BASIS OF HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE

It is a well known fact that our mind and every thought and emotion affect our body. Holistic health care takes the body-mind-spirit approach in treating the person. For centuries many cultures have followed this method treatment because people were aware of the fact that body, mind, emotions, and spirit are interconnected and cannot be seen as separate. Ayurveda is one of such type of holistic treatments. At a deeper level every atom of the food, every minor though we have, every small sensation we feel, and little though we have impacts our health. At subatomic level every matter is a concentrated energy. Every medication we take is a form of energy. The differences in this energy treat different ailments. The effective of this energy in treating a particular disease is different from person to person. Holistic health care comes into picture in making this energy to work effectively. To maintain a great health we also need a strong will, distressing, relaxation, support from the loved ones, responsibility to our health, passion for life, better lifestyle.

While the diseases and ailments are caused by microbes, genetics, pollution, and stressful lifestyle and can be treated with medications, holistic health says that the cause which made your body accept the disease is not gone and for this reason, the approach for optimal health should be more holistic. The clear understanding of importance of different aspects of life like work, career, relationships, money, health, time, entertainment, passion are necessary for a holistic complete living. Discipline your body and mind through regular exercise, meditation, and yoga is very important for a healthy living.

At varying degrees modern medicine tries to follow this holistic health care approach by noting the patient’s social and personal histories and try to counsel the patient on his habits and lifestyle if needed.

Holistic Heatlh Alternative Medicine
The practioners of alternative medicine stress more on holistic approach for treating the diseases. Most of the alternative medicine systems stress on body-mind method and include optimsation of lifestyles for better health.

It is important for you to know in importance of disciplining your mind and training it to have more positive and proactive thinking. It is important to have good supportive family and relationships. It is important to have everyday relaxation. It is important to have spiritual approach to your life. Holistic health care trains you to imbibe these qualities into your life.

POWER OF PRACTICAL YOGA

I think yoga in general and karma yoga in particular is often a confused term in the mordern world. When I first started reading about Indian spiritual knowledge, my interest was more towards karma yoga because I thought this is something which would be suitable for a man with a family. As many of you know, yoga is union with good.

The best definition of karma yoga was found in Wikipedia others being a little bit heavy for a common man like me. Wikipedia says Karma yoga is path of union through action. It also said that karma yoga is described as a way of acting, thinking and willing by which one acts in accordance with one's duty (dharma) without consideration of personal selfish desires, likes or dislikes. Acting without being attached to the fruits of one's deeds.


The first sentence was easy for me, but I could not understand enough about "without personal selfish desires, likes, or dislikes." Describing karma, Wikipedia also states "it states that one can attain moksha (salvation) or love of God by performing their duties in an unselfish manner for the pleasure of the Supreme."

This is what made me more confused, and I stopped trying hard to understand. For me it was literally difficult to understand work without any selfish desires. As an ordinary man, I had to work 12 hours a day to earn my family's daily bread. Working without that selfish motive of feeding my family was something beyond my level of understanding. Of course, I known I can work voluntarily for some NGO, but I believed that working few hours without expecting anything was not enough to see God.


In India work is considered a form of worship and that confused me more. Around the same period of time when I was thinking hard about karma yoga, I came across literature by Swami Vivekananda. In one of his writing Swami Vivekananda said "by work alone men may get to where Buddha got largely by meditation or Christ by prayer."

Somthing struck to me here, Swami is comparing work to meditation and prayer. By that time, I trying to start meditating regularly. Now I starting thinking hard...it was meaningful...I felt like knowing something.......... work like you meditate or pray....and realize God?. Yes.

I think I know what Swami was speaking about, when I am totally concentrated in, enjoying and loving what I am doing, I forget myself, my ego disappears, I hardly know the passing of time.....exactly the same experience which I had while I meditate....I don't know whether this is union with God or not...it is definitely union with my work.

Flow is achieved not because of thinking but experiencing and going beyond experiencing and becoming one with the work and that is called practical yoga. It is not just not being aware of the passing of time. It is flowing into supreme awareness.

How to Overcome Inferiority Complex

Inferior complex is one of the psychological diseases and limits mental, spiritual, and financial success. When it is severe, feeling inferior to someone richer, smarter, skillful, taller, shorter, healthy, beautiful, hardworking..........absolutely anyone is the symptom of the people suffering from this disease. Inferiority complex as an emotion is experienced by the body. It gives a very severe unpleasant sensation limiting the experience of joy and beauty in life. It is chronic and when it becomes severe it turns into a conditioned reflex..

People with bigger cars, better clothes, bigger house, even people with the latest mobile set mays you feel inferior. Once this is severe, you will be successful in finding something in every one and feel inferior. This inferiority complex makes you completely blind to anything good in you. It is very rare that you become aware of your plus points and your abilities, knowledge, and intelligence but this insight in you good qualities will be rare as you will be busy looking for reasons to feel inferior, remember it is now a conditioned reflex for you.

Living with inferiority complex is the worst way of living. To make yourself free from feeling inferior, you start trying to achieve big things in life and many times you may succeed also but this will not be useful because you will be ignoring your achievements.

How to get rid of Inferiority Complex?

All diseases which are psychological are ego caused and dealing with your ego is the best possible way to cure inferiority complex also. If you look back you will find that the only situations where you were not suffering from inferiority complex was when you were feeling egoless....when you were playing a game and immersed in it, when you are with your loved ones.....or when you are working with a flow.

In the days of your first love you can remember a sense of egolessness being neither inferior nor superior to anyone......feeling just like love...an emotion that can only felt by your soul. Yes that is the way to live optimally. The inferiority and superiority complexes are just conditioned reflexes, conditioned and impressed on your ego. Love is your true nature, and you don't have to learn or unlearn anything....you just have to realize your true nature of love.

Meditate on the days of your first love....re-live those feeling.....experience those sensations.............say and continue to say "I am love" till your mind accepts and continue this affirmation.....this truth. It may take days and months to succeed and live optimally and have to continue lifelong. This may look simple but it works......Remember love is part of wealth.

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