Components of mental health

 

Strength works in different ways, depending on what it accompanies with.

Real life example might help.

I am using example from my life. So please try to look at it objectively, avoiding subjectivity! The "real" part, I hope, might persuade an appeal towards authenticity 🙏...

My mom had a strong mind. But lacked intelligence in certain areas. It resulted into stubbornness. Again, her emotional sensitivity( nature's gift to female life forms), guided her to know that, she needs to be stubborn only unto herself! So, she was docile( not flexible) with others. Unfortunately,  me, and my dad were a part of "herself", and so, a partial-victim of her stubbornity🤣.  She realized all this, but too late, when her body failed her desire to express her realization through actions! ( her example taught me a lot🙏).

For 1½ decades, starting past her 60s she cooked 3 meals for some 60 volunteers at isha yoga ashram🤣, all alone, and tirelessly! Her lack of mental "health" delayed her spiritual growth, whereas her mental strength  helped her to stubbornly pursue the practices🙏😜....  phoreners/foreigners used to put down their suitcases and enquire-first "where is that old lady who does suryanamaskar and other asanaas dexterously in an age-defying manner?"( teacher, during his classes in west, used to quote her example.... "when you come to ashram, look at her doing it"...)

After 10 years, she exclaimed to my sister "only now, I am able to understand what this idiot( me😜) was talking about!" I used to share with my mom, my experience of certain advanced_level spiritual-practices😰.... my mom, so a bit in-detail. Uterine consanguity warranted better "disclosures" then usual🙏

Strength,  endurance, flexibility, resistance, sustenance,  stability, intelligence etc .....are components of health.... ( used interchangeably and causing confusing-conclusions)

Feebly yours,

psn (5 jan, 2025)