Good health is our greatest treasure. We realised the importance of good health in the last few years, especially when the pandemic paralysed the world. What is the greatest healing prayer? Ever wondered what to pray for good health and how to make the mind stronger when it comes to battling illnesses? Post-pandemic, almost everyone has suffered in terms of their health. For many people, there were prolonged bouts of illness as their immunity seemed compromised.
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Sri Paramahansa Yogananda says, "Catering to sensations is the cause of all suffering and misery. St. Francis called the body 'Brother Donkey'. If one loves one's pet dog with a deep attachment, he will be sensitive to his pet's sensations, even though he is not physically connected with the dog's nervous system. In the same way, our body-suffering is due to too much mental attachment to 'Brother Donkey'."
"The mind must acquire greater strength over the body. To be able to live by the power of your mind is wonderful, because the mind can do whatever you want it to. How to start depending more on the mind? Little by little habituate yourself to heat and cold, sleeping on a hard bed, to being less dependent on accustomed comforts."
"When you say, 'I can't live without beefsteak,' the mind echoes, 'I can't live without beefsteak.' But if you, the soul, give the command, 'Slavery, be gone!', the mind will obey. So be not the servant of the body and mind. Freedom from sense slavery is the only way to peace and happiness. No matter what the circumstances, rise above all mental sensitivity and make yourself truly and everlastingly happy."
How beautifully the Wise Ones teach us to conquer the mind!
Simply put, it is our minds we need to tame before we start any medication.
Once we have our minds under control, through mindful practices such as chanting Om, meditation, chanting the Gayatri mantra regularly or the Maha Mrityunjaya mantra, good health becomes a way of life.
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