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IN THIS ISSUE
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. From the Desk of Editor ........................................ 3 Harmful Effects of Drugs ...................................... 4 Can we look up to U.S.A. in Health Matters? ......................................................6 Eat to Live ...............................................................8 Gandhijis Concept of Nature Cure.....................11 The Natural Body Cycle .......................................12 Organic Foods ......................................................14 Let all be Healthy ................................................. 16 Your Right to be Rich ...........................................18 Thus Spoke Mahatmaji.........................................20

Dear Readers, With malice towards none, with love for all, let us dedicate ourselves to the promotion and propagation of Naturopathy, Nature Cure, Natural Hygiene, Naturism & Natural Living. The Art and Science of Naturopathy is easy, simple, non-invasive, noncurrupt, affordable, without side effects, God given, without controversy, acceptable to all, taking full charge of mind, body and spirit, non-violent, in line with Indian way of life and philosophy basic, permanent, suitable to each and every individual and educating the patient to be healthy and to remain healthy. We are reminded of president Kennedy of America who once said, Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. Likewise, let us not ask what the government and other agencies can do for the promotion and propagation of Naturopathy. Let us ask ourselves what we can do about it. Again we are reminded of Swami Vivekandji who said, Awake, arise and stop not till thy goal is reached. Our goal is to bring rightful position of 95% for Naturopathy in the field of keeping people healthy and without any physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual sickness. As long as this goal is not achieved, we must continue to strive. Let us dedicate ourselves to the fulfilment of the dream of the Father of Our Nation - Mahatmaji about Naturopathy. With divine love... Naturally yours, BIPIN PAREKH (Mob.: 98332 05550) Date : 15/11/2008
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Harmful Effects of Drugs

During the last 4 years, U.S.A.s FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has done research on Lariam, which is used in various medicines such as Lariago in cases of malariain our country as also internationally. U.S.A. has used it for its Peace Corps Volunteers and soldiers of army in Vietnam and other places. However, a recent report (TOI, May 24, 02) says, A raging controversy in the U.S. links the drug to severe psychological problems and even suicide attempts. This has led to the filing of more than a dozen lawsuits against Hoffmann-LaRoche, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant which introduced the drug. The drug has been prescribed to over 22 million people worldwide. Several Indian pharmaceutical companies manufacture this antimalarial drug, which is available without prescription. The Indian Drug Review (Oct. 2001) lists its side effects, namely, nausea, dizziness, and even severe neuropsychiatric disorders such as suicidal attitudes. Dr. V.P. ASTHANA, Head of the Clinical and Experimental Medicine Division of the Central Drug and Research Institute, has cautioned against its indiscriminate use. In medical pharmacology, history repeats itself all the time. Yesteryears wonder drug or life-saving capsule or epidemicpreventive vaccine somehow loses its efficacy in curing or preventing an ailment in the current year. For his discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic known to mankind, Sir Alexander Fleming was given a Nobel Prize. In a decade of its use, its side effects were observed worldwide; many people were found allergic to it. So its modified versions were inventedsuch as ampicillin, amoxycillin, etc.which too are not without their harms. Sulfa drugs, lithium (for manic-depressive disorder), and now the much-touted antidepressant PROZAC, all have Loving yourself opens the door & being willing to change really helps.
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met with a similar fate. The pharma company Eli Lilly introduced this green-white capsule 14 years ago, and lately it had become a $12 billion industry. But now the sales are decreasing. Euphoria is dead since long. Only 35 to 40% of Prozac users have been helped; the others have suffered memory loss or weight gain or sexual dysfunction or emotional void. Loss of libido in men and inability to have orgasms in women are complained about. New drugs have started entering the market, and breakthrough is proclaimed in discoveries, as usual; gullible patients fall in the trap of fresh tall claims till new side effects surface, requiring a couple of other medicines to overcome those new unhealthy developments. So on and so forth, the cycle of drugs for disease, followed by extra drugs for the side effects of drugs, continuesad nauseam, ad infinitum. Dr. M.M. Bhamgara

LOOK AHEAD
Look ahead Do not look back, except to gather the lesson your past gives as stimulants for your future. It you fall, get up. Do not be discouraged. If others are ahead of you follow them. But keep going towards your goal. Go with the strength God gave you, swiftly or slowly. It does not matter. Always look ahead for your destiny is not to reach quickly, but to reach at the right moment. Be sensitive to the ways in which each individual handles emotional & physical pain. There is no right or wrong way.
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Can We Look Up to U.S.A. in Health Matters?

I he answer to this question, truly speaking, is an emphatic NO! Reasons are many; some of them we mention hereunder. Between 1991 and 2000 A.D.in one decadethe following increase in health problems have occurred in U.S.A.: (1) Obesity (30 to 50% overweight, as per height) rose from 12% to 20%. (2) Number of diabetics increased from 4.9% of the population to 7.3% of the population. As per Journal of American Medical Association (August 01), the increase is more disturbing in childrenabout 5% of children were diabetic in 1991, whereas now there are over 25%! One in every four children is diabetic! This is attributed directly to the growing consumption of fast foods, increase in sedentary activities such as video games or TV watching, and lack of outdoor games or exercises. On diabetes and diabetes-related ailments or complications, Americans are spending $100 billion annually. Diabetes is a major contributor to blindness, kidney disease, lower extremity amputation, heart attacks and strokes. A majority of patients, with type II diabetes die of heart attacks and cerebral hemorrhage. As many as 95% of all diabetics have type II, i.e. adult-onset diabetes, and 80% of type II diabetics are obese. And these diabetic patients are found in blacks, whites, browns, Chinese, Spanish, Indian and other ethnic groups, almost equally. (3) The diabetes and obesity rates have more to do with lifestyle than with genetic makeup. As many as 27.3% of Americans avoid physical activity and do no exercise. Only 17.5% Americans follow the recommended guidelines of minimum 30 minutes per day of moderate physical activity, that too, 5 days in a week. Hardly 2% of all adults exercise daily, unfailingly, for at least half an hour. Hold the belief that well-ness is your natural state. Affirm I am Healthy, & know that thats the truth for you.
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(4) Dr. Mohammad Saad of The University of California and epidemiologist Dr. Ali Mukdad (Dr. Mukdad contributes articles to JAMA) warn that the more obese one becomes, the more one requires insulin. Saad opines, The tragedy of our findings is that diabetes is easily preventable. In a major study, we have found that only a 10-pound weight loss and a modest increase in physical activity decrease the risk of diabetes by 58%. (5) In U.S.A. the largest businesswith the highest investment and maximum turnoveris the manufacture of pharmaceutical drugs. U.S.A. also has more doctors and more hospitals, vis--vis its population, than any other nation in the world. (6) A cow can easily live to 25 years, but in the U.S. its average lifespan is about 5 years! Being given antibiotics and hormones in its feeds or via parenteral route, it gives about 25 liters of milk daily. No sooner the milk yield drops to below 20 liters per day, the animal is considered uneconomical and sent to a slaughterhouse; and generally this happens even before the cow is 10 years of age! (7) In U.S.A. daily 2 million animals are slaughtered for food. (8) In 1900, girls in U.S.A. had their menarche at 17 years of age. Now the cycle of menses starts at about 10 years of age. This is largely attributed to the consumption of animal products, milk, cheese, ice cream, etc., besides the flesh of cow, pig, chicken, or fish. Sexual arousal in girls also takes place at an early age, resulting in teenage pregnancies, abortions, and the resultant physical ill health and psychoemotional traumas. (9) In U.S.A. about 5 million children suffer from asthma. Besides these children, who are up to 12 years of age, among teenagers and adults of all ages, there are 10 million asthma patientsdouble the number of cases compared to a decade ago. Dr. M.M. Bhamgara Know that plant earth is a wise & loving Mother who provides you with all you need for optimum health.
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EAT TO LIVE
Man has to be sensible in his eating habits. Although what one eats does not kill him as effectively as what eats one (negative thoughts), food still has an important bearing both on ones moods as well as on ones health in the long run. A heavy and a good meal is metaphorically called a hearty meal, this connotation has scientific significance. It substantiates the impression that our ancestors were very observant and did observe happenings around them very carefully. When one eats a heavy meal the one organ that gets immediately stressed is the heart - hence the phrase a hearty meal. Next, the blood vessels going to the gut region dilate two to three times their normal resting volume. This forces a large volume of circulating blood to be essentially diverted to the alimentary tract, making the heart feel the need to increase its output by working harder. In short, the effect of a heavy meal on the heart is almost equivalent to running a furlong. If one has passed middle age and has, in addition, compromised circulation in the coronary blood vessels, the stress of a meal could bring on an attack of severe chest pain (angina) or, might even precipitate a heart attack. It could also bring on a stroke in the elderly if they suddenly stand up after a meal when blood volume goes down and the circulation to the brain could be temporarily reduced drastically. Similarly, it is advisable for the elderly to take rest after a meal by lying down in a horizontal position before assuming usual activities. It is not advisable for anyone to do heavy exercise after a heavy meal. On the contrary, our own research studies published in the 1980s in London have shown that, blood pressure increases significantly in young, healthy people after a heavy meal. This is in contrast to what happens in the elderly and the Be assured that good health is your Divine Right. Every cell in your body is intelligent & knows how to heal itself.
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old elderly. However, this is only transient. Younger people who have high blood pressure would, therefore, do well to eat small, frequent meals instead of large, heavy meals. Normal people are also advised the same. This would, in addition, make metabolism smoother without drastic changes in blood sugar levels. Large meals with long intervals would unnecessarily provoke insulin secretion from the pancreas, exhausting it sooner than later. People who look for ways to reduce weight would do well to keep this in mind. Just increasing the frequency of meals eaten, with or without reducing the total amount of food would help one lose weight! An ancient habit that exists in some parts of India where people take a small amount of water just before starting to eat is known as aachamanam. Many of us think of it as mere superstition. It is, on the contrary, a very healthy habit. The tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach (oesophagus) is a potentially open muscular tube that remains closed when not in use. It does not open up like a steel pipe to let food drop down into the stomach. It just opens to receive the bolus of food when it reaches the throat and then moves it down by slow, rhythmic onward-going waves of movement (peristalsis). Thus when food eventually come to the lower end where this tube joins the stomach, a small ring-like valve opens to let food into the stomach. If one swallows a large bolus of solid food in a hurry, the oesophagus might not be ready to open up and start its peristalsis. This could suddenly end up blocking the windpipe (trachea) that opens into the throat in very close proximity. This could kill people by choking, more so if the victim is inebriated. Drinking a little water in the beginning might facilitate peristalsis in anticipation of the solid bolus following behind. This superstitious habit of thanking God before starting to eat must have got its own religious
If your heart races & you feel rushed, remember to take a couple of slow, deep Breaths. Youll feel better almost immediately.
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connotation probably to improve compliance by the common man. Ancient wisdom grows out of longitudinal observational research done over a period of several years. Chewing food well helps in many ways. It strengthens gums and the teeth. It breaks food into small bits for easy digestion later. It prolongs the time taken to eat, resulting in less food being eaten on the whole. It also allows one to enjoy the food. British Prime Minister Gladstone had written a book on health wherein he had advised people to chew every morsel two hundred times, a near impossibility. A recent research did show that health fanatics who did follow Gladstones advice ended up eating very small amounts of proteins! For the first time the medical world realised that we have been advocating too much protein for healthy people. People who followed Gladstones advice, did enjoy excellent health! Curious were the ways of people like Gladstone who wrote on any topic under the sun. Half of what one eats, keeps one going and the other half keeps the medical establishment busy. Eat sensibly to live and eat less. Eat you must, while a large part of the human race on this planet does not know where the next meal comes from. They suffer from under-nutrition and consequent problems. While half the population of the world has very little to eat, the other half eats too much and destroys its own health. l Eat sensibly to be healthy - eat to live. l Large meals are bad for health. l Rest for a while after a good meal. l Drinking a little water before starting on a meal is a good idea. l Enjoy what you eat. l Small, frequent meals are more sensible. l Eat and let others eat to live well. Dr. B. M. Hegde
Change the cause and you change the effect.
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GANDHIJI'S CONCEPT OF NATURE CURE

Gandhiji had very early in life lost faith in modern medicine. He was convinced that for good health all that was necessary was to live according to the laws of Nature in regard to diet, fresh air, exercise, clean surroundings and a pure heart. Instead of this, man was tempted by modern medical knowledge to indulge himself to his hearts content, break every law of health and morality and then seek a cure through commercialized drugs. In revolt from this Gandhiji sought to discover for himself a sane way of overcoming disease without the use of medicines. Besides, medicine tends to treat disease as merely a matter concerning the body. But Gandhiji viewing man as a whole finds that disease of the body is chiefly due to mental or spiritual causes and can be permanently cured only when mans entire attitude to life is changed. The cure of bodily disease must therefore, according to him, be sought primarily in the realm of the spirit, in self-discipline and self-mastery through brahmacharya, in a thoughtful observance of the laws of Nature in regard to health, and in bringing about a physical and social environment conducive to the development of a sound body and a sound mind. Gandhijis conception of Nature Cure is therefore much wider than what is generally understood by that term. It is not merely a cure of disease after it has occurred but an attempt to prevent disease altogether by living according to the laws of Nature which, according to him, are the same as the laws of God. Accordingly it involves not only the use of earth, water, air, sunlight, fasts and such like to cure disease, but even more a transformation of ones entire life - physical, mental, moral and social - through Ramanama or faith in God, alias His Law. Ramanama is not, therefore, for him mere magic which when uttered through the lips will work wonders of itself. It signifies, as already said, a complete change in the heart and mode of life of the individual, whereby the individual comes to be in tune with the infinite and so obtains never-failing disease conquering life and strength from the Source of all life.

Bharatan Kumarappa Expect only the best health & feel great now. You are the only one person who can limit yourself. Choose not to.
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THE NATURAL BODY CYCLE

Just as the body requires the right fuels to build up its energy, it also needs time, to utilize these fuels. Our body needs to balance, rebuild and eliminate constantly. It has its own natural rhythm, just as the earth has its rhythms of day and night, tides or the four changing seasons. These three functions are continuously going on in the body, though a particular function is more intense during a certain time of day. These functions work in approximately eight hour cycles. Noon to to 8.00 p.m. 8.00 p.m. to 4.00 a.m. Appropriation/Digestion The time to eat, so that the body can most efficiently break it down into nutrients. Assimilation / Absorption The time when the body is doing all its building and repair work. All the nutrients it has received during the day, is now used to make new cells and tissues. This is the time to rest or sleep, (and certainly not eat!) since the body is hard at work anyway!

rid of illness, and staying fit in the long run, lies in following this eight hour cycle of the body. l Eating only fruits/juices during the Elimination cycle, gives our body the time and energy to clean its toxins. You can eat any amount of any fruit during this time.
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The difference between a banana and a watermelon is only the water content. So no fruit is actually fattening, or acid forming or mucous causing or heat producing! Remember even if you feel like eating a wrong food - try and eat it at the right time! So do all your indulging at lunch time or between 12 noon and 8.00 p.m. We often tend to ignore and neglect the factors of rest and relaxation. The body requires this time between 8.00 p.m. and 4.00 a.m. to rebuild. A child tends to mostly sleep during the early months - and thats how it doubles the weight. Never do we grow as much, as in those early months. So therefore allow the body to rebuild and grow, through rest, sleep and relaxation. Dr. VIJAYA VENKAT & ASSOCIATES

4.00 a.m. to 12 noon

Elimination The time when the body is getting rid of all its waste products and debris. All that the body cannot utilize is thrown out at this time. This is also why, when we get up, we often rush to the toilet, or have to clean our mouth and face to get fresh. Living and eating (or not eating) according to these eight hour cycles, is a key method to tune in to the natural harmonious rhythm of the body. The secret of losing weight, feeling more energetic, getting
Love the Sun & its healing properties, but also respect its awesome Power. Limit your time in the Sunshine during the peak hours of the day.
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"I WILL"
I will think of better ways. I will develop ways to achieve positive attitude. I will keep reviewing my goals. I will accept what I cannot change. I will starting living, I will relax, I will be happy. I will enjoy myself, I will be honest to myself. I will remian humble I will put myself in the other person's shoes.
Even when you have dark nights of the soul, know that all experiences strengthen you as you progress on your Divine Path.
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ORGANIC FOODS
Organic food is more than health food. This is food that is sustaining to the earth and your bodysimultaneously. By organic, we mean the food value for the entire process from growing to consuming and finally digesting remains organic. Customarily even the naturally grown organic foods are made inorganic, through processing and destructive cooking methods. Such food is then rendered useless as a toxic burden to the body and a pollutant to the earth. The production of oil, sugar, milk and milk products, iodized salt, apart from meat, is one of the main sources of pollution. Surprisingly, they are still considered to be foods and not chemicals! Your meal should be created with wholesome, palatable ingredients that are genetically suited to your body. It should be carefully designed without using l The nonessential, expensive, oil/fat or grease. l The empty, poisonous calories of salt, sugar or maida or even white rice. l The indigestible milk/milk products. l The harshness of chemicals and preservatives. l The dead ingredients from processing and refining. l The ill conceived foods like soya, fibre, yeast etc. Finally, adaptation to food like this, plays a role in prevention, maintenance and cure. Be it for your ailing body or the depleting resources of the earth. For, it is time we understand what happens from the farm to our table! The thoughts you think & the words you speak are incredibly powerful tools.
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Pesticides, fertilisers and chemical sprays used in food cultivation and preservation are a major threat to healthFive decades of pesticide use has left behind a legacy of severe contamination. This has affected our soil, water and air. It has also increased cancer, birth defects, and respiratory problems. There is now a growing concern and realisation that natural farming methods may be the answer to the environmental and agricultural problems. It is possible to grow foods vegetables, fruits, grain, without chemicals. There are several communities in India and all over the world, who have successfully returned to natural farming methods. Natural and organic farming helps to sustain an ecologically healthy life style. It is also more cost effective in the long run. Moreover, such farming regards nature as being alive rather than dead. It connects us back to the web of life.

KEY TO SUSTAIN ABILITY - NATURAL FARMING

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Saves and regenerates soil. l Cleans and purifies water. l Protects the health of consumers. l Conserves the web of life. The only way to overcome the world food crises, is to return to sustainable farming systems. Traditional crops which are part of our cultural heritage and our genetic diversity, is today being replaced by cash crops and foodless foods. It is possible to grow and obtain natural/organic foods, even here in Mumbai. Individuals can get together and form a Cooperative, for such socially constructive activities. Dr. VIJAYA VENKAT & ASSOCIATES
Treat each day as if it is your last Day on Earth. Enjoy every delicious, fascinating, wonderful moment of Life.
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LET ALL BE HEALTHY

May Mother Natures Blessings be upon all!! Man has to live in this world amidst conflicting influences. On the one hand, there are influences that tend to enslave him and, on the other, there are some that could well redeem him. Yielding to unhealthy, unhygienic forces can go on pushing man on to the brink towards more and more of disease. This point has been rightly stressed from time to time. Though the Natural Hygienist stand and explanations appear to be very logical and quite sound in approach, there are numerous persons in the world who unfortunately think that only the practices followed by the vast majority could be the correct ones. These persons do not care to devote any thought to the important question as to whether the practices adopted by them in their day-to-day life are logical and natural. They follow the line of least resistance and continue to follow the majority opinion. It is not as if everyone in the majority has devoted time or thought to the questions involved. Someone considered to be an authority says something and persons start following him. This is how the number in the majority goes on increasing!! As all persons want to be healthy and as health can be maintained only through healthful living, some time and thought must be limited not only to matters of food and drink but to every habit of living, as every habit has its impact, good or bad, on health. Let everyone, therefore, design his / her ways of living after finding out whether the habit in question is or is not a hygienic one. Let not the vested interests / advertisers lay down the rules of conduct. Once a person subjects himself/ herself to one or more enslaving influences, it would later You can change the old tapes of your childhood. Those negative messages no longer serve your mind, body & soul.
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become very difficult to extricate himself from the net. For, each one of the enslaving influences referred to subjects the addict to ill-health, more ill-health and more and more illhealth, in course of time. Let the liberating influences as put forward in the various ways re-shape and re-design ones style of life. In other words let every habit of living be one derived after the use of ones power of discrimination. This is the stand of Natural Hygiene, which makes the follower rely on his own efforts in choosing his way of life, irrespective of the influences around him. He cannot be dictated upon by any one from outside. He continues to be self-reliant. Self-reliance is the one characteristic of the follower of Nature Hygiene that distinguishes him from those on the other side. Even when it comes to the question of drawing up ones own personal health-recovery programme, he will not subject himself to any blind acceptance of any so-called authority. The theories, principles and rules that govern the Science of Natural Hygiene, as clearly elaborated by Acharya Lakshmana Sarmaji, have been detailed in the book. As Natures theories and principles can be violated by a person only at his own risk, there is no alternative left to the health-seeker except to follow them. Hence let this Science of Health be properly understood and followed by every one dutifully, cheerfully, delicately and understandingly. As indicated by Acharya Sarmaji, let every one be his own Scientist, use his viveka sakti (power of discrimination) and chalk out his Path on towards the Goal of High Level Health the right Royal way. His clarion call to all health-seekers is : Arise, Awake, Stop not till the Goal is reached!! Acharya S. Swaminathan P. S. Acharya Lakshmana Sarmaji is considered the founder of Nature Cure in India.
If you realise that you have a chronic health issue, look closely at your thoughts to see how your mind-set may be contributing to the situation.
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YOUR RIGHT TO BE RICH

1. Be bold enough to claim that it is your right to be rich. Your deeper mind will honour your claim.

There is no virtue in poverty. It is a disease of the mind. You should heal yourself of this mental conflict or malady at once. You are not here to live in a hovel, to dress in rags, or to go hungry. You are here to lead the life more abundant. Never use the term "filthy lucre" or say "I despise money." You lose what you criticize. Money in itself is neither good nor bad, but thinking of it in either light makes it so. Repeat frequently, "I like money. I use it wisely, constructively, and judiciously. I release it with joy, and it returns a thousandfold." Money is not evil any more than copper, lead, tin, or iron that you may find in the ground are. All evil is due to ignorance and misuse of the mind's powers. To picture the end result in your mind causes your subconscious to respond and fulfill your mental picture. Stop trying to get something for nothing. There is no such thing as a free lunch. You must give to receive. If you give mental attention to your goals, ideals, and enterprises, your deeper mind will back you up. The key to wealth is to apply the laws of the subconscious mind by impregnating it with the idea of wealth.
(From "The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" by Dr. Joseph Murphy)

9. 2. You don't want just enough to go around. You want all the money you need to do all the things you want to do, when you want to do them. Get acquainted with the riches of your subconscious mind. When money is circulating freely in your life, you are economically healthy. Look at money like the tide and you will always have plenty of it. The ebb and flow of the tide is constant. When the tide is out, you are absolutely sure that it will return. Knowing the laws of your subconscious mind, you will always be supplied regardless of what form money takes. One reason many people simply make ends meet and never have enough money is that they condemn money. What you condemn takes wings and flies away. Do not make a god of money. It is only a symbol. Remember that the real riches are in your mind. You are here to lead a balanced life-this includes acquiring all the money you need. Don't make money your sole aim. Claim wealth, happiness, peace, true expression, and love, and personally radiate love and goodwill to all. Then your subconscious mind will give you compound interest in all these fields of expression.

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THUS SPOKE MAHATMAJI

Doctors have almost unhinged us. Sometimes I think that quacks are better than highly qualified doctors. Let us consider: The business of a doctor is to take care of the body, or, properly speaking, not even that. Their business is really to rid the body of diseases that may afflict it. How do these diseases arise? Surely by our negligence or indulgence. I overeat, I have indigestion, I go to a doctor, he gives me medicine, I am cured. I overeat again, I take his pills again. Had I not taken the pills in the first instance, I would have suffered the punishment deserved by me and I would not have overeaten again. The doctor intervened and helped me to indulge myself. My body thereby certainly felt more at ease, but my mind became weakened. A continuance of a course of medicine must, therefore, result in loss of control over the mind. I have indulged in vice, I contract a disease, a doctor cures me, the odds are that I shall repeat the vice. Had the doctor not intervened, Nature would have done its work, and I would have acquired mastery over myself, would have been freed from vice and would have become happy. Hospitals are institutions for propagating sin. Men take less care of their bodies and immorality increases. European doctors are the worst of all. For the sake of a mistaken care of the human body, they kill annually thousands of animals. They practise vivisection. No-religion sanctions this. All say that it is not necessary to take so many lives for the sake of our bodies. Above all else, for optimum health & healing, love yourself more & more each day!
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These doctors violate our religious instinct. Most of their medical preparations contain either animal fat or spirituous liquors, both of these are tabooed by Hindus and Mahomedans. We may pretend to be civilized, call religious prohibitions a superstition and wantonly indulge in what we like. The fact remains that doctors induce us to indulge, and the result is that we have become deprived of self-control and have become effeminate. In these circumstances, we are unfit to serve the country. To study European medicine is to deepen our slavery. It is worth considering why we take up the profession of medicine. It is certainly not for the purpose of serving humanity. We become doctors so that we may obtain honours and riches. I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the profession, and that it is injurious to mankind. Doctors make a show of their knowledge, and charge exorbitant fees. Their preparations, which are intrinsically worth a few pence, cost shillings. The populace, in its credulity and in the hope of ridding itself of some disease, allows itself to be cheated. Are not quacks then, whom we know, better than the doctors who put on an air of humaneness?

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Where joy is shared and sorrow is eased. Where father and mother are respected, loved and obeyed. Where children are loved and attended. Where aged people are respected and cared. Where prayer is said because it links ourselves with God.

Finally, the art of selfless loving is important to maintain love, peace and happiness in a family.
Change your thoughts and you change your destiny.
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FAITH HEALS
Ever since medicine was classed as one of the reductionist sciences, in the narrow sense of the word, healing took a backseat giving place to palliation and interventions. Doctors who in the days of yore, were also philosophers, gradually became more of technicians and resorted to managing diseases through drugs, surgery and technological interventions. More and more studies, in the realm of conventional science, have pointed to the possibility of faith, prayer, and religious belief helping in the total process of healing. Although the latter should not replace conventional methods as yet, they could now be used, and are being used even in the most sophisticated hospitals, as adjuncts to conventional methods. When we can see the effect of a persons consciousness (mind) on the onset as well as the progress of the disease - in a holistic approach to disease, we have to accept the fact that the human mind would have considerable influence in managing it. If that is accepted, then it is only a question of looking at how one could possibly use this faith as an instrument in disease control. How does faith work? What are the mechanisms that go to heal illnesses? Innumerable studies in the recent past in the west have shown unequivocally that people who have a religious bent of mind and are connected with others in society, in addition to their own kith and kin, have significantly less incidence of major illnesses. Studies also show remarkable benefit in those who are already afflicted with these deadly diseases, if others pray for them. This was seen in a large, controlled, randomised and matched study of
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heart attack patients in coronary care units published in 1997 in the prestigious American journal, Archives of Internal Medicine. Here, a group of people prayed for the study cohort of nearly 330 heart attack patients without the knowledge of the cardiologist or the suffering patients. Other medical and surgical interventions being identical, the interventional group had significantly less deaths and morbidity when compared to the control group that was not prayed for! The study of modern medical literature has indicated the following facts in the last two decades in various prestigious medical institutions in the US. This has now prompted fifty of the 125 medical schools here to have a structured course in faith healing methods and also about various religious practices in their curriculum. The salient features of all those studies could be summed up thus :
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The positive effects of piety that could be discerned from hundreds of research studies have documented a link between faith and disease. Between 1987 and 1995, more than 21,000 people were studied that who showed significant increase in the life span of those who had faith. Believers were healthier than the others. Believers had a significantly higher chance of survival after an open heart surgery. Believers had lower blood pressure, when compared to their peers who did not believe in anything other than man himself. Stress reduction was very significant in the group discussed above, resulting in a more active immune system. They were
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also more relaxed and interpersonal relations improved significantly. Meditation, prayer, yoga and tai chi were all the methods used by western researchers. l Indian systems of medicine, led by the mother of all medical wisdom, Ayurveda, did proclaim these benefits thousands of years ago, although ignored by the West after the advent of technological marvels Faith and prayer work through the psycho-neuroendocrine systems to improve the immune system. The latter is our army which fights every single disease from common cold to cancer. The human mind that is said to reside in every single cell of the body, of which there are one hundred thousand billion in all, influences all the above-mentioned systems at the quantum subatomic level to improve immune mechanisms. Remaining connected to one another and helping one another goes a long way in enhancing our defenses, as shown by the increase in the number of Cd4 T cells, the best warriors that we have. The reverse occurs in those who hate one another. When the mind becomes tranquil with all the above methods of prayer, it sends positive signals down the neurological system, predominantly the friend of the autonomic system which, in turn, transmits the positive messages to the multitude of endocrine glands that look after the day-to-day functioning of the body. They, with their secretions, help the different organs of the body to work in tandem in order to prevent illnesses to the extent possible as also to heal damage. Faith does heal! Dr. B. M. Hegde Know that Emotional, Physical & Spiritual healing is an unfolding process.
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HEALTH CARE IS SELF CARE IS EARTH CARE

Everything affects our health. All factors - physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, environmental - both gross and subtle. All these elements are interconnected and affect one another. Health of course begins with the individual. With the ability to take responsibility for our own health. This is where all the factors of nutrition, the laws of nature and our lifestyle choices play an important role. This is the sphere where we can and must learn to examine our own patterns and discover how we may have neglected certain areas. Slowly, we must relearn the art of choosing and becoming sensitive to the right needs of our self. If one extends this idea of health further - it is this very process of learning, that integrates us into the community that we live in - the social and the environmental. The nature of this community whether in the city or in the suburbs, whether isolated or in a group, determines the pattern of healthy development. Concern with health is really concern with the relationships among the communities at large. Be it our family or our society. There is also the broader community - or the environment, because no matter what we do with our own health, if the broader environment is crowded by pollution, stress and noise, it is extremely difficult to develop our own health. Today more and more, environment factors are affecting our health choices. What we eat, how we live and how we breathe. The health of the planet, ultimately affects our own health. Disrespect and ignorance of Nature and her mysteries, have caused great havoc on Mother Nature. Our insecurity and acts of despair have led to the production of
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SEVEN WAYS TO LIVE JOYFULLY

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impure waters, acid rain, drought, devitalized soil and poisonous air. Equally, our bodies are filled with waste, worms and poisons. Externally too, there is bloodshed and violence. Battered women and abused children. There is death and disease, premature ageing and mastectomies. There is in a sense a breakdown. Resurrection is necessary, if we want to continue to thrive on earth with other communities, with nature, with ourselves. From the global to the personal, it is essential to begin the process of healing ourselves and the planet. We can make a beginning by working towards reducing the emphasis on the current medical market of health (or illness approach) in favour of a more holistic approach to wellness. We can perhaps even start a movement towards a national health policy that looks at a health care system. We can reduce costs, both individually and socially by preventing diseases and by eliminating the redundant expenses of a drug dominated, technological medical system. We can improve our own health and that of the community and the environment by making wellness, a key element in our daily choices. By taking active responsibility for our own health, each one of us can contribute and serve as facilitator and teacher of well being. At the Centre, we assist in this process, by providing the information, guidance and resources necessary for people to take charge of their lives. DR. VIJAYA VENKAT & ASSOCIATES THE HEALTH AWARENESS CENTRE C/o. Strihitvardhini, Lokmanya Nagar, Kakasaheb Gadgil Marg, Mumbai - 400 025. Tel. : 2436 1672 / 2432 0788
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SELF CONTROL :
One of the virtues is self-control and it is this virtue which forms the main spring of serenity. Unnecessary haste and unrest can only be checked by self control.

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PATIENCE :
A person may become very unhappy and full of anxiety when things go wrong however patience is the virtue to be practiced. Never get excited on happening of any unpleasant event.

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ANGER :
Anger is the short madness and try to avoid under all circumstances. When anger grows violent then it is dangerous and harmful for health and relationship.

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CALM MIND :
Avoid additional mental strain of work due to heavy obligation and try to relax by seeking recreation. Calmness penetrates the soul to its very bottom and makes our life Joyful.

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MEDITATION :
Sudden happenings will destroy the equilibrium of even the most even the most even-natured individuals. But the self possessed man with meditation will overcome the situation with love and gratitude.

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CHEERFULNESS :
Cheerfulness is something positive. It is not only the result of a condition but it is a condition itself. I t is the atmosphere where the soul is filled with realisation.

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CONTENTMENT :
Be happy with what you possess as it is the wish of God. Satisfaction is the inner treasure which alone forms the foundation of true contentment and therefore try to be satisfied to live Joyfully.

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DONT QUIT
When things go wrong, or they sometimes will, when the road youre trudging seems all uphill, when the funds are low and the debts are high, and you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit Rest if you must, BUT DONT YOU QUIT. Life is queer with its twists and turns as every one of us sometimes learns, and many a fellow turns about when he might have won had he stuck it out. Dont give up though the pace seems slowYou may succeed with another blow. Success is failure turned inside out The silver tint of the cloud of doubt, and you never can tell how close you are, it may be near when it seems afar, So stick to the fight when youre hardest hit Its when things seem worst that YOU MUSTNT QUIT.

Dont Quit But Go For It....

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