Modern life often violates the
principles of natural living. We work long hours in offices with artificial
light and air conditioning systems. We rush from one mundane task to the next
while being bombarded with advertising, constant noise and pollution. Pure
water, air and food are becoming scarce resources, in an environment that is
becoming increasingly toxic.
Our lifestyles are often as
detrimental to our health as the environment. We don’t have time to prepare
breakfast. We eat a fast-food lunch at our desk and a pre-prepared dinner in
front of the television. Coffee keeps us alert, alcohol ‘relaxes’ us and drugs
treat our ailments.
When the weekend arrives we are so
exhausted that we often don’t even have time to really enjoy! And then it is
Monday again with that familiar feeling of dread. We are back in the race of
trying to make enough money to buy processed food, gadgets to save us time and
amusements to distract us from the monotony of our lives. In our efforts to
seek pleasure we are working hard to achieve personal suffering and poor
health.
So why are people in modern times,
with all the conveniences of technology to make life easier, finding that life
has lost all joy? It is because we have lost contact with nature. It is also
because we have remained ignorant of the fundamental purpose of human life.
People have forgotten the rhythms of
natural living. As a result, we often feel empty and unsatisfied as well as
physically sick, for reasons we can’t really identify. We tend to overlook the
fact that humans are as much a part of the earth as all the other species.
Instead of being in harmony with
earth, we have begun to adopt artificial practices that disturb the equilibrium
of the mind and body. Despite luxuries of the modern times, people are anxious
and depressed. We can’t sleep, concentrate or relax. The imbalance in our lives
manifests as things such as addiction, diseases and death, much sooner than our
anticipated lifespan.
The modern age with its fast-paced
life has taken its toll on the family life of people in general. After the
day’s hard work people are left with almost no time to even talk to other
members of the family. This has created a sort of artificial barrier between
each other. The net result is utter non-cooperation and incongruence—the son
does not know where his father is going the next morning or the mother is not
aware of her daughter’s greatest day in school the next day. There are also
examples of a ‘family’ of four living together as neighbours in separate rooms,
with individual television sets, bathrooms and wardrobes!
Ancient
Solutions to Modern Problems:
Seeing our plight, it is pertinent
to ask certain questions to ourselves. Should we continue moving on and on in
this vicious circle involving work, stress, diseases, drugs and work again? Or,
should we renounce this modern life and start staying in huts in the lap of
nature? Or, is there a path somewhere in between that strikes a balance between
work and life?
For almost all of us, the answer to
the first question is an absolute “no.” The second one might be possible for a
few but that literally sends us back to the cave! The answer to the third one
is a downright “Yes.” We do have a way to be in harmony with nature and spend
time with our family, remaining very much inside the confines of the
modern-day, busy life. In other words, it is possible to maintain work-life
balance.
This is only attainable with
Ayurveda—the 5000-year old science from India that is often said to have a
divine origin. Ayurveda is the world’s oldest known medical science,
originating in India. The written source of this science is the Vedas. Vedic
knowledge propounds the principle of natural balance within the body and
harmony with the environment. People are seen as an integral part of their habitat
and not as separate entities from the natural world. Obtaining and maintaining
balance within the body and mind, and with the external environment, is one of
the goals of this knowledge that ensure complete physical health and peace of
mind.
We the CMS Data Bank trying to help
via our exclusive database of specialist doctors of Ayurveda. We suggest you to
take an advice of specialist doctors near you. You can visit our website www.cmsdatabank.com/healthcare
or you can call our Patients Help line Number 0129-6542356. We will help be
happy to help you.
After all
health is wealth
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