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<div class="MsoNormal">TEACHING THE BODY TO HEAL ITSELF</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Children are prone to respiratory allergies that make them sneeze, their nose to run, their eyes to burn and water, or their throat to itch. The culprits are usually animal furs, feathers, dust, mites, pesticides residues, or various plants.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Have you ever wondered why children are prone to allergies when their level of natural antibodies should still be high?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Matt Schueler, vice president of Lehming Laboratories, has done quite a number of studies about children’s allergies. According to his findings, some children simply inherit a high number of the kind of antibodies that when they bind to certain allergies, trigger the release of excessive histamines in their bodies. Histamines cause large quantities of fluid to seep out of blood vessels and tissues, resulting in swelling, redness, itching and other allergic symptoms.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">From the point of view of homeopathy, children suffer from allergies because of some imbalances in your bodily system. A balanced system is supposed to be able to identify substance like pollen, animal hair and other allergies. With homeopathic treatment, these imbalances are corrected and “heal” the body’s oversensitivity.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Technically, allergies are considered reactions only to certain foreign elements. However, an unbalanced system can compromise immune function. An allergic reaction is thus experience in the form of stress, overexertion, strong emotions, infectious disease, or adverse reactions due to a change in weather.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Children’s organs and glands are still learning to harmonize with each other and their immune system is not yet fully developed. So, simple activities like racing around the yard, scaring pets or tossing and turning around cushions could already rag them out. Children’s systems are too vulnerable for the heavy artillery of conventional, chemical medicines. So, it is always the rule of the thumb to be very cautious in administering medicines to them.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We should, for one, be very careful in giving them antihistamines and decongestants. Antihistamines are often used to dry up a runny nose. However, a runny nose is nature’s way of draining our child’s system of dead bacteria, dead white blood cells, mucus and other wastes. Decongestants, on the other hand, only irritate the nasal passages and make the child feel worse as soon as the effects wear off.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We all know that when we let someone else do things that we could well do by ourselves; we never learn to do things independently. This is exactly what happens to our body when drugs are taken to treat every symptom or infection. The body does not learn to heal itself as well on its own.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLtbjkqWRUEhiyqAn95t1JiaS2UCLyJ8SwMwSXdo5BblCbO6mwOlNcSltmW8Wt2R6d5EqcyNWzAgldS40PjLhr_ZXFtlv0zzlwZyGRfTL-NfuFwJMsi5BNfV9Ul17XtgvdFdPhHupZAg/s1600/natural-health-remedies-mortar-pestle-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLtbjkqWRUEhiyqAn95t1JiaS2UCLyJ8SwMwSXdo5BblCbO6mwOlNcSltmW8Wt2R6d5EqcyNWzAgldS40PjLhr_ZXFtlv0zzlwZyGRfTL-NfuFwJMsi5BNfV9Ul17XtgvdFdPhHupZAg/s320/natural-health-remedies-mortar-pestle-01.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Homeopathic medicine promotes the body’s self-regulating functions so it can heal itself. Homeopathy recognizes that allergies aren’t the problems but the symptoms to a problem. By promoting the balance, the problems are solved. C.H. Blackly, a British homeopath, first discovered in 1871 that sneezing and a runny nose were due to exposure to pollen. Through the decades, homeopathy has given many important solutions to allergy researches.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here are some homeopathic cures for very simple ailments. You can try these homeopathic medicines, made of natural compounds, at health food stores. <i>Antimonium tartaricum </i>alleviates itchy and burning eyes. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><i>Sulphur</i></st1:city></st1:place><i> </i>relieves runny nose<i>. Dolichos</i> <i>pruriens</i> relieves sinus congestion pressure. <i>Apis mellifica</i> relieves throat pain. <i>Solidagho</i> <i>virhaurea</i> treats inflamed eyes, dry nose and croupy cough. It is not only safe but very effective to combine homeopathic medicines together. </div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-59225294378257515102010-03-02T20:48:00.000-08:002010-03-02T20:48:00.676-08:00The Vanishing Culture<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CRONALD%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="OLE_LINK1"></a><o:p></o:p>Even though it has not much talk about these days, it is worth mentioning. <b><i> </i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayanihan" rel="wikipedia" title="Bayanihan">Bayanihan</a></i></b>, and what it stands for. Pronounced like "buy-uh-nee-hun ,"</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Bayanihan</i> is a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_language" rel="wikipedia" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a> word derived from the word<i> bayan</i> meaning town, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation" rel="wikipedia" title="Nation">nation</a>, or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community" rel="wikipedia" title="Community">community</a> in general. "<b><i>Bayanihan"</i></b> literally means, "being a <i>bayan</i>," and is thus used to refer to a spirit of communal unity and cooperation.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Although<i> bayanihan </i>can manifest itself in many forms, it is probably most clearly and impressively displayed in the old tradition of neighbors helping a relocating family by getting enough volunteers to carry the whole house, and literally moving it to its new location. They do this by placing long <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo" rel="wikipedia" title="Bamboo">bamboo</a> poles length-wise and cross-wise under the house (traditional Filipino houses were built on stilts), and then carrying the house using this bamboo frame. It takes a fairly large number of people -- often 20 or more -- working together to carry the entire house. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">All this is done in a happy and festive mood. At the end of the day, the moving family expresses their gratitude by hosting a small fiesta for everyone. <b><i>Bayanihan</i></b> has been a favorite subject of many artists. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK7vKkNwwnP_vjPdoJVWR0s0Pf5lOGepIwpM2iQeMZZq43zyUx2nTpDnI7hVd7bPHcavC_xX5ITm7Gn8_cFvtkefjkNMN4f5m-ycoHsYM2mgg1Q9MJCEXr7Cew9jug4pv8M79YCivZVo/s1600-h/bayanihan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeK7vKkNwwnP_vjPdoJVWR0s0Pf5lOGepIwpM2iQeMZZq43zyUx2nTpDnI7hVd7bPHcavC_xX5ITm7Gn8_cFvtkefjkNMN4f5m-ycoHsYM2mgg1Q9MJCEXr7Cew9jug4pv8M79YCivZVo/s320/bayanihan.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The picture above is from a mural by Filipino National Artist Carlos "<i>Botong</i>" Francisco, commissioned in 1962 by UNILAB founder Jose Y. Campos, and currently on display at UNILAB's administration building in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Manila</st1:place></st1:city>. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">There is also an impressive real-life photograph of <i>bayanihan</i> in action in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.9051,-77.0379&spn=1.0,1.0&q=38.9051,-77.0379%20%28National%20Geographic%20Society%29&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="National Geographic Society">National Geographic Magazine</a>, March 1977, p. 382. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Under the http:philippines-revolution110mb.com, they are <b><i>silently</i></b><i> </i>bringing the project of <b><i>Bayanihan.<o:p></o:p></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal">Project <b><i>Bayanihan</i></b> seeks to bring the <i>bayanihan</i> spirit into the realm of world-wide computing, making it possible for people around the world to help each other and work together toward a common goal. </div><div class="MsoNormal">The software frameworks they are currently building serves as a tool that, much like the bamboo framework in traditional<i> bayanihan</i>, will allow people to more easily pool together and coordinate their processing resources. </div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOCBqAymxMa4YJZ_FJ1VkV2nSL_-yR5jLdmELPUTMD5a6fegDnZobvdcLIlJoPwwec8BW8Kq1WT5MCSULfQ0pn76Wl_XPHuPuSsA6FFcGeYuHmW9PVBUGYXreUG6KYyOHY-Qw3FpnuGg/s1600-h/coconut+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDOCBqAymxMa4YJZ_FJ1VkV2nSL_-yR5jLdmELPUTMD5a6fegDnZobvdcLIlJoPwwec8BW8Kq1WT5MCSULfQ0pn76Wl_XPHuPuSsA6FFcGeYuHmW9PVBUGYXreUG6KYyOHY-Qw3FpnuGg/s320/coconut+tree.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p>Its <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water" rel="wikipedia" title="Water">water</a> is almost perfect, never been touch by air. It is biologically pure, with natural <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar" rel="wikipedia" title="Sugar">sugar</a>, salt and vitamins to overcome fatigued. It is a real thirst quenching and energy giver and de-hydrator. It is best taken at freshly open cause it ferments rapidly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zSWk8PvmiGwXs2U0QZQGvcDBlmcUA0IHl0fNSg-tJ93w-jtq1iGXD9bj0qTR24mXS5ZV_euSRxlU2jzV7u5wOrWPfWWnVz6wqYepPqHN_lrpnSUsK-F6fmUeCgEv5mVs1CcoUwMVaiM/s1600-h/coconut+fruit+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zSWk8PvmiGwXs2U0QZQGvcDBlmcUA0IHl0fNSg-tJ93w-jtq1iGXD9bj0qTR24mXS5ZV_euSRxlU2jzV7u5wOrWPfWWnVz6wqYepPqHN_lrpnSUsK-F6fmUeCgEv5mVs1CcoUwMVaiM/s320/coconut+fruit+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Here are some benefits of coconuts water:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><ol start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Keep the body cool and at the proper temperature. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Orally re-hydrate your body; it is an all natural isotonic beverage. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Carry nutrients and oxygen to cells. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Naturally replenish your body's fluids after exercising. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Raise your metabolism. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Promote weight loss. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Boost your immune system. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Detoxify and fight viruses. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Cleanse your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_gastrointestinal_tract" rel="wikipedia" title="Human gastrointestinal tract">digestive tract</a>. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Control diabetes. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Aid your body in fighting viruses that cause the flu and colds </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Balance your PH and reduce risk of cancer. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Treat kidney and urethral stones. </li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Boost poor circulation. </li>
</ol><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqnJkmK9W9x8WYVFioaUtW4Zq_DRoe9N_mgImHmzBpc2C2AeM4-QjfQkEHTXcfRd8BuGUbdIq8cxNm7qmQEHeNFq8bvy29JnJJJHggDMXIZkywOndEafz0PywFGnTJhMZhT3ckihY0Uo/s1600-h/coconut+trees.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqnJkmK9W9x8WYVFioaUtW4Zq_DRoe9N_mgImHmzBpc2C2AeM4-QjfQkEHTXcfRd8BuGUbdIq8cxNm7qmQEHeNFq8bvy29JnJJJHggDMXIZkywOndEafz0PywFGnTJhMZhT3ckihY0Uo/s320/coconut+trees.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">The body or trunk of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut" rel="wikipedia" title="Coconut">coconut tree</a> can be use as lumber and it is already commercialized. It can be used as construction support woods but not for house building itself because of it is not consider as hard wood.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXowXIL-8oDLvsb93n1HEPb8BxMJG61AyBo2wL3uyaj8XBcsL5xqpojcL2c2ATwNxHL5PyS-z0KYm1byJAUeOWmXQAeFPqkIdWmMPgjpTjosrdQslZm0el-38TLRS6-m4fvCDT-9pCyo/s1600-h/coconut+fruit+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXowXIL-8oDLvsb93n1HEPb8BxMJG61AyBo2wL3uyaj8XBcsL5xqpojcL2c2ATwNxHL5PyS-z0KYm1byJAUeOWmXQAeFPqkIdWmMPgjpTjosrdQslZm0el-38TLRS6-m4fvCDT-9pCyo/s320/coconut+fruit+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Matured coconut fruit is a highly useful part of the coconut tree. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIYvibTnhf21F3UnSByBAI8RBfloJa4uOQhNcb2gN_N5qyTSi-8VGW_G_jdwhrV80Fzg538vUcdaxQgNmDa-qtNYY71-uTgaijPwIPpR1zwuNMSk0o16LRHQhTLEopCy_yucYoLTFpkc/s1600-h/niyog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIYvibTnhf21F3UnSByBAI8RBfloJa4uOQhNcb2gN_N5qyTSi-8VGW_G_jdwhrV80Fzg538vUcdaxQgNmDa-qtNYY71-uTgaijPwIPpR1zwuNMSk0o16LRHQhTLEopCy_yucYoLTFpkc/s320/niyog.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Coconut <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_milk" rel="wikipedia" title="Coconut milk">milk</a> is extracted from grated coconut meat from these matured fruits, and makes innumerable delicious recipes. There are many tasty and healthy food mixes with coconut milk, aside from the native sweets, a mixture of the milk with <i>malagkit, </i>sticky rice, and many more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3b5SqqfFfyGQK8Ouq6QXTx9xrD8o1C0rtW_dQ6T-ZJ5TS73PZcuO_TVOZ1sTPImlFpP0fdbeU4VGBY8JE6pS0iC1W6-tk02zRUXRfYsv-cWXgOI8tU7UhEK4MfBNk0ZWaBH4dptrf3l8/s1600-h/copra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3b5SqqfFfyGQK8Ouq6QXTx9xrD8o1C0rtW_dQ6T-ZJ5TS73PZcuO_TVOZ1sTPImlFpP0fdbeU4VGBY8JE6pS0iC1W6-tk02zRUXRfYsv-cWXgOI8tU7UhEK4MfBNk0ZWaBH4dptrf3l8/s320/copra.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Coconut <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_oil" rel="wikipedia" title="Coconut oil">oil</a> is also extracted from these matured fruit, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copra" rel="wikipedia" title="Copra">copra</a>. The shell can be use as fuel and even décor as well. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The husk of coconut is natively used as husk – for scrubbing wood floors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsUqrNGKdTY7XlbqtW8UuPEdd-qQxSVbbPlGu642kwVHSfOa9oEN_DCO2vsa_xRtaL6m8BcNK5wa24hNgIxvUEc4Lg4dQX58DECjKwJhhxSHR-J9s5KA-PpWJMg2D9ymfF_5_B0oUq5c/s1600-h/coconut+leaf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsUqrNGKdTY7XlbqtW8UuPEdd-qQxSVbbPlGu642kwVHSfOa9oEN_DCO2vsa_xRtaL6m8BcNK5wa24hNgIxvUEc4Lg4dQX58DECjKwJhhxSHR-J9s5KA-PpWJMg2D9ymfF_5_B0oUq5c/s320/coconut+leaf.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFiqkeVKLWUT484HOW3arAfkRX9876IHP1cSHTNC-G2KipmuJmbRYAFoRjXp5EffRYarTBjoBuL1jKYjtlmuhDWDLq1f4GlHlWf0AfHPW8AnQnqFycc7k007fZaKXHlXomdMln5GUoRM/s1600-h/1233961922Aling+Conching+Walis+Tingting+20x1_final+copy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFiqkeVKLWUT484HOW3arAfkRX9876IHP1cSHTNC-G2KipmuJmbRYAFoRjXp5EffRYarTBjoBuL1jKYjtlmuhDWDLq1f4GlHlWf0AfHPW8AnQnqFycc7k007fZaKXHlXomdMln5GUoRM/s320/1233961922Aling+Conching+Walis+Tingting+20x1_final+copy.gif" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The leaves of the coconut tree when dried make the native broom – <i>walis tingting.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In rural areas, folks from rural areas pick-out the <i>ubod – </i>heart of the palm from coconut tree that yields less or unproductive tree or coconut tress damaged by typhoon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLse70c4D3rzYknbzjqHHPRRXsQ1PeSv-62hGKcHGAqhRngLyUgnCTFF4xK4Han5iXDocUmJ0XOxsyez0ZYMd8EiUK_LCrBjCwE4t0uhi-h7vLM2DR0-4yKUPhTC2Fj34HllaFGoFgGo/s1600-h/ubod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLse70c4D3rzYknbzjqHHPRRXsQ1PeSv-62hGKcHGAqhRngLyUgnCTFF4xK4Han5iXDocUmJ0XOxsyez0ZYMd8EiUK_LCrBjCwE4t0uhi-h7vLM2DR0-4yKUPhTC2Fj34HllaFGoFgGo/s320/ubod.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuo0lVyXVhFUVjp4dW8T_qv_TESagJEoeuOijuP0PFZ0fq_Ivjwjlwsucz8iCF5Dr3gK6n7xnWi7HmphLqwCJD9v6mLrWHB-PtY6rqIbRoQEEqRXDWz4JVpYAkZGLV7mi4t14AeL3Oyzc/s1600-h/ubod+salad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuo0lVyXVhFUVjp4dW8T_qv_TESagJEoeuOijuP0PFZ0fq_Ivjwjlwsucz8iCF5Dr3gK6n7xnWi7HmphLqwCJD9v6mLrWHB-PtY6rqIbRoQEEqRXDWz4JVpYAkZGLV7mi4t14AeL3Oyzc/s320/ubod+salad.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It is delicious in salads and <i>lumpiang ubod, </i>and also good to cook it with coconut milk.</div><br />
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Another product from coconut tree is <i>Tuba</i> - coconut toddy that has a stinging sweet and bittersweet taste. The process involves extracting the sap of an unopened coconut bud. The tip of the bud is lopped and the pale juice allowed trickles into bamboo containers. A sturdy tree yields about a gallon of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drink" rel="wikipedia" title="Drink">liquid</a> daily. The fermenting process involves the sweetish liquid is stored for one to three days in earthen jars or bottles in modern times. The rust tint of tuba is acquired through the addition of powdered bark called <i>tangal</i>.<br />
In some rural places, patients suffering from tuberculosis were advised to drink or even bathe with Tuba as a cure. It is also consider as a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage" rel="wikipedia" title="Alcoholic beverage">hard drink</a>. As Tuba is fermented, it is a good source of vinegar.<br />
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Go nuts with coconut!<br />
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</script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-35872109950209860102010-03-01T21:34:00.000-08:002010-03-01T21:34:24.100-08:00The Identity Crisis - HomosexualityHomosexuality is a justly case of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_crisis_%28psychology%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Identity crisis (psychology)">identity crisis</a>. It is not just a gender crisis but a more subtle situation. They identify themselves not their <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body" rel="wikipedia" title="Body">body</a> but they identify themselves with their mind. Entrap inside a male body, they think, the mind dictates a female identity, same as in the case of lesbians. Lesbians think they are masculine male entrap in a female body.<br />
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Every body identifies themselves as the tags as mark of their location, race or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion" rel="wikipedia" title="Religion">religion</a>. One thinks I am black or brown, Chinese or Americans, catholic or Muslim, fat or skinny, tall or short, and male or female. These are the bodily levels we set note on our identity.<br />
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Just because a person is in male body doesn’t mean that the person is male; and just because a person or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul" rel="wikipedia" title="Soul">soul</a> is in a female body doesn’t mean that the person is female. This is because the person is not the material body, you are not the body, I am not this body. At death you will all leave this suit of clothes behind, these bodily designations. <br />
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The gross material body is made up of the elements earth, water, fire etc., can be compared to the jacket and shirt and the subtle material mind, material desires etc., can be compared to the undershirt or underwear. In fact you are all these, you are not the jacket or the under shirt. You are covered by a gross material body and a subtle material body. You are the living entity, the life force situated within these gross and physical casings. The identity crisis exists for a person who is not aware of this fact.<br />
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Individuals in men’s bodies but who want to enjoy as women should appreciate the fact that they are not women trapped in men’s bodies rather they are living entities covered by their desire to enjoy as women, but their “female” desire is encased in a male’s body. In other words, they are actually identifying themselves to be the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtle_body" rel="wikipedia" title="Subtle body">subtle body</a>, the mind and desires. A person can realize that the mind is not the self. Homosexuals, for example, can separate themselves from the tendency to enjoy as women as something apart from themselves; in the same way that they can experience their body as apart from themselves.<br />
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Through meditation, a person says, “my body”, as if the body is their possession, “My mind” which point to the fact that the mind is also a possession of the person. I have a body and I have a mind – but I am neither the body nor the mind.<br />
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A person can watch images going through his mind in the same way he watches television. One can act as a witness to the activities of the mind or he may dream and say, “Oh, I had a terrible nightmare”, but as soon as the dream is gone, you still exist, as the witness viewing your dream. So you are not the mind. <br />
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Desires are continually changing. A desire to enjoy in a certain way may exist but then it goes away but the living entity stays. The living entity, who is aware of that desire, continues to exist. The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality" rel="wikipedia" title="Homosexuality">homosexual</a> should be aware that desires are changing day to day, moment to moment. The person is the one aware of these ever-changing desires, feelings and thoughts. Homosexuals can choose his ever changing desires, he can just watch and be the spectator of the streams of his desires, he can rid those perverted desires or thoughts and experience how hard to control them or he can give in to them. This shows that the person aware to make choices is apart from these flows of desires and they are not the mind’s desires or the mind itself.<br />
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Homosexuals somehow experience that their gross body is something foreign; they have the wrong kind of body on. Their subtle body, the mind does not match their gross body.<br />
This is all due to their desires and activities in their past life, such desires and activities caused them to transmigrate to gross body which does not match up with their subtle body.<br />
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In this lifetime, we had already experienced transmigrating from on kind of body to another. The soul transmigrates from a baby body to a boyhood body, and then migrates into a young man’s body. A person who used to live in a young body now lived in a middle-aged body. And the person who used to live in a middle-aged body now lives in an old body. We see this process around us, person dropping one body, then leaving that body and taking a new one.<br />
It is not the same body – the body of an old man is not just an old version of the same body he had as a youth. All the cells have changed, the bones have changed, the whole body is different. This is a scientific fact. The body is made up of cells which are constantly being replaced. The body is constantly changing.<br />
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“As the embodied soul continually passes, in this body, <br />
from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes<br />
into another body at death. The self-realized soul is not <br />
bewildered by such a change.”<br />
(<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" rel="wikipedia" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad-gita</a> 2:13)<br />
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In the same way that there is continuity throughout the gradual changes of the present body, there is continuity in the life of the conditioned soul. The desires that a person cultivates during the lifetime of the present gross body do not die when the body dies. They remain with the living being and act as a link or connection with the next body. The bridge between one type of body and the next is the mentality of the living being – the subtle body or mind.<br />
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To be continued.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Remember the nerve jangling thriller, <i>Seven, </i>and how the psycho killer stalks the trail of those guilty of the seven capital sins? Its not just in the movies that a person gets victimized and used as a living personification of sins. We’ll make a slight twist and go to the more relevant emotions in real life. In a sense, there are the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins" rel="wikipedia" title="Seven deadly sins">seven deadly sins</a> which continue to corrupt and consume the very being of those enslaved by them. This is no Biblical allusion for them this time, so we’ll refer to them as the <i><o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitovuXl8kiW0bZAaGm3RsMYa_-SM8-vBnMS4-xSjOZeYIttc17_hTAO0UREdyfAtkx2cq0S5BisbYliUVwGkRtKecqBMYkYI-WM_Gtr3he6uZEHFq4nVH1bgQPhRNQCN3J7rBouqBtRhA/s1600-h/who_am_i2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitovuXl8kiW0bZAaGm3RsMYa_-SM8-vBnMS4-xSjOZeYIttc17_hTAO0UREdyfAtkx2cq0S5BisbYliUVwGkRtKecqBMYkYI-WM_Gtr3he6uZEHFq4nVH1bgQPhRNQCN3J7rBouqBtRhA/s320/who_am_i2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Usually, emotions connote someone who’s disturbed, lying in a couch with a psychiatrist sorting, unwinding, and unknotting intricate webs of emotional traumas and neuroses. Western emotions attributes exclusively to the workings of the mind. In our times of high specialization, the study of the mind has been compartmentalized as Psychology. Interesting to note here is the etymology of Psychology. It originally comes from the Greek word “psyche”, meaning soul. But with the more materialistic outlook with which everything must be quantified, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology" rel="wikipedia" title="Psychology">psychology</a> has now been converted to the study of the human mind. As for the soul, this is within the realm of belief and mystery, the scope of religion.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAA3h2vLHFDSwUnurkKDWryQRVf9K0KBO_2egTTNoFr9qhn66NnJlNF0HOAvS4p2qDkNvFY4Wl-2rZcEtGvDiVwxIH0AvCGIF8G3DuUPgINkudqjVq54dmL_O-73wXPXk3p6Zx7Nn7zc/s1600-h/suppose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAA3h2vLHFDSwUnurkKDWryQRVf9K0KBO_2egTTNoFr9qhn66NnJlNF0HOAvS4p2qDkNvFY4Wl-2rZcEtGvDiVwxIH0AvCGIF8G3DuUPgINkudqjVq54dmL_O-73wXPXk3p6Zx7Nn7zc/s320/suppose.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the early 1900s, Freud attempted to resolve psychological conflicts by reverting to the patient’s childhood. Skeptics viewed Freudian attempts of regressing to one’s childhood as futile, as a solution was quite difficult to come by.</div><div class="MsoNormal">How is person trigger to respond with a certain emotion? The ancient book, <i><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita" rel="wikipedia" title="Bhagavad Gita">Bhagavad-gita</a>, </i>elucidates, “While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person develops attachment to them, and from such attachment lust develops, and from lust anger arises, and from anger, complete delusion arises, and from delusion bewilderment of memory. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNzw3oyT9ZQYT660MVIHBp-MB8bg9YSbT4MGY9CiB286hnc1xZZqPkqlS9Rx2kWXhZ_nToWqrxSmlL252eh3Ij531Ks4ffHVr8LYJK4iWLd3k6OdfkASusmTR1qaT6FE313KJhC3YpyI/s1600-h/he's+gone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNzw3oyT9ZQYT660MVIHBp-MB8bg9YSbT4MGY9CiB286hnc1xZZqPkqlS9Rx2kWXhZ_nToWqrxSmlL252eh3Ij531Ks4ffHVr8LYJK4iWLd3k6OdfkASusmTR1qaT6FE313KJhC3YpyI/s320/he's+gone.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>When memory is bewildered, intelligence is lost, and when intelligence is lost one falls down again into the material pool (Ch.2:26:63).”<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We can understand that all emotions start from that to which the senses are exposed. From the external, the internal is affects the external. A vicious cycle goes on and on.</div><div class="MsoNormal">This vicious cycle is also corroborated by the Chinese saying, “Contact with the external world generates internal emotions”. It is simply the external affecting the internal. Our senses, as active cameras and tape recorders, capture the sense-objects from the environment and then send electrochemical impulses to the brain. These are projected into the movie screen of the mind which is viewed and reacted upon by the <b>self, you.</b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rCXFk7GgievaTby-5d_066JV25uFZunkQu3WUGqnvfHtZHPJxeJgXM-keZIZYdAwUg0N95PyciVOpR2R-HS4b0rA8ThMRAZnnx5vyUynnIBq16v458EkRV8z89uXbj-ZbxLiaoOiGsQ/s1600-h/worry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rCXFk7GgievaTby-5d_066JV25uFZunkQu3WUGqnvfHtZHPJxeJgXM-keZIZYdAwUg0N95PyciVOpR2R-HS4b0rA8ThMRAZnnx5vyUynnIBq16v458EkRV8z89uXbj-ZbxLiaoOiGsQ/s320/worry.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Aversion and attraction is at the base of the projected emotion attached to response. This response of the self enters the mind, then ethers the body mechanism as energy. So, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion" rel="wikipedia" title="Emotion">human emotions</a> are nothing but energy in motion traveling through the body’s energy channels.</div><div class="MsoNormal">With each emotion comes secretion of particular hormones, discharging certain electrochemical activity in the nervous system, causing alteration of the pulse and blood pressure, adaptations in respiration, and stimulation or suppression of digestion. Only when the emotion is smooth, swift, and well-balanced does the person experience a positive stimulation to his system. But should be the emotion explosive or extreme and prolonged, the body’s energy mechanism goes into some kind of shock, causing serious damage. The body’s immune system becomes impaired, thus affecting the internal organs of the body. Disease, degeneration, and debility are rooted in offensive emotions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnY2bcNr20DMEY-JLERacU9fa343UpMJRxvOQCDjiSg7570E6aQa-Jyinw9dUt54IVORYuScWr1239CYd15aBvt-dVKUT72OuceiFX7wPbh35BAs1o7Q5Q7ESsRwuYifmf53ritKaZvt8/s1600-h/Wilhelm_Reich,_Wilhelm_Reich_Museum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnY2bcNr20DMEY-JLERacU9fa343UpMJRxvOQCDjiSg7570E6aQa-Jyinw9dUt54IVORYuScWr1239CYd15aBvt-dVKUT72OuceiFX7wPbh35BAs1o7Q5Q7ESsRwuYifmf53ritKaZvt8/s320/Wilhelm_Reich,_Wilhelm_Reich_Museum.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Wilhelm Reich, </b>in the 1950s, was the trailblazer on the frontiers of the obvious link of emotions and psychological pathology. Yet his studies on human bio-energy have pathetically earned not just a Nobel Prize but a term in the prison cell. The controversial statement of Reich was that, “fixation and conflicts cause fundamental disturbances of the bio-electric system and so get anchored somatically. It is impossible to separate psychic from the somatic process”.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Dr. Wider Penfield, meanwhile made extensive studies on the brains of epileptic patients. He was able to map out the certain biological movements and emotions of their corresponding part in the human brain.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">These “controversial” ideas boggled minds of the people in the West. It was yet to be realized that traditional Chinese medicines and <i>Ayurvedic </i>system had already developed a whole system of monitoring, controlling and curing the ways of roller-coaster emotions people inevitably encounter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFuFN2OALWWvlKq0eC9gpjCxi5az8znVHgeEkQJGbanyLZqSyNHp0T9R4UA-BZM-GKEhPoBh3MPSa6uG6ndGtC3FhZnnI_JaiavzhlZSkL-p_M825cefxLR5ZTi1_28CDFV76HJVBR3Y/s1600-h/think.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFuFN2OALWWvlKq0eC9gpjCxi5az8znVHgeEkQJGbanyLZqSyNHp0T9R4UA-BZM-GKEhPoBh3MPSa6uG6ndGtC3FhZnnI_JaiavzhlZSkL-p_M825cefxLR5ZTi1_28CDFV76HJVBR3Y/s320/think.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Seven Deadly Emotions have always been there affecting us, making it very easy for us to relate to them. It is sad to think though the psycho-psychological link up between emotions and health has been known by the Oriental and Indian world since ancient times, Western doctors have failed to properly understand or correctly treat the ailments accompanying such emotions. Western medicines needs to first grasp an understanding of the basic dynamics of human energy.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Greed, Anger, Anxiety, Envy, Grief, Fear, and Lust are the Seven Deadly Emotions. How many people have hyperventilated and fainted because of as upsurge of emotion? How many widowers have succumbed to diseases and other fatal ailments due to the extreme grief of losing someone they loved? When we experience these emotions, how exactly do your bodies become affected? Answers to these on issues to follow. Thanks to Marilitz “thoughts”. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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A <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage" rel="wikipedia" title="Marriage">married couple</a> tries their chances in Las Vegas casino hoping to win and finance their dream real estate property but lose. They met a billionaire who offers a million dollars for spending a night with the wife, both agrees to recover and pursue their dream. Hoping to forget the incident, the husband insecurities increase with the fear that the relationship of his wife will prosecute.<br />
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The husband asks his wife if they had sex, and the wife said yes, and it was good. The wife files for divorce. The husband makes his final attempt to win back his wife by signing the divorce papers and giving away the one million and he succeed.<br />
Here, love conquers sex enjoyment and money.<br />
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The Word Web defines the meaning of love as enjoy, have sex, have intercourse, lovemaking, sleep together, sexual love, and so on. <br />
Excerpts from Wikipedia, defining love;<br />
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Love is any of a number of emotions related to a sense of strong affection and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure ("I loved that meal") to intense interpersonal attraction ("I love my husband"). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_intercourse" rel="wikipedia" title="Sexual intercourse">makes love</a> unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_1p-S-0bANDPRAAM7DYjlFWUt5TuQPQy2c1i7bHGSVZa_IjXfsQVPDGwgfqcfPVboqKhg3OzAO78KfgGGSGQG86e2FwkNZrv5CnlLCFwvwKIZqK0DelzPn5TjvFf7wL-O_SsbtipUJU/s1600-h/180px-DickseeRomeoandJuliet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC_1p-S-0bANDPRAAM7DYjlFWUt5TuQPQy2c1i7bHGSVZa_IjXfsQVPDGwgfqcfPVboqKhg3OzAO78KfgGGSGQG86e2FwkNZrv5CnlLCFwvwKIZqK0DelzPn5TjvFf7wL-O_SsbtipUJU/s200/180px-DickseeRomeoandJuliet.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>“Parting is such a sweet sorrow”. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romeo_and_Juliet" rel="wikipedia" title="Romeo and Juliet">Romeo and Juliet</a>.<br />
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Biological models of sex tend to view love as a mammalian drive, much like hunger or thirst. Helen Fisher, a leading expert in the topic of love, divides the experience of love into three partly overlapping stages: lust, attraction, and attachment. Lust exposes people to others; romantic attraction encourages people to focus their energy on mating; and attachment involves tolerating the spouse (or indeed the child) long enough to rear a child into infancy.<br />
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The Persian word for love is eshgh, deriving from the Arabic ishq. In the Persian culture, everything is encompassed by love and all is for love, starting from loving friends and family, husbands and wives, and eventually reaching the divine love that is the ultimate goal in life.<br />
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Two philosophical underpinnings of love exist in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_China" rel="wikipedia" title="Culture of China">Chinese tradition</a>, one from Confucianism which emphasized actions and duty while the other came from Mohism which championed a universal love. A core concept to Confucianism is Ren ("benevolent love", 仁), which focuses on duty, action and attitude in a relationship rather than love itself. In Confucianism, one displays benevolent love by performing actions such as filial piety from children, kindness from parent, loyalty to the king and so forth.<br />
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In <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Japan" rel="wikipedia" title="Buddhism in Japan">Japanese Buddhism</a>, ai is passionate caring love, and a fundamental desire. It can develop towards either selfishness or selflessness and enlightenment. Amae, a Japanese word meaning "indulgent dependence," is part of the child-rearing culture of Japan. Japanese mothers are expected to hug and indulge their children, and children are expected to reward their mothers by clinging and seIn <br />
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Hebrew, Ahava is the most commonly used term for both interpersonal love and love of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God" rel="wikipedia" title="God">God</a>. Judaism employs a wide definition of love, both among people and between man and the Deity. rving. Some sociologists have suggested that Japanese social interactions in later life are modeled on the mother-child amae.<br />
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In Buddhism, Kāma is sensuous, sexual love. It is an obstacle on the path to enlightenment, since it is selfish. Karuṇā is compassion and mercy, which reduces the suffering of others. It is complementary to wisdom and is necessary for enlightenment. Adveṣa and mettā are benevolent love. This love is unconditional and requires considerable self-acceptance. This is quite different from ordinary love, which is usually about attachment and sex and which rarely occurs without self-interest. Instead, in Buddhism it refers to detachment and unselfish interest in others' welfare.<br />
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In Hinduism, kāma is pleasurable, sexual love, personified by the god Kamadeva In contrast to kāma, prema – or prem – refers to elevated love. Karuna is compassion and mercy, which impels one to help reduce the suffering of others. Bhakti is a Sanskrit term, meaning "loving devotion to the supreme God." A person who practices bhakti is called a bhakta.<br />
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The Christian understanding is that love comes from God. The love of man and woman—eros in Greek—and the unselfish love of others (agape), are often contrasted as "ascending" and "descending" love, respectively, but are ultimately the same thing.<br />
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<i>"For God so loved (agape) the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.</i> (John 3:16) The gift of God's son as a provision for sin was given to all humans, regardless of who we are. God's love is unconditional.<br />
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“Indecent Proposal” was more than 15yrs ago and can be hardly identify those emotions as of now. Love has become very shallow and one-sided feelings or emotions. <br />
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Can one give up the million dollars and the luxury it will bring you? We find description of love as what others can do for “me”. <br />
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We must rule-out greed, lust and selfish thoughts as “love.” We don’t want these love perversions to control our lives. We must set forth our love for others without expecting anything in return other than love itself and we must base it on the unconditional love of God for us. <br />
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The hazards of smoking have caught the attention of many people. Yet, there are still those who stubbornly pursue the devastating habit. The power of advertising has surely crept in and is eating the intelligence of many persons.<br />
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Cigarette smoke contains high amounts of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_%28chemistry%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Radical (chemistry)">free radicals</a>. Nitrogen oxides in cigarette smoke react to the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyunsaturated_fat" rel="wikipedia" title="Polyunsaturated fat">polyunsaturated fatty acids</a> found in cellular membranes, causing sells to go rancid, rigid, and then die. Vitamin E protects against these reactions. Yet, no matter how much Vitamin E a smoker takes, the free radicals continuously inhaled into his system open the door and roll out the red carpet for many diseases.<br />
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Aside from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lung_cancer" rel="wikipedia" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a>, smoking causes emphysema and increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and clots in the legs. It also makes peptic ulcers slower to heal.<br />
We may not be smokers nor have someone close to us who is a walking chimney, but the very air we breathe in is also so polluted. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution" rel="wikipedia" title="Air pollution">Air pollutants</a> coming from cars and factory exhausts give us an abundant supply of nitrogen oxides, ozone, and sulfur oxides which, when inhaled, generate toxic forms of oxygen that damage our bodies. <br />
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Antioxidants are the first line of defense for us who are exposed to air pollutants. Beta-carotene, Vitamins C, E, and B12, zinc, selenium, copper, and folic acid afford us some protection. A 1988 study has found that precancerous lesions in the airways of smokers could be reversed after the smoker receives mega doses of folic acid (10mg.) and Vitamin B12 (10mg.) daily for several months.<br />
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Emphysema is a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease" rel="wikipedia" title="Disease">disease</a> that gradually destroys the lungs’ fine tissues that is essential for oxygen to reach the bloodstream. Usually, when smokes enter the lungs causing irritation and inflammation, the body automatically releases an army of destructive enzymes to fight off the invader. The body also releases protective enzymes which act as buffer to protect the lungs from any injury caused by the body’s own defenses. With emphysema taking over a smoker’s lungs, the protective enzymes run amok, so the fortresses of the lungs fall.<br />
However, once you’re told you’ve got emphysema; your life does not have to end there. With your body a bit debilitated, certain adjustments have to be made4. a change of lifestyle is definitely needed. You have no choice but to stop smoking. It is an action that you have long postponed. Perhaps certain aspects may be irreversible, but at least you slow down the disease’s progression and prevent new problems from arising. It is best that you live in the countryside where you can have a better air to breathe.<br />
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Air-conditioned rooms provide such an artificial environment for those with emphysema. Nothing beats fresh air, especially now that you have to exercise your body.<br />
When you have those terrible coughing spells, use deep <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathing" rel="wikipedia" title="Breathing">breathing</a>. This method is done is done with the chest relaxed, making your abdomen expand upon inhalation and contract upon <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhalation" rel="wikipedia" title="Exhalation">exhalation</a>. Don’t pant your breath. Try to make your body relax and sink your breath down to the abdomen. This type of deep breathing will open up those constricted bronchial tubes to enable the air to flow through.<br />
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Some reclining positions can help ease and clear out congestion. Lie face down with your chest and abdomen against the floor. Support your head by resting it on your arms. Put a soft pillow under your pelvis. Another position id to lie down flat on your back with a pillow under your hips, then bend your knees. The third position is done by lying on your side. Rest your head on one arm and drop the other behind you. Put a pillow under your hips. Cough vigorously while holding any of these positions.<br />
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Once you’ve clear your lungs of mucus, exercise in the morning and evening. Here are some very simple exercises to strengthen your body;<br />
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Exercise 1: Raise your arms and use breathe deeply, filling your lungs completely, with air. Lower your arms slowly as you exhale. Repeat three times and increase as it becomes easier for you.<br />
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Exercise 2: lie on your back with your knees bent. Place a pillow for your head and bend your arms so your head rest on them. Raise your right knee toward your chest as you breathe out. Breathe in as you lower your leg. Repeat three times and switch legs.<br />
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Exercise 3: Like sit ups, lie on your back with a pillow for your head and bend your arms behind so that they rest on top of the pillow. Now raise your head and shoulders as far as you can, and exhale. You don’t have to sit all the way up. Make three repetitions and slowly increase.<br />
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With these simpler exercises and a change of habits, persons like my father can hopefully find some relief from the difficulty of emphysema attacks. The key to success is perseverance and patience when doing deep breathing and exercises. Of course, don’t forget to relax.<br />
My father died three years ago.<br />
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">But what does an athlete need to compete at a high level of performance?<span style=""> </span>He needs determination – he wouldn’t do well without it. Of coarse, proper training is indispensable. But without the right amount of energy, all these are meaning less.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We’ve learned of many different ways by which we can attain a high energy level; we’re also told to do the dos and don’ts of proper nutrition. Now, we can believe everything we hear – the nest is to objectively know how <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate" title="Carbohydrate" rel="wikipedia">carbohydrates</a> fuel the athlete’s <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_tasting_descriptors" title="Wine tasting descriptors" rel="wikipedia">body</a> with loads of energy.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We are talking about two basics types of carbohydrates; starches (complex carbohydrates) and sugars (simple carbohydrates). “Blood sugar” or glucose comes from simple carbohydrates. This kind of sugar circulates in our body and supplies it with energy. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch" title="Starch" rel="wikipedia">Starch</a> is the most common carbohydrates. It is made up of hundreds of chains of glucose units. Starch provides a longer-lasting source of energy, since it has to be broken sown before the body can utilizes it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycogen" title="Glycogen" rel="wikipedia">Glycogen</a> is the result when the body converts simple and complex carbohydrates. Glycogen is stored in the muscles and the liver as energy reserve. Carbohydrates – simple or complex – basically provide energy, but it is more advisable to eat foods rich in complex carbohydrates. Such carbohydrates don’t cause a sudden shoot up of energy like simple carbohydrates, which leaves us with an energy slam.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Aside from being an excellent source of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietary_fiber" title="Dietary fiber" rel="wikipedia">dietary fiber</a>, complex carbohydrates usually contain large amounts of essential nutrients. Root crops like potatoes, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato" title="Sweet potato" rel="wikipedia">sweet potato</a>, cassava, ube, bean sprouts, whole grain breads and cereals, pasta are example of such carbohydrates. Suger foods only provide excess calories and leave you feeling listless later on.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Athletes interested in being vegetarians may wonder when it is the best time to eat to have more energy. Studies made at the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Texas Exercise Science</st1:placename></st1:place> labs show that our bodies uses carbohydrates most effectively within two hours after a work-out. John Ivy suggest that the best way to fight fatigue and still feed the muscles is to eat a protein and carbohydrates meal shortly after exercising, this will maximize the absorption of essential nutrients.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate_loading" title="Carbohydrate loading" rel="wikipedia">Carbo-loading</a> is commonly known to athletes. The theory behind it is that by “starving” <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletal_muscle" title="Skeletal muscle" rel="wikipedia">skeletal muscles</a> of their primary source of energy (glycogen) for a few days-by eating high carbohydrates food in much smaller amounts than normal and increasing exercise – you can coax the muscles into soaking up glycogen when foods high in carbohydrates are eaten shortly before competition. According to research, a meal heavy in carbohydrates can boost muscles glycogen by nearly 80% and enhance endurance, if not speed.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A typical carbo-load diet reduces one’s intake of complex carbohydrates by about 40%-60% and adds more protein, fats (from beans, nuts, and dairy products), and fruits. Then two or three days before competition, one must increase his complex carbohydrates to 70%-75% of his diet, and eat at least three big meals of carbohydrates, with some proteins and fats.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Doing this increases the stored glycogen in the liver and muscles. Then the body can easily retrieve the stored glycogen, which it converts to energy. Glycogen is burned first for energy, and then if more is needed, the fats are used. If there is low <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adipose_tissue" title="Adipose tissue" rel="wikipedia">body fat</a>, proteins in tissues are tapped to provide energy.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">With the carbo-loading diet, some athletes report an increase in their sexual energy and a good feeling known as “runner’s high”. So, who says vegetarians have wobbly legs? In fact Mr. Coach, I have two vegetarian friends excelling in international competitions; one of them has been a vegetarian since birth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <fieldset class="zemanta-related"><legend class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles by Zemanta</legend><ul class="zemanta-article-ul"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/11/moh.cookinglight.cardio.foods/index.html&a=9445726&rid=ba4f5448-bb4a-4cb9-b32a-b9ee7031a386&e=754f0c5fd69501b25d456f350dad3a82">Replenish your energy with the right carbohydrates</a> (cnn.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.thebestrawfooddiet.com/2010/01/3-best-raw-superfoods.html">The 3 Best Raw Superfoods</a> (thebestrawfooddiet.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.healthhype.com/fiber-supplements.html">Fiber Supplements</a> (healthhype.com)</li></ul></fieldset> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/ba4f5448-bb4a-4cb9-b32a-b9ee7031a386/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=ba4f5448-bb4a-4cb9-b32a-b9ee7031a386" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-77251107904337228662009-12-15T20:24:00.000-08:002009-12-15T21:44:45.886-08:00Holiday Heartburn<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CRONALD%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning></w> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas></w> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables></w> <w:SnapToGridInCell></w> <w:WrapTextWithPunct></w> <w:UseAsianBreakRules></w> <w:DontGrowAutofit></w> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"></st1:place><o:p></o:p>With the last minute of rush of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season" title="Christmas and holiday season" rel="wikipedia">Christmas shopping</a>, the seat-burning traffic jams in the city, and the round of Christmas parties and late night binges, it is not surprising to find many people stressed out from the so-called holidays. One common complaint is <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartburn" title="Heartburn" rel="wikipedia">heartburn</a>, which, as one patient describes, is “like having a giant fireball struck in your throat.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This condition is one of the many signs of <i style="">gastroesophalgeal reflux</i> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease" title="Disease" rel="wikipedia">disease</a> (GERD), a common ailment felt by millions of people daily. In the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> alone, it is estimated that over 100 million adults monthly and at least 25 millions daily are afflicted.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“Gastroesophageal reflux” is derive from a Latin term meaning “stomach to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esophagus" title="Esophagus" rel="wikipedia">esophagus</a> flowing backwards.” The stomach contains many digestive enzymes and acids. If these flow back into the throat and voice box, a person will experience discomforts like chest pains, indigestion, hoarseness, and sore throat, difficulty in swallowing and breathing, and coughing.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">How would you know if you’re suffering from GERD, since its symptoms are similar to those of other ailments? <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system" rel="wikipedia">Cardiovascular</a> ailments, for one, have similar symptoms as heartburn. Among those who are more liable to develop the symptoms are women in the first trimester of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregnancy" title="Pregnancy" rel="wikipedia">pregnancy</a>, late night eaters, obese people, tea and coffee drinkers, smokers and alcohol drinkers, those with collagen vascular disease, people over 60 and those with stressful lifestyles. Don’t these cover a majority of people?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The general publics are solution antacids and other prescription drugs, which are more in demand this season. In fact, you may have notice a lot of antacid advertisements, but the problem with taking these antacids and prescription drugs is that they do not really cure the ailment. Once you stop taking them, the symptoms persist. Aren’t we advertised to see a doctor when this kind of condition arises? </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Even if you do have a variety of antacid brands to choose from, and regardless of what the drug companies may put forward about you’re “need” to stick to your products, hold on to your hard-earned money. Don’t rush toward to your local drugstore to get some. GERD is not a hi-tech disease. It is highly treatable by more conservative, non-drug</p> <p class="MsoNormal">methods. According to medical literatures, 90% to 95% of GERD victims have been treated without medication.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A stressful life is experienced by those working in and out of the house. Sometimes, it</p> <p class="MsoNormal">is non-stop work from the moment a person opens his eyes to the time he goes back to sleep. Although stress is not a direct cause of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroesophageal_reflux_disease" title="Gastroesophageal reflux disease" rel="wikipedia">acid reflux</a>, it nevertheless contributes to the problem. Acid in the stomach are increased with stress. High-fat foods, late night eating, strong coffee, cigarettes, and alcohol are the grids of a stressful lifestyle. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What is wrong with eating late at night? First of all, you’re fueling up a vehicle (body) </p> <p class="MsoNormal">which is about to go to the garage (sleep). This may not be such an accurate analogy<span style=""> </span>because fuel just stays in the vehicle while the body continues its metabolism process even while at sleep. Lying down after eating at night disrupts the body’s normal acid handling mechanism. With the body lying horizontally, the esophagus makes the acid reflux easier to reach the upper throat. Swallowing and saliva production is reduced at night, which further adds to the problem. Hence, the acid reflux is neither swallowed nor neutralized as effectively while sleeping.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">To check and treat GERD, stay away from offensive foods and habits. Have a program correcting your dietary habits and adopt an exercise to promote weight loss and reduce stress. You can also tilt your bed to facilitate the pull of gravity so acids won’t reflux to your throat. This done by raising the head of the bed to four to six inches, having a strong support for the legs of the bed, or having firm pillows by your head. Over 90% of those who have done these simple techniques have been effectively treated. Again, if symptoms persist, go see a more aggressive therapy.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Take it easy with the feasting and partying this Christmas. Happy Holidays!!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <fieldset class="zemanta-related"><legend class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles by Zemanta</legend><ul class="zemanta-article-ul"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/panther85/constant-heartburn-finding-a-natural-solution-to-the-pain">Constant Heartburn Finding A Natural Solution To The Pain</a> (slideshare.net)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/panther85/acid-reflux-sore-throat-heartburn-isnt-the-only-symptom-reflux-causes">Acid Reflux Sore Throat Heartburn Isnt The Only Symptom Reflux Causes</a> (slideshare.net)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/panther85/foods-that-cause-heartburn-avoid-the-big-three">Foods That Cause Heartburn Avoid The Big Three</a> (slideshare.net)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/panther85/finding-a-natural-heartburn-cure">Finding A Natural Heartburn Cure</a> (slideshare.net)</li></ul></fieldset> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/cc01003a-36a9-4a87-9213-59f6a2cc4694/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=cc01003a-36a9-4a87-9213-59f6a2cc4694" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-14294382093535138562009-11-03T00:01:00.000-08:002009-11-03T19:57:53.625-08:00NO to CHILD PORNOGRAPHY<p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 310px;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Two_young_girls_at_Camp_Christmas_Seals.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Two_young_girls_at_Camp_Christmas_Seals.jpg/300px-Two_young_girls_at_Camp_Christmas_Seals.jpg" alt="Two young girls at Camp Christmas Seals, {{w|H..." style="border: medium none ; display: block;" height="250" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Two_young_girls_at_Camp_Christmas_Seals.jpg">Wikipedia</a></span></p>Sex is the highest enjoyment in the eyes of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materialism" title="Materialism" rel="wikipedia">materialist</a>.<br />But quite a number of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divorce" title="Divorce" rel="wikipedia">divorce</a> cases(a different <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_issues" title="Social issues" rel="wikipedia">social issue</a>) is alarming. It's because they don't see and admit that sex is not that enjoyable, starting on sex with the opposite sex. They don't see that they seek happiness in sex in another level, same sex (another social issue - homosexuality/gay/lesbian). Unsatisfied, the next level again, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse" title="Child abuse" rel="wikipedia">child abuse</a> (the issues of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia" title="Pedophilia" rel="wikipedia">pedophiles</a>, child <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_pornography" title="Child pornography" rel="wikipedia">pornography</a>, the 'lolitas", "angel", "pedoboy" or "preteens". They now try to find <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sexuality" title="Human sexuality" rel="wikipedia">alternative sex</a> enjoyment through "sex <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_toy" title="Sex toy" rel="wikipedia">toys</a>" like "dildos", artificial sex organs, and others. Still, not satisfied or seeking other means to enjoy sex they tried sex "in the farm" or sex with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoophilia" title="Zoophilia" rel="wikipedia">animals</a> and last but not the least is the "snuff".<br />The "snuff" video is the bit by bit view of the unsatisfactory nature of trying to enjoy, not on sex alone but to different consequences in life, money, beauty, power or fame.<br /><br />But here we are now only dealing on NO TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.<br />This a blog campaign to move the offenders, other supporters and perverts around the globe that there is an undying search for happiness and satisfaction that can never be found on material sense of view. These "cravings" is not satisfying unless it is transfer or intended to our real nature or our real "self".<br />Matter can not satisfy matter, our desire to enjoy comes to our true nature, our real "identity",<br />we cannot find happiness until we know and realized who we really are, who is the 'One" trying to enjoy or desiring to enjoy. (This is another Issue that connects to our life, our existence)<br /><br />Stop CHILD PORNOGRAPHY! STOP CHILD ABUSE!<br />Open our eyes that is illusion to enjoy on material sense objects.<br />To the offenders, this will only makes things worst, the cravings for sexual happiness specially turning to the children as your sex objects will make you desire for more and more. Having sex with an innocent child which is also a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human" title="Human" rel="wikipedia">human</a> being, they are just small persons, with young bodies, very young and even under develop bodies of persons - this is never satisfying but instead it will set your mind to a demoniac mentality. Without respects to others, to others' feelings and their individual life will bring chaos to one's self and even destroying the lives of your victims.<br />If you believe in "karma" my friend, STOP CHILD ABUSE. Please think that you have children too and you don't want that to happen in them for sure.<br />Do not make your life more miserable and put the lives of the poor children in anguish.<br /><fieldset class="zemanta-related"><legend class="zemanta-related-title">Related articles by Zemanta</legend><ul class="zemanta-article-ul"><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/01/vanessa-george-sex-abuse&a=8155966&rid=83bbea2d-8f6f-4981-91a2-86da42b37ba1&e=96998d094abd1cf834bc8b16f99cd776">Nursery worker admits sexual abuse</a> (guardian.co.uk)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/411673_child29.html?source=rssfull">Prosecutors: Couple raped daughter, 4, on live Webcam</a> (seattlepi.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/29/courts-abuse-paedophile-ring-scotland&a=9025643&rid=83bbea2d-8f6f-4981-91a2-86da42b37ba1&e=af84e3e2f7a079d197a54182b530b0ba">Child abuse ringleaders jailed for life</a> (guardian.co.uk)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6460447/Ringleaders-of-one-of-Britains-biggest-paedophile-networks-jailed.html&a=9028891&rid=83bbea2d-8f6f-4981-91a2-86da42b37ba1&e=caa00075af1704145d7cc502f6c31dc6">Ringleaders of one of Britain's biggest paedophile networks jailed</a> (telegraph.co.uk)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1927555,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopular">Nude Photo of Brooke Shields Withdrawn from U.K. Show</a> (time.com)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/oct/04/uk-female-child-sex-offenders&a=8231682&rid=83bbea2d-8f6f-4981-91a2-86da42b37ba1&e=e070dcba65d61103eb7bb999e381327f">64,000 UK women 'are sex offenders'</a> (guardian.co.uk)</li><li class="zemanta-article-ul-li"><a href="http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/04/vanessa-george-paedophiles-barbara-ellen&a=8232137&rid=83bbea2d-8f6f-4981-91a2-86da42b37ba1&e=c1e6a5592766cc1873de5a840d5f85fd">Vanessa George case shows armchair paedophiles are just as guilty</a> (guardian.co.uk)</li></ul></fieldset> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/83bbea2d-8f6f-4981-91a2-86da42b37ba1/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=83bbea2d-8f6f-4981-91a2-86da42b37ba1" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-50939291939571750432009-10-21T00:24:00.000-07:002009-10-21T00:45:30.036-07:00Nature's Beauty Aids<p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: left; display: block; width: 310px;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Facial_mask.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Facial_mask.jpg/300px-Facial_mask.jpg" alt="A Facial mask." style="border: medium none ; display: block;" height="274" width="300" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Facial_mask.jpg">Wikipedia</a></span></p>The skin is not just a superficial covering to be adorned and beautified. It is the body’s first line of defense. Also, through the skin pores, toxins are vented out of the body. The skin expresses the condition of he liver, pancreas and lungs, according to the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine" title="Traditional Chinese medicine" rel="wikipedia">Traditional Chinese medicines</a>.<br /><br />Just like the body as a whole need the right kind of fuel to metabolize properly, each skin cell must likewise receive food and your circulation determines the kind of nourishment it gets.<br /><br />The market is flooded with various facial cleansers. But great caution is required since many commercial lotions and creams which are deemed harmless contain lead, mercury, antimony and bismuth which, when absorbed by the body tissues damage to the health of the skin. This is where the good habit of label reading comes in.<br /><br />Perhaps, with the very hectic schedule, naturally concocting facial cleansers and creams might be quite demanding and difficult to do. But we can start off with using pure baby oil which will not only remove our makeup but naturally lubricate our skin. Heating and applying <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_oil" title="Olive oil" rel="wikipedia">olive oil</a> does some wonders to the skin, especially the eyes. Apply this oil in a circular manner to smooth out wrinkles and made those eyelashes silky. Remember the facial sauna, this streaming water will open the pores ad cleanse away the embedded dirt and oil.<br /><br />Many advertisers capitalize on the idea that their product makes your skin good enough to eat. Hold it! I am not proposing some form of cannibalism here so people can devour you. But there is close link between <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetics" title="Cosmetics" rel="wikipedia">cosmetics</a> and food. Cosmetics should be made from natural ingredients such as plants and herbs. Since the skin sells should be nourished, you should be putting on our skin something that is really food. The simple rule is do not put anything on your skin that you can’t eat. Much benefit is derived from utilizing facial creams made from lemons, cucumbers, honey, strawberries, oats, and milk.<br /><br />In to the countries, grandmothers in their younger days used oatmeal and cucumber as facial to soften their skin and prevent wrinkles. Vegetables are now recommended for everything involving <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin" title="Skin" rel="wikipedia">skin care</a>, and so are fruit extracts and creams made from papaya and carrots. Actually, you can eat the papaya and do not dispose the pulp. This can be used to scrub the whole body with. Our female ancestors used wines, whiskeys, brandies, and even beer as astringents to maintain that natural beautiful glow in the skin. They usually mix equal parts of whiskey with milk and apply it on the skin. After washing the skin, pat this mixture and leave it for several hours or overnight. In the middle ages, ladies of the French court of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France" title="Louis XIV of France" rel="wikipedia">Louis XIV</a> and other kings used the white of an egg together with camphor and alum to clear up blemishes and tighten the skin. The same mixture can also works for you today. This mixture can be applied in the neck and arms as well. The egg mask used for thousand of years was also combines with three ounces od honey to make a thick paste.<br /><br />Cucumber juice is another old time favorite recipe: three ounces of cucumber juice, three ounces of distilled water and 1 and ½ ounce of rose water which can be locally purchased from Indian Specialty Stores. Rub this mixture into the skin with the finger tips. A refreshing hot weather beauty trick is to wash the face with cold water in which some cut-up cucumbers have been mashed.<br /><br />Pimples, blackheads, and large pores can be treated using the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facial_mask" title="Facial mask" rel="wikipedia">facial mask</a> we’ve mentioned. For minor blemishes, you can mix equal parts of pure lanolin, glycerin and castor oil. Melt this concoction over low heat, let it cool and keep in a glass jar. Apply to pimples until it’s healed. A word of caution: Never mix these ingredients is a metal container unless it is glazed or a heavily enameled ironware cooking pot. It is best use enamel, china, glass or earthenware.<br /><br />Brown or yellow laundry soap applied to pimples will dry it off. Onion juice is an excellent remedy for pimples as well as for boils or skin infection. An easy remedy and ideal for travelers is the used of camphor which is available at any drugstores. Simply pat camphor at the pimples until it disappears. Squeeze gently and apply camphor. It may sting a bit but infection is prevented and the blotch quickly heals. Blotches are healed with boric acid dissolved in boiling water. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamine" title="Calamine" rel="wikipedia">Calamine lotion</a> is also good, as it heals and stops itching.<br /><br />Large pores are caused by incorrect cleansing, acne, blackheads, and improper diet. The buttermilk treatment acts as an astringent to the pores. Allow it to dry for ten minutes and rinse it off with cool water. Equal parts of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_cider" title="Apple cider" rel="wikipedia">apple cider</a> vinegar and hot water can be used as facial wash to refine the pores. Camphor wash can also be substituted for water to refine the pores. Cornmeal and oatmeal, as well as alum powder, has been lauded by women trough ages as being very effective in reducing the pores and as an astringent.<br /><br />Raw tomatoes had been used for centuries to tighten the skin. The tomato pulp contains vitamins, minerals and acids to cleanse the skin. The juice of lettuce, cucumber and poultices of bread and milk reduce large pores.<br />To ward off blackheads is to keep the face clean. Streaming daily and scrubbing with some natural soap and water are good. Rubbing the blackheads with lemon juice is an old remedy. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_bicarbonate" title="Sodium bicarbonate" rel="wikipedia">Baking soda</a> dissolved in 8 ounces of distilled water clears off blackheads.<br /><br />I hope you can benefit from these natural beauty tips which date back not just from our grandmothers but from the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages" rel="wikipedia">middle Ages</a>. They are very inexpensive, yet very effective. Also, don’t forget to have lots of exercise and a good healthy diet. These are essentials in producing that healthy, rosy skin glow.<br /><br /><br /> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/e08d682a-7590-4caf-a087-89add705492d/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=e08d682a-7590-4caf-a087-89add705492d" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-18181746233590114952009-09-03T18:10:00.000-07:002009-09-03T18:34:40.780-07:00Antidotes to Memory Loss<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTpLB0w1ns1xeZiNOp_bx3dMeIXZ4DnKUVAxG8fJAXT6sH95w7EUN5-U5A4xjdOHpYzhxzeLrAnSoHEQiBd4rVKlybO6cod3FTyWX_vn_VOp2dhyphenhyphenoEDqoCGj8pEB7mC28kro3woiFx1o/s1600-h/think.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTpLB0w1ns1xeZiNOp_bx3dMeIXZ4DnKUVAxG8fJAXT6sH95w7EUN5-U5A4xjdOHpYzhxzeLrAnSoHEQiBd4rVKlybO6cod3FTyWX_vn_VOp2dhyphenhyphenoEDqoCGj8pEB7mC28kro3woiFx1o/s200/think.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377419214074238018" border="0"></a><br />Physical fitness of the brain should be one of our prime considerations, especially as we approach 40. Midlife crisis besets people who worry about those dreaded gray hairs, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory" title="Memory" rel="wikipedia">memory</a> loss, and cognitive decline.<br />Must memory lost be part of it? Sanity is an awful reality to face. Cast your anxieties aside regarding cognitive decline, as Dr. Singh Khalsa has tried a formula that’s doing wonders for a lot of aging people, many of them with the Alzheimer’s disease.<br />Khalsa regimen consists of nutritional therapy, stress management, exercise and prescription of some drugs for those on the more advanced stage.<br />Stress causes cognitive decline. Chronic stress result in the over-production of a hormone called cortisol, which causes the death of the brain cells. Stress management not only halts the over-production of cortisol, it also enhances the cerebral circulation.<br />An efficient brain circulation is achieved by lowering <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_pressure" title="Blood pressure" rel="wikipedia">blood pressure</a>, encouraging the adequate production of neurotransmitters and helping the brain waves to shift from the common “beta” mode to the more relaxed “alpha” and “theta” mode.<br />A cruel irony regarding cognitive decline is that the more damage to the brain the person has suffered, the harder it is to control the biological production of the cortisol. The area of the brain that shuts off cortisol production often deteriorates with age, sitting in motion a whole digestive spiral.<br />To control stress, you can adopt a positive attitude and not think that you have to set aside your desires to get along with people. A helpful reminder is that although you can’t always control what happens to you, you can control how you react to it.<br />A little help from our friends is an important tool in coping with stress. Even contact with relative strangers also help. Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford neurologist, conducted studies measuring the cortisol levels of patients undergoing a painful cardiac catherization. Those who did not voice out their fears to the doctors had higher cortisol levels than those who did.<br />Meditation and prayers are also very potent antidotes to stress. Meditation evokes what Harvard stress management expert Herbert Benson calls the “<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Relaxation-Response-Herbert-Benson/dp/0688029558%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0688029558" title="The Relaxation Response" rel="amazon">relaxation response</a>”. The opposite of the cortisol-producing stress response, it lowers blood pressure, relax and brings on the alpha and theta waves, decrease oxygen consumption and cortisol output, increase alertness and improves memory. Ten to 20 minutes of meditation twice a day gives you an edge over stress.<br />Exercise is not only an excellent way to relieve stress, but also to increase blood flow to the brain, providing more oxygen and glucose and aiding in the removal of toxins. <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobic_exercise" title="Aerobic exercise" rel="wikipedia">Aerobic exercise</a> also increases the production of certain neurotransmitter for carrying memories to “long-term storage.” In addition exercise heightens the output of the “feel good” chemicals known as endorphins. It increases the production of hormone called “nerve growth factor”, which helps stimulate the repair and regeneration of neuros.<br />A half hour moderate exercise – like walking, biking, swimming, stair climbing, golf or tennis – is very helpful. Excellent exercise that mobilize the chi or internal energy are chi kung, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_chi_chuan" title="Tai chi chuan" rel="wikipedia">tai chi</a> and hatha yoga. Mental exercise such as reading, playing word or board games, conversing or engaging in stimulating activities, is equally important. <br />Recent experiments of Marian Diamond at the University of California at Berkeley show that just by using the brain increases its size and the number of certain kinds of brain cells. If the brain is not regularly engage in mental exercises, it begins to atrophy physically, just like muscle that is not used. Atrophy of up to 25% can occur in the hippocampus, the part of the brain most responsible for memory.<br />Yogic mind/body exercises form another part of the program. Khalsa says that such exercise help restore the brain’s ability to access existing memories, create new memories and concentrate more intensely.<br />Brain care is vital to our health. At any stage of our life, age-old precautions have to be remembered always. Smoking, drinking and drugs, eating and other activities must be considered carefully. Care for your brain – it’s the only one you’ve got. <br /> <br /><br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/5685d6b3-e926-4989-b033-907032b43f49/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=5685d6b3-e926-4989-b033-907032b43f49" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-81143587851072214452009-08-12T23:46:00.000-07:002010-02-15T17:20:11.369-08:00Breathing Lessons<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszwNkuMRPBChDRnzfJVHcCu1fMl1vb0QfI5CaRpuE7jp1U3A8_CeqqhPZe_sZIYQ-s3a6Or1uaKMesuP79ywD22APZJlBpPfYkC_9HX4if4ZiR9rizsyltNAkKydrBqoMrEEssX_2H3Q/s1600-h/yoga3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369343630554721730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjszwNkuMRPBChDRnzfJVHcCu1fMl1vb0QfI5CaRpuE7jp1U3A8_CeqqhPZe_sZIYQ-s3a6Or1uaKMesuP79ywD22APZJlBpPfYkC_9HX4if4ZiR9rizsyltNAkKydrBqoMrEEssX_2H3Q/s200/yoga3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">We may not be aware of it, but we breathe at a rate of 15 times per minute. When we are happy, we breathe in a rhythmic, deep and slow manner; when we are sad, we do so in a tense or depressed, gasping, sighing, shallow, fast and uneven way. Actually, we can control our breathing. A closer look at how nature designed our bodies reveals that man was meant to breathe primarily with his diaphragm, not his ribcage and clavicles.<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />
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Laziness, ignorance, smoking, pollution, constipation, and other factors have turned us into shallow chest breathers. Chest breathing uses the intercostals muscles between the ribs to forcibly expand the upper ribcage, lowering the air pressure in the chest so that the air enters by suction. This process leaves the lower lungs immobilized. Nothing is wrong with this, except that it takes about three times more of chest breathing to get the same amount of air into the lungs one can get from a single diaphragmatic breathing.<br />
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Clavicle breathing is even far worse than chest breathing. The clavicles of the collar bones are used to open up the upper portion of the lungs. Those with asthma or emphysema try to pant or breathe rapidly to get sufficient quantities of air pumping in the narrow little top pockets of the lungs controlled by the clavicles. This affects the heart which has too rapidly pump more blood through the lungs to compensate for the small surface area covered by the clavicle breathing.<br />
We also do some clavicle breathing every time we are anxious or stressed out. Irregular, tense breathing can be caused by and lead to disorganized mental activity and chaotic thinking patterns, as well as physical, emotional and mental disease. Next time you feel uptight, change your breathing pattern. Take a few abdominal breaths, hold for a few seconds, then exhale long and slow. Your anxieties will melt away! Unfortunately, most of us forget how to do abdominal breathing.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Balanced Breathing<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />
Two hemispheres of are responsible for different abilities and characteristic mode of expression of human individuality. The right side of the brains assumes the responsibility for the spatial, artistic, holistic, intuitive, and psychic side of our conception. The left side is responsible for our logical, rational, and analytical faculties and sequential and linear mode of the thoughts.<br />
The left brain has the centers for verbal communication – reading, writing, talking and hearing. Our formal education uses more verbal than non-verbal communication, making much use of the left side of the cerebral lobe. The left side has the qualities of competitiveness, selfishness, and aggression or the male (yang) energy. The right side has the feminine (yin) qualities of love, compassion, and nurturing. Alternate breathing, or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathing" rel="wikipedia" title="Breathing">inhaling</a> in one nostril as we close the other nostril with our finger, stimulates the opposite of the brain. This means that when we inhale through the right nostril, covering the left nostril, we stimulate the functions or qualities of the left side of the brain. Balance breathing through the right and left nostrils creates a balanced personality.<br />
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Dr. I.N. Rega, an EENT specialist in Bucharest, Romania conducted studies concerning nasal obstruction. One such study involved 200 patients suffering from one-sided nasal obstruction due to distortions and malformations of the nasal septum since birth. Dr. Rega found that 87% of those patients whose breath flowed predominantly on the left nostril suffered a higher than average incidence of a wide variety of respiratory disorders, including chronic sinusitis, middle and inner ear infections, partial or total loss of the sense of smell, hearing and taste, recurrent pharyngitis, laryngitis and tonsillitis, chronic bronchitis, and bronchiectasis.<br />
He found that they eventually were more likely to suffer from one or more of these disorders; amnesia, intellectual weakness, headaches, hyperthyroidism (with associated irritability), cardiopulmonary weakness (manifesting in palpitations asthma-like-attacks, and chronic heart failure), insufficiency of liver and gallbladder, persistently altered cellular constituents of the blood and lymphatic fluid, chronic gastritis and enter-colitis (with symptoms of heartburn, gastric reflux, peptic ulcer and constipation), sexual and reproductive disorders (symptoms of dimunition of libido, menstrual irregularities, and diminished virility).<br />
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Twenty-six-percent of those whose breathing flowed predominantly through the right nostril were found to be predisposed to arterial hypertension and it’s numerous consequences.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Breathing Techniques<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br />
In his commentaries on the Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu, the second great Taoist master aster Lao Tzu, explains how the vital energy can flow through the body, giving its multiplicity of the benefits. “(Those) who attain longevity with the management (of breath), who forget all things and yet possess all things; whose placidity is unlimited, while all things to be valued attend them – such men pursue the way of heaven and earth, and display the characteristics of sages”. The whole body must be involved in the breathing process as this makes the blood circulate better, bringing oxygen to the extremities. To do so, a person can either use his mind to mobilize and bring the breath to the different vital energy centers along the spinal column or he can use movement. By doing <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatha_yoga" rel="wikipedia" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a>, chi kung or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_chi_chuan" rel="wikipedia" title="Tai chi chuan">tai chi chuan</a> exercises, a person mobilizes his energy around the body. It is said that men of ancient times used their heels to breathe.<br />
Breathing through the heels is done standing with your feet apart as wide as your shoulders. Raise your arms forward as high as your shoulders while you inhale. Get the energy from the heels, by pushing your arms up against the pressure from the ground. This brings the energy you have gotten from the earth up the legs to the body and finally your arms. Exhale and press your hand down. The breathing must synchronize with the movement of your arms.<br />
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For asthma attacks or difficulty in breathing, do some deep abdominal breathing, as well as the following simple but effective breathing technique, which helps the constricted bronchi-oles of asthmatic patients.<br />
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Lie down on your back, your body straight. Put your palms on the floor, besides your body. Bring your legs together and relax your legs. Look straight forward. Exhale all the air from your body through the mouth in a continuous manner, as fast as, when you are whistling. The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_abdomen" rel="wikipedia" title="Human abdomen">abdominal muscles</a> should contract when you are exhaling.<br />
Inhale slowly through the nose, expanding the abdomen. Keep the air in while stretching the toes forward, tightening the legs. Pull the stomach inwards and keep your hands stretched. There should be a mild tightening of the whole body. Hold this position for three to four seconds during the first week. Gradually increase to six to eight seconds during the second and third weeks. Retain air as long as it is comfortable for you. Then exhale again through the mouth. Repeat the exercise during inhalation. You can do three repetitions for the first time, gradually increasing, but don’t do over five repetitions. The stomach must be empty when doing this.<br />
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She was 76.</span><br /><br />I know that Cory passed away happy and satisfied, cause she had her children and countrymen with open eyes a clear mind of what democracy is. Her mission of toppling the Marcos regime and retaining democracy was well-done and after her presidency, as a private citizen, she continuous to battle the ones who abuse democracy. She is a true "<a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.democrats.org" title="Democratic Party (United States)" rel="homepage">democratic</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon" title="Icon" rel="wikipedia">icon</a>" not only in our nation but the world.<br />And even the event of her <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death" title="Death" rel="wikipedia">passing away</a>, she awakens, she rocks and reminded us not to put into languish what she started fighting for. Her death awakens me and I hope it does to others.<br /><br />I do not know how to thank her and Ninoy, but I think the only the way I could thank her is to continue maintaining the democracy she and Ninoy brought us. Bringing back democracy becomes her life and to maintain it, I know will make her happy wherever she is.<br /><br />She is truly the Mother of Democracy, the nation's mother.<br /><br />She is a true heroine, a perfect example, and a religious icon too.<br /><br />I got no words to described and how to thank my president, but I will offer all my respects to her till my last breath and hopefully maintain what she had been fighting for, so that I can proved to her and Ninoy that "WE ARE WORTH IT".<br /><br />SALAMAT PRESIDENT CORY, PAALAM PO.<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/06314195-703f-419b-9607-196c6b4e58a3/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=06314195-703f-419b-9607-196c6b4e58a3" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-91207335954415693012009-07-30T22:19:00.000-07:002009-07-30T22:35:44.484-07:00Care is the Best Medicine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBerDYs5GuhCzvrTSKpyG7WE0I3d6Ha3IHaS_JbpWcHIe9bVvqhwS04X_GHcVQEj0cTo16k14DTy9fSin46pseRHRGMzPn_mC6rUNa7RzF0DQlWvmCoCqUy0zUOK2WfWBIQ6ui482nQk/s1600-h/practitioners.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 45px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBerDYs5GuhCzvrTSKpyG7WE0I3d6Ha3IHaS_JbpWcHIe9bVvqhwS04X_GHcVQEj0cTo16k14DTy9fSin46pseRHRGMzPn_mC6rUNa7RzF0DQlWvmCoCqUy0zUOK2WfWBIQ6ui482nQk/s200/practitioners.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364493570674865602" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Back in the days when penicillin and sophisticated technology were not yet discovered, how old western doctors cure their patients? Many believe they were armed with the Big C, or CARE. They stood by the bedside of their dying patients, patting their hands, offering their support. Their knowledge of curing diseases may have been very limited, but their hearts were big and caring.<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span><br />Care is the best medicine which cannot be merely substituted with powerful drugs or the latest hi-tech invention. Caring may not produce quantifiable results that can be seen and scrutinized in the laboratory, but its results should not be underestimated.<br />An endangered patient who is finally equipped yet has no one who sincerely cares for him, may not be able to heal as fast as a person who is battling an infectious disease and has the loving support of his family.<br />Many people recuperate very fast because of their caring relationships. Caring for someone, infuse in them the understanding that you really want the best for them, opens wide the road to recovery. This is also very true in practical life. No matter how stubborn and hard a person may be his wall of antagonism and cynicism would melt down when he realizes your sincere desire for his well-being.<br />Listening is vital. If the patient is assured that when he talks someone is interested enough to listen and help him, he feels very fortunate and full of hope. If the doctors really cares and knows how to listen, then he gets to learn about the values of his patient. Do his patients want to be hooked up onto so many machines, holding on to the fortress of the body even if it’s falling apart? Or does he want to preserve his dignity and let just nature takes its course? Otherwise, the doctor would be imposing his own value system on the patient, which is preserving life at all cost.<br />Each person is part of mosaic. Each has his own special way of connecting with himself, his family, and his community. The art of understanding the whole person and not just the physiology process involve in curing the disease is more important. This integral appreciation of the person makes the doctor deal with the spirit, an essential part of body-mind medicine.<br />There are people who may have been diagnosed for terminal illness like cancer and are given, to say, six months to live. Yet, since some of them whose spirits are whole and are determine to live strangely so live longer than expected. Some who are low in spirit, bereft of love and care in the family, suffer from depression and die in a couple of months. Still, some old people like the Native American Indians can die at their own will with no apparent physiological reason. <br />In body-mind medicine, suggestion and belief system have a very strong bearing just like the placebo effect, which demonstrate the impact of belief on the physical body. When a person firmly believes that he could get better according to the doctor does or gives him, and then his body responds accordingly. But what actually happens is that his endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin doing the job as a result of the healing and mind act.<br />Some may think that they can skip the part of caring for someone’s pain and just administer placebos. In the sense, this is being dishonest to the patient and would not help anyone who should be confronting the problem, which is dealing with the real pain. Perhaps pain is symptomatic of the person asking for your time or attention.<br />Dr. Ron Anderson, chair and CEO of Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas, which is rated among the 25 best hospitals in the US, has used the principles of body-mind medicine in his work. Dr. Anderson co-authored Medical Apartheid – An American Perspective. He has this to say about hospital care; “It’s like preventive medicine if I deal with the patient’s problems and anxieties and concern ahead of time; I actually made the therapy plan and the outcome better for both of us. We beat out our medical students and our<br />House staff officers of compassion and empathy and a lot staff willingness to understand the person. They are told to understand the disease and that’s what they’ve tested on.<br />“Traditionally, hospitals have been organized for doctors, for auxiliaries, for insurance companies – everybody but the patient. Hospitals have taken in the total institution format. The total institution is like a concentration camp or a jail or even a place created to service a need, but that is overwhelmed with volume, stress, strain, and people not dealing with their own feelings. Public school systems may be the same way. Hospitals should be places created for the service of the patients. We ought to deliver care as best as we can within a very clear value system. Doctors should be customers of a hospital, but not the only customers.<br />“When people get to the wards and see a harried faculty member of a senior house staff, they may develop the attitude that the patient is the enemy. One of the reasons that many physically don’t want to do primary care in this country is that they’re trained in hospitals where they don’t understand the patients as that patient lives in a family and a community. They don’t have any continuity with the patient over time.<br />“Any physician who takes care of patients for 10 or 15 years cherishes that relationship. Medical students don’t see that. They just see an intensive care unit with the technology. It’s easier to write a prescription instead of stooping to talk to the patient. One of the things I tell medical students is that writing a prescription is not the end of the social contact with the patients. They need you to visit them, particularly the elderly person. Somehow that offends the house staff, who says, ‘She just wants social contact. What’s wrong with that if it’s healing’?”<br />Dr. Ron Anderson has hit the nail on its head with his perspective on effective healing environment. His perspective in medicine is nothing neither new nor common. A vital key to the healing process of a person is care which anyone has a heart could give. Care enhances the power of medicine, medical technology, and doctors’ guidance. Care could help the diseased not to be deceased easily.ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-41248425828252868242009-07-22T19:48:00.000-07:002009-07-22T19:54:27.270-07:00The Greatest Love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2s_kbImpn1mhvHM-KrMRE0NTEhfX9SOUqLbBV4v5qyT64n0_szT1Pl0vX6QWNesjfz39EGz6EBi06NHD7O0xZhAswQ4SzaT35rYhgP-I3icTYmUPBxTY4C1UFTgDmJ8roGqN9NBS1io/s1600-h/face+to+face.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2s_kbImpn1mhvHM-KrMRE0NTEhfX9SOUqLbBV4v5qyT64n0_szT1Pl0vX6QWNesjfz39EGz6EBi06NHD7O0xZhAswQ4SzaT35rYhgP-I3icTYmUPBxTY4C1UFTgDmJ8roGqN9NBS1io/s200/face+to+face.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361482934923289026" /></a><br />Maria was very concerned with how she looked, especially her teeth. She was just not pleased with her image on the mirror. She had gone dentist hoping, feeling that each had only made her look worse. She went to have her nose fix, but they did a poor job. Each professional only mirrored her belief that she was ugly. Actually there is nothing wrong with how she looked.<br />Tina had a terrible breath that made people uncomfortable being around her. She was a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology" title="Theology" rel="wikipedia">theology</a> student so her outer demeanor vibrated with piety and spirituality. Beneath this was a raging current of anger and jealousy that exploded from time to time, when thoughts of how a certain person was threatening her position. Her inner thoughts were expressed through her breath, and she was offensive even when she pretended to love. No one threaten her but herself.<br />We may know of people in similar situation – we may even be in it. We may scold and criticize ourselves endlessly. There could have been a time when praises and compliments surprised us, even made us feel uncomfortable. Again, criticism or reprimand seemed be safer <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_%28molecule%29" title="Water (molecule)" rel="wikipedia">water</a> to tread. And if someone else expressed their love, sometimes we may have felt, “Why me?” – Or “You might be mistaking me for someone you know.” The belief that we are unlovable seems to be prevalent.<br /> There is a litany of other negativities that could be included: we procrastinate on things that could benefit us. We are quite afraid to charge a decent price for our services. We create illness or pain in our body. We live in chaos and disorder, as reflected in how our house is arranged or how we work. We may even be attracting lovers and mates who belittle us.<br />By denying ourselves of our good, we show how we regard ourselves. Try to see these examples:<br />The husband is grouchy and tired; the wife wonders what she could have done to cause it.<br />A friend takes you out once or twice and never calls again. You think something must be wrong with you.<br />The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage" rel="wikipedia">marriage</a> ends and one feels he/she is a failure.<br />An employee is afraid to ask for a raise.<br />We don’t close the sale or get the position we aim for and we are sure we are not good enough.<br />We mistreat our body with food, alcohol, or drugs.<br />A person is afraid of intimacy and allowing anyone to get close, so he/she has superficial friendships.<br />We can’t seem to make decisions and put other people on the spot to make decisions for us because we are quite sure that if we make them they will be wrong.<br />What about you, how do you show your lack of self-worth?<br />Problems and situations may be different but at the root of all these is how much we love ourselves. Some of you might even react on this, thinking that loving yourself is vanity or some kind of arrogance, an utter to conceit. These are beliefs that have nothing to do with love, but springs from fear. When we love ourselves, we respect ourselves and express gratitude for the miracle of our body and mind.<br />Loving ourselves can burst and overflow in all directions. Consequently, we feel love for the very process of life itself. We feel joy in being alive so we see beauty everywhere, in another person. We are curious and strive to learn more about how the universe works in us. Love is the miracle cure. Loving ourselves cures and transforms our lives.<br />Thanks to Marilitz "thoughts".<br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/4961ec4c-3286-4fb3-8f1c-630f8c047b0d/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=4961ec4c-3286-4fb3-8f1c-630f8c047b0d" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-41643441422524674022009-07-09T20:22:00.000-07:002009-07-09T20:30:08.214-07:00Using Your Intuition<span style="font-weight: bold;">When an insight suddenly occurs to you, you have tap the trunk line of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuition_%28knowledge%29" title="Intuition (knowledge)" rel="wikipedia">intuition</a>. You can call this the buried sixth sense. Although uncalled for, intuition sends you clues about the world around you and often gives directions on what you need to do.</span><br /><br />You heard about woman’s intuition. Some husband would wonder, “I don’t know how she found out without anyone telling her”. Women sure have a way of feeling their way, or smelling trouble even if its miles away if someone they love is involved. A woman’s intuition often gets erring husbands busted by their wives.<br /><br />Intuition is also hot in therapists, doctors and even businessmen. People try to tap into their intuition for guidance in decisions about love, health and work. Effective doctors rely no just on their physical instruments for diagnosis, which could point to 101 diseases, but also in learning to hear and trust their intuition. <br /><br />In the past, the cultivation of intuition was one of the major works of Egyptians, Chaldeans, Indians and Persians. The influence of their cultures extended beyond the great oceans. Today, intuition is developed enough for man to bring about greater cultures and civilizations. By opening our faculty of intuition, you can by-pass the traps set by the mind as dictated by modern civilization.<br />Your intuition can bring you information you won’t receive from any other source. If you are quiet and calm, you can experience how your intuition sends you messages and insights. This could even be happening right now. It’s just that you often dismiss these ideas because you were taught to think in a logical and rational manner.<br />If you let your intuition work, however, you’ll be surprised at how intelligent you seem to have become – certain concepts have become easily comprehensible, or you are able to “see” certain aspects not normally perceived by people. In fact, your intuition can also be like an inner doctor whom you turn to all kinds of advice. Your body gives you early <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warning_sign" title="Warning sign" rel="wikipedia">warning signs</a> on what is wrong with it; your intuition enables you to find out what is exactly and what to do about it.<br /><br />Many people wonder if they are indeed in touch with intuition. We all have different ways of explaining it. It’s a feeling, a subtle turning or pulling in the navel area, which some people call the “gut instinct”. Sometimes, this sixth sense appears as a quickening of the heartbeat, hair standing on end, a queasy feeling, or a burning or tingling sensation. When something is right, you feel a sense of lightness, and when something is wrong, you feel heaviness.<br /><br />The logical, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness" title="Consciousness" rel="wikipedia">conscious mind</a> is compared to a big, bossy brother who drowns out and bullies the younger sister (or the intuitive voice) by dismissing its suggestions with quick, harsh, thunderbolt judgments. Try to trick your conscious mind once in a while and be uninvolved so you can find it easier to be intuitive.<br /><br />As wise and knowledgeable as your intuition may be, don’t expect it to be totally relieving you of your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_making" title="Decision making" rel="wikipedia">decision-making</a> responsibilities. Your intuition just provides you options to take, not absolute answers or solutions. You’re still responsible for weighing your intuitive impressions against the data found in reality and then making the ultimate decision. It’s never a question of preferring intuition over the intellect because you need both.<br /><br />Without getting too esoteric, intuition can be an asset, health-wise. With the wisdom your body is telling you, you can collaborate with health practitioners. He, who feels it, knows it more. The doctors are only guide by what you tell them.<br />On its very deep aspect, intuition reveals three great qualities: illumination, understanding and love – a love that transcends all barriers, makes criticisms and produces separation. Intuition, according to a Tibetan sage, is synthetic understanding, a comprehensive grip of universality and loss of the sense of separateness. Intuition embodies universal love and identification with all living beings.<br /><br />Next time, we will explore how to tap intuition and how to feel a lie or truth in your body.<br /> <br /><br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/f879ce84-194e-45cb-a7b5-8ff44c908d22/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=f879ce84-194e-45cb-a7b5-8ff44c908d22" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-77211762534701830052009-06-22T02:28:00.000-07:002009-06-22T02:42:02.184-07:00The Luxury of Spas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2odMu4ghOy2hzl0iMgeYCja1ggGhhdTONGRS9cDKW5sS1oaU_UhDv4b_1okCnYmpfI3initYwUs3McNaXJul1UDCAkQkuU7AS7LlzuDeicerH2xCfoRwuUGP1_7RzHR7E5a_7nb1v1Aw/s1600-h/spa1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2odMu4ghOy2hzl0iMgeYCja1ggGhhdTONGRS9cDKW5sS1oaU_UhDv4b_1okCnYmpfI3initYwUs3McNaXJul1UDCAkQkuU7AS7LlzuDeicerH2xCfoRwuUGP1_7RzHR7E5a_7nb1v1Aw/s200/spa1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350084589985960898" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Locate a patch of trees and expect to find water underneath as well. Just like plants, man can survive for many weeks without solid food as long as he has water to drink. Traditionally water is considered the source of all life. What magical powers water possess?</span><br />Immerse yourself in water and relieve the ills of the flesh. Known as hydrotherapy, this has been one of the most effective forms of medicine since the ancient times. Submersion in water allows tired tissues to relax and recover stamina. A warm bath stimulates circulation, luring blood to the body’s extremities to soothe, calm, and sedate.<br />On the other hand, cold water inhibits the circulation to the skin, redirecting blood to the vital organs in order to restore, energize, and build resistance to diseases. Bathing in a warm tub relaxes tense muscles, turning the mind inward and instilling that sense of peace as stress drifts away.<br /> A spas bath is an extraordinary treatment when mineral-rich sea water or fresh spring water is used. For this reason, many of the sought-after spas in the world are located on coastal areas or adjacent to natural mineral springs. Coastal spas pump in sea water for thalassic therapy – Greek for “sea treatment”. The water is heated since it is believed that doing so increases the adoption of minerals.<br />Mineral water spas divert water gushing from its underground source into pipes connected to the treatment rooms. In a certain area, the quality of spring water may vary, some waters sparkling with natural carbonation, which increases circulation and flushes impurities out of the skin. According to those who bathe in such therapeutic waters, the bathe stimulates as well as relaxes the mind and draw out toxins from the body. These processes are intended to cool inflammation and makes muscles more supple. The water leaves the skin soft, velvety, and well-hydrated.<br />Right in your homes, create an ambiance that promotes rejuvenation. Turn off overhead lights, and use several candles instead. Play some lush, relaxing music. Diffuse the air and mix the spa water with some aromatic oils of aromatherapy. Decorate the rooms with flowers.<br />Water temperature is critical for an effective hydrotherapy treatment. For a relaxing bath, the temperature should be at 35degreesC for 10 to 15 minutes; sore muscles at 38degressC of five to 10 minutes. For an invigorating bath; five minutes at 18-24degreesC. You can use a kitchen thermometer to determine the water temperature.<br />If you prefer extremely hot baths, stay in the water no longer than five minutes. Hot water dries and tightens the skin and can leave you feeling “wiped out”. The Chinese believe that staying in hot water too long is unhealthy and drains your chi.<br />After bathing, splash yourself with cool water to tone and invigorate your skin. Cold water also closes the pores of the skin so you don’t get sick.<br />Massage is also an excellent compliment while you’re still in the tub. Natural sea sponges or loofah rolled down your back and shoulders stimulate and exfoliate the skin. A pumice stone can be used to remove foot calluses.<br />Plain water cleans very well. Don’t sit in a tub of soapy water. Doing so dries and irritates skinronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-76022426456735744292009-06-16T23:09:00.000-07:002009-06-16T23:14:50.889-07:00Checklist to Long Life<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDZuZQqGxDQ1DBGTffI_e2quGA72R8-D7Wf3eOIKB3wUsgDNqJdfHE_uSHVSm8IUhDeSAZEiX6uknQqWNYrCZyUG0IqLUb7JYQHhiyF_FuReYKg-YBeRoAF2E7v-pbjLIDhryhzWK70k/s1600-h/jogging.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDZuZQqGxDQ1DBGTffI_e2quGA72R8-D7Wf3eOIKB3wUsgDNqJdfHE_uSHVSm8IUhDeSAZEiX6uknQqWNYrCZyUG0IqLUb7JYQHhiyF_FuReYKg-YBeRoAF2E7v-pbjLIDhryhzWK70k/s200/jogging.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348175466632947026" border="0"></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The great sages of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India" title="History of India" rel="wikipedia">ancient India</a> gave man a priceless gift – one that would promote the maintenance and protection of his <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health" title="Health" rel="wikipedia">health</a>. The gift is the ayurvedas, the oldest scientific medical system in the world with along record of clinical experience. With its <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic_health" title="Holistic health" rel="wikipedia">holistic approach</a> of combining the body, mind, and spirit, the ayurvedas shows how to cure diseases as well as promote longevity. The desire to maintain fitness, health, and longevity is one of the common aspirations of man.</span><br />A healthy person has a balanced digestion and metabolism, such as the function of his tissues and waste materials are normal. In such a healthy state, he achieves a well formed constitution, an attractive appearance, good muscular strength, and complete peace of mind. With good health, he gains recognition in the society, friendship with all people, honor, and wealth, since he has the energy and ability to achieve his goals.<br />Long life is a cherished desire by most people. However for those who are continuously rocked and tangled by the stress and pressures of a high-strung society, long life is vied as a dreadful nightmare. Whether you consider longevity as a curse or blessing, there are physical signs to show you if you are a possible candidate for long life. This information is contained in the chakara samhita, which dates back to around 1,500 BC. Some of this signs are repeated but at least you know exactly what tissues are in optimal condition and which ones are not. Check how many of these signs you might have:<br />*The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin" title="Skin" rel="wikipedia">skin</a> of the individual is soft, smooth, firm and fine. The forehead is prominent, in the shape of a half moon. The ears, when viewed from the front, appear small, but appear large when raised up and full of flesh when seen from behind. <br />*The eyes show their white and black parts distinctly. The eyelashes are thick and well set. The nose is straight and moderately prominent, with large nostrils and the end rose up somewhat. The lips are red but not protruding. The jaws are large, as is the mouth. The teeth touch each other and are glossy, smooth, white in color, and equal ion size. The tongue is red, long, and thin. The chin is big and well-formed. The nails are thin, red, and rose up slightly. The hands and feet are rather large, glossy, full of flesh, and red-dish. The fingers are long and, when placed together, do not leave any space between them.<br />*The back of the body is expansive and the spine covered with flesh. The voice is deep and resonant, with a nasal sound to it, and lingers after speaking. The skin is glossy and vibrant. All the bones are appropriately proportioned and capable of separate and easy movement. The joints are well-knit and strongly connected by muscle and blood, strong and full of flesh. The flesh and blood are best quality, in the right proportion, and all the limbs are ideally juxtaposed.<br />Such individuals of proportionate musculature and compactness of the body possess very good strength. With these, they can defend themselves from the onslaught of disease. They can stand hunger, thirst, heat, cold and severe physical <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_exercise" title="Physical exercise" rel="wikipedia">exercise</a>. They can digest and assimilate large amounts of food properly.<br />The optimal condition of the blood is seen in the quality of the skin – glossy, smooth, soft, attractive, thin, and tender. This glossy and red color is also seen in ears, mouth, tongue, lips, nose, palms, and soles of the feet.<br />When the muscle tissue is in the best condition, the back of the neck, forehead, temples, eyes, chin, shoulders, stomach, breast, and joints of the hands and feet become solid, strong, attractive, the voice deep and pleasing, the hair and nails soft and glossy.<br />When the bone tissue is in the best of health, you have large and well-formed heels, ankles, knees, elbows, collar bones, chin, and forehead. The other bones, nails, and teeth are large, compact, and steady. You know that your nerve tissue is working well when you possess a very soft but strong body, deep voice, glossy skin, and long, rounded joints. When the reproductive tissue is functioning well, you have an attractive personality, a joyful temperament, glossy, strong teeth, hair, nails, full red lips, and a good sexual capacity. Thanks to Marilitz "thoughts".<br /><br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/46214bfb-e5fe-45dc-b737-a6104844129e/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=46214bfb-e5fe-45dc-b737-a6104844129e" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-68040001706986019392009-06-05T23:41:00.000-07:002009-06-05T23:49:24.990-07:00PAST LINKS FROM THE PAST<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLo6LhEUpt6yjviwwcfZK2IT3LYC3eUFncI-XK04yHKIxxkHsWgATsskfc-G04RKDoaTNyqSF_sEWkw6tIn-arBt-xYZQVm3yJwWDUjpG2Lzk0JWzCJ_KlK_hSzYL7LO57bSVu_zm2Tq0/s1600-h/couple1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLo6LhEUpt6yjviwwcfZK2IT3LYC3eUFncI-XK04yHKIxxkHsWgATsskfc-G04RKDoaTNyqSF_sEWkw6tIn-arBt-xYZQVm3yJwWDUjpG2Lzk0JWzCJ_KlK_hSzYL7LO57bSVu_zm2Tq0/s200/couple1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344102787188766066" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">We often say that, “Don’t cry over spilled milk.” The past is done over and done with. We should turn the book of life if we want to get anywhere. We cannot change the past. Why delve in it when the present already offers much to think about? Is there any value in the past?</span><br />The past may be gone but it has left its imprints in the present. We are what we are today<br />because of the past. Our thoughts, attitudes, our beliefs today are results of the past. In fact, the impression may be so deep that we may be pushing now because someone had hurt us before. Some people put up a hard façade as a form of defense from the pain. Deep resentment patterns influence us today.<br />Why wait to be the life’s knife-edge and panic before we resolve these resentments? Now is the time to dissolve and resolve these resentments. In the state of panic, it will be very difficult to focus the minds on the healing work. So right now, we simply have to take some time off to deal with those hidden fears first.<br />If we believe we are helpless and victims of the past, nature will support us in that belief. We vindicate ourselves and foolishly go down the drain due to such beliefs. This is why we must release ourselves from outmoded, negative ideas, and beliefs that we are not maintaining nor nourishing us. As I’ve told my friends,” Why do you’ve need to strap this heavy load on your back? You don’t need to. You can snip it off and be a happier person.”<br />To release ourselves from the past, it is vital that we forgive not just others, but especially ourselves. Forgiveness may not come that easily. We may not know how nor even want to forgive, but if we are aware that we must and, at least, are willing to forgive, our healing process begins.<br />For us to heal, it is essential to release ourselves from the past and forgive everyone. “I forgive you for not being the way I wanted you to be. I forgive you for your shortcomings and set you free.” To come to the point of even saying that may take a lot from us but this is how we heal ourselves.<br />In the Course of Miracles, it is stated, “All disease comes from a state of unforgiving” and “Whenever we are ill, we need to look around to see whom it is that we need to forgive.” When we are ill, we need to search from within the depths of our hearts to see whom it is we need to forgive. Quite revealing that the very person whom you’re least incline to forgive is the one you need to let go of the most. When we forgive, it doesn’t mean we now condoning or consenting to that person’s behavior or the situation. Forgiveness means letting go. We may not even know how to forgive but to bring to ourselves to want to do so invite nature to step in and take care of the rest.<br />No one understands our own pain as much as we do. It is easier for us to lock ourselves in what we are going through and forget others who are involved in that experience. Often, it is also difficult for us to understand that those we need to forgive the most are also in pain. We need to understand that those people are doing the best they can with the understanding, awareness and knowledge they have at the moment.<br />Just as we accept others and try to understand the way they are, we should the same to ourselves. Again, this not to condoned nor justify any mistakes we’ve made, but this must be an acceptance and love for ourselves. From there, we can work out what needs to be done. The past can be change by changing our attitudes about it. But first we must not reject or punish ourselves. This creates many miracles in our life in terms of an improved health, more fulfilling relationships and even more money. We begin to loosen up and express ourselves in more creative, fulfilling ways. It’s almost like magic: everything seems to happen without our even trying too hard.<br />When we love and approve of ourselves, we create a space of trust and acceptance which in turn creates some organization in or mind. More loving relationships in our life, attraction of a new job and a better place to live in. people who love themselves and their bodies neither abuse neither themselves nor others. Charity begins at home. No charity begins with oneself.<br />Thanks to Marilitz "thoughts".<br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/3fafcab0-5ad9-49b7-8ecf-cf5114c7e1d5/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=3fafcab0-5ad9-49b7-8ecf-cf5114c7e1d5" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-61103903926230590342009-05-20T19:52:00.000-07:002009-05-20T21:17:48.317-07:00Where Is Real Happiness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRydc6WbyC9oQQV6J_LinNnXExSUc5UVlkDtcFu3RAow8bp4s_7xizYDNzn65fFbnNf1eu7GFpGgJ-Uw8JoU73Tvlt4LE0Yr4hez9Ri2eWB2LYKTad_EKLXsyDSDEuGjIiLyGa073XLHw/s1600-h/tear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRydc6WbyC9oQQV6J_LinNnXExSUc5UVlkDtcFu3RAow8bp4s_7xizYDNzn65fFbnNf1eu7GFpGgJ-Uw8JoU73Tvlt4LE0Yr4hez9Ri2eWB2LYKTad_EKLXsyDSDEuGjIiLyGa073XLHw/s200/tear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338105143904658850" border="0"></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Happiness is all around us. It is everywhere in our daily life, even in our sleep, even in our dreams. We can just sit and think of our happy moments in life and we are happy instantly. But where is real happiness? Where is the reality that happiness is satisfying?<br /> </span><br />Having a Big Mac is happiness, a new PSP for John or new I Pod for Jane is happiness. Having a new born at home is happiness, a new car, a new big bike or brand new shoes is happiness.<br />A winner in the lottery is happiness, a beautiful girlfriend or spouse is happiness or a handsome gay spouse is happiness too. <br />Being Mohammad Ali or Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is happiness. Once, Ali quoted, <span style="font-style: italic;">“I am the greatest”</span><br />Think for yourself that you are Princess Dianna, the unsullied virgin Princess of Wales, that is well prepared looking out for love and she only knew that she was loved for herself and nothing more, is that happiness?<br />Imagine if you are Gates, Ford or Getty and you had the most amounts to spend on what? What will I buy to make me happy, mansions, luxury cars, high tech homes, or beautiful women or handsome men?<br />Beauty, Power, Wealth, Strength, Fame, are having these qualities gets us to happiness, bliss and satisfaction?<br />“Hostel” depicts the unsatisfactory nature of a person, unsatisfied with sex which always used to be, people tried to seek satisfaction to obscure, vague and inhuman acts. “Snuff” movie is another. Andrei Chikatolo, a Ukranian serial killer, "The Rostov Ripper", a sexual deviant, confessed that he was only able to achieve orgasm by slashing and stabbing his victims rather than outwardly raping them. De Rais, a French noblemen and a serial killer, would sit on the stomach of his dying victim and pleasure himself. <br />Sex is named as the highest enjoyment in life but it is the most unfulfilled. Opposite sex becomes boring and same sex, rapes, orgies and heterosexuality is next. Still, sex with children or pedophile is another pursuit. Sex with animals is another chase. Still not satisfied, people look over and over again for another quest and pursuit to happiness. <br />Do not forget JOKES. You can see laugh bars and comedian cafe like “Clowns” and others are fully booked. It is another pursuit of happiness. <br /><br />In his book <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Small-Beautiful-25th-Anniversary-Commentaries/dp/0881791695%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0881791695" title="Small Is Beautiful, 25th Anniversary Edition: Economics As If People Mattered: 25 Years Later . . . With Commentaries" rel="amazon">Small Is Beautiful</a>, noted British economist E. F. Schumacher wrote:<br /><br />Insights of wisdom … enable us to see the hollowness and fundamental dissatisfaction of a life devoted primarily to the pursuit of material ends, to the neglect of the spiritual. Such a life necessarily sets man against man and nation against nation, because man’s needs are infinite and infinitude can be achieved only in the spiritual realm, never in the material.*<br /><br />It is a fact that no matter how much sense gratification a person gets, he will never be satisfied. Material food, material things, material sense gratification cannot satisfy the <span style="font-style: italic;">atma</span> (spirit soul). Just as the body needs material food, so the spirit soul needs spiritual food. To try to satisfy one’s spiritual craving with material things leads to endless consumption, greed, envy, violence, and war. Western people have as much sense gratification as one could ever want, yet they are not satisfied. Why? Because they are spiritually empty.<br /><br />On the brighter side;<br />When a mother gave birth to her child, in spite of the painful experienced, she automatically puts a smile upon seeing her new born. And as the years go by, she always give a smile seeing her child grows doing laughing tricks or even naughty jokes, even though engage everyday on taking care of her child.<br /><br />A mother and child relationship or parents and children, or friend to friend relationship, boy or girl, husband and wife relationship, or a politician or king to his followers and kinsmen relationship exist a certain degree or phase of happiness.<br />In every relationships manifest a different phase angle of happiness and of coarse sadness and grief comes along. This is another subject to discuss sometime.<br /> <br />A philanthropist or a non- profit organization that donates or give cash, food, goods or services to the needy in every part of the world is experiencing a special form of bliss.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Bono's</span> campaign to cancel Third World debt to developed nations; the Gates Foundation's massive resources and ambitions, such as its campaigns to eradicate malaria and river blindness; the E.V.A Charity Foundation aims to support the <span style="font-style: italic;">Aeta </span>people, displaced by the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo; are just some of institutions that gives charity for a certain cause. <br />Seeing the alleviation of those needy, gives an overwhelming feeling, a certain kind of happiness no one can describe. A motherly love, friendship or a loving relationship and a servant to master kinship, gives a special smile or felicity; especially when one do not expect something in return. This is more of a higher taste and thoughts for every person, cause “<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human" title="Human" rel="wikipedia">human</a> life is meant for thoughtfulness” <br /><br />"If you believe that you are your body, you will strive endlessly to give your body sensual pleasure. You will struggle to fill up your inner emptiness with fleeting sensual flashes. But no amount of sensual pleasure will satisfy you. No matter how many taste orgasms, sexual orgasms, and other kinds of orgasms you may have, you still won’t be actually satisfied. You’ll always have a never ending desire for more".<br /><br />Jagad Guru Chris Butler (Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa)<br />© 2007 Science of Identity Foundation<br /><br />"It is natural for us to want to be happy, satisfied, and free. But due to ignorance of our true identity, our natural longing becomes misdirected and leads to further bondage and unhappiness".<br />Jagad Guru Chris Butler, © 2007 Science of Identity Foundation<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/0e318133-bbd8-472a-9c37-7c414c340352/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=0e318133-bbd8-472a-9c37-7c414c340352" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-28630451696757768132009-05-18T00:52:00.001-07:002009-05-18T19:57:00.417-07:00Nature's Warning Signs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9FJyBWm2Tqsu2kiy9Neu9HAprLN84e_Evx-HA0Jxjd3R2WFK_4OPFD3HMbxeV1WkgNhjp_kdmSQEyCGB_o3off4Yakpb5U0fmV7PQBlJsGg5VwHbQNw4XmV_IivYJPnoTdt9HJfriag/s1600-h/sign3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9FJyBWm2Tqsu2kiy9Neu9HAprLN84e_Evx-HA0Jxjd3R2WFK_4OPFD3HMbxeV1WkgNhjp_kdmSQEyCGB_o3off4Yakpb5U0fmV7PQBlJsGg5VwHbQNw4XmV_IivYJPnoTdt9HJfriag/s200/sign3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337363237095614338" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">No one gets sick overnight. Usually, nature sends her warning signals every time there is a breach of any law. If the person ignores her signals, and continues with his present diets and habits, then nature has no other recourse but deprive the person of his normal functions.</span><br />For instance due to a person's bad diet, unclean habits, and other distressful activities, less urination occurs. More toxins accumulate in the body. In the <span style="font-style: italic;">Ayurvedic</span> medicine, the fire of the stomach becomes weak, so there is loss of appetite. The ingested food then cannot properly breakdown, resulting in constipation or loose bowel movement. This, in turn , affects the quantity of impure blood produced. when there is improper oxidation of blood, wastes are not eliminated.<br />An accumulation of carbon dioxides and toxins slows down the function of a particular organ, thereby reducing its vitality and increasing its fatigue. These accumulated wastes inhibit the flow and penetration of the internal energy and the recharging needed by that organ. This is how diseases flourish around the particular organ, later becoming reflected on the specific areas of the person's palms and soles.<br />Before looking for or getting some treatment or relief, we must first understand the language of the body. Body signals like belching indicates that the stomach is full. An ache or pain in the certain areas shows congestion of carbon dioxide, water, fire element, air. Runny nose or sneezing means the body is trying to throw out excess water.<br />Cough signals that the body is feeling cold or congestion has to be cleaed up the throat and the chest.<br />Itching shows that a greater flow of blood is required around the affected part. Fever indicates the war inside the body, i.e., the white blood cells, our well trained soldiers, battling with germs or pathogenic bacteria.<br />Loss of appetite reveals that the congestion and constipation, or the body is busy fighting the disease. In such a case, only lukewarm water and fruit juices or buttermilk should be taken instead of further taxing the stomach with food. Pain in the heart or chest pains shows that the heart is longing for total rest. Try to have some bed-rest for 24 to 72 hours.<br />Understanding the language of the body and paying heed of its warning signals is more vital than just taking in medications to suppress the symptoms. In some cases, the sudden stoppage of fever has oftentimes resulted in some worst disease-even in paralysis.<br />To obtain a quick relief from the early warning signs of a sick body and to break the vicious cycle of diseases mentioned, health experts advise age-old methods to recharge our inner battery or to make the subtle internal energy or <span style="font-style: italic;">chi</span> circulate properly. One method is <span style="font-style: italic;">pranayam</span> or deep abdominal breathing, where the abdomen expands upon inhalation and contracts upon exhalation. Drink lukewarm water or an electrolyte drink like Gatorade.<br />Skip a meal or two. Reduce food intake and have more fruits and vegetables juices and buttermilk, thereby allowing the digestive system to rest. Sleep recharges the battery of our body. More valuable than medicine is a good sleep, especially when one feels tired, or when there is pain in more than two or three points in your palms and soles.<br />One of the vital points check is the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celiac_plexus" title="Celiac plexus" rel="wikipedia">solar plexus</a>, or the <span style="font-style: italic;">nabhi chakra</span>, which is located below the sternum.<br />According to the <span style="font-style: italic;">Ayurvedas</span>, this is the controlling center for all the organs below the diaphragm. There are ways to also confirm if the solar plexus is in the proper condition. In the morning, on an e,pty stomach, when you lie down on a hard surface on your back, press your navel with your finger or thumb. Throbbing sensations like that of the heart is felt. That means that the system is alright.<br />Another way of checking the condition of the solar plexus is measuring the distance between the right nipple and the navel and the left nipple and the navel. If the distance is equal, then you have no problem, but if the center has shifted upwards or downwards, then you've got a problem. Also, you can lie on your back, keeping yours arms straight on your sides. Keep the legs straight and the toes upright.<br />The two big toes must be level. If they are not, it indicates a disturbance in the solar plexus.<br />The center shifts upward or downward when excess weight is lifted, or when there is severe gas trouble. In such cases, the throbbing will not be noticed somewhere around the navel. The upward shifting of the solar plexus leads to constipation, and the downward shifting brings more motions every time there is a pressure. If a person has cancer of the colon, there is chronic constipation and it has been found out that the solar plexus has moved upwards. It is advisable to check the position of the solar plexus before starting a treatment. The solar plexus is like the mains springs of a watch. Unless it is set right, treatment may not give the desired result. Thanks to FLICKER & Marilitz "thoughts".<br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/a0f16e89-351e-4d72-a778-f9b73a370c02/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=a0f16e89-351e-4d72-a778-f9b73a370c02" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-81596852308581021432009-04-23T19:25:00.001-07:002009-04-23T19:25:45.086-07:00thoughts<p>I found this fascinating quote today:</p><br /><blockquote class="zemanta-reblog-quote" style="margin: 1em 3em;"><br /><p>Finally, as Jagad Guru reminds us: "People cannot remain as materialistic, selfish people, and have peace and harmony in the family, society, or world. For the world to be peaceful, we have to be peaceful within ourselves." Happy Earth Day!<span class="attribution zemanta-reblog-cite" style="padding: 1em 0pt; text-align: right; display: block; width: 100%;">Ronald Siojo, <a href="http://rsio.blogspot.com/">thoughts</a>, Apr 2009</span></p><br /></blockquote><br /><p>You should read the whole article.</p>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6247888683317198845.post-78203688420421271712009-04-23T17:25:00.000-07:002009-04-23T19:07:38.521-07:00"Thoughts" to Mother Earth's PleaM<p class="zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 160px;"><a href="http://www.daylife.com/image/0b0X7AFbvNdYD?utm_source=zemanta&utm_medium=p&utm_content=0b0X7AFbvNdYD&utm_campaign=z1"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0b0X7AFbvNdYD/150x100.jpg" alt="SEAL BEACH, CA - APRIL 21: California brown p..." style="border: medium none ; display: block;" height="100" width="150" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image by <a href="http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images">Getty Images</a> via <a href="http://www.daylife.com">Daylife</a></span></p>any countries struggle to attain development and to supply the bottomless pit of man's endless demands at the expense on nature. This has brought the conditions we are now bitterly experiencing: the green house effect, the shrinking of grasslands, the hazardous effect of pesticides and other chemical pollutants, nuclear power, the ozone depletion, denuding the forest lands, the endless exploration and sucking out of mineral ores and fossil fuel, and the displacement ans exploitation of indigenous people. There seems no end to the list of atrocious crimes against Mother <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth" rel="wikipedia">Earth</a>.<br /><br />The tug-of-war between the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism" rel="wikipedia">environmentalist</a> and economist have often qualified the parameters of sustainable development. For economist, sustainability denotes the guarantee of profitability. For its part, the Brundtland Commission of the World Commission on Environment and Development, who solicited opinions and facts world-wide from 1984-1986 on the common endeavor and new forms of behavior, says: "The sustainable development program must meet the needs of the present without compromising future generations just so the present will meet their own needs"<br /><br />Sustainability, however, must be viewed in terms of economics which, in the first place, has no limiting principle. Sustainability should be focus on the care of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem" title="Ecosystem" rel="wikipedia">ecosystem</a> - an irreplaceable, unreconstructed resource.<br /><br />Imagine the repercussions of sustainability in terms of agriculture from the perspective of economists. Economic returns ont the yardstick. With an intensive agricultural program, forest are burned down, to plough in and chemical spraying are done just to ensure high yields. Taken to the extreme, what if by such a worldwide practice the global environment becomes unlivable? It should be disastrous. The ecosystem would be muddled and skewed, you wouldn't be around to answer this.<br /><br />J.Stan Rowe of the University of Saskatchewan has aptly made as analogy between the economic system in Mother Earth and the fetus in mother animal. He says, "Just as a size limit exists for the fetus that a 64kg. woman can support without undermining her health, so there must be a limit to the size of the human economy that the health ecosphere can support. In both instances, the subsystem can threaten the health of the larger enveloping system in two ways.<br /> -by appropriating materials and energy faster than the parent can renew them; and/or<br /> -by poisoning the host system - expelling wastes in quantities and at rates that exceed the detoxifying capacity of the parent.<br /><br />But isn't this already occurring? Isn't the fetus slowly gobbing up the mother?<br /><br />Taking the microscopic view of the environment crisis, it is apparent that human beings - not dolphins, trees, or plastics of CFS - are mistreating the earth. We, who wanted the to economically prosper, are all contributors to the cause of environmental crises, through many would like to point accusing fingers at the capitalist, economists, and politicians.<br /><br />It is a question of setting clear-cut priorities. J. Stan Rowe has hit the nail on its head when he said; "Humanity will destroy the world and inadvertently itself. The idea that the two pursuits--economic development that looks after the welfare of the people, their needs and wants, and environmental conservation that attends to the welfare of the world - can go merrily hand in hand as equals is false. The first priority has to be the welfare of surrounding ecosystem, for without their healthy functioning, no ecosystem can last. The world religions all condemn selfishness in individuals. We must now go one step further and recognize that species selfishness, hitherto condoned, is not only stupid, it is criminal."<br /><br />Now consider this popular environmentalist slogan; "The earth is our only home so <span style="font-style: italic;">Save the Earth." </span>If we are to accept this philosophy, this means "I am this material body and the earth is my only home. So my natural function, or what will make me happy, is to enjoy the earth." This is the very consciousness of the people who are destroying the earth: to satisfy their endless needs with endless material consumption, leading to problems of over consumption.<br />Selfishness id an inevitable fruit of this materialistic outlook in life, the goal in life is essential pleasure: and sensual pleasure is such that it can only be experienced by you. My enjoyment does nothing to you - you cannot taste it.<br /><br />Man endless craving for more and more has taken such a heavy toll on and is so burdensome for Mother Earth is caused by lust. In the<span style="font-style: italic;"> Bhagavad-gita</span>, Arjuna ask Krishna, "By what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force? The Blessed Lord says: "It is <span style="font-style: italic;">lust </span>only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material modes of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring, sinful enemy of the world."<br /><br />This is the exact reason for the cause of environment crises. In the matter of endless consumption, nobody ultimately consumes anything. Everything that comes in goes out sooner or later. It's not really endless attempts at sensual gratification.<br /><br />Many solutions have been proposed by environmentalist. But for problems to be eradicated, we must strike at the root cause. Otherwise, proposed solutions will merely be <span style="font-style: italic;">band-aid-solutions - </span>superficial. Before striking at the root, we must know the cause. An internal change, a change in consciousness or outlook in life in each of us must happen. This is not about happiness. Instead of searching for happiness in endless material consumption which only brings emptiness, frustration and loneliness, why don't we focus on satisfying our endless desires on seeking the sweetness of an eternal loving relationship with God. In this way, being full within our hearts, exploitation and unnecessary violence towards man and the whole ecosystem will be superseded by compassion, respects, and wisdom in our actions.<br /><br />Finally, as Jagad Guru reminds us: "People cannot remain as materialistic, selfish people, and have peace and harmony in the family, society, or world. For the world to be peaceful, we have to be peaceful within ourselves." Happy Earth Day! <br /><br /><br /><br /> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/b5e30de2-8bf1-44c8-a02b-a7ef6f40eb20/" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=b5e30de2-8bf1-44c8-a02b-a7ef6f40eb20" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div>ronthoughtshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228014608966076354noreply@blogger.com0