The State Of Harmony Between Spirit And Body
The Dalai Lama speaks a lot about the health benefits of meditation. And quote ''Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health'' refers to this useful action.
Indeed, meditation is great for improving overall health, reduces the risk of heart attacks, strokes, blood pressure. Meditation can actually change the mind so that the immune system functions better. However, it seems to me that the question here is about the harmony of spirit and body. If we pay attention to the cause-effect relationships between diseases and psychological state, we can come to an unambiguous conclusion: a mysterious relationship lives between the spirits and body, and they determine each other's fate. Therefore, in the first place, each person should have the preservation of spiritual or mind health. The body can only be healthy with a healthy mind.
Each of us is familiar with the famous aphorism ''in a healthy body is a healthy spirit.'' The author of this Latin expression is the Roman satirist poet Decimus Junius Juvenal, who lived about two thousand years ago. With this phrase, he pointed out the need for the harmonious development of the human body and spirit. This expression is often understood erroneously - as if the health of the body in itself gives mental health. However, this contradicts the original meaning of the author. I made this detailed quotation by voice epigraph to this essay.
Various religious denominations and psychologists also pay much attention to the question of harmony of mind and body. This is a matter of human development. A person who has a healthy mind, healthy life needs, subconsciously seeks to improve his physical health. He feels confident, improves his self-esteem. True, there is one sad exception to the rule. People with disabilities often have a strong spirit. Developing and strengthening their spirit, they compensate for physical weakness.
The harmony of the health of the spirit and body gives us certain emotional benefits - it increases the emotional well - being, relieves anxiety and stress. It also helps to increase your own self-esteem, improves communication skills. It is quite appropriate to quote from the Indian public figure Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: ''The quality of our life depends on the quality of our mind.''
In conclusion, I can say that for me, as an sportsman, the state of harmony between spirit and body is very important. The mood to win the competition is just as important as the physical fitness of the body. And it is impossible to separate one from the other.
