Ayurveda

Ayurveda is the ancient Indian device of organic and alternative medicine. When translated from Sanskrit, Ayurveda means "the science of life" (the Sanskrit root Ayur implies "long life" or "live" and Veda indicates "logic").

While allopathic medicine often focuses on the administration of disease, Ayurveda provides us with the understanding of the best ways to prevent disease and ways to eliminate its origin if it does occur.

Core Ideas

The expertise of Ayurveda was passed on by mouth through a family tree of sages in India until it was looked at into content more than five many thousand years ago. The earliest understood contents on Ayurveda are the Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita, and the Ashtanga Hrudaya. These contents detail the influence that the 5 components located in the cosmic system - earth, water, air, fire, space-- have on our individual system, and expound on the value of keeping these elements stabilized for a healthy and satisfied life.

According to Ayurveda, everyone will certainly be affected by certain elements more than others. This is due to their Prakriti, or organic constitution. Ayurveda classifies the various constitutions into 3 different dishes:.

1.       Vata dosha, where the air and room components control.

2.       Pitta dosha, where the fire aspect dominates.

3.        Kapha dosha, where the planet and water elements dominate.

The dose impacts not merely the form of one's body, but likewise bodily possibilities (like food inclinations and digestion), and the personality of one's thoughts and feelings. For example, the planet's component in individuals with Kapha dose appears in their solid, durable physique, their tendency for slower digestion, their strongest memory, and their psychological steadiness. Many people's Prakriti is comprised of a combo of two dishes. As an example, individuals who are "Pitta, Kapha" will certainly have the possibilities of both Pitta dosha and Kapha dosha, with Pitta controlling. By understanding the high qualities of our natural constitution, we are better able to do exactly what is should keep ourselves in harmony.

Ayurvedic Way of living.

Ayurveda positions wonderful relevance of one's party, or lifestyle (eating practices and daily regimen). Ayurveda additionally offers guidance on how to adjust our way of life based on the modification of seasons.

The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation

Everybody finds calmness and consistency, considering that this is exactly what we do not have in our lives. Periodically, all of us encounter agitation, irritability, dishar ¬ mony. And when we suffer from these anguishes, we do not keep them to ourselves; we commonly distribute them to others as well. Unhappiness permeates the atmosphere around a person which is unpleasant, and those who come to call with such a person likewise ended up being afflicted. Absolutely this is not a seasoned method to live.

We should live serenely with ourselves, and at peace with others. It goes without saying, people are social beings, needing to reside in society and manage each various other. But just how are we to live peacefully? Exactly how are we to remain harmonious within, and keep peace and consistency around us, to ensure that others can additionally live peacefully and harmoniously?

In order to be soothed of our suffering, we need to understand the basic reason for it, the cause of the suffering. If we investigate the issue, it penetrates that whenever we start creating any sort of negative thoughts or contamination in the mind, we are bound to end up being miserable. A negativeness in the mind, a mental defilement or impurity, cannot exist together with calmness and consistency.

Exactly how do we start producing negativeness? Once again, by investigation, it becomes clear. We come to be unhappy when we discover someone acting in a way that we don't such as, or when we locate something taking place which we don't such as. Unwanted points happen and we make stress within. Desired points do not occur, some challenge comes with the method, and once again we develop a strain within; we start linking knots within. And throughout life, unwanted things continue happening, wished things might or may not occur, and this process of reaction, of linking knots-- Gordian knots-- makes the entire mental and physical structure so tense, so full of negativity, that life becomes unpleasant.

Now, one method to address this problem is to arrange that nothing unwanted takes place in life, that every little thing keeps on taking place exactly as we prefer. Either we must create the energy, or someone else who will come to our help needs to have the power, to see that undesirable points do not occur which everything we wish happens. But this is impossible. There is nobody in the world whose needs are consistently fulfilled, in whose life every little thing occurs according to his or her wishes, without anything undesirable occurring. Things regularly occur that are contrary to our wishes and wishes. So the concern occurs: just how can we quit reacting thoughtlessly when confronted with things that we do not like? Exactly how can we quit developing tension and continue to be calm and harmonious?

In India, in addition to in various other nations, sensible saintly individuals of the past studied this problem-- the issue of human suffering-- and located an option: if something undesirable occurs and you begin to react by creating temper, are afraid or any negativeness, after that, as quickly as possible, you need to divert your attention to something else. For instance, get out of bed, take a glass of water, start drinking-- your anger won't multiply; on the other hand, it'll start to decline. Or start counting: one, two, three, 4. Or begin duplicating a word, or a phrase, or some rule, probably the name of a god or saintly person to whom you have devotion; the consciousness is diverted, and somewhat you'll be free of the negativeness, devoid of the anger.

This remedy was valuable; it functioned. It still functions. Reacting similar to this, the mind does not hesitate from agitation. Nonetheless, the solution functions only at the mindful level. Actually, by diverting the interest you push the negative thoughts deep into the subconscious, and there you continue to generate and increase the exact same defilement. On the surface area there is a layer of tranquility and consistency, yet in the depths of the consciousness there is a resting mountain of restrained negativeness which eventually might emerge in a terrible explosion.

Other explorers of inner reality went still additional in their search and, by experiencing the reality of mind and concern within themselves, recognized that diverting the focus is just escaping from the issue. Retreat is no solution; you have to deal with the trouble. Whenever negative thoughts arise in the mind, merely note it, face it. As soon as you start to note a psychological impurity, it begins to shed its strength and slowly withers away.

A good option; it stays clear of both extremes-- suppression and expression. Hiding the negativeness in the subconscious will not eradicate it, and enabling it to manifest as unwholesome physical or singing actions will only develop more issues. Yet if you merely observe, then the defilement passes away and you are without it.

SWAMI RAMDEV AND HINDU DISUNITY

SWAMI RAMDEV AND HINDU DISUNITY

When CPI leader Brinda Karad attacks Swami Ramdev, she is not attacking Ramdev in particular, she is attacking Hinduism in general. This guru or that guru, makes no difference to her, she is against all gurus. Other gurus might think that they are safe, that Ramdev committed some sin, for which he is paying. But one of them will be next in the line of fire! Hindu gurus are all vulnerable in today’s India: the Shankacharya has already been hit, so has Satya Sai Baba, with accusations of paedophilia, Amrita Anandamayi has to live under the constant shadow of an hostile Kerala communist-dominated government, Dhirendra Brahmachari has been obliterated and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is periodically targeted as the ‘Guru of the rich’, the ‘glib Godman’ etc…

May I be forgiven my arrogance, but what Indian gurus have to understand is that for Indian communists, Hinduism is the N°1 enemy. Mao called religion ‘the opium of the people’. But for Indian communists, as for Britishers and Muslim invaders before them, what stands between their ambition for absolute power in India (and eventually a triumphant return of communism in the world – as Indian communists believe) is the hold that Hinduism has in the hearts of the rural people of India, who constitute 80% of this country. And still today, the humble farmer, from Uttar Pradesh to Tamil Nadu, has a natural understanding of the universality of God, who takes many names throughout the ages and can be Buddha, Jesus Christ, Ram or Mohamed and this humble farmer possesses the knowledge that there is something deeper than the skin and the mind, and a life beyond death. This knowledge is inbred, it is not in his head, not even in his heart, but in his or her genes transmitted from generation to generation.

Of course, the English speaking media is too happy to oblige Brinda Karat and come down hard on gurus with all kind of accusations, ranging from superstition to conman ship. There is of course a strong communist streak in most Indian newspapers, whether it is Frontline’s and the Hindu’s open allegiance to Communist China, or Brinda Karat being the sister of Prannoy Roy’s wife (not many people know that). Before Ramdev, they condemned the Shankacharya, before him Osho, before him Dhirendra Brahmachari. You can even go back to Sri Aurobindo, who was accused in the early 1900′s by the moderate Congress-controlled press to be a ‘fanatic’, when he was only demanding total independence from the British, long before Gandhi took it up. Accusation against Hinduism of superstition, brainwashing, ritualistic ignorance, date back from British missionaries and have been taken up today by communists. Yet, Hinduism, at least the Hinduism which goes beyond the rituals and becomes universal spirituality, has nothing to do with superstition and conman ship: it is all about science, knowledge and light. Look at pranayama, a science that has known for thousands of years how to harness breath and use it for controlling the mind, for a better, more healthy, more spititualized life. If you read Osho’s books today, you find a lot of solid common sense and wisdom. Sai Baba cannot have millions of disciples from the most humble to the presidents of India, without ‘something’ which is beyond superstition. So it goes for Amrita Anandmai, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Ramdev, or Guruma of Ganeshpuri.

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Anger Management -The Art Of Living From Sherry Karve

If you want to learn the Art of Living just observe the way animals live and react to situations.
For me, my pet Doberman girl Sherry is my best teacher in the Art of Living.
Please see her picture with me alongside and above, fetching the morning newspaper from the compound gate for me. As you can see Sherry is DobermanX – the “X” factor is probably a Rampur or Caravan (Mudhol) Hound.
Sherry behaves spontaneously, joyfully, based on her inner instinct.
She plays, she barks, she chases, she eats and she sleeps in accordance with her natural instinct.
Sherry doesn’t need to go to gym [for physical fitness] or a therapist [for mental fitness]. Sherry is not a Goal Oriented person. She is an Inner Resource Oriented person – in short, a Source Oriented person.
Conventional wisdom teaches us to become goal-oriented. From childhood there are goals set for us to achieve, and when we achieve one goal there is always another goal waiting for us – it is an endless pursuit, a chase which never culminates.
We are taught that a goal oriented person is a person who always succeeds in life. But is there a final destination of success? Do you ever reach your final goal?
Goals are always outside you, goals are in the future, far away from you. Your goals are not in your control. If you design your lifestyle in such a way that your happiness depends on things outside you, things in the future and not in your control, then you may find happiness elusive and you may never be truly content and happy. If you are too result-oriented – you’ll always be chasing horizons.
Remember, if you run after something it runs away from you, and, conversely, if you run away from something it runs after you – so stop running and live a more Source-Oriented life.
Look inwards, discover and harness your inner resources, act instinctively and you will realize your full creative potential.
Like Sherry, you will live spontaneously, unpredictably, act on the spur of the moment and experience the joy of the glorious uncertainties of life rather than get frustrated by them.
You will live a more stress free life too. Have you seen wild animals suffering from stress?
Maybe some domesticated pet animals are stressed-out because we humans put stress on them by imposing our “goals” and demands on the poor hapless pets...!
We have become so preoccupied with achieving success that our lives are always heading towards something in the future. In the process, we lose touch with the aliveness and delight of the present. Sherry does not worry about the future, about achieving future goals, but live in the present.
Sherry does not live in the past either. She is very forgiving – even if I scold her, which I never need to do, she is back to her cheerful self in a jiffy and doesn’t hold any grudges either.
Anger is a reality. It happens inside us. Goal Oriented behaviour may result in us suppressing our anger creating stress within us.
Here is a lesson I got one morning from Sherry in Anger Management by Source Oriented living.
Our spacious bungalow, located high up on a hill slope, affords a beautiful panoramic view of the verdant wide green expanse of Girinagar all around.
This morning while we strolled on our lawn sipping rejuvenating cups of piping hot amruttulya tea in the lovely mist and slight drizzle, I noticed Sherry standing alert at the bungalow gate looking intently, focussing on something outside, and gradually getting angry, as evident from her focussed eyes, slow growls, heightened breathing, stiff upright tail and vivid line of hair standing taut on the centre of her neck and back, hackles raised.
I walked towards the gate and looked outside – the object of her attention was a huge white cat that was walking nonchalantly towards the gate, almost defiantly.
The moment the cat came close, Sherry suddenly lost her temper, started barking, violently jumping, infuriated with anger, desperately pleading with me to open the gate.
The cat stopped dead in her tracks and crouched, and I knew that if I let Sherry out, she would desperately, frenziedly chase the cat down the hill, and if she caught the cat, there would ensue a violent fight to the finish, and most likely it would be the cat who would be finished.
So I just walked away and Sherry realized that I wasn’t going to open the gate, went so wild with rage, that she ran amok, running wildly all round the spacious compound, taking high speed runs, jumping over hedges, barking, chasing, leaping at birds, running fast at top speed round and round the bungalow, till she was totally exhausted, after which she went to her water bowl, lapped up cold soothing water, and lay down on her rug in a cosy manner, calm, tranquil, totally relaxed, her anger totally dissipated and dissolved into peaceful serenity.
That’s what one must do when angry, isn’t it? Let me tell you it works - the moment you sense anger rising within you start exercising, run, jog, take a brisk walk, dance, move your limbs, sway, do something. Spontaneously do some physical activity till your anger dissipates and exhausts itself into a state of calm.
So, Dear Reader, the next time you start getting angry, do what Sherry does – just start running till your anger disappears and you collapse into a cosy state of peaceful calm and tranquillity.
There is a lot to learn about the “Art of Living” from our animal friends, isn’t it?
So just behave naturally, spontaneously, doing you’re your inner voice and instinct tells you, observe fauna and flora around you, and most importantly, get a pet dog and make him or her your friend, philosopher and guide.
I’ll end with a quote on dogs from Sigmund Freud:
Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate in their object-relations - Sigmund Freud
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The Art Of Happy Living

What do you think about happiness? A philosophical approach to life; an intellectual activity or an academical pursuit. No, not at all, nothing of the sort.

Happy living is nothing more than living a normal life free from undue pressures, problems and tensions. The Art of Happy Living is not a complicated kind of art difficult to learn rather a simple art of living well, eating well, thinking well and feeling well. Just tune up your mind to enjoy every moment of life and let the happiness follow you.

Happiness is purely an internal matter. It has nothing to do with your external circumstances. Most people do the fatal mistake of looking outwards for happiness rather than looking inwards. Only fools worry about the circumstances on which they have no control. Why worry if you cannot change the weather, rather enjoy it whether its hot, humid, cold, cloudy, foggy or snowy. Keep your internal weather pleasant all the time. Don't allow external matters to take your smiles away.

The feeling of happiness is within you. There is something positive within you which keeps you happy and there is something negative within you which keeps you unhappy. That "something" needs to be looked into thoroughly. If you want to live a happy life then get rid of the negative "something" which makes you unhappy. Negative approach always complicates the problems and increases unhappiness.

Happy living is the reward of positive thinking. Remember, only the positive thinking can bring happiness in your life. If you cannot think positively, you cannot live happily. Be your own coach and adviser. Look everything with a positive angle. Find something good even in most critical moments of your life. Make positive thinking the basis of your happy living.

Happiness is all around. Its not far away from you. If you do not want to live happy, its upto you. Its your own choice. Don't blame others. Don't blame your fate or external circumstances.
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A Living Form of Art

A Brief History of art living
Like body piercings, tattoos are created by the constant application of ink just under the subcutaneous layer of the skin with a needle. At first, many tribes, sailors, and other groups used to apply the ink by hand. This was a long, painful process and the marked people were usually of high status. The tattoos were often a sign of respect, rank, and social status. Since the tattoos are permanent, the owners were guaranteed respect for life.

The interest of tattooing for the general public spread throughout the world in fads. A sailor would bring over a fully tattooed indigenous person and interest would spread like wildfire. In London, a sailor brought over a tattooed Polynesian from the South Pacific, and many of the people of London began to acquire their own small tattoos in secret places. However, interest in tattooing waxed and waned due to its long, arduous process of applying every dot of ink by hand.

The electric tattoo machine is a relatively recent invention, created in 1891 by Samuel O'Reily, and has revolutionized tattoos into an art form. Tattooing can still be long and painful but now the many punctures in the skin are done automatically at thousands of punctures per minute and can allow for better detail and shading. Skin is the most unique canvas and a tattoo that is placed onto the skin is permanent, requiring extra consideration for the right tattoo, the right artist, and the right placement. That piece of art will follow throughout one's lifetime.

In New York City, Samuel O'Reily trained a partner named Charley Wagner, who continued teaching after O'Reily's death. For a brief while, Chatham Square flourished with tattoo artists while the rest of the world remained unimpressed with tattooing. For a long time tattooing was generally stigmatized and most people with tattoos were stereotyped to be scary, dangerous, or freaks. During the 1920s tattoos began to be recognized for where a person has been in their travels, as tattoo artists set up shops in Coney Island. An outbreak of hepatitis, blood poisoning and other disease even worsened the prospects for tattooing in American culture.

Finally, a tattoo artist named Lyle Tuttle changed America's perception of tattooing by introducing celebrities to the art form. He tattooed them, mostly women, and used the media to change their stereotypes about the types of people who got tattoos. Together with the heightened awareness of the importance of sterilization and the improvement of training, tattoo popularity began to surge in the last few decades.

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Hanging Wall Art - 4 Simple Rules of art

Deciding on how to display art in a way that is appealing and draws attention can be a daunting challenge for some. Read on as this article provides a few simple tips on displaying art effectively in your home.

1. Art Grouping for an Interesting Touch

Group the pictures into clusters of two or three. Odd numbered groups suggest a focal point while even numbered groups exude a calming and organized effect. You can transform an even numbered grouping into an odd numbered one, simply throw in a unique but different element - something which complements the rest of the group, but doesn't necessarily belong to the same family. A mirror or a wall carving would be a good idea. This brings the grouping out of balance, yet makes it interesting.

2. Art and Furniture

As a rule of thumb, it is always a good idea to first position the furniture in the room before you hang the art pieces. This way you can use the furniture as a guide to the picture hanging height and positioning. Typically, avoid using a picture or a group of pictures that is wider than the furniture piece below it. If they are narrower than the furniture, they should at least be half the length of the furniture. The picture or the group of pictures should not be placed too low on the wall such that it is too close to the furniture, neither should it be placed too high such as to leave an unsightly gap between the furniture and the picture. Ideally, you should leave about an 8 to 10 inch gap between the bottom of the picture and the piece of furniture below it.

3. Hang Art at the Right Height

Don't hang pictures too high on the wall. You don't want your guests craning their necks to look at the art. The standard practice is to hang the picture at eye level. Some experts believe that you should hang pictures 3 to 4 inches lower than where you think it is. When hanging pictures you should also consider the purpose of the room. If it is a dining room or living room that you're decorating, where guests will be seated most of the time, your eye level should be about 5 to 6 inches above the backs of chairs. In the hallway or stairway, you should place your pictures higher as people are standing in upright positions in these places.

4. Avoid Cluttering

Finally, when grouping pictures, take note not to position the pictures too close to each other. If the pictures are placed too close, they lose their individuality, and if they're placed too far apart, they will lack unity.

That's it! A few simple steps to get you starting along in you home decorating adventure! Enjoy your art!

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Yoga and the Art of Living Peacefully

No matter how long you practice Yoga, meditation, Pranayama, or how many Sun Salutations you perform this morning, it is still possible to encounter a difficult person in traffic, work, school, at home, and anywhere else. Why someone would choose to be difficult, every day, is a mystery to most of us.

So, let's look at some ideas for peaceful co-existence. In this life, you are guaranteed to encounter good people and not so good people. Some people may not like the way we look, talk, walk, or something else, but it is our reaction to being disliked, which takes a toll on us.

Let's face it; most of us want to loved by everyone. Yet, can you name a person who is loved by everyone? When you think deeply on this point, you will notice that some of the most peaceful people, who ever lived on this planet, were executed or assassinated. If you could talk to the executioners, and assassins, they would justify their actions.

Think of all the wars, genocide, witch hunts, and pogroms of the past. There is a common thread to all of it. Oppressors are always intolerant and self-righteous. With that said, intolerance and self-righteousness are very big problems, but they seem to start innocently.

How often have we felt we were better than someone else because of religion, race, gender, monetary status, ethnic origin, education, intelligence, or something else? Do we waste time by talking about other people to make ourselves feel better?

Even within circles of Yoga, some will make distinctions, in the quest for superiority. On the surface, it seems innocent enough, but a lit match can become a forest fire, under the right circumstances. A Yogi, or Yogini, should never be self-righteous or intolerant.

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The Art Of Happy Living

The art of living.
What do you think about happiness? A philosophical approach to life; an intellectual activity or an academical pursuit. No, not at all, nothing of the sort.

Happy living is nothing more than living a normal life free from undue pressures, problems and tensions. The Art of Happy Living is not a complicated kind of art difficult to learn rather a simple art of living well, eating well, thinking well and feeling well. Just tune up your mind to enjoy every moment of life and let the happiness follow you.

Happiness is purely an internal matter. It has nothing to do with your external circumstances. Most people do the fatal mistake of looking outwards for happiness rather than looking inwards. Only fools worry about the circumstances on which they have no control. Why worry if you cannot change the weather, rather enjoy it whether its hot, humid, cold, cloudy, foggy or snowy. Keep your internal weather pleasant all the time. Don't allow external matters to take your smiles away.

The feeling of happiness is within you. There is something positive within you which keeps you happy and there is something negative within you which keeps you unhappy. That "something" needs to be looked into thoroughly. If you want to live a happy life then get rid of the negative "something" which makes you unhappy. Negative approach always complicates the problems and increases unhappiness.

Happy living is the reward of positive thinking. Remember, only the positive thinking can bring happiness in your life. If you cannot think positively, you cannot live happily. Be your own coach and adviser. Look everything with a positive angle. Find something good even in most critical moments of your life. Make positive thinking the basis of your happy living.

Happiness is all around. Its not far away from you. If you do not want to live happy, its upto you. Its your own choice. Don't blame others. Don't blame your fate or external circumstances.

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Why You Should Join An Art Of Living Course?

As the title suggests- "Why you should join Art of living course?" - I will talk about my experience and other people experience who completed this course in my batch.

The course I am talking about is Art Of Living - Part 1 Course. I had been thinking for a long time to join a course which may give me more control over my own life. So in this quest, I landed up with this course. The course started on 14 Apr 2008 and ended on 20 Apr 2008. This one week has been a kind of self discovery for me and many things which I didn't knew about myself- I came to know due to this course.

On the first day, we were told that for one week, we are not supposed to touch Tea, Coffee, Alcohol, Cigarettes. Now I am the kind of person who takes almost 5-6 Tea Cups in a day. And I thought this is just ridiculous, but now its been over a week and I haven't even taken half a cup of Tea. This is just one example of my self control which I was not aware of before attending this course.

On the first day, it seemed tiresome and questionable - will we be able to take out 3 hrs per day for continuous 6 days? Well, I feel this course of 22-23 hrs ( spanned over 6 days) has been a great investment by me for me!

Coming to what the teachers teach you? Apart for various Asanas, Pranayam, Sudarshan Kriya, and Fun filled activities, the teachers gave us some great knowledge points and they kept repeating those for all 6 days.

Here are few of the knowledge points we gained:

1. Accept People and Situations as they are.

2. Give your 100% in whatever you do.

3. Dont be a football of other people opinion. (Meaning- Listen to everyone, but take your own decision)

4. Dont look for intention behind other people's mistakes.

5. Opposite values are complimentary (Meaning- If good times never last, so will be the bad times which will end one day)

These are just a few points that we would always keep in our mind.

Coming to the best part of the course- Sudarshan Kriya- This was the first time in my life when I had the experience where my whole body had a great current in it as though I was getting energy from environment and from within me. I talked to Teachers about this experience and they told me that I had a realization of 'Praana Shakti'.

Well, I am not sure what it was, but it was an awesome experience. Even toWday, when I did the Kriya at home, I felt the vibrations in my body, though with less intensity.

Sunday, 20 Apr 2008 was a day of celebration for all of us. We had successfully completed our course. Each participant brought delicious food from home and we had a great breakfast together sharing food with each other. Imagine how much variety we had, as we were 42 participants and everyone bought something or other from their home.

As a Guru Dakshina (Teacher's Gift), the Teachers asked us to practice the exercises daily for 40 days. So today is my 3rd day after the course. And its a long journey. Lets see how it goes...

Feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I will definitely give you my honest opinion and help you as much as I can.

Ankit Arora is a software professional who loves to write about Science, Technology, Spirituality, Philospoy, Blogging and Marketing. He has interests ranging from Adventure Sports to Cooking delicious food. He participates in various events and consciously takes out time for his Self development.

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The Art of Meditation and Cancer Prevention

Cancer inflicts thousands every year. The medical and research communities have made great strides in defining how cancer starts. They have been successful in developing treatments that address the symptoms, slow down the progression, and in some cases reverse the damage that cancer causes, giving hope for a permanent cure. Many try to live a lifestyle that gives us a fighting chance to avoid this disease altogether. One weapon that we can use as a preventative measure is meditation.

Our bodies are equipped with a natural defense system to fight off invading cells that cause damage to our overall health. This is the job of our immune system. Emerging studies are showing that meditation can improve your immune system. When functioning properly, our immune system allows the cells in our body to perform at optimal levels and keep the "bugs" that we encounter every day from making us sick. In fact, when thousands get their flu shots every year, they are actually being injected with a flu virus so that the immune system learns how to handle it. It's like boot camp for the cells!

It makes sense to do everything you can to ensure that your immune system has the tools to do its job. One way is to be sure that you are eating a variety of foods that provide all the nutrients needed to keep healthy. This variety includes colorful fruits and vegetables, fiber, a good dose of selenium and other minerals, and plenty of water. Medical research supports healthy eating habits. Meditation is another tool that you can add to your healthy living to control stress.

Stress tends to weaken the immune system. So, it also makes sense to do what you can to reduce the amount of stress in your life. Many believe that they have little control over stress. While there may be some situations that come up when you don't expect them, and these unexpected events cause you to feel stressed you still have the opportunity to face these challenges in a manner that can keep your immune system intact. This is through daily meditation.

Imagine if you are the parent of a teenager, having an unpleasant confrontation with your child over their homework, sex, drugs, driving, rules, boundaries, or any number of other issues that come with parenting. This confrontation can cause your heart to beat faster and your blood pressure to rise. Add to this, a heavy work schedule that is filled with deadlines and personality differences with your co-workers or boss...more stress. Then to top it all off, get on the freeway and drive through traffic to get to your next destination or appointment on time! No wonder most people feel that they have no control over the amount of stress in their lives.

But you do. You may not be able to control the situation, but you can control the way that you respond to it. Through a consistent practice of meditation, you can train your brain to respond to normal, everyday, crazy events with a relaxed response rather than one that will throw your body into a state of mind that sets your survival instincts in motion. Simply using one of the many forms of meditation, such as Breathing Meditation or the popular Transcendental Meditation, can change your response and quite possibly change your outcome. When you are constantly operating in "survival mode", the result is overall fatigue; fatigue leads to stress; stress leads to a breakdown in your immune system. Remember, it is your immune system that is vital to giving your body a fighting chance to avoid cancer.

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Using Mindset to Live a Fuller Life

On 30zzz, Brad Bollenbach discusses how to embrace rejection to live the life we really want to live. He explains the problem people have with being rejected from the perspective of the ego. In short, the ego loves reinforcement of its believed identity and abhors all contradictions with rejection being among the most nefarious forms. Brad pushes us to realize that even if our ego is hurt, we are still fundamentally sound. Unchanged. This train of thought has been tremendously useful for me in practice.

Despite my success with the above train of thought, I would like to offer an alternative methodology. This methodology is based on Professor Carol Dweck’s book called “Mindset.” In the book, she contrasts the Fixed and the Growth mindsets. People with the Fixed Mindset (FM) are constantly looking for opportunities to show their superiority over and over while avoiding anything that may not validate them. Why? Because they think talent/ability/skill is fixed. People with the Growth Mindset (GM) are constantly looking for challenges--that is, things that are not knowingly within their ability. Why? Because they think talent/ability/skill can grow. The gross overgeneralization is that fixed mindset people don’t do as well as people with the growth mindset.

Understandably, people with the FM, believe their self-worth is derived from succeeding. Given where their self-worth is derived from, it is no wonder they don’t challenge themselves. There’s a risk of potentially NOT succeeding. And if you don’t succeed at a task, then, well, you’re a failure. Damn! This FM is a poison (not to mention nonsensical)! I think this is the same line of thinking that keeps people from living the life they really want to live. Yeah that woman is hella attractive, but I won’t talk to her because she might reject me (and I’ll be a failure). Yeah that company seems really cool, but I might not make it through their rigorous interview process and they’ll reject me (and I’ll be a failure). Yeah being an entrepreneur sounds awesome, but the company may not take off (and I’ll be a failure). Have you ever had any of these thoughts, or something similar? Don’t fret, there’s another way.

This alternative way is the GM. People with the GM are not delusional. That is, they can see things that they DO as successful or unsuccessful. However, their self-worth isn’t tied up in the success of any event. You see, people with the GM view challenges (i.e., events that *may* not validate them) as opportunities. They view challenges as the things that give life it’s variety and spice. If they succeed, great! They’ve done something they were not certain they were capable of. Have you ever done that? Didn’t you feel pretty damn good afterward?? If you talk to that attractive girl, and hit it off with her, SWEET! If you make it through that interview and are able to work with that cool company, SWEET! If you start that company and it succeeds, HELLA SWEET!

If people with the GM don’t succeed, great! They’ve just learned something really valuable in a way that only experience can deliver. Moreover, this experience will make them stronger and better and therefore help them GROW. If that attractive girl shoots you down, at least you now know and don’t have to live with shouldas/wouldas/couldas. Moreover, you may have learned something about effective socializing. If that company rejects you for not interviewing very well, then at least you now know and don’t have to live with shouldas/wouldas/couldas, and you now have the benefit of experiencing such an interview process. It may also help you determine what you need to focus on for your next interview. If your startup doesn’t succeed, at least you now know and don’t have to live with shouldas/wouldas/couldas. Beyond that, I guarantee you’ll learn a TON and the experience will make you a tremendous resource in future endeavors.

If you despise shouldas/wouldas/couldas, living life in the GM seems to be the most logical frame of mind to embrace. It’s difficult to imagine how you wouldn’t be able to approach your own potential under the GM. People with the FM like having the ability to say that they didn’t give their best, and therefore things in the past could’ve worked out better had they put in more effort. People with the GM, on the other hand, find past events that they care about where they didn’t give their all to be soul crushing and therefore hate shouldas/wouldas/couldas. These people like being able to look back and say that they gave all they had to things they valued.

And as you may have guessed, you take on the GM by simply being aware of it, and making choice to be in that mindset. Yes, it really is that easy. Do not take my word for it though. Go into the world and exercise this mentality.

source:-how2livelife.blogspot.com

Art of living-if we you want to Develop-happeness of life.

If we want to develop so we should learn

Only art & skill won't reach you the top,
But General civic sense is also required.

"We really grow up, we only learn how to ACT in public"

Do you know what is secret of the progress of Japan?. Then i tell you. Once vivekanand was in japan then some people of driving school come to him to visit and they invited him for the prize distribution function which vivekanand accepted. When vivekanand want there, he was that an eighty years old person was also taking driving license after wards he asked the old man why did he learn car driving at this age.? Then the replied that he never felt necessity. I have many cars and many drivers and a big business. But a few days before suddenly i thought that i must learn a car driving before my death. vivekanand told this incident in many public meeting in India and told that this is the reason of the progress of japan and that of our backwardness. Because there the person thinks that he dose this or that also before death.But in India only after 50 or 60 years the person thinks what else remains now that what to do now that only death remains etc.

SO,IF WE WONT PROGRESS(then),WE WILL HAVE TO LEARN THOUGHTS FROM FOREIGNERS NOT THE FASHION,CULTURE OR LANGUAGE.