1168. Unwanted and Desired......!!!

A nursing student is advised to perform wound irrigation in a proper way before taking up the dressing procedure. Wound Irrigation is the act of flushing the wound with saline solution in order to remove dead or necrotic tissue and other debris. This procedure will help clean the wound and keep it hydrated. Keeping the wound clean and hydrated ultimately helps in quick healing. Without proper care in wound irrigation any amount of antibiotic gels and creams is futile in wound treatment.

In a traditional Hindu household the Yajamani (Lady of the House) gets up early in the morning, cleans the front yard with the coconut broom. After cleaning she sprinkles water on the cleaned space and then she draws pretty patterns called “Rangoli”to display her aesthetic sense. Though this empirical art is just making patterns using either rice flour or limestone powder, the cleaning of the courtyard and sprinkling water plays an important role in projecting the art.  

In wound irrigation and cleaning of the courtyard what is to be observed is that the unwanted is removed. The word used in Sanskrit for unwanted is “Anista”. Our scriptures say that human race is always in “Anista Nivrutti, Ista Prapti” (Removal of Unwanted, Obtainment of Desired) mode. For the desired to be obtained the undesired has to be removed.  

  

In the path of Spirituality, a seeker has to cultivate the basic six prerequisite qualities of Mind termed as Shat Sampathi. These six qualities are Sama, Dama, Titiksha, Uparati, Sraddha and Samadhana.

Sama is the tranquillity, equanimity and composure of Mind. By having this quality of mind we accept the unexpected rather than expecting the world outside to act to our expectations. It even helps us to take the commotion in stride and expect thing as they are so that there is no disappointments. Disappointment and tranquillity do not coexist.   

Dama is self-restrain and control over our senses. Our conscious mind with the help of the senses will get in touch with the external world. If the Mind is not trained properly, the senses become the driving force for it and the mind acts to the whims and fancies of the senses. So it is important to teach discipline to the senses by using knowledge on the basis by which it is accepted by our Mind and not forcefully impose over the senses.

Titiksha is forbearance, tolerance in the thought, word and deed. It teaches us endurance and to cope the pairs of opposites such as heat and cold, pleasure and pain, etc.

Uparati is desisting from sensual pleasures. The pleasure we experience may from object we need and from object which are our wantons. We could make a sincere effort to get the pleasures from the needed object rather than imagining we would get it from our wantons. Surprisingly if we observe some of our wantons are not to satisfy our self but others. 

Sraddha is intense faith in the word of the Guru, Scriptures and, above all, in one's own self. It is not blind faith but is based on accurate reasoning, evidence and experience. As such, it is lasting, perfect and unshakable. Such a faith is capable of achieving anything.

Samadhana is a capacity to put in order the statements that we receive from different scriptures and philosophies. If we are in touch with many philosophies we find that some are contradictory to each other. Samadhana gives us the inner strength to place the statements of any philosophies in a particular context and bail us out from getting confused.