Recently, we attended a marriage in close relation, event was
over a night and a day. It was a reunion of variety of relatives so we wanted
to attend to benefit from the company of rare ones. As we were the only ones
too thin amongst a crowd of hefty, meaty folks, we were bombarded with several
questions from many. From folks of half of our age and folks of 1.5 times our
age. From genuine admirers and from sarcastic old nuts. Considering the
happy-merry atmosphere of celebration, we answered in lighter tone without
confrontation with anyone. But we thought of reproducing some of the questions
in this blog and give an appropriate answer. Although we are not answerable to
anyone apart from self for the lifestyle we have chosen.
Q1: How have you achieved so much slimness of body? Diet,
exercise, gym? (genuine)
Yes, we have controlled our diet with respect to how much
and what do we eat. Not only that, we have also imbibed a discipline in our
dining timings. Exercise and yoga are definitely our routine, but that is not
just for “slimness”. Most importantly, we have stopped thinking, talking,
planning of culinary treats – of eating out, of various spicy foods, of
exciting recipes. This is important because most of folks (including us, till a
year ago) are actively involved in food throughout or most of the time. As if
one’s mind is slave of food. This causes craving, insecurity, dissatisfaction –
all in the mind, not in stomach or tongue. These folks keep on talking about
various food items, recipes etc for long periods, their mind and thought is
occupied with food. We stopped this and gave the same importance to food that
we give to daily bath. We have freed ourselves from slavery of food and this in
turn has paid us rich in achieving our slimness, mind-body harmony and physical
fitness. This was difficult to say in the marriage function where most of the
time, all folks were engaged in talking or eating food!
Q2: Doing yoga hasn’t brought the aura on you, why?
(sarcastic from a notorious old lady)
The direct answer is “you are stupid to verify this way, we
have got a tremendous aura inside us, not outside”. But being objective, we
have experienced the power of yoga and meditation after a prolonged consistent
practise. We might be looking same old dumb ass from outside, but we feel a
flame lit inside us. The guiding flame. It gives us the realization of self. Who
I am and why I am. Once this fundamental enlightenment happens, the clamp of
petty issues gets loosened. Then it doesn’t matter how much we earn, what is
our position, how much we spend or how attractive do we look. The aura, light,
divinity that is seen outside on the body is seldom an indicator of purity
inside. We are for the inner purity rather than external halo. Because this
inner purity, the flame inside us gives us the best of psychological and
physical health. Again, it was impossible to get this into the muddy head of
the inquirer because her head was full of impurity and darkness.
Q3: Do you get weakness, sickness, fragility due to such
weight and size reduction? (genuine concern for us)
No, not at all. The terms of weakness-powerfulness,
sickness-healthiness, fragility-sturdiness are relative and subjective. Earlier
when we were hefty and well built, we ‘appeared’ to have lot of power in our
body, but it was of no use had there been an instance of bodily confrontation
with a thug. At that time, though we looked ‘healthy’, we were getting sick
once in a month. So, the external appearance is not an indicator of the
internal characteristic. In the same way, though we might seem to be weak
bodily, we have much better strength and power for daily life – we will still
not be able to have a road fight with a thug, but that is not a path we want. With
our improved strength, now we can better tackle various situation with calm and
logical approach. Now we have developed (or reinvented) our immunity system
such that common diseases do not touch us, even if occasionally something
happens, we know how to cure the anomaly and how to heal self. So, we are
actually much better off in terms of power, strength, immunity, healing.
Our idea is not to preach here but present an explanatory
neutral note. The change of lifestyle for achieving mental-physical balance
cannot be taught by someone from outside, it has to establish from within
oneself. The key of achieving this goal is self-control through self-realization.
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