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Namah The Rhythm of Life or the Art of Ageing

“Do not look behind. Look ahead, always ahead occult and spiritual. According to the occult
and go forward always (1).” yogic science, there are subtle centres in our
subtle body through which the cosmic forces
Age is but a Number enter and naturally flow through the organs
through multiple subtle channels or naadis.
Living is an art but departing from our brief Depending upon the forces we draw or
earthly sojourn we know as death is also an are tuned to, the organs get affected. They
art. Between life and death there is interposed suffer from congestion of certain forces or
the phenomenon of old age. Going through degeneration for want of them. The nature
old age is the greatest of art, a fine balancing of force corresponds roughly to the function
act between what was and what may be. On of the organ.
the one hand old age is a time for reflection,
it is a time for streaming past the banks of Thus, the eyes, one of the most fascinating
memory before plunging into the river that organs, respond not just to visible outer light
joins the two parishes, — heaven and earth or but also to subtle inner light, the ears to an
very simply earth and beyond. On the other inner hearing, — inspiration. On the other
hand, old age is also a time to reflect upon hand, the denseness of ignorance and the
the future, the real worth and value of life, exposure of ears to discordant sounds and
its purpose and goal. It is our answer to these voices would harm it. The heart responds
reflections that gives the real value of our life. to emotions and the nature of emotions
would affect it. The lung responds to the
environmental energy around while the
liver to bitterness and stomach to anxiety and
unkind thoughts. Our motives that give us
the dynamic push for life flows in the blood
whereas ambition strikes the mid abdomen.
The lower and petty desires with their
attendant lust, greed, anger and fear touch the
kidneys, bladder, uterus and the lowest parts
of the intestine. Of course, modern medicine,
focused only on physical forces, fails to
recognise the impact of psychological and
But then, what really is old age? Chronologically occult forces upon specific organs. One day,
it is just a question of how many seasons one we shall surely know. But depending upon
has seen pass through. Physiologically, it is our indulgence with the forces of Nature, our
marked by a progressive decline in our various opening to them, we age in a variable way.
functions and capacities. The organs suffer from
overuse, disuse and more importantly misuse. Our activities draw praannic energy in a variable
a
However, organs are not just a conglomerate way. There is a certain relation of this prannic
of specialised cells and tissues with a specific energy within us and our environment.
purpose but also receptacles of energies and Some are primarily givers, whereas some are
forces, not just physical but psychological, primarily receivers. There is a balance that

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