Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Chapter 4 - The Secret Of Relationships  Day 9  When you are in love with someone, you just go on talking, talking and talking. There's no need to pull so many words out of those mouths. You can just sit quietly with a smile, watch the sunset, or be with them. Learn to be with the person, whom you love, in silence. This is an art by itself. When you are in such deep love, you don't know, what you are talking. Then you go on saying things that you regret afterwards. Sometimes, you don't know that what you have said may hurt the other person.  The intellect is not sharp, not fully alert, when you are in love. You're in a daze and in that daze , you don't know what you are blabbering, or what your blabbering will do to the other person - what effect it will bring on the other person.  But later on, after ten days, or maybe ten years, you'll find out that whatever you said in a light way has affected the other person very deeply. How many of you have exp...

Chapter 4 - The Secret Of Relationships  Day 8  In the same way, the prince would be asked to go and do some menial job, like clean the streets. He would know and understand how a servant feels, and so he becomes sensitive. His sensitivity towards people would grow, though he would live in a palace.  That's why this sort of exchange was called dakshina. In a relationship, this is essential. You have to see that the other also contributes in your life, so that they don't feel completely like a worm - worthless but that they also feel their self-worth.  For love to blossom, self-worth is essential. This is the second important point or secret. The third aspect of a relationship is to give the other space. When you love someone, you're right "on his (or her) neck".  You don't give them any breathing space and they suffocate - and suffocation destroys love. You should give them space and you take your space. Respect each other's space. Take some ti...

Chapter 4 - The Secret Of Relationships  Day 7 First comes attraction. You are attracted to someone but, if you get, what you are attracted to, very easily, the charm goes away - it dies out very fast. However, if what you are attracted to, becomes just a little bit difficult to have, then you develop love for it.  Have you experienced this? Have you observed this? Now, you fall in love. Then what happens? After a while, the soap opera begins. It is because you love someone, that you give yourself and then you start making demands on that relationship.  Now, when you start demanding, love diminishes. All the thrill, joy - everything - seems to be fading away. So then you say, "Oh, I have made a mistake" Now there's struggle and pain to get out of it and after you've got out of it, you get into another relationship - one more relationship - and the same story repeats itself.  What is it that you want to know about relationships? It is really to see, how th...

MANATHAKKALI KEERAI HEALTH BENEFITS & MEDICINAL  We call manathakkali keerai “Sukuti Keerai” in my place and I absolutely love it. It is called black night shade in English and it’s botanical name is solanum nigrum. Especially the small dark fruits (sukkuti palam in Tamil) is divine and I am sure many of you must have enjoyed plucking and eating these small fruits, when you were a child. I am saying as a child because usually these fruits are used as treats for children. When I was younger, I used to love plucking these fruits one by one and popping it in my mouth. Though we make gravies and vathal with unripe fruits, the ripe fruits are my favorite. The fruits are also the best way to identify this amazing plant. I wish many children know about these fruits and enjoy them, because nowadays many don’t even know the name of this plant. Manathakkali is a wonder plant and has many health benefits and medicinal uses. In my home, we ma...

Why Is Turmeric Important In Indian Cooking ? Ancient time onwards, the Indians gave much importance to turmeric in cooking. It was an essential ingredient in every recipe. But today, for lack of proper realization, the current generations ignores its true value. Turmeric is not merely a natural colouring agent. Ayurveda reveals that if you prepare a paste of turmeric and consume it regularly, it leaves your body in high spirits. If turmeric is added to your food, it cures you of all kinds of skin diseases and urinary diseases as well as kills germs in the intestines. Sometimes, poison and filth enter our body through food. Turmeric acts as an agent to curb away such elements. Turmeric is a proven cure for gas trouble and burning sensation in the stomach. Cosmetic industries too owes much to turmeric. If you apply turmeric paste on the skin, it softens and gives it a glow. It also prevents bacteria and germs build up in the skin that causes acne, pimples, rashes, et cetera....