Monday 11 July 2011

Why did we get this punishment?

Remember the ‘good’ old Indian school punishments? Holding the earlobes with arms crossed over your chests, bending the knees and then sit and then stand and so on till the time Masterji is saying? If you still cannot figure out the punishment just see this picture.
I hope now you remember. Well, this time the topic is the logic behind this punishment only.
Ever thought why the traditional Indian school teachers would give this particular punishment? I believe even majority of the teachers who grant this punishment to their students do not know the reason behind it. This form of punishment has been in practice in our country since the Gurukul time and was given to the students who were weak in studies. That is a different question if now a days teachers grant this punishment for any mistake and not only for studies but originally it was meant for weak students only.
Talking about the logic behind this punishment, it is very interesting to know that this particular posture increases the blood flow in the memory cells in brain and synchronizes the right and left side of the brain to improve function and promote calmness, stimulates neural pathways via acupressure points in the earlobe, sharpens intelligence and also helps those with autism, asperger’s syndrome, learning difficulties and behavioral problems. This has been proven scientifically and you can find scores of links on Google uncle in support,
So, see how helpful this posture is for everyone. Probably this was the reason why our ancestors developed this punishment for us. In the name of punishment they were actually helping out the weak students only.
Probably we have forgotten this ancient method of increasing memory power but the West is now using is very diligently and they are recommending this posture or exercise to treat many a diseases. (http://homeopathyplus.com.au/poor-memory-can-be-improved-by-one-simple-exercise/)
In race of reaching, I don’t know where, we are forgetting our own gifts to humanity. Let’s bring it back. The world is trying it so why Indians, the originators of this posture, should wait?
                                                                                                  -Shitanshu Srivastava

5 comments:

  1. Sirji, this one is enlightening..I hope people read this and that the punishment is used as desired originally..looking forward for more such articles..

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  2. this particular punishment is now known as "Super mind power yoga" in west especially in U.S and i heard that they have its patent now.
    one more logic behind this punishment is the shape of our ear pinna (the cartilagenous structure)resembles shape of our brain.lower end of the ear pinna represents the fore brain or frontal lobe where the memory center is located. the gentle pull stimulates the memory centre and improves the memory .this was our ancient Acharyas logic behind this punishment to improve the or boost the memory power of dull students.

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    1. thanks Sumanth..whatever I know I write here, my motive only giving a start :)

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  3. This is great info! You'll be happy to know that I came across your post on this page on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=543805748970799&set=a.431286553556053.100699.421913671160008&type=1 and it has gone viral! I'll be sharing it on a business page I manage as well. Cheers and keep up the good work! :)

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    1. Hey thanks Aparna! I'm not a facebook pro though, but thanks for linking it..the only motive is bring some bit of logic behind anything we do or follow in India.

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