I am invited to attend social functions occasionally, which I turn down due to the fact that I tire easily at my age. Such refusals are met with this saying, but I am not convinced, because my experience is different. My advanced age does make a difference to my physical energy level, but I manage my personal tasks and gentle walks after meals quite well.

Surely, I had to know God’s plan to check if what I was experiencing was not unusual. What is God’s plan for us? A human body has been designed for longevity, that is hundred years subject to two conditions. The first one has to be appropriateness of all what we do, that is eating, activities, ‘vihar’ (entertainment) and sleeping. (The Bhagavad-Gita 6.17) The other condition is to........

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