Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
Frenemy
Frenemy is a portmanteau of pal and enemy. An individual who seems like a pal however on the similar time can also be an enemy because of the rivalry or dislike or dangerous intent that he harbors inside him, which isn’t evident outwardly, and likewise acts in a treacherous method are frenemies.
So, what are doshas? Pals or Enemies or Frenemies, we are going to talk about on this article.
That is my alternate speculation of understanding the philosophy of doshas which I’ve been instructing my college students for 2 and half a long time. I’ve additionally introduced this at many phases and have gained appreciation for a similar. I assumed I might lastly give it the form of an article.
Doshas – associates, enemies or frenemies…!
Assertion 1 – Doshas as enemies
Dosha – means fault. Vata, Pitta and Kapha are often known as Tridoshas. So, these three doshas by nature are at fault i.e. having fault in them. So clearly they’re unhealthy.
Dosha is outlined as ‘Dushayanti iti doshaha’ i.e. ‘These which have the capability to vitiate or contaminate (the tissues, excreta and different elements of the physique)’ are known as doshas. By this definition additionally we study that the doshas ‘are unhealthy, disturbing and damaging in nature’.
When doshas get vitiated, they contaminate the tissues and different physique elements and trigger illnesses. No bodily illness is induced with out the involvement of dosha or doshas.
Assertion 2 – Doshas as associates
On the opposite aspect, it’s the similar doshas which kind our prakriti – bodily structure. Meaning to say that they’re constructive, useful and wholesome. We’re what they’re. They’re what we’re. We’re both predominantly Vata, or Pitta or Kapha.
Dosha Prakriti kinds together with us, once we are conceived within the mom’s womb. It can’t be modified for all times.
When doshas are in a state of stability, they develop into chargeable for all physiological actions happening within the physique. They deal with our physique and are chargeable for well being. Sama Dosha – equilibrium of doshas is among the parameters to declare somebody as swastha – fully wholesome.
Assertion 1 + Assertion 2 – Doshas as frenemies
Once we have a look at statements 1 and a couple of, we get a doubt. The identical doshas which participate in making us and are chargeable for all actions occurring within the physique are additionally damaging in nature, vitiate and contaminate the physique elements and trigger illnesses.
How do associates develop into foes?
We’ve seen in our actual life additionally that many occasions our greatest associates develop into our worst enemies. Alternatively, once we take excellent care of our associates, they could develop into our good associates as properly. Each these occasions have good prospects.
Doshas, reasonably than seeing them as our associates (the way in which they’re chargeable for conduct of all features of the physique), we are able to see them as ‘foes by nature’ who’ve been programmed to behave like associates. Their intelligence has been modified and the doshas are useful.
So, functionally the doshas are associates and by nature enemies, the dangerous nature of theirs is stored latent. When ‘the floor of pal’ is eliminated, the ‘layers of an enemy’ are seen.
‘Aren’t we residing with our enemies?’
Sure, however so long as we make peace with them and reside in peace, even this relationship with a hidden enemy turns into a stupendous symbiotic relationship.
The programming
Kapha is a tsunami which has forgotten its damaging nature and is behaving like calm waters. It might develop into a tsunami once more.
Pitta is a volcano which has forgotten its damaging nature and is behaving like a serene glowing hearth. It might develop into a volcano once more.
Vata is a twister which has forgotten its damaging nature and is behaving like a cool breeze. It might develop into a twister once more.
So, the identical issues that are defending us can develop into damaging forces and destroy us. They will inflict ache and illnesses on us, even dying.
The key of comfortable and wholesome residing is to reside peacefully with our enemies and preserve them in an phantasm that they’re our associates, by nurturing, pampering and taking excellent care of them, for all times.
Reversing of doshic intelligence
We should always perceive that doshas are mainly dangerous however they’re working with altered intelligence. This can be a state of samavastha – the stability.
However given the best circumstances for his or her aggravation, this intelligence can reverse again and remind the doshas that ‘they’re dangerous’. Now, the identical doshas develop into vikruta – pathogenic. They assault the identical tissue with which they used to reside in symbiosis. They disturb the identical features which they used to conduct usually.
How does this occur and who does this?
I wish to reply to the second query first. It’s we who do that. We’re chargeable for the aggravation or imbalance of those doshas. It’s we who meddle with the intelligence of the doshas and remind them that they’re dangerous.
How?
The doshas get imbalanced once we eat meals and do the actions which aren’t conducive to the doshas, which additionally would disturb their equilibrium and produce about their disturbance. Dosha disturbing habits, behaviors and seasons even have an analogous impression on the doshas.
The story!
Many occasions we have no idea what is nice for us however there’s a sure response that the physique offers when you’re uncovered to them, be it meals or actions or something. We have to catch these alerts early. Each time you’re taking some meals or take pleasure in an exercise or are uncovered to a season or repeat a behavior to which you might be accustomed to or hooked on, the physique suffers in a single or the opposite approach. Then it reacts. You will need to know these reactions which seem within the type of sure signs. Our intelligence alerts us repeatedly telling us that you’re giving one thing to your physique to which it’s not comfy and comfortable. If you happen to repeatedly do it, you might be insulting these alerts and harming your system. These are the issues which disturb and imbalance the doshas in you, which create home windows and pathways for illnesses to come back, which depletes your energy and immunity and disrupts your well being.
So, what’s the treatment?
Consciousness about your meals and actions, time and seasons, habits and behaviors and what’s good and unhealthy for you. What are these issues which your physique is accepting and what are these for which there’s a continuing rejection and ‘excellent no’ out of your system. You will need to pay attention to self and all alerts the physique is sending you as alerts, earlier than it’s too late. These alerts are the reactions of a number of of your doshas. They’re alerts which inform that the doshas aren’t comfortable and are disturbed. They’re the alerts which point out that their intelligence has been reversed and so they now keep in mind that they’re mainly damaging in nature.
The treatment can also be to all the time make acutely aware decisions of fine meals and way of life practices and habits. The treatment is to maintain away all these meals and practices that are inflicting problematic signs in us, each single time. They’re our incompatible lists. The treatment is to make and preserve peace with our doshas.
For this, we have to know our prakriti. We should always study over a time period what fits and what does to not our prakriti and what issues are inflicting vikriti in us. This information and fixed consciousness constructed round these will defend us from illnesses, will preserve the doshas calm, balanced and serene and we are going to get pleasure from good well being.
When doshas get aggravated they show their indicators and signs. You will need to determine them and supply a treatment. These in stability must be stored there. These aggravated shall be flushed out and people decreased shall be elevated to the brim.
Most occasions we’ve seen that we begin feeling higher and our signs ease once we make adjustments in our weight-reduction plan or way of life apply, take up one thing or give one thing away. We have to make a remark of those adjustments. These are the instructions during which we have to preserve wanting and touring.
To sum up,
Your entire science and system of Ayurveda is constructed and understood across the ideas and fundamentals of doshas, dhatus and malas.
Even amongst these, understanding doshas, their patterns of behaviors, their subtypes, their stability, their course, how they journey within the physique, their imbalances and the right way to get them again to a state of stability and restore well being kinds the idea and basis of getting success in Ayurveda scientific apply. It is because they not solely kind our prakriti, they can even disturb us and mess up our lives after they get right into a state of vikriti i.e. imbalance, vitiation or aggravation.
It’s good and clever to know the doshas which make us. It’s also good to know the doshic behaviors occurring in us infrequently.
The faster we study that it’s not the doshas that are harming us or inflicting the illnesses in us, however it’s in actual fact their response to all unhealthy and nonsense issues we’re offering them, for not caring and pampering them, it’s higher. Doshas disturb us solely after we’ve meddled with their stability. And so they take a number of time to hurt us. Earlier than that they provide loads of alerts.
