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- Astrology As a Guide to Personal Development
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Astrology was more advanced as a science in ancient times it is today. Now it is still only, in a sense, being rediscovered. It would therefore be wise to look to ancient traditions as guides to present developments. One feature that stands out most clearly in the ancient writings is the emphasis that was placed on astrology as a guide to personal development, rather than as a mere statement of problems with no suggestion of a solution.
- Patanjali Yoga - Secrets of Meditation
[Health-and-Fitness:Meditation] Meditation is a part of the yogic tradition of India. It is a union of body, mind, soul, spirit and environment. This union is possible through meditation, as described by the sage Patanjali many years ago. According to Patanjali, yoga is the progressive settling down of the mind, into the field of pure silence.
- Pineapple For Coronary Heart Disease
[Health-and-Fitness:Heart-Disease] Pineapple is not a single fruit but a bunch of seedless fruits fused together under a common stem. The world relishes pineapple as a fresh fruit and the best flavor is achieved by allowing the fruit to mature on the plant before harvesting. Once a pineapple is picked it will not ripen further nor will it increase its sweetness but kept at room temperature it will decrease its acidity. The starch in the fruit's sword like leaves converts to sugar and passes it on to the fruits. On removing the fruit from plant this sweetness link is severed.
- Role Of Mars For Marital Happiness
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Mars rules the menstrual system in the females, but at the same time it also rules the personality and masculine vitality in a male. Similarly, Venus rules on one hand the semen content in a male. And on the other it rules the feminine charms in a female, all the attracts the male towards her. Accordingly to all systems of astrology, Moon is the lord of the mind, it rules the process of thinking not only in humans but all animals too.
- Panchkarma - Detoxification Of Human Body
[Health-and-Fitness:Detoxification] After adequate detoxification, a period of daily oil application and sweating therapy should be followed for at least one week for health maintenance and three weeks for the treatment of severe diseases. Warm sesame oil is applied all over the body in large amounts, while the patient lays on a special Ayurvedic massage table. Special medicated oils (like Narayan or Mahanarayan oil) can be applied, particularly to specific disease sites. The skill in massage is not the issue here.
- Mudra Yoga - Redirect Sexual Energy
[Health-and-Fitness:Yoga] Vajroli mudra is an important practice today in the kali yuga when man's ability and need to express himself in the material and sensual world is predominating. We have to act in the external world and simultaneously develop inner awareness. The purpose of life should be to attain a deeper and more fulfilling experience beyond the empirical sensory experience alone.
- Failure Of Marriage - Role Of Planets
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Everybody wants to enjoy a happy conjugal life as prosperity, without exception. Even though one may remain unmarried for the whole life, he or she thinks of the happiness of conjugal life and his or her material or professional success. And actually everybody runs after these. But man proposes but God disposes.
- Marital Affairs And Your Karma
[Relationships:Affairs] Sometimes even though the karmic debt is discharged, the old Samskaras (impressions of past acts) can generate an irresistible inner urge to enter into a relationship. We eventually end up creating a fresh account, a further karmic debt that is not advisable. But if there is undischarged karmic debt, it results in a relationship naturally. When the karmic accounts are settled, once there is no more debt, the relationship ends. But if the Runanubhandhana is very strong, it results in a long-standing relationship like marriage.
- Astrological Guidance And Destiny
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Advanced people do not need astrology. They accept Prarabdha as God's will while the ignorant person develops pathological dependence on astrology, starts despairing, lapses into inaction or makes half-hearted attempts. It is perhaps for this reason that reformist thinkers like Swami Vivekananda and Swami Dayananda Saraswati were opposed to astrology. But saints like Sri Ramakrishna who was Swami Vivekananda's guru, spoke positively about astrology,
- Do Planets Dictate Our Lives?
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] What relation does the horoscope have to destiny? Do planets dictate our lives? These are frequently asked questions. The planets do not control our lives. They reflect the cosmic patterns. The universe works in certain natural cyclic patterns. Both the macrocosm and microcosm operate in a similar way. The planets revolve around the sun. The electrons revolve around the nucleus in the atom. 'As above so below'.
- Vastu Purusha Mandala and Positive Energies
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] The story of the Vastu Purusha goes thus: In the ages gone by, there lived a demon called Vastu who was fierce and powerful and in the habit of terrorizing the world. As the situation became unbearable the gods came together to fight him. Yet, his powers were such that his essence continued to permeate the land causing untold misery to the humans and gods alike. In response, the gods went to Lord Brahma for help.
- How To Choose A Plot According To Vastushastra
[Home-Improvement:House-Plans] There should not be any workshops with mechanically revolving wheels, shops dealing in sharpening knives and scissors or a big garbage pot in front of our plot. Such plots should be purchased by removing them to other places.
- Astrology and Your Karma
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Astrologer attempt in their analyses to interpret the varieties and intensities of a person's karmas in particular domains of life. Sanchita Karmas are assumed to form a constant karmic background that is not totally comprehensible by ordinary means, Jyotish included. It is Sanchita Karma that prompts Indians to claim that the ways of karma are unfathomable. Prarabdha, Kriyamana and Agama Karmas are, however, knowable through Jyotish.
- How Karma Can Change Your Destiny
[Reference-and-Education:Psychic] Though the Law of Karma is simply stated - 'as you sow, so shall you reap' - it is no simplistic, tit-for-tat theory, nor is it an arbitrary human creation. The Law of Karma is another name for Newton's Third Law of Motion: 'for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.'
- Vastu Tips for Money Matters
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Vastu Tips for Finance - When your financial movement is slow or stagnant, keep at least one light on throughout the night. Things will certainly brighten up. Light is yang energy, which speeds up things.
- How Colours Can Cure You
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Modern physics the established that every colour has a certain frequency wavelength and energy associated with it. Therefore, the colour we absorb affects our nervous and endocrine system, and eventually the release of hormones and other organic substances within the human body. Colour therapy can be administered in various ways. In earlier times, gems were used for colour therapy. Presently, several methods for administering colour therapy are practised worldwide.
- Deep Breathing - Nourishment Of Nervous System
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Deep breathing is important from the standpoint of both health and spiritual development. Deep breathing increases our vitality and promotes relaxation. Unfortunately, when we try to take a so-called deep breath, most of us do the exact opposite: we suck in our bellies and raise our shoulders. This is shallow breathing. We will now summarize the benefits of deep breathing.
- Yantra - For Success and Wealth
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Yantra means a "talisman", or "instrument" or " Amulet" or "Kavach" which, if prepared and created by a qualified person as well as utilized under his specific instructions for fruitful results, will help to gain the objector objects of desire or ambition. Although it would not be a difficult task for most of us to copy the form of a Yantra, it would not have the desired effect. Furthermore, to be perfectly honest, it would be all but useless if not created by a qualified person and then "infused" with the specific energy via the medium of mantra.
- Gayatri Mantra - Supreme Mantra Of Vedas
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Philosophy] Mantras used by spiritual aspirants to achieve God- Realization are called deity Mantras. They are Saguna, with qualities or form producing, and aid the conceptualisation process, just as do visual symbols. The Gayatri Mantra is the supreme Mantra of the Vedas. It is the one Mantra that can be commonly prescribed for all.
- Pranayama - A New Lifestyle
[Health-and-Fitness:Yoga] Lifestyle has a profound impact on the pranamaya kosha and its pranas. Physical activities such as exercise, work, sleep, intake of food and sexual relations, all affect the distribution and flow of prana in the body. Faculties of the mind such as emotion, thought and imagination affect the pranic body even more. Irregularities in lifestyle, dietary indiscretions and stress, deplete and obstruct the pranic flow.
- Ayurvedic Cooking Tips For Healthy Living
[Food-and-Drink:Cooking-Tips] Ayurveda is Sanskrit for "the knowledge of life or daily living." The wisdom, depth and enduring utility of Ayurveda are a testimony to the civilization from which it came. It is a system, which focuses on physical health, believing that it is much easier to pursue spiritual studies or contribute to the life of the community if you are whole and healthy.
- Kundalini Yoga - A Divine Energy
[Health-and-Fitness:Yoga] Tantric yogis believe that it is the nuclear energy of the human psychophysical system. It is comparable to the nuclear energy of the atom. The atomic energy is released through bombardment of the atomic nucleus with high-voltage alpha particles. Likewise, the psycho nuclear energy of man is released through high pressure of the concentrated biopsychic energy mobilized by mental focusing.
- Vastu Tips For Wealth And Health - Part One
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] The main door is the main sources of flow of energy. A clean unobstructed entrance way is essential to invite good energy. It should be well connected to the rest of the house so that the pranic energy, entering through it, can reach to each and every corner of the house.
- Care Your Heart With Herbs
[Health-and-Fitness:Heart-Disease] Coronary heart disease is caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries that feed the heart. Many deaths caused by coronary heart diseases could be prevented because coronary heart disease is related to certain aspects of lifestyle. We can control these risk factors by using the Some herbs as prescribed in Ayurveda.
- Visha Kanya - A Poison Lady Astrological Analysis
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Visha Kanya (literally, "poison maiden") comes from a reprehensible practice of yesteryear in which kings located girls whose horoscopes promised widowhood. These girls were sequestered at an early age and fed many types of poisons in gradually increasing doses to make them immune to their deleterious effects. By the time they reached puberty, these girls were thoroughly toxic and ready for use.
- "Manglik Dosha" - An Astrological Analysis
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Manglik Dosha ("The Blemish of Mars") is defined as a birth that occurs whenever Mars occupies bhavas one, two, four, seven, eight or twelve in a horoscope, as counted from the Ascendant, from the Moon, or from Venus. This is a planetary combination that is easy to spot. It is widely known, and inspires (frequently unnecessary) concern among astrologers and their clients alike.
- Boost Your Memory Power
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] Everyone wants to possess a good memory. No one is born with a poor memory. As human being, we have been gifted with an amazingly powerful brain. The human brain is a complex and highly developed organ. It consists of billion of cells, which are being used for analysing, storing and retrieving information. No computer can match the efficient and organised functioning of a healthy brain.
- Tips For Improving Memory
[Self-Improvement:Success] No matter what your age or profession, there's plenty or pressure these days to stay in top form, both physically and mentally. It is crucial that individuals of all ages, have a mental fitness program, just like you have a work-out schedule for your body. Like physical exercise, mental exercises may not always be easy and the results may not always be immediately evident.
- Vastu Tips for Good Living - Part Two
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Make sure all clocks within your house are in working order. If not, fix them or give them away, Clock, which do not work bring your finances to stand still. Slow clocks signify that you are behind your due date always.
- Colours And Chakras In The Human Body
[Health-and-Fitness:Yoga] Yoga is probably the only system that uses the physical body as a vehicle to reach the highest stage of spiritual consciousness. Yoga believes it is the spinal column that holds the secret path to knowledge and liberation. This is supposed to contain three nadis or channels called Ida, Pingala and Sushumna.
- Ayurveda And Hindu Astrology
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Ayurveda and Hindu astrology are closely related aspects of Vedic science. Many astrologers in India have practiced Ayurveda and many vaidyas, Ayurvedic doctors, have been astrologers.
- Hindu Astrology and Psychology
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Hindu astrology recognizes the existence and influence of collective, cosmic and spiritual levels of consciousness which lie beyond our surface and personal mind and which modern psychology is only beginning to explore.
- Crystal Healing - Unblocks The Negative Patterns
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Crystal healing, as a therapy in it, may appear to be new, using ideas and methods from many cultures combined together, but the present day interest in crystal healing is simply a continuation of mankind’s fascination with gemstones and minerals down the ages.
- Fasting - The Miracle Of Juice Fasting
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Fasting is nature's oldest, most effective and yet least expensive method of treating diseases. It is recognized as the cornerstone of Nature therapy. The practice of fasting is one of the most ancient customs. It is followed in almost every religion. The saints of medieval times laid great stress on this method.
- Good Digestion – Way To Good Health
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Ayurveda application in India can be used to explain and treat any physical or psychological ailment. Ayurveda has no side effects or negative environment impact from its treatments, and the root cause of illness in treated rather than just symptoms. All medicinal preparations used in Ayurveda, are already found in the natural environment and also
- Yoga-Based Education System
[Health-and-Fitness:Yoga] If anybody has to practice yoga at a young age, people would remark, "Yoga, so early?" Even now many people still think that yoga is only a pastime for retired people, but I always felt that yoga has more to do with the evolution of the human mind and the human body.
- Planets And Profession
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Hindu astrology explain the role of nine planet in choosing the profession.each planet effect the basic character of any person and a person choose his profession according to his inner calling.
- Wheat Grass - A Miracle Medicine
[Health-and-Fitness:Alternative] Wheat grass therapy can thus be effectively used for skin diseases and ulcerated wounds. By retarding bacterial action, it promotes cell activity and normal regrowth. The chlorophyll content present in wheat grass enhances heart and lung functions. Capillary activity also increases, while toxemia is reduced. By increasing iron content in the blood and thereby haemoglobin, lungs function better. Oxygeneration improves and the effect of carbon-dioxide is minimised.
- Career Astrology
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Astrology] Complexity of professions is assuming a more and more bewildering nature. To indicate exact means of livelihood, though the horoscope depends upon blending of the influences of planets, signs and houses and there too it would be very difficult to predict with exactitude.
- Guide To Meditation
[Health-and-Fitness:Meditation] Meditation is not easy. If you think that closing the eyes and trying to stop the mind is meditation, then you can try it. But you will not be successful unless you have developed very strong will power. Without the power of anashakti, vairagya or non-attachment, meditation is very difficult to practice. However, unless and until that happen you will have to work through the practices systematically, stage by stage.
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