RULES FOR ASANA - Swami Ramdev

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RULES FOR ASANA - Swami Ramdev

 

 

RULES FOR ASANA - Swami Ramdev

 

It is ideal to eat after half an hour of doing asana. Eat pure and simple food.

Consumption of heavy and fried food causes stomach disorder. Do not drink tea

after asana. One cup of tea deactivates around 50 cells of liver and other

delicate organs. Hence you can calculate the ill effects of tea. It is an enemy

of good health, which causes different kinds of disorders in temple like body.

It leads to addiction and thereby side effects.

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

hi. i red ur message and i'm confused about the tea part. are u talking about

any kind of tea made from herbs with hot watter or it's only about black and

green tea which contains cafein?

[Guest guest]

>disorder. Do not drink tea after asana. One cup of tea deactivates

>around 50 cells of liver and other delicate organs. Hence you can

>calculate the ill effects of tea. It is an enemy of good health,

>which causes different kinds of disorders in temple like body. It

>leads to addiction and thereby side effects.

 

The liver is the largest organ in the body, and made of millions of

cells, if not more. It has amazing healing powers - a half-destroyed

liver can regenerate within seven days. Much more than 50 cells die

daily due to normal cell cycles.

 

How did anyone calculate or observe the " deactivation " of 50 cells

after a cup of tea?

 

How can a beverage that makes you feel good be an " enemy " to your

health? Doesn't ayurveda say that satisfying food is important for

health? If a nice cup of tea gives you a calm and satisfied feeling,

it must activate the parasympathetic nervous system responsible for

relaxing the body, stimulating digestion, and activating the immune

system.

 

The same can be said for coffee, chocolate and other nice things in

life. In the right quantities they promote pleasure and good health.

Deprivation causes craving and upsets Vata. In excess quantities, the

alkaloids, tannins, and added sugars in these products do cause

problems. Health is about balance.

 

Some people like promoting rules and a kind of dietary ascetism in the

name of health and spirituality. This may be alright for some, but for

others it promotes a dryness and emptiness that aggravates Vata, and

causes guilt and an enormous amount of mental conflicts - and they end

up in bad health.

 

Rather than following other people's rules, try following what you

really need to do. Try sensitising yourself to your body's needs,

using the natural principles of ayurveda and yoga. Yoga is essentially

about self-awareness, and these experts should be teaching

self-awareness rather than reliance on external knowledge and rules.

Stop abdicating your self-awareness by getting tied up with rules from

so-called " authorities " .

 

Best regards,

Gerald

Auckland, New Zealand.

[Guest guest]

> How can a beverage that makes you feel good be an " enemy " to your

> health? Doesn't ayurveda say that satisfying food is important for

> health? If a nice cup of tea gives you a calm and satisfied feeling,

> it must activate the parasympathetic nervous system responsible for

> relaxing the body, stimulating digestion, and activating the immune

> system.

> The same can be said for coffee, chocolate and other nice things in

> life. In the right quantities they promote pleasure and good health.

> Deprivation causes craving and upsets Vata. In excess quantities,

the

> alkaloids, tannins, and added sugars in these products do cause

> problems. Health is about balance.

 

I think the most important sentence in the above paragraph is the

last one. Health is about balance is a good translation of " ati

sarvatra varjayet " . Ati means excess, sarvatra means in every matter

(be it food or actions) and varjayet means avoid. Since the time I

joined medical college, I used to collect clippings about medical

news appearing in newspapers. Over a period of around 10 years, I

could produce one clipping which said " coffee is good " for every one

that said it isn't. The same was true for many substances. But the

sad fact was in real life we do not eat or drink the substances in

the amount they were said to be beneficial or harmful. So the overall

result was " take in moderation " .

 

> Some people like promoting rules and a kind of dietary ascetism in

the

> name of health and spirituality. This may be alright for some, but

for

> others it promotes a dryness and emptiness that aggravates Vata, and

> causes guilt and an enormous amount of mental conflicts - and they

end

> up in bad health.

 

Well I think this a part of pathya-apathya list which is proving to

be a stumbling block for modern ayurvedic practioners.

Initially it used to irk me as references to " do-not-do & do-not-eat "

lists are available in the writings of many eminent ayurvedic

practioners of yore. How could their personal experience be wrong?

But over a period of years I have realised that saying " no tea at

all " is easier than saying " drink it in moderation " .

Moderation is a subjective concept. I am reminded of the anecdote

wherein a vaidya tells a patient who like to eat ladoos, do not eat

more than one per day. Now a normal ladoo is made out of around 20 to

30 grams of material. This patient sticking to the rule prepared one

of over 500 grams. after all he was eating only one per day. :->

 

Vd. Selex M. Shirodkar

http://www.geocities.com/selexms/

[Guest guest]

I only wish to say one thing.

ll things that make us feel nice are not necessarily good for us.

Hamburgers, fired foods, alcohol, narcotics - people who consume these say

they make them feel nice.

I feel people who have to look for substances to make them feel nice may not

feel nice internally.

Diet restraints per scribed in yoga are in place to help us overcome kama and

develop willpower. They are in place to help us overcome bodily desires so that

we Can experience the super conscious.

Moderation in diet is obviously the way to go.

If we are still at the state of craving foods then we are still in the state

of not having achieved spiritual union - once we ascend closer to this all of

our physical desires will drop off on their own.

There is no point to force oneself to stop taking part in things that are

pleasurable, but slowly one should apply self restraint in order to evolve

spiritually.

Some people feel good when they eat and then overeat and feel bad, if they

could develop the will to eat 1/2 stomach full they would feel better and enjoy

better health.

If people dink a cup of tea ever hour because it makes them feel good they

should consider reducing to a cup every two hours and slowly reducing.

Everything is only good in moderation and according to yoga philosophy we

should not make ourselves slaves to sensory pleasures.

There is difference between yoga and simple world living.

There are those who want to become more ascetic and those people need to

reduce their wordily pleasures in order to increase their spiritually pleasures.

 

peninjaunz <no_reply > wrote:

The liver is the largest organ in the body, and made of millions of

cells, if not more. It has amazing healing powers - a half-destroyed

liver can regenerate within seven days. Much more than 50 cells die

daily due to normal cell cycles.<snip>

[Guest guest]

> > How can a beverage that makes you feel good be an " enemy " to your

> > health? Doesn't ayurveda say that satisfying food is important for

> > health? If a nice cup of tea gives you a calm and satisfied feeling,

> > it must activate the parasympathetic nervous system responsible for

> > relaxing the body, stimulating digestion, and activating the immune

> > system.

> > The same can be said for coffee, chocolate and other nice things in

> > life. In the right quantities they promote pleasure and good health.

 

Mandakini and Vd. Selex have already pointed out what this author is

about to post, only difference to earlier posts is that author gives

some tests for every individual to decide what food,drink, oil,

medicine, intoxicant is good for his health and what is enemy. One may

feel good after taking an intoxicant. But author asked hundreds of

people and everyone expressed a single opinion. The first cigarette

always gave a cough, headache, nausea. Similarly for tobaco, Gutkha or

whisky. Usually these are free when offered first time, by a friend or

relative. Initially body tried to reject these.

 

But the tests mentioned in Post# 3055, 4511, readily accessible by

clicking on:

 

http://health.ayurveda/message/3055

http://health.ayurveda/message/4511

 

will reveal the effect of the food, drink on the body. We should not go

by instant relaxation felt in mind, but also look at whether body

is fighting to remove the toxins from the food/drink/smoke

 

The " good " feelings come due to higher heart pumping rate, pulse,

excess blood supply to head when certain chemicals are taken, or brain

obtained its addiction! Most of the time, toxins are covered by a

sugary coating or spices which we wish to enjoy. Our state also

matters. Who is offering also matters.

 

But real effect is after the hangover comes! The " low " feeling is the

result of adrenal exhaustion, and slowly adrenals cant give you the

euphoria anymore. Liver, pancreas and/or Kidney is fully exhausted and

damage is now irrepairable. Period.

[Guest guest]

Dear Online Friends,

 

I am no expert, yet with your kind permission, may I

suggest that all such controversies are taken care of,

if one decides to eat what mother nature offers. God

gives you a nice ripe banana, nice and juicy oranges,

apples, and hundreds of such good things. So eat them

to your fill, making sure that you don't overeat.

 

Then God has given you nice vegetables, both leafy and

fruity, protein-rich legumes and a host of similar

other things. Eat them raw, semi-cooked or baked. Have

you eaten a nicely baked potato? It tastes so well,

nay, heavenly that no human being can produce.

 

What humans produce is over-cooked, over-processed,

oily, sticky, sugary, health damaging items full of

masalas, condiments and so many unnecessary additives

and artificial taste-enhancers. You can taste them but

don't eat too much as all that is artificial taste

that is going to harm you in the long run.

 

Even seeds and beans are so good in taste when they

are soaked and sprouted or semi-cooked with the

addition of natural fresh lemon juice or such other

things with slight salt or sugar for taste.

 

Then why do you want the costly caviar, five-star

food, sizzlers and what not? Fresh cow milk is much

tastier than sugary one unless one is already addicted

to that highly sweetened stuff right from childhood

onwards.

 

There are thousands of other natural tips that you

might think of for a healthier living.

 

If you want to eat five star food in style to keep up

with the Jonses, it is your funeral. Why blame the

imbalances of vat, pitta or kuff that make you run

from pillar to post for a solution spending a fortune

or even more than what you could have earned in life.

 

These ideas are just an indication for directing our

life on the correct rails, you being the driver and

the conductor, both together.

 

With these words, I would urge every right-thinking

person to gallop on the fast path of progress standing

face to face with God Almighty, undoubtedly, unless

one is a victim of that perpetual human ailment called

" Doubting Foolishness " or one-upmanship.

 

Hari Om! Peace be to all. Be happy in the lap of

Eternal Mother Nature with ample protection from the

Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; All Together. I

say that very boldly and confidently even when I am a

lowly Hindu, a servant of God and nothingelse..

 

S. M. Acharya <smacharya

 

________________________

How can a beverage that makes you feel good be

an " enemy " to your

health? Doesn't ayurveda say that satisfying

food is important for

health? If a nice cup of tea gives you a calm

and satisfied feeling,

it must activate the parasympathetic nervous

system responsible for

relaxing the body, stimulating digestion, and

activating the immune system.

<snip?

[Guest guest]

I find this principle so true and liberating. I can tell you, ..you

will find my mother drugged in her bed, unable to be a grandmother to

her children, enjoying the bliss of her morphine, ..yet still somehow

in pain, waking up now and then to drink some root beer or eat a large

bowl of oatmeal or a gallon of ice cream. Not that oatmeal isn't good

for her, ..but my point is; She thinks she feels good and it's crazy.

She's a slave to what she craves and she keeps insisting she's happy,

although I see she has lost all the Light in her eyes and the joy in

her face.

 

amy

 

 

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> ll things that make us feel nice are not necessarily good for us.

> Hamburgers, fried foods, alcohol, narcotics - people who consume

these say they make them feel nice.