The trend of coaches is very popular in our century. You get the fitness coach, wellness coach, the finance and investing coach, and the overall lifestyle coach.
These mentors are very empowering, the honest ones. They bring out the best in us. With their support we can push harder, avoid risks and refine our lifestyle or field of interest.
However, where is there today a consciousness coach? This goes above and beyond the psychiatrist. It's more of the yoga and meditation coach. The psychology field deals mostly with the mind. Consciousness is something more.
Fortunately today there are those who see the benefit in treating the whole person with integrated medicine from all walks of life for all levels of being.
This is what Ayurveda and the wisdom of the Veda have always offered. The ancient Wisdom describes the whole being on the various levels, as well as times in the life journey, and has a recommended regimen for each individual and chapter of the life journey.
There is no generic universal medicine or method. Each individual is unique and subtly different from others. So the process of cultivating well-being on all levels is customized.
Even the level of Transcendence may have different approaches, some of which do also overlap for all. For example, even in diet and medicine, all types of constitution benefit from using ghee in their diet, as well as mung beans, according to Ayurveda. These are universally good.
Similarly, all personalities benefit from meditation using mantra and chanting, although not all need yoga or philosophy, or breath control. Those are for specific body types or personality types.
It's up to us to find a practice that suits us according to our nature and lifestyle and age. Then if we devote ourselves to that practice, it will be our means to liberation from anxiety, on whatever level life dishes anxiety out to you.
Find a coach, or some info on the goal of life beyond survival or profit, and pursue that practice which is recommended by your mentor. It's the way to master life - first become a good student.
Bhagavad Gita ch4:31
nāyaṁ loko 'sty ayajñasya
kuto 'nyaḥ kuru-sattama
SYNONYMS
na—never; ayam—this; lokaḥ—planet; asti—there is; ayajñasya—of the foolish; kutaḥ—where is; anyaḥ—the other; kuru-sattama—O best amongst the Kurus
TRANSLATION
O best of the Kuru dynasty, without sacrifice one can never live happily on this planet or in this life: what then of the next?
PURPORT
Whatever form of material existence one is in, one is invariably ignorant of his real situation. In other words, existence in the material world is due to the multiple reactions to our sinful lives. Ignorance is the cause of sinful life, and sinful life is the cause of one's dragging on in material existence. The human form of life is the only loophole by which one may get out of this entanglement. The Vedas, therefore, give us a chance for escape by pointing out the paths of religion, economic comfort, regulated sense gratification and, at last, the means to get out of the miserable condition entirely. The path of religion, or the different kinds of sacrifice recommended above, automatically solves our economic problems. By performance of yajña we can have enough food, enough milk, etc.—even if there is a so-called increase of population. When the body is fully supplied, naturally the next stage is to satisfy the senses. The Vedas prescribe, therefore, sacred marriage for regulated sense gratification. Thereby one is gradually elevated to the platform of release from material bondage, and the highest perfection of liberated life is to associate with the Supreme Lord. Perfection is achieved by performance of yajña (sacrifice), as described above. Now, if a person is not inclined to perform yajña according to the Vedas, how can he expect a happy life? There are different grades of material comforts in different heavenly planets, and in all cases there is immense happiness for persons engaged in different kinds of yajña. But the highest kind of happiness that a man can achieve is to be promoted to the spiritual planets by practice of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. A life of Kṛṣṇa consciousness is therefore the solution to all the problems of material existence.
Bhagavad Gita ch4:32
evaṁ bahu-vidhā yajñā
vitatā brahmaṇo mukhe
karma-jān viddhi tān sarvān
evaṁ jñātvā vimokṣyase
SYNONYMS
evam—thus; bahu-vidhāḥ—various kinds of; yajñāḥ—sacrifices; vitatāḥ—widespread; brahmaṇaḥ—of the Vedas; mukhe—in the face of; karma-jān—born of work; viddhi—you should know; tān—them; sarvān—all; evam—thus; jñātvā—knowing; vimokṣyase—be liberated
TRANSLATION
All these different types of sacrifice are approved by the Vedas, and all of them are born of different types of work. Knowing them as such, you will become liberated.
PURPORT
Different types of sacrifice, as discussed above, are mentioned in the Vedas to suit the different types of worker. Because men are so deeply absorbed in the bodily concept, these sacrifices are so arranged that one can work either with the body, the mind, or the intelligence. But all of them are recommended for ultimately bringing about liberation from the body. This is confirmed by the Lord herewith from His own mouth.
Reference: Bhagavad Gita As It Is, translation and commentary by Swami A C Bhaktivedanta, original MacMillan 1972 edition, freely available at prabhupadabooks.com.
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