12 steps to remain healthy

By Dipak Chakraborty

 

The saying goes: ‘Health is wealth.’ Every individual around the Globe, educated or illiterate, rich or poor makes all-out effort to enjoy good health. A sound health is the gateway to reach the goal in the journey of life whether in the field of education or intellect or wealth etc. A sound developed mind dwells in a healthy body and such person will never feel empty. Nothing is unachievable when one exercises with his present endeavor with a healthy mind and body.


‘Prevention is better than cure.’ In this age of Information Technology we have information about our health as-well-as incidents around the world. Our habits and attitudes are responsible for our good health. The world is changing very fast. To match with this fast changing world we have adopted a life style with fast food, fast lane, fast music, addiction to tobacco etc. so on, including all basic principles to maintain good health. These ultimately lead you to anxiety, stress and tension that ultimately cause Hyper tension, Blood pressure, Acidity, Peptic ulcer, Diabetics, Arthritics etc. The body becomes a temple of diseases.


A good health means, the journey of Life is on – and to become aware of that fact if we follow the following 12 steps the neat result is a sound health and a healthy mind.


Step: 1: Knowledge is Power, so, the basic knowledge about maintaining good health and its basis should be clear and proper awareness should be aroused. For these thousands of magazines, articles, web-sites are available presently giving lot of information regarding various diseases and its protections and preventions. Lot of seminars, exhibitions, fair and discourses are arranged through media and in public gathering to bring awareness among the mass. So one is to be enlightened regarding many folds of health.


Step : 2 : Health means life is in progress – means movement of the body – means regular exercise. Particularly free hand exercises. At the present day people’s awareness to maintain good health invited various theories and types of exercises suggested by various faculties and school of thoughts. It is advisable to follow a simple one instead of running after different schools. Napoleon could perform five different activities at a time and Sreemat Ram Chandra Jain could perform hundred different activities at a time. But in this world of extreme business I shall suggest one exercise with four fold activities known as ‘Moving Meditation’. It covers physical exercise, Mental exercise, positive thinking and Relaxation. This exercise includes twenty eight different postures. If one performs fourteen in the morning (total one hour ) and fourteen in the evening regularly then he will maintain a good health and mind in the coming times. Everybody irrespective of their age (from 8 to 90 years) can perform this exercise. (This exercise is known as ‘Taiche’ in China)


Step : 3 : Proper food is the best medicine. Medicine, no doubt, plays a vital role when some one fall ill, but without proper diet medicine shall not work properly resulting some other complicacy. In earlier days diet was treated as medicine for curing a patient. So, adequate importance must have to be given on food in addition to proper medicine. ‘Food for Health not for taste’ should be the slogan.


Step : 4 : ‘Worries’– The enemy of mind. Spiritual knowledge and Raj Yoga Medition is the basis of stress-free life. Worries and anxieties cause serious threat on mind and body. More then 90% of the diseases are caused by worries & anxieties. Proper mental health is the basis of good hotistic health.


Step : 5 : Mind is a meta-physical entity having a huge potential (energy). Ignoring the mind means an invitation to death penalty. Pure and positive of thoughts are the food for a healthy mind that can keep diseases miles away. Raj Yoga Meditation is the best exercise to keep the mind ever healthy. At least 10 - 5 minutes exercise everyday in the morning and evening shall be practised.


Step : 6 : Self medication may become dangerous. Medicine should be administered under proper physician’s advice and avoid unnecessary medication.


Step : 7 : Anti-addiction is the basis of maintaining a good health. Any type of addiction to drugs is dangerous for mind and body. If you are enslaved by any addiction you cannot expect good health. To remain free from any addiction, that may be of five sense organs too, one can take help of Raj Yoga mediation.


Step : 8 : To become aware of the seven artibutes of the soul.


No. 1. Soul is the embodiment of knowledge that makes the brain sharp.
No. 2. Soul is the embodiment of peace that keeps the lung healthy.
No. 3. Soul is the embodiment of Love that makes the heart strong and healthy.
No. 4. Soul is the embodiment of prosperity and pleasure that enriches your digestive power.
No. 5. Soul is the embodyment of purity that increased the positive energy of all the working organs of the body.
No. 6. Soul is the embodyment of Happiness that keeps the endocrine system of our body healthy functioning.
No. 7. Soul is the embodyment of power that prevents degeneration of bones and tissues.


Step : 9 : Always remain in a sporting and happy mood. It is like a Multi vitamin capsule. Make it diet and take regularly to keep healthy.


Step : 10 : It is essential to increase the vital energy. Avoid waste and negative thoughts and develop positive thoughts it will increase positive energy and spread it to your surroundings. The more you give it the more you will get. This will keep you ever healthy.


Step : 11 : Keep total faith on the All-Mighty God-Father and take intermittent advice of Doctor Regular checkup of health is essential . Alongwith that also keep in touch (meditation) with the Supreme Surgeon almighty God. Faith in God and Meditation acts like a healing Medicine.


Step : 12 : Sound sleep (Delta stage) Adequate and timely sleep is highly essential for good health. Two hours sound steep keeps you at delta storage for twenty minutes and keeps you fit and workable for four hours. So six hours sleep means twelve hours complete physical fitness to perform your duties without being tired. Regular meditation is the best medicine for sound sleep. Those who perform Raj Yoga meditation regularly can attain sound sleep and delta stage, even a 90 years old man may keep fit and workable like a forty years old young man.


So, try to follow the 12 steps to remain healthy around the clock. Good Health means life is on.

Extracts : Dr. Grish Petal
e-mail: cdipak1946@yahoo.co.in
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