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(This
is the Transcription of Lecture given by Yogacharya Vishwas Mandlik)
Yoga
for prevention and maintenance of most precious Gift of GOD "Our
Body"
Body
means me myself. We are visible in the world due to the body we
possess. Everybody claims to know this body. But is it really
true? Science and medical professionals will say that they are
studying or actually working with the anatomy and physiology of
body. Thus they know the body perfectly. But I still feel that
we need to know much more than we actually do from different perspective.
Has
anybody ever thought over what might be the actual valuation of
our body? No, even I have never thought about it and such a situation
of selling our body never occurs. But other day I came across
a news. It said, "Wanted a kidney". The advertisement
also said that the person would be adequately paid, afterwards
I came to know that the person donated kidney and was paid a amount
of Rs. 2,00,000 /- (US $ 40,000), add to that the cost of hospitalization,
medical treatment, no of hours lost in transplant. Also the transplant
won't make the person as efficient and healthy as a normal man.
Now let's consider the Heart. There is only one heart and it is
of prime importance in our body. Now we all know that artificial
heart can be used to replace the Human Heart, but the results
of Heart Transplant are not very encouraging. Also the cost runs
in millions, additionally the cost of hospitalization, medical
treatment, no of hours lost in transplant.
There are many more important organs in our body. Consider our
eyes, they have fantastic 3D effects, more over no formal processing
of data is required, just open the eyes and we get natural colors
around us, also you can store the data in your brain. Now the
valuation of brain is not possible, one can only compare Human
Brain with the most advanced Super Computer, still Computer cannot
replace Human brain.
But
there few organs in our body which cannot be replaced by any other
means. For example - Nobody could prepare material like that of
Insulin, Human Blood, Human Bones. Similarly the intestines are
very strong and elastic. Tennis rackets are made out of intestines
of goats, the intestine of human is much more strong.
Thus
if you evaluate the cost of your entire body, you are already
a BILLIONER. We have a body whose value is very high, we all are
extremely rich, more to that is even if we are ready to spend
Billion Dollars we cannot get a new Human Body.
But
then how do we take care of this Billion Dollar precious gift
of GOD?
If
we have some precious gold or diamond ornaments, then we take
extreme care of that, but do we take that much care of a Billion
Dollar gift which is given to us at no cost. He has given us the
body and we are just carrying it on. GOD knew we won't take care
of our body and so he has given us many spare organs. But we are
all the more careless with spare organs. We start running around
and finding Doctors when some of our organs stop working or start
giving problems. We need our body every second of our life, rather
our life is with our body. Thus proper maintenance of our body
is of prime importance. It is said that everybody is very selfish
in this world. But no body is selfish in taking care of body,
which is most valuable.
There
are 2 types of maintenance. One is breakdown maintenance and other
is preventive maintenance. When machine is working nobody pays
attention towards the machine. Someday the machine breaks down
while working, and then everybody starts running around. When
the machine is dismantled it is seen that some small screw has
broken. For one screw the concerned person has to go to various
places or may be out of town. The shopkeeper also sells the screw
at much higher price sensing the urgency or need. Thus a small
screw causes a loss of few thousand dollars as the production
is entirely stopped. The small screw of few dollars causes such
a huge loss.
But if the same is done before hand for preventive maintenance
then such big confusion and loss can be avoided. If the machine
is continuously checked once in a month or 2 months then such
minor defects can be immediately repaired.
Similarly we can take care of our body also. When we feel sick
we start running around and go to doctor. We are ready to pay
any amount of money to get well. Before we are very busy even
to take care but then we also get admitted in the hospital without
caring for our work. But we can prevent such extremities with
proper care. As they say "PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE".
But how can we prevent? If we go to the doctor and tell him that
I am fit but I need preventive maintenance, he will refuse to
give such medicine, which will prevent diabetes before it occurs,
there are medicines available only after disease occurs.
But
lets imagine or consider for some time that scientists invent
such drugs. But will it be possible to take medicines for every
disease? There are numerous diseases. Is it possible to take so
many drugs before hand? It is not feasible, thus this can be only
pure imagination. But then considering this everybody will have
to face breakdown and there cannot be any prevention.
What is the Solution?
Of course "YOGA" is the solution. Yoga is closely related
to Body and Mind. In recent years scientific research on Yoga
has proven that Yoga certainly cures many diseases. Like there
are various asanas for diseases like diabetes, asthma etc. There
is Pranayama for various breathing related and mental problems.
But this creates a picture that there is a separate prescription
in yoga for different problems and to be fit and fine and prevent
all diseases we will have to practice yoga for the whole day.
But this is neither feasible nor true.
Yoga
does not have different treatment for every problem. Yoga is a
process of normalization. It considers body as well as mind. Yoga
is useful for maintenance as well as prevention. It has to be
practiced only for 30 to 45 minutes in a day. It will be the only
time, which we will give truly and completely to ourselves.
While practicing Yoga only for 30 to 45 minutes in a day what
is to be done? People have misconceptions like yoga means making
difficult acrobatic exercises as shown in a circus or by a gymnast.
Or it is something, which is practiced by a Yogi or Sanyasi wearing
saffron colored clothes, long beard. But this is not true. There
is a scientific method of practicing Yoga. Yoga is very easy and
similarly very effective.
Yoga
is effective in every aspect like Yoga helps in removing addictions,
curing diseases, increase vital energy, increase resistance power
of the body. Apart from this Yoga brings good positive changes
in mental frame, makes mind stable, peaceful and happy.
Yoga thus takes care of both our physical and mental health. But
it should be practiced regularly. On seeing the results from Yoga
nobody stops practicing it. Yogasanas help in bringing about stability
of our body. Pranayama helps in controlling breathing and increasing
concentration. Yoga should be learned scientifically. Then only
the required results can be achieved and after that it should
be practiced exactly as learned.
Once you learn Yoga, you can practice it without any help from
anyone, at no extra cost. Yoga is very important and essential
for preventive maintenance of our body. It has effect on both
mental and physical health.
We
have typical reaction and responses to the events around us. If
these reactions or responses are extreme, then results in psychosomatic
disorders. One-hour practice of Yoga helps us to prevent such
reaction and we easily prevent the diseases. Yoga finally makes
the mind calm, peaceful, stable and focused.
Nothing different has to be tried or done for practicing Yoga.
The effect of Yoga comes about automatically while practicing
it.
Yoga
thus can be called as complete solution to most of our problems.
It is a complete science of personality development and touches
all aspects of our existence. So practice of it is must for everyone.
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