Baba
This email contains three sections:
1. End Quote: Wts-monks health issue
2. Ananda Vanii
3. Links
Obesity : wts-monks health issue
Note: This section is not for those who don't have concern for our Wts.
Namaskar,
Sadguru Baba says, “In the world today a handful of people who do no physical work, but live by their wits, have appropriated to themselves most of the wealth of humanity, so they are able to buy comparatively expensive foods, and use them to satisfy their taste buds. As a result, they, on the one hand, swell with unnecessary fat, while, on the other hand, those people doing hard manual labour are forced to live in poverty and deprived of the ghee, butter and sweets they need to maintain their bodies; ...So my point is that obesity is primarily a disease of well-off, non-labouring society. High-salaried office workers, rich businessmen and parasitic politicians are those who suffer most from obesity….
Another distinguishing mark of such people is that they are most greedy for those foods which are most fattening; that is, when invited outside, they will never evenby mistake eat much in the way of vegetable preparations – instead they will eat a lot of luci, fish, meat and sweets. As they grow older and their livers become weak, they will lose that voracious appetite. Then they will sorrowfully say to people that they cannot consume food as they used to. Their muscles become flaccid and they begin to suffer from acidity, constipation or intestinal troubles. Fat accumulated on the chest affects the heart and lungs and makes it difficult for these organs to function.” (1)
Note: Sadly, the problem of obesity is prevalent amongst our Wts as well. Here this big-bellied Dada was teaching an asana class.
Side by side, youths were joking how it looks like this dada himself does not do asanas. And it is true that 70% of our Wts are not regular asanas and fasting. And verily that is the problem. In our organisation so many Dadas are suffering from high blood pressure and cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes etc. And this dada is suffering from all those ailments. Unfortunately we recently lost one dada from sudden cardiac arrest.
Nowadays, the H group Varanasi training centre for Wts is almost empty. Nobody is going for training. Thus no new blood is entering our Wt ranks. And the Dadas in uniform are mostly obese. Thus we are facing a deficit situation with our workers. We are losing existing workers faster than we are gaining new ones. All in all it is an unfortunate state of affairs.
Margiis are requested to participate in fixing this problem. When you see an such Wt patient then politely try to convince them that their existence is very meaningful and they should cure themselves from this ailment of obesity by strictly adhering to the do’s and don’ts from Guru’s Yogic Treatments book.
In Him,
Raghava
References
1. Yogic Treatments, Obesity
== Section 2 ==
Why honesty is a prime necessity: Ananda Vanii #7
Ananda Vanii states, "In the transitional period of civilization, honesty in individual life is a prime necessity. We shall have to remain ever vigilant that the darkness of petty self-interest may not shroud this supreme human treasure. With the very extinction of honesty, civilization too will not survive; the long sádhaná of the human race will go in vain, and all intellectual achievements will become meaningless. Book knowledge that cannot be utilized in life has no value." (1)
Note: Baba's original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique and eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis.
Reference
1. Ananda Vanii #7
== Section 3 ==
Links
