Chapter 8 Concluding Remarks

“To lay the foundation for a future structure of knowledge, and to initiate a true system of spiritual healing taught to would‑be healers.” -D.K.

The main contribution of Esoteric Healing to the modern medical literature is to present and emphasize the “inner” predisposing conditions related to health, death and disease for the purpose of suggesting therapeutic and preventive approaches that would guide the healing and medical practice in the near and distant future. The stated purpose of the book is not to cover the pathophysiological aspects of specific diseases and conditions.

However, the reader of Esoteric Healing is faced with three formidable barriers that may preclude a fair consideration and a true understanding of this important textbook. These are: the complexity of the subject matter itself, the peculiar mode of presentation, and the “political” views expressed from the perspective of the spiritual Hierarchy.

The subject of causal inference in epidemiological research is very complex. Therefore, when more than half of a book is dedicated to the “basic causes” of disease, the reader should be warned about the difficulties inherent in the subject itself. For instance, “heredity” is considered from the “psychological”(i.e., the result of previous incarnations and individual karma), the “group” (i.e., inherited karmic predisposition for syphilis and sexually transmitted diseases [STD], tuberculosis [TB] and cancer [CA]), and the “planetary” (i.e., inherent in the substance and “soil” of the planet) perspectives. How do these concepts relate to chromosome-based hereditary and the communicable “congenital” diseases and predispositions is left to the reader to fully understand. Even more confusing, STD, TB and CA are also referred to as “planetary” diseases throughout the book.

The second major barrier is related to the peculiar mode of presentation. The book is the result of a series of spiritual instructions received from 1942 until some time before 1950. D.K. sequentially “paints” a synthesis of ideas rather than drawing a logically consistent picture. In fact, D.K. advises to “learn by absorption more than by analysis.” Each lesson adds a new brush stroke of details and insights, building on and retouching the ideas previously presented. This is not the orthodox way to introduce ideas for scientific consideration in the medical profession. Furthermore, the text is not always consistent and unambiguous in the use of significant terms, such as, “psychological” (the soul versus the traditional interpretation); “nervous” (mental conditions versus neurological diseases); and others. Groups of symptoms are mostly unorthodox and the classification of diseases is not always consistent (e.g., “insanity” for “nervous” diseases). Even the very crucial Rules of Healing are inconsistently numbered throughout the book.

The reasons of this peculiar mode of presentation are made clearer as the reader slowly makes progress in studying the subject (p. 658). First, D.K. is safeguarding information that, if misused and misappropriated by the unready, may prove very dangerous. Second, the active effort required from the reader is part of an authentication process. Only those possessing the “right” key may decode the ambiguities and apparent inconsistencies throughout the text. The “right” key is very simple, though: right motivation to serve in true love for others. Of course, intellectual development to master conceptual abstractions is assumed.

Superficially, statements such as: 1) “Cancer is definitely the result of the activity of the lower concrete mind and of the stimulation of the etheric body which the mind can bring about” (p. 238); 2) “I repeat that disease is not the result of thought” (p. 95); and 3) “the roots of [cancer] are deep-seated in the emotional or desire nature, and are grounded in the astral body” (p. 58) do seem contradictory. Furthermore, it is stated that, “cancer is primarily a disease of inhibition… producing an over-development of the cellular life, through over-stimulation”(p. 59). Then, given that gastric ulcer predisposes to gastric cancer, why is it stated that “if the patient is suffering from such a difficulty as gastric ulcer, the stimulation of the solar plexus center may produce a cure?” (p. 283)

The earnest reader and student of Esoteric Healing is faced with these and many other paradoxical statements. They serve as koans or riddles to prove discernment, right motivation and love of humanity.

The third major barrier is related to the modern standards of “politically correct” views, at least in the United States. Some views presented in the textbook touching on the Jewish problem, homosexuality, masculine polarization of the human Hierarchy, and the exponents of “New Age” healing modalities (Christian Science, Mental Science and others) are likely to be strongly repudiated by some. Any attempt to reinterpret and clarify may actually bring more confusion to the discussion of the issues at hand.

Therefore, the reader of this treatise is well advised to hold judgment until harmlessness rules: “perfect poise, a completed point of view and divine understanding” (Law IX). In any case, the reader should also bear in mind some words from the “Extract from a Statement by the Tibetan” prefacing all the books, including Esoteric Healing:

“If [the books] present truth in such a way that it follows sequentially upon that already offered in the world teachings, if the information given raises the aspiration and the will‑to‑serve from the plane of the emotions to that of the mind (the plane whereon the Masters can be found) then they will have served their purpose. If the teaching conveyed calls forth a response from the illumined mind of the worker in the world, and brings a flashing forth of his intuition, then let that teaching be accepted. But not otherwise. If the statements meet with eventual corroboration, or are deemed true under the test of the Law of Correspondences, then that is well and good. But should this not be so, let not the student accept what is said.”

This introductory study guide aims at provoking thought and at providing a panoramic view of the field of esoteric healing to aid the unfamiliar reader in discerning its general pattern and outline. We are mindful of the forthcoming Conclave of the spiritual Hierarchy in the year 2025 and it is our purpose to use this opportunity to make an impact upon the thinkers of the race about this new and undiscovered field of esoteric healing. Although there are basic sciences that still need to be developed before esoteric healing can thrive, such as esoteric anatomy, esoteric psychology and medical astrology, hopefully the Plan will unfold as foreseen by wiser Minds and esoteric healing may become integrated into the practice of preventive medicine in the not so distant future.

Of course, the reader is free to accept or reject the ideas conveyed herein. However, in either case, knowledge has been gained, and knowledge always carries responsibility with it. We firmly believe that truth is the absolute criterion of reality. May the future stand revealed.