Rishi Chintan (ॠषि चिंतन)

 State of Unhealthy Mind (मानसिक अस्वथता) 

 by Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya (www.awgp.org) 

The health of our mind or the lack of it, is not identifiable with the naked eye,  so as a consequence of this limitation, we are often quite unaware of this abnormal mental condition. On a careful and deeper look, though, we will find that our minds are more unhealthy than our bodies. Mental illnesses such as insomnia, memory issues, headaches, mental fogginess and delirium are on a rapid rise in modern world. Our lives are getting sucked into a downward spiral due to unhealthy mental conditions like excessive worrying (चिंता ) , fear  (भय), despondency (निराशा), agitation (आवेश) and apathy (निरुत्साह).

Unhealthy emotions (भावनात्मक अस्वथता) do deprive us of  natural human qualities like joy  (प्रफुल्लता),  happiness  (उल्लास ),    grit, courage (साहस), generosity (उदारता) , kindness  (सहृदयता) and compassion (दयालुता).   As a result of this loss, our 'जीवात्मा' (Jeevatmaa) is forced to endure a subhuman existence (पाशविक स्तर का जीवनयापन).  Our Jeevatama thus becomes inapt to benefit from the the great human potential that Ishvar  has bestowed upon us.  Alas!  only  if we could cultivate the generous and grand human emotions (उदात्त एवं उत्कृष्ट भावनाएं), then we could have lived an extraordinary life filled with happiness and joy, which would be matching to that of the great souls, even within ordinary living circumstances of day-to-day life.  

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