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When I recall my childhood days, I still remember
the precious and valuable paisa of those days. The rupee was divided into
192 paise. The purchase value
of the Copper paisa was so good, that I could get easily – rice and
uduth flour bajjia for a paisa for my snack during the school class
intervals. Everyone, the seller, the buyer and the onlooker look satisfied
and contented. Nowadays our salaries are increased by 15-20 times, (forget
the jobless which are increasing by the same speed) but still we feel our
ever increasing requirements are not met.
In these days of not affordable things, I searched for what we can
afford without incurring expenditure and gain in life. The trio, Silence,
Fasting and Meditation appeared smiling at my ignorance for all these
years for living in darkness. These are associated with energy
conservation and charging, working as holistic medicines for physical,
mental, emotional and spiritual health.
Fasting
is the supreme medicine for body cleansing and within reach of everyone.
It tones up the body and gives more energy to the body and also spiritual
strength. During fasting, the body uses the reserved food and accumulated
fluid, giving rest to the digestive system and helping the elimination of
toxins. One can start with fasting skipping a lunch or supper in a day to
complete one day fasting in a week.
Concept like
quietness should be experienced by living in that state. It is part of
Meditative process.
Meditation
is the liberation of the mind from all disturbing emotions, thoughts and
desires. Meditation is the means to reach the inner mind, where the
thoughts originate and then the meditator reaches thoughtless state.
Meditation opens up some of the energy centres in the body and promote
love, compassion, joy and higher spiritual consciousness in the
practitioner. In the morning or night one can start meditating for 15
minutes and increase to an hour a day for experiencing beneficial effects.
Thus
the maintenance of silence, meditation and fasting do not cost a paisa but
require only willpower and determination.
October
1,2002
Dr. Bhaskar
C. Harinath
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Dr. B. C. Harinath, Co-ordinator, BIC Welcoming the participants at
Workshop on ‘Medical Informatics & Biomedical Communication’
held at BIC during September 23-25, 2002. Sitting on the dias from left
are Dr. (Mrs.) P. Narang, Dean, MGIMS; Dr. T. Madhan Mohan, Director,
DBT; Dr. Meera Singh, Sr. DDG, ICMR & Dr. M. V. R. Reddy, Professor.
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