Holistic Health is Wealth Infinite. Attain it and you are the Truly the Richest Person in the World!
— Saif Khan (me!)
Hi All. This is my very first post. I have always wanted to start writing about health – but not just health – as true health is more than a healthy body – but rather Holistic health – like a Trinity of Mind, Body and Spirit. I have always been thinking about doing this – to part with the knowledge I have learnt over approximately the last 45 years on this Planet earth!(was 7 when it all started!), but somehow did not get around to doing so. But I am here now – I am excited and feel that it is about time that I teach the world what Healthy living really is. Are you ready! I am!
Holistic Healthy Living is having that apple a day and much much .. much more! So are you excited! Ok if you are still with me – then let us begin this very exciting and enlightening journey! Stay with me and I will reveal to you gems, which will give you the insight and understanding into health as never before – especially for those over 40 (and of course the youthful under 40’s can also tap into this knowledge!) which I have learn’t through Trial and Error in the last 40 years or so!
I will not just teach you about Physical Health but also how to be a healthy human who lives life to the fullest – as we are only but here for a very short time – compared to the existence of the Universe which has been alive and buzzing since Billions and Billions of years!!
I want to share with you all that I know about Holistic Living and holistic health and all that I have learnt on this journey of 52 years-which is a lot of new moons :)!! But before I give you all the gems – let me tell you how it all started!
My HH journey started in 1974 – when I just came back from London at the age of 7 – and my mum who had come to the airport (Islamabad, Pakistan) to pick me up could not even recognise me when she saw me! I had put on about 20+ kilos! She was horrified and exclaimed ‘What Happened to you son! How did you become like this! and Is this really you!’. I was like – what is she talking about! I am as handsome as I was when I had left – just bulkier!!’ Little did I know that I was a shorter version of Jabba the Hutt (Star Wars fans smile away!) walking around in shorts and a shirt which was breaking many a buttons as I walked! What was I thinking!!
The truth was that I had gone to London to visit my dad who was working out of london at the time, for a 3 month summer holiday (In Pakistan we were lucky as kids – as school holidays would start from the 1st of June and continue until the 1st of September) and while in London, I had been on a diet of Big Macs (they were truly Big then!), Milk Shakes (Hit me with the Rush of 10 tablespoons of Sugar at least thrice a day!) and of course greasy French Fries (a bumper Cholesterol dose!) and don’t forget that desert of an Apple pie made with ‘fresh apples’ and Ice Cream! And as my dad was working a lot – and he had a carer for me – I could eat anything I want – as I had the money and, the carer – Obviously! – was not too much into healthy eating either!! I was in charge and as a 7 year old who has no idea about nutrition and diet – I was eating the best food I could – (The Advert said it was healthy and delicious!). And with no adult to guide me I was absolutely loving it!
So this is was the very start of my journey with Health and Exercise and diet. My introduction to what has been my saviour – as I lost those 20 kilos in about 6 months – as I started to exercise with my friends when I got back from that calorific trip!, by playing loads of Cricket (remember this was Pakistan!) and asking my cousin to teach me to play squash (Again Pakistan! And we did produce some amazing World Champions!)And being a kid – the weight just dropped off and I went back to my normal weight! Thank God – as my Mum might have just disowned me ! ha ha ! Just Kidding!
Ok so lets begin. Where should we start this journey.I had so many ideas in my head and was struggling of where to start. But the best place to start I believe is working with the Outside (body) and inside (mind) inside Once one is in the right frame of mind and is happy and contented – inner peace has been attained – and the body is functioning optimally, creating loads of q10 and all the glands and body parts are working optimally – then truly anything is possible as we are working with absolute Synergy then.
So lets try and attain this thing called Inner Peace! Well I don’t think we can achieve inner peace in a day! But hey if you start using these techniques I teach you – you just might be able to get close. Anything is really possible – if you are really hungry.All this is possible only if you are willing to change and achieve HH no matter what age you are.. where you are and how you are. The key ingredients is are Hunger plus Desire!
So let us begin the first lesson of many.
Lesson One – HH
Holistic Health is very achievable – but it won’t take one hour or one week or one year. It is a way of life. It’s a lifelong journey of trying to conquer your body and your mind set ? Seems hard!
So how does one conquer ones body and mind set? Seems so hard!! I might as well give up now!!
Well it is not Really that hard. But before I show you how – I would like to tell you about my own spiritual journey – and you might find some gems in this and apply it to your own HH.
So I was born in Pakistan to a moderate Muslim family – in 1967. We were labelled as a a ‘rich high class’ – that’s how they categorise society in Pakistan! It has a lot of classes! Even though class categories are not allowed in Islam.
So before ng born with a silver spoon inones mouth – you think I it’s never going to go away – and all your wealth (material) lasts for ever- but nothing lasts forever! So after the Bhutto regime gave power to the unions – and as were unfortunate to
To be continued …..
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