The obesity rates are globally skyrocketing. In spite of the advanced technology available in our current healthcare system, solutions are far from being found and a so-called “cure” it is nothing but a merry chase.
The culprits for obesity are highlighted in two major causes. However, David B. Allison, PhD, and his colleagues have pointed out ten additional causes in their paper published in the International Journal of Obesity.
A pure mind is a prerequisite in the perusal of self-enquiry. In the Ramana way, a pure mind goes a long way even beyond just following values for an ethical living, because one’s goal is to realise the self beyond leading an ethical life. Continue reading
“The sage is like a mirror: he neither sees things off, nor goes out to meet them. He responds to everything without storing anything up. Thus he is never injured through the myriad transformations he undergoes”
Confucian Huai Nan Zi Continue reading
1. Homeopathy is one of the four most widespread medical systems along with Traditional Chinese Medicine, Herbal Medicine and Conventional Medicine. Continue reading
Being willing to sit honestly with yourself in the darkest of dark nights is a gift to the world. When we can sit in our own deepest pain with a willingness to accept it as it is, to forgive it, or even to just be with the experience; we begin to break down the cycle of authorship, projection and blame. Continue reading
In order to grasp the idea of mental and emotional problems from the Chinese Medicine perspective we must uncover the meaning of basic terms such as spirit, mind and emotions. To understand the connotation of these words we need to explore philosophies such as Daoism and Confucianism, but also some of the Western philosophers’ views.
A recurring theme in Western philosophies is that emotions are waves clouding Reason. Furthermore, emotions are main cause of disease on many accounts, this being a common line of thought that Chinese Medicine agrees on. However, Chinese Medicine tends to consider emotions only as cause of disease, putting less emphasis on how emotions work. Continue reading
Theory of Evolution and Theory of Re-incarnation are in fact very similar in their approach, at least from the philosophical point of view. Theory of evolution basically says that all children are born from parents. I.e. men did not appear out of the blue, so if you go from child to parent back in time. Where do you end? Continue reading
what does it mean, living for the truth?
who among us,
at any turn,
knows clearly enough
what is a star,
what is the sky,
how the light fractures
into millions of rays,
I mean
all of us, Continue reading
Bhagavan Ramana
There is a slight drizzle today and the atmosphere is beautiful. I breathe it in deeply. I am on my morning walk.
I am in the present moment which is the only thing that is truly and fully available to us. Continue reading
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