Detoxify!

If you are unfamiliar with the word ‘detoxification’ allow me to explain the same. To understand detoxification, we need to be aware about toxins.

Toxins are substances that can be harmful to the body, especially in high amounts. They can be found in the environment, food, and even within the body itself. Toxins can have a negative impact on the body in various ways, such as damaging cells, disrupting hormones, and interfering with normal bodily functions. It's important to be aware of potential sources of toxins and take steps to minimize exposure, as well as supporting the body's natural detoxification processes through healthy lifestyle habits like those mentioned in the previous paragraph. To detoxify our bodies health experts, recommend the following:

To keep oneself Hydrated: To eat a healthy diet.

To exercise regularly.

To get enough sleep.

To reduce alcohol and caffeine intake.

To avoid processed foods and sugar.

Maybe some of us do follow these healthy tips to be physically fit, but have you thought about detoxifying your soul? Do you realize we struggle with restlessness, stress, brokenness each day? Unfortunately, voluntarily, or involuntarily we pollute our souls with negative things. How can we remove these toxins from our souls? Some religions, cultures, rituals traditions, contexts provide solutions. I give below few examples:

Vasistha Dharmasutra 27:14 states, “when a man subsists one day each on cow’s urine cowdung, milk, curd, and ghee for five days, he is purified by these five products of the cow."

Agni Purana 267.4 “Bathing with a cow dung would be conferring fortune. Bathing with Cow’s urine would destroy the sins.”

One Doctor from Haryana Dr Manoj Mittal stated that one should eat cow dung to purify mind, body, and soul. (Refer link)

Sometimes such practices can be detrimental for health, yet we choose to believe in them. I think it is absolutely one’s choice to do so. Practice of these rituals can cause damage to human body, and it should be carefully thought through. People who lead an immoral life in the normal sense of the word, believe a dip each day in the Ganges will purify the soul. Unfortunately, such ideology forces them to continue with their sinful life and believe the water has purified them. Do you see a disconnection? For example, a news article states that Ganga is the second most polluted river in the world. The government is doing its best to constantly clean it. We are most often caught up with rituals, traditions and practices that continue for ages and replicate hoping it will have an effect.

In real sense, true transformation is the change of heart. You need an external source who is higher and holier than mere mankind. More importantly, one who has been resurrected from death (which is the ultimate test of humanity) and has the power to forgive and transform us. Soul is not a physical organ, and the external factors cannot have an impact on it. In this season where people meditate on Jesus’s trail, His crucifixion and resurrection which is called Easter Sunday, His Sacrifice has an impact. Jesus died for our sins, and He has the power to forgive our sins. The Bible says, “If we confess our sins, he (Jesus) is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” We are saved by faith and not by our works. Our works can satisfy us but we can still live with all toxins. Your soul needs to be detoxified. Would you approach Him in faith?

  

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Reference :

Dr Manoj 

Ganges