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Jyotish: Celestial Organisation of Life with Vedic Astrology | Blaine Watson #041

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Vedic Astrology, or Jyotisha, utilises measures of sacred time to organise human life according to celestial forces and natural law. It helps understand human existence in a deeper perspective so that we can not only flow through effortlessly with nature’s support, but also attune with cosmic intelligence and the eternal organiser. ABOUT BLAINE WATSON Blaine has studied astrology since childhood and became interested in Vedic Astrology on a trip to India in 1980 and began studying in earnest at that time. After several years of self study in India, USA, Spain, Netherlands and Switzerland, he was personally certified as expert in Jyotish by the Dean of the Department of Sanskrit at Benares Hindu University in Varanasi, India in 1989. Blaine has been a professional astrologer for over 30 years and has more than 30,000 clients in over 30 countries. People find Blaine via word of mouth as the Vedic tradition with which he is associated does not permit me to advertise. Blaine has travelled to consult and teach in South America, the USA, Canada, Europe, Africa and India. Blaine also been trained in and is considered to be expert in Ayurveda and the Vedic system of temple architecture known as Vastu Vidya or Sthapatya Veda. Blaine learnt to meditate in high school, and has been a teacher of Transcendental Meditation for 45 years and has taught over 4,000 people on 4 continents how to meditate. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: What it takes for Blaine as a vedic astrologer to do a reading Tapping into the subtle. Becoming the clients chart. Proper Intellectual Discrimination to detach from the chart of the client. The Valuable Usage of Jyotish: “Heyam Dukham Anagatam” (Avert the danger which has not yet come). Patanjali Heyam – the future. Dukha – dangers and potential misery. Opposite of sukha (happiness). Anagatam – to be avoided and averted. That which you feel is not good potential, you have the capacity to change it, avoid it. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi How long did it take for him to gain enlightenment? What knowledge did he study? Universal Vedic People Correlations Between the Vedic people, the Sámi people (indigenous Finno-Ugric people around Finland), Indigenous culture from Peru and Aboriginal Australians. Indian or Aboriginal? Actions to Take For Those Wanting to Study Jyotish Differences between Vedic Astrology & Western Astrology Rectifying Birth Charts For those who don’t know their birth time. Prashna (Questioning) What Determines the Time of Birth? 3 views that are debated: Time of breath – when the prana enters the body. Time head comes out. Time whole body comes out. The Current C-19 Jyotish Situation & Cosmic Weather September 12/13 will be another huge shift in the collective. Why the world is more enlightened and evolved now than a few decades ago. The Year of 2020 is Going to Produce a Whole Generation of World Leaders – Babies being born during the C19 pandemic have a very significant horoscope – accomplish something of lasting significance in their lifetime. Blaine’s prediction for the upcoming US Election. The benefits of knowing your chart Solutions and Remedies to Support One’s Chart Yagya: Vedic Technology Using primordial sound vibrations and precious substances to restructure the DNA and burn off karma. Blaines personal meditation practice How Gem Stones Work for Astrology Parts of the earth resonate with different parts of the planet and light therapy. Check out our favourite Gem Stones here Brahmins and The Caste System Important for dharma. The Magi Brahmins who travelled to the west to treat an incarnation of Visnu (Jesus Christ). RESOURCES Contact Blaine for a Jyotish consultation – blainepw@gmail.com Check out other Jyotishis and Pundits (to perform Yagyas) we recommend here Related Listening: SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Healing the Thyroid with Ayurveda | Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum #040

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Thyroid Disease is one of the most common health problems that we face. The thyroid gland is the only gland whose hormones affect every cell in the body. In reverse, anything in the body that is not in balance, will affect the thyroid. There are epidemics of hypothyroidism (low/under-active thyroid). Especially western countries. 15 million people in US alone have hypothyroidism and don’t even know it! Hashimotos is currently the #1 Auto-Immune disorder. Rather than giving medications, which make the thyroid gland lazy, we want to address with Ayurveda the root issues that allow for the thyroid to malfunction. ABOUT MARIANNE TEITELBAUM Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum has been in private practice for over 30 years. She has studied with several Ayurvedic doctors, including Stuart Rothenberg, M.D., and Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra. The recipient of the Prana Ayushudi Award in 2013, she lectures and writes extensively about Ayurvedic treatments for all diseases. She has been using in-depth principles of Ayurveda in her practice with outstanding results with all health problems. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Marianne’s Guru: Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra Most of the Shakhadwipi Brahmins who settled in India still practice Ayurveda today. Just as Acharya P.V. Sharma, a famous Ayurvedic scholar, is of Shakhadwipi descent, Vaidya R K. Mishra’s ancestors issued from these migrant Shakhadwipi families. Sastras (Ancient texts) left the texts open for Vaidyas to later add to in the future. Overmedication of modern westerns causing lots of problems. The trend of Americans rejecting herbs when taken orally due to a debilitated liver. Similarly, modern Americans were becoming victims of Panchakarma as they couldn’t handle the detox methods. Prepare the channels before detox. Ensure agni is proper. “Natural” synthetic supplements and “Nutraceuticals” Isolated active ingredients synthetically made in a lab at a much higher dose – this comes riddled with side effects for the liver and kidneys. e.g. Vitamin supplements, zinc supplements, curcumin extracts, herbal extracts etc. These are not bad, but not ideal to take long term. Ayurveda, on the contrary, provides natural, holistic and very effective treatments for ailments of the Thyroid. Bhasmas (Ash of minerals and metals) Powerful nano-particle Ayurvedic medicine that can penetrate well. They can go to certain places that regular herbs cannot. The Epidemic of HypoThyroid Disease (Low/Sluggish or Under-active Thyroid) Hashimotos: The #1 Auto-Immune Disease Thyroid Medication How taking thyroid medication makes your thyroid gland lazy. It is not addressing the root cause of the problem. How to get off the medication gradually as their thyroid comes back to life and proper function. The thyroid gland is the only gland whose hormones affect every cell in the body. In reverse, anything in the body that is off, will affect the thyroid. Here’s where Ayurveda plays a major role, enlivening the cellular memory of optimum health and acting as a support for the thyroid. The effect of mercury on the thyroid Mercury goes immediately to the thyroid gland instead of the iodine. The effect of fluoride on the thyroid Fluoride in tap water – Fluoride an endocrine disruptor in the broad sense of altering normal endocrine function.” This altered function can involve your thyroid, parathyroid, and pineal glands, as well as your adrenals, pancreas, and pituitary. Fluoride has the ability to: Mimic thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) Damage the cells of your thyroid gland Disrupt conversion from the inactive form of the thyroid hormone (T4) to the active form (T3) Chlorine is also in the same family as iodine – and can displace iodine in your thyroid gland (iodine is used to create T4 and convert T4 to T3. The effect of the contraceptive pill on the thyroid Low prana, non-intelligent hormones mimicking chemicals. Causing lost of breast cancer, not allowing thyroid to work + many other issues. Coffees effect on the thyroid gland. Ionised salts effect on the thyroid gland. Instead of synthetic iodine, eat kelp or seafood. Are women more effected with hypothyroidism than men? They may have more stress, and fluctuating hormones. Maybe because they attend to their health more? Why blood tests may not detect thyroid imbalance but rather report “normal” Ayurveda, by means of the Pulse diagnosis, allows for the detection of imbalances in the thyroid earlier on in the disease process. Ayurveda has Six Stages of Disease. The thyroid panels that doctors are performing are not comprehensive enough. The effect of Soy on the thyroid gland Especially unfermented soy is not good for overall health. The Health Implications of Veganism There’s something missing. You may feel wonderful a couple years… but it has ill implications for health. Our whole body is animal protein. Over Heated Liver Constant heating can lead to autoimmune conditions. The Seven Tissues (Dhatus) and Ojas Learn more about Ojas HERE. Ethical Dairy It may very well be available near you! Try your local Hare Krsna farm. Marianne has sources of ethical dairy in USA in her book. The effect of light on the thyroid gland The importance of Vitamin D The Immune System and Auto-Immune Disorders The three components of the immune system. Auto-immune is loss of intelligence. The best yoghurt culture The reductionist approach of probiotics. The best way to consume yoghurt. Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) A very enlightened plant. Very easy to grow. Get a cutting of the stem and grow it. Prevents the cytokine storm – fantastic for auto-immune. One of the amrita (immortal) herbs. “The great protector.” HyperThyrodism Premature cleansing The Role Of The Gall Bladder An overlooks organ. Weak thyroid = the gall bladder doesn’t empty properly. So the cholesterol becomes imbalanced. RESOURCES Mariannes website SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. 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The Pathways of Sexual, Spiritual & Creative Energies & Supremely Fulfilling Intimacy | John Gray {Podcast #039}

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Relationships of love and service and having great loving sex are fantastic innate ways to express and outlet spiritual energy. This potent energy must be directed appropriately for enlightenment, love, supreme fulfilment and a harmonious society. Join the #1 bestselling relationship author of all time, plus expert on sex, Dr. John Gray, in this rich podcast episode! ABOUT DR. JOHN GRAY John Gray is the author of the most well-known and trusted relationship book of all time, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. USA Today listed his book as one of the top 10 most influential books of the last quarter century. In hardcover, it was the #1 bestselling book of the 1990s. Dr. Gray’s books are translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries and continues to be a bestseller. Dr. Gray has written over 20 books. His most recent book is Beyond Mars and Venus. His Mars/Venus book series has forever changed the way men and women view their relationships. John helps men and women better understand and respect their differences in both personal and professional relationships. His approach combines specific communication techniques with healthy, nutritional choices that create the brain and body chemistry for lasting health, happiness and romance. His many books, blogs and free online workshops at MarsVenus.com provide practical insights to improve relationships at all stages of life and love. An advocate of health and optimal brain function, he also provides natural solutions for overcoming depression, anxiety and stress to support increased energy, libido, hormonal balance and better sleep. He has appeared repeatedly on Oprah, as well as on The Dr. Oz Show, TODAY, CBS This Morning, Good Morning America, and others. He has been profiled in Time, Forbes, USA Today, and People. He was also the subject of a three-hour special hosted by Barbara Walters. John Gray lives in Northern California was happily married for over 30 years from which came three grown daughters and four grandchildren. He is an avid follower of his own health and relationship advice. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The greeting that is “Jai Guru Deva” How John transitioned from a pure celibate monk to a highly sexual being, and the worlds most successful relationship author and teacher on sex. The relationship between sexuality and spirituality can be expressed as the harnessing of the former to cultivate the latter. Channelling sexual energy up into the higher energy centres of the body. The Relationship between sexuality and spirituality The relationship between sexuality and spirituality is that both can be manifested as one when the appropriate state of consciousness is inhabited by those involved in the lovemaking. Healthy skepticism – required for the modern healthcare system. We are loosing our trust in doctors and public medicine. Trust is essential. It brings in the ability for the patient to let go. Surrender. Ayurveda is the opposite. The incredible public trust is being threatened – patients tell doctors things they wouldn’t tell their spouse, within seconds of meeting them! Patients are hungry for knowledge. Having sex with a stranger vs. having sex with someone you love. Sex with a Stranger/Impersonal sex – Feeling love when having sex with strangers is fake love and not sustainable, one keeps searching. It is an addiction. You “love” something that doesn’t really nourish you. Masturbation is one of them. Off-the-chart dopamine levels. Sex with someone you love has a more balancing and dynamic chemical cocktail of hormones. Used to be the “7 year itch.” Then it was the 3 year itch. And now sometimes it’s the one night stand itch. Expressing the Energy You Cultivate Putting your energy out in the world and then it reciprocates back in. Cycling the love and cycling the energy. This benefits others in the world and in relationships. Getting so high also requires you to bring the energy down. Gurus teaching celibacy but having sex. Gurus getting vilified for having sex. There’s nothing wrong with sex! But society condemns sex. Plus the gurus are teaching celibacy! Penetrating into another person through listening Establishing a relationship between lovers with a high value of spirituality and sincere love before engaging in sexuality. The dance of connecting and separating for alone time in a relationship. Leisha Vidya – Faint remains of ignorance. How to Have the Best Sex with the Same Person This is the higher teaching. Stimulating a woman to reach high estrogen levels is a necessity for the woman’s body. Rising together in unity in a Monogamous relationship. How polyamories cannot sustain that passion with one person, due to the absence of skills to sustain polarity. The importance of polarity to have a relationship of supreme love. Burn outs in marriage due to loss of sex drive. When kings had multiple wives Meditation as a way to find what your mission is here on earth. Semen Retention – To Open the Heart (but caution ⚠️ ) This is a highly advanced practice. Suppressing the natural urges as an influential cause of disease. John used to get prostate infections when practicing semen retention in the 80s. Any chronic inflection can later turn to cancer or swelling of the prostate gland. John’s (brief) approach to semen retention Exercise certain muscle groups Practice restraint – stop before the urge comes and connect with feeling of love and connection. The objective is to ramp up the sexual energy till your heart opens up and you feel more love. When that love comes, let it relax and feel the love. The role of woman – be in harmony with the man’s energy. Letting go of the attachment to orgasm. To experience orgasmic energy happening to you, within other aspects of life, rather than you grabbing onto it and controlling it. The Challenge of Women Masturbating De-sensitising the clitoris and creating a release which causes an addiction to it which creates a “fantasy oestrogen.” Where connecting with a man creates more authentic oestrogen. Gender Fluidity Honouring our gender that our human body was blessed

The Price We Pay: What Broke Healthcare & How to Fix It | Dr. Marty Makary #038

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify We need health care literacy to navigate in today’s society. It is important for individuals to get an insight into the healthcare system to understand, at least the general components of it, to receive safe and appropriate medical treatment. Dr. Marty Makary, one of the nation’s leading experts on the healthcare system, shows how much of health care spending goes to things that have nothing to do with health and what you can do about it. Dr. Makary challenges the healthcare system to remember medicine’s noble heritage of caring for people when they are vulnerable. Drawing from on-the-ground stories, his research, and his own experience, we explore price-gouging, middlemen, and a series of elusive money games in need of a serious shake-up. Dr. Makary’s work, including his book The Price We Pay, offers a roadmap for everyday civilians and business leader to get a better deal on their health care, and profiles the disruptors who are innovating medical care. The movement to restore medicine to its mission is alive and well – a mission that can rebuild the public trust and save countries from the crushing cost of health care. ABOUT DR. MARTY MAKARY Dr. Makary is a New York Times bestselling author, Johns Hopkins surgeon and Professor of Health Policy. His book The Price We Pay takes on the high cost of health care and reveals how individuals and businesses can get a better deal on their health care. Described by Steve Forbes as “a must-read for every American” and a “deep dive into the real issues driving up the cost of health care” by Dr. Don Berwick, The Price We Pay is the “The Big Short” of American Medicine. Makary is a frequent medical guest on NBC and FOX News and a leading voice for physicians, writing for the Wall Street Journal and USA today Dr. Makary is a gastrointestinal surgeon and serves jointly as on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He is an advocate for the re-design of medical care and studies innovations that improve health, reduce waste, and address the root causes of illness. He currently serves as executive director of Improving Wisely, a national physician collaboration to reduce unnecessary medical care and is the founder of Restoring Medicine, an advocacy effort to help people who can’t afford their medical bills. Dr. Makary has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine and named one of America’s 20 most influential people in health care by Health Leaders magazine. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The increase in medical complexities and sophistication and the increase of hyper-specialisations and sub-specialisations. The Crisis of Medical Appropriateness The prestigious John Hopkins Hospital conducted a study investigating what percentage of medical care is unnecessary. 21% was the average! They asked a random group of physicians who broke it down in medications, diagnostic tests, surgeries and procedures. When you have people in the industry saying that one fifth of all the services are unnecessary, that is a crisis! The opioid crisis is one manifestation of the crisis of appropriateness. 10 years ago physicians in the US prescribed 2.4 billion prescriptions. Last year (2018) it hit 5 billion. Did disease double in the last 10 years? No, we have a crisis of appropriateness and inappropriate care. Prescriptions opioids, which is one form of the medical error of over prescribing, was the number one cause of death in the United States in people under age 50. We have the most medicalised generation in human history. At the same time we have the most sick The most obese, the most hospitalised, the most medicated, the most procedurelised, the most diagnosed, the most disabled generation in the history of the world. Revolutionising Medicine through the medical education system. The problem with medical school are the exams. Teaching regurgitation. Medical error, if it were a disease, would rank as the third leading cause of disease in the United States This study was published by Marty Makary and Michael Daniel from John Hopkins University. Anti-microbial resistance is a public health crisis This is a manufactured crisis within the healthcare system. From over prescribing, huge antibiotics in our food chain, in the air (glyphosate) and of course anti-biotics. Stopping Covid-19 corona virus in its tracks. Why “Stay At Home” is a ridiculous recommendation for corona virus Covid-19. Covid-19 may just be the fifth seasonal corona virus (in addition two the other 4 corona viruses. How has COVID-19 been as is going to be a catalyst for positive changes to this broken healthcare system. The medical system taking advantage of the elderly Part of it is the loss of the family unit. A loved one joining a senior and helping to become a partner in medical care. Connecting patients with loved ones is a key too much better outcomes. Healthy Skepticism & Trust Healthy skepticism – required for the modern healthcare system. We are loosing our trust in doctors and public medicine. Trust is essential. It brings in the ability for the patient to let go. Surrender. Ayurveda is the opposite. The incredible public trust is being threatened – patients tell doctors things they wouldn’t tell their spouse, within seconds of meeting them! Patients are hungry for knowledge. The true heritage and purpose of hospitals and doctors Price Gouging Medicinal Services Quarter million dollars to half a million dollars – for an air ambulance. Air ambulances do save lives, but when they break their leg on a ski mountain with a quarter million dollar bill. Keep in mind Uber and Lift and ground transportation can be sufficient if it is not emergency. Plus! they will be at your home quicker than an ambulance. There was one accident scene where one victim was there, and 7 air helicopters showed up on the scene to get the business. Where do you think all this money is going that we pay for in health insurance premiums? It is essentially coming from you and all those that pay health insurance. Price fluidity is proof of how price gouging is occurring. – Negotiating. How can anyone accept a

Amplified Healing Capabilities & Ayurvedic Counselling | Dr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar {Podcast #037}

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Purify and divinely develop yourself by doing the inner work. This cultivates inner healing capabilities. Then use that energy (shakti / siddhi) to profoundly influence and heal others. This episode of The Vital Veda Podcast explores encyclopaedic Vedic wisdom that is the seed of Ayurvedic medicine” “The Science of Healing & Higher Consciousness.” DR. SUHAS G. KSHIRSAGAR, BAMS, MD (AYU. INDIA) Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar is a classically trained Ayurvedic physician and a gold medalist from prestigious Pune University. A Rig Vedic Bramhin by tradition and an accomplished clinician, he adds tremendous value to his clients and students. He is an insightful Medical Astrologer and Vedic Counsellor. He worked with His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for over 10 years. During these years he and his wife Dr. Manisha, traveled extensively all around the world, teaching Ayurvedic Medicine, Jyotish, designing courses & curriculums, directing Ayurvedic Clinics and helping design new Ayurvedic formulations. He was the Chairman for Maharishi College of Vedic Medicine, a Professor at Maharishi University of Management and the Medical Director, at the Raj Pancha-Karma center in Fairfield IA. He is a motivational speaker, presenting Ayurvedic Wisdom and sharing stage with Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Dr. Oz and many other leaders in the field. He currently leads an Ayurvedic Clinic offering PanchaKarma, Diet & Lifestyle consults, Vedic Astrology, Vedic Counselling, Medical dietology & herbal medicine. He currently teaches the “Ayurvedic Wellness Counsellor” & “Ayurvedic Wellness Practitioner” programs to over 200 students, at different locations in United States. One of the most academically accomplished Ayurvedic Physicians in the United States. A clinician who has treated more than 15000 clients successfully Lead faculty at several Ayurvedic institutions, worldwide Lead Formulator of Zrii & NutriiVeda Ayurvedic Consultant, Faculty: Chopra Center for Well being Research Consultant for numerous Ayurvedic Nutraceuticals One of the only Ayurvedic Physician’s practicing Medical Astrology in USA Featured presenter at NAMA, ACVA and several other organisations IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The Rk Vedic Bramhin Tradition: The Seed of all the other Vedas Body of vedic knowledge that is encyclopaedic. The source/seed of all the vedic tradition and knowledge vedas. The oldest veda. It beholds the totality of all vedas. Holistic (dynamic/silence) Human physiology expressing the Veda: Rk Veda constitutes the holistic aspect of Natural Law. It therefore covers all aspects of the physiology. Mantra purusha value: the vibrational primordial sound of mantra functions perfectly and orderly. The most subjective of all the Vedas. The other Vedas get more and more objective. Upaveda: Dhanurveda* (various views) Why Ayurveda was created before humanity and as old age nature Dr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar’s time with his holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi He gathered and cultivated a large movement of Vaidyas and spread Ayurveda, Jyotish, meditation, and other aspects of the Veda to the west. Re-enlivened it. He brought the vedic tradition in to modern science laboratories. Through enlivening Veda in the west with modern science, he re-inspired Vedic knowledge in India. Practicing Ayurveda in the West Not having an “arsenal” of Ayurvedic resources when consulting outside of India. The importance of diet and lifestyle and kitchen spices. Yukti Using what you have available to you, increase your flexibility to be able to treat others. Combing psycho emotional response and stress and Vedic Astrology (Jyotish). Being aware of the cosmic weather (jyotishi) everyday and how that may influence the clients you see. Qualities of a Vaidya (Ayurvedic physician) Daksha – Able, eligible, disciplened. Shastras – all shastras needs to be learned. Having detailed knowledge about diseases and treatments. Drsta Karma – practical experience of treatments. Practically seeing (drsta) the action. Suchi – cleanliness. actually means purity – kaya (physical cleanliness), vacha (pure speech – have to feel the patient as your child. Have to see the God in the patient), 2/3 of Ayurvedic Cikitsa (treatment) is related to the union of Veda and human mind Hand of Destiny, grand scheme of things. Sattva – boost ones moral stand, will power and discipline. Yukti – herbs, diet, lifestyles, panchakarma. “Health is a biproduct of enlightenment…The purpose of any Ayurvedic session is to enlighten them [the patient] to the best of their ability and put them onto a spiritual evolutionary path.” ~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi There we can manage the mind, the indriya (sensory organs), motor organs. The Art & Science of Vedic Counselling A guiding role that has taken many forms such as the guru, pundit (priest), acharya (sage), or vaidya, or those with such a role. Such as could be found in each village or community, who provide guidance in all aspects of life, including recommending healing practices, rituals, Yoga, mantra and meditation to help us overcome our difficulties in life and to promote overall well-being. Mental health starts at the embryological level. The Alarming Mental Health Epidemics Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in USA. Perfection of a Healer The patients make you capable of you helping them. The importance of Sadhana (rituals and routine) for counselling. – To charge you up and make you vital. The importance of Suchi (purity) of a physician or counsellor. How it provides the physician with power and divine capabilities to heal (siddhis) and take the medicine to a complete different level. Suchi Chikitsa – the purity of the treatment. Siddha Mantra & Siddha Vaidya (Divine Capabilities of Physicians) Siddha Vaidya is like a mantrica (mantra) – you may say the same thing, but the way you say it would register in the person so deeply that it works as a mantra. Chita Hasta (Healing power of touch) Whatever you touch has the ability to heal. Whether it is in the form of pulse, treatments, or preparing medicines. ~ From Rk Veda. Business and work life is taking away your happiness. The impact of circadian rhythms. “Janapada Dhwamsa” = Epidemics according to Ayurveda. “If you don’t have time for anything else you will find time to get sick.” Dr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar Covid-19 and Nature’s Divine Plan A way of nature trying to slow us down. Manifested due to adharma. Extreme weather patterns is the first way nature changes. The relationship with jyotishi (vedic astrology). Dr. Suhas G. Kshirsagar believes the collective consciousness related to pandemics were

Expanded Medical Awareness, Parasites, Detoxification, Stealth Infections | Dr. Jessica Peatross #036

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Getting to know other constituents and elements (like heavy metals and electromagnetic fields) and the micro-organisms like (parasites, bacteria, viruses) that we share an intimate connection with. It is important that we understand how we relate to these organisms, substances and energetic fields to appropriately take measures in our life that propitiate immune care and that are in alignment with genuine perfect health. ABOUT DR. JESSICA PEATROSS Functional Medical Doctor, stealth infection expert and Gerson therapy practitioner, Dr. Jessica Peatross is a well respected and highly sought after medical professional that functions holistically rather than chemically. After 6 years in the hospital, it became evident that the ‘pill for every ill’ approach was not improving the health or lives of her patients. After leaving Western medicine, she began to educate herself on the aspects of health that she was not taught in medical school and she continues to learn more every day. Her goal is for you to have access to the information she provides so that you can “Be Your Own Best Doctor! Credentials, Education, & Achievements Licensed by the State of California Medical Board Top 1/3 of class Board Certified in Internal Medicine Worked as a hospitalist for six years before getting functional training Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a minor in psychology from the University of Louisville Trained in Gerson therapy, an alternative and intensive treatment for cancer Trained in Ozonotherapy and Neuroemotional Technique Former medical director at Adventist Hospital in Oregon Expert in Cannabis, CBD, and Stealth Infections including Lyme & Mould IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Triggering peoples cognitive dissonance. The greek world “Apocalypse” means “to uncover.” The rise of auto-immune conditions due to over-sterilisation. Over-sterilisation is contrary to what Ayurveda considers optimum immune care. It very often leads to a dormant or less-responsive immune system that is not effective when having to defend the body from viruses & bacteria. Epstein Barr Virus Most of us have chronic or previous exposure to Epstein Barr in the blood. But what makes so many people susceptible to re-activation or complications from this viral load? Stress + toxic load triggers the virus and additionally can bring on auto-immunity. Testing for Epstein Barr Virus – need to have not just an IGM, but also and IGG looking at past infections, + more. Need to have a doctor who is literate in this area. Parasites Symptoms worse around full moon. Because the life cycle of the parasites is correlated with the moon cycles, and at full moon they replicate – ojas, soma, May be related with EMF of the full moon. Cleanse at full moon. Testing is not efficient: Stool is inadequate because only dead parasites will come out. Uses PCR to look for DNA. The reality is! everyone has parasites! and testings may not be so effective. They are little stealth buggers and can hide well. They have an affinity for heavy metals. Symptoms: Grind teeth, rectal itching at night (parasites come out of the rectum at midnight), worse around full moon, diary intolerance. Terrane vs. germ theory. The influence of EMF on parasites. Getting the body to heal itself. Best practices for immune care. Heavy Metals Mercury, copper, iron blocking certain pathways. Heavy Metals relationship with nnEMF Relation with EMF – Antenna. Studies confirm wifi and even X-rays accelerate the release of the heavy metal and neurotoxin mercury from mercury amalgams. Studies show they double the release of mercury reals. We are electrical beings – life is made up of frequency. This is why EKGs, EEGs and EMGs exist. Our brains run on electrical potential in the firing of neurons and whose heart pumps only because of an electrical circuit. Studies show a change in the virulence of pathogens like listeria and E. coli. They can evade antibiotics easier. Lead – can cause anxiety. Copper As medicine or toxin. Copper IUD disrupting hormones and causing estrogen dominance. Kreb cycle to make ATP gets messed up. Learn more about copper here The Three Waste Products (Tri Malas) According to Ayurveda Sveda (Sweat) Mutra (Urine) Purisha (Faeces) Sweating We don’t do it enough. Don’t over heat the head – keep it cool (e.g. in Saunas) and ensure proper hydration. How to work out. Immune care 101: If things aren’t circulating properly – stagnant bile, blood, breath, bowels or lymph your immune system will become weak and imbalance will occur. Activates heat shock proteins activate mitochondria and give energy. increase immunity fight alzeimers and cancer by refolding mis-folded proteins. Sweat is MORE efficacious at removing BPA & polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from plastic & some heavy metals like arsenic, mercury & cadmium than even urine! Coffee Enemas Not for everyone. Learn more about enemas here. How to deal with dogma’s that are engrained in certain western medical doctors Lyme Disease More common than breast cancer. Lyme gets passed through pregnancy if not managed. Similar to syphilis (STI caused a bacterium) so could be passed sexually. So dynamic. Can relapse. Shallwo breathing, detox pathways blocked. Address gut health, energy, liver, activate detoxifcation. Moulds relationship with Lyme. The relationship between karma and diseases. Gerson Therapy Alternative Treatment for cancer. Stealth infections and environmental toxicities lead to cancer. The dynamic stealth micro organism that is mould Learn more about mould here RELATED LISTENING RESOURCES Wellness Education by Dr. Jess Peatross SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Sparking a Wellness Pandemic, Heat to Treat Viruses, Enhancing Our Water To Enhance Our Health | Apocaloptimist Dr. Marc Cohen #035

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Wellness can be just as contagious as illness and our greatest hope is to spark a wellness pandemic that will help us become positively well and realise worldwide wellness. One of Australia’s pioneers on integrative medicine and holistic wellness, Professor Marc Cohen, shares how to thrive through radical transformation. How to enhance resilience and create communities, lifestyles and environments that enhance wellbeing. ABOUT PROFESSOR MARC COHEN Professor Marc Cohen is one of Australia’s pioneers of integrative medicine and holistic wellness and has made significant impacts on education, research, clinical practice and policy. He is a registered medical practitioner with degrees in western medicine, physiology and psychological medicine along with PhDs in Chinese medicine and biomedical engineering. Dr. Marc with his beloved Tulsi plants In 2002 he became Australia’s first Professor of Complementary Medicine and Head of the Department of Complementary Medicine at RMIT University, which was by far the largest such department in the country with around 100 staff and 1000 students. He currently leads wellness research within the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences at RMIT University and serves as Program Leader for postgraduate wellness programs along with teaching undergraduate courses on Medical Diagnosis and Medical Examination. He is a Board Member of the Global Wellness Summit, Past-President (from 2000-2007) of the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA), a member of the RACGP-AIMA Joint Working party and sits on the Editorial Board of five international journals. Prof Cohen has previously held positions as Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education at Monash University, Expert Advisor to the TGA Complementary Medicine Evaluation Committee, Member of the NHMRC Grant Review panel on Primary Healthcare, Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Institute of Complementary Medicine and multiple ministerial appointments on various Registration and Accreditation Panels. He previously held the position as Director of the Centre for Complementary Medicine at the Monash Institute for Health Services Research. As a medical practitioner and researcher Prof Cohen has pioneered the introduction of complementary, holistic and integrative medicine into mainstream settings. He has been involved in two landmark surveys of Australian General Practitioners and their attitudes towards, and use of, complementary medicines, which were instrumental in the development of the AMA policy on complementary medicine and the establishment of the RACGP-AIMA Joint Working Party on Integrative Medicine. He has also been involved in establishing acupuncture as a form of standard care in emergency department settings and developing hospital policy on practitioner accreditation as well as co-authoring many high level reports including a report for the World Health Organisation on quality assurance in CM education, a report for the National Asthma Council on CM in Asthma, and a report for the Victorian Department of Human Services on the risks and regulatory requirements of naturopathy and western herbal medicine, which was used to inform policy development for the regulation of natural medicine practitioners. Prof Cohen has published more than 90 peer–reviewed articles, authored more than 20 book chapters and edited 8 books on holistic wellness & health as well as co-authoring the landmark text; “Herbs and Natural Supplements an Evidenced Based Guide”, with the first two editions being short-listed for an Australian Publishing Award in the scholarly reference section. He is also co-editor with Oxford University’s Prof Gerry Bodeker of the landmark text ‘Understanding the Global Spa Industry’ which is the first academic book documenting the global spa and wellness industry. He writes a regular monthly column for Prevention Magazine and is regularly requested to examine PhD thesis from many local and international universities and peer-review articles for numerous international scientific journals. Prof Cohen has extensive experience in running clinical trials and other multidisciplinary projects. He has been involved in running more than 10 industry-funded randomized controlled trials as well as being CIA on two NHMRC funded trials on the use of yoga for geriatric insomnia and the use of acupuncture for analgesia in Emergency Departments. Prof Cohen is currently involved in research into various aspects of holistic wellness & health including the use of organic foods in reducing pesticide exposure, the use of yoga and meditation for insomnia and stress, and the use of various therapies and lifestyle interventions for detoxification from environmental chemicals. Prof Cohen is one of the most active people in Australia when it comes to organising conferences on holistic and integrative medicine. He has organised more than 10 International Holistic Health Conferences and in 2003 he chaired the Organising Committee for the First World Congress on Chinese Medicine. He also organised the Complementary Medicine Symposium at the XIIIth World Congress on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics as well as organising the RMIT School of Health Sciences Research Conferences from 2005-2007. He sat on the Scientific Committees for the Third International Conference on Complementary Medicine Research and National Prescribing Service Scientific Conference and currently sits on the Board of the Global Wellness Summit. In this last role he has been involved in commissioning and conducting landmark econometric research into the global wellness economy and been instrumental in the development and implementation of the free online evidence based portal wellnessevidence.com As well as organising conferences, Prof Cohen is a sought after presenter and has been an invited speaker at more than 100 conferences including more than 40 international and 40 national conferences in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Switzerland, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, The Philippines, New Zealand, The United States and Hong Kong. Prof Cohen’s impact on the field is recognised by the media and he has received four consecutive RMIT Media Star Awards as well as the inaugural award for leadership and collaboration from the National Institute of Complementary Medicine. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: The Biological Implications of Fear and Emergency Fear comprises the immune system When stress hormones are released in the body, all your energy is sent to the outside of the body, to the peripheral. All functions not relating to flight or fight are shut down.

Embracing Change Enthusiastically, Navigating Crisis & Nature’s Play | Gary Gorrow {Podcast #034}

When you embrace change enthusiastically, you have a say and influence in how the change occurs. Look at this opportunity with great enthusiasm. An opportunity to challenge the assumptions of everything. Is the ever repeating known you are indulging in really the most evolutionary thing you can be doing? A mass awakening is on the brink of dawning. But we need to get radical. Get radical by radiating absolute bliss amongst the collective, in the streets, in the grocery stores. Get radical by enthusiastically enjoying your self and having fun! This is episode part 2 on how to navigate during crisis’s and pandemics. View part 1 here. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT GARY GORROW Gary has earned a reputation as one of the best in the meditation field and is respected among his peers as a ‘teacher of teachers’. He has worked with thousands of people from all walks of life and his services are sought after by some of the world’s leading companies. Gary is passionate about empowering people with techniques that enable them to re-engineer their lives inside and out. He is a practical and down to earth character who dedicates himself solely to working with people to maximise performance and success in their personal and professional lives. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Is There Such a Thing as Right and Wrong Right and wrong are relative terms and, therefore, nothing in existence can be said to be absolutely right the absolutely wrong. Everything in creation is so intimately connected with every other thing that is not possible to completely distinguish existence of one thing from another. In the state of cosmic consciousness, when individual mind gains the status of cosmic mind, they function on the high level of right life and naturally unaffected by the influences of wrong. For those his consciousness is not raised to the level of cosmic consciousness, we must find an adequate criterion for right and wrong. How to Deal With Frustration about Pandemic The growing distrust about the narrative run by the mainstream media and its various agencies. The Vedic View on this Pandemic Universality and Diversity The three realms to consider: Gross, relative, surface of the event. Subtle – is there a motive behind this? Was this a spontaneous event? Is there a ruling elite that are leveraging on this crisis? Transcendent. The interplay of very contrasting forces at times. Everyone lives and acts according to their level of consciousness. The mixture of old and new souls on the planet. Never denounce anything or anyone. That is a violent act. Feeling more deeply into your own inner wisdom and sensibility. Ignorant and dark forces are a catalyst for people to gain a greater perspective. A condition that all humans suffer from: we all seek confirmation bias. We tend to exclude everything that doesn’t confirm what we hold to be true. In society we all benefit from rich and dynamic exchange of various view points. Once an idea gets adopted by the collective. It somehow gets embedded into the belief systems. What’s coming next in the playbook? Questioning the system has become forbidden. The truth is now irresponsible. Almost as if it hangs a sign on the front door saying “free thinkers are not welcome here.” Rebellious nature Gives a balanced perspective and not blindly accept things. Honouring our individual nature and the flavour of our personality. Not ignoring it. Bystanders They know the truth but are choosing to ignore to some extent and take no action. Why are gurus and spiritual leaders not speaking up? Only the medical profession. The various ways and roles spiritual leaders can play and are playing during crisis and pandemic. The Mental Gunas (Qualities / Mental Doshas) Sattva (purity) Rajas (stimulation) Tamas (inertia) By increasing purity and lightness of being (sattva), we ultimately reduce the excess stimulation and irritability (rajas) as well as inertia and darkness (tamas). How to increase sattva hence reduce tamas and rajas. What happened to the celestial beings who existed along side the humans, and then disappeared. Realising Our Potential We see only 1-2% of the visual spectrum and hear only 1-2% of the audio spectrum. So there is an enormous amount of information which we don’t perceive in our normal waking conciseness. Vedic view is that there is a subtler level of creation which is the realm of these angelic divine beings, and also their opposite. The mass awakening and permeation of divine beings that is near and upon us (early May 2020). Time for Radical Action & a Mass Awakening Civil disobedience has to be this new fashion. Get radical by radiating absolute bliss amongst the collective, in the streets, in the grocery store. Get radical by enthusiastically enjoying your self and having fun! RESOURCES “The masters of war” – song Bob Dylan wrote about the “money machine.” Peter Joseph – brilliant mind in regards to these matters of industrial economic systems. SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Transforming Crisis Into Opportunity & Embracing Uncertainty | Gary Gorrow {Podcast #033}

How do you navigate through uncertainty? How can you thrive whilst going through a time of radical change? You may have gained a greater understanding and perspective on the medical reality of the germ that is Covid-19, thus do not fear it, however, whilst gaining perspective you may have been exposed to the dark truth and hidden agendas that are involved in this “plannedemic.” How do we interact with these evil and dark forces? How do we support the light, the positive and enlighten the collective? If you retaliate against evil, you lower yourself to the level of the wrong. Rather let the wrong be just a drop in the ocean of your virtue. And what really is the bigger picture behind all this? Gary Gorrow is interviewed to share wisdom on the greater perspective view on all this. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT GARY GORROW Gary has earned a reputation as one of the best in the meditation field and is respected among his peers as a ‘teacher of teachers’. He has worked with thousands of people from all walks of life and his services are sought after by some of the world’s leading companies. Gary is passionate about empowering people with techniques that enable them to re-engineer their lives inside and out. He is a practical and down to earth character who dedicates himself solely to working with people to maximise performance and success in their personal and professional lives. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Biological fear chemistry The problem with fear is that is shuts down our executive functions, compromises our immunity and ultimately disempowers us. Questioning the programming of our culture. Gandhi was powerful because he has the support of many people. A human empowered movement will be able to rewrite an entire system of humanity. How to we react and relate to this evil or negative force of nature. If you resist evil you must stoop to that level fo evil, and furthermore you are responsible for the evil influence you produce by retaliating. If you retaliate you lower yourself to the level of the wrong. Rather let the wrong be just a drop in the ocean of your virtue. Let the impurities of the atmosphere find a refuge in the ocean of purity in your heart, in the unfathomable joy of your inner pure conscience. ~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Science of Being and Art of Living “Knowledge Eliminates Fear” – Rk Veda. Knowledge means perspective. Opposite forces are not opposed, but they are in relationship. There is a connection between light and dark, good and bad, night and day. There has always been an interplay of opposites. Heaven and hell, Dharma and Adharma, Health and Disease, Enlightenment and Ignorance. Darkness is rising up and challenging the increase of consciousness. The Four Yugas (Eras) Krita Yuga / Sat Yuga (The Sinless Age of Purity) Treta Yuga (When evil sprouted in the hearts of the men of the treta yuga). Dwapara Yuga (An age of conflict and men doubted the very nature of truth). Kali Yuga (The Age of Ignorance) Raksas’s (Dark or Negative Forces) Raksas’s get their food and sustenance from manipulation and fears. Show your love and appreciation for those dark forces. Salute them. <h5class=”p1″>The gift of the dark: it comes to challenge. The darkness rises to prompt people to awaken and dive into action. Appreciate the play of creation, light and dark, and realise it’s your role to be aware of those forces and love them. Tactic: Fear Sensationalism Get people into a state of hyper-arousal, get them to contract, and then you can have them. But what about if people were able to become fearless. Then none of that would work. Ignorance ain’t bliss. Ignorance is a disaster. As people begin to look into that they start to feel so uncomfortable. Fear is the poison to the soul and it dulls the light of the world. Collective Relationships and Alliances When you transcend the fear of wanting happiness only for yourself, and too much stressing on that and too much thinking about that, rather think of others needs and you’ll actually get more happy and more fulfilled. Questioning the design of our living. Working or spending the best part of your day in a building or institution. Is that the best use of my life energy? Now more than ever, it has never been better for a whole system redesign. There’s a big correction. We are being asked to reassess. We need more visionaries to lead humanity. Collectively embracing radical change. Let’s not go back to how the world was, let’s create something new. COVID-19 is a spiritual bootcamp everyone has been enlisted to. Enjoy the show. The importance of the mind. RESOURCES “The masters of war” – song Bob Dylan wrote about the “money machine.” Peter Joseph – brilliant mind in regards to these matters of industrial economic systems. SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Gut Health for Mental Health + Microbiome Wisdom | Kriben Govender #032

An exciting area of modern science is exploring the connection between the gut microbiome and mental health. It so happens the brain and gut are intimately connected by a bi-directional communication pathway that has been dubbed the gut-brain axis. There’s plenty of evidence that stress and violence will negatively affect one’s microbiome, mood, immunity and bodily functions. According to Ayurveda, 85%-99% of health concerns originate as digestive imbalance – “manda agni” The collective of micro-organisms that dominate the human body, the microbiome, play a very large role in gut health, mental health, and basically all biological functions. We are 90% bugs. Most of the cells in our body are microbial. We need to get more familiar with the microbes that dominate our gut. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT KIRBEN GOVENDER Kriben Govender, is a Food Scientist, Registered Nutritionist and Founder of Nourishme Organics, a company specialising in Gut Health and Mitochondrial health-focused products and Allele Microbiome – a provider of cutting edge Metagenomic Stool Testing and Deuterium Testing. With more than 20 years of Food industry experience in the field of Research and Development, Quality Assurance and Procurement, Kriben intimately understands the food supply chain and the interaction between diet and the gut microbiome. He has personally visited more than 100 food processing sites across the world. Kriben is an expert in the art of making fermented foods like Kefir, Kombucha and fermented vegetable etc and was a Judge in the 2019 RASV Australia Food Awards. He is the host of one of Australia’s leading Nutrition Podcasts – The Gut Health Gurus Podcast where he frequently interviews health experts from around the world. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Kriben’s current anxiety and gut issues that are manifesting in the stressful times of COVID-19. Kriben’s struggle with anxiety and depression Then corporate work further exacerbating his stress. Taking a nuclear anti-biotic that altered the composition of his gut microbiome and changed his mental health overnight. He was suicidal and ready to end his life, then learned about the relationship between mental health and the gut microbiome through the gut-brain axis. What is the Microbiome The collective of microbiome – Bacteria, yeast, viruses parasites. The gut-brain axis is a bi-directional communication pathway. Most of the communication is going from gut to brain via the vegas nerve into the brain. Stress can alter the micro-organisms in the gut. There is no such thing as a good and bad parasite or virus. It is all about harmony and balance. Some when out of balance can create disease. The Important Purpose of Viruses in Nature They are the only things that can quickly change our genome. COVID-19 in problematic because it is novel – we have never been exposed to it and have not developed herd immunity to it. Viruses are natures Scientists have been using Corona viruses to implement gene therapy protocols for many years. Mitochondria Ancient microbes Modern mitochondrial insults – nnEMF, chemicals, air pollution, artificial lighting, unclean water, over consumption of sugar. Damaged mitochondria leads to poor immunity. GABA in the Gut Gamma-Aminobutyric acid – an amino acid produced by the brain. Chief inhibitory neurotransmitter. Reducing neuronal excitability – relaxation, reduces stress, increases calm, balances mood, alleviates pain and helps with sleep. – “The brakes of the brain.” Responsible for the regulation of muscle tone. Food sources – Kefir, yoghurt, whole grain, walnuts, almonds, citrus, berries, spinach, broccoli. Seratonin A study showed 95% of serotonin production occurs in the gut. 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors or 5-HT receptors, or serotonin receptors are derived from the gut. Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) inhibits 5-HT re-uptake (reabsorption of the neurotransmitter – important because it allows for recycling of neurotransmitters and how their release lasts). Dopamine Responsible for cognitive functions such as decision making, attention, memory, motivation, and reward. A study showed how Dopamine is produced in the gut by showing a “considerable urinary excretion of dopamine metabolites indicates that large amounts of dopamine are produced in unknown locations of the body.” Microbes affect how people metabolise these compounds, regulating the amount that circulates in the blood and brain. Enteric Nervous System Second brain. Located in the gut. A nervous system the size of a cats brain. All your nerve plexuses end in your gut. Modulated peristalsis, going to the toilet. Everything starts from umbilicus. Butyrate / Butyric Acid and Leaky Gut From butyric acid – a health beneficial short chain fatty acid. It got its name from the latin word for butter, butyrum. Your gut bacteria produces butyrate from prebiotic fibres in plant foods. Specifically clostridium butyricum. While is was first discovered in butter, ghee is the highest source of this superfood. Reduces anxiety and depression. Provides neuro-protective effects. Helps digestion by maintaining integrity of the GI mucosa and gut lining. Can plug a leaky gut. Intestinal permeability – in a healthy barrier, tight functions are relaxed allowing water and nutrients to pass through. It is the main energy source for colonocytes, the cells which make up your gut lining. – Unlike other cells in the body which use glucose (sugar) as the main energy source. Colonocytes help provide an oxygen-free environment in which beneficial gut microbes thrive. Inhibits growth of unwanted bacteria in the gut and interfered with the growth of toxic bacteria. Anti-inflammatory. Encourages growth of the beneficial bacteria like Bifidobacterirum. Supports and regulates healthy bowel motions. Supports the health of intestinal mucosa during inflammatory bowel conditions. Supports health cholesterol. Increases cellular energy production. Reduction in fatty tissue and hunger levels. Triggers for leaky gut Beer Chilli Elevated blood glucose levels which can come from processed foods and sugars. Improve tight junctions in the gut lining Flavanoids (fresh fruits), omega 3 fatty acids, sea-weed, glutamine (fermented veggies, broccoli, bone broth collagen peptides), sulforafan (broccoli and broccoli sprouts), vitamin D (sun), Vitamin A (cod liver oil, sardines), Zinc (oysters), Butyrate, sulforaphane, some probiotics (MegaSporeBiotic), and Kefir. Circadian Medicine Light signalling. Reduce artificial blue light, especially after sunset, since that increases cortisol and reduces melatonin. Use blue light blocking glasses. Both Kriben and I recommend RA optics (discount code: VITALVEDA) Download iris tech to shield your computer screen from blue light. Your digest fire (agni) is resulted by the sun. Have a good lunch and light

Bees: Crucial Beeings for Health on Earth | Simon Mulvany #031

After listening to this podcast, I am sure you will look at bees differently. Your awareness of this creature who shares the earth with us will shift. Bees are Natures Alchemists Bees take all the most concentrated and refined products of plants and then concentrate and refine them further. Whilst human herbalists work roots, seeds, bark and leaves, Bees work with the bits we are just too clumsy to handle. This podcast is more for the lame person who are not intimate with bees, rather than well seasoned bee keepers. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT SIMON MULVANY Simon is a solider on the front line protecting the bees, protecting our honey, protecting the Australian and worldwide economy of bee keepers, honey farmers, and protecting our environment! He is very knowledgeable on Melittology or Apicology, scientific study of bees. Basically, Simon is a hippie who started writing fascinatingly intelligent blog posts about bees, including writing about imported and adulterated honey in Australia, which attracted a lawsuit against one of the big honey corporations. He’s beyond passionate when it comes to bees. ? IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Bees are the most studied create on earth. Bees mentioned in The Vedas Flowers are representation of the cosmic energy of the sun. Light workers of the sun. They take that pollen into their dark hive and alchemise sun-golden amrit (nectar). Bees are the collective consciousness of the flowers and further than that, the sun. The buzzing sound of bees came from a goddess who resides in the heart chakra and emitted this buzzing, humming noise, imitated in Vedic chants, representing the primordial sound of the universe “When the honey-lash comes bestowing gifts, there life’s breath, and there immortality has settled down…Luster shall be sustained… O Asvins, lords of Brightness, anoint me with the honey of the bee, that I may speak forceful speech among men.” Honey whip of the Aswini twins in Arthava Veda Vegan Policies and Honey & Bee Products Interacting, cultivating and consuming bee products in a respectful and sustainable way can be more sustainable for the earth than avoiding honey. Rather than letting the bees go on suicide mission to pollinate broad acre mono-culture farms like almond farms. Bee Venom Therapy One of the first form of acupuncture. Immune boosting, anti-inflammatory, nerve tissue balancing and more. See the full benefits of Bee Venom Therapy here Bees as a foundational important element in a healthy ecology Our ecosystem will collapse without them. At least 1/3 of all food is pollinated by bees! At least 90 commercially grown crops depend upon bee pollination for survival. Without bees, there would be no almonds, apples, blueberries, cherries, avocados, cucumbers, onions, grapefruit, oranges and pumpkins would also disappear. 1 Bee would produce 3000 almonds. Bees are the undisputed champions of the pollination world. And their secret weapon? Sight. The importance of Pollination Water damaged building exposure is the key that turns normal sinus fungus into bad guy fungus. This is how mould can be spread from partner to partner. Native Indigenous Bee Species Australia has over 1650 species of native bees. They are essential pollinators. But they are driven away from this job mainly due to pesticides and insecticides. They don’t live in hives, they live underground or in holes in trees. To attract threatened indigenous bees, plant indigenous plants. We cannot get much honey from the native bees. The spiritual insight of observing bees Live together in colonies. No hierarchy. If bees are dying or collapsing, it is giving us an indicator that us a species are doing something that opposes evolution. Bee Hives are a Super Organism They all have a very cohesive role. Swarming One of the most beautiful things Simon has seen. How 90,000 mind work together in harmony. It is their nature to swarm of honey bees. It is how the super organism reproduces. Some people try to stop it because they invade other people property. Fair enough. But create empty boxes for the swarm to colonise or keep on building on their current hive. The virgin queen mates with up to 80-100 drones (the male) mate during a swarm. Every drone that mates with the queen, dies. Sexual suicide. Queen Bee In most cases, the mother of ALL the bees in the hive. Can be 30,000-60,000 children! all who are siblings. She lays 2000 eggs/day, that’s more than 1 per minute! And mostly all those eggs hatch. Perhaps more appropriately called Mother Bee since she has no power of the colon. Rudolf Steiner predicated a massive crisis of bees loosing their identity (ego) due to artificial insemination of queens. He predicted a colony collapse disorder. Big crisis in 70 years (1990). Imagine not evolving past a teenager. People would forget how to be an adult. Cuddle Death / Murder Ball Killing the Queen bee when it is her time do step down from the throne. They kill her via friction and heat. They do this same mechanism to wasps and the colonies. Non-violent queen rearing; (raising queen bees) Grafting Queen large – The process of transferring larva (after an egg hatches) from the worker cell of the breeder’s hive to an artificial queen cell. The shape of the cell, along with the queenless condition of the hive receiving the newly grafted cells stimulates the workers to feed them a diet which make them develop into queens. Wing clipping 1. it will keep the colony from swarming. – The idea behind swarm prevention is that once the queen’s wings are clipped, she won’t be able to fly. When the swarm realises the queen isn’t with them, it returns to the hive. In the short term, this can buy you some time. But the colony retains the impulse to swarm even if the queen can’t come along. Eventually, the swarm will leave anyway, perhaps with a virgin queen. The importance of swarming. 2. It can indicate the year the queen was produced. 3 It can be used to mark a particularly valuable queen. Importance

Mould: The Hidden Stealth Fungi You Need To Know About | Dr. Jill Crista {Podcast #030}

Mould. A hidden and pernicious stealth fungi that most people are not paying enough attention to. Not only the mould itself and it’s spores, but the mycotoxins! – which are the gas excretions of mould!, and it is this biotoxin, amongst other things, that has the potential to chronically impact our health. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT DR. JILL CRISTA Dr. Jill Crista is a naturopathic doctor, best-selling author, and nationally recognised health educator on mold and mold-related illness. Her passion is to improve health through education, bridging gaps between medical research and clinical practice. She writes books and offers online courses for those wanting to gain actionable steps to conquer health challenges related to exposure too toxic mold. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS What Exactly is Mould Mould is not all bad we need mould – Purpose on the planet: to recycle and decompose. But it is useful outside, not inside. We don’t want it inside. One of the oldest living creatures on the planet, mould is an adept survivor. It is a fungi. It has a tendency to come back again and again. Mycotoxins – most dangerous “Gas bombs” / “mould farts” / “exhaust of mould.” Only made when mould feels threatened. When competition arises in the field of micro-organisms. Mycotoxins manifest only when other species are trying to get rid of it or compete with it. They are used in weapons by militarises around the world. Mycotoxins have no detectable order. They have no scent. They drive deeper into the body compared to spores and spore fragments. Mycotoxins soak into body systems – further down into respiratory passages. 50x smaller than an average spore. Our skin has poor defence against mycotoxins. Can be ingested in the foods we eat – they wear down our intestinal lining and organs. Can be contributor to rain allergies. Ways mycotoxins affect living beings: Mitochondrial damage Crosses into the brain and weakens the BBB. Crosses the placenta and becomes active inside the uterus (bio-activate in-utero). Detectable in breast milk. Their goal: to destroy other life. Thus, they are toxic to skin, eyes, biofilms, respiratory system, liver, kidneys, myelin sheath (nervous system insulator). Deplete DHA (body’s protective fat). More! Mycotoxins are Fat Soluble Particularly dangerous to the heart and arteries and the thyroid. The good news, Ayurveda has effective therapies to detox fat soluble toxins. Healthy fats – Eating copious, clean, correct fats. Step 1: AVOIDANCE Categories of Avoidance: Habitat Air Quality – air filters that traps spores AND cleans mycotoxins. Foods to Avoid Beverages To Avoid Supplements and Medication Caution Hobbies and Habits Biofilms (Slimy glue like protective sheaths). Locations & Ayurvedic Treatment: Sinuses – Nasya Mouth – Gandusha (Oil Pulling) Lungs – Nasya, Steam Inhalation, Panchakarma Intestines (Gut flora) – Basti (Enema), Panchakarma Vagina – Yoni Pichu, Panchakarma Eyes – Netra Tarpana Skin – Abhyanga anywhere there is microbiome. Biofilms are naturally occurring bacterial colonies, both in the human body and in the environment. Mould creates a biofilm in your body. You bring the problem with you where you go. Mould creates toxic breath Water damaged building exposure is the key that turns normal sinus fungus into bad guy fungus. This is how mould can be spread from partner to partner. Mud Baths to detox the skin and balance the biofilm. Dr. Jill recommends high pro-biotic and enzymatic Moor mud for detox by Torf Spa. How oversasntisiation contributes to mould by crating an imbalanced micro-biome How oversasntisiation contributes to mould by crating an imbalanced micro-biome. Can we become immune to mould? and other environmental toxins like EMF, pesticides, heavy metals etc. – It depends on your immune system, and how much you want to fill up your cup with these toxins. Mould written about in the bible Seen as a body and a spiritual illness. Mould mentioned in Ayurveda, under the category of “Krimi.” Mould in the livestock food chain, killing animals Mould causes cravings The simpler the carbs, the better. But mould would really prefer you go straight for the sugar. People on long-term steroid medication, mold in the gut becomes a dense biofilm. This biofilm hosts the gut fungus candida – which steals the nutrients for itself, leaving our intestine deprived. Mold sufferers are craving these carbs and sugars because the candida is stealing it! Ayurveda and Candia = agnimandya. Ama accumulates in apana vata in the lower digestive tract. It ferments and putrefies and inhibits beneficial flora from proliferating. Under these conditions, yeast can spread freely. Then is the intestinal aborsorbtion of ama into the blood and liver. Then into the 7 dhatus. Treatments: 1. Restore agni. 2. Build immunity and remove ama. Permutability Mould weakens the gut brain barrier and weak blood brain barrier (BBB), which can make someone hypersensitive to foods with sulphur, grains, sulphur, environmental toxins. Mold sickness is hard to identify. So here are some tips: an allergy could actually be mould at the core. If a normally healthy person has either moved or taken a new job, and the next season develops a new allergy. If symptoms are worse on rainy days, after snow melt, barometric pressure changes and after eating carbs. Mould increases sensitivity to EMF It creates mitochondrial dysfunction and depletes glutathione. Native EMF, such as exercise and movement, can trigger symptoms with someone with mould! When we move our body (exercise) it triggers good EMF which activates symptoms to those sensitive. Thus, people become lazy. They get toxic from exercise. Dr. Jill sees that most of those who are sensitive to EMF have nature deficient disorder. Caucasian woman using cell phone in bed Ways to Prevent Mould From Growing in Your House Mould can grow on a surface when moisture is there for 24-48 hours. To prevent that from manifesting: Do not leave wet towels or swimmers on a wooden surface like a wooden chair, wooden tablet, window sill etc. Clean up right after a spill on wood. Use the kitchen fan on. When having a hot (steamy) shower, use the exhaust fan. Use a dehumidifier on the lower levels of your house and

Viruses: Comprehensive Truths & Corona Virus: Reality Check | Dr. Jimi Wollumbin #029

Viruses: Please educate yourself on the holistic and comprehensive science of what viruses actually are. Empower yourself with knowledge of the reality and the health implications relating to the coronavirus. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT DR. JIMI WOLLUMBIN Whether he is presenting at the UN or at a village health co-operative in rural India, Dr. Jimi Wollumbin is always a highly engaging speaker, writer and educator. With 20+ years of clinical experience and almost as much in community development, Dr. Jimi combines his deep knowledge of holistic medicine with a passion for social causes and world health. As the social entrepreneur that founded One Health Organisation in 2005, he has since steered it to become the largest holistic and integrative healthcare NGO in the world – having distributed roughly 9 metric tonnes of medicine to hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged communities across the globe. Dr. Wollumbin’s private clients value his obvious passion for traditional medical practices and the way in which he combines aspects of the traditions of India, China, Tibet and Persia that continue to inspire him. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS We’ve been indoctrinated with a fear paradigm around viruses, not based in science, and there is no proof of safety or efficacy of the conventional management or treatment protocols: be it drugs or vaccines. The same happened with bird flu in 2005. Same scare tactics with swine flu in 2009. Both pandemics turned out to be grossly exaggerated threats. 2014 – Ebola 2015 Measles. 2016 – Zika 2017 and 2018 – Influenza. Then back to measles again in 2019. The hysteria being drummed up follows a well-worn pattern where the population is kept in a state of fear about microbes so that drug companies can come to the rescue with yet another expensive (and potentially mandatory) drug or vaccine The Human Virome In addition to the pro-biome that exists in the gut, we also exist symbiotically with viruses and we have a virome as well. Viruses are an important part of what life involves. It is not in the viruses interest to be too harsh. It wants to happily live inside your genome, so that it can be immortalised inside your species. Not all viruses are harmful to humans; some are natural bacterial predators and scientists are learning how to harness them to treat antibiotic resistant bacterial infections that have a high rate of mortality. Loose the War Mentality The war on life. The anti-biotic war on life. Mind is King Keep the calm mind and pacified. If you fear the disease, you invite the disease. Panic = sympathetic (“Flight or fight”) response it turned on = switch off the immune system and in fact every other system except the legs to run or fight. Pathways of fear down-regulate the immune response. The reality of the corona virus, it’s danger, and what the real health threats are. The current statistic of death rate is 0.2% of hospitalisations. The hospitalisations are the bad cases. It is higher danger for the weak and vulnerable or for a malnourished person. 92% of all deaths in this country are lifestyle mediated diseases like diabetes and heart disease. The reality of the corona virus, it’s danger, and what is the real issue and threats. The current statistic of death rate is 0.2% of hospitalisations. The hospitalisations are the bad cases. It is higher danger for the weak and vulnerable or for a malnourished person. 92% of all deaths in this country are lifestyle mediated diseases like diabetes and heart disease. The Source of Corona Virus Remains Unknown While media have been quick to blame the outbreak on snakes and bat soup, as of January, none of the animals sold at the Wuhan Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market had been found to carry the virus. In January 2018, China’s first maximum security (biosecurity level 4) lab designed for the study of the world’s most dangerous pathogens opened its doors in Wuhan City, the epicenter of the current NCIP outbreak. Is it pure coincidence that Wuhan City is now the epicenter of this novel coronavirus infection? The year before, Tim Trevan, a Maryland biosafety consultant, expressed concern about viral threats potentially escaping the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory,43 which happens to be located just 20 miles from the Wuhan market identified as ground zero for the current NCIP outbreak. October 18, 2019, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored a pandemic preparedness exercise in New York, practicing for the emergence of a new fictional viral illness dubbed “coronavirus acute pulmonary syndrome” In the scientific community there were legitimate fears that a lab-created superflu pathogen might escape the confines of biosecurity labs where researchers are conducting experiments. It’s a reasonable fear, certainly, considering that there have been many safety breaches at biolabs in the U.S. and other countries. January 23, 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, announced a coronavirus vaccine is in the pipeline, with human trials set to start in about three months. Stock prices for makers of coronavirus vaccines experienced an immediate upswing in response to media reports of impending doom. How to Optimise Our Microbiome On an individual and environmental level. Have a robust and thriving ecosystem. Adopt a routine and diet according to your unique current body state. Pacified mind. Herbs – Get from a practitioner. Don’t self-prescribe. Anti-Biotics Incredibly precious medicines. Really should be a last resort. They need to be reserved for life-threatening situations and in some cases, acute lyme disease. Excess use (like commonly used today) creates anti-biotic resistant bacteria. One SINGLE course of anti-biotics produces measurable changes in the pro-biome for two years. Most of common infections are viral, and mostly do not require anti-biotics. Australia GPs prescribe nine times the amount of anti-biotics that the government says that are necessary. There is an large amount of inappropriate anti-biotic prescription. The war approach on cancer is not wise The fundamentals of disease – Consciousness. RESOURCES Doctor

Astrological Gems | Jay Boyle: The Worlds Most Experienced Gem Stone Buyer {Podcast #028}

Experience the Power of Superior Quality Gem Stones One of the planet’s most precious offerings to humanity. Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT JAY BOYLE & ASTROLOGICAL GEM Astrological Gem takes their mission statement very seriously: To get the right gemstones to the right people – for the right purpose. To always do this with honesty, integrity, and with complete customer satisfaction. For the last 40 years, Astrological Gem has been serving the worldwide community of Vedic astrologers and their clients by providing top quality, natural gemstones for Jyotish (Vedic astrology) and Ayurveda. Jay, travels internationally to purchase these gemstones at the source – often directly at the mines – so that he can acquire the world’s best selection of vibrant, finely cut stones at the lowest prices possible. On these buying trips, Jay selects from such a vast and great quantity of stones. Because of this, he is able to find and select those exceptional 1-2% of stones that are Jyotish Quality and have a sweet, sattvic (pure) feel. He brings them to clients at prices that jewellers often pay. Jay is a Graduate-in-Residence Gemologist of the prestigious Gemological Institute of America with 43 years of experience in every area of the gem business. In addition to his impeccable professional qualifications, Jay’s involvement with meditation and inner work has created an appreciation of the finer, more subtle aspects of selecting gemstones with that sweet, sattvic feel. You can have complete confidence when you allow Jay to select your astrological and healing gems. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Gem Stone Clarity Scale Flawless gemstones – high quality for Jyotish quality. Type 1 clarity (eye flawless) – diamonds only jyotish stones. Type 2 gemstones (it is not easy to find clean varieties of these species) – Sapphires, Ruby, termoniline except for rubellite (red turmaline), garnets, spinels. Type 3 gemstone – emerald. It is difficult to impossible to find an eye flawless emerald. Jay in his extensive experience has never found one, and he has been looking for one for his entire career. Eye Flawless – A grade someone with good, young vision can look at the gemstones and not see any inclusions (spots, cuts, healed fracture etc.). Diamond Grading System VVS1 VVS2 The Unwritten Code in The Gem Stone Business Take advantageous of a more naive buyer “Gem stone sellers, and marketers, probably from the beginning of time Dylan, have exaggerated and obfuscated… to take advantageous of a buyer… That is kind of the unwritten code of the gemstone business…” The false knowledge in books and on the internet on gems. Jays Experience in the Gem Industry Jay has purchased thousands of Rubys approaching super flawlessness at 10 power magnitude with light-assist. Why Jay knows more than the average person on Jyotishi gemstones. Being a qualified gemologist doesn’t make one an expert. Jay started in 1980, after practicing meditation for 5 years. Jay changed the em market and profits of buying at the source so they could sell the stones to customers at the lowest price possible with complete disclosure with enhancements and treatments of the stones. Jay has bought more gems than anyone alive. Jay’s pseudo-scientific experiential explanation of how gems interact with our physiology A frequency of vibration of light within the gemstone, that can be measured, but it also functioning a deep, deep fundamental level. What Makes a Jyotishi Quality Gem, thus effective: High degree of flawlessness. Gems should not be heat treated or radiated, (emerald is an exception). Good saturation of colour for the species. But not always the richest colour. Sweet Sattvic nature of a gem – Tasting the sweet sattvic nature of gemstones in the abdomen. Jay’s experience with wearing an emerald for mercury – strengthens his second house – makes more money, strengthens his tenth house – his career. He communicated better. Why you should refrain form buying gems in India. Dylan’s experience with buying an emerald for his Jyotish First getting ripped off in India the buying a superior gem form Astrological Gem that I love. Appreciation, Gratitude and Love For Your Stone It is very important to love your astrological gemstone. Gems don’t just work for us, they work with us. Loving your gemstone will help to activate it. It will love you right back. Charlottes experience with her yellow sapphire changing colour and size Wearing second hand stones Gem stones carrying other people’s karma and energy. Organic gemstones like coral and pearl should never be worn second hand as they absorb others karma and energy. According to Jay, other crystal gemstones can be purified if they are flawless and purified the right way. I personally can’t fully agree with this at the moment. Purifying gemstones for great power Soaking gems in salt water with intention + more. Pundits (vedic priests) blessing the stone with mantras (primordial sounds) and ceremony. The importance of ceremony and blessings when initially wearing you gem for the first time. Side effects and Negative Effects from wearing gems In most cases, due to a poor prescription from a Jyotishi. Sustainability Gemstones are sustainable and positive in nature. Horrible possibilities of war and enslaving, doesn’t exist in the coloured stone industry. If that happens, it is in diamond industry in Africa. Gem industry is giving back to the community. One of the best gemstones Jay has ever came across A 103 carrot top gem quality, lemon yellow, flawless, yellow sapphire. Worth about $600K today. NAVA GRAHAM RATNA – NINE PLANETS AND GEMS Sun – Maanikya (Ruby) Moon – Muktaphala (Pearl – well formed and free of blemishes). Mars – Vidruma (Coral) Buddh (Mercury) – gaarutmata/marakata (emerald) – marakata = shiny. Guru (Jupiter) – pusparaga (topaz) / Pushyaraaga (yellow sapphire) Venus – vajra (diamond) Saturn – nila / indraneela (sapphire / blue sapphire) Rahu – Dolomite / gomEdhikam / Ceylone / Hessonite Ketu – Vaidurya (cat’s eye) – polished into a cabochon (shaped and polished) that displays a narrow band of concentrated light going across the width of the stone. – Source: Bhavprakash 1. Surya (Sun) – Ruby The anticipated benefits include increased brightness, brilliance, fame, respect as an authority figure, integration with the divine and the highest sense of Self, benefit to

The Ancient and Stimulating Spice Industry | Ian Herbie Hemphill #027

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT IAN HERBIE HEMPHILL Ian ‘Herbie’ Hemphill is an Australian foodie legend. He and his family have been educating us about spices and herbs for over 50 years. 3 Generations of herbs and spice Hemphills. Ian Hemphill’s lifelong experience in the spice industry means we can gain the “inside story” into the ancient and stimulating spice industry. Herbies have a product range of over 200 items, including over 100 spice blends, all developed by Herbie and made daily in the Herbie’s Spicery on the Central Coast of New South Wales. The Hemphill’s hobby is also their passion, their business, and their livelihood. Ian is the author of books: The Spice and Herb Bible. “Spice Travels – A Spice merchant’s voyage of discovery” – Ians personal anecdotes and travel stories. He runs Herbies TV. Spice Notes. Herbaceous. Spicery. Sticks, Seeds, Pods and Leaves. Herbie & Liz wanted to achieve three main objectives for their business: To have the largest range of culinary herbs and spices in the Southern Hemisphere; To always search for the best quality and make 100% natural blends; and very important, was to educate consumers so they could judge for themselves. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS History of the Spice Trade The worlds second oldest profession. One of the most lucrative businesses. It was used as a currency. – Using something with actual value. Spices were used as a status symbol. Myths of spices about the way they were developed. Pepper corn rent – pepper corns were used to pay rent. How have we lost our appreciation for this highly valuable commodity? Have we become numb and ignorant to the abundant healing power and importance of spices? Mass marketing has reduced spices to commodity status. Adulteration means consumers are not exposed to true quality spices. Adulteration and Quality Food fraud. Buying powdered spices. Range of quality and variety of spices. – Depends on climate, place grown. How is it packaged/stored? – spices in bulk bins, plastic, paper. Herbie’s products contain No Added artificial ingredients or fillers of any kind. Herbies grind spices themselves except some chilli and turmeric. How to become familiar with the spices we are using. Look and smell the spice each time we use them. Drying Spices To activate the natural enzymes and bring out the flavour. The less moisture content of 10-12% of dried herbs compared to over 80% when it is fresh, preserve the herbs while retaining he volatile oils. Must dry quickly or else mold can start growing if the moisture lingers during the process. But to fast the heat will destroy the volatile oils and flavours. Organic vs. Non-organic Is it so important with spices? How is the pesticide use in the spice industry? Spices in Agriculture Mono-culture vs. permaculture? Tip for Cooking Spices Don’t pour over steam as steam gets in, allows the volatile oils to oxidise or worse, create mould. SAFFRON Medicinal Uses Vajikarana – Sukra vardhaka – aphrodisiac that increases reproductive tissue and strength. Rakta dhatu (Blood Tissue Health) – Increases haemoglobin thus good for anaemia. Heart – enhancing the lymph and blood tissues (rasa and rakta dhatus) encourages blood flow through the circulatory system. Good for angina (inadequate blood supply to the heart) and cardiac congestion. Enhances purity as it is very sattvic herb, which enhances love and compassion. For mental health and brain health. Nervous disorders – rejuvenates majja (bone marrow) and sukra (reproductive) dhatu, thus good for vata and degenerative diseases. Skin conditions such as discoloured patches of the face. External applciation. Cures headache – topical application. Ulcers, worms, vomiting. Ayurvedic properties: Rasa (taste) – katu, titkta (pungent, bitter) Virya (energy) – usna (heating) Vipaka (post-digestive effect) – katu (pungent) Gunas (Qualities) – snidgha, laghu (unctuousness, light) Doshas – Tridoshic. Can heat pitta in excess. Karma (Action): Yogavahi (catalyst) Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice! and most expensive commodity! more expensive than gold! With a street value on average of around A$20,000 per kilo. A double handful of saffron weighing about 1 kilo, will contain at least 200,000 stigmas. – the female organ on the flower, held by the male pollen/organ, called the stamen. Hand picked. Origin – Kashmir (5%), Iran (over 90% of worlds supply, 360 tones a year!), Spain ( biggest exporter, thus importer). Different grades. Best quality – Kashmir – is the whole stigma with a little bit of style. Medium quality – Iran, afganistan. Inferior quality – Persia. Amount of land to produce how much stigmas – 5 acres/ kilo of saffron. 170,000 flowers = 100kg flowers = 1kg dry saffron. Herbie at a Kasmir saffron field Adulteration Safflower petals, corn silk, coconut fibre, and even dyed shredded crocus petals were passed off as saffron. How to test? Dissolve water test. – Real saffron takes 15-60mins to release the golden hue. Artificial saffron releases a redder colour, and aroma is like sandalwood. Learn to test here. In the past, there were saffron police in Germany To use saffron: Soak in warm milk, better not boiled. Saffron purity test VANILLA World supply shortage. From $50/kg to $500/kg. Second most expensive spice in the world. The most fluctuating spice in price. Make your own Vanilla bean paste by simply warming 1 Tablespoon of glucose syrup and stirring in 1 teaspoon Vanilla bean powder. Can only be pollinated by one particular bee that is native to Mexico, and that is also nearly extinct. During a shortage, Coca Cola used 20% of the vanilla supply for Vanilla Coke! Curing vanilla is a complex process. Herbie at a vanilla farm in Mexico BLACK PEPPER Sanskrit: Maricha Botanical Name: Piper Nigrum (Piperaceae) Black pepper is much more than your common kitchen spice. It is one of the most popular herbs in Ayurvedic medicine that provides powerful medicinal actions beyond being just a spicy ingredient. Named after one of the names of the sun, Maricha, it possess the same qualities as this spherical source of heat and light. It is warming, drying and stimulating to the digestive, respiratory and circulatory systems. Medicinal Uses: Digestion – stimulates agni (digestive fire), burns ama (undigested food material) relieves abdominal pain and helps remove parasites. Lungs – Specific for cold, wet, damp, kapha conditions in the respiratory channel. Circulation – stimulates the microcirculation in the capillaries and move stagnated blood Fever – Helps “cook” the pathogens and then induce a

Understanding Diabetes & Blood Sugar, Self-Management, Nutritional Flexibility & Chronic Disease Blessings | Drew Harrisberg #026

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT DREW HARRISBERG Drew is an exercise physiologist, sports scientist, diabetes educator, and most importantly, a happy and healthy guy thriving with type 1 diabetes. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS The Diabetes Pandemic of Today Nearly 1 million Australians India – 1 in 4 have pre-diabetes diabetes! (14% pre, 9% diabetes). Americans – one third of Americans (almost 100 million Americans) are pre-diabetic, and 90% of them don’t know it!. Moreover, many of them think they are maintaining what they call a healthy diet!. – Undiagnosed is the scary part. ~ Study by the CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention) Drews Story Diabetes creeping up – Drew falling asleep in an important job interview and worse, while driving! What Is Type 1 Diabetes An auto-immune disease where your body mistakingly kills off the beta-cells of your pancreas that produces insulin (required to metabolise glucose from food), thinking that the beta-cells are foreign invaders. Type 1 Diabetes as an incurable, life-long disease that requires high maintenance. Rare cases to cure Type 1 Diabetes – regenerate the pancreas to be able to perform its function. People with Type 1 diabetes have to administer exogenous insulin via injections or a pump to metabolise food. Auto-Immune Diseases The Ayurvedic view of auto-immune diseases – Correcting the mistake of intellect. Quantum healing to cure the incurable. The role of gut health in diabetes and auto-immune diseases. Glutens role in auto-immune diseases. Dairy and Type 1 Diabetes A1 beta-casein having a structure of amino acids that looks very soar to the structure of amino acids in the pancreas cells. Type 2 Diabetes Insulin doesn’t work well leading to high blood sugar. Insulin Resistance Insulin inefficiency. An inability for insulin to do its job properly. Insulin is designed to drive glucose from your blood into a tissue, like an organ or your brain. It is needs to accompany glucose during the transportation process. Then, that tissue or organ etc. will use that as fuel: burn or store the glucose. Insulin is also the most powerful anabolic hormone in your body. + heaps more functions. Insulin resistance is caused by the accumulation of excess fat in tissues that are not designed to store large quantities of fat. When you are storing excess fatty acids in areas like the liver and muscles – their ability to uptake glucose gets compromised. How Blood Sugar Rises: Foods > We explode with sugar into the blood stream. Sugars (glucose) are digested, forcing the pancreas to produce excess insulin to escort the glucose out of the blood stream into the cells. Overtime, the pancreas is worn out from insulin levels going up again and again and our blood stream cannot handle these injections of sugar in the blood. Our cells and muscles become resistant. They cannot tolerate any more sugar. It lingers in the blood, but the blood has to do something with it. It takes the sugar and converts it into triglycerides, belly fat, obesity or engage in Glycation – where it sticks to proteins and runs through the blood stream and becomes sticky and irritating and congests and damages the arterial walls. Increases cardiovascular damage and risk and risk of cancer and clot risks. Glycation causes damage to collagen and elastin – causing wrinkles but more importantly, damages the health and elasticity of the skin that lines the arteries, heart, gut and lungs. “Legs of Lead” as a symptom for excess glucose in your blood. Complications of having excess glucose in your blood (high blood sugar) for to long. The “normal range” for blood sugar is not adequate. Fasting blood sugar: 80-120mg/dL (USA) or 4.8-7.8mmol/L (Millimoles per Litre). Studies have shown above 85mg/dL or 4.7mmol/L makes you at risk for degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular disease. Digestive tract cancers. Between 70-85mg/dL or 3.9-4.7 is closer to what Dylan adheres to. Anecdotal experience over scientifically proven studies People with type 1 diabetes get a deep insight into their health with the vast experiments they perform on theirselves. Ayurveda’s Approach to Diabetes Managing Type 1 Diabetes with herbs thousands years ago before science created exogenous insulin. Bhasmas – metallic preparations used as medicine in Ayurveda. In Ayurveda, there are 20 types of diabetes an pre-diabetes mentioned, called “Prameha” and “Madhumeha.” Controlling your health and control in general is overrated The circadian rhythms of blood glucose and liver function High Fat Ketogenic Diet and Blood Sugar Short term can be good, long term can be a big issue. Lack of carbohydrates in the diet means the body forgets how to metabolise carbs, then when it does, it is very problematic and requires a lot of insulin to metabolise a little amount of carbs (insulin resistance). Lipids and Kapha Dosha involved Intramyocellular lipids – fat in the muscle cells. Intrahepatocellular Lipids (IHCL) – fat in the liver cells. Just like in kapha in Ayurveda and its relationship with diabetes pathogenesis (prameha samprapti). Insulin Therapy The potential dangers of insulin and the importance of accurate dosing. Role of exercise in insulin resistance. Exercise induced glut4 trans-location or non insulin glut4 translocation. GLUT4 is the predominant glucose transporter isoform expressed in the body (skeletal muscle). The importance of walking. Drew can reduce his insulin requirements by 50% with walking 10-15mins after a meal. Diet, Nutrition and Blood Sugar Simple principles – Stick to whole foods, avoid processed foods, ie. anything thats in a package. Moderation – not a clear message. Metabolic Flexibility Fat Metabolism vs. Sugar Metabolism – Two sources of fuel. Being able to tolerate carbohydrates and fat. Intuitive eating on a day-to-day basis. Routine with flexibility The blessing a chronic disease diagnosis and adversity. RESOURCES Drews Daily Dose Studies Higher Whole-Grain Intake Is Associated with Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes among Middle-Aged Men and Women – Reduces risk of 34% CDC – Diabetes facfts in USA Lifestyle outperforms medication for Type 2 Diabetes – “Effect of an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Glycemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every

Cooked vs. Raw Food Diet: Transcend Food Fads | Dylan Smith #025

Transcend food fads and diets and adhere to the ultimate diet: Natures Diet. The Dubious Flexibility of Scientific Literature When engaging in discussions and dispelling myths of particular health trends, I truely intend to create a balanced argument on both sides. I like to present the pros and cons of both sides, the science and the ancient wisdom, then allow the reader to make an informed decision themselves that applies to their unique self. According to the science, raw food and cooked food, are both beneficial and our ancestors enjoyed both. Due to the dubious nature of scientific studies, a more holistic insight is required. Thus, it is wise to consider the traditional sciences that have time tested these topics for thousands of years, as in the case of Ayurveda. Anthropology: What Did Our Ancestors Eat? The logic that our ancestors only ate raw foods is flawed, with numerous studies suggesting we have been cooking for almost 2 million years. Cooking with fire predates homosapians. If you trace your way back, you find the species prior, which were still in our genus, they were homo (human), “homo erectus” to name the precise genus, had fire and passed the torch onto homosapians. This was all found through fossil analysis. What was the benefits of cooking with fire? The study says: “Reduced digestive effort…and increased supply of food energy.” Cooking and the Ecology of Human Origins. In Ayurveda, the discussion isn’t so narrow as to one is bad and one is good. Many things are taken into account, including The Eight Factors Determining the Utility of Food: Prakriti – nature of food articles. Karana – method of processing. Samyoga – combination of food articles. Rasi – quantity. Desa – habitat of the food and where it is being eaten. Kala – Time – day or night, age of the person and stage of the disease in the individual. Upayogasamsthā – rules governing the intake of food. One should no speak, laugh, take in hurry, very slow, etc. Upayoktrn – wholesomeness of the individual who takes it. This includes “OkaSatmya” – What the individuals ancestors ate, what they were brought up eating, and what they are habituated to eat. The Importance of Agni (Transformation) As you see above, Processing (Karana) is one of the Eight Factors Determining the Utility of Food. Processing or cooking foods is vital. It transforms the food. Usually for the good. Cooking in most cases can remove samskaras (“memories”) of the food item and transform the qualities of it. Example: transforming milk with fire Take milk from stress-induced, unhappy factory farmed cows for example. When you boil the milk diluted with water, to some extent, the stress chemistry of the cows are removed from the milk. Take it to the next level by adding some black pepper to further transform the milk as these little pungent black fiery spice balls counter the heavy, damp, mucous creating quality of milk. There are many ways to process or cook food (detailed below). It is vital to purify the substance, enhance its absorbability for humans and nutritional effect. “Raw foodists, it is clear, do not fare well. They thrive only in rich modern environments where they depend on eating exceptionally high quality foods…. the implication is clear. We are not like other animals. In most circumstances, we need cooked food.” ~ Harvard Professor Richard Wrangham, “Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human.” On the other hand… Common cooking methods can be used to enhance the nutritional value of vegetables, increasing bio-accessibility of health-promoting constituents. Cooking has the effect of softening the indigestible cellulose, allowing nutrients to be rereleased that may not be when eaten raw. Cooked foods is not just about nutrients, they are nurturing for your intestinal wall! FOODS THAT HAVE A HIGHER NUTRIENT VALUE WHEN COOKED Artichokes Cooking artichokes increase their antioxidant levels (steaming is best). Studies observed the cooking effect on the artichoke antioxidant profile is probably due to matrix softening and increased extractability of compounds. Asparagus Cooked asparagus has more antioxidants than raw. This study assessed “significant and more pronounced” changes during cooking process. Blueberries Studies show cooked blueberries can have greater antioxidant levels than fresh. Baking blueberries changes their polyphenol content. Note that fruit doesn’t need to be cooked since the sun cooks it! Carrots Cooked carrots are more nutritious than raw. Steaming or baking whole carrots preserves more of the beta-carotene, studies showed. The human body converts beta carotene into vitamin A (retinol) – beta carotene is a precursor of vitamin A. We need vitamin A for healthy skin and mucus membranes, our immune system, and good eye health and vision. Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage Some studies suggest raw because the heat breaks down the enzyme called tyrosinase, which is a precursor for broccoli to release cancer-fights and ulcer reducing sulforaphanes (which is what elevated broccoli to its superfood status). Over all, you can’t digest those enzymes. On the other hand, a perhaps even more health-prompting nutrient, Indole-3-carbinol, is processed only when broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage are cooked. Indole-3-carbinol has been shown to stop pre-cancerous prostate cells from becoming malignant by inhibiting cell growth and supports apoptosis. Spinach Raw spinach – chew it and it tastes chalky because it contains oxalic acid – an organic substance that can interfere with the absorption of essential nutrients like calcium and iron. A study showed it also attaches to quite a few other vital nutrients, and long-term consumption of foods high in oxalic acid can lead to nutrient deficiencies. Cooking spinach breaks down oxalic acid. Tomatoes Studies showed cooked tomatoes have higher lycopene, a potent antioxidant more powerful then vitamin C, and is particularly useful in helping the body repair damaged tissue, and preventing cancer and heart attacks. Other studies show vitamin C decreased when being cooked. REPORTED BENEFIT OF RAW FOOD: CLEANSING Yes it is true, raw roods can be cleansing since they have more fibre. This is why people get good bowel motions – it is going straight out.They think this is a good thing, but actually, they are not absorbing nourishment. This can be of benefit for when the body is sick and toxic, like in the case of cancer – as the fibre can scrub the intestines. But once

Authentic Ayurveda, Innocence & Purity for Maximum Healing | Dr. Harsha & Dr. Pavani Raju #024

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify THE RAJUS STORY AND FAMILY HERITAGE Ayurveda Healing at its Best The Raju family comes from a long line of distinguished vaidyas (ayurvedic physicians) going back for generations on both the mothers’ and fathers’ sides. They are native to Andra Pradesh and have lived in Hyderabad for more than 30 years, practicing natural healing through ayurveda. The Raju Family have been healing with their supreme knowledge of Ayurveda for decades. Their Ayurvedic knowledge heritage is second to none. They are eternally grateful to His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for the revival of vedic wisdom he has given to the world. The three children of Dr J.R. Raju and his wife Devaki lead the way for the younger generation of Raju Vaidyas, with extensive consultation and teaching experience in India, Europe, and locations throughout the world. Two of those children are: DR. HARSHA VARDHAN RAJU & DR. PAVANI RAJU Specialists in panchakarma, pulse diagnosis and sukhamarma. Visiting teachers in Italia Invincible doctors training. Visiting Ayurveda consultant to European and Asian Ayurveda Panchakarma centers. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS The current scarcity of authentic Vaidyas (Ayurvedic physicians) that carry an unbroken lineage of knowledge for many generations. The importance of purity of knowledge. Knowledge unfolding from the chanting since knowledge is structured in consciousness. Being brought up under the guru of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Creating an atmosphere for children to want to learn The beauty and efficient way of learning knowledge with innocence. At a young age for example. 7 and 5 year old Raju children feeling the pulse of patients and prescribing herbs due to their ability to sense and the intelligence of herbs. Surrendering children to gurus and great musicians. Taking up the challenging task of teaching Pulse Diagnosis all around the world. Heritage of one of the worlds greatest Vaidyas: Dr. J.R. Raju Dr. J.R. Raju (AKA “Raju-ji”). Expert in ayurvedic medicines, panchakarma, pulse diagnosis and sukhamarma. World renowned pulse diagnosis physician and trainer. Pulse Diagnosis “If a person doesn’t know how to read their own pulse, it is like a gardener who forgets to water the roots.” ~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The nourishing technique of self-pulse referral Learn an Introduction to the Self-Pulse Technique here The vast science of Pulse Diagnosis and the various techniques. The scarcity and attempt to eradicate pulse knowledge through invasions. Thus it became more secretive to preserve the knowledge. Learning Pulse Diagnosis Perseverance, practice, powerful. Be patience and learn one step at a time. Don’t jump ahead. Pulse knowledge lacking in schools, universities, colleges and practice. Pulse knowledge for any practitioner, regardless of their practice. Pulse diagnosis is language of the heart. Many western doctors learning Ayurveda intimately with the Raju family as well as colleagues and becoming experts in Ayurveda. Aim of Ayurveda: Maintain health in the healthy individuals (prevention). – Prevention is a priority. Treat those with diseases or imbalance. Banana Purification Therapy to promote perfect health and Subtle Therapies Subtle treatments at the primordial level Many western doctors learning Ayurveda intimately with the Raju family as well as colleagues and becoming experts in Ayurveda. Aim of Ayurveda: Maintain health in the healthy individuals (prevention). – Prevention is a priority. Treat those with diseases or imbalance. Qualities of a Physician Daksha – Able, eligible, disciplened. Shastras – all sastras needs to be learned. Having detailed knowledge about diseases and treatments. Drsta Karma – practical experience of treatments. Practically seeing (drsta) the action. Suchi – Cleanliness. Actually means purity – kaya (physical cleanliness), vacha (pure speech). Have to feel the patient as your child. Have to see the God in the patient. Approaching Treatment with Innocence and Purity You don’t say, “now I know this.” Your master or guru will say, “okay, now you can practice.” ~ Dr. Harsha Vardhan Raju When we try to judge ourselves, ego will come in. This provides the practitioner to be able to effortlessly. Nature supports and moves through you. You are a person healing through nature. The more you become simplified and humble, the greater achievements you can do. More and more practice enables one to grasp the Siddhi (capability). Vaidya has the siddhi (capability) of his words – whatever he says will come true. This siddhi has come due to all the chanting done. Four Pillars of Treatment Bhishak (Vaidya) Dravya (substance/matter/herbs) Upastata (Technician/assistnat) Rogi (Patient) Qualities of a Patient For Maximum Results Adya – Have certain wealth for required resources for treatment. Bhishagvashya – Complete surrender to the Vaidya. Jnapakaha – Good memory – to take the medicine and follow protocol and do what the attendant says. Satvavaanapi – Have courage and positive approach. Sattva. Have hope for removing the disease. Have patience. If patience is not there, there will be stress. The importance of not asking the Vaidya, “How long with this disease be there?” Healthy Skepticism Required for western medicine to not fall a victim to inappropriate medical care, but better surrender the analytical mind when being treated in Ayurveda. The Definition of Perfect Health: Sama Dosha (Healthy Doshas) Sama Agni-shcha (Healthy Agni) Sama Dhatu (Health Tissues) Mala Kriyaha (Proper elimination of wastes) Prasan Atma Indriya Manaha (Blissful Soul, Senses & Mind) Swastya (heathy person) Ityabi Di-Yete (This is the thing) ~Susruta Samhita How enjoyable treatments are when in prevention mode Rather then thinking about a disease over and over and how to fix it. Ayurveda: Mother of All The Medicines The Future of Ayurveda Enemas, Bastis, Colon Irrigations Considerations to beware. Other purification procedures, including Ayurveda, Raw foods and juices, Heated honey. – Considerations to beware. Why Dinner Should be the Lightest Meal and Low in Protein Read the full article here RESOURCES The Rajus Ayurveda – clinic in Hyderabad, India. Sign up to the Vital Veda Newsletter to be notified when and where Raju Vaidyas are travelling around the world. Rajus Ayurveda on Instagram SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Empowered Birthing, Doulas, Women’s Business & The Role of Men in Birth | Nadine Richardson #023

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify Discount Code on She Births Courses vitalveda10 on the She Births® Full Online Course Program ABOUT NADINE RICHARDSON Nadine Richardson, mother, yoga teacher, doula, speaker, creator and founder of the world’s only scientifically verified childbirth education program, She Births® and host of The She Births® Show (Podcast & YouTube). Over the last 20 years Nadine has become an expert in childbirth, pregnancy and prenatal yoga. She is an inspiration to all parents, female entrepreneurs and those passionate about making birth better. She knows that together we can shift the cultural meme of birth from a medicalised traumatic event to something so much better. “My role is to awaken people to their birthing potential. Through our innovative education every family can create not only a more normal birth but also a beautiful birth; bonding, enriching and empowering, the perfect start for every family.” ~ Nadine Richardson It is Nadine’s mission to take the fear out of childbirth and help couples continue the joy of pregnancy right through their labour and into early parenting. By helping women connect to, and trust their bodies while also equipping partners to not only provide effective support but become an active participant in the journey we shift the locus of control. Discovering that we have agency and our choices are critical to individual birth satisfaction shifts the way we see ourselves and our role on the planet. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS What is a Doula An ancient service of women helping women through birth. “Doula” in latin = to serve. They play a significant role assisting women through the psychosomatic experience of birth. The Role of an Obstetrician “Obstetrician” in Latin means “To Observe.” They should be there to intervene if more advanced medical interventions are required. Which in Australia is 10-20% of woman at high health risk. Midwife in latin = “Be with woman.” Midwife does the safety and vital checks – heart beat, blood pressure etc. But unfortunately they don’t get to “be with woman” as much, as they are more doing paper work. 0.6% birth in Australia are home births. Why every single woman should do a doula training. It is the primal role of woman. Assisting at births is an important rite for one’s womanhood, femininity and fulfilment. Having a Doula present at birth is the best intervention a woman can have to reduce C-Section rates. The Role of the Partner (Mostly Men) In Birth Have we placed to much expectations on male partners? Are men actually fit for the job of assisting a birthing experience? Let alone asked to be the primary! support person in an experience they have no knowledge of, what so ever! Traditionally, birth has always been womens business. Men should not go anywhere near that. It is criminal to send anyone in a birthing room without good education and preparation. C-Sections 30% C-Section rate in most western countries. Aus has some of the higher C-section rates in the world, at 32% in public hospital. 47% in private hospitals! – nearly 1 in 2. Causes for increasing C-section rates: Over-managing low risk people. Litigations. Money. Schedules – “Doctor Dinner: wants to shorten his day at work and get home for dinner” Culture, fear and control amongst the woman. Why you want a vaginal delivery over C-section: When a baby is born via C-section they have a significant reduction in microbiome. Babies born via C-section are more likely to have life-long asthma. Babies born via C-section are less likely to continue breast milk. Babies born via C-section are linked to increases in austism. Babies born via C-section are correlated with lower IQ. The recovery and “bounce back” of a mother is significantly better with vaginal delivery than a 6 week recovery from major abdominal surgery. Woman who endure C-sections and more likely to get a hysterectomy in the future. Knowing that you can make a beautiful birth no matter what unfolds (e.g. C-section, epidurals) is really critical to less fear for everybody. C-sections are still a monumental birthing experience and we can make it beautiful with birth education programs like She Births. “You cannot put your faith all the time in one system. If you go into these systems without education, you will get funnelled down a conveyer belt, and that is where we get great amounts of intervention and dissatisfaction. Education is key to empowerment.” ~ Nadine Richardson “You need to be open minded and have a little element of belief that birth can be something different to the medicalised traumatic event that has been showed to you on television.” ~ Nadine Richardson The post-natal hormonal orchestra that floods the mothers brain 200-400x more oxytocin than the best sex orgasm. Beta endorphins flood the neo-cortex which shut down the analytical mind. These are also opiates and allows the woman to transcend in between contractions and go through this extraordinary ego dissolution. Adrenaline comes at the end of labour to deliver the baby. The Brain-Uterus Connection Via the Ferguson reflex – a positive feedback loop between uterus and brain. Baby’s head stretches cervix and feedbacks on pituitary. Pituitary secretes oxytocin into blood and travel down to uterine muscle via specific nerve pathways. Oxytocin stimulates the uterus to further contract of the muscles in the wall of the uterus and pushes the baby down, the cervix stretches further. oxytocin is released from the brain back into the body and goes back to the uterus for more stimulation, , cervix stretches etc. The Vagina as the Seat as Consciousness Active Birthing and why a woman should not be lying on her back during labour. Squatting, on all fours, standing, whatever is comfortable for the woman. Upright and active. Gravity. Shorter labour. Nishkarma yoga – do less and achieve the most. Don’t ask a woman to lie supine – this is dangerous, damaging to the pelvic floor. They have to go up a U bend. It’s a miracle they can go out. All fours are

Absolutely Addressing Anxiety | Jonni Pollard #022

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT JONNI POLLARD Jonni Pollard, program founder and head teacher of 1 Giant Mind, is a world-renowned meditation teacher who has studied how to unfold human potential for over 20 years under great masters in the East and West. His programs, including 1 Giant Mind’s Learn Meditation app, have taught more than 250,000 people how to meditate. Jonni is at the forefront of authenticity in the meditation teacher landscape, making practical translations of ancient teachings for a modern lifestyle. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Exploring the infinite possibilities and capabilities of life and taking action You either do something fully or not. It is possible and I’m interested. We don’t discern if it’s difficult or easy, we just do it. Learn to make the uncomfortable comfortable and expand the bounders of experience in the gross dimensions of reality so that the yoga. Jonni has has explored a diverse range of abilities in this lifetime. Jonni being seduced by the notion of being a recluse. How can I make whomever I come into contact with have the truest experience of themselves by virtue of them being in my presence All that requires if for me to be in myself fully. People are confronted by the potential of their power, and it is generally resisted because of an underlying sense of unworthiness. The power of the pain and memory of the past. People prefer to maintain a certain level of suffering, rather than the idea of diving into the fear and confronting it. The sum total of the weight of our collective suffering is the very thing that keeps us entrenched in the extraordinary destructive dysfunction that is happening on the planet now. And The only way we can liberate ourselves from the potential outcome of annihilation is to discover the abode of love indie of use and make it our homeland evict anything that is not able to surrender at the feet of love. ANXIETY The charge of energy that doesn’t have a grounding. Like an electrical wire that doesn’t have a grounding. It is wild and can run anywhere and inappropriately fills lines of energy that don’t require or need to receive that charge. Misdirected energy. Establishing yourself to your Self to the extent that the earth is established in herself. Forces of energy and electro-magnetic frequencies creating a distortion on our planet that invariably have an impact on us human beings. The Cause of Every Single Disease Becoming diligent in self-correction of the intellect. Turning to the condition of the body for the tendency to ignore. We are living in extraordinary unprecedented times. Methods to pacify anxiety: Grounding – barefoot on earth, swimming in ocean and bodies of water. Sun exposure. Human to human contact. “Heart to heart.” – Create a circuitry of frequencies and resonate. We are such a powerful remedy for each other. Self-abhyanga. Get busy – work, do seva (service). Give your attention generously wherever you feel there is a deficit. The quality of our attention established in Being has a nourishing effect that causes a flexibility and dynamism in somebody’s personality to open up and connect. It is moistening the dryness in the branches of our being. How to help others who experience anxiety and nourish their existence and spirit. Psychology or psychotherapy is a very long arduous task. Reaching the masses vs. closer communities through your service. The mentality of trying to be the biggest, best or most well known. Attempting to spread knowledge and do service at a large scale at the detriment of yourself and the knowledge. Finding the balance of sufficient rest, work and play. Leadership Having the vision. Articulating the vision. Empowering others to allow that vision to come into fruition. Primary role: the intimate relationship with team members and identifies what is required for them to truely feel empowered. Be gentle and tender on yourself and when you see somebody else in need of that, be generous with your tenderness. The importance of normalising meditation in society. RESOURCES Jonni hosts the 1 Giant Mind podcast where he answers questions relating to meditation and personal development from a live audience. Jonni is also the author of The Golden Sequence: A Manual for Reclaiming Our Humanity, on Benbella books. Ashwandha (Stresscom) These capsules help relieve stress, general debility, fatigue, sleep issues, anxiety, neurosis and premature old age related syndromes etc. Ashwagandha is an effective anti-stress agent and one of the most highly acclaimed adaptogens – energising the body when it needs it during the day, and calming overactive nerves for easy and restful sleep at night. It has a herbal intelligence that increases or decreases stress hormones like cortisol depending on the body’s need at any given time. It also aids in improving the immunity of the body and physical stamina of individuals. It provides strength, rejuvenation, stamina and libido A Superior Form of Ashwagandha: The main ingredient Ashwagandha (Withania Somnifera) is harvested and processed in a specific method that is pure and potent, making this a superior choice to other Ashwagandha products on the market. SHOP HERE SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). 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The Light Diet, Quantum Health & Circadian Rhythms | Matt Maruca #021

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify In Defense of Sunlight: How the transition to indoor living created the epidemic of modern chronic disease. ABOUT MATT MARUCA Matt Maruca founded Ra Optics to make the world’s finest blue light blocking glasses, and created The Light Diet, a diet that directly addresses the root of the modern chronic disease epidemic, mitochondrial dysfunction, after having suffered from poor health and chronic fatigue at a young age due to technology overuse and an indoor lifestyle. He is now 20 years old and travels the world, studying and teaching about the relevance of light in human health. The Best Blue Light Blocking Glasses Thankfully, RA Optics make the most effective glasses because they truely work, plus are stylish! Discount Code: VITALVEDA IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Matt’s Story How he became the youngest biohacker in the world. Matt as the prodigy of Dr. Jack Kruse. The Light Diet: Matts Prescription for Health Going beyond just food and nutrition. Prioritising the engines of our cells (mitochondria) over the fuel (food) we are putting into them. Focusing on the effects of light on our mitochondria determines how we process our food. Herodot: The First Man to Get an Idea about Vitamin D Herodot was travelling the Mediterranean area in the 6th Century BC and came across the graveyards of the Battle of Pelusium in 525 BC. He noticed Egyptian skull bones were much thicker and robust compared to those of the Persians, which you could easily break with a small stone. Reason is the different use of sunlight. Egyptians shaved their hair in addition to praying to the sun and having hot native tans. The Persians wore big hats to protect themselves from the sun. There was a connection between sunlight and the strength of bones. Later we came to know this as vitamin D. Why humans are a bare (hairless skin) animals Why did we loose our hair after evolving from apes? Perhaps so our skin could be a solar panel to assimilate sunlight. DHA – The Most Important Fat Docosahexaenoic acid is a type of omega-3 fat that supports brain function, eye health, reduces inflammation and risk of chronic disease, such as heart disease. How do vegans and vegetarians get DHA? Consider the Bazan effect discovered by Nicholas Bazan. Two loops in our eye – one dissociates DHA and recycles it our eye. We conserve it. The long loop connects the eye to the liver. If that gets broken liver can replenish that. Those in artificial light + EMF loose innate DHA so will have to replenish with high DHA food sources like seafood. There is smaller amounts of DHA in meat and dairy and the amount in plants are negligible. Mercury in Seafood Avoid seafood high in mercury: Those high up in the food chain Tuna Kingfish Raw fish Farmed fish. Detox by spending time in the sun and implementing certain herbs. CIRCADIAN MEDICINE & THE LIGHT DIET 1. Going to Sleep With the Sun or Not Long After Sunset If you are staying up after sunset: Avoid exposure to artificial light at night by shielding with blue light blocking glasses. – Discount code: VITALVEDA Download Iris to reduce the flicker and light temperate on your computer screen. iPhone hack – How to make your iPhone screen red. Twilight or Iris for androids. Revolutionise the lighting in your house and implement incandescent light bulbs and candles to lower the light temperature in your house after sunset. Eat With the Sun Our digestive fire (agni) is regulated by the sun. Main meal should be at lunch time. Dinner Should be Your Lightest Meal & Low in Protein. Intermittent fasting. 2. Waking Up at Sunrise Bathing your skin in AM sunlight on your skin and getting the light on your eye. Brahmin Muhurta – “The time of totality.” Before sunrise. Approximately 3.30am – 5.30am. When the air and space element (vata) dominates the environment, thus allows creativity and clarity to flourish. 3. Drinking Good Quality Water Free of fluoride so our cells can hold the photon power from light better. 4. Eat More DHA 5. Be Outside During the Day Even if the sun is not out, get the natural light on your skin and eyes. Do You Really Think The Sun Causes Skin Cancer? The misinformation of the O-Zone layer situation in Australia. The Role of Sunlight on Mental Health Photo-endocrinology – Sunlights critical effects on our hormones. UV light on the eye allows us to synthesise serotonin, melatonin. Going Beyond the Physical: Matt Maruca Gets Spiritual Giving the opportunity for Matt’s scientific mind to consider his spiritual relationship with nature. Matt’s definition of “God” – the forces that governs the universe. Bio-electricity, bio-electromagnetism and bio-photons. The Best Blue Light Blocking Glasses Thankfully, RA Optics make the most effective glasses because they truely work, plus are stylish! Discount Code: VITALVEDA RESOURCES RA Optics – Blue Light Blocking glasses made by Matt. Discount Code: VITALVEDA Iris – Shield your computer screens. Dr. Alexander Wunsch, Expert in light science. Be Here Now by Ram Dass – the book that got Matt on his spiritual journey. The Body Electric, book by Dr. Robert Becker. – Addresses energy medicine and “our bioelectric selves.” SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Living the High Value of Life with Abundance & Affluence (Laksmi) + Guru Relationships | Yashoda Devi Ma #020

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Listen on Spotify ABOUT YASHODA DEVI MA Yashoda Devi Ma is the founder of ‘The Subtle Mind’ meditation + co-creative studio in Boulder, Co. Her primary focus is mind health through the vedic meditation technique, healing, vedic astrology + activating the subtle mind/body with the yogic technologies of sattva yoga. Her deepest passion is to create an empowered, peaceful mind, awaken one’s heart and transform individuals in full value living elegantly. Yashoda teaches worldwide public + private retreats, yoga festivals, conferences, corporate speaking engagements, courses and workshops. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Yashoda’s Story Having many “births” in this lifetime. Being adopted, searching for birth parents and reuniting with her birth mother. Depression, suicide. The paradox of people looking like they got it all – good looks, money, famous, brought up in a good family, but feeling miserable on the inside. Ture Fulfilment Your life can change in any moment. Yashoda’s spontaneous introduction into Vedic Meditation (VM). Rapid healing from insomnia, depression and ADHD from VM. Guru / Shishya (Student) Relationship Fluctuating between various gurus and practices vs. maintaining a common thread and uniting all aspects of Yoga. Generally it is advised to only have one guru since it is better to stay on one path to get to a destination (enlightenment) rather then moving between various paths (since all the paths lead to the same outcome). Not mixing two different lineages, like a “fish milkshake,” but layering them. Yashoda having two lineages and two gurus, which is unusual. Yashoda’s 2 Main Gurus in her life: Maharishi Thom Knoles – Like the sun, feeds you knowledge, corrects through knowledge. Anand Mehrotra – Sharp like a sword that’s cutting through you, calls your out, corrects your intellect, slaps in your face. Living with a Guru as a quantum leap in evolution. Vedic parenting. Observing Guru, nature and states of consciousness for evolution. Laksmi / Abundance & Affluence Living full value in life without “lack mentality”. Laksmi sister is Saraswati (knowledge). You can’t have wealth and abundance without knowledge. Choosing the higher value of behaviour over the lower value of behaviour. Punya – our spiritual bank account. Having every resource at the tip of your fingers. Because they align to the value of which nature is desiring for you and the universe. Drops you into the highest value of being a human: universal compassion, universal friendliness, unshakable universal happiness and a grace and a power that we are able to move through life no matter what anybody is doing, we are still in our grace. That is Laksmi…In that, then the resources come. Yashoda Devi Ma Fundamental of Nature: What You Give you Will Receive Experiment and play with the laws of nature. “You Deserve the best…” You are worthy. “You are worthy. It s our natural-born heritage to be abundant. If mother nature is abundant, then we are.” Saying yes and not closing ourselves off. Everything is energy. Whatever we give value to will have value. Embody fearlessness. Laksmi is a non-stop moving river. Sattva Yoga – Himalayan Tantra Radical aliveness. Using the whole body to come alive in this pranic level. RESOURCES The Subtle Mind – Vedic Meditation + Co-Creation Space, founded by Yashoda Devi Ma Vedic Meditation Retreats SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

EMF, 5G & Building Biology | Nicole Bijlsma #019

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Building Biology: How the Human Environment Affects Human Health. We take care of our biology and our human skin. But what about the skin that we reside in, that we live, work and sleep in! The skin of a building that most of us spend 20+ hours a day in! *Note there is a silent audio fault gap between 31:05 and 32:44. Then the podcast continues.* ABOUT NICOLE BIJLSMA Healthy Home Expert, Nicole Bijlsma is a building biologist, bestselling author, PhD candidate and CEO of the Australian College of Environmental Studies (RTO 21740) which she established in 1999 to educate people about the health hazards in the built environment. Nicole has published in peer-reviewed journals, has written extensively for Body+Soul newspaper, is regularly consulted by the media to discuss electromagnetic fields and toxic chemicals, and lectures in Australia and internationally at medical conferences about environmental health issues. Nicole and her husband Mark manufacture the Abode® cleaning product range (health food store brand) which was developed for people with skin and chemical sensitivities. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS Building biology – how the human environment affects human health. Nicole’s story – 10 miscarriages and insomnia due to sleeping next to a smart meter. The bedroom as the most important room we address when accessing the biology of a building. EMF and Blue light suppress melatonin, it tricks you’re body thinking its day when its night. What proper sleep actually means. The importance of paying attention to home appliances, like a solar panel inverter. Solar Panels & EMF Improper set up of solar panels emits very high AC electric field and leaks dirty electricity. Safe set up of solar panels – round shielded cabling which includes both active and neutral wire together. Have metal foil within the shielded cabling and earthing it properly. 4 types of EMF: AC Electric Fields – created from voltage, electricity under pressure. AC Magnetic Fields – created from the current. Movement of electrons from building wiring and appliances. Radio Frequencies – wireless devices. Dirty electricity – high-frequency spikes. Metal as an antenna to EMF, e.g. metal titanium in your body, surgical steel wires, metal in the mouth, Mass Experiment We have never exposed humanity from cradle to the grave to this amount of radiation. In the last three decades, we have significantly increased our exposure to man-made EMF one trillion times higher than when our grandparents were children. And that’s before 5G network has been turned on. What is about to happen has never been seen before. Nicole Bijlsma 5G Nicole believes may not work because to many trees will have to be cut down since trees block the short-wave signals. Instantly kills insects. Not about public health, it’s about dividends for shareholders of the telecommunication industry. 5th Generation for the fourth industrial revolution to support artificial intelligence. BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF EMF In 2011, the WHO classified radio frequencies from all wireless devices (induing cellphones) as group 2B carcinogen (potentially can cause cancer). In 2002 the WHO classified magnetic fields from anything that draws current as group 2B carcinogen. Sweat ducts in your skin act as an antenna to EMF and impacts the nervous system. Fatigue, waking up tired. Headaches. Increased risk of fibromyalgia. Increases dyslexia, missing words. These signals (EMF) communicate with our mitochondria and cause mitochondria dysfunction. It is a mitochondrial poison. EMF Pathology EMF starts calcium influx which activates the sympathetic nervous system (“Flight or Fight”) and destroys mitochondria function. Studies show even low-level EMF causes this. You don’t need to have an argument with your family to get stressed, EMF will do it to you! EMF causes calcium e-flux which causes mitochondrial swelling. Adrenal stress index is thrashed. Cell phones 12 feet away activates the sympathetic nervous system. Near exposure – 52cm from a 2.4 Ghz source. Calcium Influx EMFs activate voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) – in the outer membrane that surround all our cells. When they are activated they open up, allow excess calcium to flow into the cell. There are hundreds of studies that show when you expose cells to EMFs there is increased intra-cellular calcium and increased calcium signalling. This causes molecular biological trauma. When there’s excess calcium in the cell, it increases levels of both nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide. While NO has many beneficial health effects, massively excessive amounts of it reacts with superoxide, forming peroxynitrite, which is an extremely potent oxidant stressor. Peroxynitrites, in turn, break down to form excessive reactive free radicals, which does damage. EMF radiation activates the VGCCs in the outer cell membrane, triggering a chain reaction of devastating events that, ultimately: Decimates your mitochondrial function (causes them to swell), cell membranes and cellular proteins. Causes severe cellular damage. Results in DNA breaks. Dramatically accelerates your ageing process. Ageing = oxidative stresses and inflammation. Puts you at higher risk for chronic disease. Chronic diseases = stresses and inflammation. VGCCs Highest Concentrated in the Body Nervous System and Brain VGCCs – highest density is located in the nervous system. A study showed the nervous system and brain was the #1 organ most sensitive to EMF. Massive changes in the structure of the neurons, dysfunction of synapses. Consequences: anxiety and depression, alzheimer’s and autism. Heart: The heart is also sensitive. The pacemaker cells Consequences: Tachycardia, heart palpitations (PAC or PVC), cardiac arrhythmia, arterial fibrillation. Reproduction: They have important locations in reproduction – in both testicles (studies a lot) and ovaries. Evidence showed male and female infertility. Reduce sperm count 2x more in western countries than eastern. Phone in pockets, laptops on laps are zapping genitals. Suppress Melatonin EMF and blue light suppress melatonin – the most anti-cancer neurotransmitter and powerful anti-oxidant you have! Enhances Permeability of the BBB and Tight Junctions BBB (Blood Brain Barrier) Tight Junction (barrier in the cell junction). Using a cellphone close to your head for at least 30mins / day for 10 years increases your incidence for brain tumor by 270%. Takes 15-20 years to develop! Accumulative effect. Our exposure to mould, chemicals, prevalent and inevitable toxins are increased as we become more vulnerable. This is why EMF sensitivity is identical to chemical sensitivity and mould illnesses. Add

Healthy Cookware, Optimising Nutrient Absorption, Metals & Chemicals vs. Pure Clay | Miriam Kattumuri #018

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Spotify Listen on All Other Platforms The COOKWARE you use is a highly underestimated and integral part of your food and nutrition. Find out why most cookware is toxic and vulgarising the quality of your food and get an insight into the healthiest cookware on the planet and how to optimise your nutritional intake. DISCOUNT CODE for listeners of the Vital Veda Podcast for Miriams Earthen Cookware: mec10vitalveda ABOUT OUR GUEST: JAMES SWANWICK From a very young age, Miriam believed that in order to enjoy a healthy life one must maintain a positive interaction with the environment. Her love for people and environment was the motivation in creating a unique line of cookware made from the purity of nature. One that is timeless and yet as new as tomorrow – All-Natural clay cookware! About 8 years ago, her own personal encounter with diabetes and the realization that the world around only seems to be getting sicker every day, set her off on a journey traveling the world looking for healing in the most fundamental of place – our food. Her research led her to know the damage to food because of cooking in the wrong pots and pans, and so her search continued, now with more direction, to find the way to cook food without damaging it’s worth. After testing cookware made from every kind of material, from the most expensive to the least, she discovered that All-Natural clay – nature’s own gift – has been from time unknown and still was, the safest and healthiest! She then returned home to create her own line of pots and pans made from this material without any additives and no compromises to purity and strength. Miriams Earthen Cookware was born from this labor of love. Today Miriam can be seen working on creating machine jigs and tools to efficiently create new products for her line, and on expanding marketing, but her hand is still in the clay, spinning utility and beauty from this wonderful gift of nature. She will also be the first to let you know that her vision and mission is a reality today greatly because of her team of hard-working and skillful individuals and her supportive family, to whom she is always grateful. Miriam is a graduate of Psychology from Women’s Christian College, Chennai India. And the mother of 4 beautiful children. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Table of Contents The Three Pillars of Health According To Ayurveda Food (ahara) is one of the three pillars of health (Traya UpaSthambha) according to Ayurveda. Food nourishes your tissues and sustains life! You NEED to include the cookware you are cooking in. The healthiest (clay) cookware on the planet! How Miriam Got into Cookware She was part of the diabetes pandemic and cured that along with other health issues with healthy cookware! Miriam’s story “After the birth of my son, when he was about 8-9 months old, I started getting clear dreams between 3-4 am of making cooking pots from clay, pure clay and just clay without any chemical additives. The ideas flooded in, images, descriptions… I had to wake up and take notes.” Miriam’s extensive search for the purest and healthiest cookware in the world. Miriam’s work attracted religious leaders and experts from all fields. The Epidemic of Diabetes in the World, Especially India and USA About 50% of the world population of diabetes is in India. One million people die a year from diabetes in India. 85% of Americans are pre-diabetic. Different Types of Cookware Materials Teflon – containing toxins like Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) that can kill birds just from the fumes from heat. Non-stick coatings – Toxins like Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Feldspar, Petalite (an ore of lithium) from the non-stick coating. Our minds are not meant to remember these chemical names. Aluminium – A known neurotoxin. Aluminium foil does not cause this so much but heat, makes this pseudo-nutrients leech out a lot more. Also acidic foods bring the metals out. e.g. tomato sauce. The Metal Ions/Chemicals Biological Reaction: In the presence of heat, they get bound to the food and enter into our digestive systems. From their they are booked down along with the food and are absorbed by the tissues of the body. Foreign elements activate the immune system to fight and eliminate it. It is an unsustainable and a recipe for immune-dysfunction for the immune system to be working every meal 3-4 meals a day, everyday! Pure Clay Pots contains all the five elements (PanchaMaha bhutas) and are living entities. Stainless Steel This alloy (a mixture of different metals) is available in different grades, the popular ones (general purpose) are 304 and 316. The 304-grade stainless steel contains elements like Chromium, Nickel, Carbon, Manganese, and Silicon. 316 also has high levels of Nickel and Molybdenum. What is the core – aluminium? When it gets scratched the core comes out. All these elements are highly reactive and break down as ions when food is cooked in Stainless steel cookware. These combine with nutrients in food and form toxic compounds that are dangerous in the body. For instance, a very small amount of concentration of nickel can cause kidney dysfunction, low blood pressure, muscle tremors, oral cancer, skin problems etc. Cast iron and iron Good method to get iron in the body but beware those with excess iron. High near-infrared heat from the metal = damages delicate nutrients in food. Copper (Tamra) Great to leave water in a copper cup overnight. Beware sour and high-level pH. It is reactive metal – reacts with other chemicals to create an undesirable end product. High near-infrared heat from the metal = damages delicate nutrients in food. You lose a lot of steam, which is essentially water-soluble nutrients depleting the food. Ceramics Man-made material made to replicate clay. Contains 0-9% a refined form of natural clay (usually secondary clay). – Same with Porcelain and Stoneware. They contain many toxic elements. Lead in an integral part of the ceramics. Pots finished with

Food Addictions, Quick Highs & Compulsive Behaviours with Myra Lewin #017

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod ABOUT MYRA LEWIN Myra embraced the power of Ayurveda and Yoga when her career as a corporate executive had previously made it difficult to manage her health. This prognosis pushed her to seek out a holistic lifestyle that would allow her body and mind to find balance. She undertook trainings in Ayurveda and Yoga in India and around the world and as she healed her own body and mind through these ancient sciences, they became the foundation for her life. Myra founded Hale Pule Ayurveda and Yoga in 1999 as a place for those on a journey towards greater health and genuine contentment. Myra is the author of two books, Freedom in Your Relationship with Food and Simple Ayurvedic Recipes, a professional member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) and Yoga Alliance, and has more than 50,000 hours of Yoga teaching experience spanning 20 years. She has studied with some of the world’s most prominent practitioners of Ayurveda and Yoga, including Sunil Joshi, David Frawley, Robert Svoboda, Maya Tiwari, Sarasvati Buhrman, Vasant Lad, Sandra Kozak, Pattabhi Jois, Ramanand Patel, and Richard Freeman, among others. She has spoken at several conferences around the world. Myra leads Yoga teacher trainings and Ayurvedic trainings and immersions in New Zealand and all over the world. She offers Ayurvedic health consultations, panchakarma, and dosha balancing treatments both in-person and by video conference. Among many of her clients, she is known as the “baby whisperer” because of amazing success stories helping couples use Ayurveda to overcome infertility issues. When Myra is not helping others find balance in their lives, you’ll find her knee-deep in the dirt pulling weeds, making date pecan muffins in the kitchen, surfing, swimming, hiking or playing with her pups, Sukha and Nika. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS How Myra got into Ayurveda and Yoga Ghee significantly helping Myra and being a catalyst in begining her jouney in Ayurveda. What is was like to study with David Frawley. Significant teachers on Mryas path. The importance of being present in our own practices for our self and to help others. Establishing your self in Being and doing the work yourself before treating others and also before learning intellectually. Aspects in today’s society that need to be addressed by healers. Myras two biggest ways to make a difference in peoples lives. Give them a little opening, a little snippet, don’t give them to much. Give them more light (sattva) and reduce tamasic activities (lower vibration activities). Attachments. Quick highs and additions – alcohol, exercise. Addiction to excitement, adrenaline, crating negative drama. Sattva, Rajas and Tamas – the three mental gunas (qualities). Ways to increase Sattva (Purity) Reduce and eliminate the addiction. Substitute actions for addictions: Chant a manta, go for a walk, stop and take 12 deep breaths and smile to myself, talk to a friend. Provide comfort in a different way. Food addictions. Metabolic issues of eating to often and snacking. Becoming attached to particular effects that particular foods bring. Not chewing foods. Vata imbalance twisting the mind to become delusional about their situation. The biological effect of drinking a glass or two of wine regularly. The Ayurvedic prescription on wine as medicine. Spiritual people regularly putting stimulates like coffee in them. Pranayama (breathing techniques) to gain and boost energy. Myras four forms of pranayama to purify the body. Nadi Shodana (Alternate nostril breathing) as one of the best forms of pranayama. Self-administering herbs in a manipulative way. Actions to take to prevent food cravings and addictions: Chew your food properly Don’t eat (snack) in between meals Include the six tastes in a balanced way. Make eating like a ritual. Good fats like ghee. Proper intake of drinking water. Reduce salads. Yagya – an offering or surrendering of preferences in order to trigger certain laws of nature. Agni Hotra – a yagya and fire ceremony done during sunrise and sunset. It cultivates the transcendental energy that is dominant during sunrise and sunset. The new plans for Myras Ayurvedic institute, “Hale Pule” as it moves to New Zealand. RESOURCES Hale Pule – The Ayurveda and Yoga institute that Myra founded. Agni Hotra – short fire ceremony to be done at sunrise and sunset. SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

The Power of Your Attention & Flow of Consciousness (Soma) | Thom Knoles #016

; Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Your attention is one of the greatest aspects of your self that you can gift to anyone. Use the nourishing quality of your attention to attend to, uplift and increase the high-end of anybody who you are interacting with. Where are you placing your attention? On the glorious future? or are you in the present now? Attention has a nourishing quality and someone who is a master of their art is a master of how they do it. In every life activity What is the state of consciousness of the individual doing the action? Not what is the action. It’s all about how you do it. It must not only be attention that you give, but intention laden attention. To see and feel and unity in others. You are creating everything that you experience depending on what you place your attention on. ABOUT THOM KNOLES Thom Knoles is a Maharishi (or pre-eminent master-teacher) of Vedic Meditation (an effortless mental technique that allows one to experience fully-awake restful consciousness and its many physiological benefits). He has tens of thousands of personally-taught students worldwide. Thom is a thought-leader and celebrated speaker on the cognitive sciences, on the potential of the brain and health of the body, on the relationship between quantum physics and human consciousness, and on the 5,000 year-old body of wisdom known as the Veda (knowledge governing the unity of the laws of nature and human consciousness from which yoga, meditation, and AyurVeda are derived). In India, he is called “Maharishi Vyasananda.” It means “the great seer who sequentially elaborates knowledge blissfully”. In the 60s Thom met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who became Thom’s personal mentor and his predominant spiritual and educational influence over the next two decades. Currently working with a stellar team of visionaries and organizers, Thom looks forward to spreading the joy of meditation to all who have the curiosity and desire to learn… RESOURCES Find a local Vedic Meditation teacher The Vedic World View Podcast by Thom Knoles SUPPORT THE SHOW Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

Fluoride: The Definitive Truth & Your Water Supply | Merilyn Haines #015

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod FLUORIDE: One of the most pernicious toxins! But people don’t quite fully understand it and thus are confused which results in people not averting the dangers of fluoride. Learn the cold hard facts and science and understand the situation occurring in one of your life basics, your water supply! Fluoride is a sensitive and controversial topic, but it is also confusing for people because they hear so many different things. That is why we need to get definitive. And by the end of this episode, I hope you are definitive about your view on fluoride. We are not going to tell you what to do, what water to use. We are going to give you the cold hard science and the cold hard facts. You have a right to know about the industrial systems that are providing society. Then, you can go ahead and make an INFORMED decision on what you, your community, your children, your animals – drink and bathe in. ABOUT MERILYN HAINES Merilyn is a co-founder of Queenslanders for Safe Water, a group which holds concerns about adverse health effects of water fluoridation and the issue that it is unethical mass medication. Merilyn is now retired, but worked for over 30 years as a medical laboratory scientist in both the government and private sectors. She first became concerned about water fluoridation many years ago when a close relative health suffered from water fluoridation. Merilyn has played a major role in removing fluoride in water supplies across the state of Queensland by educating governments on the issue so that they themselves formally reject fluoridation. Queensland Interventions: When mandatory fluoridation was being introduced to Queensland in 2008, Queenslanders for Safe Water regularly contacted each Queensland MP and sent them many scientific publications and articles on fluoridation. When state-mandated fluoridation was overturned end of 2012, Queenslanders for Safe Water then started contacting every Councillor in every Qld Council with information. Merilyn, along with a medical colleague gave presentations to a number of Qld Councils. There are now 29 Qld Councils which have formally rejected fluoridation. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: What got Merilyn into being an activist My sister suffered severe and distressing dermatitis when she moved to fluoridated Townsville – then one of the few fluoridated towns in Qld. Being such a controversial and heated topic, and I thank you for being on the front line here, What Hurdles or friction have you suffered? Defamation and verbal abuse – mostly from a very senior Qld Health Dentist who is the Qld govt appointed lobbyist for forced fluoridation. At public meetings I have both inferred I am a liar, or outright called a liar by this dentist. On radio and he has claimed that I make up statistics. In newspaper articles, I and other activists opposed to fluoridation are referred to as nutters, flat earthers, conspiracy theorists, extreme fringe groups and anti-vaxxers. Types of Fluoride It’s not just one chemical. It’s not just a simple yes or no. It’s not B&W. Calcium Fluoride occurs in nature and naturally found in the body. However, high levels in water cause devastating dental and skeletal fluorosis and other damage in a number of countries. We do point that the most common fluoride chemicals deliberately added to drinking water do not even occur in nature (Sodium Silicofluoride and Hydrofluorosilicic Acid) but are created from the fluoride waste captured in the smokestacks of phosphate fertiliser plants. Silicofluorides have never been tested. They don’t clean them up, they have heavy metals in them. These chemicals have never properly tested for safety: “Fluorosilicates have never been tested for safety in humans.” ~ Dr. Hardy Limeback, BSc, DDS, PhD Liquid Hydrofluorosilicic Acid used in NSW or Victoria comes from the Incitec Pivot fertiliser plant in Geelong. In West Australia it comes from the Wesfarmers owned CSBP fertiliser plant. Hydrofluorosilicic Acid is extremely dangerous and extremely corrosive and has to be tankered in special rubber lined tankers. It comes directly from the fertiliser plants to water treatment plants.Videos show it burning through concrete at a concentrated level. And at a diluted level, what do you think it’s doing on a cellular level? Sodium fluoride is usually added to water in smaller rural towns because it comes in smaller bags. Sodium fluoride was the first chemical to be used to fluoridate water, it was originally from the waste fluoride left over from Aluminium smelting – but then they moved mostly to the Silicofluoridesfrom phosphate fertilisers. Sulfuryl Fluoride– another kettle of fish that most have never heard of. It is a termite fumigant allowed to be used in America and Australia. In Australia, its use is allowed with certain foods – all whole grains, all whole nuts, all dried fruits. Much higher levels in food allowed than in water, but no follow up testing is done to see how much fluoride is in foods. – The fluoride added to toothpaste pharmaceutical grade; water fluoridation chemicals are industrial grade and are allowed to contain small amounts of heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury. Why was Fluoride Initially Added to Water and Why Does it Continue to Be? – Most countries in the world DO NOT fluoridate! Fluoridation is an American idea that started in the US in the 1940s when World War 2 was still raging. In the 1920s in America a dentist was working for an aluminum company called ALCOA in Colorado investigating whether Aluminium in water was causing ugly brown stains on teeth. At the time aluminum saucepans were suspected of causing cancer. It was discovered that it was actually fluoride in water that caused the bad stains (now known as dental fluorosis). Some years later there was an association made with higher fluoride levels in water and less tooth decay. It was not investigated whether higher levels of calcium or other minerals in the water were responsible for less decay. An executive of ALCO resigned his position and went

Water: The Basis Of Life, Therapeutic Bathing, Cold Water Immersion & Extreme Wellness | Professor Marc Cohen #014

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Water: One of the Foundational Elements of the Universe and The Basis of All Life What ways can we utilise it to optimise our individual health and the collective wellness of humans on earth and deal with the world water crisis. ABOUT PROFESSOR MARC COHEN Professor Marc Cohen is one of Australia’s pioneers of integrative and holistic medicine and has made significant impacts on education, research, clinical practice and policy. He is a registered medical practitioner with degrees in western medicine, physiology and psychological medicine along with PhDs in Chinese medicine and biomedical engineering. In 2002 he became Australia’s first Professor of Complementary Medicine and Head of the Department of Complementary Medicine at RMIT University, which was by far the largest such department in the country with around 100 staff and 1000 students. He currently leads wellness research within the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences at RMIT University and serves as Program Leader for postgraduate wellness programs along with teaching undergraduate courses on Medical Diagnosis and Medical Examination. He is a Board Member of the Global Wellness Summit, Past-President (from 2000-2007) of the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA), a member of the RACGP-AIMA Joint Working party and sits on the Editorial Board of five international journals. Prof Cohen has previously held positions as Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education at Monash University, Expert Advisor to the TGA Complementary Medicine Evaluation Committee, Member of the NHMRC Grant Review panel on Primary Healthcare, Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Institute of Complementary Medicine and multiple ministerial appointments on various Registration and Accreditation Panels. He previously held the position as Director of the Centre for Complementary Medicine at the Monash Institute for Health Services Research. As a medical practitioner and researcher Prof Cohen has pioneered the introduction of complementary, holistic and integrative medicine into mainstream settings. He has been involved in two landmark surveys of Australian General Practitioners and their attitudes towards, and use of, complementary medicines, which were instrumental in the development of the AMA policy on complementary medicine and the establishment of the RACGP-AIMA Joint Working Party on Integrative Medicine. He has also been involved in establishing acupuncture as a form of standard care in emergency department settings and developing hospital policy on practitioner accreditation as well as co-authoring many high level reports including a report for the World Health Organisation on quality assurance in CM education, a report for the National Asthma Council on CM in Asthma, and a report for the Victorian Department of Human Services on the risks and regulatory requirements of naturopathy and western herbal medicine, which was used to inform policy development for the regulation of natural medicine practitioners. Prof Cohen has published more than 90 peer–reviewed articles, authored more than 20 book chapters and edited 8 books on holistic health as well as co-authoring the landmark text; “Herbs and Natural Supplements an Evidenced Based Guide”, with the first two editions being short-listed for an Australian Publishing Award in the scholarly reference section. He is also co-editor with Oxford University’s Prof Gerry Bodeker of the landmark text ‘Understanding the Global Spa Industry’ which is the first academic book documenting the global spa and wellness industry. He writes a regular monthly column for Prevention Magazine and is regularly requested to examine PhD thesis from many local and international universities and peer-review articles for numerous international scientific journals. Prof Cohen has extensive experience in running clinical trials and other multidisciplinary projects. He has been involved in running more than 10 industry-funded randomized controlled trials as well as being CIA on two NHMRC funded trials on the use of yoga for geriatric insomnia and the use of acupuncture for analgesia in Emergency Departments. Prof Cohen is currently involved in research into various aspects of holistic health including the use of organic foods in reducing pesticide exposure, the use of yoga and meditation for insomnia and stress, and the use of various therapies and lifestyle interventions for detoxification from environmental chemicals. Prof Cohen is one of the most active people in Australia when it comes to organising conferences on holistic and integrative medicine. He has organised more than 10 International Holistic Health Conferences and in 2003 he chaired the Organising Committee for the First World Congress on Chinese Medicine. He also organised the Complementary Medicine Symposium at the XIIIth World Congress on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics as well as organising the RMIT School of Health Sciences Research Conferences from 2005-2007. He sat on the Scientific Committees for the Third International Conference on Complementary Medicine Research and National Prescribing Service Scientific Conference and currently sits on the Board of the Global Wellness Summit. In this last role he has been involved in commissioning and conducting landmark econometric research into the global wellness economy and been instrumental in the development and implementation of the free online evidence based portal wellnessevidence.com As well as organising conferences, Prof Cohen is a sought after presenter and has been an invited speaker at more than 100 conferences including more than 40 international and 40 national conferences in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, Indonesia, Turkey, Switzerland, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, The Philippines, New Zealand, The United States and Hong Kong. Prof Cohen’s impact on the field is recognised by the media and he has received four consecutive RMIT Media Star Awards as well as the inaugural award for leadership and collaboration from the National Institute of Complementary Medicine. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: An overview of water on earth: Just a ping pong ball (water) in a basketball (earth). but 97.5% of the water is ocean (saline) water. Fresh Water: size of a marble in the basketball. But most the fresh water is in the ground or in icecaps. Liquid fresh water: the size of a small mustard seed in a basketball. – in lakes, streams, rivers and the water in every microorganism in earth. We are 99% water including

Your Guide to Birth Control Methods, The Contraceptive Pill & Hormones | Wendy Dumaresq #013

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Contraception: Become aware of the various methods out there and become educated about what each contraceptive method is actually doing to the body of yourself, your partner, your family member or friend. Check out the associated article for a more comprehensive birth control guide. ABOUT WENDY DUMARESQ Wendy Dumaresq is a herbalist and Natural Medicine Women’s Health provider, two times published author, event leader, speaker and Teacher/Healer with nearly three decades of combined study and clinical practice. Her mission is to share natural and safe, inspiring and empowering solutions for women of all ages. She Knows that when you have the support, information and appropriate tools you can hugely improve your vitality, energy and enjoyment of life. Wendy also incorporates Ayurveda into her work and is an expert in accessing the cyclical charts of females. Daisy: Natural Intelligent Fertility Tracker Daysy is an intelligent fertility tracker that lets you get to know your very own menstrual cycle. Thanks to Daysy, you know exactly when you are in your fertile window and when you are not. The technology-based temperature method used by Daysy is one of the most reliable methods in the world for fertility tracking. Daysy allows every woman who wants a health-conscious lifestyle to monitor her individual monthly cycle and determine her fertile and infertile days in natural harmony with her body. Check it out HERE IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: What exactly is “The Pill” and how it works. Once you learn this, you may alter your choice of it. “The only pharmaceutical used on people without a health problem.” Other Hormonal Pharmaceutical Contraceptive Methods The history and the current trend of constantly changing the composition of the pill due to associated risks and incidents. The highly common trend of an inability to conceive after taking the pill. Potential side effects and diseases that are associated with The Pill. The pill as the first line of treatment for teenagers with hormonal symptoms like irregular cycles, period pain and acne. Even though there are so many effective natural options. The oral contraceptive pill as masking symptoms and not getting to the root of the issue. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) – A very exacerbated version of PMS. Taking the pill continuously vs. taking breaks. The importance of non-hormonal barrier methods of contraception. The importance of raising contraceptive options with your GP, if you want to be well. The importance of men being aware in this so they can respect their partner’s health. Natural Birth Control Methods Natural Fertility Management For couples to learn about the lunar cycle and when is safe to have unprotected sex and not. Why the menstrual cycle is the greatest gift to a woman. How every period influences, builds and paves the way for the future offspring. *A couple corrections to the podcast: The diaphragm is not placed over ‘vagina’, it is placed over the cervix. *Special Offer* for Vital Veda listeners who sign up to one of Wendy’s courses will be bonus resources such as the “Happy Hormones E-Journal.” Must mention Vital Veda for this speial offer. Daisy: Natural Intelligent Fertility Tracker Daysy is an intelligent fertility tracker that lets you get to know your very own menstrual cycle. Thanks to Daysy, you know exactly when you are in your fertile window and when you are not. The technology-based temperature method used by Daysy is one of the most reliable methods in the world for fertility tracking. Daysy allows every woman who wants a health-conscious lifestyle to monitor her individual monthly cycle and determine her fertile and infertile days in natural harmony with her body. Check it out HERE RESOURCES Article: Birth Control Guide: Become Educated & Aware of Your Options + The Birth Control Pill by Dylan Smith Article: Are we overprescribing the oral contraceptive pill to teenage girls? Daily Telegraph – Aug 30, 2017. by Wendy Dumaresq. Radiant Woman Book – chart your temp. familiarise yourself more with your hormone cycle. Free eBook: Get Your Midlife Mojo Back – 8 common Signs of menopause and what to do about it. Natural Woman Network Courses including “Thrive Through Menopause” and “Happy Hormones, Peaceful Period.” Facebook live with Wendy Dumaresq – Every Monday 12pm, 5-8 mins – “Thrive through Menopause” Facebook page. SUPPORT THE SHOW SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES Please leave me a comment below (I love to read every single one). SHARE Spread the word! Tell your family, friends, neighbors and all your social mates. Share this episode on Facebook / Share this episode on Twitter SUBSCRIBE iTunes, Spotify, Sticher, Google Play

The Enlightened Jesus with Dr. Kenneth Chandler #012

Listen on iTunes / Apple Podcast App Listen on Andriod Uplifting Christianity to the high dignity and essence of Jesus’ own and true teachings. See and experience the deeper and true meaning of these scriptures and teachings which are based on pure consciousness, enlightenment and transcendence. ABOUT KENNETH CHANDLER Through careful scholarly detective work, Kenneth has showed the essence of Jesus’ teachings. Dr. Kenneth Chandler received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas where he specialised in philosophy of science and theory of knowledge. He taught philosophy and the humanities for twenty years and has lectured at leading universities in Europe, Asia and North America on awakening the full potential of human consciousness. Most recently he was a scholar in residence at the University of Chicago. Dr. Chandler was raised in a strong Christian family. The skills of careful critical thinking he acquired in his academic career did not cause him to deny his Christian upbringing but led instead to the discover of the deeper meaning of Jesus’ own teaching. He found that Jesus described a kind of experience that is universally valid and that is the true foundation of Christianity. Dr. Chandler’s discerning scholarly detective work brings to light an aspect of Jesus’ teaching that has been hidden for nearly two thousand years. He found that the true ground of validity of Jesus’ teaching is the universal experience of eternal pure consciousness Jesus gave his disciples. Paul helped bring faith to millions of people by focusing on the “sign and miracle” of the risen Christ: but the true meaning and power of Jesus’ teaching is that we too can experience the eternal consciousness that ever knows itself and the Kingdom of Heaven within. Dr. Chandler’s research has uncovered the universal experience of pure consciousness that is described by the greatest minds of the East and West. This experience is the same across all cultures and is a foundation of well-grounded knowledge. IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: Kens Project: The Experience of Pure Consciousness Collecting exact expressions of pure consciousness from the greatest thinkers of the main steam from the east and west. This includes the Veda of course, but also western intellectual cultural spiritual heritage such as the Greeks, Roman, Dekardt and went right through History of Philosophy right through to the 21st century. Jesus is just one of them. The Sources of Jesus’ Teaching of Enlightenment Which is expressed in two basic sources: The Bible – The teaching of enlightenment is included there. But if you don’t have a clear paradigm of what enlightenment is you don’t see it. 7-14 gospels written down by his disciples and then lost. What is exciting is that these teachings are currently now being revealed. These scriptures such as the lost gospels have only recently been discovered, mostly in the twentieth century. Jesus’ Teaching of Enlightenment The experience of Transcending. Described in all traditions. Transcending and Experiencing Pure Consciousness What is transcending? Deep settling of the activity of the mind which causes our attention to go deeper, subtler and quieter until we remain awake with clear restful alertness to experience pure consciousness which is unbounded, unchangeable, blissful and infinite. The eternal Light of God – what Jesus called the all-pervading pure consciousness. What is Enlightenment? A natural result of developing the full potential of human consciousness. The potential to attain enlightenment is a universal human capability inherent in the human nervous system. Thus, every human being has this capacity to attain enlightenment. Enlightenment is a state of consciousness that is far more knowing, more vital and more blissful than ordinary waking state. It provides an ability to act more effectively in the word and achieve excellence in all endeavours. As consciousness develops, one gains a kind of direct knowledge and expanded knowledge of the universal consciousness – the foundation of all life. An Experience Based Approach vs Faith: This needs to dominate in religion, then people of all religions will rise above conflict and dogma and live the supreme enlightenment Jesus taught is possible. When established in the inner light, we know the inner Divine life of Jesus in our own experience. Paul teachings was a faith approach. The “Lost” or “Original” Gospels that have now been found. Approximately 14 lost gospels record Jesus’ true teachings. Transcending and pure consciousness. These were written by Jesus’ own disciples, while Jesus was alive. Some of them are: The Gospel of Mary – “how to rest in silence.” The Gospel of Thomas The (Secret) Gospel of Mark John – “The great unbounded one.” Judas The Saviour. Gospel of Mathew Common aspects and some of the exact same phrases of Jesus’ teachings from these gospels that are also in Vedic texts. A major difference between the teaching of Jesus and the teaching of Paul (todays Christianity): Heaven is On Earth. It is not something one acquires after dropping their body and leaving this earth. “The kingdom come, thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” Enhancing the collective consciousness with the ability to bring heavenly light and coherence to everyone to eliminate all negative thinking, war, crime, corruption, sickness and all the problems of the modern man. Jesus’ teaching of Yoga: “Take my yoke upon you… and ye shall find rest to your souls.” ~ Jesus. Mathew, 11:29 Yoke from the Greek yugos, which is closely related to the Sanskrit word yoga. Jesus mentioning “AUM”: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.” John 1: 1-4 Aum is the primordial sound of creation. The (Secret) Gospel of Mark St. Clement was well aware that the Secret Gospel of Mark was kept at the Church in Alexandria. Clement commanded in his letter to Alexandria that the priests there: “deny even under oath [that Mark had written a secret gospel] for one does not have to speak the whole truth to everyone.” However, Clement privately encouraged people to be initiated in the Mysteries

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