Body of Wellness

We have observed that some power of us remains conscious and waking even when physical system of our body stops working. Our consciousness remains alert when we go in deep sleep. We identify knowledge generally with physical pain because of body consciousness and truly forget that most of our organs operate automatically and mind has no control on them. We can easily decipher when sitting that while setting peacefully for prayer backache hurts us, our whole awareness becomes locked in contemplation of our discomfort. Whenever we are deeply absorbed in some activity of our liking or go for sleep what is left is only bodiless awareness. To a great extent all our weaknesses and pains are because of the attachment to the body.
Wellness depends on our own attitude towards the body. It is made up of many sheaths and all of them taken together constitute the body of livingbeing. The first sheath is apparent one, the food sheath the outer part and the physical being. Second is sheath of psychic energy or vital force which keeps all the organs functioning. The third sheath, the mental is subtle, this is arena of feelings and thoughts. Positivity of catalyses everything good and even every cure of mind and body. Similarly negatively of this sheath breeds misery and diseases. Still subtler is intellectual sheath which controls decision making and discriminatory faculties of our personality. Highest is the sheath of bliss which is really very hard to recognize. It is in fact pure wellbeing, the stage of wellness, a complete relaxation like deep energetic sleep.