We all have heard instances where a sudden shock has caused an heart attack, or the loss of a dear one has precipitated an attack of asthma.Many of us have faced examinations with anxiety and experienced the pleasure of receiving a gift from someone whom we love.
MAN INDEED IS GUIDED BY HIS EMOTIONS.
this new millennium, emotional quotient has taken precedence over intelligence quotient. Success in any field is more guaranteed if you are an emotionally balanced person. Thus, leading corporate houses today, are testing candidates emotional quotient before employing him. The interplay of mind ndbody has been recognized by psychologists and physicians sincetime immemorial. Although an illness may be primarily physical or psychological it is always a disorder
of the whole person, not just of his I lungs or psyche. Fa- tigue or a bad cold may lower a personstolerance. for pSY-1I'1lii chological stressEmotion Organ Affected Symptoms
Angerliver gall bladder headache, dizziness, high blood pressure
Joy heart small intestine neagitation, insomnia palpitation
Sadness lungs large intestine lung disorders
Pensiveness spleen stomach fatigue, lethargy
Fear/Fight kidney bladder enuresis
while by the same token - an emotional upset may lower his resistance to physical disease. In short, man is a totality, whether in health or in disease, he functions as a psychobiological unit in continual interaction with his environment. Like wise, on a more specific level, the life situation of an individual in terms of interpersonal and other social variables has much to do with the onset of a disorder, its duration and whether or not he recovers. If the individuals family supports him and co-operates in his treatment programme and if he is ee.ger to resume his usual activities, recovery is more probable and apt to be more rapid than if he faces a return to an unpleasant marriage or a frustating job.
Hahnemann - The founder of Homeopathy discovered that emotions provide the greatest driving force to an individual whether in health or in disease way back in the 181h century. He perceived the totality of human experience in an intutive manner and worked upon it most patiently in a scientific manner, but with a missionary zeal. Through the 'organon' - a treatise of his observations, he says 'know the man behind the sickness - The man is an expression of the mind'. A homeopathic physician, therefore is well
versed in modern concepts of psy- Imbalance
cho-pathology and of Humour
psychodynamics as he has to make I VAT
a correct interpretation of the basic emotional state of the patient., The homeopath tries to perceive the
feeling state of the individual right I PITTA from his childhood to select the
- remedy best suited to his total person.
Chinese medicine defines seven
r3 emotions as causes of dishanriony.
These emotions are considered nei
KAPHA
ther good nor bad, it is how they balance that is important.
According to Ayurveda disease is an imbalance of the three humours vata, pitta, kapha. The imbalance causing the disease may originate in the consciousness in the form of some negative awareness and it may then manifest in the mind, where the seed of the disease may lie in the deeper subconscious in the form of anger, fear or attachment. These emotions will manifest through the mind into the body.
The balan,ce of the three humours affects the natural body resistance (the immune system agni) and thus the body becomes susceptible to disease. Sometimes, the imbalance causing the disease process may first occur in the body and then manifest in the mind and consciousness. Thus; there is a direct connection between diet, habits, environment and emotions.this approach. These qualities reflect the leveC. of development of the soul.
Sattvic types have the greatest freedom from disease. Their nature is harmonious and adaptable. They strive towards balance and .have peace of mind which cuts the psycho-I Jogical root of disease. They are considerate ofl others and take care of themselves. They seel
all life as a learning expenence and try to see
the good in all things, including disease. I
Rajasic types often have good energy but tend to bum themselves out through excessive activity. They are impatient and inconsistent in dealing with disease and do nr.i wish tOI take the time or responsibility to get well.
In the Tamsic type energy and emotion tend to be stagnant. They will accept their disease' as fate and will not .take advantage of the methods that may cure them.
All of us should examine these mental traits, and see which most fit our nature. Sattva isl improved by spiritual cultivation, yogic practices, meditation, spending time in nature, I pro-sattva diet and life regime in harmony with one's constitution.
Vipassana (Buddhist) meditation t€Ch-1 niques recommends that emotions be observed with detachment and then allowed to
dissipate. For example, when anger appears,
one should be completely aware of it, watch
this feeling as it unfolds from beginning to
end. From this observation one .can learn
about the nature of anger and then let the anger go, release it. When emotions are kept within and repressed they cause disturbances in the mind and eventually in the functioning
of the body.
How do you handle your emotions?
All the
emotions in excess, even joy can be a challenge I R
and can be treated in a balanced or inharmoni-1E
ous way for it is only Man (in this vast crea- Vtion) who has the ability to transcend the I
stimulation of the moment and thus to shape
his own future and control his own destiny. t
The choice you make is yours, alone. |
