Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Prevention is so much better than cure.... a small leak is best repaired than to wait for the bursting dam...
Friday, June 5, 2009
As is the food, so is the mind...
"As is the food, so is the mind; As is the mind, so are the thoughts; As are the thoughts, so is the conduct; As is the conduct, so is the health.”
Friday, May 22, 2009
He is truly a wise man, who knows that by which everything also is known...
“Only he is truly a wise man, who knows that by which everything else is known; And without knowing which, all else is not worth knowing, He is the knower of the Supreme Truth.”
Sins do not adhere to the man of devotion....
“Like the reflection that does not adhere to the mirror, Like the water on the lotus lead that is unattached to it, Sins do not adhere to the man of devotion.”
True love is the sweet fruit that grows out of the fragrant flower of good deeds...
Pure and selfless love towards all living beings,
considering everyone as embodiments of the Divine,
with no expectation of reward, is true Love.
With this attitude, when one regards divinity
as present in all beings, he experiences true love.
Whatever be the vicissitudes one may face,
whatever be the personal sorrows and privations
one may undergo, true love will remain unaffected.
Today, the moment a difficulty arises,
love turns into hatred.
True love is the sweet fruit that
grows out of the fragrant flower of good deeds.
Love rules without recourse to the sword.
It binds without laws.
Only one who has such true love
can be described as human, for,
divine love is the basic quality of a true human being.
considering everyone as embodiments of the Divine,
with no expectation of reward, is true Love.
With this attitude, when one regards divinity
as present in all beings, he experiences true love.
Whatever be the vicissitudes one may face,
whatever be the personal sorrows and privations
one may undergo, true love will remain unaffected.
Today, the moment a difficulty arises,
love turns into hatred.
True love is the sweet fruit that
grows out of the fragrant flower of good deeds.
Love rules without recourse to the sword.
It binds without laws.
Only one who has such true love
can be described as human, for,
divine love is the basic quality of a true human being.
Man should lead selfless lives....
Men should lead selfless lives.
This may seem difficult. But, in reality,
there is nothing easier than this.
It is selfishness that creates
all kinds of difficulties for man.
Selfless love gives no room for any evil.
Selfless love may meet with opposition
from one's kith and kin and from worldly persons.
But one should not be deterred by such opposition.
Love should be cherished as one's life breath.
Make love the basis for all your actions.
This may seem difficult. But, in reality,
there is nothing easier than this.
It is selfishness that creates
all kinds of difficulties for man.
Selfless love gives no room for any evil.
Selfless love may meet with opposition
from one's kith and kin and from worldly persons.
But one should not be deterred by such opposition.
Love should be cherished as one's life breath.
Make love the basis for all your actions.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
One has to acquire humility, activate discipline and a good character....
"Together with the knowledge of the natural sciences, one has to acquire humility, activate discipline and a good character."
Truth is realized that the spirit will experience true peace and contentment...
“Of what avail is it to be a scholar or clever intellectual, if one does not practice even a fraction of what one knows? Not all the luxuries and pleasures of the world will give man contentment and peace. Only when the Truth is realized that the Spirit will experience true peace and contentment.”
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Back to nature...... so green so fresh.... smell the goodness of cool nature....
Learn from nature. Nature has been here ever since this place called the earth was born....
Post 820 Be at peace with one another.... to husband and wife, to siblings, to friends.... 'forgive and forget'
Life is too short to be aiming at each others' throat...
Life is too short to be spent at each others' wounds...
Treasure all where and when we still have time...
Treasure all where and when we are still living....
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Most animals live in harmony with each other, you seldom see them arguing or fighting, unlike humans who argue and fight at the slightest provoke!
Friday, April 17, 2009
It is truth and righteousness that always win, ... Patience and persistence won't race against each other too...!
Goals of educare seems limitless... goals of life seems limitless... best of all, love is limitless...be willing to be part of love!
The art of balancing... Too much of anything is never good, but lack of just a small portion is fatal...
The art of balancing is always applicable to all things. Too much of a certain thing is never good, but lacking of just one single vital ingredients will create havao.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Post 812... The foundations of good health...[part 2]
Health awareness + Health goals + Health knowledge + Health investment + Persistence in action = Good Physical Health
[3] Health knowledge
I used to share this..."If you know what to do or can solve all health problems, it is because you know how. This 'know how' is appropriate knowledge applied. Thus likewise, to obtain health, we should at least must acquire health knowledge.
A doctor in the making needs at least 5 to 6 years. Learning is inevitable. Thus when one talk about good health, one should be at the very least know about preventive measures. One should at least know the reasons why one will get sick and how to prevent illness!
We have our immune system to heed, our repair system, our detoxifying system, our anti-aging system, our anti-stress and anti-cancer capabilities. What about our respiratory system, our digestive system, our immune system, our lymphatic system, our reproductive system and nervous system and all the lots...
One should learn about food pyramids, the importance of balanced diets and nutritional values of different types of food. It too include the awareness of the danger of wrong eating and over eating. And are we cooking healthy, eating healthy and seldom or take no rubbish foods!
The skill comes along with what to eat and not to eat, when to eat, how to eat, how much to eat! And the art of balancing what we eat. What about those habits or food that cause us to fall sick? How will rubbish foods or destructive foods affect all of us?
And more important of all, health should be achieved in all 4 dimensions of health, physical body, mind, emotion and spirit!
Once again, it is the know how, the preventive measures that all of us should acquire! Don't wait till it is too late.
[4] Health investments in the form of time and money!
All of us want health. We need to buy health, we need to invest time! Air, water, food and drinks... are they safe to breathe, take or eat? In this modern time, water filter is a must, food supplement is a must, balanced food is a must but are we doing them well?
How balanced is our food we take? 'Macro' refers to the 3 meals of the day. The 3 meals refers to the 'more' intake. 'Micro' refers to the trace minerals, vitamins, phyto-nutrients that our body also need but in small amounts. Too much of anything is never good, but lack of just one rare mineral or vitamin will cause havoc. To get a balanced diet is the most important duty in the maintenance of good and proper health.
Scientists have proven that our body needs at least 40 nutrients a day! It contains 10 types of amino acids that our body cannot make, some vitamins, minerals and phyto-nutrients to keep our body fit and healthy!
And we need time to do proper exercise. We need time to do relaxing or detoxifying. We need time to recover! We need to earn them...
This really is a vast topic! One can write tons of books just from health care. Thus are we willing to invest our money to buy all those healthy foods and food supplements or spend time to get to know more about preventive measures?
[5] Persistence in action
Nothing is more important than to be consistent and persistent in what one is doing. To achieve total health, one should never stop in action. Our body metabolism must keep on, our body cells must be fed well to go on living healthy and we need to survive fit!
The above 5 fundamental points that contribute to our good health is too important to ignore. Health knowledge, health care, health prevention are a MUST! One will not live to regret when one is equipped with the basic knowledge of self health care. It PAYS!
Many 'doctors of the future' will appear, talking about the same thing, on preventive measures to stay healthy! Many now are more health conscious and at least rays of hope are shinning amongst us. Thus good health is earned! My message of today, 'Stay healthier and be happier!'
[3] Health knowledge
I used to share this..."If you know what to do or can solve all health problems, it is because you know how. This 'know how' is appropriate knowledge applied. Thus likewise, to obtain health, we should at least must acquire health knowledge.
A doctor in the making needs at least 5 to 6 years. Learning is inevitable. Thus when one talk about good health, one should be at the very least know about preventive measures. One should at least know the reasons why one will get sick and how to prevent illness!
We have our immune system to heed, our repair system, our detoxifying system, our anti-aging system, our anti-stress and anti-cancer capabilities. What about our respiratory system, our digestive system, our immune system, our lymphatic system, our reproductive system and nervous system and all the lots...
One should learn about food pyramids, the importance of balanced diets and nutritional values of different types of food. It too include the awareness of the danger of wrong eating and over eating. And are we cooking healthy, eating healthy and seldom or take no rubbish foods!
The skill comes along with what to eat and not to eat, when to eat, how to eat, how much to eat! And the art of balancing what we eat. What about those habits or food that cause us to fall sick? How will rubbish foods or destructive foods affect all of us?
And more important of all, health should be achieved in all 4 dimensions of health, physical body, mind, emotion and spirit!
Once again, it is the know how, the preventive measures that all of us should acquire! Don't wait till it is too late.
[4] Health investments in the form of time and money!
All of us want health. We need to buy health, we need to invest time! Air, water, food and drinks... are they safe to breathe, take or eat? In this modern time, water filter is a must, food supplement is a must, balanced food is a must but are we doing them well?
How balanced is our food we take? 'Macro' refers to the 3 meals of the day. The 3 meals refers to the 'more' intake. 'Micro' refers to the trace minerals, vitamins, phyto-nutrients that our body also need but in small amounts. Too much of anything is never good, but lack of just one rare mineral or vitamin will cause havoc. To get a balanced diet is the most important duty in the maintenance of good and proper health.
Scientists have proven that our body needs at least 40 nutrients a day! It contains 10 types of amino acids that our body cannot make, some vitamins, minerals and phyto-nutrients to keep our body fit and healthy!
And we need time to do proper exercise. We need time to do relaxing or detoxifying. We need time to recover! We need to earn them...
This really is a vast topic! One can write tons of books just from health care. Thus are we willing to invest our money to buy all those healthy foods and food supplements or spend time to get to know more about preventive measures?
[5] Persistence in action
Nothing is more important than to be consistent and persistent in what one is doing. To achieve total health, one should never stop in action. Our body metabolism must keep on, our body cells must be fed well to go on living healthy and we need to survive fit!
The above 5 fundamental points that contribute to our good health is too important to ignore. Health knowledge, health care, health prevention are a MUST! One will not live to regret when one is equipped with the basic knowledge of self health care. It PAYS!
Many 'doctors of the future' will appear, talking about the same thing, on preventive measures to stay healthy! Many now are more health conscious and at least rays of hope are shinning amongst us. Thus good health is earned! My message of today, 'Stay healthier and be happier!'
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Post 811 The foundations of health..[part 1]
Health awareness + Health goals + Health knowledge + Health investment + Persistence in action = Good Physical Health
Health and wealth, health and beauty. They are always inter-related. If you want to be attractive, you need to stay healthy! If you want to enjoy life, you need to stay healthy too! Each one is never complete without the other. Let's talk more about health....
[1] Health awareness
Health awareness might come in the form of:
- own illness
- sufferings/pain
- illnesses from loved ones
- from health sources
- self awareness of good health
- from books and mass media
Health awareness is always a wake-up call for a person to be more health-conscious. Only then a person will be more conscious and be aware of the importance of health. Health is hope. When there is hope, we can have everything. Without health, one can never enjoy his assets or wealth or just being a good friend to another person. He is just too tired to get involved!
[2] Health goals
Health goals are for all of us. One should feel the need to be healthy and remain healthy. Good health needs to be earned. It never just happened or can be taken for granted. One need to understand his health line before adjusting himself to achieve GOOD health.
Draw a graph, one side good health, the other EARN, then draw a health line with 4 points, naming it A, B, C and D. Thus one will see a health line with 4 destinations/points. Earn refers to proper exercise, positive attitude, enough rest and balanced nutrition.
At A, one is under medical care or being hospitalized. He cannot work and is ill. He is in a great deficiency and suffering. His condition might either be going up to B or sliding down towards death. I call this level POOR health.
At B, one looks fine, he can work, can eat, can move around but in actual fact, he is under medication. He is dependent on pills. He might have all the modern sickness like high blood pressure, diabetes, headaches, sleepless nights, fatigue, allergies, stressful days, heart problems or kidney problems. Sometimes he is ill but not at all times. He is either underweight or overweight. Due to his illness, there are some food or drinks that he should never touch. I call this level FAIR.
At C, one really looks fine, he can work, can eat and is healthy all the time. He doesn't take any pills or under any medication. He can easily adapt to all environment and is not afraid of cold or heat. He can move around fine and is free of any modern sickness! He can eat almost anything given and feels good all the time! I call this level GOOD.
At D, one is at optimum health. Well, to say the truth, no one can be at this level unless it is a someone who is a saint and meditating in the Himalayan Mountains. He is stress free, work free, perhaps just meditating. He can well live through ripe ages, as long as 150 to 180 years old. Air is perfectly clean, water is perfectly clean and he worries for nothing, just emphasizing on his spiritual journey. I call this level OPTIMUM.
Understanding all these few points, one should aim to achieve the level of C. So, are you willing to go forward to attain level C? If this is your goal, then I congratulate you... when one has a goal, one knows the direction of his health clear and loud.
How much effort are we putting into it to earn and gain our health? To be fit and not ailing?
to be continued...
Health and wealth, health and beauty. They are always inter-related. If you want to be attractive, you need to stay healthy! If you want to enjoy life, you need to stay healthy too! Each one is never complete without the other. Let's talk more about health....
[1] Health awareness
Health awareness might come in the form of:
- own illness
- sufferings/pain
- illnesses from loved ones
- from health sources
- self awareness of good health
- from books and mass media
Health awareness is always a wake-up call for a person to be more health-conscious. Only then a person will be more conscious and be aware of the importance of health. Health is hope. When there is hope, we can have everything. Without health, one can never enjoy his assets or wealth or just being a good friend to another person. He is just too tired to get involved!
[2] Health goals
Health goals are for all of us. One should feel the need to be healthy and remain healthy. Good health needs to be earned. It never just happened or can be taken for granted. One need to understand his health line before adjusting himself to achieve GOOD health.
Draw a graph, one side good health, the other EARN, then draw a health line with 4 points, naming it A, B, C and D. Thus one will see a health line with 4 destinations/points. Earn refers to proper exercise, positive attitude, enough rest and balanced nutrition.
At A, one is under medical care or being hospitalized. He cannot work and is ill. He is in a great deficiency and suffering. His condition might either be going up to B or sliding down towards death. I call this level POOR health.
At B, one looks fine, he can work, can eat, can move around but in actual fact, he is under medication. He is dependent on pills. He might have all the modern sickness like high blood pressure, diabetes, headaches, sleepless nights, fatigue, allergies, stressful days, heart problems or kidney problems. Sometimes he is ill but not at all times. He is either underweight or overweight. Due to his illness, there are some food or drinks that he should never touch. I call this level FAIR.
At C, one really looks fine, he can work, can eat and is healthy all the time. He doesn't take any pills or under any medication. He can easily adapt to all environment and is not afraid of cold or heat. He can move around fine and is free of any modern sickness! He can eat almost anything given and feels good all the time! I call this level GOOD.
At D, one is at optimum health. Well, to say the truth, no one can be at this level unless it is a someone who is a saint and meditating in the Himalayan Mountains. He is stress free, work free, perhaps just meditating. He can well live through ripe ages, as long as 150 to 180 years old. Air is perfectly clean, water is perfectly clean and he worries for nothing, just emphasizing on his spiritual journey. I call this level OPTIMUM.
Understanding all these few points, one should aim to achieve the level of C. So, are you willing to go forward to attain level C? If this is your goal, then I congratulate you... when one has a goal, one knows the direction of his health clear and loud.
How much effort are we putting into it to earn and gain our health? To be fit and not ailing?
to be continued...
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Good health should be earned...
Good health should be earned.
E - enough exercise
A - positive attitude
R - enough rest
N - proper balanced nutrition
E - enough exercise
A - positive attitude
R - enough rest
N - proper balanced nutrition
Friday, March 20, 2009
Post 808 What is happiness?
Man wants happiness. He shuns pain.
He moves heaven and earth to get
the happiness he wants from sensual objects,
and lo, gets himself entangled in the extricable meshes of illusion.
Poor man! He does not know that these objects
are perishable and evanescent, finite and
conditioned in time, space, and causation.
And what is more, he
fails to get the desired happiness from them.
Sensual pleasure is
tantalizing. There is enchantment so long
as man does not possess the objects.
The moment he is in possession of the object, the charm
vanishes. He finds that he is in entanglement.
He moves heaven and earth to get
the happiness he wants from sensual objects,
and lo, gets himself entangled in the extricable meshes of illusion.
Poor man! He does not know that these objects
are perishable and evanescent, finite and
conditioned in time, space, and causation.
And what is more, he
fails to get the desired happiness from them.
Sensual pleasure is
tantalizing. There is enchantment so long
as man does not possess the objects.
The moment he is in possession of the object, the charm
vanishes. He finds that he is in entanglement.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Richness is not money, it is grace, wisdom and righteousness...
God is the manager of the bank of love.
You have deposited your money in His bank.
In order to withdraw money from this bank,
you have to submit the cheque of sacrifice
with the signature of love.
Love is God; live in love.
Any thing may happen,
your love for God should not change.
Only through such love can
you follow the path of sacrifice
and withdraw 'money' from the Divine bank.
Here 'money' does not mean currency notes.
It is the 'money' of grace, wisdom and righteousness.
You have deposited your money in His bank.
In order to withdraw money from this bank,
you have to submit the cheque of sacrifice
with the signature of love.
Love is God; live in love.
Any thing may happen,
your love for God should not change.
Only through such love can
you follow the path of sacrifice
and withdraw 'money' from the Divine bank.
Here 'money' does not mean currency notes.
It is the 'money' of grace, wisdom and righteousness.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
So, here we are back to the 5 capabilities of our body and are we equiped with all of these?
The answer is still the same, eat enough of those required foods that will grow us, maintain our health, fight illnesses, repair body system, anti-stress, anti-aging and fight cancer!
The answer is referring to more natural foods like vegetables and fruits, unprocessed cereals and wild fished or wild gathered foods or fowls.
We need the 40 essential foods or nutrients to make us healthy, thus the need to supplement enough to be enough.
Too much is an excess, too little is inadequate! It is really a skill in how to maintain our health in all 4 levels. Follow the tao of eating!
The answer is referring to more natural foods like vegetables and fruits, unprocessed cereals and wild fished or wild gathered foods or fowls.
We need the 40 essential foods or nutrients to make us healthy, thus the need to supplement enough to be enough.
Too much is an excess, too little is inadequate! It is really a skill in how to maintain our health in all 4 levels. Follow the tao of eating!
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