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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Mayan Calendar







Our calandar had to be “adjusted” in the year 1752, ‘disposing’ of 11 days in September … they were not sure just how many days they neded to “jump”, but it was obvious that after 1,750+ years, the dates had “drifted” off of accuracy

Why Our Calendars Skipped 11 Days in 1752










Review. First, the linear calendar which we refer to, which points out the doomsday event as 12/21 (or 23)/2012, WRONG.

Gregorian calandar adjustment in the year 1752, got rid of 11 days in September, but it was obvious that after 1,750+ years, the dates gradually became inaccurate.  There should be 360days ina year, as well, corresponding with the circumference calculations of the Earth. 




The Maya year was divided into 18 months of 20 days each. This left five days without names or unlucky days at the end of the year. Each of the 18 uinals was dedicated to a specific deity and his corresponding festivals which related to the season of the year, the work to be done during the season and the nature of the season itself.

During the five useless or unnamed days, the Spanish chroniclers wrote that no action of any importance, even of sweeping the house or combing one's hair, was undertaken. It was believed that if one quarreled during those days, one would be destined to do so for the rest of the year! Woe to the poor person who happened to be born during one of the nameless days! His life was fated to be one of misery and unhappiness!


The days were designated in groups of 13. Each day had its specific omens, used for astrological divination. Twenty-eight of these 13-day weeks equals 364 days leaving an extra day at the end. When 13 years had elapsed, the number of these extra days would equal 13, called kin katun, the katun of the days.

The Tzolkin, the sacred year calendar, used for ceremonial and ritualistic purposes, lasted 260 days. The Tzolkin consisted of a smaller wheel of 13 glyphs rotated with a larger wheel of 20 days, resulting in the 260-day sacred year. Any given day represented a particular intermeshing of the HAAB Solar Year and the ritualistic Tzolkin resulting in a specific forecast. Jose Arguelles believes that through the Tzolkin the Maya were able to track and interpret sunspot cycles. He also claims that the Tzolkin provided the means to connect with two star systems, specifically the Pleiades and possibly Arcturus as well.



The two cyclical calendars, the Haab and the Tzolkin intercalibrated together created the Sacred Round of 52 years called the binding of the years. For only once in 52 years or 18,980 days could the combination of 13, 20 and 365 repeat itself. The 52-year cycle was sacred to all ancient peoples of Mesoamerica and a key factor in their understanding of past and future events.



Moira Timms sums up Jose Arguelles complex speculations: The Tzolkin can be regarded as a periodic table of galactic frequencies, because it is a fractal of the vague count of the 26,000-year precession of the equinoxes. The 26,000-year cycle of the sun's revolution around the Pleiades, the 26,000,000-year periodicity of extinctions reported in an extensive literature related to comet showers, and possible pole shift, as Earth recurrently passes through the Oort cloud, and other celestial cycles related by periods of time, the factor of which is 260.



The Spanish chroniclers called these kin katuns indictions. When four indictions have passed, in other words, 52 years, the year would begin with a year bearer of the same name. This cycle of 52 years was reached by the Aztecs and other peoples of Mesoamerica in the same manner. Five cycles of 52 years is 260 years, a Great Cycle, also reached by 13 x 20 and called Ahau Katun. Ahau is the word for chief, king,ruler. The Ahau was the key to the nature of the cycle.


 we are at the 270° point in Earth's precessional cycle, This harmonic transition point in our evolutionary cycle, the erect cross occurring now, has a similar characteristic as the last quarter moon in the lunar cycle. It is the "turning" that creates an "inner need to initiate change." In the agricultural cycle, this is where we plow under the crops and prepare new ground. Here we relinquish the stage setting we participate upon, to step from the facades and masks we hide behind, and look at and reveal our true selves, and embrace our commonality, our essence, our primordial spiritual origin. It is the resistance to this relinquishment and need to change that humanity currently fights. Fighting against this natural evolutionary transition is that which creates our current turmoil on Earth. Relinquishment of the false barriers, the externalized beliefs (manifest as political, religious, and financial structures) that perpetuate separation an subsequent anarchy is essential for us to make harmonious passage through this evolutionary portal. However, to assume this is going to occur in an instant or that all people will by some miracle acquiesce is, in my opinion, naiveté. More likely, many will continue to defend their separatist beliefs to a conflictual crisis point. As always the inner creates the outer and in this case our inner conflicts express as the conflicts in our external lives, even for those who do not realize this natural law. There will be some people who embrace their experience and resolve their inner conflicts moment-by-moment and create a harmonious change in the world, and there will be those who continue to defend their separatist beliefs / inner conflicts and dramatize them as discord in the world—the epitome of separation. The choice, as always, is ours.source
"...if you realize that the eventual human goal is to transcend the world of relativity to play in a realm of freedom, then plodding along attached to a theory is unfortunate. When the individual is able to enter a world in which the two aspects of yin and yang return to their original unity, the mission of these two symbols comes to an end." ~Masanobu Fukuoka

http://in5d.com/june-3-2016-the-mayan-calendar-is-off-by-3-12-years/








THE END OF THE WORLD IS (NOT) NIGH







15th Annual Spring Equinox at Chichen Itza and Dzibilchaltun
with Uxmal, Labna, Kabah, Coba, Ek Balam and more!
March 19-22, 2016




http://www.inquisitr.com/1706469/2015-predictions-end-of-the-world-conspiracy-theories-include-nostradamus-prophecies-mayan-calendar-redux/


Monday, February 16, 2015

Lord RAM IS Lord JAGANNATH

Lord RAM is Lord Jagannath ........ thank you Tulsidas
Though Shree Ram was convinced of the
innocence and the sacred life of Sita, preferred
to put more importance to the views of common
people of Ayodhya by sending her out of
Kingdom. Hence, there is no doubt equalizing
the dignity of Shree Ram and Shree Jagannath as
Purusottama, the excellent person.
Shree Jagannath was more established as
Shree Ram by saint Tulasi Das. Like that of all
religious scholars who visited the temple of Shree
Jagannath at Puri, saint Tulasi Das also visited
and saw Shri Jagannath, Balabhadra and
Subhadra on the grand throne. Saint Tulasi Das,
an ardent devotee of Shree Ram, was
disappointed not to see Sri Ram on the grand
throne of the Grand Temple at Puri. Later, he
was astonished to see Ram in Lord Jagannath,
Shree Laxman in Lord Balabhadra and Sita in
Goddess Subhadra. Hence, he immediately
accepted Lord Jagannath as Shree Ram. In his
famous writing, he has also expressed in Hindi ;
"Johi Rama Sohi Jagadisha,
Dina Hihiman
Anuchari, Bhadra So Siya Rajkumari" Ke Antana
Pabata Shesa, Shesa Bhaya Lach
The gist of the above is, "He is Ram, Who
is Jagannath". Taking the above writing of saint
Tulasi Dash, the devotees of Shree Ram all over
India accept Shri Jagannath as Shree Ram.
In Balmiki Ramayan, it has been narrated
that Shree Ram advised devotee Hanuman and
the king Bivisana to worship Shree Jagannath after
the age of Tretaya. The version of Balmiki
Ramayana is produced below:
"Aradhya Jagannatham Ekshyaku
Kula daibatam,
Aradhaniyo Manisham Debanam
Basabai Sahah "
As per determination of Baidik clan of
every person, Shree Jagannath belongs to Surya
clan. (Surya Bansha) Ekshyaku is the other name
of sun (Surya). Shree Ram also belongs to Surya
clan. With such convincing narration by Balmiki
Ramayana, scholars accept Shree Jagannath as
Shree Ram. Different rites in Jagannath temple
also prove the influence of Shree Ram on the cult
of Shree Jagannath. During Car Festival the king
Bibhisana offers special prayer to Shree Jagannath
on the full moon day of month Pusya. Shree
Jagannath is also decorated in the dress of Shree
Ram during Ramayana Festival in Jagannath
Temple.
During the birth month of Shree Ram i.e.,
Chaitra, for fifteen days, processions with idol of
Shree Ram, Laxman and Sita are organized in
different areas of Puri. Specifically, idols of
Parsuram from Harachandi Sahi, Ravana from
Balisahi, Maya Ravana from Dola Mandap Sahi
are organized with pump and ceremony. Such
ceremony is popularly named as "Sahi Jata" of
Puri.
As a king of Surya clan in Benta Festival
(Benta Yatra) during Basanta Panchami of Dola,
the idol of Shree Ram is carried to Jagannath
Balav garden and hunting of animals are organised
and surrendered to the forefathers. The rites of
Lord Jagannath and Shree Ram depict and
synthesise the culture of Shree Ram and Lord
Jagannath.
After Bahuda yatra i.e. Return Car Festival,
Lod Jagannath is worshipped as Shree Ram
during Niladri Bije i.e., returning to the Grand
Temple after nine days of Car Festival. All above
narrations prove that Shree Ram is accepted as
Shree Jagannath. Hence, saint Tulasi Das has
correctly enunciated that "Johi Rama Sohi
Jagadisha" i.e., He is Ram, who is Lord
Jagannath. It is one of the illustrations of excellent
synthesis of different cults of our nation in Shree
Jagannath Temple.source


http://puriwaves.nirmalya.in/festivals/johi-rama-sohi-jagadisha-ram-navami

Sunday, February 15, 2015

PRIME TIME Sacred Geometry Calculations

Sacred Geometry Calculations.  Something Stranger


Do you Understand how the  Numerology (in the form of Digital Compression eg: 108 = 1+0+8 = 9) is a Sacred Science and an important Key to grokking the "Fixed Design”, a tribute to our Ancestor's' Law Of One. Understand how this infinitely repeating 24 Pattern explains why we still divide our Day into 24 Hours!


Could it be that the Urn of the Soul, the DNA, the human mould itself, is transformed into a supra-being dominated by spiritual awareness / cosmic consciousness, rather than by bio-logic's mentalizing limits, a transformation caused by impouring light, illumination made possible as Earth's pole geometrically reorients in its Great Year into the divine / undivided side of the precessional cycle?

Just as the hydrogen atom re-aligns its spin axis in a magnetic field (the fundamental principle of medical diagnostic imaging (MRI technology), it could also be that the DNA's structure, composed of hydrogen bonds—a phosphodiester (light-bearing) circuitry—which nests in Earth's geomagnetic field—reorients right along with Earth as Earth re-orients its spin axis in the sacred geometry in which Earth spins—a reorientation of human consciousness in Earth's ~25,000-year evolutionary precessional "Evolutionary Cycle of the Soul."

Now (~2000 AD), at the occurrence of Earth's Precessional Cross, Earth's pole begins to lean back toward the plane of galactic light, thus crossing a primary threshold in Earth's precessional cycle. Earth begins to retune / return to galactic awareness and the impouring light begins to avalanche—and all of life on Earth begins its transmutation and illumination—from the inside-out.Lunar Crosses


It is a true Galactic Base 12 Time Code hinting clues to the Physics of Time Bending or Time Travel.





Nested within a geometry of rotating astrophysical spheres of Cosmic Intelligence, Earth's precessional cycle governs the "Evolutionary Cycle of the Soul"—a natural cycle that directs the spiritual unfoldment of Earth's entire soul collective. This occurs in the underlying fabric of matter, energy, and consciousness, catalyzing an unprecedented change in souls' incarnate experience.
Approximately twelve thousand years ago, at the previous erect cross, (and at the time of the Biblical Flood) the pole of the Earth in local space began to tilt away from the Galactic Plane—away from our source of illuminating light. At that time we began a 12,000-year period of temporal darkness—apparently separate from the unified galactic awareness. For the duration of this time, humanity experienced a tormenting shear within the masculine and feminine principle—without the embracing awareness of the illuminating plane of galactic light that naturally underlies these two entwining facets of our perceptual world.
Now, with all souls having experienced both sides of duality's paradox, a reunification in consciousness begins where the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine principles re-establish their natural harmony. This can only occur now as Earth's pole geometrically reorients (tilts) back toward the illuminating light of our majestic whirling galaxy due to the Earth's precessional cycle—as human consciousness reorients back into the Unified Field of Divine Love.source


I love Vedic Numerology and Math
I began my interest because of a very dear long time friend Monica, who told me more than 15 years ago that I was a Master Builder #22
ever since then, I have wondered what impact number interpretation has on our lives, the golden number, phi, gometry in nature, cymatics, pyrimids, electromagneticism and Egyptology, all of these  paired with mantra japa meditation, and yantra use.  



The other day i began thinking, because of the prime date and time sequence on Sunday at 2:15am on 2/15/2015, I think this is a very strange coincidence, considering the whole 666 is really a sacred number.  i am trying to understand what this could mean, this day has two separate occurences which have numerology of the same crystalline forms which take shape when we see cymatics experiments and look at water molecules, and fractals in the geosphere.  


I began wondering if there is some mantra to speak which corresponds with the numbers, what would be a mantra ? not the 64 letter mantra, not the 16 letter mantra, but an exact numerlogical match, i remembered what the 24 syllable mantra is and it is The Gayatri Mantra. 

ALSO, one other strange thing.  (Each density cycle is 26,556 years a "Great Year"
2 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 6 + 24 ; and 2 + 4 = 6 this is the same calculations for the date on Feb 15. )





















Bert Janssen in his wonderful book, The Hypnotic Power of Crop Circles, had this to say about the circles: "Their geometry tells a lot about the amount of thinking that went into the design of the formation. And if it's not the work of human beings, it tells us a lot about whoever or whatever is doing the thinking. Anyone who knows anything about geometry will know that all of this goes way beyond chance. There is no way this could be a coincidence."
"Why do these patterns have such a hypnotic effect on me? And not only on me. Many others are affected by them. But what makes these crop circle shapes so powerful? During reconstruction of the different crop circles you will see that...over and over again, nearly every time you think you come across a coincidence, you can be sure that it is not. You will, for example, find perfect ratios."
"The crop circle shapes work deep inside us in such a way that it enables us to do and feel things that we were unable to access before."
Janssen also says, "The crop patterns have played a major role in the change which I have seen take place in so many people who became involved with crop circles. Other friends who did not become involved with these mysterious shapes, did not change."
"The power of the shapes is not because they were laying in crop. No, the power resides in the shapes themselves."     Sacred Geometry The Codes of the Cosmos

Avebury Trusloe - "This crop circle is the code sequence for the intergalactic frequency and phase shift adjustments. The result is a rejuvenation and recalibration to the original blueprint of the essential life force within the third dimension on Earth. The spheres in this crop circle represent the merging of the alpha and omega (mother/father) energies in the creation of the new paradigm. The recalibration to the original blueprint is complete. The galactic counterpoint process has been activated."
Woodborough Hill - "Within the divine potential of All That Is dwells all that has been and that ever will be. This is the portal all all divine possibilities, the meeting place of cosmic creation. Allow your eyes to merge with this crop circle design and this will encode your brain's neurocortex to adjust from the rapidly deteriorating old world to the newly resonant third dimensional hologram."




13 was a number central to certain traditions of sacred geometry, because it reflected a pattern which could be seen to exist in man, nature, and the heavens. For instance, there are 13 major joints in your body. There are 13 lunar cycles in a solar year, and the moon travels 13 degrees across the sky every day. Six circles placed around a seventh central circle is a model of geometric efficiency and perfection in the second dimension that has been known to mathematicians for ages. But this same configuration in three dimensions consists of 12 spheres arranged around one central sphere, making 13 in all - the most compact three-dimensional arrangement recurrent in nature. A commentator writing about the Aztec calendar once said that, "Thirteen is a basic structural unit in nature. It means the attracting center around which elements focus and collect." Is this, then, the reason for Christ’s 12 disciples, King Arthur’s 12 knights, or the 12 major constellations in relation to our sun? The likelihood seems great indeed.
So now that we know the truth about this number 13, how can we use to benefit, and protect ourselves heading into the last days on Mother Earth? You make your own 13 POWER SIGIL. You'll need a piece of construction paper, pencil/crayon, 4 pennies(before 1982 are true copper) and some glue. Draw a pyramid. Surround your pyramid with thirteen 13's. Cap your pyramid with the 4 copper pennies. Place your picture in the pyramid. Hang the sigil above your head where you sleep. Here is a link to my 13 Power Sigil to give you an idea of the end result. I have never felt more empowered and protected by Mother-Universe! 

My 13 Power Sigil - www.youtube.com... www.abovetopsecret.com


This is a spiritual shield. 13 is the most powerful number point blank. Thats why the bad guys used it against you. Now is the time to protect yourself visit the links below to learn more from the original messenger. He also can explain in ways you will relate and understand.





 My Guru taught me this type of sudoku puzzle and geometrical puzzles and I began studying as many of them as possible,  I believe they help me understand the way my chakras and DNA balances, the way the sun energizes my pineal gland, and how words become things. 
Here is my text that i posted in Mensa Facebook group.  Shortly after midnight last night, they blocked me. I am not sure why.  A lot of people liked the calculation, proofed it, and sent me friend requests.  I think they do not understand.Did anyone else notice the ‪#‎unique‬ ‪#‎Prime‬ ‪#‎date‬ and ‪#‎time‬ coming up on Sunday ????

2:15am 2/15/2015  and also at 20:15
when you add 2+1+5 = 8
8 x 3 = 24
2=4 = 6
6 6 6
i study this in ‪#‎SacredGeometry‬ and ‪#‎VedicNumerology‬.

Sri 108, the focus of every Indian mathematician's eye. 

How remarkable, though simple, that the compression or digital reduction of the Fibonacci Sequence reveals a distinct 24 Repeating Patternwhose sum adds up to 108, not only one code, but 2. 

The pattern was always there, but we could not see it for thousands of years, as we were not precious training in conscious self or to be engaged in the visual feminine right brain mathematics.....

Inspired by our similar interests in Divine Math, my best friend Bianca and I also began painting and airbrushing sacred geometry on our line of Hemp Handbags and Totes, 
you can see them here :

we love perfect triangles...... 

you do the ‪#‎math‬.. 

please contact me at : 

here is a link to my facebook Group where i have also tried to find someone who also understands this thinking.  JunglyGeometry/
Radhika Jungly

Monday, September 22, 2014

Jungly Juice




Here's a delicious recipe my best friend Ankh-a-ji motivated me to create :)

in a juicer process :

1/2 cup Red seedless grapes
1 apple 
1 inch ginger root
Small bunch of cilantro
3 carrots
1 1/4 sweet potato
10 pieces small asparagus
2 stalks celery
Two or three leaves each of kale Swiss chard and Red ruby Swiss chard, 



I buy everything organic; try to get what's in season.  

Remember to slice everything to the appropriate size previous two juicing your special anti-inflammatory blend. 

I also add organic hemp protein, spirulina, and various extracts of personal choice. 

Makes two big green glasses.  Double or triple the recipe make a large amount and freeze it so you don't have to juice every day. 

Enjoy! 
Jay Jagannath


Friday, August 8, 2014

AMA Vata: Causes, Symptoms, & Remedies

The following information was copied from the following 
website : http://www.mapi.com/ayurvedic-knowledge/digestion/ayurvedic-toxin-flushing.html

In this newsletter, our ayurvedic expert from The Council of Maharishi Ayurveda Physicians discusses the seasonal ayurvedic ritual of internal cleansing.

Q: What kinds of toxins build up in the body?

A: Maharishi Ayurveda describes three kinds of toxins. The most common type is ama, which is the sticky waste-product of digestion that builds up in the digestive tract when your digestion is either weak or overloaded with the wrong foods. If ama is not cleared from the body and continues to build up, after some time it can leave the digestive tract and start circulating throughout the body.

Once it settles in an area of the body, it can aggravate the doshas or subdoshas, causing an imbalance in that area of the body. If the causal factors are not addressed, and ama continues to sit in one place in the body, then ama becomes reactive and mixes with the subdoshas, the dhatus (body tissues), or malas (waste products such as urine). When it mixes with these parts of the physiology, it becomes amavisha, a more reactive, toxic type of ama. The third type of toxins are those we would call environmental toxins today. Environmental toxins come from outside the body and include pesticides and chemical fertilizers in food, as well as preservatives, additives and genetically engineered foods. Food that has "gone bad"and is filled with harmful bacteria also falls in this category. Other garavisha toxins include arsenic, lead, asbestos, chemicals in detergents and household supplies, poisons, air and water pollution, chemicals and synthetics in clothing, and recreational drugs.

Q: How do you know if your body needs cleansing?

A: An expert trained in Maharishi Ayurveda can tell that there are toxins in your body through nadi vigyan, or ayurvedic pulse diagnosis. If your pulse is very slow and sluggish, it's a sign that there are toxins in the body. That's why it's a good idea to have a check-up every season, to clear away the toxins that have formed from the previous season before the new one begins. The ayurvedic expert can determine which type of toxin is in the body and where it is located. This is very important, because the treatment will be different depending on the type of toxin and where it has settled.

Q: Are there general signs you can look for, to tell that you have ama building up in the body?

A: Yes. If you have a heavy feeling in your body, if your joints are stiff, if your tongue is coated when you wake up in the morning, if you have an unpleasant body odor, if you feel dull and sleepy after eating, if your mind is foggy—these are all symptoms of ama in the body. Diarrhea, constipation, joint pain, sadness, dullness, lowered immunity, frequent colds and flu are all health problems that can be caused by ama. These symptoms are caused because ama clogs the channels of circulation in the body. It can prevent nutrients from flowing to the cells, organs and brain. Or it can clog the channels that carry waste from the cells and tissues, resulting in a toxic build-up.

Q: What are the signs of amavisha?

A: When ama settles in one place for a long time, it disturbs the subdoshas and eventually, if the person doesn't stop the actions that are causing the imbalance, becomes the more advanced form of ama, called amavisha. Amavisha often mixes with the subdoshas and causes disease. For instance, if ama settles in the chest, the subdosha of Shleshaka Kapha can get disturbed there, and if Shleshaka Kapha mixes with ama, it causes a type of amavisha called shleshma. Shleshma is a really, thick, yellow-colored, nasty sort of toxin, and when it settles in the lungs, it becomes a fertile ground for bronchial infection. Once amavisha (such as shleshma) is present in the body, disease symptoms usually follow. This is just one example of a disease caused by amavisha mixing with a particular subdosha. Symptoms can also result when amavisha mixes with the dhatus (body tissues). The symptoms will vary depending on the dhatu involved. For instance, when amavisha mixes with Rasa Dhatu (the nutrient fluid), the symptoms may include diarrhea, loss of appetite, and a feeling of being overheated. When amavisha mixes with Rakta Dhatu (blood plasma), it creates different types of skin diseases, such as psoriasis, excema, or severe acne. Amavisha can mix with the other five dhatus and the seven waste products (malas), creating different symptoms depending on which dhatu or mala it is mixing with. If it is not corrected, over time amavisha can cause diseases such as kidney dysfunction or a hyperactive liver. Depending on where amavisha is located, it will create different effects—mental, emotional or physical. Coronary heart disease, for instance, is caused by amavisha blocking the coronary artery. Wherever it settles, it causes problems. You could say that the symptoms caused by ama are more general, while the symptoms caused by amavisha are more specific and severe. But both can cause problems with immunity, as can garavisha.

Q: How would you know if your body is overloaded with environmental toxins?

A: The signs of garavisha will vary depending on the type of toxin that's lodged in the body. They can range from lack of taste in the mouth to dizziness, skin eruptions, rashes, excessive body heat, heart palpitations, darkened skin patches, fatigue and heaviness in the body. Sometimes it is very difficult to identify the specific toxin that is causing the symptoms, because there are hundreds of chemicals and environmental toxins that a person could be exposed to. If you suspect that you have been exposed to environmental toxins, it's important to consult an expert in Maharishi Ayurveda right away. The physician trained in Maharishi Ayurveda can recommend a blood test. In fact, many people today do have high levels of mercury and lead in their systems. The ayurvedic expert can then prescribe a safe and natural treatment program for eliminating these heavy metals and toxins from your body.

Q: How would you come in contact with those kinds of environmental toxins in the first place?

A: Environmental toxins are all around us in today's world, and it's important to protect yourself from them. You can have your water tested, for instance, to find out if there are pesticides, chemicals or lead in your water supply. Pesticides are commonly found in the ground water in agricultural areas, for instance, and lead water pipes can be a problem in older buildings. You can install a reverse osmosis water filter to remove most of these toxins in the drinking water, although you'd want to test the water again to make sure it's pure. Otherwise, you can drink bottled spring water. Chlorine is commonly used to purify city water, yet is toxic to the body and especially the skin. You can purchase an inexpensive carbon purifier to attach to your showerhead, or if possible, invest in a whole-house carbon filter to purify all the water in your home. There are many sources of mercury, which is found concentrated in fish and in metal fillings for cavities. If you find that you have high levels of mercury, you will want to avoid eating fish, and may want to have your metal fillings replaced with nontoxic composite fillings. The levels of DDT and related chemicals are on the rise, in part because many fruits and vegetables are now imported from Mexico and South America, where DDT is not banned. To avoid toxins, pesticides and chemicals in foods, buy organically grown foods. If you must buy non-organic fruits and vegetables at times, be sure to wash them with a mild, nontoxic vegetable soap and rinse well. Eating whole, natural foods rather than processed foods is another important way to avoid environmental toxins. Processed, canned and packaged foods are laced with preservatives, food additives, food colorings and other toxins. You can eliminate many environmental toxins by using biodegradable, non-toxic household supplies and detergents. Place purifying plants in your home, such as holy basil, spider plants and philodendron, which are known to absorb toxins and purify the air. Make sure that your washer and dryer are properly vented, so the toxic fumes are not cycling through the house. And use an indoor air purifier if air pollution is a problem. Because environmental toxins instantly affect Pitta dosha, it's important for people with Pitta body type or imbalances to especially protect themselves from these toxins. But anyone can develop symptoms if they are exposed to large quantities of garavisha toxins or for a period of time.

Q: What about ama and amavisha? What causes the body to create these toxins?

A: Ama is the waste product of incomplete digestion, so any dietary or lifestyle habits that disrupt digestion can cause ama. Let's talk about diet first. If you eat foods that are too heavy to digest, such as fried foods, hard cheeses, meats, leftovers, junk foods, processed foods, and rich desserts, these can overload your digestion and cause ama to form. Cold foods and drinks—such as ice cream, ice-water and foods straight from the refrigerator—also are hard to digest, since cold temperatures put out the digestive fire. How much food and the type of food you can easily digest depends on your digestive capacity. Digestion can be weak, strong, or irregular, depending on your body type or imbalances. If your digestion is weak or dull (a characteristic associated with Kapha dosha), and you eat too much food or food that is too heavy for your digestive system, you'll form ama. Someone with a strong digestion (associated with Pitta dosha) will be able to eat larger quantities and richer foods without forming ama. A person with an irregular digestion (associated with Vata body type) will find that their appetite and digestive ability fluctuates—sometimes it's strong and sometimes weak. You need to adjust the quantities of food you eat and dietary habits to suit your digestive type. Digestion also fluctuates according to the seasons, and if you don't adjust your diet and lifestyle when the weather changes, you may form ama. (For detailed information on foods and eating habits for each body type and the seasons, click here).

Digestion can also be weakened by poor eating habits. For instance, not eating at the same time every day, not eating the main meal at noon when the digestion is stronger, skipping meals or eating between meals can all throw the digestion out of balance. An irregular daily routine can also disrupt your digestion and cause ama. Mental, emotional and physical stress is another cause of incomplete digestion and ama. If you've ever tried eating when you're upset, and felt the stomach pains afterwards, you know why this is so. In general, any time you act against your own nature, or fall out of harmony with natural law, your digestion will reflect that and create ama.

Q: You've painted a clear picture of what causes ama, but what causes amavisha?

A: Amavisha is caused by the same factors, only in the case of amavisha the causal factors have been going on for a very long time. Ama, on the other hand, could be caused by some temporary lapse in diet. For instance, if you go on vacation and eat out a lot, and break your normal routine, you may accumulate a small amount of ama that can be dissolved by the body when you return home and start eating and resting normally again. But if you continue to strain, to eat the wrong foods and keep an irregular daily routine, ama will start to build up. At the same time, depending on what your mistake in diet or lifestyle is, one or more of the subdoshas will go out of balance, creating a weak spot where ama will start to accumulate. At this point, it's still possible to dissolve the ama through correct diet and lifestyle changes and herbal formulas before it becomes a manifest disorder. But if the lifestyle or dietary mistake is not corrected, over time the ama will turn into the reactive, more dangerous and disease-causing amavisha. Then it quickly turns into disease, and takes more effort to remove.

Q: What are some specific recommendations to rid your body of these disease-creating toxins?

A: If a person has simple ama, it's generally possible to remove it from the body by enhancing or balancing agni, the digestive fire. First of all, it's important to begin an ama-reducing diet. This is a simple diet, consisting of warm, freshly-cooked whole foods that are light, easy to digest, and are suitable for the person's body type and season. The ama-reducing diet includes fresh, organic vegetables; sweet, juicy fruits; whole grains such as quinoa, cous cous, rye, barley, amaranth, millet and rice; and easily digested proteins such as mung dhal or lentil soup. Lassi—a drink made in the blender with one part freshly made yogurt, four parts water, and salt or honey for flavor—is an excellent digestion-booster to drink after a meal because it contains acidophilus, a friendly bacteria that aids digestion. Cooked leafy greens such as chard and kale are especially good for improving elimination and helping to detoxify the body. The vegetables and grains should be cooked with tasty spices that are suitable for your body type and the season, such as Vata, Pitta or Kapha Churna. Or make your own detoxifying spice mixture, including turmeric, coriander and fennel. Turmeric is an excellent spice to rid the body of ama, amavisha and garavisha, but should always be taken when mixed with other spices. *

Detoxifying Spice Mixture

1 part turmeric
2 parts ground cumin
3 parts ground coriander
4 parts ground fennel
Mix these spices together in bulk and store in a jar. When you are cooking a meal, place a small amount of ghee in a frying pan and heat on medium. Add detoxifying spice mixture, measuring out one teaspoon of spice mixture per serving of vegetables. Sauté spices until the aroma is released (but be careful not to burn). Add steamed vegetables, mix lightly and sauté together for one minute. Add salt and black pepper to taste. Or you can sauté the spice mixture in ghee and drizzle on vegetables or grains.

Avoid all of the foods that we mentioned earlier as a cause of ama—fried foods, heavy foods such as aged cheese, meat, rich desserts—anything that is difficult to digest should be left out of your diet. Avoid eating or drinking anything cold. Drinking warm water throughout the day is a good way to flush out ama and toxins of all kinds, especially if you add detoxifying spices to make a tea.

Detoxifying Tea

Boil two quarts of water in the morning. Add:

¼ t. whole cumin
½ t. whole coriander
½ t. whole fennel
Let steep for ten minutes with the lid on. Strain out the spices and pour water into a thermos and sip throughout the day. Start fresh by making a new batch of tea in the morning.

Q: What kinds of lifestyle tips do you recommend for getting rid of ama?

A: The most important thing is to eat your main meal at noon, when the sun is strongest and the digestive fire reflects that strength. If you eat too much at night, or eat heavy foods such as meat or cheese then, the food will sit in your stomach and create ama. Eat light at night and your food will be easily digested before you go to sleep. It's also important to eat all three meals at the same time every day. If your body gets used to a regular routine, the digestive juices will start to ready themselves before the meal, and will be more efficient in digesting what you eat. If you eat at different times each day, your digestion will be thrown off. Don't snack between meals unless you are actually hungry, and wait until the food is digested before eating a meal. If your digestion is already occupied with digesting and you add new food on top of that, the result is ama, the sour, undigested waste product of undigested food. Other aspects of the ayurvedic routine are also important. Going to sleep before 10 p.m. is essential, because then during the Pitta time of night (10-2) your digestion has a chance to cleanse and rejuvenate itself. If you stay up, you'll probably feel hungry about midnight and will want to eat, which will tax the digestion and create ama. Waking up before 6 a.m. is recommended, as if you sleep late into the Kapha time of the morning (6-10 a.m.), the channels of your body will become clogged with ama and you'll feel dull and tired. Daily exercise that is suitable for your body type will stimulate digestion and help cleanse the body of toxins. It's also important to manage your stress, and to have a job that you enjoy and is not too taxing for your body type. Everyone can benefit from spending time each day practicing the Transcendental Mediation® program to remove mental, emotional and physical stress.

Q: Are there herbal formulas that you recommend to rid the body of ama?

A: Maharishi Ayurveda offers a range of detoxification products. For all types of toxins, the first and foremost treatment is to improve elimination. Digest Tone is an excellent herbal formula for supporting regular bowel movements. Taking two to five tablets of Triphala before going to bed will help purification. Genitrac helps flush out ama from the genito-urinary tract. It targets the genito-urinary channels to help eliminate toxins through the urine. Elim-Tox and Elim-Tox-O are both effective in removing toxins from the liver, blood, sweat glands and elimination system. For example, Elim-Tox contains Indian Sarsaparilla, Red Sandalwood, Vetiver and Neem Leaf to enhance purification of toxins through the sweat glands and skin. Other herbs support elimination through the urinary tract by balancing lubrication (Shleshaka Kapha) and the downward energy in the body (Apana Vata). Another group of herbs contained in Elim-Tox—including Psyllium Seed, Rose Petals, Licorice Root, Turpeth Root, Tinospora Cordifolia and Chebulic Myrobalans—support elimination of toxins by lubricating the digestive tract and supporting the process of elimination through urine and stool. If your immunity is low due to toxins, Elim-Tox-O is another product that is effective. It contains two excellent detox herbs: Picrorrhiza Kurroa and Tinospora Cordifolia. They support the liver, the most important organ for detoxification. Elim-Tox is faster acting, but if a person has a Pitta imbalance, Elim-Tox-O is better because it first pacifies the reactivity of Pitta dosha before flushing out the toxins.

Q: You've given a very thorough picture of how to remove ama from the body. Can you remove amavisha or garavisha through diet and lifestyle changes such as these?

A: Many of these recommendations are helpful, but for both amavisha and garavisha, it's important to consult a physician trained in Maharishi Ayurveda. Depending on where the amavisha is located, and how advanced the symptoms or disease, the physician will also prescribe a specific diet and daily routine. For garavisha, it's also important to consult an expert in Maharishi Ayurveda to design a specific detoxification program and specific herbal formulas. Coriander leaf (cilantro) is a safe way to begin purifying mercury and other garavisha toxins from the body. You can eat cilantro chutney with holy basil as an addition to your diet. The cilantro helps remove heavy metals, and the holy basil (also known as tulsi) is helpful in eliminating amavisha and garavisha. If you grow it in your home it helps purify the air as well.

Cilantro Chutney

8 tsp. chopped cilantro leaf
1 tsp. shredded ginger
½ tsp. lime or lemon juice
½ tsp. chopped holy basil leaf
Add just a little water and blend together to a thin paste. Add salt to taste.

Q: What about herbal formulas for removing amavisha and garavisha?

A: Many of the same products that eliminate ama will also be helpful in eliminating these two types of toxins. Elim-Tox-O, Genitrac and Triphala will help with all three types of toxins, so these may be part of an ayurvedic treatment program. Or the ayurvedic expert may also prescribe more specific herbs that are suited for your situation. But as I just mentioned, it takes great care and expertise to remove amavisha from the body, because amavisha is reactive. If the wrong method is used, it could cause the channels or tissue where it is located to become inflamed, or the skin to break out. If you feel that you have amavisha, consult an ayurvedic expert who can take your pulse and determine which organ, channel, or body tissue the amavisha is located in, how long it has been lodged there, and whether the amavisha has mixed with Vata, Pitta or Kapha. By knowing this, they can pacify the reactivity first, and then purify the toxins. For garavisha, it's also important to be tested to determine the specific environmental toxin that is causing the problem. Then the ayurvedic expert can design a specific treatment program to remove that particular toxin that includes diet and herbal formulas.

Q: Are there other types of ayurvedic detoxification programs available?

A: Maharishi Panchakarma—the gentle but intensive purification program that includes massage, mild internal cleansing, and steam baths—can be extremely effective in ridding the body of all three types of toxins. At Maharishi Vedic Medical Centers (such as The Raj in Fairfield, Iowa) both an ayurvedic expert and a medical doctor prescribe and oversee the Panchakarma treatment. This is very important, because together they can determine whether there is ama, amavisha and garvisha; the quantity of toxins in the body; where they are located, and whether they are solitary or mixed with each other. The situation becomes more serious when amavisha and garavisha are mixed in an organ, tissue, or channel, because that combination can become carcinogenic and create chronic illness. All of this needs to be taken into account when prescribing a detoxification and treatment program.

Q: You mentioned earlier that mental and emotional stress can cause toxins to build up. Can you explain why this is so?

A: Emotional imbalance is often associated with an imbalance in Pitta dosha, and results in toxins in the form of Pitta-charged ama and amavisha. For high-Pitta people, agni is always high, which is generally a good thing. But if that person is under emotional stress (or is eating food or living a lifestyle that aggravates Pitta) the strong Pitta quickly goes out of balance, creating a reactive kind of ama. Those who experience mental stress also create more ama, because mental stress throws Vata out of balance. When Vata is out of balance, digestion becomes uneven, meaning that it is sometimes high and sometimes low, and creates ama. People with a Vata body type or imbalance are especially vulnerable to this type of stress and this cause of ama. Mental and emotional imbalances can also be caused by toxins. When any kind of toxin—ama, amavisha, or garvisha—clog the mental channels of communication, then the heart and mind no longer work in coordination with each other, because the channels of communication between them are blocked. This creates mental and emotional imbalances. Toxins in the mental channels might cause lack of confidence, confusion, anger, difficulty in making decisions, constant changing of decisions already made, desperation, mental weakness, and even minor changes in personality.

Q: Many people feel that heavy, toxic feeling more in the spring than any other time. Why is that?

A: The toxins don't build up more in spring, but rather the toxins that are already in the body start to display their symptoms then. The reason is that if you don't follow the proper seasonal diet and routine during the first two months of winter (November and December), the body can accumulate more toxins then. The channels become clogged, and at the same time because of the cold temperatures, ama and amavisha gets stuck or "frozen"in the walls of the channels. At this point there will not be as many symptoms of ama. But during the second two month period of winter, January and February, there is a slight warming effect, because the sun is starting to gain in strength and is moving toward its zenith in June, even though it's still cold out. By the time spring comes and it really is warmer outside, the frozen amavisha and ama starts to melt, and as they flow into the body's channels, the channels become flooded with toxins. The toxins will flow to the sinuses, the lungs, or the joints, wherever there is an empty space. Your joints may feel stiff, your mind dull, or you may feel tired or heavy. Your immunity may be weakened, and you may become sick with a cold, the flu, allergies, asthma or bronchial infections. Because these toxins are naturally melting in spring, it's the best time to detoxify. The body is already in the mode of eliminating toxins, so it's a good time to support the body in that role. To detoxify in the spring, I'd recommend that for two to three months you take Elim-Tox or Elim-Tox-O, take Triphala or Herbal Cleanse, drink plenty of Detoxification Tea mentioned earlier, follow the ama-reducing diet, and follow the ama-reducing ayurvedic routine mentioned earlier.

If you can only undergo Maharishi Panchakarma once a year, spring is the best time. All of these measures will help you to clear your body of toxins at this optimal period, paving the way for better health for the rest of the year. If you have environmental toxins, spring is the best time to remove them from the body's channels, organs and tissues. This is because the body is already engaged in flushing out toxins and lubricating the channels, so it will be easier on the body to remove these reactive substances through Panchakarma or herbal formulas such as Elim-Tox and Elim-Tox-O.

Q: Why is the liver so important in detoxification?

A: One of the main functions of the liver is to filter out toxins, so only pure nutrients and pure blood reaches the other parts of the body. The nutrient fluid (rasa dhatu) and the blood plasma (rakta dhatu) pass through the liver and are purified by it. Everything you take in through the digestion gets processed by the liver and then transformed into blood. So the liver filters toxins and holds them so they don't get passed on to the rest of the body. This includes all three kinds of toxins—those created by the body and the environmental toxins such as pesticides and chemicals in food. But if the toxins build up and are beyond the capacity of the liver to purify—or if the liver is weak—then the toxins are passed on to other parts of the body. That's why every detoxification program of Maharishi Ayurveda starts by strengthening the digestive system, so the liver does not get overloaded.

Q: So you can prevent toxins from building up by cleansing your liver?

A: That's a good question. Cleansing the liver causes toxins to be eliminated through the large intestine, so it's important to supplement any liver cleansing by cleansing the bowel as well. This brings up a very important point. In Maharishi Ayurveda, we never recommend a partial detoxification program. All of the recommendations made earlier—including the diet, lifestyle tips, Maharishi Panchakarma and our herbal detoxification products—contain three important steps. These are: strengthening the digestion, cleansing the liver, and cleansing the bowel. If any one of these steps were left out, the toxins would not be completely eliminated and further imbalances would be the result. The first step is to strengthen digestion. An ama-reducing diet and dietary habits are recommended to strengthen the digestive fire (agni) and prevent ama, amavisha or garavisha from mixing with the nutrient fluid and the blood plasma. Then the liver will not overwhelmed and can perform its function of filtering out toxins. Secondly, the liver must be cleansed. The liver itself should be cleansed each spring, so it has more capacity and flexibility in filtering toxins. That's why Elim-Tox and Elim-Tox-O are recommended, as well as eating more leafy green vegetables and small amounts of spices such as turmeric. All of these cleanse the liver. Finally, a detox program includes cleansing the bowel. That's why taking Triphala or Herbal Cleanse is an important part of a home detoxification program. You can keep your elimination running smoothly on a daily basis by eating prunes and figs cooked with an apple for breakfast. A healthy elimination means having a bowel movement once or twice a day.

Q: Thank you. You have given us a very complete program for eliminating toxins and preventing new ones from building up. Do you have any concluding remarks?

A: It's a matter of following the ayurvedic diet and routine suitable for your body type and imbalances throughout the year, and following an ama-reducing diet daily routine in spring or any time that you feel a toxic build-up. In this way you can take care of these three areas of the body—strengthening the digestion, cleansing the liver, and cleansing the bowel. If you do this, over time you will find that less and less toxins build up in your body, and you will enjoy the energy, clarity and lightness of a toxin-free body, mind and emotions.

* Important note: If there is any history of garavisha or amavisha in the liver, or if there is a blocked channel in the bile duct, turmeric can cause problems by detoxifying too quickly for these conditions. If these conditions are present, check with your physician first before adding turmeric to your diet.

These articles provide a great resource from The Council of Maharishi Ayurveda Physicians on the knowledge, practices, products, and applications of Maharishi Ayurveda.

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Monday, March 10, 2014

Holi HE !!!

HOLI India 
Color Festivities Brajbasi style

Village ladies from Barsana are patiently waiting for traditional fun with wooden sticks at the doorsteps of their homes for arrival of villagers from Nandageon during lathmar Holi, in Barsana on March 9.  During Lathmar Holi the ladies get to beat the men from Nandagaon, Krishna's hometown, with big wooden sticks, in response to their teasing.

I traveled with a group of friends from Vrindavan UP to Rajasthan and Goverdhan one day.  In the evening I was fortunate to get to participate in Lathmar Holi celebration ! I had to leave my stick in India. I couldn't bring it with me on the plane home to America. 

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Me playing Holi in Vrindavan, UP, india

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Photo/story:  Times of India