Dan Buttner’s The Blue Zones (National Geographic Society, 2008) is a great read for those wanting to keep up with the science of aging but not wanting to read the associated academic journals. In the early 2000s, the National Geographic Society sent a team of longevity experts to those 4 slender geographic areas of the world where people are much more likely to attain the age of 100, in good health, than all other places on earth. The areas are Loma Linda, CA, USA (virtually all 7th-Day Adventists); the Nicoyan peninsula in Costa Rica; the interior hill country of Sardinia; and the northern interior of Okinawa. Though difficult to parse out, the teams found commonalities among these 4 Blue Zones and assessed that longevity was a function of these factors: Continue reading “Book Review of _The Blue Zones_: by Dr. Gregg Carter”
How And Why I became a Vegetarian: By Tony O’Clery.
In 1985 on a visit to family in Australia I was on Bondi Beach, where I ate a hamburger. I fell asleep on the beach and had a strange dream that I was a cow. I saw the whole process of the slaughterhouse, including fear, smells, noises, terror, cruel treatment etc.
It was a horrifying nightmare and I awoke saying aloud ‘They know, they know they are to be cruelly slaughtered’. That day I became a vegetarian. I had always said that if I ever really thought about the morality of eating meat, I would probably stop. Continue reading “How And Why I became a Vegetarian: By Tony O’Clery.”
Meditation and Self-Inquiry – Part 1 on Youtube
Dear Friends,
Yesterday, I uploaded a short video on youtube on Meditation and Self-Inquiry. Part 1 is visible now and you can access it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijNldueFYsM
Your feedback is most welcome as I try to enhance my learning and become more current with the use of the new social networking technologies.
Thank you and Namaste
Harsh K. Luthar
Marital Garland Of Letters: By Ramana Maharshi
The Five Hymns to Arunachala are the earliest poems of Sri Ramana Maharshi except for a few short verses. They were written about 1914, when Sri Ramana was about thirty-five years old (he was born in December 1879). He was still living in Virupaksha Cave on the hill. Continue reading “Marital Garland Of Letters: By Ramana Maharshi”
Unutterable Is My Name: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar
Unutterable is my name. Continue reading “Unutterable Is My Name: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar”
Love Is The Key: By Ramesh Chivukula
Love is the Key
Through the door of Fear. Continue reading “Love Is The Key: By Ramesh Chivukula”
Pray Some More For Oneness With God! By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar
Pray Some More!
Pray some more for utter oneness with God
Beauty lies in both the Sun and the Setting Continue reading “Pray Some More For Oneness With God! By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar”
How To Overcome The Ego? By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar
Bhagavan Sri Ramana used to say that all techniques of meditation and concentration presuppose the retention of the ego/mind. Bhagavan used to joke that employing the ego/mind to overcome the ego/mind is like hiring a thief, who is all dressed up as a policeman, to catch the thief. The policeman will pretend to make herculean efforts to catch the thief, give periodic reports of progress, but will fail each time (since the policeman is the thief!). Continue reading “How To Overcome The Ego? By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar”
Self-Realization and Physical Immortality: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar
Can Self-Realization and Physical Immortality co-exist? Continue reading “Self-Realization and Physical Immortality: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar”
God Looks After You Unasked! Said Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi
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