The Anger Eating Demon

April 6th, 2010

Retold by Mystic Sudhir from an ancient Buddhist Story

Once there lived a demon who had a peculiar diet: he fed on the anger of others. And as his feeding ground was the human world, there was no lack of food for him. He found it quite easy to provoke a family quarrel, or national and racial hatred. Even to stir up a war was not very difficult for him. And whenever he succeeded in causing a war, he could properly gorge himself without much further effort; because once a war starts, hate multiplies by its own momentum and affects even normally friendly people. So the demon’s food supply became so rich that he sometimes had to restrain himself from over-eating, being content with nibbling just a small piece of resentment found close-by.

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Ode to the West Wind

April 6th, 2010

by P.B.Shelley

O WILD West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being

Thou from whose unseen presence the leaves dead

Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,

Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,

Pestilence-stricken multitudes!—O thou

Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed

The wingèd seeds, where they lie cold and low,

Each like a corpse within its grave, until

Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow

Her clarion o’er the dreaming earth, and fill

(Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)

With living hues and odours plain and hill

Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere

Destroyer and Preserver—hear, O hear!

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Directed Visualization

April 6th, 2010

by Dean Ornish

Your mind may think in words, but your body responds to images as though they were really happening right now. Try it and see.

For example, if you remember an argument that you had with a friend yesterday, your body reacts today as though you were still fighting. Close your eyes and remember the last time you argued with a close friend or loved one; and pay attention to what happens in your body. You may notice that your breathing has become more rapid and shallow, your muscles have tightened, and your heart is breathing faster, and you feel anxious or disturbed.

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Energy recipes for breakfast

April 6th, 2010

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it boosts your energy and brain power and can ward off mood swings and overeating later in the day. An ideal breakfast should be a balanced meal.

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MYSTIC RUNNING for Mortals

April 6th, 2010

Heal, Awaken & Expand with outdoor running – by Mystic Sudhir

My friend’s 16 year old daughter was joking about me and mentioned that first question Sudhir must be asking people when he meets them is, ‘how many kilometres you can run & in how many minutes?’ I had a hearty laugh at her repartee but the teenager also confessed in the same breath, ‘I have forgotten how to run’; now that’s not so amusing coming from a 16 year old.

Welcome to the fascinating world of outdoor running. If you are a runner, this blog may help you to explore subtle nuances of mindful running. For those yet to romanticize running, this blog will open up a Pandora’s Box and bring to light Undreamed of Possibilities for health, weight loss, strength, stamina, endurance, mind power, emotional healing and per chance spiritual awakening.

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A Moment of Understanding

April 6th, 2010

Bruce Lee’s handwritten essay from one of his courses at the University of Washington.

Gung fu is a special kind of skill, a fine art rather than just a physical exercise. It is a Bruce Leesubtle art of matching the essence of the mind to that of the techniques in which it has to work. The principle of gung fu is not a thing that can be learned, like a science, by fact-finding and instruction in facts. It has to grow spontaneously, like a flower, in a mind free from emotions and desires. The core of this principle of gung fu is Tao – the spontaneity of the universe. After four years of hard training in the art of gung fu, I began to understand and felt the principle of gentleness – the art of neutralising the effect of the opponent’s effort and minimising the expenditure of one’s energy. All these must be done in calmness and without striving. It sounded simple, but in actual application it was difficult.

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The inspirational poem If – by Rudyard Kipling

March 8th, 2010

– by Rudyard KiplingRudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too:

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

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Stress Eating

March 7th, 2010

Hungry or stressed ?Stress Eating

Stress can make you feel hungry when you are actually not. What you really need to do is to find a non-food solution to the problem. You may try these no-calorie stress busters to ease your emotions.

When we get stressed about work or family, some of us lose appetite (may even feel sick to their stomach) over stress, or some of us find ourselves reaching for the nearest fast food joint or chocolate candy! We try to soothe ourselves with food, and end up taking in more calories than we want. Continual stress eating adds more and more to body weight. Some people try to cope with negative emotions and make themselves feel better with food. Studies have shown that stress eating also occurs because stress triggers hormones that cause hunger. Read the rest of this entry »