My good neighbor John Eric has a cold that 'just won't go away'.
Coincidentally, I have one too; I guess it's just 'something going around'.
But lately I've been giving some metaphysical-genre thinking about this
matter---of 'PERSISTENT COLDS'. While taking 'an expectorant' (Homeopathic
syrup available in India under trade-name 'Stodal'; no lurking,
liver-wasting Paracetamol!) I recollect about my 'deep-breathing phase' when
I was @ 'OCE' (Ontario Colllege of Education) in Canada half-a-century ago.
I learned then (but later forgot) that 'OXYGEN IS THE BEST MEDICINE'.
About a week back I began to stand out on my Goa 'balcon' @ 6 in the
morning, for a customized version of SURYA NAMASKAR. Our latest Indian
'sadguru' (that mad fellow from Coimbatore who whizzes up-hill-and-down-dale
on his 'Harley') says that in addition to listening for messages from outer
space we should even now become aware that we are ALREADY receiving messages
from INNER SPACE. I think he may be making a significant point there.
We really don't have to 'LEARN' how to do deep-breathing or verandha-rail
'asanas'. Just stand out quietly---and let 'inner-space' take over. Your
inner self will tell you what is to be done; when to raise the arms, and
keep them up there for a few moments---pressed to the verandha
sloped-ceiling which seems purpose-built for just this activity. The Isha
Sadguru says, "While inhaling be reminded that "YOU ARE NOT THE BODY"; and
on exhaling, "YOU ARE NOT EVEN THE MIND". Interesting thought, that; still
working on it! With some work experience with in film animation I'm even
tempted to think that those rock-cave sculptor ancestors of ours, who
created multi-armed gods and goddesses, were showing us yoga arm
movements---deep-frozen in stone,for our consumption centuries later.
Half an hour of this in the early morning (before the neighbors can monitor
your shenanigans) may do more than any medicine to clear away
phlem/mucous/sputum ---whatever is that guckey stuff is that coats bronchial
tubes and blocks air passages---and just keeps on building up! The
'persistent cough' and 'cold', that 'just won't go away' like John Eric's
and mine, may be the body's way of signalling ENOUGH ALREADY---start
breathing, lazybones!
Away with the anti-biotic; oxygen is the best medicine; and the only way to
get it is to breath---CONSCIOUSLY
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