Approaches for a better living

 

Approaches for a better living

Anand was a mere student at a celebrated flautist’s music school. The strapping youngster was bewitched by the prepossessing damsel who too was learning to play the flute under the expertise of the legendary musician.

Anand and Bharaivi were ensnared by craving; they were in a tearing hurry to arrive at the amphitheatre of fame through what they perceived would be mellifluous and soulful renditions especially of the Ananda Bharivi raga.

 “Gurudev how long will it take for us to perform at the stage, on television shows and the tinsel world.”

The respected Master was certainly not impressed novitiates and admonished them.  He was to further add, “My Guru made me practice for hours, days and years on end to hone my craft.”

 A zen story

Years ago, a greenhorn was learning various nuances of breathing techniques and meditation at a temple of knowledge. After acquiring only some basic skills he approached a monk as to how soon could he graduate from the Monastery and begin to spread the knowledge of Zen Buddhism.  The impassionate monk was to say impassively, “It will take you ten more years.”

The fervid stripling remarked, “Master I will practice twice the number of hours, then how long will take me to become a suzerain of the tenets of Buddhism?” “Thirty years,” was the bland reply.

Learning to learn

Forbearance and endurance are paramount keys to success; these which enable an individual to scale the summit or else a person merely clambers the ladder; the journey sometimes leads to anxiety and disquietude in the mind.

Minor or major psychological disorders confront the afflicted. These could become chronic contagions and affect the daily existence of individuals or even become life threatening maladies.

Psychotherapy

The singular intent of the therapeutic approach is to upend the pyramid. The intent is to ensure betterment of the victim’s life. The therapy leads  to an improved lifestyle.

By adopting a holistic line of treatment, the mind is suffused with positivity and becomes aerobicized and robust; the mind develops the ability to eschew unwelcome habits.

There is an astonishing progress in the victim who undergoes a mental metamorphosis; the thinking pattern undergoes fundamental changes and is now empowered to take mindful decisions. in his/her life to reinvigorate the self and embark upon the voyage of healing and self-discovery.

Dynamics of rehabilitation and recuperation

Fundamentally, psychodynamic therapy cogitates that intra psychic conflict is primarily responsible for the psychological malady. The fountainhead of the problem lies within the psyche of the human / individual.

Researches in the field opine that begrudging and querulous desires of childhood and unmitigated childhood fears are essentially responsible for intra psychic disorders.

Keeping in mind the above two factors, psychotherapists deploy the technique of free association and eliciting information through visualisation, dreams, thoughts and feelings to create a data base.

The therapeutic relationship between the client and the therapist is such that psychotherapist empathises with the woebegone situation confronting the victim and suggests alternative mechanics to assuage fraught nerves.

Psychodynamic therapy enfranchises the therapist to understand the mind of the patient intellectually and provide emotional succour.

 

Alternative therapies

Perturbation could trigger alcoholism, bulimia, heavy smoking and substance abuse among others. In such cases alternative therapies such as practicing the unique rhythmic breathing technique of Sudarshan Kriya, Vipassana, sessions of yoga and pranayama, meditation technique of Yoga Nidra, progressive muscular relaxation sessions can provide help the victim.

“Mental health needs great deal of attention. It’s the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with,” wrote the English musician Adam Ant.