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BODY IS THE FIRST GIFT
-Sadhguru
Now people have come to the conclusion that body means pain. Body
is not pain; body can be very beautiful. You can make your body in
such a way that you need not have to carry it around, you can let it
just float with you. Just food, practices and a little change in attitude,
you will see this body becomes a miracle.
If you look at this body as a mechanism, definitely it is the most
sophisticated one on earth right now. Super computers do not match
this one. They say a single molecule of DNA can perform 100 times
more functions than all the computers in the world put together. A
single molecule of DNA contains that many functions. This is defi-
nitely the best machine.
This is the first gift that was given to you. And those who do not
appreciate this gift, those who are not bothered to take care of this
one properly, would God given any more gifts to them? It stops there.
Whoever is your creator, he gave you this wonderful body; the first gift
that is given to you is a physical one, and then if he sees you abusing
it, if you do not know how to take care of it, he knows it is not worth
showering more gifts upon you. So it is important that the body is
kept in a comfortable and joyous state. If the body is joyous, it will
encourage you to go further.
You don't have to become a great athlete, but you can keep the body
healthy, comfortable and happy. Otherwise it will pull you down. The
physical body itself can be happy in the sense-after a bout of rain, if
you go out and see, all the plants seem to be happy. Have you seen
that they are almost laughing? Not just washed and clean, if you are
sensitive you can see they are exuding happiness. Have you felt this?
The body can be happy if it is kept properly. If you eat certain other
foods which are not suitable the body will become dull and lethargic;
you will feel sleepy. I am talking about life, you know.
See, if we are sleeping for eight hours a day, if we live for 60 years, we
have slept for 20 years. Twenty years of our lives we have spent sleep-
ing. Now, if we are sleeping for 12 hours, 50 per cent of our lives we
spend sleeping, the remaining 30 to 40 per cent goes in eating and
ablutions, no time left.
Nobody can enjoy his sleep. In sleep you don't exist. The only thing
that you can enjoy is restfulness. The body is well rested, that you
enjoy. How to keep the body well rested? First of all, why tire it?
Tiresomeness doesn't come to the body because of work, for most
people. People who are working more, they are more active, isn't it?
Food is one important aspect, attitudes are also there, but food plays
an important role. If you eat the wrong kind of food, you have to drag
your body and go. If you eat the right type of food, it goes ahead of
you, and that is how it should be kept.
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