AWARENESS

The more limited an

Individual's awareness,

The less their ability to

Make the RIGHT DECISION. 

 - Dr.  Tony Nader,

Eminent Neuroscientist and leader of

Transcendental Meditation -TM. 

Mindful all are in

Union. 

There is cohesion. 

Beauty

And Peace. 

Anarchy,

Hallucination - 

A sort of deriving 

Pleasure out of 

Wild imagination sans

Any fact check, 

Slandering et al 

Are hallmarks hetrogenous

To 

Mindfulness. 

The world can't afford 

Anything neurotic. 

High imperative it's 

For a journey 

Inward,

To culminate in

AWARENESS, 

AWARENESS complete. 

May there be

Symphony,

Harmony and 

Peace. 

சும்மா இரு சொல் அற

ரூமியின்

இந்த ஆழ்ந்துணர்ந்த அற்புத வரிகளைப் படித்ததும்,  நினைவில் மின்னலாய் நொடிப்பொழுதில் நிழலாடிச் சென்றன இரண்டு :

1. முதலில் மவுனமாய் சின் முத்திரையுடன் அபயமளித்து,  ஆஸீர்வதிக்கும் ஆனந்தக் கோலத்தில் தென்திசை நோக்கி ஞாணநந்தமயமாய் அமர்ந்திருக்கும் தக்ஷ்ணாமூர்த்தி எம்பெருமான்.

2. செட்டித் தெய்வம் முருகப்பெருமானை ஆராதித்து அருணகிரி நாதர் ஆனந்தமாய்ப் பாடிய,  'சும்மா இரு சொல் அர' என்கிற அற்புத வரிகள். 

Bhagavan in His 'Who am I?' vichara questioed:

Am I my body, 

My mind, 

Or the intellect? 

Wow! 

The vichara led to a flashing in in Him:

"am I not the Spirit transcending all the above three? ".

Can an ordinary soul, a lay human being experience such a blissful state which Maharishis, Buddha attained? 

Answer seems in the affirmative. 

What does it take to take you to that state? 

Remember the wise words again of Arunagirinathar :

சும்மா இரு சொல் அர. 

Meaning to go into yourself - to a dhyan state. 

Is it that easy? 

Try. 

You will. 

I'm a firm believer what precedes all well being,  wellness and wholistic health, wealth etc.,  is in you being in yourself - a state of dhyan. 

All else follows,  as Rumi said. 

Be happy.

Ubuntu

Here's the story that Prof Albert Rayon and William Pouting shared.:

An anthropologist showed a game to the children of an African tribe... 

He placed a basket of delicious fruits near a tree trunk and told them :

The first child to reach the tree will get the basket. 

When he gave them the start signal,  he was surprised that they were walking together,  holding hands until they reached the tree and shared the fruit! 

When he asked them why you did that when every one of you could get the basket only for him! 

They answered with astonishment :  Ubuntu 

"That is, how can one of us be happy while the rest are miserable? "

Ubuntu in their civilization means :

I am because we are. 

That tribe knows the secret of happiness that has been lost in all societies that transcend them and which consider themselves civilized society.........!!

The poor scapegoat

This is a news clipping which I shared ---along with my feelings - with a friend those days. 

Covid culpability: A conspiracy of silence - https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2021/may/22/covid-culpability-a-conspiracy-of-silence-2305795.html

நோய்நாடி நோய்முதல் நாடி அதுதணிக்கும்

வாய்நாடி வாய்ப்பச் செயல்.

பொருள்

நோய் என்ன? நோய்க்கான காரணம் என்ன? நோய் தீர்க்கும் வழி என்ன? இவற்றை முறையாக ஆராய்ந்து சிகிச்சை செய்ய வேண்டும் (உடல் நோய்க்கு மட்டுமின்றிச் சமுதாய நோய்க்கும் இது பொருந்தும்).

சமுதாயம் என்பது உலகளாவியதும் தானே.! 

Please read this piece clipping. 

It throws a new light. 

Though we, the world don't know yet for sure who the culprit is for pandemic - really bats or men trying to take the humanity through their tomtomming that it's from bats. 

Bats are prolific nearly 1500 kms away from Wuhan, the epicenter. 

Bats don't fly such a long distance. 

It's now a jigsaw puzzle! 

Or are we fooling ourselves? 

Let's not pray God pardon perverse who try to gain by letting humanity suffer.

BP : B +ve

BP    : B +ve 

BP 

The Acronym just scares.

And

Like traffic chaos,

Your blood flow goes helter skelter.

 

Calm your nerves.

Usually a red alert is sounded,

When diagnosis reveals BP – the Blood Pressure.

Hence,

My deliberate choice of Green colour here to begin the 

Topic with.

Well,

‘m not a doctor nor an expert in the know to talk on it.

‘m one diagnosed with High BP.

People tell don’t be Jack of all trades.

But the legal fora say 

Ignorance is no excuse –

Derived from Latin,

“ignorantia juris non excusat”

Nor a bliss.

Better take a leaf from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad:

‘तमसो मा ज्योतिर् गमय’ –

Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya

 Lead us from ignorance to truth.

 

When Doctors say you have BP,

And prescribe and put you on medicine mode,

You never rest.

This is here you begin your research on, looking for layman readable and jargon free medical literature, discussion or debate with friendly Doctors etc.

Pressure, per se is not a villain. You can call it fondly as a necessary evil.

Speaking in computer parlance, it’s by default, an auto mode.

By pressure, we mean the blood flow in and out of the heart, a fist size in your chest.  When your muscles contract, blood flows out of your heart and through the arteries to various parts of the body.  When the muscles relax, blood flows into heart. In medical parlance, the pressure by which blood is pumped out of heart is called systolic - that's when muscles contract to let the blood out. The other when the blood comes into heart when it relaxes is called diastolic. 

Ever since humanity evolved as mathematician, Pressure too came into their counting process.

Then the natural corollary is what level of pressure is good or bad or even alarming.

 

Ideal is 110 to 130 as systolic and 70 to 85 as diastolic. 

 

The deviation either side is to watch out for and to call on your physician. When pressure shoots beyond 140, it's hypertensive and when it slides down below above levels is low pressure. 

 

Can you stem when the pressure goes wilder and erratic? 

 

The happiest fact is an emphatic YES. 

 

Before we see how, let's see some villains inflicting health hazards:

 

Obesity is one cause. 

Sedentary work culture too plays havoc with your healthy pressure position. 

Stress you put yourself to also plays spoilsport. 

Besides lifestyle. 

 

What are the easy and inexpensive ways towards mission healthy BP? 

 

More than medicines, it's your life style change. 

 

Are you one to use your limousine even to go to street corner shop?  Better walk. You just not save fossil fuel but your lungs get oxygen and the body, blood circulation. And you start shedding weight. To see results, focus and stick to practising consistency. 

And a few more off pharmacological ways to make your BP behave:

-          Good Eating habit – your body is intelligent. Like a modern day lift alerts when it’s overload, the same fashion, the body can exhibit its discomfort.

 

-          Less Salt – There is a Lord near Kumbakonam by name Uppiliyappan Swamy. The Priest offer naivedya, the God’s food prepared not using even iota of salt to Swamy Uppiliyappan.  I can hear your murmur, Gods can go sans salt, how can we human being do without.  Hence, restrict and reduce your intake of salt.

 

-          Exercise.  Brisk walk for at least 2.5 hours in a week, as World Health Organisation advises.  If you can, combine easy yoga as much as comfortable to you. A quote of Earl of Derby:

 

“Those who do not find time for exercise will have to find time for illness.”

 

Thus you are on mission healthy BP. 

Relax.

And do perform quietly. 

Productivity is at its pinnacle, aesthetic when the undercurrent is equanimity.

God bless.

 

Live well

Now that 

Reaching 60

And starting to 

Live bonus years,  -

With thanks to 

Almighty for filling 

My cup with all 

Varieties,

The peak sometimes 

And deep valley other times -

Want to read

More on Health. 

This is one

Precious and more

Essential book :

"Your Family Doctor 

- High Blood Pressure 

Diagnosis and Prevention :

Medicines. 

And 

Self Management. "

As a well wisher of all

In the family -

Immediate and extended, 

Friends and relatives,

, 

If asked what would you 

Like to gift, 

Surely my choice is

This book. 

For,  nearly or roughly 

The ratio is 50:50,

When it comes to 

Seeing any one 

Immune from 

The deadly BP. 

I confess 

'm  poor at maths. 

Those having BP may be

On a higher scale

And may defy

My presumptive equal proportion. 

Well, 

Live well. 

Be happy 

Sleep, Sleep well...

 

Certainly, this is not to demotivate….

But like anything, ‘m dead sure

You can’t say

No to sleep.

A little detour….

I remember the evergreen

The Joke – The Tenali Raman Joke.

Hope,

Everyone from India.

Need I rekindle it?!

May be yes.

The King asked the wise men

In his court,

“What makes you the happiest in the world?”

Every one told the king what appealed to him

To be the happiest.

But strangely, the King heard

TenalI telling,

“Going to Loo makes me the happiest.”

Got aghast the King.

Yet wanted to TenalI to prove.

In the vast empire,

Loos were far and few.

Of course, there was exclusive one to King.

The next morning,

Tenaly entered the King’s loo,

And stayed long.

The King can battle and conquer the world.

Yet he was incapable to control his irritable bowel.

He kept knocking, kicking and punching

The Loo’s door.

The jester deliberately took his own time

And not wanting to test the patience,

He came out.

The King rushed in.

TenalI was waiting.

Feeling relieved, the King came out minutes later.

It’s now TenalI’s turn to ask the King,

“What makes you the happiest?”.

 

Well let me come back on track….

We are talking about sleep.

If you don’t get sleep, and don’t love books,

Hear what Frank Zappa has to say:

“I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.”

 

Funny quotes apart,

Never forsake sleep.

In the interest of your health, one needs to have adequate sleep.

The author of the book, a journalist himself, neatly and more exhaustively explains what havoc the sleeplessness can play in our health.

Anyone could experience himself if one does not have quality sleep, he will not be feeling afresh while waking up and this would have bad impact in his energetic functioning for the day.  .

The author avoids jargons and narrates on significance of sleep in such a fashion that even a lay person can comprehend all aspects of sleep and how important it is to lead a healthy and robust life.  The Bonus is the author complements the final few pages with expert Doctors’ views on this topic, “Sleep”.

A quality pick from this year’s visit to the Mega event, The Madras Book Fair, by BAPASI, Book Publishers and Sellers Association of South India.

Title of the Book in Tamil:  நல்லிரவு

Publishers:    Thamarai Brothers Media Private Limited

Author :  K Vijayakumar.

No of pages: 96

Ok set your Biological clock.

And sleep in time

To

Perform better in life

And

Lead robust health.

God Bless.