REFLECT WITH HEMANT

                                                                   ANGER – A COMPLEX EMOTION   “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”                                                        Lord Buddha Every human being gets angry at some point or the other. Anger is a ubiquitous emotion. In general, Anger is perceived as shouting. However, it is worth comprehending that anger is a lot more complex than that.   Why d...

  EGO – A MISUNDERSTOOD FOE?   “Love is happy when it is able to give something. The ego is happy when it is able to take something.” – Osho   What is “EGO?” Ego is defined as;  the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.   As observed by all of us, an egotist has an inflated sense of pride in his/her superiority to others. The egotist does not just overthink of himself but too little of other people as well. They hurt others beyond repair. Honestly, an  ego trip has no destination.  It is detrimental to everyone.   King Ravan’s ego spelt his doom. There is no dearth of such examples all around us. I have seen patients succumbing to their medical ailments just because they did not seek medical attention in time. The reason was their ego of not accepting the illness. (Nothing can happen to me).   However, ego is not just lim...

  TIME – AN ENIGMA "Time is a created thing." - Lao Tzu Time is generally perceived as a sequence of events occurring in an irreversible manner, moving from past to future. We have invented calendars and clocks to define time. But is the concept of time that simple? Let us assume that all the clocks around the world come to a standstill. Would time also cease to exist? When we say, "We had a great time," does time have anything to do with it? When we say, "Time flies," what exactly flies? Carlo Rovelli, a physicist, said: "This is time, familiar and intimate. We are taken by it. The rush of seconds, hours, and years hurls us toward life, then drags us toward nothingness... We inhabit time as fish live in water. Our being is being in time. Its solemn music nurtures us, opens the world to us, troubles us, frightens and lulls us. The universe unfolds into the future, dragged by time, and exists according to the order of time." ...

                                  ARE YOU HEALTHY? – THE FOUR PILLARS OF HEALTH                             “Our bodies are our gardens – our wills are our gardeners.”                                                                           William Shakespeare     It is rightly said – ‘ one who has health has hope and who has hope has everything ! ’ We must pay attention to our bodies and take due care because it is the only place where we live. To stay healthy has to be the prime objective of one and all.   When can we consider ourselves to be really healthy?    As a medical consultant, I have seen many patients who are n...