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184/ JAIN STUDIES AND SCIENCE
Going by the various efforts of improving the health, curing of the diseases and the transplantation of affected organs, we are bound to comment that the God has not created the nature, but the nature is incessantly working towards the goal of creating an ever healthy and ever happy human who can be called God.
2. Development of Personality
During the growth of body, along with the physical changes, development of personality goes on simultaneously. While most of the physical parameters remain within the average specified limits, it is the personality which makes a huge difference between the individuals.
Within our body two systems are always at work - endocrine and nervous. Both play vital role in the outcome of personality. Both the systems work in consonance and affect various personality tenets. For example -- our thyroid glands - the deficiency in thyroxin makes a person irritable and lazy while the excess of it makes the personality aggressive and over-active. For a refined personality, it needs to be understood and controlled.
The activities of hormones are actually controlled by nervous system through a feedback mechanism (we shall deal with it in detail in later chapters). By the nature of different activities, the nervous system is divided into three streams -
Ida (Sympathetic nervous system)
Pingla (Para-sympathetic nervous system)
Sushumnna (Central nervous system)
A child is hyperactive - it is attributed to the sympathetic nervous system. A person is always fearsome, suffers from inferiority complex - it is result of overactive Para-sympathetic nervous system.
What are the reasons of such a vast diversity in personality traits? Why some are daredevils and others timid, some are extroverts and others introverts, some peace-loving while others are aggressive and violent? The reasons lie deep within our brain and genes.
2.1. Brain-cells
After deeply probing the link between our personality, health and behaviour, Mahapragya concludes that the key lies in the brain-cells of every living being. Brain is the controller of all our body activities. Medical scientists
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