Ayurveda Initiative For Global Health

Weekly Knowledge 170 Bangalore Ashram 10 Sep 1998  India Rest and Activity Activity and rest are two vital aspects of life. To find a balance in them is a skill in itself. When to have what and how much to have is wisdom. Finding them in each other-activity in rest and rest in activity-is the ultimate freedom. More tiring than the work itself is the memory of hard work. Thinking you have worked hard itself interferes with the quality of rest. Some people take pride in working hard without any results. And there are others who crave for long rest not knowing the rest is in non-doership. It is the quality of rest, even if it is short, that recuperates. When rest is needed, your body will automatically take it. Resting, without thinking about the need for it, is more restful. Desirelessness, Dispassion, and Samadhi are the deepest rest. Question:- Our work is very stressful. We don't get enough time for the family. What do we do? Answer:- Do you spend quality time with your family? Ev...

Hi, today let's take you to meet another fascinating member of the Malpighiaceae family. The Australian Gold Vine (Tristellateia australasiae), is an ornamental, flowering woody climber from Australia. It is known by many common names like, Maiden's Jealousy, Galphimia Vine and Golden Rod, or Golden Shower Vine. It is often confused with a similar looking shrub Galphimia glauca, that has almost identical flowers as this vine. Both plants have elliptical, glabrous leaves and yellow flowers with typical claw shaped petals. Naturally occurring around swamps, estuaries and creeks it is cultivated for its ornamental flowers. What makes this plant all the more interesting is its use by the aboriginal people in Australia, as a remedy for treating high blood pressure and poisoning. Source: Tristellateia australasiae - UBD Botanical Research Center Reference  https://www.facebook.com/myplant...

"100 Scientific Benefits of Sudarshan Kriya (SKY)!!  reason 19 :- Sudarshan Kriya & Brain.89% adults practicing Sudarshan Kriya experienced Increase in brain waves, leading to improved healing and deep rest. Learn Sudarshan Kriya: http://aoliv.in/sudarshankriya   To learn more about exciting research on art of living techniques :  https://aoliv.in/research "Health is not a mere absence of disease. It is a dynamic expression of life – in terms of how joyful, loving and enthusiastic you are.” Health is Wealth and Prevention is better than cure. So everyday morning do Sudarshan Kriya, Pranayam, Physical Exercises, meditation.  Sudharshana Kriya is a very powerful technique of Breathing that eliminates  Stress, Fatigue and Negative emotions such as Anger, Frustration and Depression, leaving the mind calm, focused and the body energized, completely relaxed. Sudarshan Kriya is the unrevealed secret to health, happiness, peace and an insight of life be...

Weekly Knowledge 169 Muszyna 03 Sep 1998  Poland DEPENDENCE, INDEPENDENCE, INTERDEPENDENCE AND ONENESS The body is dependent on the whole creation. In society, somebody has to make clothes, produce electricity, drill for oil.  The body cannot be independent of the world. For the body, dependency is absolute. When the Spirit identifies with the body, then it gets pinched and looks for independence. Mind, intellect, ego - they all look for independence. In looking for independence often you get stuck in the ego and become more miserable. Most people are not aware of their dependency. When they become aware of their limitations and dependency, the desire for independence arises. Independence cannot be achieved unless you start moving from within. When you move within, you discover that you are interdependent. Individual Self/Soul/Jeeva is interdependence and in fact every wise person knows that everything is interdependent and that there is nothing like independence. On one level...

Weekly Knowledge 168 Hamburg 26 Aug 1998 Germany EXPANSION OF CONSCIOUSNESS IS PEACE Consciousness moving on the surface of the body is stimuli, which cause pleasure. When consciousness shrinks, then the sensation of pain and suffering arises. Suffering is the shrinking or contraction of consciousness. When consciousness moves through the body in limited channels, pleasure is experienced. Repeated enjoyment of the stimuli causes inertia and dullness. Often cooks don't enjoy their own food. Listening to the same piece of music loses the charm, people in the sex industry don't enjoy sex. If the stimuli are observed, then consciousness expands and becomes peace. With awareness the stimuli lose their significance; whether they exist or not makes no difference. When the sun is there, then whether the candle is lit or not makes no difference. To realise that all pleasures are just stimuli and that you are more than the stimuli brings freedom. Pain is nothing but consciousness want...