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Off Load Your Stress | Book Review

This book “How To Control Mind And Be Stress Free” is a beautiful attempt on providing a solution to the existing chaos that is prevailing in the world. If we can come out of this chaos we can get everlasting peace and prosperity. This is a brief book which throws light on the realms of human mind. The writer introduces the reader to a very different dimension of the reader’s own personality, which the reader never knew before. The readers become astonished after coming to know about the immense power the human mind has. It is for those people who have interest in spirituality and yet at the same time find little room for it in today’s scientific world. The book is divided into 5 chapters. All these chapters discuss Mind, Thoughts, Stress, Mind elevating articles and Foods for thought in great detail. Mr. M.K.Gupta introduces and explains to us the world of mind, soul and consciousness, the role of thoughts and stress over the human body and efficiency. Moving on, when we read a collection of optimistic articles under the chapter “Mind elevating articles”, the readers becomes astonished by not only the degree of positivity they carry but also by the new dimensions of thought the writer presents. The fifth chapter “Food for thought” also helps you in enlightening your mind and gaining insight into how to relieve stress and think positive. At the end of these five chapters there is an index which is given so that you can check how high is your stress index by answering the given questions and scoring your answers. Through out the book the writer emphasizes to take care of physical and mental health and relieve stress by doing yoga, exercise, meditation and proper diet. After reading the book today’s reader obviously feels himself guilty of his prior carelessness towards his health. He feels convinced and warmed up to take care of health in future especially with respect to staying stress free. The diction is quite practical and informal. There are interesting and relevant illustrations given with each topic to help the readers understand the points more easily. The style of the author is quite friendly in all ways. There are interesting and precise quotes by different wise men in the book with almost every topic. For e.g.

“Outer circumstances and events don’t create stress. It is our response to them which creates stress.” (Phil Nuernberger)

and

“Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later to the man who thinks he can.” (Virgil)

And many more. These quotes work as an advocate for the way of thinking and living that is being presented by the author in this book. How ever at some points it is felt that the writer is projecting yoga more than a certain limit which obviously shows the writer’s personal strong views in favour of yoga and yogic techniques. The writer of this informative and inspiring material Mr. M.K Gupta is an Engineer by profession who has also grown into a spiritual scientist. Mr. Gupta holds the view that the proper amalgamation of science and spirituality is the right solution of the existing chaos in the world. Through this book he has preached how to use both science and spirituality for the betterment of ourselves and others. This is one of the rare books of its kind and will definitely satisfy the long felt curiosity of people with a scientific bent of mind about these subjects.