Illness is a Boon, not a curse

During an Illness, we can clearly see what all unnecessary, unrequired, useless clutter is present in our Life. So much of our time and energy was spent on that useless stuff during our 'Healthy/Normal' days. Let us get rid of all such stuff as soon as we identify it.

This is a personal observation, during an illness I seem to be getting in Sync with nature's cycles - getting up early, sleeping on time, eating only what is right for the body in necessary quantities, chewing properly and last but not the least no urge to check the Mobile phone first thing in the morning after getting up in bed. I do none of these right things in my 'Healthy Days'. Now I can say lesson well-learned, I will change my ways and be more conscious of whatever I do on a daily basis.

With your family members taking care of you during an illness, specially in case of an infectious one, it takes a lot of maturity and self-control to avoid unnecessary touching while receiving continuous care, and to still keep loving as always. You must refrain from going too close to them, wash your hands frequently, do not touch random stuff around the House, especially the personal stuff of other family members. These measures would be very effective in preventing the spread of infection among the family members.

During illness, with all the pain, discomfort and soreness, we are not even aware of what is going on in our home with other family members, we are disconnected from the World at large and the drama associated with it. We get Centered in our Being quickly during an illness. This centering is not so easily achieved otherwise, the Yogis and Saadhaks do much to achieve this, whereas an ill person with simple quiet sitting gets Centered in his Being very easily, without any Sadhana as such. Enjoy this Centering, remember this experience, imprint this feeling on your mind very well. So that when you are out of illness, you continue to seek this Centering and put sincere efforts to be in that state of inner stillness.

Now, after recovering from the illness, I again see the shift in myself towards the old, unhealthy and unnatural ways of living. I have unconsciously again started taking more portions of food than are actually required, eating at odd times, not chewing the food properly, no fixed schedule for taking rest and sleep; all this is a surefire way of landing into the next Health Disaster. Perhaps this unconscious shift to old harmful ways, happens to most of  us and we tend to forget the hard learned lessons.

I will push myself towards a better way of Life which is more conscious and filled with awareness at each step. I also request you the Reader to do the same.

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