--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > On 05/06/2012 12:01 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu<noozguru@> wrote: > > > >> On 05/05/2012 12:46 PM, cardemaister wrote: > > > >>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu<noozguru@> wrote: > > > >>>> One of my ayurvedic books mentions 22 kinds of diabetes. > > > >>> "The word "diabetes" is borrowed from the Greek word meaning "a > > > >>> siphon." The 2nd-century A.D. Greek physician, Aretus the > > > >>> Cappadocian, named the condition "diabetes." He explained that > > > >>> patients with it had polyuria and "passed water like a siphon." > > > >>> > > > >>> http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11148 > > > >>> > > > >>> That's why I added the modifier(?) 'mellitus', obviously > > > >>> referring to 'sweets', or stuff. > > > >> Being a Sanskrit buff did you also notice the word "moodhana" in the > > > >> mantra I provided? Mudhana (I used the phonetic spelling or people > > > >> would miss the long "u") refers to "madhu" or honey. Swaha, of course, > > > > Are you sure it's 'mUDhana'? According to CDSL > > > > > > > > mUDha a. erred, gone astray, confused, uncertain, silly, > > > > stupid; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Or what a diabetic stupor is like? Probably still relates to the root > > > word though. Did you try the mantra? > > > > Just did this morning. The effect felt quite similar to what my > > TM mantra felt initially, especially the need to take > > deep breaths every now and then. I'd say there might be > > something "Siberian shamanic" in it... ;-) > > > Beware of the wolfs ! > You don't do TM anymore ? >
I do, but it's kinda boring because it (the biija-mantra alone) just causes the fourth praaNaayaama (stambha-ruupo gati-vicchedaH)... ;-) I tried that mantra just for the pre-diabetic condition. vR^ittiH \-\-\- prANasya bAhyo viShayo nAsAddvAdashAntAdiH . Abhyantaro viShayo hR^idayanAbhichakrAdiH . tau dvau viShayAvAkShipya paryAlochya **yaH stambharUpI [?typo: I think it should be 'stambha-ruupo', if it's a bahuvriihi modifying ->] gativichChedaH sa chaturthaH prANAyAmaH** . sa chaturthaH prANAyAmaH .
