Essentially we distinguish 2 separate sides: a cognitive, calculating and ego-oriented “right side” that lives mostly in our left brain, and an emotional, relational, imaginative and integrative “left side” that lives mainly in our right brain.

In the more general sense, the “mind” has been equated with the impalpable side of our being, what is beyond matter. Of course one needs a reasonably working body to start with, as a general principle.

But why is this seemingly peaking at this precise time ? Was there always a lot of trouble and we couldn’t see it ? Or is it indeed a tsunami of modern realities flowing all over our societies that is sweeping away our inner equilibrium ?

In a nutshell, Blake was a very enlightened presence with a great (and often rather prophetic} vision of superb artistic expression. He will always be a source of joy as well as spiritual reflection, both most needed at this time.

Thus a key fact is the ability to recognize “health” or “healthy”. Can this be done externally ? Is “healthy” the absence of identifiable disease ? Could that ever apply to psychological troubles and imbalances ? How about the social part of the WHO definition of health ?

Essentially the WHO has fully endorsed the most holistic view of “health”, completely equating it to “well-being”. Now the interesting part is that well-being is a subjective reality.

The overwhelming presence of material preoccupation in our attention makes for a growing distance from our feelings and this is evident everywhere in the modern society. The reality though is that matter cannot give us joy unless it is used to convey affection.

Wisdom is a mix of discrimination and the intuitive recognition of the virtuous boundaries with the character and action qualities required to follow that.

It is not easy to define in words though we all know it when we see it in full form. Innocence is itself the inner power that automatically, intuitively and without thinking, keeps us away from bad thoughts, choices and deeds.

In the whole world, it is in the culture of India that the beautiful brother-sister bond is probably valued and celebrated the most as a core virtue of society. It is symbolized in a ceremonial string that the sister ties to the brother’s wrist. The string and the relationship it stands for transcend actual blood family relations.