Friday, November 16, 2007

The Divine Art of Erasing Age and Creating Vitality

From " Self-Realization Fellowship Magazine"
A magazine devoted to healing of body, mind and soul

Article by Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

" Cultivating pure love and true wisdom greatly enlivens the heart and brain - physically as well as spiritually. And the harmonization of the Love Principle in the heart and the Wisdom Principle in the brain creates a magnetic force that draws healing energy into the whole body."

To remain in abundant good health is an art that is not known by most people. There are two aspects to this art: the physical methods and the divine methods. The physical ways of looking after the body-machine are numerous; countless books have been written on the subject. Still, that knowledge alone is of limited effectiveness in keeping this machine in perfect condition. We must also know how to apply the divine ways in order to keep ourselves well.

The joy and vitality of youth are not related to one's physical age. God is ever youthful, and He is eternal. But, in the general sense we can say youth is with us until about the age of thirty. After forty, the body-machine begins to change; its natural endowment of vitality and ability to restore itself starts to wane. You can choose to be either the body's doctor or its enemy. To the degree that you can avoid inflicting damage on your body-machine, you can hope to preserve it much longer in a healthy condition. By the right physical, mental and spiritual methods, much of the unwelcome effect of the body's aging can be erased.

(to be continued -
please read the next post to know the methods to erase age and create vitality) :)

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