Home And Health

Monday, 19 February 2018

Home And Health

Recovery meal. Is a meal one has to take after a rigorous workout. So many people skip post exercise nutrition because they do not want to undo the calories they just burned. Getting a combination of 10 to 15 grams of protein and 20 to 30 grams of carbohydrates within 30 minutes of your workout will help refuel your body promote muscle recovery and up your energy , and build a leaner physique.

Spray –on oils CAN eliminate the need for cooking oil at all in many recipes-with only tow calories per spray. Compared to 90 in a full tablespoon of oil.

Choice Architecture is a new term for total makeover of your refrigerator . when y you’re hungry, you’re hungry, you’re more likely to grab a quick and easy snack, which often isn’t the healthiest. You better try to put the healthier foods in the front and centre of your fridge. Keep the indulgent foods out of sight, and to some preparatory work in this regard. This is where ‘Choice Architecture’ works instead of keeping the fresh fruits and veggies in the crisper, put them in clear containers at eye-level-they will grab your attention when you open the door. Courtesy wisdom

Quote from the Charm and power of the Upanishads        

Man has been disciplined hitherto by his subjection to nature. Having emancipated himself from this subjection be in showing something of the defects of slave-turned-master. A new moral outlook is called for in which submission to the power of nature is replaced by respect for what is best in man. It is where this respect is lacking that scientific technique is dangerous . so long as it is present science, having delivered man from bondage to nature can proceed to delivery him from bondage to the slavish part of himself.

This respect fo what is best in man and the science which will proceed  to delivery man from bondage to the slavish part of himself’ is what the Upanishad developed ages ago in India is her adyatma vidya in her science of the inner world of man, in her ‘ science of human possiblities’ in the words of Julian Huxley. The intellect on which the light of the Atman , shies is for different from the intellect which is in thrall to the sense –organs. These tow groups of science-the science of outer nature and the science of inner nature-need to pool their resources together to advance man on the evolutionary path of total fulfilment. Take religion away from human society and what remain is a forest of brutes, says Swami Vivekananda Echoing this conviction in the concluding portion of his Autobiography , astro physicist R. A Millikan says;

It seems to me that the tow great pillars upon which all human well being and human progress rest are , first, the spirit of religion and second the spirit of science- or knowledge. Neither  can attain its largest effectiveness without support from the other. To promote the latter, we have universities and research institutions. But the supreme opportunity for everyone with no exception lies in the first.

Without the spiritual nourishment coming from religion, the phenomenal progress of the modern age has become wobbly in its movement and blind in its course.

But, if He exists?

I drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive 4m.

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Heaven or Hell

Monday 20/ February /2012

Heaven or Hell An old man who had spent a life time of sins by cheating and thriving was on his death bed. The prospect of death and his punishment that would be meted out after life time frighten even the hardest of hearts. This old man too became frightened and started praying to God for forgiving his sins and promising to be have better in his next life. The cries of this old man drew the attention of an angel who was passing by and attracted her towards him. Coming near the dying man, the angel asked him “Why do you cry like this?” The saying man told the angel faithfully about his sinful apst and his fears about the future. The angel asked; “Can you think of some good acts you might have performed which may help you?” Cried the dying man; “Not one that I can think of , for, whatever I did, was found. How I wish I had done a few noble acts at least!” Angel, “Now, think of your childhood, when possibly you must have done some good thing!” The old man thought hard and said; “ I am ashamed to say that it was a good act. When I was a child. I went without food for some days. At last I found a piece of bread which I wanted to keep for two days. At that time a poor man who was no better than my self looked at my bread and pleaded with me to share it with him. I agreed and parted with half of it to that friend. Ca I call this a good deed?’ Angel ; “Do not fear, it is an excellent act. Hold on to it and you will cross the other life with freedom from punishment.” This assurance soothed the old man and he died peacefully. The soul of the old man was carried to heaven, on the life provided by the bread piece. Now, even as the old man’s soul started ascending to heaven on the bread piece. Other souls of equal character which were departing from the world at about the same time started clanging to the bread piece which was carrying the old man to heaven! When a number of them jumped on it, the old man got furthered lest the bread piece should fall down and endanger his chances. Annoyed at that, he shouted to the other souls which had started crowding on his bread piece. “Be gone all of you, the bread piece is mine! Hardly had he uttered these words when the bread piece crumbled and the old man along with other who had crowded on to his , fell down crashing into the suffering of hell. One small deed of real charity had been able to overcome a life time of evil deeds, but an act of selfishness spoiled even that slender foothold. People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. How to get Sense of Fulfilment From work. In one from or the other, we have to perform action/work during our lifetime. In this industrialised society, our man motive for work is to earn money. This motive becomes the driving force for all that we do and in course of time our inner life becomes unrefined, with this total dependency on returns for our work. There are some people who love work for tis own sake. They get pleasure just doing the work. They get a sense of fulfilment from work. To them, returns from work become secondary. A pat on the back, a work of acknowledgement or appreciation may be all they looking for. A mother doing incessant work for her family, for her children, has this kind of attitude to work. A mother/father with an inborn sense of duty performs their actions without an eye on returns. A student who is studying is not paid for his work. There may be at the back of his mind, plans for future prospects, for a future career. But for the time being , he has to be absorbed and devoted to his studies. He has to study. with a sense of duty . with this attitude, he can over come his likes and dislikes and pore deeply into his studies with total devotion. But what then will be the motive to transform all our actions into kamayoga, the yoga of selfless action, or work done with a sense of duty. Work done with this attitude comes out better . We feel we have mo energy for work. Work gives satisfaction, we learn a lot from it. Gradually, this attitude helps us to see the large process of life. Life becomes richer. We see much more behind ordinary, normal things of life, which we had taken from granted. We develop self esteem. Our self worth does not come from what return we get from the work, but from the feeling that we have done the work to the best of our ability. This enrichment of our inner life through work/action is called Karmayaoga. Courtesy ‘PARTHA’ Quote from true charm and power of Vedanta I am not misery, nor ever had I misery; I am not enemy, or had I enemies; I am Existence, Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute; I am he , I am He. (Shivo Hum, Shivo Hum) I drive joyThere was adoctor in Benaras whospent 7 minutes in themorning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friendslaughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes ratherthan a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joythat I derive 4m. Illustrated live Reviews. 7thHEAVEN MOMENT Of d week is India no 7 man of the match on 5th odi. In she filed shield sa 277/7, in bpl bb won by 9 wk, India won by 7 goal against Italy ,

Slow me Down, Lord!

Monday 20th December 2010
Slow me Down, Lord!
Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind. Steady my hurried pace with a vision of the eternal reach of time.
Give me, amidst the confusion of my day, the calmness of the everlasting hills. Break the tensions of nerves and muscles, with the soothing music of the singing streams that live in my memory.
Help me to know the magical, restoring power of sleep. Teach me the art of taking minute vacations. Of slowing down to look at flower, to chat with a friend, to pat a dog, to read few lines from a good book. Remind me each day of the table of the hare and tortoise, that I may know that the race is not always to the swift, that there is more to lie than measuring its speed.
Let me look upward into the branches of the towering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well. Slow me down. Lord and inspire me to send my roots deep into the soil of life’s enduring values that I may grow toward the starts of my grater destiny.
Perfect Ecosystem For Our Survival
Ecosystem constitutes the living community of plant and animals in any area together with the non-living components of the environment such as the soil, air and water. The living and non-living matter constantly interact with each other . It results in the flow of energy which helps the productivity of our world. For instance, in a particle of surface loam there are 60 million bacteria; in an acre of agricultural land there can be 30 million invertebrates and in an acre there are over 50 thousand earthworms . then there are the larger insects, reptiles, mammals, birds and plants. All these form the biotic community. However the relationships are never static; growth and death, change and replacement, go on continuously. A constant activity goes on forever. Energy pours down from Sunlight and is captured by green pants that make food in the process called photosynthesis. So also water moves through the ecosystem in an intricate cycle starting from and returning to the atmosphere.
Thus the functioning of an ecosystem depends on the energy which is poured into it and the prime source of energy is Sunlight. Green plants are the only effective converters of Sunlight energy into forms useful to man and animals. Energy can be produced only when matter is consumed and this results in pyramid of life having wide base of vegetation, a smaller quantity of herbivores, which feed on plants and a considerably smaller number of carnivores which live on hooved spices. But an unchangeable natural laws play a major part . For example, one kilo of deer meat cannot produce one kilo of tiger. It is because a great deal is lost in process of converting the meat of the deer into the metabolism of the carnivore.
The objective of the investigator decide the are or extent of an ecosystem. The entire stretch of the Ganga could be considered as one ecosystem. It ranges from the melting snows in the Himalaya to he Hoogly where the waters ultimately reach the Bay of Bengal. The same ecosystem may even many more small ecosystems, each one, important in its own way, has to be protected to save the entire region. Activities such as the removal of vegetation on the banks , and particularly on neighboring hill sides endanger the ecosystem. A situation of their sort might lead to situation of the water system; which, apart from reducing the capacity of the river, may even alter the quality of the water and subsequently, the insect and fish life. Even a small village pond form part of ecosystem and many of these are getting silted up. Polluted and bereft of life because of the destruction of the natural complex of vegetation around the pond.
One of the most productive ecosystems is at the point where sea water meets fresh water. Therefore protection of estuaries is very important because it is here the spawning of fish and of other aquatic life takes place.
Hence the conservationists feel that in order to save the natural world, the focus should not be on saving individual species, but on saving the entire ecosystem of whish species form a part. Unless the entire ecosystem is preserved, individual species will die in course of time which might lead to ecological imbalance.
Quote from the Essence of Bhagavt-Gita
I have already said that the Gita is not an interpolation and there is also proof that it is not Indian philosophers had one rare quality. If the modern philosophers in India and abroad develop this quality to some extent, it would greatly benefit not only them but also other people. Our ancient philosophers were never content to establish an idea only intellectually . they made efforts to translate the idea into practical life. After doing that successfully, they would share the truth with other people . when we study the life of Sir Krishna , we see that he himself verified by actual practice the truth of the teachings in the Gita. We see in his won life all the truth taught in the Gita thoroughly put into practice for the first time. So there is no doubt it was he who taught the Gita.
I drive joy
There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 5 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive from? I am not robbing you of your joy; why should you rob me of mine. He asked. The critics were silenced. –Baba- Chinna Katha
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New Life From Violence

Monday 13th December 2010
New Life From Violence
A walnut tree was sliced when lighting struck it during a fearful storm. Branches fell far apart and some parts of the shattered tree appeared to wither and die.
Then over a period of time, it seemed as if the broken tree faced Nature, which , with all its fearful violence had tried to destroy it the tree, despite the pain of being severed into pieces, effused to give in to the violence and just die.
The different parts of the tree made peace with the earth where they had fallen and slowly began to take root. Little twigs began to appear, then fresh new leaves and finally the fruit.
People who picked up the fruit and ate it found it sweeter than before and marveled how the tree could give such luscious fruits.
How like the walnut tree are many of our lives! We , too, are struck by violence whether it is disease or thoughtless verbal abuses or emotional antipathy. If we face our violator with courage, reconcile and make peace, like the walnut tree, we get new fruit which may take the form of kindness compassion, and empathy. And we will marvel at the new life, which has given birth from violence. (Courtesy East and West Series)
No one can attains the truth without a hundred errors along the way.
How to Solve Problems.
Here is an effective method of solving problems;
1. Write down what the problem is;
Write it down exactly precisely and concisely. Charles Kettering, the great inventive genius of General Motor said, “A problem well stated is a problem half solved”.
2.Write down what the causes of the problem are;
Get all the facts. Be sure the facts are exact, clear and impartial. Herbert Hawks of Columbia University said, “Half the worry in the world is caused by people trying to make decisions before they have sufficient knowledge on which to base a decision. If a man will devote his time to securing knowledge in an impartial, objective way, his worries will usually evaporate in the light of knowledge”.
3. Write down every effective solution;
Remember that each possible solution of your problem is the impartial result of trying the case from both sides it is always good to have more solutions by thinking from different angles. You can consult your friend or an expert if the problem requires involving such people.
4 Decide which solution to put into effect:
If you analyze the pros and cons of each solution, then your decision would be relatively easy. Then feed all of your possible solutions into your “menial computer” (Sub conscious mind) and let it work on the solutions in its won way for the next few day. Meanwhile relax. The best solution will soon become clear in your mind.
5 star immediately to put the solution into effect and persist vigorously.
Vigorous action is imporantat to justify all your planning in the previous stages. When once you begin to act, do not look back. When once a decision is reached and execution is taken up, dismiss all anxiety about the outcome.
If you successfully solve the problems, which come your way, you will become the mater of most of life’s difficulties. (Courtesy Hypnotique)
Quote from The Essence of the Gita
The milkmaids of Vrindaban looked upon Srik Krishna in a way all their own; By meditating on Sri Krishna they become one with him, forgetting their household duties, husbands, sons, daughters and even their own bodies. One milkmaid was locked at home by husband. The result was that, mediating on Sri Krishna, she became fully absorbed in him and gave up her body in super conscious state(Samadhi) This is mentioned in Bhavagvat gita. When we study the episode of the rasalila we can understand the state of absorption more clearly . During the raslaitla, Sri Krishna suddenly disappeared. Meditating on him, the milkmaids became so absorbed that they forgot their own identities and did everything with the idea “I am Sri Krishna.”
Devotion culminates in such a deep state of absorption that eh worshipper and the worshipped become one. Radha was once asked; “How do you look upon Sri Kirshna?” She replied “I have completely forgotten that I am a women and he is a man and my master. Unlike the love of an ordinary woman. My love toward Sri Krishna is not due to physical attraction or his qualities. My love for him wells up on its own accord without any specific reason.
I drive joy
There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 5 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive from? I am not robbing you of your joy; why should you rob me of mine. He asked. The critics were silenced. –Baba- Chinna Katha
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How To Overcome Stress And Strain

Monday 29 November 2010
How To Overcome Stress And Strain
The following points cover the situations, which make us tense. Use them as often as possible for relief from tension.
Whenever you think that the other person is responsible for your tension, examine your own behaviour and attitude your mental strain will be great when you fail to prove your point. You can overcome this situation by clear understanding.
When you are emotionally dependent on other persons, you want them to fall in line with your way of thinking. There is no justification in disturbing your mind when behaviour of the other person is unpleasant . To overcome this situation just forgive and forget
Be wise about your ambition, Be satisfied with what you are and what you have . This does not mean that you should not endevour for growth and success.
Do remember that to maintain superiority and status you would invariably suffer from stress and strain. That is when you need relaxed and peaceful atmosphere to enjoy the fruits of your labour.
Another aspect that provokes stress and strain is trying to do too many things. Usually you think you cannot refuse your close relatives and friends. Unless you realize your own comfort zone, trying to please people will result in stress and strain, Because you push yourself beyond a point, you will end up in disappointment. This does not mean that you should give up rigid routine but it does mean the need for proper planning and execution . Planning your duties wisely is vital so that you would be able to do the right thing at the right time. This also means distinguishing the important from the unimportant. Therefore divide long, dull and complicate subjects into convenient parts.
Do your wok well, take things easy, appreciate other person’s point of view, avoid rushing through any activity and be sure to be free from stress and strain.
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
Remembering not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Quote from The Essence of The Gita
One more thing. Only those who belonged to the warrior class-especially thing kings-used to practice Karma Yoga and as a result attained the knowledge of the all-pervading Reality. It was only from them that Karma Yoga spread among the Brahmins and other sections of society . Many may be surprised to hear this. Today’s Brahmins will particularly be surprised because they believe that only they have had the monopoly over all the scriptural knowledge of India, and its is they who have shared it with others out of compassion. There is plenty of evidence to show that this , although true in certain matters , is not true regarding everything.
We have seen Sri Krishna saying that Karma Yoga was at first known only among the kings. In the chandogya Upanishad we see Aruni and Svetketu, a father and his son, both Brahmins, accepting the discipleship of the king Pravahana-Jaibali. We also se five Brahmins. Pracinasala and others , accepting discipleship under King Asvapati. We see them receiving instructions regarding the knowledge of the supreme Reality from those kings in this way, the study of the scriptures shows that it is very probable that Karma Yoga and knowledge of the Absolute were first known among the royal among the royal families.
Hearing the history of Karma Yoga , another question arose in Arjuna’s mind. Sir Krishna had said that he had first taught Karma Yoga to the Sun Arjuna thought; “How is that possible? Sri Krishna was born just the other day and the Sun was born such a long, long time ago. How could he have instructed the Sun? In the context of this doubt, the Gita introduces the topics concerning God, His incarnations and their real nature.
Sri Krishna says, “I had given the teaching to the Sun long ago in a diffeent from of mind. But I clearly remember that it was I who had taught him through that form, because I am an incarnation of God(avatar) My knowledge is never lost. Both of us have been, and will be born many times in many paces and have worked , and will work, for the welfare of the many. You do not remember all this But I remember everything.”
We shall discuss next time what Sri Krishna teaches about the concept of God’s incarnation
I drive joy
There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 5 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive from? I am not robbing you of your joy; why should you rob me of mine. He asked. The critics were silenced. –Baba- Chinna Katha
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