My Experiments with Body

He who has health has hope; he who has hope has everything. Everyone should be his own physician. I had always believed in strenuous exercise. I have no patience with yoga which I found very boring. Besides exertion which does not make me sweat out the poison in my system and leave me pleasantly exhausted was not my concept of exercise.

Sada rahe kanehan,…..Kaya

Kal noa kabhoon byapai

(let you body be like burnished gold

No ill will ever befall it)

Indians in their forties should be particularly careful with their bodies. The burden of the country rests heavily on the shoulders of the university, educated and the affluent who form a very small proportion of the population of the country. It is in the forties that they usually come to the top of their profession or other businesses. And it is in the forties that they begin to indulge themselves in more food and drink than is necessary for them; keep indifferent hours, take less exercise and usually begin, to suffer from ailments like ulcers, piles, high bold pressure etc. which take a heavy toll of their efficiency and eventually kill them. It is in the forties and the fifties that they must, if they have not learnt before, control their diet and exercise.

A rich man who wants to be healthy must learn to like a poor man. If they do not so they will only murder themselves and be guilty of homicide in the second degree. A simple rule for diet; one third of the stomach should have food, one third drink and the remaining third should be empty. A secret for youthful validity, “take a little exercise”. It takes not more than a few seconds twice a day. you do it, you’ll remain fit all your life”. “At lunch and at dinner when I am offered a second helping. I waggle my head to indicate, no”.

It is better to prepare your own menu- keeping in mind that it must ensure regular easy evacuation. A constipated stomach is an invitation to disease. People who spend most of the time watching their health have  little time to enjoy it. Concern with health should not become an obsession and there should be a certain amount of calculated carelessness about it. But it cannot be argued that it must take top priority in every one’s scale of values.

The best three doctors in the world, you yourself must watch your food, teach yourself the art of quiet solitude and cheerfulness with follow as the night the day.