To realise this Atman, this Jnanaswarupa, there are four obstacles to be overcome: Laya (sleep), Vikshepa (waywardness, ignorance hiding truth), Kshaya (decline, disappearance), and Rasa Aswadanam (enjoyment of bliss). (JV, p. 3)

He sounded a warning against the indiscriminate use of pills, capsules, tablets, tonics and injections, and advised that people should resort to the cheaper and often more effective methods, such as fasting or dieting, yogasanas, physical exercise, and desist from ruinous habits like smoking and drinking.

Anxiety, worry and tension have to be overcome in order to gain and preserve health. (SSSm Vol.4, p. 50)