Steps to Exercise — Page 27
- 27 - A combination of these four conditions is responsible for providing the organs with adequate and timely supply of energy. To summarise, one could say that the total strength of the human body depends on the four characteristics of the organs combined with healthy blood to provide adequate energy at right time. As far as human limitations permit, these powers can be enhanced by healthy diet, pure environment, cleanliness and reasonable exercise. How Powerful Can You Become? How strong can you become is an important question. Supposing you keep increasing your exercise levels every day, would you keep on increasing your strength to unlimited level? This is the same as saying that a woman who keeps on lifting a calf every day will be able to lift a bull ultimately in few years. In both cases the answer is in the negative. The fact is that Allah has given us a measured quantity of power beyond which nature would not allow us to go. Every human being can achieve only a certain level of strength depending on his structure, his genetics, the make-up of his organs and his bodily chemistry. Exercise only allows you to achieve your maximum potential. You will be surprised to learn that if you allow your natural strength to waste away by not doing exercises, you will not be able to use even 20% of your potential strength. The physical exercises awaken your capabilities and allow you to achieve the ultimate level of strength that Allah has meant for you. It is quite possible that a person with a large structure may carry less strength than an apparently small and slim looking person who has been granted less energy. One reason for this can be that the person with the large structure has allowed his energies to go to waste by a lazy life-style and possess only a fraction of his original strength, whereas the small person has achieved his full potential and conserved his energies. Hence he is quite capable of overcoming his bigger opponent. It is Not Difficult to Keep Your Locality Clean It is easier to keep your locality clean if Khuddam pay a little attention and cooperate with other Khuddam in their locality. Do not ever think that work cannot be started in the localities unless all Khuddam participate. The fact remains that when the need arises, only sincere and honest Khuddam come forward and they are the only ones who take pleasure in performing the service. Those who do not wish to work with sincerity or honesty will always nd a hundred excuses. (Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood, Khalifatul Masih II )