Lifestyle Medicine is a new growing specialty in healthcare field. (See the website: American College of Lifestyle Medicine. https://lifestylemedicine.org/What-is-Lifestyle-Medicine)
In this modern technological innovative world many of us are suffering from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart diseases, stroke, anxiety, musculoskeletal pain, cancer...etc. We all know that our wealth, degree, position, power, nationalities and religions can’t prevent the diseases but healthy lifestyles can. If we spend sometime for health now, we will be rewarded later. If we are healthy & happy, we are benefiting ourselves, our family, friends & society. We can always do better and learn from each other.
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mf6omta9ynug8a/LIFESTYLE%20MEDICINE.m4a?dl=0
Many of you are all ready living healthy lifestyles. Here are some lifestyle changes I am trying to implement in my life to live healthy & happily. Eat Healthy, Walk Briskly, Work Efficiently, Read Philosophically, Think Broad-mindedly, Write Thoughtfully, Talk Plensantly, Build Relationships Friendly, Laugh Loudly.... π, Sleep Soundly and Live Happily... π.
- Healthy breakfast/lunch & walk: Sprouted Mung (Green gram beans), green/ginger tea, mixed nuts, dates, figs, orange/clementines, two apples π for breakfast/lunch (no cooked foods but there is some room for junk foods... π) and 2-3 miles brisk walk during lunch hour at work.
- Nutritious dinner & walk-talk with wife: Big bowl of salad with veggie dinner (none/less roti or bread) around 6:00 pm, 2-3 miles walk-talk with wife after dinner, morning walk together in weekends, 15-20 minutes of daily stretching and gardening. Flexible schedule in weekends. The best time to listen to each other is when you go for walk together in nature so that you can absorb each other stress and nature will absorb your stress.....LOL π.
- Hear/read/write philosophy to grow spiritually.
- Unconditional relationships with colleagues, friends & family. WhatsApp, phone call & get together with friends/families on regular basis brings more happiness..π
- Listening to the soothing music/songs/mantras.
- Sound & adequate sleep (6-7 hours). Early to bed & early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy & wise.
Motion is the Lotion & Rest is Rust. Less cooking & more walking. Walk Walk Walk...π. Keeps stretching & moving. Healthy lifestyles keeps us happy, healthy, energetic, slim, smiley and shiny like ray-ban glasses....π
If you guys don’t believe me....see the evidence in these pictures... πhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/Z1kn284bbGmAeW4L8
Whatever exercises, foods, philosophy and lifestyle keeps us healthy & happy are all good. Food is medicine. Its time to change our taste buds & gut flora... π. Let’s inspire each other....π. “Prevention is better than Cure. Evolution is better than Revolution”. Of course besides conscious efforts from individuals to live healthy lifestyle, if you still get diseases, you need physician’s guidance & interventions to control/cure the illness.
Here Gita says
TEXT 5: Bg 6.5: One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.
TEXT 17: Bg 6.17: He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system.
TEXT 8: Bg 17.8: Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one’s existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart.
THANK YOU.
It is easy to say, but difficult to follow. I am in the same boat with everyone else, or I may even be behind, but thinking in the right direction will help us to go in the right direction.
With respect to everyone’s values & beliefs, whichever GUIDELINES ( Bible, Quran, Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other...) METHODS or WAYS work for us are all good.
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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji (speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Vraja Vihari Dasa, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.io Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement.
It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).
NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which have faith in, makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy or Both: Personal & Impersonal ).
Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.
Here Lord says in Gita
Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the puriο¬er and the syllable oαΉ. I am also the αΉg, the SΔma and the Yajur Vedas.
TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.io ).
Lifestyle Medicine is a new growing specialty in healthcare field. (American College of Lifestyle Medicine. https://lifestylemedicine.org/What-is-Lifestyle-Medicine)
In this modern technological innovative world many of us are suffering from diabetes, hypertension, obesity, heart diseases, stroke, anxiety, musculoskeletal pain, cancer...etc. We all know that our wealth, degree, position, power, nationalities and religions can’t prevent the diseases but healthy lifestyles can. If we spend sometime for health now, we will be rewarded later. If we are healthy & happy, we are benefiting ourselves, our family, friends & society. We can always do better and learn from each other.
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0mf6omta9ynug8a/LIFESTYLE%20MEDICINE.m4a?dl=0
Many of you are all ready living healthy lifestyles. Here are some lifestyle changes I am trying to implement in my life to live healthy & happily. Eat Healthy, Walk Briskly, Work Efficiently, Read Philosophically, Think Broad-mindedly, Write Thoughtfully, Talk Plensantly, Build Relationships Friendly, Laugh Loudly.... π, Sleep Soundly and Live Happily... π.
- Healthy breakfast/lunch & walk: Sprouted Mung (Green gram beans), green tea, mixed nuts, dates, figs, orange/clementines, two apples π for breakfast/lunch (no cooked foods but there is some room for junk foods... π) and 2-3 miles brisk walk during lunch hour at work.
- Nutritious dinner & walk-talk with wife: Big bowl of salad with veggie dinner (none/less roti or bread) around 6:00 pm, 2-3 miles walk-talk with wife after dinner, morning walk together in weekends, 15-20 minutes of daily stretching and gardening. The best time to listen to each other is when you go for walk together in nature so that you can absorb each other stress and nature will absorb your stress.....LOL π.
- Hear/read/write philosophy to grow spiritually.
- Unconditional relationships with colleagues, friends & family. WhatsApp call & get together with friends/families on regular basis brings more happiness..π
- Listening to the soothing music/songs/mantras.
- Sound & adequate sleep (6-7 hours). Early to bed & early to rise makes you healthy, wealthy & wise.
Motion is the Lotion & Rest is Rust. Less cooking & more walking. Walk Walk Walk...π. Keeps stretching & moving. Healthy lifestyles keeps us happy, healthy, energetic, slim, smiley and shiny like ray-ban glasses....π
If you guys don’t believe me....see the evidence in these pictures... πhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/Z1kn284bbGmAeW4L8
Whatever exercises, foods, philosophy and lifestyle keeps us healthy & happy are all good. Food is medicine. Its time to change our taste buds & gut flora... π. Let’s inspire each other....π. “Prevention is better than Cure. Evolution is better than Revolution”. Of course besides conscious efforts from individuals to live healthy lifestyle, if you still get diseases, you need physician’s guidance & interventions to control/cure the illness.
Here Gita says
TEXT 5: Bg 6.5: One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of the conditioned soul, and his enemy as well.
TEXT 17: Bg 6.17: He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system.
TEXT 8: Bg 17.8: Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one’s existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart.
THANK YOU.
It is easy to say, but difficult to follow. I am in the same boat with everyone else, or I may even be behind, but thinking in the right direction will help us to go in the right direction.
With respect to everyone’s values & beliefs, whichever GUIDELINES ( Bible, Quran, Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other...) METHODS or WAYS work for us are all good.
***************************
***************************
MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji (speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Vraja Vihari Dasa, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.io Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement.
It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).
NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which have faith in, makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy or Both: Personal & Impersonal ).
Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.
Here Lord says in Gita
Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the puriο¬er and the syllable oαΉ. I am also the αΉg, the SΔma and the Yajur Vedas.
TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.io ).
