If we compare ourselves with any generation of the past, we are the weakest generation ever physically. Why I say this is when I used to walk with my father when he was 70 year old, I could not even match his speed. I had to stop talking in order to preserve energy to compete with him. He was working in railway workshop in front of lathe from morning till evening sometimes two shifts if the work is more. Where as I started off with IT world after I completed Engineering in Computer science and completed 24 yrs of IT career and stepped into 25th year today. I want to walk daily at least for 45 minutes because we have got used to some unnatural level of comfort in our IT work space hence fitness centers are provided to employees in all IT companies.
Last 13 years I have been speaking to many across USA and most of them are allergic to something or the other. Some are allergic to trees, some are to the grass, some are to sunlight ,some to nuts and some to various other things. There is so much scare because of reactions of the body.
Its beginning to happen in India too because of children of middle class, Upper middle class and rich class are all growing up in an enclosed incubator kind of a set up maintaining optimal temperature for their comfort. Today, Many parents wants their children to go out and play hence they are taking their children to sports classes on weekend in USA. Sports will help develop the overall personality in an individual.
If we live like this in enclosed set up the entire day for 40 yrs, our next two generations will be definitely weaker than us. We are weakening in strength from generation to generation physically mentally and definitely emotionally. Never before we are this much weaker. Nature of physicality is 5 elements, more we are in contact with those 5 elements , more stronger and robust our body will be.
Creating a robust body is important step in spiritual process. No one will be interested to know about enlightenment when our body is suffering with some pain or the other, Isn't it ? At that point,even if God appears in front of you , we will probably ask to get rid off the pain first . 99% of the prayers in this world are give me that , give me this , save me , protect me and its Purely transnational .
Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara that we hold in our culture, we have only 2 temples for Brahma, the creator. Vishnu holds the maintenance aspect of life which is very important. Why would anyone wants to worship Shiva , the destroyer ? Prayers for destroyer is Mahadeva , please "destroy the way I am so that I can become like you " because aspiration is not to reach God but to become divine. Becoming divine means we have broken the limitations which are set up by the compulsive nature of our physicality . If we break those limitations, we are seen as divine.
Spiritually oriented personality means to live the full fledged life with the physicality. Its just that the compulsions of physical nature are gone to explore the dimensions who we are. Before we fall dead, is it not important to know this life in its entirety ? Lets not waste it, Family,Jobs, Entertainment , Vacations are all arrangement we made to live happily and for our own well being. If we go away without experiencing the full depth and dimension of our own life, it is considered as wasted life hence spiritual process means its a full cake , not willing to eat a cut.
Physical agility, mental toughness leads to spiritual empowerment. More on mental toughness in my next. First Sutra of Yoga is hence Yogaasanas !!!
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