The Other Song
Dear Doctor,  After meeting you on 25th night, I was chatting with Uma and that is when I saw your notice about your book, 'The Other Song' and when I asked for a copy from Uma, luckily a copy was available and I could get hold of it. I was perhaps not entirely prepared for what I read. I have been to your web site and I have read few excerpts from your articles and books, but I had not understood the concept of sensation very well from these. As I started reading the book , I started understanding what you meant by sensation and the entire spectrum of experience from the level of Name - fact - feeling - delusion - sensation - energy became much more clearer. As I read the case studies at the end, it all became very vivid and clear. Similarly the concepts of Plant - Animal and Mineral families and the song belonging to that, also became far more clearer. Dr, I work in the area of HR, and hence I have some familiarity with Freud, and these categories reminded me of the categories that he was talking about - Narcissistic, Erotic and Obsessive respectively. However, reading your explanation brought a very different level of appreciation for these concepts. I have finished the book only today, and I must say that I am tremendously moved and impacted by the entire theory. It feels precious to know that I have the opportunity to interact with you. Your entire theory of 'the other song' resonates very deeply with me. I am not at all familiar with Homeopathy or any similar branch, but instinctively, the entire exposition feels very right and very apt. I read and re-read about your method of going deeper into sensation from delusions and feelings. The fact that non judgmental awareness is required to be able to do that. It touched me deeply ... I have a very analytical habit of mind ... hence it is very difficult for me to just observe and let the picture complete itself ... but the different case studies prove beyond doubt that this is the only way one can go deeper into the understanding of an individual, otherwise, one is just caught up in ones own frameworks and thought processes. Thank you for this learning. Finally, the three laws / postulates, 1. Sensation and action are equal and opposite. 2. The opposite for whatever is said is also true. 3. There is no one or nothing out there other than yourself. These are so apt!! Perfect! In our office we used to say, 'Whatever any one says, it is basically autobiographical', but I have understood this phenomenon at a much deeper level, thanks to you. Dr, I feel priveleged to know you and to know your view point about individuals and life. Thank you very much for sharing your wisdom with us through this book. In case you were to take up teaching this personally, I would like to have the honor of learning it directly from you. Thank you once more, With deep gratitude. --Anirudha Deshmukh HR ConsultantThe Other Song is a triumph: the healing art is revealed! Rajan Sankaran s experiences and insights to date are united within an overarching philosophy and are made explicit and intelligible. His quest for the most reliable form of homeopathy has been unremitting. Furthermore, it is uncommon for an author in the field of homeopathic practice, to have been successful at penetrating so far into the core of the human condition, or to extend inquiry to include the spiritual domain. Please do not be put off by the introductory chapters, by the attempt to popularize, or by recasting homeopathic terms such as miasms into generic categories these are attempts by the author to reach a wider readership and they do not detract from the overall vision. I will be recommending this book to my students from year two onwards, as a perfect sequel to The Spirit of Homeopathy . --Misha NorlandThe Other Song is about a new approach to the practice of homeopathic medicine. (Louise Valentine/The Epoch Times) The Other Song by Dr. Rajan Sankaran is a book for the public regarding his system of homeopathic medical practice. With a solid foundation in homeopathy as originally described by Samuel Hahnemann, M.D. (1755-1843), Dr. Sankaran and his team of homeopathic physicians in Mumbai, India, have spent many years refining this approach to homeopathic prescribing. They been teaching his method worldwide, and more homeopathic physicians are following this approach. The Other Song refers to the fact that within each of us there exists a human and a non-human song. The human song refers to ourselves when we are in a normal state. The non-human song, which is always with us, can be that of a plant, mineral, or an animal. The other song is frequently more evident during periods of stress. A human song is harmonious. So are the plant, mineral, and animal songs. However, when the human song and the non-human song are playing together, the result is discord. That discord leads to illness. The aim of treating a patient homeopathically with Dr. Sankaran's method is to turn down the volume of that plant, mineral, or animal that is playing within us. When that is done, health returns. Through careful questioning, the homeopath can discern from which kingdom the other song is playing. Then, through further questioning, the specific plant, mineral, or animal can be discovered. This method of inquiry takes the patient to a very deep state, beyond the intellect, to the core of their being, where frequently the patient expresses his or her state with hand gestures rather than words. In this semi-hypnotic state, the patient often can express and describe the other song quite clearly. Also, the reaction pattern of the patient can be determined, indicating his perceived nature of the illness, in ten categories ranging from panic to optimism to hopelessness. These reaction patterns help to find remedies after the kingdom is discovered. The issue with plants is their hypersensitivity and reactivity. The issue with minerals is their structure and the formation and challenges to the integrity of that structure. The issue with remedies in the animal kingdom is that of competition, comparison, and survival, which is brought out by a patient's speech, including his talk of being a victim or an aggressor. After determining that a patient needs a plant remedy, the family of plant is determined, and then the specific plant is found. If the patient needs a mineral remedy, it is determined which row and column of the periodic table the mineral is found. If a patient needs an animal kingdom remedy, the sub-kingdom is determined, and then the precise animal if found. For example, a patient came to Dr. Sankaran with urticaria [hives]. She personified the illness that she felt was persecuting her, and said that it hit her like a "punch." She felt victimized by the illness and her life situation. She was also verbally abusive to her husband and in-laws. From her expressions of being a victim, her competition with and jealousy of other family members, and other facets of her case, it was determined that she needed an animal kingdom remedy. As the interview proceeded, she expressed that she really didn't like insects, especially bees. She received a homeopathic dose of bee, following which her skin ailment went away, her perception of her life situation changed, and she became a more considerate and caring person to her spouse and in-laws. Dr. Sankaran's approach is the greatest single advance in homeopathic medicinal practice in the last century. The Other Song is an introduction to this new approach. --William Franklin McCoy,Epoch Times Staff