Yoga and modern science

Sir,

Yoga is a system of scientific methods for re-uniting the body with the mind. It teaches us how to rise above the delusion of separation and realize our oneness by identifying itself with a transitory body vehicle and a restless mind. It is accepted that up to 80 percent of illness have stress as a major component. If we look at the bodily process involved in the stress reaction we can get clear understanding of just how this stress-to-illness link. Learn to be still in the body and mind for where motion ceases, their begins the perception of self.

Yoga technique overcome the tug-of-war between the mind and the matter entangled senses and frees the doer to reinherit has eternal kingdom, process of controlling the internal organs and voluntarily freedom in this spiritual magnetism from the worn out body. It is certain that modification of the stress reaction through physiological pathways can prevent the build up of the stress chemicals in the system but is senitivity and alertness to one's own inner climate that is crucial in developing the ability to use these pathways.

Mental power is paramount importance because mind is the Governor of all living cells. The intelligent mind has directed the manufacture of every part of body, the organs and their function, the brain and its activity. The will of the man can be trained and develop to draw supplies of life energy into the body to renew it indefinitely. The mind and body are wonderfully related. Blood gets drawn away from area that the instinctive brain swiftly classifies as non-essential and it is send to the muscles of the arms and legs to better enable you to flight or run away. When blood to your skin surface is reduced, this interferes with capacity of this organ and can increase susceptibility to rashes, psoriasis, and allergic reactions. Lungs unconsciously try to take in more air. This result in giddiness fainting and the so called ''panic-attack''. This is a self-perpetuating condition, as the attack itself generates more anxiety.

Life control technique of Yoga teaches the scientific way of disconnecting the mind from the sensation of sound, sight, smell, state by switching off the life current that the freed consciousness may be limited to God. Pranayama is the greatest yoga method for attaining this divine afflatus.

Shakti Kriya an another similar technique to switch life currents to and from the senses, by a method of centering inwardly all bodily life force. In natural law, the flow of life energy is among the outward world; energy vibrations are wasted and abuse in the senses. The practice of Shakti Kriya reverse the flow. The light of energy illuminates all dark corners passing x-ray life through gross objects cleaning away the shadows of quagmires showing all things lying within and without, all around everywhere, entire motion picture of awakening.

Today a new humanization and unification are necessary and these can be achieved only be the guidance of great who in human form to help mankind both hardware and software infrastructure by weaving relationship Yoga and Science. Yoga accept the value of cosmic existence and hold it to be a reality in which action and creation are the expression not of ignorance and imperfection but of the dynamic power of truth.

Yours etc...
Vinod Verma
Jammu

Medical facilities

Sir,

The recent Supreme Court directions to Governments to give a serious thought to medicare problem in Government and private sectors. ''There is a desperate need for making health care easily accessible and more importantly affordable. Government hospitals are inadequately equipped, treatment facilities are poor, quality treatment is utterly lacking, corruption, callousness and apathy is rampant. Private hospitals are costly and unforgettable. The doctors in private hospitals prescribe avoidable diagnostic procedures and medicines for financial gains of the hospital. What used to be the noble service oriented profession is slowly but steadily converting into purely business,'' observed the court.

The observations of the S.C should serve as an eye opener for our Governments both State and Centre. The healing touch policy of the coalition Government of our State has remained confined to militants and their families only. The employee's mediclaim policy which was also claimed to be a part of healing touch policy of the Government, did not survive for more than two years in the present rule inspite of the representations by the employees especially the retired senior citizens who have served the state dedicatedly and honestly for more than three decades. The amount of subsidy on providing mediclaim facility to its employees especially the retired senior citizens (back bone of the State) will not be even the fraction of the amount spent or likely to be spent on the rehabilitation of militants and their families who have proved to be the main worry of the entire world let alone our country or State.

Health care is more important than education or anything. What education or job will you give to an ailing person suffering for want of quality treatment? The elections to the Assembly are round the corner and the present Government shall have to answer this question to voters especially to its employees who form a big chunk of voters. So many Govt. employees and their family members mush have died for want of proper treatment during last three years of Congress rule and those wounds will be fresh in their minds at the time of putting their stamp on the ballot paper.

Yours etc...
R N Kaw
Trikuta Nagar, Jammu