A celebration of peace harmonizes responsibilities, values and principles...
The greater scope of:
Longevity, Vitality, Mentality, Intellectuality and Spirituality
beginning with the end, and process, in mind is beneficent
Happy, Healthy, Powerful, Wealthy and Wise
Healthy
Longevity:
Biologically
Proficient Physical Body is sleek svelte / skinny strong
sustained by
natural whole plants, without transfatty (animal products), without hydrogenated (solid oils found in processed foods) and without fried foods (carcinogenic) portion control (mithara) ~ eating less is best; a person can go 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, 3 minutes without air and 264 hours (nearly 12 days) without sleep.
“I have no doubt that it is part of the destiny of the human race in it’s gradual improvement, to leave off eating animals” - Henry David Thoreau
Enhanced / optimized by
postural awareness which is firm (bandha) and comfortable/kinetically-aligned/stacked; move-holds (asana), movement-flows (vinyasa) and moving-quick (kriya);
anamayakosha.
Research: “Exercise tends to satieties…improving sensitivity to satiety signals”, Subcontinent Indian study found light & heavily active peoples maintained body weight, whereas “sedentary dysregulates appetite”-Dr. Layne Norton on Rich Roll Podcast, ‘Exercise and Appetite Regulation’. “homeostatic hunger”, without “hedonic hunger”; “self-kindness (care)” without “self-indulgence” - Dr. Jud Brewer. Wants and desires fulfill needs (Addiction, Tara Brach) helpful to try & can!
Whole Plant Food, batching, whole grains endure endeavoring, fruit is nature’s candy, without lectins by cooking complete plant protein (edamame, quinoa, pulses including beans & grains) in a 4:1 pulse whole grain ratio when boiled is better than baked and never fried because oil becomes carcinogenic add water helpful to hydration, having lipid content by sparingly, a portion is the size of your thumb, sprinkling food with seeds, without transfats, and without meat, ecocentricity choosing Omega 6 and more rarely found Omega 3s by eating ground-flax, with bioavailability and chia which become eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) & docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and nuts benefitting brain functions thinking pineal (pine nut) gland looks similar to an almond & the cerebral cortex looks similar to a walnut as well as cashews looking similar to… anterior hippocampus cashew nut & cavern called the … similar in shape to a brazil nut etc. noticing/observing effects self-study (santosha) before and upon digesting Intermittent fasting, including sleep hours, 10-16 hours depending on activities/metabolism/intensities providing cellular clean-up (effageous effects).; red Coccygeal Plexus (Muladhara Chakra) Center: Standing; Standing long stretch onto balls of feet reaching arms up & behind ears as able lengthening the entire body (Raja Tadasana). Pelvic anterior and posterior tilts tucking and lifting the tailbone (coccyx), rolling the pelvis in a circle clockwise and counterclockwise in the transverse plane parallel to the ground as well as figure eight patterns one way and the other with arms moving in the same direction as pelvis and opposite. Pelvic Circles & Figure Eights in coronal/frontal plane perpendicular to the ground as if between two walls. Sagittal plane Pelvic Circles and Figure-eights tailbone lifts up-back/anterior-pelvic-tilt and tucks around down forward/posterior pelvic tilt, change directions adding figure eights by lifting/anterior pelvic tilt & tucking/posterior pelvic tilt to & from Center/Neutral/Kinetic alignment. Multiplanar pelvic figure eights w/arms in same direction and opposite beginning clockwise and practicing counter clockwise. Supine:
Movement Meditation: [HandsFeet-ExtendLegs(Apanasana-SuptaDandasana), squeezing abdominals, pressing posterior pelvic bones (ilium) towards the ground; supine crow squeezing abdominals strong, lifting shoulder carriage, gazing (drishti) towards tailbone (coccyx); supine crane~squeezing abdominals, lifting shoulder carriage & sit bones towards one another, drishti towards coccyx]
2.) Fresh Water; orange sacral Plexus (Svadishtahana Chakra) Standing Practice: Swoop; Wide leg stance, hands/wrists outstretched in alignment with ankles/feet into moonsquating by bending elbows & knees, sunsquating by lengthening arms out to the sides and squating arms towards knees, Abundance gather & toss by squating while swooping one arm over the other gathering near the ground, circular arm motion & tossing towards the sky, switching arm position and repeating on the other side (ROS)/other arm in front, Elephant Trunks by interlacing fingers w/straight arms swinging from side to side while lunging & swooping interlaced arms up from one side in lunge to straight legs & arms overhead, checking bandhas, swooping arms to ROS, keeping straight arms interlaced fingers to the side in side leg-lunge, arms swooping near ground to other side with other leg lunge and back to center wide leg squat, Geizer arms up with clapped hands together from the center to straight arms and legs overhead, to arms patting down at sides with “swooshing” breath. Supine (Supta): Wide/Abducted-legs-bent/flexed-knees (Baddha-konasana) to Abduct/wide straight-legs/extended-knees ((Prasarita)Konasana) & holding (asana), flowing (vinyasa), quick (kriya) move(s)
3.) Physical Activity (PA): yellow solar plexus (Manipura Chakra) Cycle (Rotation); Standing (Tadasana), Mid & Full Squats (Utkatasana & Malasana), Twisting Mid-Squat (Parvritta Utkatasana), ROS. Extended One leg Mid & or Full Squat (Utthita Ekapada Utkatasana & Extended One Leg (Utthita Eka Pada Malasana), ROS. Extended straight-leg flexion, rotation, extensions in Mid-squat (Utkatasana) & or full squat (Malasana), ROS. Standing with extended leg flexion, rotation & extension, ROS. Holding in extension (Digasana) with lung down & up, ROS. Supine: Supine Twist (Parvritta Jatharasana/Parvritta Jathara Padasana) & or SeaHorse (Baddha Parvritta Jatharapadasana), ROS.
4.) Fresh air; green cardiac-pulmonary plexus (anahata chakra) Standing: Flow (Vinyasa) Salute & or Pose (Asana) lunge (unjaneyasana), hands together stretching/extending overhead coming together (elbow flexion) at chest/heart/sternum center open torso, elbow @ inner leg, placing lower arm underneath the upper leg, elbow below the leg & upper arm moves back/behind/posterior the waist, binding hands towards one another gazing (drishti) forward & back as able with ejd bandha holding firm during asana as the kinesis of the chinook is perpendicular to the neck, ears aligning with shoulders while lengthening the neck, head held (asana) comfortably. ROS (See Sutra II.48). Twisting lunge (Parvritta Unjaneyasana) twisting torso, elbow @ or below outer leg armpit hnear upper leg, placing lower arm underneath the outer upper leg, bending the arm up towards the waist & upper arm over the the small back (lumbar spine), binding hands towards one another gazing forward & back as able, ROS. Inverted: Backside cardiac-pulmonary plexus (Anahata chakra) systematic resting processes Ball (Balasana) which is contraindicated to recent cardiac surgery patients. Prone: UpBow (UrdhvaDhanurasana). Kneeling/Sitting: Camel (Ustrasana). Supine: Bridge Rolls (SetuBandhasana), WildThing (…), Bow (Dhanurasana).
“Prescribing medications was a dead end”, “clogged arteries cause heart attacks”, “Harvard-Backed Exercise Assessment” indicating heart disease risk.
Coronary Artery Disease: Chest pains, shortness of breath, left shoulder pain, pain in your jaw, heartburn, stomach pain, back pain, sexual dysfunction, heart attack from fatty deposits (plaque) build up & oxygen starved cells begin to die
Abdominally stored fat puts pressure on the heart and other internal organ
Keto: 25 g. Of carbs/day; fiber needed from apples, red potatoes etc.
Long distance running creates stress
High in fiber equals a heart healthy food reversing heart disease in as little as 2 weeks
Assessment: As many Push-ups as possible in 1 min. Followed fire-crew personnel for 10 years finding people able to do 4o or more push-ups had 96% less chance. Optionally how long does it take to do 40.
Johns Hopkins Medical School research states, wholesome, without inflammation is wellness (anamayakosha)
5.) Nature sounds; blue brachial-pharyngeal plexus (Vissudha chakra); Standing: Shoulder Shrugs; lifting shoulders up near ears and stretching down towards feet. Shoulder hugs~…Shoulder/neck rolls; rolling shoulders up, back, down & around; Supine: Fish (Matsyasana) Rolls;
6.) Sunshine/Vitamin D (15 minutes daily more in the winter); purple/indigo cavernous-cerebral plexus (Ajna chakra). Melan-opsim-retinol-ganglia-cells when sunlight creates beneficial effects mainly Vita D - Huberman on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on YouTube Huberman Demonstrates The Best Breathing Technique For Stress Relief (June 2024).
Centering: Eye yoga; eyes into the corners of the corneas, without blind spots, able to see behind.
Standing: headstand (Shalambasana) Inverted: Headstand (Shalabasana) Prone: Kneeling/Sitting: Supine:
“The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.” - Henry David Thoreau
7.) Shade/Rest & meditation; white/clear coronal plexus; Relax: Shavasana:
8.) Sleep-well & awaken with ease (sukha); black rotors-disc above; revolve-twist; Standing: BackArching Supine:
9.) Time-offline; gold hover-orb beyond; inversions; Standing: Handstand (AdhoMukhaVrksasana) Hover: Crow (Cakrasana), Crane (Bakasana), Firefly (Tittibasana)
10.) Stretch; silver/metallic strands-connect; full-chain; Standing: Pyramid (Parsvattanasana)
11.) Stabilize; pink helpful hands-feet; foot & hand balances; Standing: OneLegLiftBentKnee/Tree (Vrksasana), Quad-stretch/Dancer (Natrajasana), OneLegCrossSquat/Eagle(Garudasana)
12.) Strengthen; beautiful brown gravitational-ground; relaxation/shavasana & begin-again; Standing: Explorer (Virabhadrasana) perfecting peace Sequence. Virabhadrasana emerges from underground with arms up overhead spiking through the Earth’s crust in a formidable stance of strength with the torso’s sternum center aligning with the front knee in the transverse plane, lifting out of the ground by opening arms parallel to the ground as pelvis also opens into the coronal/frontal plane, aligning with the strong wide leg lunging stance, reversing peacefully by lifting the front arm up and back arm back and or down, gazing towards the sky/heavens above praying for a life without a “glass ceiling” (usually professional barriers to advancement or achievements), lifting in greater amounts of strength onto one leg finding direction (digasana) and becoming a compass as the lifted leg rises pointing (plantar flexing) overhead as the torso flexes towards the stabilizing leg in inverted standing splits (hanumanasana) known as direction pose or sundial (Surya-yantrasana) guiding practitioners towards True-self-arising while lowering; imagining virabhadrasana as a consort to hypermobility, stability & hypertrophy (durga)
Vitality:
Environmentally powerful, without smoking, Subtle Emotional Energy protects (Prana-mayakosha) and is protected by feelings
Sustained by oxygen enhanced / optimized by breath (pranayama)
Taking care of the exhalation takes care of the inhalation, expectorating CO2. Normal breaths according to the Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) Outdoor Guide states that normal breaths occur in a 3:1 ratio, therefore elongating the exhalation for parasympathetic relaxation breaths may occur in a 4:1 ratio by exhaling four counts and inhaling one count
Bodily process breaths & digestion (apana); 4:1 ratio; excretion breaths
2.) Ever present (viyana); 8:2 ratio; pelvic floor contraction breaths
3.) core sustaining (sanyana) breaths; 3-4:1 ratio = 12:3 counts/seconds; core work (bhastrika) breaths, forceful exhalations while squeezing/contracting abdominals
4.) Oxygen in from the environment (prana); inhale 4 sec. Or counts exhale 16 counts; alternate nostril breaths (nadi shodhana), four part breath filling lower appendicular skeleton, lower axial skeleton, upper appendicular skeleton & upper axial skeleton the skull
5.) Nose only (yoga) breaths naturally filter the air we breathe; exhale 15-20 counts inhale for 5 counts; guttural throat breaths are literally translated as victorious (ujjayi) breaths (pranayama)
“Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything” ~ Nellie Blye
6.) Mindful processes & appendages (udana) to the tips of the toes, fingers & top of the head breath (pranayama); exhale 18-24 counts inhale 6 counts; skull cleansing (khapal-bhati) by holding all bandhas strongly allowing breaths through skull only
7.) Inhale 7 with 21-28 count exhalation
“Take time to meditate it is the source of power (prana)” ~ adopted from an old Irish prayer (n.d.)
8.) Inhale 8 counts, exhaling 24-32 counts
9.) Exhale 27-36 counts, inhale 9 counts
10.) Exhale 30-40, inhale 10
11.) Exhale 33-44, inhale 11
12.) Exhale 36-48, inhale 12
Mentality:
Psychologically wealthy, without paranoia/illusion,
Mindful/thoughtful Mature Mind protects (Mana-mayakosha) and is protected by the right to listen and speak/presenting (nam)
Sustained by
thoughts, theories, experiments, observations
enhanced / optimized by
sensory withdrawal/counterintuitive-relaxation/holding- tension (pratyahara) benefitting peace of mind (dhyana)
Rights to:
1.) Have, without judgements, accept (treasure, success, cherish, money, save, invest, abundance, gross worth, net worth, collect & gather, nurture & grow, replace & restock, reap & sow, as well as restore)
2.) feel, without aggression, subtlety
3.) (physical) activity ((P)A), without comparisons, intrinsic
4.) love & be loved; without offensiveness, without defensiveness, without taking anything personally, without taking anything for granted~without the four horses of the apocalypse; equanimity
“Be not to…”, by loving with equanimity for:
if you be too wise, one will expect too much of you; If you be too foolish, you will be deceived; if you be too conceited, you will be thought vexatious; if you be too humble, you will be without honor; if you be too talkative, you will not be heeded; if you be too silent, you will not be regarded; if you be too hard, you will be broken; if you be too feeble, you will be crushed - Cormac Page 209
5.) listen & speak; without anger, without sarcastic-cynicism, without contradictions, without projections; impeccable with words, integrity: Correlating to Mentality, Psychologically a thoughtful mature mind is wealthy sharing hers/his/their own story, not someone else's, and when cares for another shares and asks directly: Nonviolent communication, a language of life (‘noticing/observing, feeling, valuing & requesting’) ~ Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD.
6.) think & know; without-assumptions (without-projecting, without-contradicting; clarity
7.) stillness and being; without blame, without prejudice; transcendence
8.) the right to: (thoughtful) privacy; (mature(ly)), without pervading; (mind(fully)) reflective (of plans) / reusing plans / / present moment
9.) the right to: intimacy/optimacy; maturity refurbish; mindfully schedule (present moment instances)
10.) ultimacy; repair & replace; connect (to people @ places)
11.) efficacy/advocacy; resale & retail, restore & restock; participate
12.) agency; restore; begin again
Intellectuality:
Sociologically wise, without ignorance/pandemics, Intuitive, Intelligent, Intellect protects (Vijnanamaya-kosha) and is protected by intentional/goal-oriented (sankalpa) living. Knowing to know (vidya) by loving to learn understanding there is more to know about the truth (vidya) of international populations attentively (dharana) attained for meta-analysis found by athletes “in the zone”, within families and friend groups, expanding as livelihood networks for the greater good in Blue Zones noticed around the world in fields of work and places of worship, helpfully benefitting spiritual growth
Sustained by
Goals, intentions (sankalpa)
enhanced / optimized by
attention (dharana) to details research / meta-analysis; flow
Inherent worth & dignity of every person place thing & sentient being
2.) equity in relations(hips) (gifting, togetherness, acts of kindness (service), touch, talk & texts, timeliness, intentions)
3.) spiritual growth; without egocentric, ecocentric
Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humbly what you aspire to be. ~ Henry David Thoreau
4.) free & responsible [civil (yama), polite (niyama), po(i)se (asana), breath (pranayama), hold-tension (pratyahara), attention (dharana), meditation (dhyana), living-meditation (samadhi)] ways of understanding without vigilantism; lovingly responsible as my own vigilante
If I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? ~ Henry David Thoreau
5.) compassionately communicative; progressive communication, cooperation, collaboration - Nonviolent communication, a language of life, ‘noticing/onserving, feeling, valuing & requesting’. - Marshall B. Rosenberg, PhD.
6.) systematic processes; top down ~ neurological, bottom up ~ instinctual & spiraling around ~ evolutionary lengthening of DNA telomeres; goal oriented intentions (sankalpa)
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals” - Henry David Thoreau
7.) peace
8.) justice; working for world peace
9.) liberty; freedom from contraindications (https://open.spotify.com/track/6RB9YvNyP0RZfCUcMtZELH?si=TjvG1QpMQdGuK7DPXGdKYw&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1DXdTBzNcDowKf Freedom by Pharrell Williams)
10.) respect
11.) interconnected
12) existence
When I consider that the nobler animal have been exterminated here - the cougar, the panther, lynx, wolverine, wolf, bear, moose, dear, the beaver, the turkey and so forth and so forth, I cannot but feel as if I lived in a tamed and, as it were, emasculated country... Is it not a maimed and imperfect nature I am conversing with? As if I were to study a tribe of Indians that had lost all it's warriors...I take infinite pains to know all the phenomena of the spring, for instance, thinking that I have here the entire poem, and then, to my chagrin, I hear that it is but an imperfect copy that I possess and have read, that my ancestors have torn out many of the first leaves and grandest passages, and mutilated it in many places. I should not like to think that some demigod had come before me and picked out some of the best of the stars. I wish to know an entire heaven and an entire earth. ~ Henry David Thoreau, The Journal, 1837-1861; Tags: animals, conservation, earth, nature,woods
Spirituality:
Philosophically and or Theologically Happy, without war/damnation, Beloved/Blessed, Blissful Spirit protects (anandamayakosha) and is protected by peace (shanti).
Sustained by prayer enhanced / optimized by meditation (dhyana); “evidence based faith; take the 1st step - neuroscientist Dr. Judd; “Notice the effects”-Guru SwameeSriJayaKumar; “Notice the benefits”-YT(T)
An affirmation (mantra) beneficial to sustaining the peace of meditation (dhyana) was the Living-meditation (samadhi) of Mother Theresa, the heroin of Yoga’s, “Anyway” movement. A posting in the deceased’s Ashram where she cared for the infirm in Calcutta India states, "If there is unreasonable self-centeredness, forgive anyway. If there are accusations of ulterior motives, be kind anyway. If there is cheating, be honest anyway. If the good done is forgotten, do good anyway. If the best you have isn’t enough, give your best anyway. For you see it is between you and God / The Universe And Everything. It is (k)not about that anyway." The posting is indicative of the first two Enhancements (Aztanga) of an ethical-atmosphere (Yamas) and polite-lifestyle (Niyamas) sustained by social and personal relationships for a full-circle or rather an infinity loop of realizations towards Vidya (Truth, God, Perfection, Awareness)!
1.) Civil-ethics (Yamas) sustained by social relationships supported by safe rules; Without harm; share the joy; having ahimsa: United (Yoga) your resolve, United (Yoga) your hearts, may your spirits be at one (yoga), that you may long together dwell in unity (yoga) & concord ~ Rig Veda (the final mantra) (P. 248) See also pages 22 & 23. Second Source, Hymn 10: 191. Agni “4. One and the same by your resolve, and be your minds of one accord. / United be the thoughts of all that all may happily agree.” - The Vedas translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith
2.) Polite-lifestyle (Niyamas) sustained by personal relationships supported by healthy habits (hutu); belovedly, feeling of the faith (ishvarahpranidhana). Blissfully, rejoicing in joy (ananda). Spirit of sentience (swadhisthana chakra) @ pelvic-floor/perineum pulsations/contractions (vajroli):
Some rhythms must remain unbroken, like a dancer in an arabesque some women can not carry a child in their arms, some come to salvation drawn by the hands of small children, some can only make their leaps, alone. ~ Mary Mackey P. 168
3.) Believe in yourself, therefore believe in anyone else and everyone else; being the inspiration (astikya):
I have no parents, I make heaven & Earth my parents. I have no home, I make awareness my home. I have no life & death, I make the tides of breathing my life & death. I have no divine powers, I make honesty (satya) my divine power. I have no means, I make understanding (Anahata) my means. I have no secrets, I make character my secret. I have no body, I make endurance my body. I have no eyes, I make the flash of lightening my eyes. I have no ears, I make sensibility my ears. I have no limbs, I make promptness my limbs. (I have no beauty, I make nature my beauty.) I have no miracles, I make right action my miracle. I have no principles, I make adaptability to all circumstances my principle (“…no rule of thumb”-IAYT Journal editor). I have no tactics, I make emptiness & fullness my tactics. I have no talent, I make ready wit my talent. I have no friends, I make my mind my friend. I have no enemy, I make carelessness my enemy. I have no armor, I make benevolence & righteousness my armor. I have no castle, I make immovable mind my castle. I have no sword (ego), I make absence of self my sword (ecocentricity) ~ Samurai Song (fifteenth century) P. 32
4.) Attitude of gratitude; thankful to lead and follow the heart; soul searching for True-self-arising (Atman, Parusha): Praise to the Breath (pranayama) of Life! He rules the world, master of all things, on which all things are based. Praise Breath of Life, to your uproar! Praise to your thunder! Praise to your lightening! Praise, breath of life for your rain! When Breath of Life with his thunder rolls over the plants, then pregnant with pollen, The flowers burst forth in abundance. When Breath of Life the broad Earth with rain bedews, the cattle exalt: “We shall have plenty” they say. The plants converse with this Breath, drenched by his moisture: “Our life is prolonged for you have made us all fragrant.” Breath of life do not forsake me. You are, indeed, I. Like the Embryo of the Waters I bind you to me that I may live! Atharva Veda XI, 4 (P. 402)
5.) Letting laughter (boga)
The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. The habit forms character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, and let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings ~ The Buddha (P. 13)
“St. Jude.. the Patron Saint of the Hopeless” Origin Story of a Hospital in Memphis - a black boy was in a bicycle accident and was turned away by two hospitals, therefore no one will ever be turned away due to race, creed or color. Mother in a wheel chair & Lebanese Father helped build a shrine when a prayer answered to St. Jude. Comedy made from absurdity. Master’s in Film UVA with “You should be a lawyer” left UVA, went back credits from Marquet Government from Speech writer of the Government to Joke writer, took a class called “Writing and Directing”. Youngest joke writer for Bob Hope at the age of 23 having married Aunt Joe whose husband knew or was Bob Hope. Story Teller Intuition @ a Urinal ;>) Gut Microbiome, Believes in the “Spirit-Microbiome” body tells the head, butterflies in the stomach before a game, before a run. Heart organ of Spiritual Perception. Rich Roll having a resistance to uncertainty, may be helped by white board, goal setting, inventories, therefore actually trusting flow (vinyasa). Tom Shadyac says Universal Intelligence of the Brilliance it wants to be..in the river of Universal Intelligence.” Paradox of you matter and then you don’t; I am really not essential, spiritual (without damnation), psychological (without paranoia) disease: Drop in the Ocean - a humbling, “Surrender (Sure-ender)” simply Trust”. Fear of what might happen instead let-go, Letting go with love. Addicted to sureness, letting go more. Child-Like, “Unless you become like these little children you will not enter the kingdom” quote from Jesus. “Play, play was often the genius”. “Fun without a soul is kinda empty”. More powerful than death, a person’s shadow side, the negative to the battery’s positive, the parasympathetic to the sympathetic, without demonization, nondualistic, holistic ‘a garden is grown with shit’. Positive psychology, divine intelligence, “if you’re infinite you got to experience everything through limitation”; rather a philosophy without limitations, the unlimited of many ways, simply find the way. If we allow limitations accepting the unlimited; ultimacy is serenely-determined (ishvara-pranidhana) anyway Simplifying for connection & relationship from hovering above in a private jet, with less dissonance Memphis Rox to Proximity of Art. Bike ride accident accelerated life changing changes from having moved to a “mobile” home park known as the most expensive. Fundraising, “One Family”. Widening the circle of compassion like Einstein said. “Memphis Rocks” a climbing gym (had lived in Boulder CO previously, giving back), gardening, yoga, 588’ 2 acres, when work started the most violent zip code in America. “Industrial Strength Whiteness” even though Lebanese presenting white a heritage of Mountain goat herders, kids from the community wanted the Mountains from Nashville TN & Co. Throw a nickel & hit a basketball court, Environment, Films “Black Ice” & Climbing in Africa, Man in a gang as a Crypt became Community Rehabilitation Youth Progress in Time. “Being In Touch” In Relationship changes everything. “(Philosopher) Emmerson said, In a thousand friends you do not have a friend to spare.” Interconnected Existence (Rich Roll Podcast Guest Tom Shadyac director making millions from comedy movies)
6.) Smiling gently (sukha) is a gift to the present (dharana) 🤸♂️https://youtu.be/-lsYJrLrEAM?si=WTErnj_Y6bcDNbr- The Philosophy Lifestyle and Ethics when Peacefully attentive (dharana), Celebrating Values correlated to the sixth sense (Ajna chakra), color purple, the right to think & know with intentional (sankalpa) goal oriented living is harmonized by the present moment gift of smiling gently (sukha); explained by Tao: (https://youtu.be/-lsYJrLrEAM?si=WTErnj_Y6bcDNbr- )🧘♀️
Desiderata: Go placidly among the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly & clearly & listen to others even the dull & ignorant; they to have their story to tell. Avoid loud and aggressive persons they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself to others you may become vain or bitter; for there will be greater & lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your career however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise prudence in your business affairs for the world is full of trickery, but let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals & everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself especially do not feign affection; neither be cynical about love for in the face of all aridity it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune but do not distress yourself with imaginings many fears are born of fatigue & loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline be gentle with yourself, you are a child of the universe, no less than the trees & the stars; you have a right to be here, & whether or not it is clear no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God whatever you perceive God to be, & whatever your labors & aspirations in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul; with all its sham drudgery & broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy. ~ Max Ehrmann
7.) Daring to dream, anything is possible, the possibility of peace (shanti).
Breathing Peace. I will sit peace, I will hold peace, I will walk peace, I will talk peace, I will think peace, I will be peace, I will live peace, I will try to breathe peace ~ Harmony Grisman
I know nothing else but miracles, whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my height over the roofs of houses towards the sky, Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water, Or stand under trees in the woods, Or talk by day with anyone I love, Or sit at table at dinner with the rest, Or look at strangers opposite of me riding in the car, Or watch honey-bees busy around the hive of a summer forenoon, Or animals feeding in their fields, Or birds or the wonderfulness of insects in the air, Or the exquisite delicate curve of the new moon in Spring. These with the rest, one in all, are to me miracles, the whole referring, yet each distinct & in its place. To me every hour of the light & dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space is a miracle, every square yard of the surface of the Earth is spread with miracles, every foot of the interior swarms with miracles ~ Walt Whitman P. 405
8.) Exploring beyond horizons with awareness (samadhi):
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. - Wendell Berry P. 91 Benefits reminiscing about Harriet Tubman & The Underground Railroad
9.) Self-directed destiny is fatefully divine (devi):
In regards to Nirvana equaling freedom from suffering (dukha), “not just about happiness, but a profound everlasting peace (supportive of) transcending every worldly concern” - Deepak Chopra
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate (or will die). Our deepest fear is that we are (living) powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us…
…We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us; It’s not just in some of us it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ~ Marianne Williamson (P. 8)
Bhagavad Gita Chapter II Verse 40: “In these practices (of Yoga) no effort made is lost, nor are there adverse effects. Even a little practice of this dharma protects one from great fear.”
10.) Seeking heights and depths in melodious intergalactic universality (pranava):
“Please pacify the uninterrupted miseries and unbearable fears, such as famines & sickness, that torment powerless beings completely oppressed by inexhaustible & violent evils, & henceforth lead us from suffering (dukha) states & place us in an ocean of happiness & joy (ananda). Those who, maddened by the demons of delusion (mya), commit violent negative actions that destroy both themselves & others, should be the object of our compassion. May the host of undisciplined beings fully gain the eye that knows what to abandon & practice (tapas), & be granted a wealth of loving kindness (metta) & friendliness. Through the force of dependent arising, which by nature is profound & empty of appearances, the force (kosha) of The Words Of Truth (Vidya), the power of the kindness of the Three Jewels (Triratna) {Teacher/Teachings [Buddha/Bodi], Work/Causation [Dharma/Karma], and Philosophical-fellowship [Sanga]} and the true (satya) power (siddhi) of nondeceptive (ashtaya) actions and their effects (Rajas)); may my prayer of truth (satya/vidya) be accomplished quickly (kriya) & without hindrance.” ~ His Holiness The Fourteenth Dali Lama
11.) Embracing the journey is the victory (jayi): …Birth, you say your voice swathed in wings. I am born in the endless beginning. I am (k)not. I am (sat nam). You start turning into us, we who love you. You weep in our sadness, you laugh (boga) when we do, you greet each moment (nam) fresh, when we do. So may your gift of loving enter our own and be with us that way forever (reflect). ~ Elias Amidon P.
Anyways
If there is unreasonableness and self-centeredness, forgive anyway. If there are ulterior motives, be kind anyway. If there is cheating, be honest (satya) anyway. If there is jealousy, be happy anyway. If the good done is forgotten, do good anyway. If the best isn’t enough, give the best anyway. It is never between you and hurt/hate/sin/pain/illusion/illness (maya/dukha), it is between you and God/The-universe-and-everything/ [Benign (amaya/sukha) beneficence (kosha)] anyway. ~ Posted in Mother Theresa’s Ashram Kolkata
12.) Beloved/Blessed: Writing jolly stories Blissful: processing experienced endings, and beginning again Spirit: in cognizance (Buddhi / Bodhi).
Not for me steel coffins, not even a pinewood box. Lay me out in the wilderness & let me return to the Earth. Tear my flesh coyote & I will run with you over the plains. Take my eyes eagle & I will soar with you in the mountains. Pick my bones clean little beetles & I will flow back into the lifestream to think like a mountain & sing like a river. ~ Mary de La Valette P. 327
Summary
1.) Galliant, Generous, Genuine, Gifted, Gorgeous, Gracious, Grateful, Groups; Yama
2.) Harmony~Rally, Rapport, Ready, Relationship, Righteousness; Niyama
3.) Ingenious, Periodized, Personalized, Poised, Postural, Precision, Prerogative, Priorities; Asana
“If a man does not keep peace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer” - Henry David Thoreau
4.) Air, Alive, Arrive, (Labor, Laugh, Learn, Listen), Live, Love, Survive, Thrive; Pranayama
Labor of love included in “The 5 L’s” according to Dr. Gladys McGarey co-founder of the American Holistic Medical Association author of, The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor’s Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age whose mother was a Certified Osteopath as seen on “Dr Rangan Chatterjee” YouTube Channel (June 12, 2024)
5.) Abate, abide, accorded, affirmations, applicable, appreciation; Pratyahara
“In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood” - Henry David Thoreau
6.) Beautiful, beloved, brain, brawnilly, brilliant; Dharana
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment” - Henry David Thoreau - see #8
7.) Non-dualistic, Omniscient, Recuperative, Regenerative, Rejuvenative, Restorative, Transcendental, Tranquil, Transformative, Transparency; Dhyana
“Renew thyself completely each day.”- Henry David Thoreau
8.) Awoke, Relovelutionary, Smartly, Spaciously, Speedy, Super, Surround: Samadhi
9.) Languid, Levitational, Liberty, Lift, Lucid, Lucrative, Luster; Devi
“It is not that we love to be alone, but that we love to soar; and when we do soar, the company grows thinner and thinner until there is none at all. …We are not the less to aim at the summits though the multitude does not ascend them.” - Henery David Thoreau
10.) Careful, Caring, Compassionate, Cosmic, Cure, Keenly, Kind; Pranava
This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used.” - Henry David Thoreau
11.) Safe, Serendipitous, Serenely, Skilled, Steadfast, Synchronization; Jaiyi
12.) Existentially, Exquisite, Harmoniously, Hopeful, Humanitarianism; Buddhi/Bodhi (https://www.inspiringquotes.com/quotes-on-happiness-from-great-minds/YDgPw7QR2wAGlAoX?liu=c73c7c0d012644e2b67c7fc03da05f28&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2264274171)
Words
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or maybe in the ear of the listener, in this case. Although beauty is subjective, there are some words that–for different reasons–stand out from the crowd and are almost universally praised for their beautiful meanings or mellowness to the ear. Here’s a list of eight of our favorite English words, enjoy!
Serendipity: A fortunate but unexpected discovery. Most scientific breakthroughs come this way! The word can be traced back to an ancient Persian tale about three princes from a far-away country called Serendip (or Serendippo in some versions) that, with a mix of wisdom and lucky accidents, navigate their way through many seemingly impossible challenges.
Idyllic: According to the Cambridge Dictionary, "an idyllic place or experience is extremely pleasant, beautiful, or peaceful." A clear-skied afternoon spent in a colorful meadow, a summer spent at your lovely grandmother’s house on the outskirts of town, a calm and beautiful beach under a cliffside, hidden from view, these are all possible examples of idyllic places. In Ancient Greece, an idyll was also a short poem descriptive of rustic life–which may explain why we tend to associate this word with nature and simple things.
Sequoia: As you may already know, sequoias are coniferous redwood trees that can be found mostly in Northern California. They are the largest trees on Earth! These towering giants were named after Sequoya, a Cherokee man who devised a system of writing for his people's language.
Gossamer: A very poetic word, it can refer either to "a film of cobwebs floating in the air in calm clear weather", or to something delicate and insubstantial: the gossamer of midsummer dreams. In Middle English, it used to refer to a warm spell during late autumn, when geese are in season - literally "goose summer". Moreover, the association of the word with light or delicate elements, such as cobwebs, likely stems from the silk-like texture of goose down.
Petrichor: The pleasant scent of rain or, more specifically, the scent produced when rain falls on dry soil. Derived from Ancient Greek roots, "petra" signifies rock or stone, while "ichor" refers to a fluid associated with the blood of the Gods. When water falls to the ground, air bubbles trapped within the soil are displaced, forming aerosols that carry scents as well as some microorganisms. Apparently, humans evolved to perceive it, as our noses are capable of discerning one of the main released compounds, geosmin, at concentrations as low as 0.4 parts per billion.
Arora: Aurora was the Roman goddess of dawn, and like its Greek counterpart Eos, it carries the linguistic root of an earlier Indo-European word also relating to the dawn of the day. Traditionally, it is also the given name of the princess of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty. Nowadays, we tend to associate it mostly with the Aurora Borealis (or Aurora Australis if it is located in the southern hemisphere), a natural electromagnetic phenomenon seen in high-latitude regions.
Cynosure: literally Greek for "dog's tail", is a guiding principle, something or someone that is the center of attention. However, it was originally used to refer to the North Star, or even the entire Ursa Minor constellation, since it was extensively used for navigation. May be similar to Arjuna’s horse in the Bhagavad Gita
Eudaemonia: This Ancient Greek word (notice a pattern?) refers to a blissful state of being happy, healthy, and prosperous, usually translated as "happiness" or "welfare". It can also appear as eudaimonia or eudemonia. According to Aristotle, eudaemonia is the highest good for humans, and the goal of practical philosophy is to better understand this state or experience in order to find a way to achieve it.
The writing in this training manual utilizes the term euphoria
When I studied Yoga Therapy in India I was told the country had the wealthiest and poorest populations in the world🌏 A more equitable way integrates populations, especially those most at risk (mortality)☮️ Furthering, Longevity can be known as a biologically proficient physical body sustained by natural whole plant foods enhanced by moves (asana, vinyasa, kriya) 🥗 Including prescriptions for International Association of Yoga Therapists integrating a Bio-enviro-psychi-socio-philosophical (panchamayakosha) model of care harmonizing responsibilities such as Eight-enhancements (ashtanga) values such as Sentient-plexus (chakras) and principles for full circle realizations🧘♀️
Example of an Anahata Mantra
The beneficence of the Bio-enviro-psychi-socio-philosophical model of care is Longevity, Vitality, Mentality, Intellectuality and Spirituality. Spirituality is a philosophical and or theological beloved/blessed blissful spirit of which “Gratefulness is the root of joy” according to the Gratitude Ap. “I am feeling grateful” affirms feeling sensations at the Cardiac-pulmonary plexus (Anahata chakra) whereas affirmations are mantras and when strung together are known as japa. Choosing to live intentionally (sankalpa), goal oriented without complications, without illusions, without illness and without contraindications by providing the simple spiritual practice of, “Thank you!”
Biologically healthy
1. Proficient: Fresh air
2. Physical: Chest expansion & contraction asana, vinyasa, kriya
3. Body: Cardiac pulmonary plexus;
• upper atrium fill with blood the right side from the body the left side from the lungs & enter the lower ventricles; the systolic lower # on a heart rate reading
• lower ventricles pump the blood from the right side to the lungs and from the left side to the body; the diastolic higher # on a heart rate reading
• naturally filtering air by breathing (pranayama) politely (niyama (saucha)) through the nose only
• following air through the trachea, bronchia, bronchioles to where capillary exchange of nutrients occurs in the alveoli of the lungs
Environmentally powerful
4. Subtle breath: Energy in from the environment (prana)
5. Emotional (regulation) breath: Exhaling for 16 counts inhaling for 4 counts
6. Energy breath: Alternate nostril breathing (nadi shodhana)
Psychologically wealthy
7. Mindful/Thoughtful: The right to love and be loved
8. Mature: Without taking anything personally, without taking anything for granted, without offensiveness & without defensiveness
9. Mind: Equanimity
Sociological (wise)
10. Intuitive: Free
11. Intelligent: Responsible (civil (yama), polite (polite), posture (asana), breath (pranayama), holding tension (pratyahara), attention (dharana), meditation (dhyana), living meditation (samadhi))
12. Intellect: Ways of understanding
Spiritual (happy)
13. Beloved/Blessed: Attitude of gratitude gracefully thankful
14. Blissful: Leading and following the heart soul searching
15. Spirit: For True-self-arising (Atman/Parusha)
Proficient, subtle, thoughtful, intuitive and joyous
Physical (an-amaya-kosha), emotional (pran-amaya-kosha), mature (man-amaya-kosha), intelligent (vijnan-amaya-kosha) and blissful (anand-amaya-kosha)
Body, energy, mind, intellect and spirit
🧘♀️I was asked, How does a person nurture health?
In the Bio-enviro-psychi-socio-philosophical model of care I provide as a Yoga Therapist, for longevity (nurturing health) is a biologically proficient physical body. Practicing proficiencies by 1.) batching whole plant foods 2.) bathing & drinking fresh water 3.) exercising 4.) breathing fresh air 5.) listening to nature sounds 6.) seeking sunshine (& shade) 7.) resting & sleeping well 8.) meditating 9.) spending time offline 10.) stretching 11.) stabilizing & 12.) strengthening/beginning again. Performing physical activities (PA) such as isometrics known as asana whereas one move is held during multiple breaths, a breath per move is known as a flowing vinyasa and multiple moves per breath is an aerobic kriya. Caring for body systems including 1.) muscular & excretory 2.) sexual/reproductive & urinary 3.) digestive/metabolic 4.) cardiac & pulmonary 5.) lymphatic/immune 6.) nervous & endocrine and 7.) skeletal. Being healthy, is sustained by natural, without overly processed nor transfat, whole plant foods and optimized by asana, vinyasa, kriya to feel a “runners high” or bliss (ananda) from PA🤸🏽
