Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: This, doctors should sit and discuss. First of all I would say, doctors should meditate; when they meditate, their minds will become clear and they can tap into the intuitive ability deep inside them. This is what Ayurveda doctors do, they just hold your pulse and they diagnose what is wrong with you. Even to do this, they should meditate, that is very important. The mind should be vibrant to tap into the inner source of intuition. See if they do not have intuition, then they are groping in the dark seeing what medication is to be given. That is why, though many have become doctors, only some doctors have the reputation of healing people. Why? This is because they have this gift of tapping into their intuitive ability and giving the patient the right medicine. Doctors should meditate and then from a calm mind they should diagnose and take a decision. Recently I read a survey by AIMS where they found that 60% of the doctors are themselves sick. Their attention span is so less. That is why the nurse has to count the number of instrument that they give the doctor for the operation, and then count again how many they have received back. Many times they leave the forceps, knives or needles inside the body and stitch it. So they make a list of how many instruments they gave and how many came back. So, every doctor needs to take some time out and relax, they cannot afford to be stressed. Pilots, people working in the air control towers & doctors; these are the professions which need a lot of mental energy. They need to be on their toes all the time. They need to be alert. They cannot afford to make even one small mistake. Someone sitting in the air control tower cannot just doze off even for a minute; he has to be very precise and very alert. But how can they do it if they do not have the mental energy or meditative awareness? That is why meditation is a must for these people who have high pressure and high risk jobs.
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