ESPIRITUALIDAD / ASTROLOGIA - ¿Por qué diablos funciona la Astrología - ARGENTINA

 

Un encuentro de notables de todos los tiempos que discuten sobre las razones y sinrazones de esta disciplina, respetada por unos y negada por otros. ¡A ver!

 

Estrellas, planetas y la Astrología, siempre en discusión

Estrellas, planetas y la Astrología, siempre en discusión

 

22/08/12 - 15:27

Desde sus orígenes y hasta hoy, nadie se pone de acuerdo respecto de por qué funciona la Astrología: ni quienes la practican ni quienes la critican.

Edmund Halley (el del cometa): “Che, Isaac, vos que tanto sabés de astronomía y descubriste la ley de la gravedad, ¿cómo diablos podés creer en una cosa tan absurda como la Astrología?”.

Isaac Newton: “Porque yo la estudié, mi amor, vos no”.

Mario Bunge: “De todos modos, amigos, es una pseudociencia: no se puede comprobar si lo que dice es verdadero o es falso”.

Michel Gauquelin: “Falso, mi querido Mario: yo demostré ampliamente que funciona con la estadística de cientos de miles de casos”.

John Nelson: “Yo también: si no fuera por las que hice, en este momento no funcionarían bien las radios y la tele”.

John Addey: “¡Yo también! ¡Yo también! ¡Y no saben cuántos más!”.

Científico de incógnito, en un susurro: “Es verdad. ¿Por qué -¡diablos!- funciona la Astrología?”.

Karl Popper: “Me gustaría ver mejor esas estadísticas, pero lleva tiempo y no voy a perderlo en este disparate. Por más que ‘funcione’ como ustedes dicen, no es ciencia porque no pueden explicar POR QUÉ funciona”.

Claudio Ptolomeo: “Estimado Karl, funciona porque los astros son, como dice Aristóteles, causa eficiente. Nos influyen al nacer”.
Madame Blavatsky: “Sí, lanzan rayos sutiles enviados por los seres angélicos”.

Carl Gustav Jung: “Pardon, madame, eso es una forma sutil de materialismo. Si funciona es porque coincide con nuestros procesos psíquicos a través de la sincronicidad y lo que proyectamos en ellos: los signos son el test de Rorschach de la humanidad”.

Bunge: “Lo siento, pero el psicoanálisis también es una pseudociencia. ¿Y qué es esa sincronicidad?”.

Jung: “Coincidencias significativas”.

Popper: “¡Pero coincidencia no es causa ni explicación de nada!”.

Jung: “Bueno, pero suena bien”.

Galileo Galilei: “Si me permiten: eppur si muove!”.

Lector: “¿Y la explicación de perchè si muove? ¡Me prometieron un explicación!”.
Santo Tomás de Aquino: “Paz, hermano. Como decía Claudio, los astros nos empujan a través de alguna fuerza o energía, pero en nosotros está seguir o no esa inclinación”.

Plotino: “Pero gente, ¿no me leyeron? No hay causación física: son sólo signos, como letras que se mueven en el cielo e indican.”

Stephen Hawking: “Ejem, seguimos sin explicar cómo se da la coincidencia entre ellos y lo que indican, a través de qué medio se…”.

San Agustín: “Yo te lo canto en dos palabras, dear Stephen, porque para mi vergüenza fui por años astrólogo en mi juventud. ¡La astrología claro que funciona! ¿Y querés saber por qué diablos funciona? Por eso mismo: ¡por el Diablo! ¡Él hace que funcione!”.

Sócrates: “Agus, ¿por el diablo te referís al daemon? ¿El genio o espíritu que nos acompaña?”.
Beroso: “Como sacerdote caldeo puedo asegurar que de eso se trata: los planetas son dioses y nos señalan su voluntad”.

Plotino: “Pará, no sé dioses, pero sí símbolos, manifestaciones superiores en la inmensa unidad del alma universal que son tan parte de ella como nosotros, por eso, la coincidencia. Como si yo me llevara las dos manos a la boca para bostezar: ambas se movieron al mismo tiempo, pero ninguna causó que la otra se moviera, sino su pertenencia común a una voluntad que las trasciende”.

Halley: “¡Basta, basta! ¡¡¡Baaastaaa!!! ¡La Astrología es una estupidez y es ridículo perder el tiempo debatiendo por qué funciona!”.

Horangel: “Chicos, funciona porque tanta gente compra mis libros. ¡Si no funcionara, no los comprarían!”.

Theodor Adorno: “Bueno, ahora no hay duda de que la Astrología es el opio del pueblo”.
Bunge: “Bah, marxismo, otra pseudociencia. Denme una causa y un cómo, así se los puedo falsear”.

Werner Heisenberg: “Mario, si hubiera que explicar a través de qué medio o cómo ocurre cada fenómeno, se vendría abajo toda nuestra física cuántica y no podríamos hacer más bombas atómicas. ¿Qué sería de nosotros? Hay muchos casos de relaciones probadas entre situaciones extraterrestres y terrestres que todavía no pudimos medir o justificar, empezando por la gravedad de Isaac, ¡y no por eso son menos ciencia!”.

Dane Rudhyar: “Es que la Astrología no es una ciencia en ese sentido, es la ciencia del significado: toda la existencia es consciencia pura, todo es símbolo y un símbolo refleja e ilumina al otro. Yo voto por Plotino”.
Lector: “Suerte que leí al principio que no están de acuerdo en nada, ¡sino ya mismo los mandaba YO al diablo!”.

Este agitada plática virtual ocurrida en los verdes prados del Planetario de Buenos Aires tuvo como protagonistas, según orden de nacimiento, a: Siglo –V Sócrates, filósofo; –II Beroso, astrólogo; II Claudio Ptolomeo, astrónomo y astrólogo; III Plotino, filósofo; IV San Agustín, teólogo; XIII Santo Tomás de Aquino, teólogo; XVI/XVII Galileo Galilei, astrónomo y astrólogo; XVII/XVIII Isaac Newton, astrónomo y astrólogo; Edmund Halley astrónomo; XIX Madame Blavatsky, ocultista; XX Dane Rudyhar, astrólogo; Werner Heisenberg, físico; Karl Popper, filósofo de la ciencia; Theodor Adorno, filósofo; John H. Nelson, ingeniero; Mario Bunge, filósofo de la ciencia; John Addey, astrólogo; Michel Gauquelin, astrólogo; Horangel, escritor; Stephen Hawking, físico; y un lector.

Jerónimo Brignone es presidente y director del Caba, Fundación Centro Astrológico de Buenos Aires, entidad con más de 50 años de actividad y reconocimiento internacional. También dicta clases en la UBA

TENDENCIA - "Un respiro en la ciudad"- URUGUAY

El Arte de Vivir, la ONG con más adeptos en el mundo, se impone con fuerza en Uruguay, en donde unas 6.000 personas ya han realizado cursos de respiración para enfrentar el estrés.

Martes húmedo en Montevideo. Son las siete de la tarde y la gente regresa de trabajar. El cansancio del día y del estilo de vida se reflejan en el estrés acumulado por algunos, en la violencia descargada por otros, en ansiedad, o simplemente en la falta de felicidad.

En Maggiolo y Nardone (Punta Carretas) la Fundación Arte de Vivir pide un alto a esa rutina. Exige desprenderse de las emociones que agobian la jornada, aunque sea por poco más de dos horas. E insta a respirar. De eso se tratan estos cursos y programas para eliminar el estrés a través de técnicas de respiración, meditación y yoga.

Adentro del local la atmósfera recrea a la India milenaria traída a Uruguay. Unas 50 personas se masajean su cuerpo (empezando en el extremo superior de la cabeza y terminando en los pies) mientras el físico afloja la tensión y entra en calor. Lo hacen acompañados de una música tenue, a base de flautas y percusión. Siguen las instrucciones de Swamiji Paramtej, el número dos de la Fundación mundial y que desde hace 12 años se dedica a expandir por el mundo la técnica creada por Sri Sri Ravi Shankar en 1981.

Hoy la filosofía está instalada en unos 150 países y más de 20 millones de personas han participado de los cursos, lo que convierte a la Fundación en la ONG con más voluntarios en el mundo, sin importar diferencias culturales.

"La técnica es la misma para gente que vive en un pequeño pueblo o en una gran ciudad, para los presos y los policías, para los empleados y los grandes comerciantes; pero se enseña de distinta forma", cuenta Paramtej. Para explicar el concepto utiliza una comparación: "Es la misma comida que se sirve en un restaurante de lujo o en un negocio cualquiera, pero la forma de presentación del plato es distinta; es decir, es la misma respiración que se enseña pero distintas formas de impartir el conocimiento".

Es que esta sabiduría de India se basa en que hombres y mujeres tienen respiración, espíritu, cuerpo e intelecto; solo que nacen "en distintos lugares y circunstancias", afirma el líder espiritual que visitó Montevideo por unos días y fue la antesala a la llegada del fundador del movimiento (ver nota aparte).

Pero las técnicas de respiración no son lo primero que practican los participantes del curso introductorio en la sede uruguaya. Luego de los masajes el salón se convierte en un safari. Sin importar la edad (el promedio es de unos 40 años) ni el género, todos actúan como leones, caballos y gorilas. Hacen mímicas, gritan y se van conociendo con los seres que tienen a su alrededor.

A los 15 minutos ese mundo salvaje se transforma en competencias de los Juegos Olímpicos. En parejas se practican distintos deportes, simulando tener una pelota, una raqueta o un aro. La música se hace más intensa y con ella va quedando atrás el ruido de la jornada laboral. Un saludo entre todos pone punto final a esta etapa de conocimiento del cuerpo y comienza el relax. Silencio.

"En la naturaleza todo tiene su ritmo. Como las estaciones se suceden una detrás de la otra, el cuerpo humano tiene hambre en un momento, sueño, frío o calor. Cuando esos ritmos se truncan nos sentimos enfermos y es ahí cuando más se necesita tomarse un tiempo para respirar y estar en silencio, sin descargar energía", señala el Paramtej, quien habla un inglés con acento indio, pausado.

Cada uno agarra una manta para calentar los pies descalzos y se acuesta sobre una alfombra. Por varios minutos permanecen con los ojos cerrados, tratando de controlar la respiración y dejando liberar el cuerpo y la mente.

Visto desde afuera no faltará quien considere que se trata de una secta. El instructor dice que "esa es una idea que está instalada" y que "son los mismos que piensan que tener estrés es lo normal". Pero aclara que "cada vez más gente está entendiendo que el aprender a respirar mejora la calidad de vida y el rendimiento; incluso en universidades de Estados Unidos se enseña la técnica, así como en la escuela se le muestra a los niños cómo lavarse los dientes".

La eficacia del método, dicen los seguidores, alcanza transformaciones inauditas como la eliminación de la violencia y el fin de las adicciones a las drogas. Incluso Paramtej insiste en que "la gente que aprende a respirar ya no necesita depender de psicofármacos".

Su mensaje de paz le valió a la Fundación el estatus consultivo en el Consejo Económico y Social de las Naciones Unidas, además de asesorar a la Organización Mundial de la Salud y a Unicef. Algunos de sus proyectos han llegado a las cárceles y el propio Paramtej impartió cursos ante presos de Tailandia.

Los pasos que hay que seguir son sencillos. Quizás lo más difícil es estar en contacto con uno mismo. Luego implica relajación, inhalar por una narina y exhalar por la otra, aprender los siete centros energéticos que tiene el ser humano y la liberación de los pensamientos.

Una vez que se vuelven a abrir los ojos se nota el cambio. El instructor pregunta a los participantes sobre la sensaciones. Un hombre de unos 50 años dice que siente el cuerpo "flojo y sin ataduras". Una mujer que está a su lado afirma haber visto una luz azul. Paramtej aclara que "la mente es libre y cada uno juega con ella como quiere". Algunos se ríen.

A los participantes les espera otros cinco días consecutivos de curso y una vez finalizado estarán capacitados para emprender el taller Fase 1, en el que se aprende a dominar el cuerpo y la mente. Hay quienes quieren experimentar aspectos más profundos, entonces se pasa a la Fase 2 en la que importa mantener el silencio y detenerse en las emociones.

Paramtej (37) lleva el nombre de "Swamiji", nominación que se le da en la India a las personas que se han elevado de nivel espiritual y se dedican únicamente a meditar. Hace 12 años hizo un clic en su vida, cuando cansado de la rutina como negociante fue en búsqueda de un nuevo sentido para su vida. "Sentía que la vida era egoísta y que estamos todo el día trabajando para que un día todo se termine", cuenta y recuerda que la exploración le demoró un año y medio.

La técnica no implica el abandono de la rutina ni la satisfacción de deseos. "Podés estar en medio de todo y mantener un balance perfecto", dice el instructor.

En la Fundación El Arte de Vivir Uruguay (http://www.artofliving.org/uy-es) los cursos Fase 1 comienzan los jueves ($ 1.800 y beneficios hasta $ 1.500). Los impulsores de la técnica confían en que su método llegue a la enseñanza formal e integre el currículo de aprendizaje. Porque, dicen, sin respiración no hay vida.

El inventor llega a Uruguay

Nueve días de silencio tuvo que pasar Sri Sri Ravi Shankar para inventar la técnica de respiración que hoy es mundialmente famosa. Desde entonces (1981) hasta la fecha el fundador de El Arte de Vivir ha viajado por varios países con mensajes de armonía, lo que le valió su nominación al Premio Nobel de la Paz en cuatro ocasiones. El 4 de septiembre llegará por primera vez a Uruguay. Será declarado Ciudadano Ilustre y luego brindará una conferencia "Por un Uruguay libre de estrés y violencia" en el Teatro Plaza, a las 17:30 horas.

Detrás del hombre mediático

Ante tanta admiración y antipatía que despierta la figura de Marcelo Tinelli, el conductor busca su equilibrio interior a través de técnicas de meditación. Su acercamiento a El Arte de Vivir partió del incentivo de su amigo Federico Ribero (empresario) a quien le fue diagnosticado un cáncer. En uno de sus programas Tinelli aseveró: "Hemos hecho una promesa: el día que Fede finalmente se sane, cada uno de nosotros deberá hacer algo que le cueste mucho. Yo me comprometí a hacer el curso Fase 2 de El Arte de Vivir, que me exige estar en silencio y con el celular apagado".

Exportación de producto milenario

Los asistentes a El Arte de Vivir no necesariamente concurren por una búsqueda espiritual, sino para aliviar el estrés. Aun así, la sabiduría creada por Sri Sri Ravi Shankar tiene algunos parecidos con la filosofía de Siddhartha Gautamá (Buda) de finales del siglo V a.C. Ambas se valen de la meditación como un mecanismo de liberación. Cada uno de estos líderes, Shankar y Gautamá, encontraron en el silencio su alejamiento a la vorágine del lugar de nacimiento (India y Nepal respectivamente). ¿Por qué aprender una filosofía que viene de la India? Swamiji Paramtej, uno de los líderes del movimiento, señala que "uno come pizza y no se vuelve italiano por ello; se trata de tener una mente en paz". Algunos detractores entienden que este pensamiento es un "disfraz" para expandir a Occidente las religiones de Oriente. El sacerdote español Julio de la Vega-Hazas (Opus Dei) afirma: "Shankar lo que da es un `jarabe de yoga`".

LIFESTYLE - Using the body as a canvas - MALAYSIA

 

Tens of thousands of visitors showed up at The World Body-painting Festival in Austria last week to celebrate the event’s 15th anniversary of taking human canvases to the extreme. Can the Asian public accept this art form?

IT takes four to six hours for Tommy Yap to complete a single painting, but only a fraction of the time – 15 minutes – to wash it all off.

But that’s all right. Five years in the business has taught this 38-year-old that beauty is fleeting, especially if it’s to do with a human canvas.

Yap, you see, is no ordinary artist. He is among only a handful of professional paint mavericks to have emerged on the fringes of culturally conservative Asia in the past few years. Like many of his peers, he works according to the rules rather than around them, creating PG-rated versions from an art form that is notorious for its erotic imagery.

“I love doing this, but you have to constantly remind yourself to work within the boundaries of religious and cultural sensitivities,” he says.

Fierce: June, the model, after standing still for a long time, has been transformed into a leopard by Tommy Yap and his students.

The bespectacled Yap, who wears his collared shirt neatly tucked in, looks more like a direct salesman than Leonardo da Vinci. His creative side, however, materialises the moment he picks up the airbrush and starts working on his latest demo piece.

This time, his canvas is June, a freelance model in her 20s whose willowy form is swathed in a white cotton tube and pair of shorts. With her arms and legs splayed out like a modern-day Vitruvian woman, she stands in the middle of the room, looking startlingly chaste.

“I think one of the biggest misconceptions is that one has to do it in the nude. A fabric, especially if it’s not cotton, might ruin the outcome of the work, but that shouldn’t stop you from creating art,” murmurs Yap, through a protective mask.

Self-regulation, in his opinion, is an important ingredient if a body painter wants to thrive in Asia.

A proud moment for Tommy Yap, a bodypainting artist.

Recently, Yap came face to face with a similar “should-I-or-shouldn’t-I” dilemma when he was asked to paint the Malaysian flag on some models for the Federal Territory Day parade.

Relating the incident, he explains: “I knew I would be setting myself up for trouble if I went ahead with my client’s orders, so I requested an official letter ... you know, just to confirm that this project had been approved by the mayor. The whole idea was scrapped, just like I thought it would.”

Knowing how to tread the fine line between sensuality and sensibility, then, is key. If Yap hadn’t followed his head, his career would’ve been very short-lived.

You, too, can learn the art by joining a course at Lim Wee Nee’s Malaysian Expert Institute of Cosmetology.

Nothing to hide

If the impulse to create art is a defining sign of humanity, the body may well have been the first canvas. The practice has been common for centuries.

Since the 1960s, there was a revival of body painting in Western society but even today, opinions are divided on the legitimacy of body painting as an art form. As society evolves, however, the art form is increasingly celebrated for offering a shrilly, stylised alternative to tiresome fashion trends. It has left its mark on magazines, movies and – less often – on the streets.

Take Air New Zealand, for instance. In 2009, they ran a cheeky campaign whereby the instructions on their in-flight safety video were given out by employees in the nude covered in body paint and with strategically placed seat belts.

A corresponding article in the New York Times stated that “passengers on the video’s maiden flight may have never paid more rapt attention to the line ‘undo the seat belt by lifting the metal flap’.”

But perhaps the biggest indicator that body painting is going mainstream is the fact that the Malaysian Expert Institute of Cosmetology, headed by the immaculately turned out principal Lim Wee Nee, is now offering classes in body painting.

Lim became acquainted with the art form as a student 20 years ago after she witnessed a sea of painted humans picketing for human rights on the streets of Canada.

“It really impressed me,” she says. “You wouldn’t have guessed that body painting would one day be considered the haute couture of cosmetics. I thought incorporating it as an optional subject was a great way to give final-year art students an edge in their career.”

As head instructor, Yap conducts classes whenever Lim requests for it.

Admittedly, it’s a small group. With just two, soon-to-be graduates paying rapt attention beside him, Yap launches into action, coating June’s entire body in non-toxic, non-allergenic yellow paint. Then, he draws on a number of black squiggly lines on her collarbone with a brush, slowly working his way down to her hips.

June, who’s being transformed into a mythical beast bit by bit, hardly speaks or moves except to shiver from the occasional gust of wind that blows through the open windows. Her job as a live mannequin may seem simple enough to the bystander but, in Yap’s opinion, standing for six hours is no easy feat.

“I’ve worked with a number of models and I can tell you this ... not everyone is up for it.,” he says.

Yap continues with his painting and dispensing creative pointers to the students in between. The initial tension has all but disappeared, and it seems like he’s engaged in something almost therapeutic. But that’s usually how it is.

After all, think of getting up close and personal with someone you’ve only met for five minutes and see how you feel.

“Things can get pretty awkward at first,” he admits. “That’s why it’s important to crack jokes and laugh as you’re working. It’s a good way to break the ice.”

Beyond the facade

Going from a make-up trainer to body painter was a natural transition for Yap, who’s always had a passion for colours having grown up in a family whose business was selling art supplies. But it was curiosity that ultimately drove him to pursue body painting.

“I came across some amazing works by a few European and American body painters who managed to camouflage an entire person in a brick wall by just painting their bodies. I was like, ‘Wow, I’d like to do the same!’ It was very inspiring,” he says.

It took him about a month to learn the basic techniques of body painting, which combines the meticulous artistry of an oil painter with the special expertise of a make-up artist. One must understand how to paint human skin. Yap soon discovered that the craft was all about patience and practice.

“It’s nothing like painting on paper. Paper is flat, while a person has contours. It’s also much more difficult to deal with something that’s dynamic,” he admits.

Having a supportive and remarkably self-assured spouse also helps. Yap’s wife (yes, he’s married) is, in fact, his biggest supporter and critic!

“My wife is not jealous at all,” he says. “She was my first test model but she felt so cold and ticklish when I was painting that from then onwards, she told me to look for someone else.

“I suppose she knows that when I’m body painting, I see the model as a life canvas. It’s not something sexual.”

Yap soon embarked on an ambitious project, painting a medley of elaborate cheongsam on different bodies, and photographing each one for future reference.

“I wanted to do an Oriental version since all the previous artworks I’ve seen are all very Westernised,” says Yap, adding that he hopes to do a kebaya series soon.

“Although my work can be washed off in an instant, it doesn’t pain me. I feel a sense of accomplishment whenever I see my work come to life,” he says.

Business is also brisk these days, with most of his clients coming from the beauty and fashion industries. While it sounds like amazing fun, Yap insists that body painting can be pretty stressful.

“Half of the time, we work on a very tight schedule and only get a 10-minute break for a quick bite. Mistakes are common. So the next time you’re at one of our events, try and spot them!” he quips.

Asked if he has had any strange requests from clients and Yap shrugs non-committally.

“Body painting is, by itself, strange. So, no, I don’t think I’ll do anything weirder than that, although I’d love to blend someone into the Petronas Twin Towers one day,” he grins.

Yap’s ultimate dream, however, is to attend the World Bodypainting Festival held annually in Pörtschach, Austria where artists compete in different categories including brush and sponge, airbrush and special effects.

Online news portal Gather claims the event “isn’t just a bunch of hippy artists painting naked bodies”, it is “the largest and most important competition of its kind in the world.”

Yap feels that one day, body painting in this region will catch on and then “a lot more commercial works done in the region can be published.”

How long before that happens remains to be seen. After all, the art was dealt another blow last year when Facebook took down several photographs related to the Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Project, which featured photographs of the painted breasts of 25 post-mastectomy breast cancer survivors, citing them as “pornographic”.

The photographer cum artist, Michael Colanero, had only this to say: “I think the human figure has been a subject since the first cave drawings. Are we still not used to it? We are all humans with similar bodies. Let’s just get past that and talk about what matters.”

> For more information on the next intake for body painting classes at the Malaysian Expert Institute of Cosmetology, call 03-7727 6636 or e-mail: enquiry@malaysianexpert.edu.my

BUENA VIDA - YOGA - "Mi cuerpo se relaja, mi mente se aquieta" - ARGENTINA

 

 

Médico y violinista, hace 40 años que el doctor Hugo Ardiles eligió dedicarse al yoga en movimiento, del cual es uno de sus más destacados representantes. Es un camino de sanación que armoniza y desarrolla nuestros centros de energía.

 

Hugo Ardiles, la limpieza energética

El yoga en movimiento como camino de sanación

 

23/08/12 - 14:41

"La vida alocada y vertiginosa que vivimos nos lleva a contraer nuevas enfermedades". El doctor Hugo Ardiles lo dice con calma, por eso agrega que, además de cuerpo y mente, somos energía y que buena parte de nuestra salud depende de la forma en que tratamos a nuestros centros de energía, también conocidos como chakras.
Se entusiasma el médico formado como violinista que un día pudo ir detrás de su maestro Zladko Topolsky para seguir su carrera en Austria, pero que torció –en el mejor sentido- su derrotero hacia el yoga con movimiento, que aprendió del método creado por la profesora Susana Milderman.
Lo que comenzó por pura curiosidad se convirtió en una elección de vida, y el doctor Ardiles, que llegó a ser primer violín en el Cuartero de la UBA, estudió medicina, se especializó en homeopatía, fisiatría y psicoterapia, lo que le dio una formación holística para dedicarse a la limpieza, la armonización y el desarrollo de los sietes centros de energía que atraviesan nuestra columna vertebral.
Manos que ayudan
La posición del doctor Ardiles respecto de los chakras y sus órganos de influencia no es nueva. Obviamente, se conoce en el yoga y otras escuelas místicas alternativas.
Lo novedoso es que su método de sanación se basa en el yoga con movimiento, y en ello radica la mayor protección inmunológica contra las enfermedades.
Con paciencia de docente, Ardiles dice que, de abajo hacia arriba, nuestros centros de energía a lo largo de nuestra columna reflejan nuestra energía vital, conectada tanto con la tierra como con el cielo.
Intestinos, hígado, bazo, páncreas, corazón, estómago, garganta, cerebro, todo queda abarcado en el trabajo energético a partir de los movimientos que el doctor Ardiles incorpora al yoga.
Durante más de 40 años, Ardiles viene enseñando que no tenemos un cuerpo, sino siete "interpenetrados" por materia, energía, emociones, afectos, intelecto, mente creativa y el cuerpo espiritual.
El movimiento que el doctor Ardiles propone para su yoga es diferente conforme cada chakra y no se priva de la palabra, vale decir, que también se puede cantar o gritar. Su terapéutica va de lo más simple a lo más excelso: la meditación.
El uso de las propias manos, tanto en los movimientos del yoga como en los masajes sobre los distintos centros de energía, son una enorme contribución. Incluso, la disposición de las manos en las distintas meditaciones, según la zona del cuerpo material que necesite ser insuflado de energía, también difieren.
¿A qué apunta esta terapéutica? A la recuperación de la confianza del paciente en sí mismo y en sus propias energías, previo aprendizaje de cómo conseguirla.
Se podría decir que lo que el doctor Ardiles ha conseguido es perfeccionar lo que antes se conocía como expresión corporal, que sólo apuntaba al bienestar físico.
Precisamente, la gimnasia rítmico expresiva que propone Ardiles restablece la energía de las personas y las equilibra emocional y energéticamente.
Nuestras corazas
Ardiles prefiere explicarse con un fragmento de su libro “La energía en mi cuerpo”, editado por Kier: “Somos seres que hemos alcanzado un elevado desarrollo de la emocionalidad, nos hemos arreglado para que cada minuto esté cargado de vivencias emocionales, desde los momentos sublimes del arte o la música hasta los programas más vulgares de la televisión. Ese es nuestro campo de batalla. Allí es donde se generan nuestras corazas, que hemos creado para defendernos y de las que nos hicimos esclavos”. Y el creador de esas corazas es nuestro intelecto.
Desmantelarlas es una tarea paciente y, sobre todo, consciente.
Ardiles ha muerto y resucitado, para decirlo sintéticamente. Durante una enfermedad contraída en la India quedó vulnerable del corazón y durante la operación a la que fue sometido sufrió dos paros cardíacos, pero su alma los vivenció con enorme calma desprendiéndose de su cuerpo, de lo que tiene memoria.
No por sencilla de explicar la terapia aplicada por el doctor Ardiles se comprende de primera mano. Tanto lo que emitimos como lo que recibimos es energía que nos influye. De allí que, muchas veces, la gimnasia yoga que se aplica está destinada a un solo centro de energía o a dos, pero no a los siete, ya que el tratamiento requiere continuidad.
Una de sus afirmaciones favoritas: “Mi cuerpo se relaja, mi mente se aquieta”.
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LIFE AND STYLE - How to shop organic - United Arab Emirates

 

With the availability of organic food on the rise and concerns over the dangers of pesticides, Andrea Anastasiou investigates the organic options and discovers how to go organic on a budget in the UAE

• By Andrea Anastasiou, Aquarius magazine
• Published: 14:05 August 6, 2012

 

• Image Credit: Getty Images
• "By turning organic, you avoid exposure to pesticides, get a great deal more essential minerals and can enjoy a safer, greener foods. You have to ask what price you put on your health."

If you are debating whether or not to make the switch from conventional food to organic, you are not alone. With the media increasingly reporting on the potential dangers of pesticides used on conventional crops and the still relatively unknown hazards of genetically modified foods, many people are opting for organic. The availability of organic food is on the rise, in the UAE and abroad, and the US Organic Trade Association’s 2011 Organic Industry Survey found that US sales of organic food and beverages grew from $1 billion in 1990 to $26.7 billion in 2010, demonstrating how consumers are increasingly turning organic. But why exactly is this happening?

 

The lowdown on organic

“Organic foods are produced using methods that do not involve synthetic inputs such as pesticides, chemical fertilisers or food additives,” explains Tori Leckie, PR manager for UAE-based company Ripe. “This not only makes organic much better for you, but also makes it taste much better, to. The difference in taste between, say, a Ripe tomato compared to the mass-grown non-organic supermarket variety is incredible.”

 

The main difference between organic and ‘conventional’ food is the way in which it is produced and processed. The use of chemical fertilisers is strictly forbidden in organic food and producers are more likely to rely on using biological diversity in the field to disrupt pests as opposed to using potentially harmful chemicals. So what does this mean for our health? It has been widely reported in the media that conventional ways of food production have potentially adverse health affects. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, some pesticides have been found to contain carcinogens, while others may affect the body’s endocrine or hormone system.

 

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“People are becoming increasingly aware of their diet and taking better care of themselves,” explains Tori. “By turning to organic, they avoid exposure to pesticides, get a great deal more essential minerals and can enjoy safer, greener foods. Many of the UAE’s top chefs are also turning organic now because they know first hand that the quality of their meals is only as good as the ingredients that create them.”

 

And for those not convinced that organic food is healthier, a brand-new study has found that when it comes to tomatoes, at least, it does pay to go the more pricey organic route. Researchers from the University of Barcelona have found the pesticide-free version of tomatoes contains higher levels of disease-fighting chemicals (polyphenols), which can halt the spread of certain cancers. Lead author Anna Vallverdú Queralt says: “Organic farming doesn’t use nitrogenous fertilisers; as a result, plants respond by activating their own defence mechanisms, increasing levels of all antioxidants.”
 

Savvy shoppers are also choosing to buy organic as a way of avoiding genetically modified foods. Products derived from genetically modified organisms (GMO) have caused a large amount of controversy since they were first introduced to the market in 1996, due to their potential environmental hazards and human health risks. “Choosing to use organic produce is down to two factors: health issues and taste,” says Sally Prosser, the name behind My Custard Pie (www.mycustardpie.com) –


a popular blog that was voted one of The Independent’s top-50 food websites and The National’s UAE’s best food blogs. “On the health front I am concerned that my family do not ingest agro-chemicals from fruit and vegetables, plus as GMO products are not labelled here in the UAE, I can be sure that I am not eating them by mistake.”

 

Sally was raised in a family where they grew most of their own vegetables, and was therefore aware of the issues involved with conventional food from an early age. “I started buying organic foods whenever I could but this hasn’t always been feasible. I wish I could have given my children organic milk when they were small but we lived in Saudi Arabia so it wasn’t possible. I have bought organic food when travelling abroad for as long as I can remember. I cooked my first free-range, organic roast chicken about ten years ago in the UK and the taste is still imprinted on my memory. Having children certainly focuses the mind around health issues,” observes Sally.

 

Worth the price tag?

One of the biggest concerns shoppers have when debating whether or not to make the switch to organic is the price tag that comes with it. Organic food typically costs 20 to 100 per cent more than conventional food, which is a significant amount of dirhams for those watching their monthly budgets. Some of the reasons why organic food is more expensive include the higher cost of fertiliser that is used, the high cost of covering the higher loss of crops, and better living conditions that are required for the rearing of organic livestock.

 

So, taking the higher cost of organic food into consideration, is it actually worth it? “You have to ask what price you put on your overall health, wellness and lifestyle,” answers Tori. “Sure you do sometimes pay more for organic but the product you are getting is far superior to its non-organic counterpart as is the quality and quantity of nutrients you will benefit from. With organic, you know what you are eating; you know it’s safe and natural. As organic becomes more and more mainstream, it no longer carries the high price tag of yesteryear. At Ripe we purposely strive to ensure our produce is affordable for all.”

 

Luckily, by adopting some budget-friendly tips when buying organic, you can vastly decrease the amount you spend, while still experiencing the benefits of eating more healthily. Sally suggests prioritising what you buy organically by choosing organic on foods that are normally highest in pesticides and going conventional on those with the lowest number. “Some fruit and vegetables retain more of a residue than others, for instance strawberries absorb them like a sponge,” says Sally.

The Environmental Working Group’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce* lists 15 ‘clean’ types of conventional produce that are the lowest in pesticides. These include onions, sweetcorn, pineapples, avocados, asparagus, peas, mangoes, eggplants, kiwis, cabbages, watermelons and sweet potatoes. On the other hand, the Dirty Dozen list cites apples, celery, strawberries, peaches and spinach as most ‘contaminated’ and so buying these foods organic is the best way to go if on a budget.

 

Tori also recommends eating seasonally, as this is always best value. “Also, avoid the costs of food miles by sourcing local organic foods, buy in bulk and flash-freeze to avoid wastage. Cook from scratch, as produce will go much further when you create your own meals. The Ripe website, www.ripeme.com, has a great recipe collection to get you going,” she says. Leckie further advises adding eggs and chicken to your must-buy organic list.

 

Abu Dhabi-based nutrition consultant Sarah Queen advises also investing in organic milk and yoghurt, although she admits it tends to come with a hefty price tag in the UAE. “We eat a lot of these products and non-organic milk contains antibiotics which are routinely given to cows to help with mastitis,” warns Sarah. “These antibiotics are then taken on board by our bodies, which can then affect the gut flora (the good and bad bacteria) and can subsequently lead to health problems.”

 

Getting started in the UAE

The availability of organic food in the UAE has increased over the last few years. Nils El Accad, founder of Organic Foods & Café, says: “Organic food is slowly becoming popular due to more products being available. The media has also played an important role, and global trends have further helped.”

From supermarkets such as Organic Foods & Café, which sells organic and biodynamic food, to the farmers’ markets now being held in Dubai, the range of choice is on the increase. Ripe is one of the latest additions to the scene; the company works with a handful of farms in the UAE, which have been chosen for their organic-farming techniques. It then sells the produce in the form of handy (and very well-priced) vegetable boxes. The company has also recently opened a Farm Shop, through which it sells organic produce.

“The choice we have now is incredible and it has happened in the last two years,” says Sally. “Yael’s [Yael Mejia – the founder of Baker and Spice] vision drove things forward, while Ripe’s growth shows that there is a huge demand, and I think they have been influential in letting farmers know what customers want. Who would have thought we’d have delicious, locally grown kale? Organic Foods & Café were the first in the market and are invaluable for ambient goods, although the mainstream supermarkets have also caught onto this for some lines. Prices have become keener with all this supply, but it would be great to see some more competition and a wider choice of meat products,” she adds.

It is understandable to feel overwhelmed by the information out there regarding organic food, but Organic Foods & Café has a free on-site nutritionist who can help. “We wanted to be able to give customers who are new to organic a free on-site resource to help them make informed decisions when shopping. When you eat organic it is important to understand what a balanced diet is and why it’s important,” says Nils.

 

He adds that customers who use the service can expect to discuss their diet and concerns with the nutritionist, who will then recommend certain food groups which may be missing and take the customer around the store, like a personal shopper. The nutritionist is available in all of the supermarket’s branches.

 

Organic food stores in the UAE:

1. The Organic Foods & Café The perfect place to visit if you are looking for somewhere healthy to eat, it offers everything from coffee and cakes, to organic cheeseburgers. They have cafés within their retail stores in both The Dubai Mall and The Greens. For more information visit www.organicfoodsandcafe.com.

2. Ripe Farm Shop
This is the latest addition to the organic-food scene. Located off street 8a, Umm Suqeim 2 in Dubai, the store stocks organic locally grown vegetables, as well as dairy, meat and bread. Ripe also runs a Ripe Food & Craft market at Jones the Grocer’s
Al Raha Gardens, Abu Dhabi outlet, every Thursday, 3-7pm. For more information visit
www.ripeme.com.

3. Baker & Spice This Dubai Malldeli uses fresh locally grown and mainly organic ingredients in all its recipes. It has branches in Souq Al Bahar, Dukkan Al Manzil and Marina Promenade. Visit www.bakerandspiceme.com for more details.

4. Scrumptious cupcakes They make delicious cupcakes from organic free-range eggs, real butter and Swiss chocolate. See www.scrumptiousdubai.com.

5. The Farm This ‘destination’ restaurant off Emirates Road, sources fresh produce from local farms. See www.thefarmdubai.com for details.

6. Slices This is an all-organic food station in Abu Dhabi, offering wholesome dishes. Ground floor of
Al Mamoura Building B. www.slices.ae.
 

DID YOU KNOW…?
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) suggests you can lower your pesticide intake substantially by avoiding the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating the least contaminated produce. The Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides produce a wallet-sized list, which can be downloaded at www.foodnews.org. Though the list was compiled in the US, it’s also relevant for use here.
 

WHAT TO BUY ORGANIC

Apples
Celery
Strawberries
Peaches
Spinach
Peppers
Yoghurt
Milk
Chicken
Eggs

BEST NON-ORGANIC CHOICES

Onions
Sweetcorn
Pineapples
Avocado
Asparagus
Peas
Mangoes
Eggplant
Kiwi
Cabbage

*For the full list and further details visit www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary

LIFE AND HEALTH - Ways to feel less stressed each day - INDIA

Read on to find out how you can get more out of each day...

 

Get rid of the clutter
Are you surrounded by too many things in a not-so-very big space? Having too much stuff can leave you feeling overwhelmed and bog you down, eventually leading to stress. Living in constantly messy surroundings brings on unwanted anxiety. Therefore, experts say you need to de-clutter to de-stress. Don't start by wanting to clear up everything at once. That will only stress you out further. Begin with a small space and gradually move to bigger things. A space that is uncluttered can feel satisfying and soothing.

Do the housework
While this might seem like a mundane, everyday chore, try to do things a bit differently. Put on your favourite music or TV show in the background, make a list of all that needs to be done, and get down to work. Not only will you burn calories and get your work down, you won't be tired and stressed out at the end of it.

Drink juices
Researchers say that the vitamin C present in orange juice can actually help you manage stress better because it lowers levels of stress hormones like cortisol. Remember that vitamin C-rich foods such as orange juice, grapefruit juice, strawberries, or sweet red peppers boost your immune system.

Sing out loud
When was the last time you sang loudly to your heart's content? Turn up the radio and start singing. No matter how bad you think you are, studies show that singing can actually make you feel happier and feel less stressed. Singing also benefits your breathing, heart and immune system.

Breathe deeply
Invest in some lavender or rosemary scents and take a deep whiff — it will instantly put you in a more relaxed state and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. If you prefer not to use scents, practice the act of deep breathing regularly. This sends oxygen surging through your bloodstream, helping to calm down and beat stress. Try yoga and its various breathing techniques to help you with this.

Have some sex
If you're using stress as an excuse to abstain from sex, think again. Having sex is actually a great way to ease stress because it lowers blood pressure, boosts self-esteem as well as increases feelings of intimacy with your partner. It also helps you sleep better.

NATURE - Lancaster University compiling best Aurora Borealis sites - SCOTLAND

20 August 2012 Last updated at 23:46 GMT

Displays of the Aurora Borealis have been seen already this year

Space physicists are putting together a list of the best places in the UK where people could photograph the Aurora Borealis.

Lancaster University's AuroraWatch team has sought information on where shots of the Northern Lights could be framed in interesting landscapes.
Space scientist Dr Jim Wild said the plan was to eventually create a map to help guide people to the locations.
He said now was a good time for people to see the aurora.
Dr Wild said: "To see the aurora from the UK you really need the sun to be quite active and that comes in waves and cycles with about an 11 year period to it.
"At the moment we are about at the maximum of solar activity for this decade, or so.

"So the sun is doing its bit. We just need things to be right in space to create the aurora and have clear skies. Sometimes that can be a bit challenging.

AuoraWatch was set up about 10 years ago.
The project draws on data gathered by scientific instruments in Iceland, Greenland, Russia and northern Scandinavia studying variations in the earth's magnetic field.
Followers of the AuroraWatch Facebook and Twitter accounts receive real-time alerts to when conditions in space are likely to result in the Northern Lights.
The scheme's scientists thought it would be a good idea to not only give a heads up to when conditions were right, but to also point people in the direction of the best places to see the displays.
Dr Wild said: "Already we have had suggestions of regions and also specific car parks in remote country locations, harbour walls, village pubs and cafes."

People have started to get in touch with suggestions of where to photograph the aurora

People who wish to add suggestions can post them on the AuroraWatch Facebook page.
Earlier this year, the chances of seeing the aurora over Scotland were heightened when the earth was battered by a storm of charged particles from the sun.
The storm - the largest in five years - bombarded the earth's magnetic field.
In January, the Northern Lights were observed across Scotland.
The aurora were seen over Shetland, Western Isles, Aberdeenshire, down to the Scottish Borders.
Aberdeen's associations with the aurora are celebrated in the local song, The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen
In the past, the city's tourist information staff have been asked when the "lights were turned on" by visitors unclear what causes the displays.

ENVIRONMENT / LIFE - One cool dude: How Parker Liautaud aims to save the world, one polar expedition at a time

 

It’s sunny California, but 17-year-old Parker Liautaud is in furs, preparing to make his fourth polar expedition. As Guy Adams discovers, he’s driven both by concern for our planet and the hubris of youth

 

There are things that you expect to see etched into the face of every polar explorer: grizzle; broken veins; the indelible scars of a few nasty battles with frostbite. Parker Liautaud has yet to accrue a single one of these. The most exotic adornment to his adolescent chin is a faint covering of bum fluff.

Appearances can be deceptive, though. At 17, Parker is already a veteran of three serious polar expeditions. In 2009, aged 14, he visited Antarctica with the explorer Robert Swan. In 2010, just before his GCSEs, he narrowly failed

to become the youngest-ever person to reach the North Pole. And in 2011, he went back for a second shot – arriving at the end of the Earth to the cheers of a helicopter-full of champagne-glugging day-trippers.
We meet amid the hustle, bustle and medical-marijuana stores of Venice Beach. Parker, who recently completed his A-levels, is in California preparing for his fourth and most ambitious journey yet. In December, he's due to begin an epic attempt to become the youngest person to trek to the South Pole, hauling a 250-pound sled across 550 miles of ice sheet. If successful, the trip will cement his status as the most precocious teenage adventurer since the invention of thermal long johns.
After that, while most of his buddies are embarking on gap years, this still-gangly teenager will pursue what amounts to his other great mission in life: saving the planet. Liautaud doesn't just explore frozen wastelands for the sake of it. Instead, as a first-hand witness to the ongoing melting of the world's ice-caps, he designs his adventures to serve a purpose: raising awareness of climate change among his young peers.

To that end, official PR bumpf dubs him: ;campaigner, global policy leader, public speaker, environmental journalist, [and] polar explorer'. Parker describes his priorities in life by saying: "I want to help people understand that we don't have any time left. That we are in a critical few years, with climate change, where the world needs to get past political obstacles, and start to do something substantial to change the course that we're on."
Liautaud is already spreading that word. In the past two years, he has been profiled by Vanity Fair and the New York Times. He's sat on panels with Bob Geldof and Kofi Annan at conferences of One Young World, a sort of Davos summit for the under-25s. He's delivered a million-strong petition to David Cameron at 10 Downing Street, and acquired almost 30,000 Twitter followers. Later this month, he will deliver a speech to pointy-headed fans of the über-prestigious, idea-spreading body, TED.
Are you keeping up? Good. It's also worth mentioning that Parker Liautaud happens to be a very nice young man, with impeccable manners and that quiet sense of self-confidence which is common among the products of blue-chip boarding schools (he spent the past five years at Eton). Born in California, to American and French parents, he and his four siblings spent their formative years in the UK, after their father, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist called Bernard, decided that the family might benefit from a stint in London.
Until 13, Parker was an ordinary kid. That changed after he met Robert Swan, through a mutual friend. They began an e-mail correspondence which escalated into a friendship that eventually saw the then 14-year-old invited to join a trip to the Antarctic. He said yes almost instantly. Friends and family, to whom he'd thus far shown he had no particular interest in outdoor pursuits, particularly polar ones, were perplexed – to say the least.
"I was the second-choice goalkeeper for the third-lowest football team in school. So the prospect of me hauling a sled across miles of snow was kind of a farce, and I was really not taken seriously," he recalls.f "The attitude from people at school was 'You're not going to raise the money and you're not going to get physically fit enough to do it'." He ate lots of chicken, spent a long time in the gym, and proved them wrong.
The following year, Liautaud cooked up a more ambitious plan: to become the youngest-ever person to trek to the North Pole. He found a new accomplice, the veteran explorer Doug Stoup, and through a mixture of charm and luck persuaded General Electric to underwrite the roughly $150,000 (£96,600) cost of the record attempt. Dame Vivienne Westwood designed the Union Jack that he was to raise at his destination, and a small army of news reporters interviewed him in the run-up to the trip.
Then disaster struck. The early months of 2010, when the duo set out, were among the warmest on record, hitting two degrees celcius (the average for that time of year is around -25C). The Pole, which is essentially a GPS location on a constantly-moving collection of ice sheets, became virtually inaccessible, surrounded by patches of uncovered ocean. A trip which had intended to raise awareness of melting ice caps had been thwarted. By melting ice caps.
"The way the ice drifted was devastating," he says of the doomed, 70-mile trek. "We would get up, battle through these difficult conditions for 15 hours, then wake up the next morning and find that we were further away from the Pole than we'd started the previous morning. It was a slap in the face." After 14 days trying, and with rations running low, they abandoned ship.
Liautaud came home, sat his GCSEs, notching-up 11 A* grades, and decided to try again. He raised another six-figure sum, badgering charitable foundations and corporate sponsors into underwriting a new expedition, and set off in spring 2011. Conditions were cold but perfect, and he and Stoup reached the Pole in a jiffy.

"By complete coincidence, we arrived at the moment when a helicopter landed to drop off a group of tourists who'd paid to spend 10 minutes there," he recalls. "Explorers call them 'champagners'. Anyway, it was all a little weird, because 30 people were standing there. It felt like I had just finished a cross-country ski race, or something." He promptly 'checked in' to the North Pole on the social media site, Foursquare. At the time, that was also a first.
While it didn't make him the youngest North-Poler, the success gave Liautaud a platform to continue advocacy against climate change, through both his campaigning website, The Last Degree, and work with pressure groups such as 350.org. His pitch is that it's his generation, rather than the one that today's world leaders belong to, that must push hardest for cuts in carbon emissions. They are the ones with the most at stake.
"I'm nearly 18 years old," he says. "The changes scientists were predicting when I was a child are already happening today. And in my adult lifetime, it's going to get worse." Scientific opinion regarding the existence and scale of the problem is pretty much settled, he argues, adding that the portion of the public which still doubts the reality of man-made climate change – and remains hostile to legislation that might solve it – is largely ill-informed, although "that isn't necessarily their fault".
Liautaud's advocacy work has duly made him enemies. When Anthony Watts, a prominent climate change sceptic, wrote a scathing blog entry criticising one of his polar expeditions, Liautaud was dubbed a "joke", a "twerp" and a "silly little clown" by commenters. One reader described his expedition a "stunt" and said that sending him on it was "the environmentalist version of making your kid a suicide bomber".
In 2010, The Daily Beast, Newsweek's sister internet site, ran an article critical of Parker's parents for letting him explore the Arctic. "It basically said they should be shot for letting me go on the expedition," he says. "Mum and Dad told me they thought it was funny. But I know they felt differently. And I was very upset about that."
Critics have also knocked his Etonian background, and characterised him as a spoilt rich boy, going to the poles "on Daddy's dime". He vigorously disputes that. "I live very comfortably, and I've been very lucky, but it's simply not true," he counters. "From the start, my parents have never paid for any of my trips. I decided from the start that I wanted to raise all the money for every expedition I went on, on my own."
Still more have remarked that, given his globe-trotting lifestyle, Parker should practise a little more of what he preaches. After all, a polar expedition produces plenty of carbon emissions. In response, Parker declares that all his emissions are "triple offset". And he denies any hypocrisy: "I don't actually want people to live with less or travel less or turn off their lights. Because the truth is that the world has never stood for a decrease in development. We've never gone backwards and we are not going to."
Instead, he argues: "The way to do something about climate change is to actually look at the fundamental source of the energy we're using and change that. The only reason fossil fuels are now cheaper than renewables is the amount of investment that goes into making prices lower."
Liautaud's high-profile polar trips are shaping this debate in other ways. As a future scientist (he's off to Yale in September), Parker has contributed to research projects carried out by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the University of Alberta. During his coming South Pole trip, he'll set up two stations to record weather data in the Antarctic.
It sounds like an an exhausting life, fraught with hostility. But Liautaud seems to relish the fight. When you've hauled a sled across hundreds of miles of frozen tundra, lived off freeze-dried food for weeks, and learnt how to ward off a hostile polar bear, attempting to save Planet Earth is all in a day's work.

LIFE / INDIA - PLEASE...Give 10 minutes...

PLEASE...Give 10 minutes...

 

..... to your self.

 Remove your self from the distractions of every day life, friends, family, telephones, computers, etc - and spend 10 minutes with JUST YOU - walking, sitting in silence, contemplation or self observation. Whenever someone tells me that the chaos in their life has overwhelmed them, this kind of inwardly focused alone time is usually absent.

 To instantly calm the chaos of ones life, take at least 10 minutes of time to be alone - to disconnect from the outer world and dive inwardly into the real - to observe your self, the "I" the mind imagines itself to be.
A musician knows that silence is the source from which all sound arises, and to which it returns.

From this silence, they observe the musical sounds that are created against the background of silence they are aware of. If one is to truly investigate ones self, or "I", we must make time to dwell as the silent background in which it arises.

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