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Stress: A Positive

Phenomenon

Stress is not an evil. It is an integral part of nature and a
positive activity. Our body needs movement. If there were no
physical activity in the body, it would be rendered lifeless.

owadays stress is a common concern. Despite the
Nuse of all kinds of de-stressing techniques, it remains
unrelieved. In fact, most methods of de-stressing bring
on a new form of stress – like holiday stress. The reason
for this failure is that people are going against nature
and that is why they are unsuccessful.
Stress is not an evil. It is an integral part of nature
and a positive activity. Our body needs movement. If
there were no physical activity in the body, it would be
rendered lifeless. The same is true of the effect that stress
has on the mind. Stress is an intellectual activity. It is a
sign of a healthy mind. It is only if one is intellectually
awakened that one is able to treat stress as a normal
phenomenon, just like physical movement. It is stress
that makes one’s mind alive. Without stress, intellectual
processes come to a halt and this results in intellectual
stagnation.

After making a detailed study of human history,

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