June  2009 Issue                    www.hihtindia.org                    Founder: Dr. Swami Rama

World No Tobacco Day- 2009

SHOW THE TRUTH. PICTORIAL WARNING SAVES LIVES: THE CASE FOR PICTORIAL HEALTH WARNINGS

World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31. Department of Community Medicine also celebrated it on 1st June 2009, inside the Himalayan hospital premises and at its rural health training centre, Rajeev Nagar with enthusiasm and zeal.

The day aims to reduce the 5.4 million yearly deaths from tobacco related health problems.

 

Activities

 

Himalayan Hospital:  The key objective was to generate awareness among the patients, attendants and community members regarding the harmful effects of tobacco on one’s body. This was displayed in form of picture warning, graphical presentation of data and pathological specimen. Spirometry was also performed free of cost on the willing smokers & non smokers and their Lung function were compared. They were also informed about the anti tobacco clinic for cessation of tobacco being run on every Wednesday in Chest and T.B. clinic of Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences.

 

Rural Health Training Centre, Rajeev Nagar –It is the peripheral outreach health centre located in rural pocket of Doiwala block. The OPD patients and community members were counseled about hazard of tobacco abuse in form of health education through charts, posters and pathological specimen. The faculty and the post graduate students also went to Anganwadi centre for generating awareness and counseled the mothers, children about ill effects of tobacco.

The community was also informed about the new rules made by Govt. of India that all the tobacco products will hence forth carry the picture message that tells the truth about the deadly product from 1st June 2009.

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Yoga, the Sacred Science Volume I

by Swami Rama

“You are searching for something without under- standing that it is within you. Search within. This is a direct approach. do Not search for God outside. God is already within you. When you come to know that God dwells within you, then your life will totally change and you will be transformed. when you have perfect control over the modificati

ons of the mind, you will attain the highest level of consciousness or samadhi.”

The contents of this book have been taken from Swami Rama’s lecture courses on Yoga Sutras. Swamiji states that Pantanjali’s Yoga Sutras are the basis of ancient psychology. Swamiji’s description of the totality of the mind, the functions of the mind, and the emotions, goes far beyond the concepts of modern psychology, and provides insight into the intricacies of yoga psychology, making this an invaluable edition from the therapeutic viewpoint as well as its practicality as a guide for living a healthy, balanced life.

Swami Rama

Each  of   the  many  facets of  the unique  personality  of  H.H. Dr. Swami Rama  represents  only  one  aspect  of  a  magnificent  diamond, whose   brilliance humbly   reflects  the  divinity  shining   within. To  describe him as a Yogi,  Scientist, Philosopher / Teacher, Humanitarian, Writer and Musician/Artist provides merely a glimpse of the totality of  the remarkable individual known as H.H.Dr. Swami Rama.

He  demonstrated  what  a  human being  was capable  of, what a human being could  give  to others and to the world.  If  there is a single phrase  that  defined  Swamiji’s actions  in  the  world,  it is  “ selfless service. ”Throughout his entire  life, whether  with individual  students or  entire communities, Swamiji gave and gave without  expecting  anything in  return. Having reached the heights of  spiritual   enlightenment,   he  strived  with  seemingly  endless energy to attain perfection in his actions in the external world.  His  life embodied the human potential to “live in the world, and yet remain above.”

He loved us unconditionally—that was his life. Swamiji’s work continues at the Himalayan International Institute, his centers, at the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust in India, and in our lives as we strive to practice what he taught. He is alive, shining softly in the hearts of his students throughout the world.

 

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