Tao of Living- Worrying much is dying slowly

"Chinta aisee dakini, kaat kaleja khaaye
Baid bechaara kya kare, kahaan tak dawa lagaaye"- Kabir

Worrying, like a ghoul, gradually chews through one's heart. The doctor being clueless tries thousands of remedies for 'High B.P.'/'Thyroid'/'Diabetes'/'Heart problems' /'Hypertension'/'Kidney problems'/'Migraine' and what not and fails.
While the symptoms may be varying and termed as different syndromes, actually most take birth in mind only, as a result of stress and worrying and nowadays a new cause-"Lack of sleep".
In other words, a man without any worries and lack of sleep would be mostly free from many diseases, especially the 'Lifestyle' maladies named above.
But worrying is a favorite process of the operating system of our mind computer, "Mindows", and mind loves indulging in the process. Some worry because of the imminent problems, some having comfortable lives still worry about very small things or dwell upon something of past or have nightmares about future, like the 'What if...' thing.
So 'not worrying' is a lot easier said than done, so instead of telling how good its going to be, lets share how to do it, step by step.

1. Rest is precious : Sleep less and die early! To escape the vicious psychosomatic cycle of worrying, start sleeping early. Switch off the tele and the comp, ensure 8-9 hrs sleep for just 2-3 days and see the difference. Yes, its that easy. The problem is, eyes will sleepless for the first 1-2 days, but they will adjust. A small and very powerful practice from yoga. Do it while going to bed. Lie down, Relax the body, after 2-3 minutes start counting, the breaths entering the body and leaving. One breath enters, one leaves, count is one. Do not force deep/slow breathing, just observe like a third person, keep counting. Not more, count till 50, before that you will counting zzzzzzzz-s. There is more where this comes from, if you need it, practices very powerful but unknown to most. Practice the above frequently and B.P. and all roots of maladies will subside.
2. Controlling the Visualizations : Stop mind from dwelling in past and future. Whenever, you find your mind wandering into these territories of sorrow and stress, steer hard! Think of anything, whatever, however oblique or fantastic, history, geography, movies, design any strange contraption in your mind, keep this devil busy.
There is a story of a spirit, who could fulfill all the wishes of his master, but with only a teeny-weeny condition in the fine print. It was to be kept busy at all times, if left without work for a minute it would devour the master himself, and it was tough to keep the spirit busy as it could do all in a jiffy. Finally, the scared master put it in a loop, asked it to climb and tree and jump, climb again and then jump again, till asked to stop.
Same thing, mind is as powerful as a wild stallion or rather thousands of wild stallions. But unleash it, and it will trample you down, put it on a tight leash, or run it on and on and on your will, exhaust it. Don't let it run wild on the prairie.
Do some manual work, make a garden, play a sport, write a story/diary/random thoughts or thought streams, play music, sing in your beautiful voice, make models,draw pictures,do whatever your hobby is or used to be, sweat it a bit and then have a good sleep.

This is the Tao of worryless-ness and good and healthy life. This is the Tao of a free mind. This is the Tao of a mind ready for the Tao.