MS17 - Health

Mohanji speaks about health and suggests ways in which we could maintain a healthy lifestyle. Only when all segments of our life are in balance, we remain healthy, stable and in alignment. "How can we remain stable physically and mentally?'' This is today's 'food for thought'.

Transcript

Hello my friends,

This is Mohanji.

Hope you are enjoying the podcast.

I am glad you are liking them and you are sharing your thoughts about the podcast with us and also you are sharing it with your friends.

Thank you very much.

Now recently I did a podcast on the subject of health called Living Consciously.

We will talk more about living consciously later.

But the same subject focusing on health I would like to discuss today.

What is health?

Health is a kind of stability.

Health is alignment.

Health is feeling good where everything is fine.

Our systems are fine.

And this is more or less easy in our youth days when we are young in our twenties and thirties it's easy.

But then we move further in life it becomes a struggle because if we have taken care of our body well during our younger days then the older days also will be fine because the foundation will be good.

If the foundation is good the building is good.

So that's where we start.

And health is not only health of our body.

It is physical health,

Mental health,

Emotional health,

Intellectual health and health of environment.

Health of the nature.

Health of everything around us.

Means everything around us should be healthy for us to be healthy.

If the air is not healthy we will be sick.

If water is not healthy we will have problem.

If environment is unhealthy we will fall sick.

Ayurveda says this very clearly.

For having a great youthfulness you must go to bed at 9 o'clock,

9 p.

M.

9 p.

M.

To midnight if you sleep well then you will remain youthful.

Body likes it.

Then if you wake up at 4 a.

M.

Or after 3 to 6 is the Brahma Muhurta,

The purest time.

You are able to wake up or get up and start your day after 3 anytime earlier the better then you will have stable mental health.

Means nothing can affect you.

So if you sleep early which is at 9 and if you wake up early which is at 4 or before you will be stable physically and mentally.

This is what the Ayurveda,

The science of being stable and healthy says.

This is a good thought to start with.

Then we have various situations where we have late nights and parties and stuff.

But always remember our body works almost like the sun.

Let's say 6 o'clock the sun rises and sun sets at 6 o'clock.

Usually it is like that in tropical countries.

But in the north and the south it's slightly different.

But if you make a balance 6 a.

M.

To 6 p.

M.

Or something like that then your body will be very happy.

Because you are not eating indiscriminately,

You are not eating at the odd hours.

And if you look even the animals they don't eat after sunset.

We can see that.

They retire,

Birds retire,

They rest after a full day roaming around for food etc.

They know very well that their whole body constitution is aligned to the sun.

This is another thing.

Now about psychological health,

The mental health.

We must stay away from negative stuff to be stable.

Since there are some people who are always negative,

Thomasic,

Lazy,

Indulging in materials of intoxication and stuff like that.

These are the things which totally imbalance our system.

It really really imbalances us.

So what we have to do is we need to avoid them.

We need to stay away from them.

And then we start working on ourselves.

Like I said sleep at 9,

Go to bed at 9 o'clock and you wake up at 3.

30 like an early birds club is made with that system in mind.

The very basics of early birds club is that.

So that people wake up and they are becoming quality,

Powerful,

Purposeful citizens of the world.

That's the idea.

And then there is a saying that if somebody wakes up early and starts their day at 4,

Can never be defeated on earth because their mind will be very strong.

But you got to do it repeatedly and with determination.

That means not some days,

All the day,

All time,

Every time,

Every day.

This is very important.

Once you start having a stable day,

That's where you begin.

This is applicable for every age group.

Not the small children but it doesn't have to be only after a certain age.

It is good for everybody.

This is something which you can start.

And then also control the food habits.

Then drink a lot of water.

When you have a lot of water,

Like water therapy we talk about,

Early morning when you wake up if you have a litre of water it really flushes the system clean.

This is very good.

Likewise after you get up every time after you sleep,

When you get up you should have water because body would be dehydrated.

So water will help.

After every bath you should have water.

Water will help.

And taking bath is very important.

At least twice a day when you get up in the morning and then it is better after you brush the teeth you just wash your body even if you cannot wash your head.

Ayurveda system says that you should take bath of the body first before you pour water on the head.

So a shower concept that means pouring the water directly on the head is not so healthy.

So if you first bathe your body neck and down and then the face then the head.

That is the right way to take bath.

Then you can dry first the head then the body.

That is the way to go.

So that it really balances the body.

It doesn't create any imbalance.

And the water to be used for taking bath should be of the temperature of the place.

That is what they say.

The same temperature.

Room temperature.

That is healthy water if possible.

But sometimes it is very cold and then you can't take bath in that water so it is ok to warm it up to suit your body.

That is fine.

So that is about bathing.

Then immediately after taking bath you should drink water as well to avoid dehydration.

So water has a lot of value.

We have every cell is connected to water.

Our body needs a lot of water.

And if you drink a lot of water your system will remain clean.

Then avoid all the food which is of violence in nature.

Because that energetically it affects the body.

When you eat a food which is connected to spilled blood.

If that food had a painful death it may affect your body.

So avoid a food which had violence behind it or agony behind it.

That will help you.

And if you wake up early and if you drink a lot of water,

If you take bath twice a day and if you follow pranayams,

Definitely pranayams and yoga exercises and you have a healthy lifestyle with no intoxications and also a lot of awareness about the environment.

Means we should care for the environment.

Environmental health.

Very important.

I think we will have a physical,

Mental and environmental health.

So with this thought I will leave you now.

This is just some aspects of health.

We will talk more about it whenever possible.

This could probably leave some thoughts about the right methods to you.

And the other side is our own laziness.

So we should be aware of it.

And when we say the distance between success and failure is the time when you wake up and you get up.

That's what they say.

That means as soon as you wake up,

If you are ready to get up,

You are a successful person.

If you wake up and then you take a long time to get up,

That means there is a room for failure in life.

Failure means disappointments and depressions in life.

So always be ready to get up when you wake up.

Don't lie on the bed thinking what else to do now.

So this is exactly what makes you successful.

I wish you great success in life.

We will walk together and let you shine bright like the sun because the world needs a light.

Lots of love.

Place planet affordable energy.

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