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Windy Suzuki (Professor of Neural Science at New York University), 55, did research on the brain and found out that you can grow a bigger and happier brain with meditation and exercise. This neuroplasticity of new brain cells sprouting new connections and new blood vessels feeding more oxygen (fuel) to neurons could be done with food, exercise, focus, sleep care, games, and meditation at any age from childhood to even the elderly. Using advanced brain imaging techniques, researchers found out how wonders are done with the above six factors in improving memory, thinking skills, creativity, and reducing the risk of dementia. Avoid brain toxic agents like reduction in sleep hours, lack of activity, and multitasks. Nutritional Supplements and electrical stimulation of brain training programs are hardly of any help.

Simple techniques to build a better brain.


Food 

Eating the right food and skipping the wrongs increases memory and thinking skills.
  • Right Food: Fruits, plant-based diets – Green leafy vegetables – Salad – Spinach, Grilled fish, Carrot, kale, or Collards
  • Wrong Food: Fried food – Potato chips – burgers – soft drinks – red meat and sausage
Exercise

Activeness / Move improves the birth and growth of new brain cells increasing memory and alertness. A daily walk of 7500+ steps is a minimum. Doing housework like shopping, gardening, and walking the dog are worth trying. Sedentary life reduces memory.

Sleep

It is the watchman cleaning the brain at night and washing away toxins of overthinking. VIII (eight) hours of sleep is a must. Try to stick to eight hours. Regular sleep schedule with sleep quality. Sleep deprivation leads to a decrease in mental focus, recall, and reaction time. They do not forgive each other. Make eight hours regular sleep schedule.

Activeness

Don’t do things you don’t like. Pick something you love. Keep learning about it and doing it. People who keep their minds active have slower declines in memory and thinking.

Playing old-fashioned games like cards, bingo, and chess several times a week, sharpen memory skills and thinking.

Arts and crafts such as sewing, woodworking, and painting improve brain power.

Focus

Focus counts too. Allow yourself to focus on just one thing and go deep. Multitasking and switching your attention from one thing to another disrupts your memory.

Meditation and Countdown

Do yoga daily – sit still, breathe deeply, and do Hatha Yoga – Shavasan & Pranayam.

Yes, the brain can be built to be stronger without dementia at any age.

Ref. Article: Build a better brain – by Sari Harrar (Reader’s Digest) 

Dr. Bharat Desai, Bilimora 
07-Dec-2022
વિશ્વના ધર્મોનો અભ્યાસ મેં ભારતના ધર્મો-હિન્દુ, ઈસ્લામ, ખ્રિસ્તી, જૈન, અને બુદ્ધ-ના અભ્યાસથી શરૂ કર્યો. ને ત્યાર પછી ચીનના ધર્મની ઉત્કંઠા જાગી. ત્યાં તાઓ ધર્મ મળ્યો. ચીનમાં ત્રણ ધર્મોના અનુયાયીઓ છે : કન્ફ્યુશિયસ, તાઓ અને બુદ્ધ.

તાઓ ધર્મના સ્થાપક લાઓ ત્સે ચીનના ‘ચૂ’ રાજ્યના ‘કૂ’ પ્રાંતમાં લી પ્રદેશમાં ઇ.પૂ.૬૦૪માં જન્મ્યા હતા. તેમણે સ્થાપેલ ધર્મનું નામ “તાઓ” TAO – તેનો અર્થ સ્વર્ગનો માર્ગ કે અમર આત્મા થાય છે. લાઓ-ત્સે કહે છે : તાઓ એક જ છે. તે અનાદિ અને અનંત છે. તે અપૌરુષેય, અનંત, અજેય, અશરીરી અને અભૌતિક છે. તાઓ સર્વત્ર છે. સગુણ ઈશ્વરને તેણે પેદા કર્યો છે.

તાઓ ધર્મમાં સાધુ-સાધ્વીઓ હોય છે. તેઓ પીળી ટોપીઓ ધારણ કરે છે અને જગતનો ત્યાગ કરીને ગુફા, જંગલ અને પહાડોના એકાંતમાં વસે છે.

તાઓ ધર્મના મુખ્ય સિદ્ધાંતો
  • સાદાઈ – Simplicity - Patience and Compassion 
  • અકર્મણ્યતા – Inaction 
  • સંવાદીતા – Harmony 
  • મુક્ત કરો – Let-goતાઓ આખા ધર્મના સિદ્ધાંતો સરળભાષામાં અહીં આપેલ વિગતો દ્વારા આપવાનો હું નમ્ર પ્રયાસ કરું છું. 
તાઓ 


જેને કહી શકાય તે પરમ તાઓ નથી.

  • સામાન્ય બનવું, ખરેખર સાચું અસામાન્યપણું છે-સાધારણપણું છે. 
  • સત્સંગનો અર્થ છે – તેની સાથે હોવું. 
  • સૂર્ય ઊગે છે અને સુંદર છે તો બોલવાનો શું અર્થ ? સૌંદર્ય માટે અનુભૂતિ જરૂરી છે – અભિવ્યક્તિ નહીં. જરૂરી છે – નિર્વિચાર – ની : શબ્દતા – મૌન. 
  • પસંદગી કર્યા વગર – પસંદગી વિહોણા – બની જાવ – અને જિંદગીને વહેવા દો. 
  • વિરોધી હોવાનું સૌંદર્ય. 
  • વિરોધી તત્વો વાસ્તવમાં વિરોધી નથી – પણ પૂરક છે. તેઓ સ્વતંત્ર કે પરતંત્ર નથી – પરસ્પરાવલંબી છે – આમ જીવન ન તો સ્વાવલંબી તેઓ સાથે મળીને સંપૂર્ણતા કરે છે. દા.ત. પ્રેમ-ઘૃણા, અંધકાર-પ્રકાશ, કામ-આરામ, જિંદગી-મૃત્યુ, 
  • લાઓત્સે કહે છે – જો તમે દાવો કરો છો તે દાવો નામંજૂર થઈ શકે – પણ દાવો જ ન કરો તો ? – તે જ રીતે – માંગો નહીં અને મળશે – વિજેતા બનવાની કોશિશ ન કરો, તમને કોઈ હરાવશે નહીં. 
સહજતા = પ્રબુદ્ધતા એટલે કુદરતી સહજતા, સરળતા અને શૂન્યતા

  • તમે તમારા પ્રત્યે સાચા બનો – તમે તમે જ બની રહો. 
  • જિંદગી આનંદ અને ઉત્સવ માટે છે – જિંદગી કોઈ ઉપયોગિતા માટે નથી. જિંદગી રસ્તાની બાજુમાં ઉગેલા ફૂલ જેવી છે – ફૂલ કોઈને ધ્યાનમાં રાખી નથી ખીલ્યું – તે સુવાસ પવન સાથે ફેલાવે છે – સરનામાને ધ્યાનમાં રાખ્યા સિવાય – તે તેનો પોતાનો નિજાનંદ છે – પોતાનું હોવાપણું છે. 
  • તીવ્ર આકાંક્ષાની મૂર્ખામી છોડો – આકાંક્ષા જ અવરોધ છે. 
  • જ્યાં સુધી તમારી અંદર એક ખાલીપણું, એક શૂન્યતા ઊભી ન થાય ત્યાં સુધી તમારી વચ્ચેનો અવરોધ કેવી રીતે દૂર થાય ? જો ખરેખર પ્રેમ કરવા અને મેળવવા માંગતા હોય તો, તમારે અદ્રશ્ય થવું પડશે – જેથી તમારી શુદ્ધ અને તાજી શૂન્યતા બને. પછી ફૂલની જેમ પ્રેમ ખીલી શકે. 
  • મહત્વાકાંક્ષાની કડી પૂર્ણતા થતી નથી – કારણ મહત્વાકાંક્ષાનો કોઈ અંત નથી – તમે એક ઈચ્છા પૂરી કરો ત્યાં બીજી હજારો ઈચ્છાઓ તરત પેદા થાય છે. 
  • જ્યારે તમે તમારા ખાલીપણામાંથી આપતા હો છો ત્યારે તમે આપવાથી ભયભીત થતાં નથી – કારણ ખાલીપણું કદી ખૂટતું નથી – તમે આપ્યે જ જાવ છે. 
  • અસ્તિત્વ સહેતુક અને અર્થસભર છે. 
  • લાઓત્સે અપ્રદુષિત અને શુદ્ધ રહી શકે છે કારણ કે તે સમાધાન કરતો નથી. તેની સમગ્રતા જ રહસ્યમય છે. કારણ કે તે જંગલ જેવો, નિયમો વિનાનો, બિન્દાસ વિકાસતો હશે – એ જ સુંદરતા છે – મહાનતા છે. 
તાઓના લક્ષણો
  • ધાર્મિક વ્યક્તિ હંમેશ અહીં અને અત્યારે હોય છે. તે વર્તમાનમાં હોય છે. તે સંપૂર્ણતામાં જીવતો હોય છે. 
  • ધર્માચાર્યોએ તમારા ભગવાનને મોટામાં મોટા અત્યાચારી તરીકે ચીતર્યા છે. તે ભગવાન જાણે કે લોકોને નર્કમાં નાખવા ઉકળતા તેલમાં નવડાવવા કે અગ્નિમાં નાખવા નવરો ન હોય ! 
  • તમે મૃત્યુથી એટલા માટે ભયભીત છો, કારણ તમે જિંદગીને સંપૂર્ણતાથી જીવ્યા નથી – ડર ન જીવાયેલી જિંદગી સાથે છે. જ્યારે કોઈ વસ્તુ પૂરેપુરી બને છે ત્યારે તમે તેનાથી મુક્ત થાવ છો – જો જિંદગી ખરેખર જિવાઈ હોય તો કોઈપણ તેનાથી મુક્ત થઈ શકે છે. 
  • ઈશ્વર એટલે ખાલીપો – ખાલીપણું અને શૂન્યતા. તમે ખાલીપણાથી શૂન્ય સાથે જન્મો છો અને તેમાં રહો છો અને ઓગળી જવા છો. ઈશ્વર અગાધ છે, તેની કોઈ સીમા નથી. ખાલીપણા સાથે ફરો – ખાલીપણા સાથે જીવો. 
  • અસ્તિત્વનો સ્વભાવ સ્ત્રી જેવો વધુ છે. 
  • જગત સમયના ભાન વિના જ ચાલે છે. ઘડિયાળો – વૃક્ષો, નદીઓ અને પહાડો માટે નથી. તેમ સમય વિનાનું જગત છે. 
  • અસ્તિત્વને સંઘર્ષની જેમ નહીં પણ આનંદની જેમ જુઓ. અસ્તિત્વને ઉત્સવની જેમ જુઓ અને અનંત ઉજવણી કરો. 
ચાલો, ઉપરોક્ત માહિતી દ્વારા ‘તાઓ’ ધર્મને જાણીએ. તાઓ ધર્મની આ વાતો હું ફરીથી કહીશ.
‘તમારી મિલકત નાની રાખો,
ઇચ્છાને ગરીબ રહેવા દો.
વિદ્વાન હોવાનું મિથ્યાભિમાન છોડો.
પોતાને જીવો – મહાસમર્થ બનો.’
ડો. ભરત દેસાઈ
તા. ૦૮-૧૨-૨૦૨૨
An individual professionally trained to treat an ill and suffering person (patient) is a doctor. And their natural relationship is a bilateral one.

When a doctor is sincere, focused, patient, persistent with ethical conduct, a continuous learner, and doing keen observation – it is certain that doctor–patient relationship is the most enduring and satisfying relationship where the doctor learns to hear and see with heart and mind. This healthy and strong relationship will survive forever. (A)

Doctors and patients are the two sides of the same coin fighting their common enemy: disease. In fact, medicine is not a mere profession, it is a calling, a mission, or perhaps even devotion. (C)

During sickness, the patient and his entire family look up to only one person after God and that is the doctor. In the old days, when doctors relied more on their clinical skills than on investigation, patients trusted them with full faith. In those old days doctor was a healthcare giver, philosopher, guide, and teacher – a member of the family while considering this complicated doctor–patient relationship we will have to consider the factors related to their relationship.

Machines: Modern-day medical practice is full of technology bringing modern machines – diagnosing the disease with pathological, radiological, and other aids. They are meant to augment Doctor’s ability to diagnose and not replace them totally. The “S” singularity of machines tries to replace a doctor but that is not possible. (E)

The corporatization of medical treatment has given all the seriousness under one roof with all the modern medical instruments and highly trained doctors. But sadly it took away the human touch. Compassion became a victim of greed on one side (doctor) and unfulfillable demands of the patient on the other. Ultimately strange bitterness invaded the holy patient-doctor duo. (F)

Media: Print, electronic and social media also played a hoax. In hunger for sensationalization and increasing viewership, the media failed to paint the true picture: “especially from the doctor’s point of view” leading to doubt and low regard for the humble profession of doctors. (G)

Google: Huge influence of knowledge given via youtube – Wikipedia – WhatsApp group – made patients think, “they know everything”. They understand the disease and treatment. In fact, details on Google are neither right nor authentic. Patients trust all they read there, putting doctors on backfoot. (H)
Doctors are not God, but merely an instrument of God. Not everyone can and will be cured. (I)
Complications are bound to happen in the best of hands with almost care. Doctors should seek another colleague's opinion to seek support and involve as many other doctors as possible.

Mob Violence: Unending patients’, expectations and politically supported gangs who exploit doctors lead to mob violence. Arrogant, ill-behaved, and threatening relatives do violence leading to physical assault on doctors, damaging hospital premises, and destroying precious instruments. Though few patients are troublemakers, all are not. They make doctors monsters from demigods. Mob violence makes doctors feel timed, gutless, and easily terrified. Doctors become zero from heroes. 75% of doctors in India have faced violence once or more times. (Y)

Medicine is not mathematics and so no single formula can be applied to one and all. Every patient is different and multiple factors play a role in the end result. But without understanding all these details, a judge with little knowledge of medicine and overcharging exploiting lawyers decides the amount of compensation. With the fear of this law, doctors give defensive treatment, advise detailed investigation and refer the patient to a higher center for treatment.

So, present day, three requirements are medically trained judges, legal media restrictions, and appropriate remuneration to doctors.

The remuneration of doctors is always expected to be low telling it to be the profession of human service. Everyone expects discounts when it comes to the payment for health. Medicine is a noble profession, but it is still a business and so doctors need to be paid fairly for their talent. This expectation of low charges, generous, and charity doers can not be satisfied, because expenses for medical education, hospital premises & staff salaries, modern-day costly instruments, and government taxes demand a big amount of money.

The life of a doctor is worth studying before discussing anything. Doctors never refuse a call from the patient. Sleep deprivation and stress are the killing factors leading to five to six years less life for a doctor than the general public. All are allowed to fail, but doctors do not have that luxury. When complications arise, doctors become sleepless, tense, stressed, and has the feeling of anger, shame, and humiliation. Remember, doctors, too, are human and doctors too are only human. Doctors miss numerous family dinners, birthdays, marriage and even visiting their dying relations. They have no family life and sometimes face failed marital relations leading to divorce. Female doctors have more problems because they have to look after domestic work settings, husbands- children, elderly, and sometimes they have to cook in addition to days work of medical practice.

So medicine is an art of healing. Doctors can cure the patient with empathy, meaningful conversation, and sometimes with just a reassuring smile. If a doctor can communicate effectively with the patient and his family and take time to explain the disease, its prognoses, limitations of the doctor himself, and probable charges of the bill, the patients are ready to accept even the most.

Black sheep: However for every failing guilty doctor, thousands are honest, treat countless patients tirelessly and make their life better.

Similarly, for every inconsiderate patient, thousands are grateful and make the doctor's life journey worthwhile.

Corruption and greediness are related to society in general and are reflected in both doctors and patients.

I will summarise the long story short telling a few more things.

Healing touch: Some doctors have a healing touch that works wonders and transforms the patient’s life.

Faith: 100% faith is a must. 1% fear with faith means fraud! Faith infuses positive thoughts, expectations, and communication in the patient.

Law of attraction: Here one says that you can attract whatever you wish.

Law of acceptance: Death is inevitable. Doctors can only do their best to postpone it. Doctors can treat, but can not decide the outcome (end result).

Be non-judgemental: Sometimes there is an end of life. It is time for people to go and they do. The doctor must never feel that he can confer immortality to any patient.

Spirituality is an individual's search for the ultimate meaning of life mixed with humanism, rationalism, and naturalism. It plays a major role in healing. Spiritual dimension showing prayer with great faith in God, chanting mantras repeatedly and meditation do have a great role in healing. Cultivating optimism and positive emotions can counter depression and make healing faster.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said:
The purpose of life is not to be happy, it is to be useful, to be compassionate, and to make some difference that “you have lived and lived well.”
Take home message:
Despite longanimity of life, eradication of many diseases by vaccines and cure by transplanting vital organs, nobody is going to live a healthy life forever. So doctor’s help in curing physical illness is a must and doctors have voluntarily chosen to be a healer by profession. Thus doctor – patients relationship is compulsory.
Present-day society: “full of stress, hurry, corruption, infighting and having suspicion all around” has to be accepted as a reality. Few of the doctors and patients may not be honest and well behaved respectively. Both have to rationalize the relationship. Patients should find out a reasonably clever – honest and compassionate doctor around. Afterward, the patient should trust the doctor, have full faith, and tell him the details of illness and addictions. Doctors should be cautious regarding treatment, charges, and their own safety against violence.

 
Dear People, with Love and Care, Your Doctors
  • Book Title: Dear People, with Love and Care, Your Doctors: Heartfelt Stories about Doctor-Patient Relationship
  • Author: Debraj Shome and Aparna Govil Bhaskar
  • Book Review: by Dr. Bharat Desai, Date: 07-Dec-2022
  • Price: ₹ 389
  • Pages: 298+22
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury, New Delhi (2019)
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An ophthalmologist by qualification and profession, Dr. Bharatchandra Desai loves reading about history, religion, and spirituality. He has written about them and also about 'Anavils' at length.

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When I started writing on my blog, I used to ask myself if I should write at all. If yes, why? I would like to share my views on this topic with you.
I write for myself. This may sound egoistic, but it is self-explanatory as well. Because I want freedom from my thought cycle, I get mental catharsis by just writing out whatever it is. While having some serious events with myself, say the death of my mother first and then father, writing down makes a record of my emotions at a given time which I’m never going to repeat.
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