Balanced Personality

BY “Balanced Personality” I do not mean a ropewalker, but an individual who would be adequately developed in all of his or her aspects (physical, psychological, social, spiritual), in due proportion, like a balanced diet or a balanced budget. WE all have our unique individuality, and our life is imprisoned in physical bodies. In regard to sensory input and motor output, brain and body coordinate with each other. It is a common observation that if one just escapes getting hit by a car one’s heart would be thumping like anything, showing thereby the validity of “mind over body”. Another view is in favor of “body over mind”, because, our mind may go wrong but our body always reveals the truth, e.g., one might be telling a lie while one’s body might be giving one away, however, it may also be argued that body reacts to one’s real state of mind. Whether, it is mind over body or the other way round, it is an undeniable fact that a mere thought can, bring about noticeable changes in the body. AT a reputable University Medical Center a young healthy man suddenly died of a high voltage electric shock. Highly trained doctors and other medical staff present right there, despite employing the latest technology, failed to revive the young man. A detailed examination of his body including the blood chemistry showed no abnormality or any biochemical imbalance. Here, the question arises what in no time had turned this young man’s height into his body’s length. Whether something had entered the body that stopped the running of the “machine” or some invisible thing went out of the body that was vital for running the process of life, or whether a change occurred within the body itself that, without anything entering or leaving it, had caused the entire life process come to halt and turned the person into a corpse? PHILOSOPHY poses certain questions that only religion has provided answers to, e.g., what is soul, what is the nature of human conscience, what is the purpose of life? Whether Life and Soul are two different things or two different names of the same thing? HUMAN Body and Soul are part and parcel of the Person, and both in their own right need to be nourished and catered for. FOOD for BODY consists of Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, and Water. FOOD for SOUL consists of Actions of Righteousness, Cleanliness, Modesty, Remembrance of God, Music, and Patience. DR. Ahmed K. Nazir Psychiatrist