Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Psychosomatic

In general, Hindi word Manodaihik is considered as the Hindi meaning of English word Psychosomatic but if we focus on this meaning completely then we will find that we are not 100 percent correct. If you think about the etymological meaning of Manodaihik then we will find that it is a combination of Mano and Daihik. As a normal practice, if the modern medical system remains unable to trace the root causes of  diseases in spite of lots of efforts then the disease is named as Manodaihik. As an example, we face many patients who complains about the pains in several areas of the body. Sometimes he says that the pain is in head and sometimes the same pain goes to the feet.
In order to understand the word Manodaihik, we will have to understand the concept of mind, brain and body as separate entities. Human mind is without any form and definition. In spite of amazing advancements, we remain unable to understand to define mind and its complex activities. If we want to understand these topics then we will have to study it in a detailed way.

With the help of spirituality and philosophy, we can understand our Manas in a detailed way. For example, what is the relation between "Spirituality" and "Character". Here we can say that if our life motto is clear and powerful and we are strong with by character then we can think about our spiritual growth but there is certainly a question mark on the concept that spiritual growth is not necessarily related with our character building. Likewise our mental activities impact our personality and in the same way external physical problems also impacts the activities of mind. Just think in this way that if you have to face any unprecedented mental pain then there is certainly a projection of this mental pain in our physical body. In the same way, any unexpected physical problem also shatters the activities of mind. Let us see with the help of an example, if our legs got fractured during any accident then such situation will certainly impact the activities of mind as with damaged legs our dependency on others got increased and it creates a sense of inferiority complex in ourselves.

We try to understand the concept of activities of mind in a limited way likewise we also try to understand the concept of Daihik and Deh in a limited way. In reality, the meanings of these two are very vast. The meaning of word "Deh" is not only limited to our physical body but in reality its meaning is very broad. Mind and body both are very dynamic and always try to be in a rhythm. If the activities and natural state of mind got interrupted or disturbed then certainly the problems in our physical body also got increased and the physical problems of the body also impact the state of mind. In reality, mind and body both are invisible but these two are always in an interactive way. There are no certain definitions of all these two but the activities of these two can be increased with the aid of spiritualism, character, life motto and positive mental attitude.

We cannot describe "mind" and "body" with bundle of words but these two can be experienced with our own life values. Just naming all the untraceable causes of diseases as psychosomatic will not solve our problems. If we want to understand the term "Psychosomatic" in a detailed way, we will have to understand the interrelation between mind and body.    


Monday, 27 March 2017

Relation of Psychology with Health and Happiness

Most of the human activities of human life focus on keeping ourselves healthy and happy. Here one thing is necessary to think that there are many education domains which make us able to continue our livelihood. But psychology is such a unique and most needed faculty which help us to control all internal and external activities.

Logically we can say that by different activities, we want to enrich our lives both internally and externally. Enriching ourselves externally keeps us very busy and also needs more efforts and sometimes we create situations of dilemma in our own lives. Enriching ourselves internally places us balanced on all surfaces like physically, mentally, socially and spiritually.

In present scenario, whatever we are learning and teaching in psychology is not very old as this knowledge is only hundred or more years old and it is defined and modified by with the help of limited knowledge. In reality the roots of Psychology is very deep and combined with human existence. Specially in present Indian scenario, the deep knowledge of psychology is needed as most of us are in conscious communication with all except ourselves. By constantly practicing this, we are keeping ourselves aloof from ourselves.

Recent data of Global Happiness Index shows that India is on 122th position among the 155 countries of the world and the study shows clearly that happiness does not have a direct relation with wealth. Wealth is needed more to enrich ourselves externally and superficially however keeping ourselves rooted in basic human nature enriches us internally as well as on soul level. Enriching ourselves internally creates a balance in our as well as other's lives and we start to enjoy our lives by making a platform of helping hand for distressed people, living life according to positive core human values of life, kindness, honesty, well-being and happy life. The only need is start to improve our behaviours by taking consideration of the deep knowledge of the science of human behaviour--Psychology.