Health Is Ease, We Invite Disease | Sri Brahma Murari
The biggest wealth man can ever possess is nothing other than good health, a health free from disease and infirmity.
- May 11, 2021
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Health Is Ease, We
Invite Disease
The biggest wealth man can ever possess is nothing
other than good health, a health free from disease and infirmity.
“A sound mind
rests in a sound body.” Clearly
indicates that a person must take care of his or his physical health, to have a
sound and developed mind. Hence physical health is very important for mental
growth.
It is almost impossible to cure diseases by medication
alone. Let us look at our own grandparents who happily lived their full life
with better health, free from frequent diseased condition of the body and mind.
If only, one can have inspiration and encouragement to take interest, in one’s
own health, and follow certain basic do’s and don’ts, he or she can be
assured of perfect health of both, mind and body. This may not, however,
guarantee a frontal attack on the diseases or microbes to get rid of illness,
but would surely strengthen the natural defense mechanism of the body.
In quest of good health, man seeks many things that he
need not look for, and fails to seek what he should. Thus, in trying to escape
disease and misfortune, man seeks the help of various branches of different systems
such as Drugs, Medicines, Surgery, Yoga, variety of therapies such as Behaviour
therapy, Light therapy, Magnet therapy, Occupational therapy, Oil therapy, physiotherapy,
Psychotherapy, Shock therapy, Speech therapy, Water therapy, Reiki, Pranic
healing so on and so forth. Likewise, in time of crises, he seeks the help of
Meditation, Prayer, Astrology, Palmistry, Numerology, Gemmology, Vaastu and
other methods like Mantras or Yantras etc., He or she either gets solace, satisfaction
or faces further disaster.
Food is the most essential substance for the survival
of mankind and there are two important, but simple, laws to be followed.
In treating disease, food ranks with medicines. Many
diseases are known to occur from bad eating habits, from faulty diet and
failure to observe simple laws on hygiene. The rest is organic and mechanical –
the defects in organs not being able to respond to normal action, to
synchronize with other organs in action. By correcting eating habits, it will
be found that the organism will be able to restore itself.
Therefore, it is important to know the brief
principles of simple diet laws on hygiene. A proper diet is the best of all
medicines produced in the world. It is the body that effects the cure not the
Doctor.
Life today is full of haste, hurry, bustle and mental
tension. In order to relieve it we take refreshment every now and then.
Consequently, the Biological rhythm of the body is disturbed. Many of us do not
use our body, but abuse it. These irregularities derange the excretory
functioning of the body and these are mainly direct causes for many Chronic
diseases such as Constipation, Body ache, Head ache, Insomnia, Gastric and
Duodenal Ulcers, Asthma, Thrombosis, Diabetes, Skin diseases, Cancer etc.,
adding more and more stress in day to day life.
It is most important that the Stomach should not be regarded as dust bin in which anything and everything
can be dumped at any time and as many times in the day as possible. More
attention and caution is required on such unhealthy acts and habits. The human
stomach is so designed that it can not digest more than two square meals in a
day of 24 hours. At the most, it can accept a small breakfast. If solids are
given to it for the third time, we are only preparing the ground for the
invasion of disease. It may not happen in one day, but in the long run the body
will be so devitalized that it will become susceptible to Chronic and sometime
even fatal diseases such as Diabetic, High blood pressure, high Cholesterol Cancer
etc.,
TIME is another most important factor in the matter of
taking food and let us knows something about this. Man is a microcosm, composed
of three primeval elements. Life in human body is constituted of three elements
– body, organ and soul. Air, Fire and Water are the three main factors that
make a healthy life. The Sun, the Moon and the Air represent these three
elements. In the language of modern nuclear physics, these are referred
differently to as Neutron, Electron and Proton.
In a day, Morning represents Water,
Between 6.00 am to 10.00 a.m. is the time of Water or Kapha. Mucous surfaces are active during this time. This is the
time when elimination of impurities and waste matter takes place. It begins at
6.00 a.m., reaches its peak at 8.00 a.m. and ceases at 10.00 a.m.
Between 10.00 am and 2.00 pm is the time of Fire or Pitta. It is the time of digestive fire when digestive forces are
most active. It is advisable to give as much pitta time to digestion as
possible. It begins at 10.00 a.m. rises to its peak at 12.00 noon and ceases at
2.00 p.m. Food should be taken before
the peak Pitta point is reached.
Similarly, from 2.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. is the time of Air or Vayu when the nerves are most active. This is the time, when the
empty spaces in the body and the pipes are cleared of obstruction of all kinds.
It begins at 2.00 p.m., reaches its peak point at 4,00 p.m. and ceases at 6.00 p.m.
Vayu will be totally deranged, if any food is taken during this time when it is
actively making every part of the stomach empty. All malignant tumors under
growth are produced by an angry Vayu or Air. It is to be kept in mind that fire and Water are lame and can not move.
Only when they are driven by the element of Air, they move and shower as rain.
Hence, for 3 hours from waking-up or three hours from
Sunrise, no solid food should be sent to stomach. From 9.00 a.m. to 12.00
In the evening, the second solid meal should be taken
between 6.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. In between the two meals, nothing solid should
be taken even if one feels hungry. However, if so required, fruits and fruit
juices may be taken.
Water should be taken half an hour before and a little
during the meals. For three hours thereafter no water should be taken. Even if
one feels very thirsty, water should never be taken during the night, i.e.,
after dinner. But, immediately after waking-up in the morning, a lot of water
should be taken. Water taken contrary to the above will disturb the process of
digestion and gas will be the result, which in course of time presses against
the diaphragm and interferes with the action of heart, which becomes irregular
and starts malfunctioning. Boiled water in lukewarm condition is the best water
to drink. Always cultivate a better habit of drinking water in sitting
position.
These are simple but most important rules on health
with regard to Food, Water and Time which if followed by every individual if
he or she wishes to live a healthy and active life. Ordinarily, a person will
not fall ill if he has the habit of keeping proper diet and observes proper
time as there is no possibility of disease lingering in the system. On the
contrary medicine or no medicine, a person who persists in wrong eating habits
can never be healthy.
Sri Brahma Murari
Mahavatar Babaji Sannidhan | Bengaluru
