Hi all,
It's long since I have posted any post so here it is.
I have a hobby of observing people performing different tasks. Sometimes I watch them struggling with their physical health as most of my relatives are suffering from some disease and it does not just stop with the relatives. In India, almost 80 percent of the people are suffering from some chronic disease. Diseases like diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure and heart problems are ubiquitous in India but the good part is it we become habitual with all of these because we do not want to deal with it. It is predicted that by 2020 India will have more than 4.77 million deaths a year due to cardiovascular disease and 2.58 million deaths due to coronary heart diseases. Almost one out of 3 people is in the grip of tobacco consumption.
I would like to quote one of the statements from our Vedas that "This body is yours and it is our utmost responsibility to keep it fit". Most of us make a hue and cry about pessimist situation of our society that they are not performing their duties very well. Let me tell you, my friends, society is not bad because of the bad people, it is bad because good people are doing nothing about it.
This was about the physical health and if we go one step beyond then there comes mental health. Mental health means desire to learn and apply them. It's a known and proven fact that healthy mind lies in a healthy body. Mental health means seeing a glass half full (optimistic attitude) not half empty(pessimist attitude) and always seek to what we can add in it through our effort. This failure can be seen through our indulgence in carnal desires and alcoholism as most of our youth is going in that direction without knowing the harmful effect of it. Its failure can also be seen as communal hatred, and insensitivity towards poor section our society.
If we move one more step further then it comes to spiritual health. Some of my friends argue it is totally a crap. Crap word is so frequent on our tongue that without knowing the matter carefully we use this word. I do not want to go deep in it. The lack of spiritual health can be seen as the falling level of brotherhood, lack of respect for our elders, and finest example is the apathy towards Delhi rape victim. As she was lying on the road in such inhumane conditions and no one was there to help her. I have heard that people passed by her without noticing her. Corruption can also be seen as a consequence of this. Spiritual health means performing your duty well just like Gandhi, Bose and many more did. It gives us strength to fight any odds, always believe in yourself and go through pain and misery for the gain of something big.
These were some of the hard pills to swallow but on the positive side, there are lots of things that are being done in order to rectify the situation. Through this blog, I want to highlight the need for all three physical, mental and spiritual health to make a man perfect and live his life with dignity and positive attitude and how one can contribute to society with his capabilities.
