Spiritual Materia Medica:- Anger: Generates poison in the blood & heat in the blood, brain, liver & the whole body; produces fever, depression, etc. Hatred: Causes nervous weakness, uneasiness, restlessness, cough, fever, loss of blood, indigestion, ete. Fear: Causes low blood pressure, weakness, destroys red blood cells, makes the face pale, affects the heart, liver & stomach, produces indigestion, diarrhea or constipation & impotency. Renunciation: Removes a host of ailments, such as dyspepsia, rheumatism, diabetes, diseases of the liver & the intestines, & blood pressure, & strengthens the heart, brain & nerves. Pure Love: Produces joy, peace of mind & harmonious function of the bodily organs, increases the blood qualitatively & quantitatively & turns the mind towards God. It is the best antidote for hatred. Truth: Strengthens the heart & mind, brings happiness, peace of mind, inner calmness & spiritual strength, & fearlessness. It is the best antidote for fear. Meditation: Wonderful tonic, tones all systems & organs, renovates the cells, enriches the blood, removes all diseases, checks the development of diseases, henerates two miraculous health-giving, energy-producing, soul-elevating, kundalini-awakening principles — ‘divinin’ & ‘puritin’ — of marvelous potency, which transform man into divinity. ‘Puritan’ helps the meditator to enter into savikalpa Samadhi. ‘Divining’ helps him to attain nirvikalpa Samadhi. May you all be endowed with good health & long life! May you all be from all kinds of diseases! May you all be established in that diseaseless, immortal Atman, through silent & ceaseless meditation! SCIENCE OF RELAXATION:- Life has become very complex in these days. The struggle for existence is very acute & keen. There is unhealthy competition in every walk of life. There is unemployment everywhere. Brilliant young men with extraordinary qualifications & recommendations alone get a job in these days. Therefore a great deal of continuous mental & physical strain is imposed on modern humanity by its deadening daily work & unhealthy mode of life. Man has acquired many artificial habits & has allowed nature’s original habits to lapse. He has brought tension in many muscles & nerves through incorrect posture. He has forgotten the first principles of relaxation. He will have to learn lessons from the cat, dog & the infant in the science of relaxation. Mental Relaxation:- Just as you relax your muscles after having finished your asanas & physical exercises, so also you will have to relax the mind & rest it after concentration & meditation, after the practice of memory training & will culture. Relaxation of the muscles brings repose to the mind, while relaxation of the mind brings rest to the body as well. The body is a mould prepared by the mind for its enjoyment. The mind gathers experiences through the body & works in conjunction with the prana, senses & body. The mind has influence over the body — for instance, if you are cheerful the body also will be healthy & strong, & when you are feeling depressed the body cannot work. Conversely the body has some influence over the mind. If the body is healthy & strong the mind will also be happy, cheerful & strong. If there is a stomach ache the mind cannot work. Thought takes form in action & action reacts on the mind. The mind acts on the body & the body reacts on the mind. Removal of tension in the muscles brings repose & calmness to themind. The Necessity for Exercise:- Exercise is necessary at all periods of life & particularly during childhood & early manhood. It is very essential for keeping up good health, vim, vigour & vitality. It preserves the healthy tone of the body. Exercise bestows a general efficiency of body & mind, with a better social spirit & co-operation with your fellows. You learn to control the weak side of your nature & give fuller freedom to the best spirit that is in you. If checks overgrowth & develops the weak person. It quickly restores convalescent persons to better health. During growth it corrects various deformities. It removes &obesity. Exercise is essential for the different organs of the body to function easily & effectively. It is necessary to promote the repair & formation of tissues, & excite the demand for oxygen needed for utilization of food. Without exercise there will be no health. The whole system will refuse to digest the food properly & the intestines will decline to function efficiently. The blood will be loaded with poisonous matter. SLEEP:- If you want to enjoy good health you must take enough rest. There is always a cycle in nature. A period of activity is always followed by a period of inactivity. Even the heart has a period of rest, as there is a short pause between heart-beats. Sleep is the most perfect form of rest, because it is shared by every tissue in the body. The muscles are completely relaxed, the heart beats a little more quietly & the brain also tales rest. Natural Treatment :- The natural form of treatment is the best form of treatment. Nature’s cure is the best cure. Natural living is the best living. Natural food is the best form of food. Be natural in all ways of living. You will enjoy good health, long life & happiness. In truth nature does everything in the cure of all diseases. Medicines help nature in the recuperative work & the regenerative or constructive process in the bodily mechanism. That doctor who tries to help nature is a judicious doctor. By injudicious treatment a doctor may do much harm to the patient. Nature’s healing may be interfered with or retarded by drugs. He who says “I have cured such a disease,” is also an ignorant man. Avoid drugs. Give up high & loose living. Eat simple, natural foods. Live in the open air. Take cold baths. Be moderate in food, drink & everything else. Wear simple dress. Bask in the sunshine. Enjoy the ultra violet rays in the morning. Take exercises regularly. Do not go to doctors frequently. Eat simple, natural foods. Eat to live. Give rest to the organs by occasional fasting. Take raw things as much as possible. Do not throw away the water rice & boiled vegetables. Use just enough water to cook them properly. You will be healthy, strong & vigorous. You will be endowed with a high standard of vim, vigour & vitality. FOOD:- Man continually works, whether he sleeps or sits quietly. Breathing is work. When work is done, energy is spent. The body supplies this energy by combustion of food. Blood gets its supply from food -materials. The lamp burns oil as fuel & gives light as heat & enetgy. Even so the human body burns food as fuel & gives energy in the form of heat & motion. In an engine, oil or petrol is burnt; in this marvelous human engine, food serves the purpose of fuel. Engines are in need of different kinds of fuel—coal, oil or petrol according to their construction. All the fuels contain carbon. Carbon burns & supplies energy. In the human engine, which is evry delicate & complex, carbohydrates, fats, ete., provide this carbon