To be clear there are no such things as "ayurvedic mantras" but mantras used in ayurveda.
On 03/05/2013 08:45 AM, Share Long wrote: > Yes, thank you, I have and use Dr. Lad's book. Never heard of a tribal > mantra before. VERY fascinating. Will google. > When Deepak was teaching primordial sounds, I wonder if they were ayruvedic > mantras. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bhairitu <noozg...@sbcglobal.net> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 4:17 PM > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Vedic Tradition? to noozguur > > > > On 03/04/2013 01:43 PM, Share Long wrote: >> That distinction about vata and kapha is helpful, thanks. > This might help: > > http://www.ayurveda.com/ > >> 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. > The mantras I give out here are for ayurveda and occasionally a tribal > mantra. They are not mantras given me to give out by my late tantra > teacher. Those are done personally and not over the Internet. The > ayurvedic ones are commonly known but obviously not published by MAPI > though I may be wrong about that. Tribal mantras are commonly known in > India and used for different things. And I may also mention commonly > known planetary mantras. Most of these are quite safe an harmless and > not secret at all. > >> >> 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). >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >> > >
