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Social AyurvedaThe Scientific Basis Of Society (1)Social Ayurveda helps to explore the natural and the scientific basis of society - based on equality of character, qualities and our life. Introduction:Samajika Ayurveda or Ayurveda for Society! What an 'off the beat' and little heard of topic! This topic appears to be intruding the scope of Ayurveda. Answer to this is both - Yes and no. Ayurveda is essentially the realized and holistic system of living. And what is society in essence? It is living together of people i.e. organized living. Ayurvedic wisdom along with Modern Science offers its pristine and time honored wisdom about the aspect of our health related to social living. This wisdom is as integrated as we are and as practical and ready for application as life is. Society As An Ecosystem Of Man:Samajika Ayurveda accepts the society as a unit. We can call the group of all smaller societies in the world as the Universal society or simply humanity or ‘the ecosystem of human beings' on earth in its truest sense. There are many tiny and large societies within this grand social system. Each of these has some individual characteristics and features adding the spices to social life. Fulfilling these individual roles they integrate into this one big unit. The individuality is maintained not at the cost of the system yet there is also no life outside the system as well. Different Forms Of Society:There are various forms of societies. These are based on many factors - racial, religious, sectarian, political, spiritual, profession or work based and so many others. Though in reality there is but one society of human being that is natural. It would be better to call it ‘the ecosystem of man’ in more scientific terms and also not to hurt any sectarian community. Our main concern is to this universal society of humanity. Though almost all the principles would be applying to all of these limited societies, still we would be concentrating to the universal appeal only. Our Body & Society:There are so many similarities between our body and society. Society and our body is a form of organized living - one is about persons another about cells and tissues. Both caters to the diverse needs of persons and cells in the body. The life of society and body depends on integrated functioning of their various parts. It would be interesting to see the comparable features in Sociology and Physiology. As the ancient Vedic wisdom declares - ‘The essence and nature of the whole is found in the minutest unit’. Perhaps the ancient Vedic seers might have been inspired by the organization of our body that is one of the most complex creations of the Creator while they were laying down the universal guidelines for the society. The Beauty In The Organization Of Our Body:Mostly we have pondered very little over our body when we are healthy (of course except students of Medicine!). It is only when we get cold or flue or headache or fever or some other little disease and sometimes the big ones - when we acknowledge our body and feels its needs and demands. According to Ayurveda this body is the tool for performance of our roles and fulfilling goals in life. So we should pay attention to the wisdom of life i.e. Ayurveda. The Begining & The Foundation Of Our Inherent Pleuripotent Nature:Starting as a single cell of zygote in the womb of mother, our body grows in size and develops. Soon there arises the need for some more organized specialized existence. All the cells at this early stage are pleuripotent i.e. they are capable of being transformed into any of the various specialized cells if given proper environment and stimulus. Physiological Division Of Labor & Social Ayurveda:Gradually as the cells are turned into more specialized tissues, they lose their pleuripotent nature and do only the limited specialized function of that tissue. For any body made up of living units, that growth always warrants the so called ‘physiological division of labor’. This is a necessity. This occurs spontaneously. This is just natural. No way to escape it. As the cells have to take on some more specialized functions to live with, so in the same manner every baby is in a very 'fluid' stage in the social sense. Any child in early stage is also in pleuripotent phase. Gradually as he grows, he has to find and fit in some niche for him in our society or in life. The particular place and the role is determined by the balance of effects of past actions in the form of impressions and genetics; and the free will, present efforts and environment of present life.
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