consciousness. This is the purpose of the Mystical (Yogic)disciplines.
Emotionsand their Effects of Physical Health
Themindisthesourceofthepersonalityandtherefore,theconditionofthemindanditscontents
eventuallyinfusethebodywitheithernegativeorpositiveenergies.Thefollowingarespecificemo-
tionsandattitudes,andtheirphysicalconsequences.Inordertocorrectthemaladyasitmanifestsin
thephysicalworld,onemustcorrectnotonlyone’sactions,butthewayofthinkingthatledtothe
problem must be corrected in the astral plane, the plane of the mind.
Ignorance-IgnoranceisdefinedastheabsenceoftheknowledgeoftheHigherSelf.Thisistheroot
causeofalldiseases.Whenthesoulfallspreytotheideathatitisanindividualandnotcon-
nectedtotheuniverse,itissaidtohavefallenintothedelusionofignorance.Thisdelusion
allows the soul to develop other maladies in the mental plane, which include:
Egoism-Egoismisdefinedastheexacerbationofthefeelingofindividuality,duetoignorance.Ego-
ismislikeaformofmyopiaoftheheart.Itcausesconstrictioninconsciousnessandthis
constrictioninturnpromotesashortsightedandlimitedvisionoflife.Also,itpromotesa
limitingfactorinone’sintellectualcapacity.Thisconditionallowsthesoultocontractthe
primarydiseaseofexistence–humanembodiment.Afterthis,allothermentalandphysical
ailmentsarepossible.Egoismislikearheumaticfeverofthesoul–characterizedbyrest-
lessness, and discontent.
Desire-Desireistheillusoryefforttosatisfytherheumatismbypursuingpleasures,relationsandob-
jectsoftheworldoftimeandspace.Sincethesecannevertrulyandabidinglysatisfythe
ego,thedesiresneverendandevenbecomeinflated,leadingthesoultoexperiencecountless