That distinction about vata and kapha is helpful, thanks. Replying to another post: I've experienced that it's possible to be committed to one path and dabble too. I simply don't dabble with other meditation techniques. Simply with healing modalities focused on emotional or energy work.
PS Being a fan of Numb3rs, I like the idea that we might just be complex numbers or fractals (-: ________________________________ From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Tradition? to noozguur On 03/03/2013 06:46 PM, Share Long wrote: > Well I ate some salmon first, good protein to buffer the sugar uptake. > Usually I don't eat fruit but I did enjoy the pineapple a lot. My Mom's > diabetic and my doc said I need to watch out for that. > > I like the idea of the doshas and metabolic rates. Here's a question: > what's the disadvantage of fast metabolism? I can see the disadvantage of > slow. Burn carbs too fast you get fat too because the body stashes the carbs away as fat. Plus you get low blood sugar. > > > As for cold contracting, if I remember correctly, both vata and kapha are > cold, yet one is fast, the other slow. Trying to reconcile some seeming > contradictions. Vata is cold dry and kapha is cold wet. Air gives no resistance while water slows things down. > > > ________________________________ > From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 2:12 PM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Tradition? to noozguur > > > > Plus too much fruit may throw your blood sugar off. That's why a little > piece at a time with the pineapple. > > Depending on what you are doing to pacify kapha it may raise vata and > pitta. And that may need to be done anyway. One Indian MD who learned > ayurveda from his grandfather actually teaches that reducing kapha by > increasing the other doshas because it was easier for people to > understand it that way. MAPI teas have those additional herbs to > moderate that as do other formulas. Usually if one is kapha but has a > pitta primary constitution you might want to moderate the use of spicy > foods and ginger. > > Ayurved is not woo-woo in any way. It may seem that way because it is > using the elements to explain things. But it is biochemistry. Primarily > it will help regulate the rate that you metabolize your food especially > carbs. If you burn carbs too fast you can get hypoglycemia or too slow > same and then that can make you fat. Of course I also have learned > other systems including metabolic typing. I like to look at kapha, > pitta and vata as a straight vertical line with kapha at the bottom > being a slow metabolism, vata at the top being fast and pitta in the > middle. At least that is how it works with my body. Also basic physics, > heat expands and cold contracts. Think about that too in relation to these. > > MD's need to become a lot more hip in this science but the > pharmaceutical companies will hate it because there is no money in it. > > On 03/03/2013 04:57 AM, Share Long wrote: >> Oh, I see. I'm not as familiar with containers of fruit as I am with cans. >> So that's what caused the glitch in my memory. Anyway, what you say about >> samadosha brings up a question I've had for quite a while: if one pacifies >> kapha, for example, are vata and pitta automatically increased? >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net> >> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2013 11:58 AM >> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Tradition? to noozguur >> >> >> >> No, I didn't say I ate a whole can. I said I went to the store and >> bought a container of pineapple slices because I didn't want to cut up a >> *whole* pineapple. The fresh foods section where the packaged fresh >> lettuce, spinach, etc. also has small containers of fresh sliced >> fruit. Much less messy than cutting up a whole pineapple and a small >> container cheaper too. Also a whole pineapple might have spoiled before >> I used it up. This was a good way to test. I only ate a slice (cube) >> or two at a time. >> >> I first read heard about returning the body to prakriti a few years back >> in several articles. Perhaps samadosha was assumed by newbie ayurveda >> followers. I recall one of the instructors at Dr. Lad's school telling >> me that samadosha wasn't so wonderful as people with that prakriti still >> had problems and correcting them often proved difficult. >> >> On 03/02/2013 07:51 AM, Share Long wrote: >>> Well, you said you ate a whole can and it went away! I couldn't manage >>> that amount but I ate quite a bit. Chunks. Organic. Very yummy. >>> No comment about prakriti maybe being more settled than samadosha for some? >>> >>> Yeah, I always think the true saints of Fairfield are the people from CA >>> who move here and stay. Mostly it's for their kids. >>> >>> Funny what you said about making a living selling crystals. >>> Ok, I see what you mean about right vs left brain dominance. I still >>> experience the spiritual and material as interpenetrating each other. >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net> >>> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 2:54 PM >>> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Tradition? to noozguur >>> >>> >>> >>> A half a can of pineapple? I think the web page only mentions a few >>> slices a day. Pineapple is an anti-inflammatory so will help if the >>> tinnitus is due to that. But as the web page mentions there are >>> different reasons for tinnitus. >>> >>> Haha, I was able to do my morning walk wearing shorts it was already >>> that warm. That's why some of us like to live in Kalifornia. >>> >>> Actually the conflict might be between left and right brained people not >>> so much materialism and spirituality. Or maybe the spiritual folks will >>> come out on the winning side anyway. >>> >>> On 03/01/2013 12:03 PM, Share Long wrote: >>>> Hmmm, that's very interesting about switching emphasis from samadosha to >>>> prakriti. My guess is that prakriti has a built in settledness whereas >>>> trying to be samadosha could produce strain in someone who's not. >>>> >>>> BTW, I ate half a can of pineapple the other day. I think the ringing in >>>> ears decreased some. Thanks for tip. >>>> >>>> And I thought FF had changeable weather! One learns to layer clothing. >>>> >>>> About materialism and spirituality: some days the most concrete aspects >>>> of earthly life are also the most divine (-: >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net> >>>> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >>>> Sent: Friday, March 1, 2013 11:14 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Tradition? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 03/01/2013 02:48 AM, navashok wrote: >>>>> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >>>>>> You mean the monsoon season? Today in California it was winter >>>>>> overnight, spring in the morning, summer in the afternoon and fall in >>>>>> the evening. :-D >>>>>> >>>>>> I found the tape. I need to digitize it so it's easier to find sections >>>>>> and EQ it better. >>>>>> >>>>>> "Om Rama Krisna Hari" is for pitta but may also be tridoshic. >>>>> Do you know why this is so? Does it have anything to do with the deities, >>>>> like Vishnu usually being associated with water, Devi with fire etc. or >>>>> is it purely phonetic? Btw. I'm samadosha, last time they checked (which >>>>> is long time ago) >>>> A bit of both since the deities are associated with the elements and >>>> their names create the effect. I recall the goal in ayurveda was to >>>> function samadosha but now the prevailing thought is to return you to >>>> your constitution (prakrati). >>>> >>>> >>>> >> > >
