Integrate mind, body, and spirit

By Murli Chari

Integrating mind, body, and spirit is vital for a truly purposeful and meaningful life. A proper blend is necessary as any imbalance may throw life out of gear. A sound mind is necessary to manage our lives in the world. A sound mind in a sound body is imperative to manage our affairs. The alignment of mind, body, and spirit is strongly recommended as they ensure a happy, healthy, and purposeful life. The human mind is a very powerful instrument capable of doing wonders. Mind for all practical purposes includes the brain as well. Our brain is a 3lb wonder. Our mind has two parts conscious and subconscious. The conscious mind is responsible for logical, analytical, and reasoning apparatus. The subconscious mind takes care of all other involuntary processing of various activities. Our minds and brains are very complex instruments capable of processing millions of information in a second. It is said that our brains consist of more synapses than the celestial bodies in the universe. That is why it is said we are a miniature cosmos. Our brain has the capacity to hold all the information contained in the entire libraries of the world. We must make full use of our capacity. For that, we have to make great use of our resources by thinking only positive thoughts and sticking to a few essential things only. Most people make good use of their minds but fail to make the optimum use of body and spirit.

The body is again a great work of miracle. It has its own intelligence. We should not our minds interfere with the working mechanism of our bodies. The structure and design of our anatomy and physiology are some of the greatest miracles. Our bodies have phenomenal DNA, cells, muscles, bones, and myriad other things. We have taken our bodies so much for granted that we abuse them with alcohol, tobacco, and junk food. We flinch putting diesel in a petrol-powered car but feed our precious bodies will all the junk food imaginable. As per the Chinese proverb “It is not a miracle to walk on water but to walk on earth.” Our heart ceaselessly pumps blood to various parts of the body is such a miracle that scientists cannot match that. Is it not a wonder that whatever we eat is turned into various items in the body? There is phenomenal coordination between the various facets of our being. Our eyes are a great wonder using millions of parts. We would realize the importance of those who are deprived of vision. Eyes are such a wonderful instrument making us see the wonders of the creation. Evolution has played such a vital role in endowing us with a cornucopia of blessings. We need to be grateful to the benevolent universe for all the gifts. Take each part of the body and you will find that all the organs are equally important. All the parts of the body coordinate beautifully to make us possible to achieve any feat.

Spirit is all the essential blend of emotions, compassion, virtues, and feelings. This is a very unique attribute for human beings. This is equally important as its presence makes things easier to promote humanity. To create a congenial and salubrious society the presence of spirit is imperative. Spirit includes consciousness. Consciousness is so vast that it is bigger than the sprawling and infinite universe.

Alignment of all the three vital segments of mind, body, and spirit is necessary to live a harmonious life. The absence of any one of these segments leads to skewed living. Even a little aberration in mind, body, and spirit can put our lives out of gear. It is just like a tripod in which each one of the legs is stable. Even a problem with one leg will make the tripod tumble. Every one of us is competent to live a life of our dreams when we integrate mind, body, and spirit to work in tandem. Our best being is when we make the best use of all these three attributes. Many times our ego emanating from our minds overestimates our capacity to physically do certain feats. Proper coordination between these vital aspects is put to best use.