Sunday, November 8, 2009

BABA IN YOUR BED ROOM

Every morning, every day, without fail, "Ramdeo Baba" is in your bed room. He wants to communicate some thing important to you, I think? His dedication and Perseverance does not seem to wither. "But he is primitive, his clientele is generally rural, does he know English"? The lady seated next to me, during a formal sitting in dinner party, uttered softly. "Do you, exercise, madam"? I asked. She appeared starved thin and not exercised fit; "Yes" she replied, "I go for Kick Boxing and Aerobics". It is a fashion, I presume to be part of such fast mushrooming pseudo exercise club centers. The gentleman, on my other side played golf, the one in front was regular at tennis, but none of them were eating any thing? Why? "I wondered". I was enjoying, every dish prepared and served. It was later revealed, that the lady was on insulin, the other was having high blood pressure and the one in front was suffering from severe joint pain. The regular soft exercise regime in the cozy air conditioned environment of posh clubs, was making no difference to their modern life style misery. 
We were deployed on the heights the Saichen Glacier, the highest battle field in the world. A virtual war zone, where there is perennial day and night threat of enemy intrusion along with permanent survival excercise; the most dangerous and extreme rough terrain under hazardous and difficult weather conditions. You have to be there at the glacier and undergo a personal experience to understand the vagaries of that horrific, although beautiful place. It is the Infantry combat soldier of the great Indian Army which operates on those heights, beyond imagination and reach of any other army in the world. The  precarious heights where only expert and trained mountaineers did expeditions, earlier. The training is highly specialized, the fighting technique extremely sophisticated with emphasis on survival training of very high order at 18000ft and above. There is age a limit for the Indian Army combat soldiers to operate on the Saichen Glacier heights, a tough and detail medical examination is carried out before we are made combat fit to militarily operate on the precarious, precipice Glaciated top. The normal temperature during winter is minus 50 degree Celsius. During bright sunny days, the ice surface reflects pure ultra violets rays; any direct eye exposure can cause permanent blindness. The place is solid ice; the best of digging equipment fail to create even a small dent on the ice surface. Water is not available, only way is to melt ice to drink water. There is absolutely no appetite due to severe and extreme high altitude conditions that is in spite of the best availability of nutritious and ready to eat food. Oxygen is scarcely inadequate; we remain breathless most of the time. It is very difficult to take bath, shave and change clothes on those conditions. A misconception that drinks prevent cold is put to rest, there is total prohibition on the glacier. Drinks dehydrate the body. No metallic thing can be touched with your bare hand in that temperature, it is like holding a red hot iron, the skin peels with flesh. The clothing supplied is the best in the world, but it is certainly not the best on those heights and conditions. It protects you from cold till the time you are on the move, but the moment you are inactive, you freeze. One has to fall back into the warmth of the fiber glass huts during inactivity. The tenure on the glacier takes a heavy toll of the Infantry Combat Soldiers body, both medically and physiologically. Nothing can compensate the damage suffered by us.
My entire inner system had to be set in place, I thought? The constant, climbing of steep Ice walls and negotiating crevices, during daily combat patrols, was telling on my body. I had to remain fit, as no medicine is my resolution.
The "Ramdeo Baba" continued his foray into the bed room, the elitist were against him, as he did not match up with their style and culture. A man was outdated and a down market.
I did confront Ramdeo Baba; I found him to be a total miracle, a wonder, he speaks from the Hindu Vedic scriptures, no Religion, only pure Hindu system of health and exercise. The elitist, and all those who are on constant life support medicines for ailments, which has no known cure are really missing something important. It’s their bad luck. Amusing? How complacent they are towards their poor and deteriorating health condition.
I had to go through my periodic medical examination; a thorough medical check up in the Military Hospital. The Army doctor, who was finally endorsing my medical report, was surprised in disbelieve, "How can it be", he said? "Your report is as per our medical manual, ditto". "You are perfect fit". "Thanks", I said. "No! No! Do not thank me", he said. "No" I said. "I am thanking Ramdeo Baba, who disturbs many in the morning". He did not understand the meaning of my utterance and I had no desire to explain to him, the reason of my joy. I took my report and left.
Our Army exercise tables have been taken from the British Army; fortunately, the British have copied it from our Vedic Scriptures, the Yogic exercises which the Baba teaches. His Pranayam, the Yoga, the exercises of the outer body and the inner organs, mind and soul, which he teaches and explains with so clarity and transparency, that you need no book to be consulted thereafter. Apprising of benefits, each exercise ritual does to your organs and body.
Your High/ Low Blood pressure, Diabetes, Joint pains etc, will get aggravated if you venture on an unscientific exercise routine in a gymnasium, golf course, long walk etc. The daily intake of medicine to control ailment/ disease along with strenuous unscientific exercise is a deadly combination causing fatal results instead of benefits. The modern medicine has no cure for these ailments, it can only control. Try Pranayam and Yoga to feel the wonder.
I remember having frequent allergic cold in Bangalore; no amount of medicine could cure it. The doctors gave only one advice; leave Bangalore, as this place does not suit people prone to cold. I started Pranayam daily, and the cold has vanished for ever. I take no medicine ever and I suffer from no ailments, remaining fit to do any kind of strenuous exercise, I run daily at the speed of, 7.5 miles per hour for 20 minutes, do my biceps and triceps exercise with 60 kg weight in each hand, my chest exercise regime with 100 kg weight, shoulders and back with equal amount of heavy weights. My hair line has not receded; it is as thick as ever, still have to shave hair from my forehead. I never discuss my age and never celebrate my birthday.
I am no extraordinary man, and therefore I advise that each one of us can live healthy, without being dependent on medicines. The excuses that my working, living, eating condition and the vagaries of nature and place of work, are the reason of my poor and ill health is a weak argument. Nothing can be worse than the glacier. My wife "Vanita Dubey" always propagates, if you are healthy, every one will enjoy your healthy company, but if you are sick and on the bed, the agony will be yours, no one can share your pain, your dear one can only watch you suffer.
WAKE UP! BEFORE IT IS LATE "RAMDEO BABA" IS IN YOUR BED ROOM WITH SOME USEFUL MESSAGE.
I did visit the kick boxing class with the lady. The instructor was a black belt. "Welcome", he said, to me. "I have been teaching people kick boxing, so that they can protect themselves and remain fit". The lady was all thrilled by his introduction, she felt privileged. "Demonstrate", I said. "Oh! Yes", He came and stood in front of me, forming himself in a position to attack, it was enough provocation, and I swung my left leg, hitting him straight on the right cheek. In the Army we are taught to hit the neck, that is fatal, I deliberately avoided that. The instructor lay in pain, "What should I do"? He cried. "Nothing", I said, "Take a deep breath". I left the place, followed by the lady. She never came back for the Kick Boxing class ever.
Take a deep breath; hold it for 2 minutes, not more. Exhale, by Resonating "OM" through the mouth, it will soothe and massage your internal system. "OM has thousand meaning and has 1000 cure".
BASED ON A TRUE LIFE INCIDENTS. DO GIVE YOUR AND COMMENTS

4 comments:

  1. pranayam is a benificial yogic exercise, this is the message the title baba in your bedroom gives,with each story the vocabulary is becoming richer.
    nawal

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  2. A good one .. more on Yoga please

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  3. The facts are inspiring for young ones and a good lesson to follow. Keep it up !

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  4. Amazing:D n seems simple.. will surely wanna give it a try:D my dad used to keep tellin me to do the same but i never got along to tryin it now will give it a shot:D

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