How To Heal Your Body And Mind Poem by Arun Maji

The supreme purpose of life is to attain SERENITY.

Few years ago, I started this conscious journey. This was hard. Because so many temptations, so many interruptions, so many pains and so many wounds are there in life. And they all try to stop me walk this journey.

But somehow, I kept walking this journey. There were periods of derailment from purpose, but I got back to my path again.
These days my resting pulse rate is around 74 bpm. This is a huge achievement for me. Earlier I was more fit than now (You know- I was a professional soldier. I could easily run 10 KM with an average speed of 9 KM/hr.)But I still had my resting pulse rate around 90 bpm then. Physically I was damn fit, yet I could not bring down my resting pulse rate then. Lower resting pulse rate usually reflects better fitness.
As a doctor I know, serenity can heal many of your ailments. Serenity reduces your resting pulse rate and blood pressure, boosts your immunity, brings back normal physiology within your body. Since serenity helps your physiology and immunity, it can stop your body developing heart disease, diabetes, cancers etc.

Serenity helps your emotional health and stops you developing mental illnesses. Moreover, if you are serene, your mind functions best. As a result, you are most accurate in your thinking and you are most creative. So, in your career also, you perform your best. From outside, it might appear that you are not walking life's journey fast enough; but in reality, you are walking fastest.

You might have observed; all great people have some sort of serenity within them. It is their serenity that makes them most creative and most productive.

So, my message is- please find some way to bring serenity in life. Things like- live simple life, avoid commotion, speak less, don't get into purposeless conversation. Be kind and loving to others. Be generous, be humble. And most importantly get into half an hour physical training and one hour of artistic pursuit every day.

I love you all.
(Warning: Please see your doctor if you have any health issue, don't take this as prescription to your problem)

© Arun Maji