NECESSITY OF YOGA
THE NECESSITY OF YOGA CAN BE WELL UNDERSTOOD FROM THE FACT THAT COUNTLESS PEOPLE SUFFER FROM VARIOUS DSEASE AND SOME OF THEM AND THEIR LIVES JUST BECAUSE OF NON AVAILABILITY OF PROPER FACILITIES. THIS IS WORLDWIDE PHENOMENA AND HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND MAN HOURS ARE SPENT IN MEDICAL CARE AND STILL NO GUARANTEE TO CURE. YOGA HELPS TO PREVENT DISEASE WHICH IS REALLY A WELCOME MOVE RATHER THAN FIGHTING THE DISEASE, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO LOSE OR WIN. THE PRACTICE OF YOGA CAN BE STARTED WHEN YOU ARE COMPARATIVELY HEALTHY, I MEAN HAVING NO PERCEPTIBLE DISEASE. EVEN WITH MINOR DISEASE YOU CAN START YOGA WITH LITTLE CARE AND SUPERVISION OF YOGA TRAINER. SINCE KNOWLEDGE CANNOT BE FORWARDED WITHOUT A TEACHER AND TEACHER IS AN IMPORTANT MEDIUM TO PROPAGATE YOGA IN PROPER SENSE. THERE ARE MANY ORGANIZATIONS IN INDIA AND ELSEWHERE, WHO HAVE TAKEN UP THIS CHALLENGE ARE DOING COMMENDABLE JOB FOR THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND. WE MUST IDENTIFY ONE OF THEM TO SUIT OUR NEEDS AND SHOULD CARRY OUT YOGA UNDER THEIR SUPERVISION FOR BEST RESULTS. OTHERWISE ALSO, IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT ENOUGH, THE APPROACH ADOPTED BY EKLAVYA ALSO WORKS HERE, HE LEARNT ARCHERY AND EVERYTHING IN FRONT OF IDOL OF HIS GURU DRONACHARYA WITHOUT PHYSIAL PRESENCE OF GURU.
AVOID DISEASE ?
THE ANSWER IS YES AND HENCE THE PROVERB "PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE" . A PARTICULAR SECTION OF OUR SOCIETY, STILL FEEL THAT DISEASE IS LIKE UNCALLED GUEST. I STRONGLY DISAGREE FROM THE IDEA, RATHER I FEEL THAT IN GENERAL, WE REALLY INVITE DISEASE BY NEGLECTING SANITATION, UNPLANNED LIFESTYLE AND UNNECESSARY WORRIES. NO DISEASE CAN DEVELOP WITHOUT ANY REASON. MANY OF THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOP DISEASE AND BECOME SERIOUS IN LONG RUN, AND THEN WE SUDDENLY WAKE UP. WE MUST CONTINUALLY ADOPT MEASURES TO ERADICATE DISEASE, IT IS NOT VERY DIFFICULT, JUST START AND SEE.
EFFORTS REQUIRED
PATH IS LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH CONTINUAL AND SYSTEMATIC EFFORTS. WE MUST HAVE BURNING DESIRE TO ACHIEVE IT. TRY TO LISTEN TO THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR BODY AND UNDERTAND INDICATIONS GIVEN BY YOUR BODY TIME TO TIME. THIS WAY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO COORDINATE PROPERLY WITH YOUR BODY FUNCTIONING AND PREVENT IT FROM MANY TROUBLES. NORMALLY WE ARE VERY MUCH IGNORANT ABOUT THE MESSAGES OUR BODY WANTS TO CONVEY. THERE ARE DISEASES LIKE BLOOD PRESSURE, JAUNDICE, THYROID , DIABETES, TYPHOID ETC. WHICH EAT UP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM, BUT THERE IS NO CURE IN ALLOPATHIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINES.
MY POINT IS THAT WE NEED TO BECOME AWARE AND SHOULD NOT TRY TO FIND SHORT CUT OR EASY ROUTE FOR CURE. WE HAVE POTENTIAL TO LIVE MUCH MORE THAT WHAT WE PERCEIVE THAT TOO WITHOUT ANY HEALTH PROBLEM. ALSO IN ORDER TO FIGHT OVER WEIGHT, UNDER WEIGHT AND OBESITY PROBLEM, EXERCISES COMBINED WITH YOGA ARE THE BEST ANSWER. IF YOU ARE VERY MUCH LEAN AND THIN OR YOU ARE TOO FAT, BOTH WAYS YOGA IS HELPFUL REACHING PROPER SHAPE OF THE BODY.
NEED TO CHANGE OUR HABITS
DURING OUR APPOINTMENT WITH DOCTOR, WE ADVICE HAVE CROPPED INJECTION RATHER THAN PRESCRIBING MEDICINES AS IT IS DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER AS TO WHEN MEDICINES ARE TO BE TAKEN. IF DOCTOR PRESCRIBED FOR 5 DAYS, WE PURCHASE JUST FOR THREE DAYS AND ACTUALLY TAKE MEDICINES FOR ONE OR TWO DAYS ONLY. AGAIN AFTER FIVE DAYS, WE VISIT BLAMING THAT DOCTOR IS NOT GOOD AND READILY SWITCH OVER TO NEW DOCTOR. HISTORY MAY REPEAT HERE ALSO. OUR SELECTION OF DOCTORS, DEPENDS UPON HOW POLITELY DOCTOR SPEAKS, WHETHER HE/SHE PRESCRIBES BULK OF MEDICINES AND ANTIBIOTICS, NOT ON THE BASIS OF HIS CAPABILITIES AND RESULTS, BUT MOUTH OF WORD MATTERS A LOT FOR US. WE EXPECT VERY FAST RECOVERY AND SOMETIMES EVEN WITHOUT TAKING MEDICINES, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY ABSURD. WE NEED TO CHANGE THIS ATTITUDE. WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE WE ARE IN GOOD HEALTH, WE SHOULD CONTINUOUSLY TRY TO FURTHER VITALIZE OUR BODY WITH ENRICHED FOOD ITEMS AND PROPER EXERCISE.