THIS BODY IS ON RENT

You insure your house. You service your car. You protect your jewellery.
You maintain your machines. But how responsibly are you caring for the
one body through which you must live your entire life? We say: My body.
My life. My time. But is the body really ours? We did not create it. We
cannot permanently stop it from ageing. We cannot guarantee that it will
always remain strong. And one day, whether we are ready or not, we will
have to leave it behind. In This Body Is on Rent, Dr. Abhishek Gilara
explores a deeply personal philosophy born from decades of exercise, years
of rigorous mentorship, family responsibility, business leadership, continuous
learning and spiritual reflection. The book begins with a powerful realisation:
If God has entrusted this body to me for a limited period, then taking
care of it is not merely a personal choice. It is a responsibility.
But this is not a fitness book. It is not about six-pack abs. It is not about fear of disease. It is not about living forever.
It is about something much deeper. What are you doing with the temporary body through which you have been
given the opportunity to live? Are you using it only to earn? Only to consume? Only to compare? Only to impress?
Only to run in races you never consciously chose? Or are you also using it to love, learn, create, serve, build, guide,
pray and grow? Through personal experiences from exercise, mentorship, family, business and spirituality, the
author connects the philosophy of this book with ideas from his earlier works, including The 1% Spark, The Right
Mentor, The Right Ear, Circle Upgrade, Discipline Is Knowing Where to Sweat, Suffering Smart, Now & Next,
Own Your Smile, The Peace Equation, The Product Always Wins and The Diamond Within. At the centre of the
book are three questions: Who owns the body? Who helped shape it? And what will you do with it before you return
it? The answer may change the way you look at exercise, at rest, at food, at work, at family, at ambition, at mentors,
at wealth, at ageing, at Seva, at God, and perhaps at life itself. Because one day, the body will be returned. The chair
will be vacated. The title will be left behind. The possessions will find new owners. The world will continue. The
final question will not be: How much did I own? The deeper question will be: How responsibly did I use what was
temporarily entrusted to me? This Body Is on Rent is a reminder to care for the body without worshipping it, to use
ambition without becoming its slave, to remain teachable after success, to serve before regret, to live before “later”
runs out, and to remember the Owner before the rental period ends. The body is temporary. The responsibility is
yours. The opportunity is today.