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PREKSHA MEDITATION, THERAPY AND CURES / 209
LIFE SCIENCES
Mahapragya has introduced a new chapter on Life Sciences in the field of education. According to him, the body, the mind and the soul work in consonance and need to be maintained in harmony, only then the orchestra of life will produce music. If these three components fall out of sync, we just listen to noise. We shall briefly analyze the concept of Life-sciences and its practical use in living the healthy and meaningful life. Man has evolved to its present state employing three natural tenets -
hunger of knowledge (Jigyasa)
Thirst of change (Bubhusha)
Ability of action (Chikeersha)
Human being is full of quest. He is yearning to explore esoteric. He is also eager to break the monotony, tedium and tradition. He desires change and transformation. And to earn knowledge and to achieve change, he is raring to act. He is full of life-energy to do something.
Human being remains an animal until educated to become a part of civilized society. Education lays the foundation for progress.
Balanced Development
Growth on all fronts -- physical, mental, behavioural and emotional - is the hallmark of life-sciences. Here we are not discussing the academic education, but the art of overall development of human personality. A balanced educational pattern only can result into the holistic development of a human being. Interestingly, the anatomy of human body has several aspects which are apparently beyond the conscious control, yet a student of life-science can learn an indirect method to address these autonomous functions to his advantage. In order to accrue these four-fold results, basic constituents of any comprehensive educational prototype should be -
Sturdy Nervous System: Our consciousness is the result of an intricate nervous system. This system alone is responsible for our behaviour, thought and personality. Two streams of our autonomic nervous system - Ida and Pingla - medically known as sympathetic and parasympathetic, control most glands, heart, bronchi, arteries, stomach and intestine. Both sympathetic and para- sympathetic systems work in opposite manners. Stimulation of sympathetic
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