Will the Earth meet its end by 2012

Will the Earth meet its end by 2012 ?

Read these facts and decide by yourself...Scientific experts from around the world are genuinely predicting that five years from now, all life on Earth could well finish. Some are saying it'll be humans that set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are saying it'll be God himself who presses the stop button...
1. Mayan Calendar

The first mob to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things:Building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone andSacrificing Virgins.

Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the Earth will end on December 21, 2012. Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it's likely they've got the end of the world right as well.
2. Sun Storms

Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery: our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic, and it's supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the Earth with so much radiation energy, it's been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse, and calculations suggest it'll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012.
3. The Atom Smasher
Scientists in Europe have been building the world's largest particle accelerator. Basically its a 27km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the Universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it's properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They're predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.

4. The Bible says...

If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn't bad enough,religious folks are getting in on the act aswell. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between Good an Evil, has been set down for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

5. Super Volcano

Yellowstone National Park in the United States is famous for its thermal springs and Old Faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple - it's sitting on top of the world's biggest volcano, and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the Earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.

6. The Physicists

This one's case of bog-simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berekely Uni have been crunching the numbers. and they've determined that the Earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they're claiming their calculations prove, that we're all going to die, very soon - while also saying their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 percent- and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.

7. Slip-Slop-Slap-BANG!

We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that sheilds us from most of the sun's radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call north and south have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so - and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is underway, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.

Indus Script

Ancient Indian Scripts
The Indus Valley Civilization was the first major urban culture of South Asia. It reached its peak from 2600 BC to 1900 BC roughly, a period called by some archaeologists "Mature Harappan" as distinguished from the earlier Neolithic "Early Harappan" regional cultures. Spatially, it is huge, comprising of about 1000 settlements of varying sizes, and geographically includes almost all of modern Pakistan, parts of India as far east as Delhi and as far south as Bombay, and parts of Afghanistan.

The main corpus of writing dated from the Indus Civilization is in the form of some two thousand inscribed seals in good, legible conditions. (In case you don't know what seals are, they are used to make impressions on malleable material like clay.)

Although these seals and samples of Indus writing have been floating around the scholastic world for close to 70 years, little progress has been made on deciphering this elegant script. However, we should not blame scholars for their lack of progress, for there are some major impediments to decipherment:

Very short and brief texts. The average number of symbols on the seals is 5, and the longest is only 26.
The language underneath is unknown.
Lack of bilingual texts.
For instance, consider Champollion, who deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs with all of these 3 important clues: there were very long Egyptian texts; he knew Coptic, a descendant of Egyptian; and the Rosetta Stone, a bilingual text between Greek and two written forms of Egyptian.

But the script isn't as bad as undecipherable. For one, even though scholars don't have long texts and bilingual texts, they can still theorize about the language underneath the writing system. There are several competing theories about the language that the Indus script represent:

The language is completely unrelated to anything else, meaning an isolate. Well, this doesn't get us anywhere.

The language is "Aryan" (some form of Indian-Iranian Indo-European). The historical languages spoken in Northern India and Pakistan all belong to the Indic branch of Indo-European, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Punjabi, etc., so maybe the people of the Indus valley spoke a very old Indo-European language?
The major problem with this model is the fact that horses played a very important role in all Indo-European cultures, being a people constantly on the move. "There is no escape from the fact that the horse played a central role in the Vedic and Iranian cultures..." (Parpola, 1986) Sidenote: "Vedic" means from the time of the Vedas, the earliest text in India, and the Vedic culture is from around 1500 to 500 BC. However, no depiction of horses on seals nor any remains of horses have been found so far before 2000 BC. They only appear after 2000 BC. Very likely there were no Aryan speakers present before 2000 BC in the Indus Valley.


The language belongs to the Munda family of languages. The Munda family is spoken largely in eastern India, and related to some Southeast Asian languages. Like Aryan, the reconstructed vocabulary of early Munda does not reflect the Harappan culture. So its candidacy for being the language of the Indus Civilization is dim.

The language is Dravidian. The Dravidian family of languages is spoken in Southern Indian, but Brahui is spoken in modern Pakistan. So far this is the most promising model, as in the following points:
There are many Dravidian influences visible in the Vedic texts. If the Aryan language gradually replaced the Dravidian, features from Dravidian would form a "substratum" in Aryan. One of these features is the appearance of retroflex consonants in Indian languages, both Indo-European and Dravidian. In contrast, retroflex consonants do not appear in any other Indo-European language, not even Iranian ones which are closest to Indic. (For more information on retroflex consonants please visit my Phonetics page).
Another possible indication of Dravidian in the Indus texts is from structural analysis of the texts which suggests that the language underneath is possibly agglutinative, from the fact that sign groups often have the same initial signs but different final signs. The number of these final signs range between 1 to 3. The final signs possibly represent grammatical suffixes that modify the word (represented by the initial signs). Each suffix would represent one specific modification, and the entire cluster of suffixes would therefore put the word through a series of modifications. This suffix system can be found in Dravidian, but not Indo-European. Indo-European tongues tend to change the final sounds to modify the meaning of a word (a process called inflection), but repeated addition of sounds to the end of word is extremely rare. Often many suffixes in an agglutinative language correspond to a single inflectional ending in an inflectional language.
The Dravidian model isn't just an unapplicable theory...But first we have to know what kind of writing system is the Indus script.

A count of the number of signs reveal a lot about the type of system being used. Alphabetic systems rarely have more than 40 symbols. Syllabic systems like Linear B or Cherokee typically have 40 to 100 or so symbols. The third ranges from logophonetic to logographic, running upwards of hundreds of signs (like 500 signs in Hieroglyphic Luwian, and 5000 symbols in modern Chinese).

It appears that the maximum number of Indus script symbols is 400, although there are 200 basic signs (ie signs that are not combined from others). This means that the Indus script is probably logophonetic, in that it has both signs used for their meanings, and signs used for their phonetic values.

Many signs start off as pictorial representation of a physical object, often misleadingly called pictograms. They really are should be called logograms because they represent words in the language. However, it's next to impossible to write out a word with abstract meaning pictorially. What all early writers figured out was to use a logogram not for the object or idea it was originally supposed to stand for, but for all words sounding similar to the original word for that object or idea. For example, in English to write "leave" we can use a picture of a "leaf". This is called rebus writing, and is a tremendously common pattern in all early writing systems. We could also then use the same "leaf" symbol to stand for the sound in "relief", adding another symbol in front of the "leaf" symbol in order to indicate the "re" sound. So the logogram gained a phonetic value as well.

Deepawali

DEEPWALI

Diwali, or Deepawali, is a major Indian festival, and a significant festival in Hinduism , Sikhism and Jainism. Many legends are associated with Diwali. Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs across the globe as the "Festival of Light," where the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being . The festival is also celebrated by Buddhists of Nepal, particularly the Newar Buddhists.
According to one theory Diwali may have originated as a harvest festival, marking the last harvest of the year before winter. In an agrarian society this results in businessmen closing accounts, and beginning a new accounting year. The deity of wealth in Hinduism, goddess Lakshmi is therefore thanked on this day and everyone prays for a good year ahead. This is the common factor in Diwali celebrations all over the Indian subcontinent.
In North India, it is the homecoming of King Rama of Ayodhya after a 14-year exile in the forest.The people of Ayodhya (the capital of his kingdom) welcomed Rama by lighting rows (avali) of lamps (deepa), thus its name, Deepawali, or simply shortened as Diwali. Southern India marks it as the day Lord Krishna defeated the demon Narakasura. In western India it is also in honor of the day King Bali went to rule the nether-world by the order of Vishnu. (There is another festival 'Onam' which is celebrated in Kerala around the month of August to mark this legend)
Diwali comes in the month of October or November.
In Jainism it marks the nirvana of Lord Mahavira, which occurred on Oct. 15, 527 B.C. The Sikhs celebrate Diwali for a different reason;, on this day, the Sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind Ji, was freed from imprisonment along with 52 Hindu Kings (political prisoners) whom he had arranged to be released as well. after his release he went to Darbar Sahib (golden temple) in the holy city of Amritsar. There, he was greeted by sikhs and many other people. In happiness they lit candles and diyas to greet the Guru. In India, Diwali is now considered to be a national festival, and the aesthetic aspect of the festival is enjoyed by most Indians regardless of faith.
Stories related to Dipawali
Hindus have several significant mythological events associated with it:
Return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya: Diwali also celebrates the return of Lord Rama, King of Ayodhya, with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana to Ayodhya after a 14 year exile, and a war in which he killed the demon king Ravana. It is believed that the people of Ayodhya lit oil lamps along the way to light their path in the darkness. Since Lord Rama traveled from South India to his kingdom in North India, he passed through the south earlier. This is the reason why the festival is celebrated a day earlier in South India.
The Killing of Narakasura: Celebrated as Naraka Chaturdasi, two days before Diwali day, it commemorates the killing of Narakasura, an evil demon who created havoc, by Lord Krishna's wife Satyabhama. This happened in the Dwapar Yuga during this time of Lord Krishna's avatar. In another version, the demon was killed by Lord Krishna (Lord krishna provokes his wife Satyabhama to kill Narakasura by pretending to be injured by the demon. Narakasura can only be killed by his mother, Satyabhama) himself. Before Narakasura's death, he requested a boon from his mother, Satyabhama (believed to be an Avatar of Bhudevi - Narakasura' mother), that everyone should celebrate his death with colorful light.
Austerities of Shakti: According to the Skanda Purana, the goddess Shakti observed 21 days of austerity starting from ashtami of shukla paksha (eighth day of the waxing period of moon) to get half of the body of Lord Shiva. This vrata (austerity) is known as kedhara vrata. Deepavali is the completion day of this austerity. This is the day Lord Shiva accepted Shakti into the left half of the form and appeared as Ardhanarishvara. The ardent devotees observe this 21 days vrata by making a kalasha with 21 threads on it and 21 types of offerings for 35 days. The final day is celebrated as kedhara gauri vrata.
Krishna defeating Indra: Govardhan Puja is celebrated the day after Diwali. It is the day Lord Krishna defeated Indra, the deity of thunder and rain. As per the story, Krishna saw huge preparations for the annual offering to Lord Indra and questions his father Nanda about it. He debated with the villagers about what their 'dharma' truly was. They were farmers, they should do their duty and concentrate on farming and protection of their cattle. He continued to say that all human beings should merely do their 'karma', to the best of their ability and not pray for natural phenomenon. The villagers were convinced by Krishna, and did not proceed with the special puja (prayer). Indra was then angered, and flooded the village. Krishna then lifted Mt Govardhan and held it up as protection to his people and cattle from the rain. Indra finally accepted defeat and recognized Krishna as supreme. This aspect of Krishna's life is mostly glossed over - but it actually set up the basis of the 'karma' philosophy later detailed in the Bhagavat Gita.
Bali's return to the nether world: In Bhavishyottara and Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Diwali is associated with the Daitya king Bali, who is allowed to return to earth once a year.

On the behalf of all the members, participents, well wishers & Team HARImation...

We WISH You ALL A HAPPY DEEPAWALI

May God enlightens our way to acchive him

Radhay Krishna

MAA DURGA

MAA DURGA

Durga Durgoti Nasini

Goddess Durga

Durga, in Sanskrit means "She who is incomprehensible or difficult to reach." Goddess Durga is a form of Sakti worshiped for her gracious as well as terrifying aspect. Mother of the Universe, she represents the infinite power of the universe and is a symbol of a female dynamism. The manifestation of Goddess Durga is said to emerge from Her formless essence and the two are inseparable. She is also called by many other names, such as Parvati, Ambika, and Kali. In the form of Parvati, She is known as the divine spouse of Lord Shiva and is the mother of Her two sons, Ganesha and Karttikeya, and daughter Jyoti. Destroyer of demons, she is worshiped during an annual festival called Durga puja, especially popular among Bengalis.

Her Appearance

There are endless aspects of Durga described in the Puranas and Agamas and the iconography is consequently very varied. She is usually pictured as having ten arms holding Sword, Conch, Discus, Rosary, Bell, Winecup, Shielf, Bow, Arrow, and Spear. She is most often shown riding a lion from which comes Her august name, Simhavahini, "She who stands astride the king of beasts". She is gorgeously dressed in royal red cloth and has several ornaments decorating Her personage. Her hair is dressed up in a crown (karandamukuta) which then flows out in long luxuriant tresses that are darkly luminous and soothing to the eye. The various tools reflects the eminent supremacy that helps in controling the universe and obey Her will.

Weilding Energy

Goddess Durga exists eternally, always abiding in her own sweet nature and inhabits the hearts and minds of her ecstatic devotees. As Shakti power, she shapes, nurtures, and dissolves names and forms, while as subtle spiritual energy called Kundalini, She lights the lotuses fo the seven centres of awareness in the sacred human body. Goddess Durga killed the powerful demon Mahish and all his great commanders. When demonic forces create imbalance all god unite becoming one divine force called Shakti or Durga.

Durga Chalisa

Namo Namo Durge Sukh karani,Namo Namo ambe Dukh harani.Nirakar hai jyoti tumhari,Tihun lok pheli ujayari.Shashi lalat mukh mahavishala,Netra lal bhrikutee vikarala.Roop Matu ko adhika suhave,Daras karat jan ati sukh pave.Tum sansar shakti laya kina,Palan hetu anna dhan dina.Annapurna hui jag pala,Tumhi adi sundari Bala.Pralaya kala sab nashan hari,Tum gauri Shiv-Shankar pyari.Shiv yogi tumhre guna gaven,Brahma Vishnu tumhen nit dhyaven.Roop Saraswati ko tum dhara,De subuddhi rishi munina ubara.Dharyo roop Narsimha ko amba,Pragat bhayin phar kar khamba.Raksha kari Prahlaad bachayo,Hiranakush ko swarga pathayo.Lakshmi roop dharo jag mahin,Shree Narayan anga samihahin.Ksheer sindhu men karat vilasa,Daya Sindhu, deeje man asa.Hingalaja men tumhin Bhavani,Mahima amit na jet bakhani.Matangi Dhoomavati Mata,Bhuvneshwari bagala sukhdata.Shree Bhairav lara jog tarani, Chhinna Bhala bhav dukh nivarani.Kehari Vahan soh Bhavani,Langur Veer Chalat agavani.Kar men khappar khadag viraje,Jako dekh kal dan bhaje.Sohe astra aur trishoola,Jase uthata shatru hiya shoola.Nagarkot men tumhi virajat,Tihun lok men danka bajat.Shumbhu Nishumbhu Danuja tum mare,Rakta-beeja shankhan samhare.Mahishasur nripa ati abhimani,Jehi agha bhar mahi akulani.Roop karal Kalika dhara,Sen Sahita tum tin samhara.Pan garha Santan par jab jab,Bhayi sahaya Matu tum tab tab.Amarpuni aru basava loka,Tava Mahirna sab rahen asoka.Jwala men hai jyoti tumhari,Tumhen sada poojen nar nari.Prem bhakti se Jo yash gave,Dukh-daridra nikat nahin ave.Dhyave tumhen jo nar man laee,Janam-maran tako chuti jaee.Jogi sur-muni kahat pukari,Jog na ho bin shakti tumhari.Shankar Aacharaj tap keenhon,Kam, krodha jeet sab leenhon.Nisidin dhyan dharo Shankar ko,Kahu kal nahini sumiro tum ko.Shakti roop ko maran na payo,Shakti gayi tab man pachitayo.Sharnagat hui keerti bakhani,Jai jai jai Jagdamb Bhavani.Bhayi prasanna Aadi Jagdamba,Dayi shakti nahin keen vilamba.Mokon Matu kashta ati ghero,Tum bin kaun hare dukh mero.Aasha trishna nipat sataven,Moh madadik sab binsaven.Shatru nash keeje Maharani,Sumiron ekachita tumhen Bhavani.Karo kripa Hey Matu dayala,Riddhi-Siddhi de karahu nihala.Jab lagi jiyoon daya phal paoon,Tumhro yash men sada sunaoon.Durga Chalisa jo gave,Sab sukh bhog parampad pave.

For 108 names of Godesses Durga: http://www.durga-puja.org/108-durga-names.html

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Jai Ganesh

JAY GANESH
Hindu mythology has rich abundance of legends that are told and retold so many times that one forgets which is the original, which is myth and which a mere figment of fantasy. But the flavour of hearing them narrated by elders and ardent devotees continues to hold folks spellbound in its permeating aroma of divinity. The Gods, Goddesses, smaller Deities and Demigods worshipped by the Hindus, is awesome just in sheer number, and each one of the Divinity has His or Her prowess extolled in basic simmple foklore. A child in a Hindu family grows up amidst such folklore and delights in the eternal victory of the good over evil. No wonder that as one grows up, one goes to town on the religious bandwagon.

Hindu mythology would be bereft of all its charm if we do not bring Lord Ganesha into any discourse. Is it not true that begining of any activity auspicious, and of worship, is essentially with the invocation of the Elephant headed Lord Ganesha? The Lord who is the remover of all obstacles. The Lord who paves way to success. Ganesha Chaturthi always brings in its wake the aura of festivity and joy. Of commencing new businesses, and ventures, and a spate of new activities.

Born out of the dirt of Parvathi's body, Ganesha as an fine lad is said to have gaurded His house upon instruction from His mother, from anyone entering. The boy, not recognizing Shiva as His father refused Him entry. An enraged Shiva who did not recognize. His own child started fierce battle with the support of Deva Ganas, and ultimately Nandi beheaded the beautiful lad. Hearing Parvathi's lamentations Shiva realized His mistake and tried His best to locate the head of the boy, but in vain. The Lord then decided to put the first head He came across which happened to be that of an elephant, and thus restored the boy's life. The anguished mother sought and was assuaged through a boon that Ganesha should be considered by all as the eternal remover of obtstacles, and hence the first worship should be made to Him before it is made to any other manifestation of divinity. Thus Ganesha is also known as Vigneswara, the remover of all obtacles.

In India there are hundreds of temples for Vigneswara and every Shivite temple would invariable have a shrine for Vigneswara. Ganesha the elephant faced God is one of the most popularly worshipped forms of divinity - as a remover of obstacles and the embodiment of good luck, in the Indian system of beliefs and practices. How we wish we could gain His Grace and by a virtual flourish of an invisible magic wand wish our fears and worries away! May Vigneswara the remover of all impediments, bestow on us the ability to overcome our difficulties, the compassion to understand others.

GANESHA SHLOKA

Samukaschiaka Danthascha Kipilo Gajakarnakam
Lambodarascha vikatoah vignarajo ganaadhipam

Dhoomakethurganaadhyaksham Faalchandro Gajananam
Vakrakunda Shoorpakarno Herambam Skandapurvajam
shodasaitani namamiyam pateth Shrunuyaadapi
Vidyarambhe Vivaahecha Pravesha Nirgameih Thadaa
Sangrame Sarvakaryeshu Vignasthasya Na Jayatheih.

Exam Fever

Exam fever

Now that the examinations are here many students must be under tremendous stress. But it is not just the students who are stressed as teachers and parents too face the same situation. Why do people get stressed? Adolescents are faced with the demands of their developmental tasks and that of a complex society. They need to acquire skills of adjustment to emerge into adulthood unaffected by these demands. If they lack these skills or if too many demands are made on them, they fail.

Students are anxious as they are worried about whether they would be able to live up to the expectations of their peers, parents and teachers. Optimal anxiety motivates and keeps them ahead but over-anxiety disables. Anxiety is contagious and passes to other students, teachers and parents. Adolescents, when stressed out, tend to perceive everything as an emergency. Some of the reasons for increase in stress level are identity crisis, the need to make career oriented decisions, teachers/parents attitude and peer pressure. The inability to communicate with parents also plays a major role.

Good memory depends upon a good brain. The brain needs a good supply of oxygen, glucose, calcium, phosphorus and iron. So make sure you sit in a well- ventilated place when studying. Your diet should include milk, cheese, walnuts, wheat germs, green leafy vegetables, ragi and dates. Do not forget that "breakfast is the brain food". Fatty meals, sugar and acids take away calcium from the system. Diets rich in fibre like fruits and vegetables help to reduce stress.

Good concentration is important to improve the memory. Learning and memorising by understanding and recalling what one has learnt is helpful. Organising and framing a logical relationship is important. Master not just the content of the subject, but also the process of answering.

Anxiety and fear hamper recall and result in a mental block during examination.

Watching television for a long time could lower academic performance. It `steals' away the reading time. Time management is about self-discipline. Time must be managed between filled and unfilled time. Filled time is the time spent sleeping, bathing, eating, dressing and attending school. A student has 10 hours of unfilled time. How best is the student going to utilise this? Make a timetable for the 10 hours.

Seven to eight hours of sleep is necessary for optimal physical rest and brain functioning. A positive thought is the seed of a positive result. Always feel positive. This will help to lessen stress.

If a student has symptoms of anxiety or depression, seek medical help immediately.

When stressed out:


Go for a walk or do some stretching exercises.

Talk to your friends for a while.

Do some deep breathing/breathing exercises.

Listen to music.

Practise Transcendental Meditation, yoga, relaxation exercises, aroma therapy.
Academic performance during exams is affected by:


Study Habits

Family environment

Watching television

Distraction/attentiveness

Ambition

Attitude towards study

Medical problems

Anxiety, depression
Recommended study habits:


Study regularly

Set a time table for all subjects

Sit in a place with no distraction

Use a dictionary

Read and think

If you do not understand, ask teachers/parents/friends.

Read subjects you like in between subjects you do not like.

DIET CHART

Diet chart:( For Therapeutic Yoga Practitioner)..

Breakfast (7 to 9A.M.):

1. Orange juice or any fruit juice, - 1 cup.
2. Fresh apple or any fresh fruit. – 1.
3. Germinated grams.- ¼Th cup.
4. Wheat bread or Roti & vegetables
or Dalia & vegetables or corn flacks
with milk.
5.Horlicks. – 1 cup.

Lunch:

1. Salad ( a mixture of tomato, cucumber, - 1 cup.
Radish, lettuce, carrot, etc..
With salt, pepper and lemon juice or
Salad dressing ).
2. Vegetable soup - 1 cup.
3. Rice or wheat bread or roti
4. Pulse.- 1 cup
5. Cooked green leafy vegetables (sabji)
6. Cooked green fresh vegetables of any kind (sabji)
7. Curd .

Afternoon Refreshments (3 to 5 P.M).

1. Fresh fruit of any type.
2. Salted biscuits or any light food.
(Easily digestible).
3. Cheese. – 1 slice.
4. Horlicks - 1 cup.


Dinner:

1. Salad. – 1 cup.
2. vegetable soup. - 1 cup.
3. Wheat bread or Roti - 2 or 3.
4. Pulse.
5. Cooked green vegetables

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Eat balanced diet which include salad, fresh green vegetables and fresh fruits along with other dishes of the day. Eat at least two hours before going to bed at night. Eat not more than about eighty five percent of your capacity. Eat slowly after chewing the food very thoroughly. Do not drink water during meals, but only about after half an hour of finishing your meals.

Take ten to twelve glasses of water everyday.

Avoid fried, roasted and spicy food. Exclude red pepper, pickles, hot spices, chutney and arhar dal from your menu. Non vegetarians should avoid meat.

Do not take more than two cups of tea or coffee, do not take coke and other aerated drinks. If possible stop drinking tea and coffee. Avoid taking bed-tea or drinking water as you get up in the morning.

Diabetic patients must avoid fried, fatty, spicy, starchy and sugar-containing food, for a period of four to five months from the date of starting yoga practice; the diabetic patient should not take rice, potato, banana, orange, mangoes and such fruits in which the percentage of sugar is high.
They can take an apple a day. Non vegetarians can add small quantities of fish, liver and eggs in their diet but should avoid meat or chicken for a few months..

THERAPETIC YOGA

THERAPETIC YOGA and ITS ESSENTIALS

Therapeutic yoga is basically a system of self treatment. According to yogic view, diseases, disorders and ailments are the result of faulty ways of living, bad habits, lack of proper knowledge of things related to individual’s life, and improper food. The diseases are thus the resultants state of a short or prolonged malfunctioning of the body system. This malfunctioning is caused by an imbalanced internal condition, created due to certain errors of the individuals.

Since the root cause of disease lies in the mistakes of the individual, its cure also lies in correcting those mistakes by the same individual. Thus, it is the individual himself who is responsible in both the cases, that is, for causing as well as for curing the disease.

This being the basic assumption in this system about the nature of the trouble and its remedy, there is total reliance on the effort of the patient himself. The yoga expert shows only the path and works no more than as a counselor to the patient.

The yogic process of treatment comprises three steps:

Proper diet.
Proper yoga practice, and
Proper knowledge of things which concern the life of an individual.

Proper Diet:

The diet is recommended according to his disease and his bodily condition of patient.
The most common items of diet for almost all patients of therapeutic yoga are: fruits, salad, leafy vegetables, green vegetables, wheat bread and pulse (selected). For non-vegetarians, fish and lever are allowed in certain cases but meat and chicken are generally forbidden.
Basic principles of eating: eat slowly, to eat only 85% of capacity, to eat at least two hours before their retiring time at night, to avoid drinking water while eating, not to eat to hot, spicy, fried and roasted food, not to take more than one or two cups o coffee or tea in a day and if possible to stop these completely, to give up the use of tobacco in any form, and to avoid the use of alcohol.

Yoga Practice:

The patient is asked to practice yoga according to his disease and his bodily conditions.
In a majority of the cases, a regular practice of only few asanas is enough for curing the diseases. In some of the diseases the practice of pranayama together with the asanas becomes essential of good results. In certain cases, specific KRIYAS such as BANDHAS, MUDRAS and certain yogic techniques are used for desired result.
Besides these, practice of concentration and mediation is also necessary in certain cases.

A large number of diseases are cured within two months of yoga practice. In certain cases, it takes about four months or even more. Diseases that take a longer time are Juvenile diabetes, Polio, Paralysis, Parkinsonism, Obesity, Ulcer, mental health cases, etc.

The patient of particular disease is advised to practice only as much of an asana as is possible for him. By doing only what is physically performable, the patient gains in strength as the kriyas begin to condition the body and diminished the disease. When the disease is cured, physical ability improves and the same asanas are performed better even by those who were unable to do them at the beginning.

Proper Knowledge:

A lot of things need to be told to the patient which are informative, conceptual theoretical and also philosophical. Yogic literature is very rich in this respect and is divided into two main categories: (1) Spiritual interpretation of things, and (2) Scientific interpretation of things. Depending upon the nature of the disease, a patient is counseled and informed in detail about the various concerned aspects of life.

Yoga Vs Medical System:

In any medical system the primary reliance is on medicine. It is assumed that a particular medicine will cure a particular disease. That means in the medical system an external agent is needed. But here, it is the patient himself who’s personal understanding, practice and care cures his disease in yogic system.
The patient’s suffering from various chronic diseases, which had lost their faith in the medical system because in spite of year’s treatment they had not a lasting cure. On the other hand, a great number of such patients achieved permanent cure through therapeutic yoga within a period of two to four months. This has specially been so in cases of diabetes, arthritis, asthma, gastro-intestinal disorders, nervous tension and various other cases.

This limitation of the medical system should not mean that it is inferior to the yoga system; rather it is only a matter of limitation and scope of a given system. There are areas where only the medical science and not yoga can come to the rescue of the patient. Similarly, there are certain diseases, which though regarded incurable though medical system, are definitely cured through yoga. This shows that every system of treatment has certain unique points as well as limitations.

Further, the medical treatment has now become so expensive that millions of people all over world cannot afford it. Yoga on other hand does not involve any expenses.

The therapeutic yoga is now scientifically established, it can be used as a ‘self-cure method’ by people suffering from various disorders in any part of the world.

Essentials of Yoga practice:

Self-treatment though yoga needs suitability of time, place, body condition, dress and similar other matters. In order to drive full benefit of therapeutic yoga it is necessary to understand the following requirements and principles related to its practice.

Time:

Though the morning time before breakfast, is regarded best for practicing yoga, one can also do in the evening or at any other time, provided the stomach is empty and not heavy with food. The general principle is to give an interval of three to four hours after eating and then do yoga. Also a gap of half an hour or so should be given after drinking water, tea or any juice. The body should be in a restful and normal condition at time of practicing yoga. One should do yoga at the same time every day. A practice for at least five to six days in a week should be enough to show improvement.

Palace:

Practice yoga on floor. Avoid bed. Use a carpet, rug, blanket or mat on the floor. The place of yoga should be neat, clean and well ventilated. There should be constant supply of fresh air at the place. During summer a fan can be used. If the place is air-conditioned, make sure that there is sufficient supply of air.

Silence:

One should maintain silence while doing yoga. Any conversation, mental activity and even listening to music should be avoided. Silence helps in preserving energy as well as in being attentive during practice.

Rest:

There are two types of rest in yoga:
Short rest and,
Long rest.
The short rest should be for about six to eight seconds only. This is taken in between two rounds of the asana, or between one and the other asana.
The long rest comes at the end of all the asanas, pranayamas and other kriyas which one does at a stretch. The general principle is to devote one forth of the actual practicing time for this rest. For example, if one has done yoga for twenty minutes, the rest at the end should be for five minutes. The rest is better done in SHAVA SANA.

Dress:

There should be minimum clothes on the body while doing yoga.
Male practitioners can wear half-pants or pajamas.
Ladies can wear sari, slacks or stretch-pants with blouse.

Bath:

It depends on the convenience and personal choice of the practitioner to bathe either before or after the practice. It should be better to take bath before yoga. There are certain asanas which are done after bath and it creates feeling of neatness and purity.

Female Problems:

Female practitioners should avoid yoga practice during menstrual period and during advanced stage of pregnancy. Under such conditions, yoga practice should be generally discontinued. Yoga for pregnant women (after 4 month) has to be performed on a selective basis under proper care and instruction of a yoga expert. Proper practice of yoga during early stages of pregnancy enhances the health of the child in womb and it also helps to make the delivery painless.

How Much Yoga:

Maximum time devoted for actually practicing yoga should not exceed forty-five minutes in a single day of winter. In summer, the maximum time for actual practice should be thirty minutes. This difference in practicing time has to be maintained because of variation in impact of weather on the body.
Though there should be only one session of yoga practice in a day, those who would like to divide their in two sessions should allow a gap of eight hours between the first and the second session. A minimum practice of fifteen minutes per day should be quite satisfactory for maintaining good health.

Proper Diet:

Diet occupies a dominant place in the yoga system. It is said that ‘as you eat, so you become’. This is because the kind and quantity of food affects the physical and mental condition of the individual.
In yoga, all foods have been divided into three categories; Rajasi, Tamasi and Sathvik.

Satvik food is good for yoga practitioners. In this type, the food is cooked with the least amount of spices and without much seasoning. The food is fresh and nutritive, and is cooked in a simple way.

The most important principle is to eat a balanced diet. Balanced diet contains salad, fresh vegetables, fresh fruits and raw nuts.

The ideal time to eat salad is to make it the first item of lunch and dinner.
Eat not more than about 85% of your capacity. Do not overeat or even to your full capacity. The proper method of eating is to eat slowly and swallow the food after thoroughly crushing and chewing it. One common error which the overweight people generally make is that they eat too fast.

Yoga practitioner should drink Ten to twelve glasses (5Ibs) of water every day. Water should not take at the time of eating, but after half an hour of eating it is recommended.
According to yoga literature, several skin diseases and disorders are corrected if water is not taken while eating. The drinking of plenty water is highly recommended.

Avtars.

Avtarhood would have little meaning if it were not connected with evoloution.
The Hindu proccession of Ten avtars is itself,as it were,a parable of evoloution.
First the Fish Avtaar,
then the amphibious animal between land and water,
then the land animal,
then the Man-Lion Avtaar,briding man and animal ,
then man as dwarf,small and underdeveloped and physical but containing in himself the godhead and taking possession of existence,
then the rajsic,satwik,nirguna Avtars,
leading the human devoulpment from vital rajsic to the satwik mentel man and agagin the overmental superman.
Krishna, Buddha and Kalki depict the last three stages,the stages of spiritual development--Krishna opens the posibility of overmind,
Buddha tries to shoot beyond to the supereme liberation but that liberation is still negtive,not returning upon earth to complete positivly the evoloution;
Kalki is to correct this by brigning the Kingdom of the Hevean(Divine) upon earth ,destroying the opposing asura forces.The progression is stiriking and unmistakable.
As for the lives in between the avtars lives,it must be remembered that Krishna speaks of many lives in the past,not only a few supereme ones,and secondy that while he speaks of himself as the Divine,in one passage he describes himself as a Vibhuti,vrsninam vasudevah.We may therefore fairly assume that in many lives he menifested as the Vibhuti veiling the fuller Divine Consciousness.If we admit that the objevct of avtarhood is to lead the evoloution,this is quite reasonable,the Divine appearing as Avtar in the great transtional stages and as Vibhutis aid the lesser transtions.

Sri Aurobindo...