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Mental diseases due to lack of Seva.
Depression and mental diseases arise due to lack of Selfless service.
In the previous page we saw that fragmented homes and isolated human hearts are the prime reasons for all psychological illness. Research has shown that in the United States about 19 million people-one in ten adults-experience depression each year. Because women experience depression at roughly twice the rate of men, researchers continue to explore how special issues unique to women-biological, life cycle, and psycho-social-may be associated with women's higher rate of depression. Modern researchers look at the facts at superficial level. They correlate hormonal levels with depression without understanding the reality that the hormonal levels are under the control of the mental status of an individual.
Women experience depression at roughly twice the rate of men because of the major change in women's perspective in modern society. Women has qualities that men cannot match. It is how we have evolved. Man and Women have their own unique qualities. Women's greatest power is the quality of "Motherliness".
In Vedic tradition women were given the highest regard and status because of their qualities and their impact in society. The qualities of patience, forgiveness, acceptance and tolerance is not the weakness of women but her strength. It is said that women does not need any technique for self realization because taking her of her family dis-regarding her own personal likes and dislikes was itself enough to transcend to the state of awareness.
It does not mean that women have to bear with all injustice of society be if it were her own husband. Women were equally encouraged to revolt against injustice or oppression and such women are still honored and worshipped high. India's Goddesses are women who have revolted against injustice. Modern women have misunderstood their own qualities as weakness and hence confusion in relationships and so break down of families.
Today in this technological age we have advanced to such a state that we are unable even to accommodate any personal relationship, that we used to nurture for centuries. We have become so selfish that we in the name of independent living we are sowing seeds of psychological illness in our minds. Number of people living alone is sky rocketing in modern societies. To live independently for the sake of gaining outer attachments is different from doing it for aggrandizing our personal likes and dislikes or to implement personal choices. This has led to a sad state of abandoning relationships and orphaning our own kids. Single parenting is not a strength but weakness, which we would discuss in parenting section.
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Awareness while doing Seva
More imposing than a mountain is the greatness of a man who,
steadfast in family life, has mastered self-control.
-Tirukkural 13: 123-124
Having discussed about Seva in detail, we will highlight again the point that while doing Seva one should be totally be aware of the expecting nature of the Egoistic mind. At the same time we should pay attention how the Ego behaves under various situations. While doing seva watch the thoughts that arise. Negatives thoughts of the Ego that expresses as anger, pride, Jealousy, hatred, are easily observed when selfless seva is performed with awareness. Through awareness one gains control over the negative qualities over time. This mind watching or thoughts watching is the objective of meditation.
Awareness of our negative qualities are easy to be watched while practicing Seva in family. Not only family members can be more understanding and can also forgive and forget mistakes, but also has in fact remind us to be aware of it. Family life becomes enjoyable when members including children have an outlook of doing seva at home as a means of transcending the Ego. Whenever confusion comes in taking steps in life, always focus on duties and not likes and dislikes.
When we perform duties with the attitude of not thinking of any selfish rewards, but as an obligation, as a contribution to life — that spirit will develop an inner detachment. This detachment according to Bhagavad Gita means detaching from the mind, ego state to the awareness state.
Attachment arises when we only act for our own selfish requirements, our position, and so on. When we think of our duties towards our family, our society, our religious life, we do not become self-centered, but start to think more about others, trying to do things for others; that is what is called seva — selfless service. Through the spirit of selfless service we become detached and our mind becomes purified.
Thus Seva becomes one of the important means for inner purification. Now let us go to other advanced space therapy techniques.
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Healing Depression and mental diseases
" If we want to eliminate the enemies that lurk in the innermost depths of the heart, we have to serve the world. Only when someone gets angry with us, will we know whether we still have anger in us.” - Mata Amritanadamayi (Ammachi).
Selfless service heals the body and mind
In the previous page we discussed that doing seva without understanding its purpose will cause damage to the society and world peace. Now we will see how not doing seva at all will damage the individual's inner peace. Religion has caused conflicts and wars by diverting the power of inner growth of the individuals to the outer growth of the organization. Modern science has short circuited that very same power for inner growth by cocooning it for sense gratifications. Sense gratification or enjoyments is not wrong. But it has gone to the extent of becoming parasitically selfish that both the individual and every species in the world suffers out of it.
Modern scientific technologies has not only shattered nations through atomic bomb, but have blasted individuals inner self. Modern society have fragmented homes and through that have isolated human hearts, the prime reasons for all psychological illness. Modern medical sciences attribute imbalances in various hormonal levels for depression. It fails to see that hormonal imbalances are just expression of the shattered and fragmented inner mind.
Being selfish and not sharing one's resources has lead to various psychological and mental diseases. In other words, lack of selfless service or Seva is the cause for the alarming increase in psychological problems. The only way to heal the body and mind is selfless Seva.
Our findings suggest that there may be a relationship between lack of exposure to sunlight and increased risk of hospital admissions for schizophrenia. Policymakers and doctors should promote further understanding of the health benefits of sunlight and take effective measures to prevent schizophrenia. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30685669
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Terrorism - Seva done through ignorance
Everyone talks about growing terrorist activities in recent times. But if we look back into historical times, we would find that terrorist activities always tortured societies especially in the name of religion. Spirituality advocates Seva or selfless service for inner purification to transcend and realize one's own Real Self. Though religions calls this inner Self as God , they always mis-interpret the public as an external power residing somewhere in a fictional heaven. This cause huge confusion in the individuals spewing hatred, pride and ignorance leading to religious wars. Greater damage done by religious organizations is the misuse of Seva act. Instead of helping the individual to melt his ego and realize the supreme self, it has done the opposite of boosting the Ego and commit violence, curbing peace in the world.
Commercialization of spiritualism is religion. Religion, in the name of God and service to God has used its members to propagate the growth of the organization by boosting their Ego at the expense of the inner growth of the individual. This has bred terrorists activities in the past and also in the current times. Religions gives false promises of a heaven after death and also propagate the idea of conversions as a means of earning God's love. Instead of inner purification, religions go for mass conversions to grow in number. Therefore missionary acts will only destroy the inner self by boosting the Ego.
This ignorance and false information had leads some individuals to take the barbaric attempt of doing violence in the name of self service. We now see wide spread terrorists activities which does not help nor the individual or the world. These Ego boosting self service for the organization have caused violence in almost all countries.
The only way to stop terrorism is only through spreading proper knowledge. Knowledge of the Self has to be given to all human to bring peace for the individual as well as the world. All other attempts would be superficial means of obtaining peace.
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Purpose of Selfless Service (Seva)
The purpose of doing selfless service at all levels, helps in transcending to the deep state of awareness. If this is in mind, then there are no ill effects accrued imparting selfless service. Not understanding the purpose of Selfless service brings back frustrations and hatred in the provider because he or she does the act of Seva with expectations. Doing Seva with expectations only breeds pain and inner suffering to the performer.
Having a selfless attitude will uplift us. “We should serve others without any expectations whatsoever. By helping others we are, in fact, helping ourselves by transcending to the realm of awareness. On the other hand, every time we do a selfish action, we are harming ourselves by moving away from the state of awareness.”
Ignorance about the purpose of Seva will cause the mind to expect fame and power in the name of selfless service or Seva. This expectation and its results will bring forth pride. At the intellect level, it will scheme for benefits and will create corruption in the system and also will ruthlessly involve into manipulative action to maintain and preserve the pride. All this only boost the ego and leading to destruction of the Real Self causing pain, suffering and depression.
If the intention is clearly understood that Seva brings inner expansion and purification of mind, there is joy in doing such selfless service. Then the inner happiness manifest as selfless service for others.
We will discuss about the cause of terrorism, which is due to ignorance of the purpose of Seva and the Real Self. Terrorism hides under the pretext of selfless service to a limited group of individuals and destroys peace of the world.
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