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– – HUMAN DIMENSIONS –HUMAN DIMENSIONS –

   

BODY,BODY, MIND & SOULMIND & SOUL  

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Dr. Anand Shrivastava Dr. Anand Shrivastava

Maharishi Ayurveda Products LtdMaharishi Ayurveda Products Ltd

 

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Most people think of physical bodies when they define the word health. Yet no one would doubt that the bones, skin, blood, hair, nails, and muscles that make up the body are only part of our nature.

The subtle and more powerful aspects – mind, feelings, and consciousness itself – are all parts of a person.

Ayurveda defines our true nature as a combination of consciousness, mind, and body.

MIND, BODY, SOUL DIMENSIONS

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What is consciousness? Consciousness is the underlying field of pure intelligence that gives rise to all of creation. This pure intelligence permeates the entire universe, including the human body.

Without that pure awareness, we would have no experience. The content of daily life – from vague thoughts and feelings to concrete objects and complex events – “covers” or hides the underlying field of consciousness, just as the movie hides the screen.

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If we could transcend normal, everyday mental activities, all the objects of perception – all the pieces of information the senses take in – would be transcended enabling us to unite with our most fundamental nature – pure consciousness, pure intelligence.

The mind and body are an expression of this field of pure potential. When consciousness manifests into matter, it appears as the human system. Consciousness creates and maintains every facet of the mind and body.

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Consequently, when something is wrong with the body, it means something is wrong with its connection to its fundamental constituent, consciousness.

In today’s culture, however, people often identify with their bodies. The underlying field of Nature’s intelligence, which operates the entire body from the level of the DNA, is most often unrecognized and neglected.

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It means that every person is living breathing, talking embodiment of Veda – a storehouse of pure knowledge, pure intelligence, pure orderliness, happiness, and organizing power.

Every person has a blueprint for living perfect health and a perfect life within our own body. We have only to connect our mind and body with the consciousness.

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THE THREE-IN-ONE STRUCTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

 

While remaining absolutely unified, consciousness generates a threefold structure – knower, process of knowing, and object of knowledge or, (Rishi, Devata, and Chhandas). This division is, however, purely virtual or conceptual because consciousness is in reality all three.

The three-in-one fabric of consciousness provides an architectural foundation for the universe. As consciousness expresses itself as the manifest physical creation, this three-in-one quality is found everywhere and in everything. In the structure of the human physiology, it appears as the three doshas – Vata, Pitta, and Kapha.

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THE THREE-IN-ONE STRUCTURE OF CONSCIOUSNESS

 

In a state of perfect health, these three values are experienced in their true unity, called Samhita. Pragya-aparadh occurs when the intellect, the discriminating value of consciousness, loses its connection to wholeness.

When this happens he is cut off from the field of infinite orderliness that manages every structure and function of mind & body. This is the primary cause of human suffering.

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Our cosmic anatomy functions through two main channels of information: our faculty of wisdom, Buddhi (Intelligence), and our intuitive consciousness. Buddhi’s main function is to provide our mind with it’s inner light, which in turn, directs our senses. Those ignorant of the divine force of Buddhi, are largely controlled by their sensory perceptions and, as a result, the mind is enslaved.

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Buddhi illumines the mana (mind) which then directs the indriyas (senses). That enables us to learn through knowledge & to practice through application. Buddhi functions through our use of will, power of choice and self-reflection.

The correct use of the trinity of Buddhi, mind and senses make it possible for us to accomplish even the most challenging tasks.

The mind plays a vital role in our body’s response to be healthy or to suffer. This depends upon the mind’s disposition to either strengthen or weaken the functioning of the body’s systems.

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MENTAL QUALITIES (GUNAS).

 

The Vedic texts identify three different mental qualities (Gunas), which make the mind to operate in three different ways. These gunas are Sattva, Rajas and Tamas and they are related to the three body types (Vata, Pitta and Kapha):

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Mental Gunas 3- Doshas Samhita Rishi Knower Sattva Vata

Devata Knowing Rajas Pitta Chhandas Known Tamas Kapha

Universal Consciousness

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QUALITITIES OF BALANCED GUNAS

Sattva: Light, illuminating, clear, happy, origination of thoughts and ideas.

Rajas: Mentally dynamic, analytical, discriminating, focused, organized, active, in motion.

Tamas: Synthesizing, summarizing, memorizing, established thoughts and ideas.

  QUALITITIES OF IMBALANCED GUNAS

Sattva: Decreased Sattva can lead to sluggish mental functioning.

Rajas: Irritable, quick to react, passionate, attached, prone to hatred, worry, grief, fear, jealousy, pride, and other unhealthy emotions.

Tamas: Slow to understand and react, incapable of suitable adoption to life’s situations, prone to ignorance, violence, worry, delusion, and other negative emotions.

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The whole universe is made of the five Mahabhutas (basic elements), which are:

Akash (space), Vayu (air), Agni (fire),

Jal (water) & Prithvi (earth).

Each individual is born with a unique proportion of the above building blocks, which forms the basic prakriti (nature) of the individual.

The above elements are regrouped into three Doshas (basic principles):

1. Vata Air/Space 2. Pitta Fire/Water

3.      Kapha Water/Earth

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BODY

The difference between individuals is:– The degree to which the three doshas interact

with one another in each body.– The interplay of the three mental qualities, i.e.

Sattva, Rajas & Tamas.– Changes in our physio-psychological aspects

influenced by social, environmental, and cultural factors.

– By our personal choices.

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BODY

Vata Pitta KaphaBody frame Thin, Irregular, Very Short or Very

TallMedium, Proportionate, Toned Heavy, Broad, Evenly

ProportionedWeight Hard to Gain, easy to lose Easy to Gain easy to Lose Easy to Gain hard to Lose

Skin Cold, Dark and Sallow, Tans easily Warm, Light and reddish Sunburns easily

Cool, Fair and Oily tans easily

Hair Dry, Frizzy, Thin, Dark Straight, Fine, reddish, Premature balding or graying

Oily, Wavy, Thick, blonde, black or dark brown

Eyes Brown, Gray, Violet, or unusual Color small

Green, Hazel, Light brown, Almond shaped

Black, Blue, Dark brown, Big sensual

Nails Dry, Grayish, Ridged Clear, Well-formed, Pliable Square, White, even

Appetite Irregular Intense Consistent

Evacuation Constipated, Irregular, Small quantity

Loose, regular Large quantity Slow, regular, moderate quantity

Sweat Scanty Profuse Moderate

Stamina Poor, exertive Moderate, driven Excellent Lackadaisical

Sleep Poor, Variable Moderate, Light Long, Deep

Body Type Chart: Physical Characteristics

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BODY

Vata Pitta Kapha

Temperament Fearful, indecisive, nervous, perceptive Angry, Intelligent, Arrogant, Successful

Greedy, Calm, Stable, Stubborn

Memory Learns quickly Forgets quickly Learns quickly Forgets slowly Learns slowly Forgets slowly

Speech Erratic, Talkative Decisive, Articulate Slow, Cautious

Spirituality Spiritually disciplined Tendency to Material success Fundamentally Material

Dreams Flying, Fearful, erratic Fiery, Violent, Intense Watery, Sensual, Long sequences

Sexuality Cold, variable Hot, Intense Warm, enduring

Body Type Chart: Emotional Characteristics

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