Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Chapter 3 - Samadhi  Day 17  By doing something you cannot experience, you cannot achieve this awareness. You cannot bring up the intelligence and the alertness in you by effort. It can be done only without effort, with relaxation, means the practice of resting - conscious relaxation and rest. Unconscious rest is sleep which we are force to do by the nature. You are not resting voluntarily, you are forced to. When you are tired, it feels as if nature is pulling you down and forcing you to rest. You are not resting voluntarily. It is only in meditation that you really rest because you are consciously resting. You allow rest.  Otherwise, your rest swallows you. Sleep is putting yourself to rest and meditation is resting on your own. This is abhyasa. For some people, this comes through old samskaras, impressions. Some people have to do a lot of practice in order to be calm and equanimous, in order to bring up more awareness in them.  For some people it happe...

Silky Afgekia ( Afgekia sericea) an evergreen, perennial climber, native to Thailand, grows beautifully on trellises and railings.  It is a sun loving tender plant, that has hairy silvery leaves, to help reflect back the sunlight to prevent sunburn.  It's inflorescence is a delight to watch. The pea-like flowers have yellow nectar lines and are pollinated by special leaf- cutter bees that nest on the leaves. Family: Fabaceae Reference  https://www.facebook.com/myplantdiaries?mibextid=ZbWKwL Plants of Singapore