Causes of unrest all over the world.

In this beautiful, glorious but competitive world, most of us get driven mainly by one urge, which is to gain, acquire and possess more and more wealth or power or fame or all of that. We all feel that this will make our short span of life happy, comfortable and satisfied. Many of us achieve the first part but the satisfaction runs further away in the process of the want for more wealth, more power and more fame. We sometimes succeed in achieving certain glories after running madly behind wealth, power and fame but mostly at the cost of good mental and physical health and good life.

 Most of us are engrossed in Me, My wife/husband, My children, My job, My promotion, My investments, My status, My relations, My friends and so on. This is not a multi-dimensional living and it is not good for health. It gives rise to stress. Life should be made interesting and colorful by living in all accepted dimensions like Work, Wealth, Health, Relations, Hobbies, Spirituality and Self elevation.

We push our children too early in the competitive world. The schools and colleges make them examination oriented and they mostly turn out into a storage of data and information. Their childhood and youth is lost in this process under tremendous pressure and stress. We must aim to make them knowledge oriented. The stress and pressure starting from an early stage of life is making our mind also weak along with the body. That is why we see people in all age groups regardless of gender are committing crime and at the same time are committing suicide also.

The philosophy in our four Vedas (वेद), 18 Purana (पुराणे), Upanishadas (उपनिषदे), Yog Vasishta (योगवासिष्ठ), Shrimad Bhagwat (श्रीमद भागवत), Bhagwad Geeta (भगवद गीता)  and other Indian literature is an ocean of knowledge. It is our heritage.  It is a tragedy that it is being labeled as a property of a sect, caste and religion. This philosophy is not the monopoly of   Rishis (ऋषि), Sages (मुनी) and Sanyasins (संन्यासी). Actually it is the art of living good life with healthy body and wealthy mind for all of us. Instead of studying and understanding the message in the literature, lot of talent in the society is being wasted in debating and arguing whether Ramayana and Mahabharata actually happened or not or when it happened. Actually Yog Vasistha is the essence of Ramayana and Bhagwad Geeta is the essence of Mahabharata. This philosophy should be in the syllabus of schools and colleges. Acquiring this knowledge at an early stage of life when grasping power is at a peak will create good humans, then good families, good societies, good nations and finally a good planet to live where there won’t be unrest, fear for each other and terrorism. Wasudhaiva Kutumbakam (वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम) is the only way of survival for this globe. This planet. This earth.

Success comes in variety of forms because of Intelligence quotient, Emotional quotient, Wealth quotient and Spiritual quotient. But if attaining the balance among these quotients is missing then the success does not lead to happiness and satisfaction.

 Yogasanas (योगासन), Pranayam (प्राणायाम), and meditation derived by our Sages help in attaining the balancing quotient for being a good human being with happiness and satisfaction.

 In our hectic lives we achieve many things from the materialistic world only at the cost of health and peace of mind.

Human body is the most complex machine ever made and it is the greatest wonder in the world. A body born under normal circumstances to normal parents (which itself has become an achievement in today's world) is more or less perfect for living a healthy life.

 As we grow, our life style and habits generate imperfections in the perfect body. The flexibility of the backbone maintains good health of the spine which in turn keeps the entire body healthy.

 Adequate supply of oxygen makes the body and immune system strong which protects us from all minor and major ailments.

So our prime duty is to take care of the body given to us by the Five Elements (पंचमहाभूते), the All Mighty as advised by our Sages.

 “Shariram Adya Khalu Dharma Sadhanam”

"शरीरम आद्य खलु धर्म साधनम".

Our ancestors were great researches and scientists. They had designed procedures for maintaining the body and mind in healthy condition and then reaching or merging with the spirit. The Atman (आत्मा). The Brahmman (ब्रह्म).

 This methodology is comprised of Yogasan (योगासन), Pranayam (प्राणायाम) and Meditation. All of us living in Rural or Urban societies are exposed to toxic chemicals, dust and other pollutants via air and water. The pollutants are attacking us slowly and they have both short term and long term effects on our body and mind. Our unhealthy lifestyle and food habits are adding to the damage.

For giving justice to the purpose of our being here in this society and in this world, we have to perform and function efficiently with a healthy body and wealthy mind, and this is becoming difficult day by day for all the age groups and all the genders.

 For a healthy individual and eventually a good healthy society, a half an hour health capsule is designed for all and will be presented in next few chapters in the booklet.

 It should not be taken as a text book on Yogasan (योगासन) or Pranayam (प्राणायाम) or dietary habits. It is aimed at creating an awareness and liking in everyone for taking care of his or her body and mind.

 The author wants you to love yourself and he also wants you to appreciate yourself. Appreciation is the purest form of love. If you love and appreciate yourself then only you can love and appreciate others and all the good things in this world.

 If currently you are not giving any time to yourself, going through these chapters should generate a desire to do something for yourself. The booklet will show you several simple and useful things that can be done in short durations throughout the day. 'I don't have time' is a lame excuse and only expresses our lethargy and negligence towards our precious body and mind. We should remain a student till the end and keep on learning and practicing new things all the time. There may be few things repeated here and there. But those are to ensure that everyone develops a liking to take out time for himself or herself.