Thoughtless Awareness

 

Thoughtless Awareness 

The Indian scriptures describe the following four states of human awareness:

 Jagruti the waking state of consciousness

 Swapna the dreaming state of consciousness 

Sushupti the state of deep sleep in which the mind, the ego and superego are still 

Turya the state of thoughtless awareness beyond the mind 

The first three states of awareness are commonly experienced in our daily lives. 

The fourth state is the state of thoughtless awareness or nirvichara samadhi. This is the state in which the constant rising and falling of thoughts in the mind comes to an end. At first a gap—vilamba—begins to appear between the thoughts. As this gap grows the thoughts diminish and, with the regular practice of meditation, the mind enters easily into thoughtless awareness. Theattention becomes still like a lake without any ripples on it and a deep inner peace begins to dawn upon our awareness. 

When there are no ripples on the water of a lake, its surface becomes almost invisible as it reflects the beauty of the landscape around it—the trees and the sky and clouds. In the same way, the still mind reflects the beauty of the creation and melts into the bliss and the peace of the divine. Our growth in Sahaja Yoga lifts us to this higher level of consciousness. “Now, instruction in Yoga (Union). Union is restraining the thought-streams natural to the mind. Then the seer dwells in his own nature. Otherwise he is of the same form as the thoughts.”

 Patanjali – “Yoga Sutras” “Enjoyment is only possible when you are beyond your mind. With your mind you can never enjoy. It’s like a big load. It will not act, it will not help. Enjoyment comes when you are in complete silence—in a rippleless lake. The reflection of all the joy that is created on the shores of that lake are completely reflected, they are scribble about GAP Gap between thoughts  

 Let the mind become still.” Lao Tze Tao Te Ching, verse 16 4 What is Sahaja Yoga Sahaja Yoga – a beginner’s guide X not deflected. If there were ripples it would have been a different image altogether and would have been something nowhere near the image of reality.” Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi – Italy, Oct 1, 1995

 In the state of thoughtless awareness we think neither of the past nor of the future. We are entirely in the present moment, in the state of being and do not waste the precious moments of life thinking about times that are finished forever or yet to come. We start to enjoy our Self, our Spirit, our own inner beauty and the beauty of creation. We start to enjoy being. We are able to enjoy the singing of birds and the scent of flowers at a much deeper level as we are no longer bombarded by the meaningless mental chatter that assails our awareness and pollutes our attention, distracting us from the simple joys of our existence.

 In this state, we start to feel the vibrations of our chakras and our surroundings (and the effect of our behavior and lifestyle) on our fingertips. As a result we spontaneously and naturally change ourselves and our environment so that we maximize the joy, both for ourselves and for those around us.

 Shri Mataji has described this as“innate religion.” “The Self, which is in fact the Lord and which is called ‘I’ because it abides in the body, is different from the physical and subtle bodies. ‘I am that Spirit. I am without attributes, actionless, eternal, ever free and indestructible. I am not the body which is ever changing and unreal.’ This is called Knowledge by the wise.” Shri Adi Shankaracharya

Sahajayoga - Experiences of seasoned Doctors as explained in Medical Press Conference 1993 in New Delhi

 

Following in the message by Dr. Talwar.

 Dr Talwar: Jai Shri Mataji. Too long and too far to be used to standing behind the mike and talking. Your Holiness, at Your Feet I picked up only one thing. That there is something known as the language of vibrations. And that is what is learned in Sahaja Yoga.

My friend here, one of them asked the proof in the laboratory about the cure for cancer and the diseases. I want to put to you humbly, that the best proof and the best lab is the individual who is suffering from the trouble. It is actually the experience that one goes through with the practice of Sahaja Yoga and bringing yourself into the balance. That you literally find, literally find, a chemical and a neurological balance occurring within your body. Which ultimately brings your wellbeing to the balance of ease, taking away your disease.

I only want to share with you my own experience. It is now forty years I practised in medicine as an obstetrician-gynaecologist and ultimately gave it up. Because I found the futility of only following the laboratory. Because the best lab is in me. And I found that if my lab works properly, the effect of it is felt in others also. It is actually correct when you say that the proof of the pudding lies in its eating. Not in others experience. But you eating the pudding yourself.

Till you have the experience of Sahaja Yoga, it is very difficult for you to appreciate. I may be pardoned if I say this, but to appreciate the real true meaning of Sahaja Yoga. If I tell you about my experience, it is mine. But I still put it before you. 

I was proclaimed as a patient of essential hypertension. And tried on as a guinea pig by my doctor friends for a number of years. Till I became a victim of medicine. So much so that the anti-hypertensive drugs which were given to me, gave me more trouble than the disease itself. Ultimately, thanks to Mother and thanks to Sahaja Yoga, I have not taken medicines for nine years now. And my blood pressure seems to be fairly balanced. 

I can also share that my wife is here, who is suffering from what is called poly-arthritis. Had practically become a cripple. And also being a doctors wife, had become a guinea pig of so many medical friends. And she went through more hell, I should say, from the treatment than from the disease itself. But ultimately thanks to Sahaja Yoga, through Mother, she is sitting right here, and she is very healthy, and she is full of cheer and laughter. Which seemed to have eluded our family for a long time.

And the last thing is, I underwent four operations for my eyes. And at the last one, they said degenerative changes had started for my eyes and soon I shall go blind. This was about twelve years ago. Thanks to Sahaja Yoga, I can even drive my car at night. 

I can only say, these are very small experiences but very valid as far as the individual is concerned. I say in all humility, my friends, this is a subject you should take it along with you. We need the media to spread something positive. And not just give the news which saddened us in the morning. Thank you very much.

Treatment for Medical Problems as given by Mataji Nirmaladevi

 

Questions and Answers from the medical seminar held at Pathardi ,Nashik on January 6,2009

How many treatments should be taken?

Answer: Treatments only contribute 15% of the benefit. 80% comes from meditation and salt-water treatment, and 100% dedication is required. When you close your eyes during meditation and reach the state of thoughtless awareness, treatment is no longer needed. It is said, “Treatments are tools for Sahaja Yogis,” just like tools used to change a flat tire on a car. But we only use them when there’s a puncture, not every day.

How to remove defects and obstacles at home?

Answer: Burn camphor in the morning and evening and move it around the entire house. Burn guggul (a resin) as well. Recite Shri Ganesha Atharvashirsha loudly enough for it to be heard throughout the house. Keep a coconut on a pot (kalash) near Shri Mataji’s photograph.

Children are troublesome and irritable, what should be done?

Answer: Children are innocent and are not at fault. If we make mistakes, it affects the children. Everyone should clear their children of bad vibrations. Hold salt and mustard in your right hand, black and red chili in your left hand, make a cross over the Sahasrara (top of the head) three times, then burn it to destroy the negativity. This should be done in front of Shri Mataji’s picture with a lamp lit.

Thyroid problems (hypothyroidism and weight gain)?

Answer: This issue arises from the left Vishuddhi. When we keep thinking about someone or criticize others, it causes this problem. The solution is to have complete faith in Shri Mataji and stop worrying about others. The left Vishuddhi is more affected when we feel inferior. Stay centered in the spirit, as the spirit is pure.

Conflict in the mind?

Answer: Negative and positive thoughts keep coming to the mind. Negative thoughts include fear, anger, revenge, sadness, greed, arrogance, and inferiority complex. Positive thoughts are joy, peace, love, understanding, kindness, generosity, and truth. The thoughts you focus on will become dominant. So, choose wisely and avoid blaming others.

Should Shri Mataji’s photograph be placed on the stage during weddings?

Answer: Yes, absolutely. If anyone asks, share information about Sahaja Yoga with them.

Should Shri Mataji’s photograph be placed in the bedroom?

Answer: Yes, why not? Shri Mataji is omnipresent. She can be respectfully placed anywhere.

Cervical spondylosis?

Answer: Do candling on the left Vishuddhi and recite Shri Vishnumaya’s mantra. If there’s a gap between the vertebrae, apply a warm pouch of ajwain (carom seeds). Apply ice to the right Vishuddhi and recite the mantra of Shri Vitthal Rukmini.

Attending funerals or ceremonies like the 10th or 12th day rites of relatives, and eating food there?

Answer: Definitely attend! Sahaja Yoga never asks us to abandon humanity. Shri Mataji has given us all the powers, so there’s no need to fear. Keep your attention on the Sahasrara and there will be no problem. Wherever you go, share about Sahaja Yoga.

Persistent cold, dust allergies, hearing loss?

Answer: Before going out, apply a little Panchvardhan oil or coconut oil in your nostrils. Continuous cold issues can lead to hearing problems. Slightly warm Bhimseni camphor and cow ghee, and put two drops in your nostrils in the evening. This clears the Vishuddhi and Hamsa chakra.

Gas problems?

Answer: Place your hands in front of your Sahasrara and say for 5 minutes, “I am the emperor, Shri Mataji, You are the emperor.” Then, apply ice to the right Nabhi and raise your Kundalini. After dinner, walk for 10 minutes and meditate with ice on the right Nabhi.

Phlegm accumulation in the throat?

Answer: Gargle with warm salt water in the morning. Focus on the Hamsa chakra and recite the Shri Hamsa Niranjan mantra.

Excessive hunger or thirst?

Answer: This is due to imbalance in the right Nabhi and right Swadisthan. You should reduce your food intake at night and cleanse your stomach. During meditation, place your hand on the right Nabhi and say, “Mother, I am satisfied.”

Difficulty sleeping at night?

Answer: Before sleeping, immerse your hands and feet in cold water and place your hand on the right Swadisthan while meditating. Pray to Shri Mataji to help improve your sleep. If sleep still doesn’t come, focus on Shri Shiva-Shakti and stay in a witness state.

Lower back pain?

Answer: Apply ice to the right Mooladhara and say, “Shri Ganesha, please balance my Mooladhara.” Also, during Shri Mataji’s meditation, focus on the right Mooladhara.

Epilepsy?

Answer: This issue is generally caused by an imbalance in the left Swadisthan. The treatment involves cooling the left Swadisthan with ice and praying to Shri Mataji to raise your Kundalini. Regularly do bandhan.

Importance of Bandhan?

Answer: Bandhan creates a protective circle around us. It should be done before and after meditation every day to keep negative energy at bay.

Joint pain?

Answer: Apply ice to the left Nabhi and treat the joints with candle treatment. Then apply ice to the right Nabhi and meditate, praying to Shri Mataji to balance your joints.

Candle treatment?

Answer: Candle treatment is used to clear Vishuddhi, left Vishuddhi, and other chakras. It helps remove negativity from the body, making it easier for the Kundalini to rise.

Tooth problems?

Answer: Focus on the Hamsa chakra and recite Shri Hamsa Niranjan’s mantra. Also, do candling on the Hamsa chakra and gargle with salt water. If the problem persists, pray to Shri Mataji and focus on Shri Hamsa Niranjan.

The importance of hot water?

Answer: Gargling with warm water and salt in the morning helps relieve throat issues. Drinking hot water improves digestion and removes toxins from the body.

Calcium and phosphorus deficiency?

Answer: Deficiency of calcium and phosphorus weakens bones and teeth. Focus on the left and right Vishuddhi, and pray to Shri Mataji to balance your body. Eat a balanced diet and focus on Sahasrara during meditation.

Matka (Pot)?
Answer: There is no such thing as a half-filled or flower-filled pot. Use a medium-sized red pot (preferably not black). Place seven lemons, seven green chilies, vibrated water, and kumkum inside it. Recite the mantra of each chakra and place the pot in front of Shri Mataji’s photograph. Then, perform bandhan while reciting Shri Ganesha’s mantra, Shri Ganesha Atharvashirsha, Shri Ganesha’s 108 names, and the Mahamantra, praying to Shri Mataji to remove obstacles.
While sleeping, place the pot either above your head on the ground or beneath your pillow. If multiple people are sleeping in the same room, the person for whom the pot is meant should keep it next to their pillow, while others should maintain some distance. In the morning, cover the pot and keep it hidden. At night, open it after taking bandhan and place it beside your pillow. Do not peek into the pot out of curiosity. In the morning, before sunrise, cover it again after taking bandhan, as it may be difficult to explain to non-Sahaja yogis.

On the seventh day, knead the dough yourself, seal the pot with it, and bury it or immerse it in the correct place.

Jod Patti?

Answer: Perform bandhan and recite the mantra of Bhumata (Mother Earth). Pray to Bhumata, “O Bhumata, I place a joint (jod patti) on you. Please forgive and help me.” Using the thumb of the right hand, draw a circle on the ground and write your name inside it. Below that, write down all the obstacles caused by ego, superego, and anything hindering your progress. Bandhan it. With your left hand facing upward (towards the ether element), hold a slipper in your right hand and, while saying “obstacle,” strike it 108 times or until you feel a cool sensation in the left hand. Then, wipe it away with the slipper.
Next, write: “Obstacles in my spiritual progress from Aguru (not Aguru itself!)” – and strike.
“Obstacles in my spreading of Sahaja Yoga” – and strike.

Write only about your personal issues. Never write the names of others!

This method was discovered by Shri Muhammad the Prophet.

Candle treatment (Mooladhara)?

Answer: This is useful only for problems on the left side. If treating left-side problems, rotate the candle clockwise. For back problems, rotate the candle counterclockwise.

Knee pain?

Answer: Candle on the left Swadisthan and ice on the right side, alternating between hot salt water on the left and cold salt water on the right.

Tongue-related problems?

Answer: This is usually due to left Swadisthan imbalance. Focus on balancing the left Swadisthan and pray to Shri Mataji for healing

Analytical Study of Sahaja Yoga Impact on Development and Evolution of Human Beings

 

A Brief Summary on “An Analytical Study of Sahaja Yoga Impact on Development and Evolution in Human Beings”

Introduction

The origin of creation is supposed to have happened due to an explosion of energy defined as Big bang. Resultant creation is made of visible and invisible, living and non-living and other seen-unseen elements. In the creation all these exist at four main levels known as Physical, subtle, causal and super-causal levels of existence. These levels are also the expression of divinity in the creation.
A human being is a living system made of visible and invisible elements and is considered a replica of universe. Thus a human being also has four levels of bodies known as physical body, subtle body, causal body and super-causal body. All these bodies have their elements and the divine forces behind the elements which contribute to working and behaviour of a human being in daily life. Some of the major elements of four bodies are,

a. Physical Body. Body, Body Parts, Organs, Systems. All that makes physical body work as a living system and perform physical actions.
b. Subtle Body. Mana (Mind), Buddhi (Intellect), SukshamIndriya (Subtle Senses). Controls working of physical body and human being as a living being.
c. Causal Body.Chitta (Attention), Ahankar (Ego), SukshmaPran (Subtle Life Force). Controls working of subtle body and through subtle physical body actions.
d. Supercausal Body. Atma (Soul), Pramatma (God), Prakarti (Nature). Controls working of causal body and through causal body working of subtle and physical body.

Working of Human Being and Behaviour
A human being as a living beings works under the control of brain-mind system. Brain is an element and part of physical body and Mind, an element of subtle body. But brain and mind are also effected by the state of causal and super-causal body elements like chitta, life force, prakarti, atma etc. Behaviour of a human being is the result of various internal factors and is observed as impression and expression caused by the impact of actions like words, dealings, reactions etc. on other livings and non-livings in general but human beings in particular. In a human being behaviour is the ultimate result of all the elements of various bodies and their impact on physical body elements which exhibit as behaviour.

Human behavior is also effected by some invisible factors like anger, fear, lust, greed, tension, anxiety etc. which are the result of actions and reactions of various body elements and exhibit as behaviour at physical and subtle levels. These are all drivers of behavior in a human being. By controlling these drivers and their impact on the elements of bodies behaviour can be controlled.

Yoga and meditation work at elements of various bodies and hence control items of behaviour.

Role of Yoga in Human Behaviour

Yoga means union of individual living with creator or Atma with Paramatma. Meditation is the process of creating this union. In practical terms meditation and yoga mean bringing peaceful integration in elements of four bodies i.e. body, mind, attention and soul etc. and achieve the goal of yoga i.e. union of atma with paramatma which reflects as joy and peace, happy mind and thoughts and ailment free health.

Meditation and Yoga as tools of human development have been accepted world over.

Sahaja yoga, though an old system, has been revived and taught in recent times. Sahaja Yoga works using kundalini awakening as the source of achieving yoga.

Kundalini is the divine energy resident in every human being and imparts life and balance and flows through Nervous System (Nadis) and Plexuses (Chakras) in the physical body. Problems in a human being are caused by imbalance in the flow of energy which when balanced removes the
problems .

Kundalini normally remains dormant but on being awakened flows through Nadis and Chakras and energises every cell and organ connected through nerves and plexuses. By meditation one can bring balance in this flow in the body and achieve benefits at physical (Body and Organs),subtle (Mind, Intellect) and even causal (Ego, Consciousness) bodies which are cause of anger, tension and all other weaknesses.

This also imparts an awareness of higher level known as self realisation.

Article by:
Dr Hari S Sharma
Email: profhssharma@yahoo.com
Mob:9810139238
Website: drhss.com

Health Benefits of Sahaja Yoga

 

Health Benefits of Sahaja Yoga

Article from The Indian Express: "Easy Healer"

Sudipta Basu in conversation with Dr. Umesh C. Rai (left), MBBS, MD, FIMSA, Director of the International Sahaja Yoga Research and Health Center, Mumbai

Doctors in Madrid had given up on her condition of Polyarteritis Nodosa. And Emilia Moreno lived in a state of semi-paralysis for 20 years - she could barely walk or use her hands. And yet, after spending a couple of months at a health centre in Navi Mumbai, she wrote in her farewell note stating : "I was not able to balance and my eyesight was poor. Today I can walk and write and paint ... ."

And there are others like her. There is 48-year-old Shirley Ellerbee from New York who has been here for the past two months and thinks she has been cured of her condition of breathlessness. "The doctors in New York suggested operation for my weak heart. But I am rather cynical about modern medecine and chose to come here for cure.I used to be breathless even while living in suburban New York. But after about a couple of months here I actually feel much better," says she.

It isn't as if these people have been treated with a magic potion, but thanks to Sahaj, their physical ailments have been taken care of, as it were. Sahaj Yoga is practiced in 65 countries all over the world. The International Sahaj Yoga Research and Health centre at Navi Mumbai is also guiding and coordinating research activities of Sahaj Yoga research centers in London, Paris, Vienna, Moscow, Kiev, Toronto and Sydney.

Sahaj Yoga as rediscovered by Mataji Nirmala Devi aims at achieving holistic health care for people. The science focuses on awakening the dormant primordial energy (the Kundalini), whereby a flow of subtle cool cosmic vibrations in the body is achieved which nourishes and rejuvenates each and every cell of the body. Says Dr Umesh Rai, director of International Sahaj Yoga Research and Health Centre, "As a result of meditation, which is the basic aim of Sahaj, the body manufactures certain fluids which have curative powers, which help in overcoming the most severest of ailments."

Another case in point is that of Nilima and Sunil Mane. The couple were seeped in the agony of childlessness even 14 years after their marriage. Thereafter, they sought solace in this holistic science. Says Nilima, now the mother of a 10-year-old : "It is our firm belief that it was only after a course in Sahaj that it was possible for us to have a child."

Dr Rai has researched at the Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, on the role of Sahaj Yoga in the treatment of psychosomatic diseases.

He maintains that while with the advancement of the medical sciences, infectious diseases have been wiped out and heart and kidney transplants are quite successful, scientists have yet to find an answer for the treatment of psychosomatic diseases which are on the increase in the developed as well as the developing countries. Some such diseases are hypertension, migraine, bronchial asthma, epilepsy and others.

"The doctor of today practicing modern allopathic medecine has entered a stage of superspeciality whereby they appoint separate parts of the body to be treated by a specialist. Due to this approach doctors are not able to view disease as a disturbance to the whole organism. They treat a particular part of the body without taking into consideration the psychological and social aspects of the patients illness", says Rai. " One could be physically fit, but emotional problems or social isolation could make a person very sick."

He advises recourse to the ancient Indian sciptures like the Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, that mentioned yoga as the most essential technique to keep the body and mind healthy. This is true even today but there is a need for integration that is not merely inner but covers external life as well. "For yoga to be more relevant today, it needs to touch both the physical and mental aspects of health, which is encapsulated in the Sahaj Yoga. This science borders on all that which one is born with," says he.

It is based on our subtle nervous system. The dormant primordial energy is present in every individual in three and a half coils in the triangular bone called "sacrum"- The Kundalini, at the base of the spine. When this gets activated on doing Sahaj Yoga, it ascends and activates one's six subtle chakaras and piercing through Brahmarandhra, it unites with the all pervading cosmic energy."And with this actualisation in the limbic area of the brain, subtle cool vibrations start flowing from both palms and the top of the head. In this vibratory awareness, while one can feel what chakaras are blocked, on the other side one can work out the correction of these chakaras to cure different diseases.

To verify some of the claims of Sahaj Yoga, a systematic research study was organised in the physiology and medecine department of Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Hospitals in New Delhi.

The research projects studied were psychological effects of Kundalini awakening by Sahaj Yoga and the effect of Sahaj practise on psychosomatic diseases like hypertension and bronchial asthma.

Says Ellerbee, the most important aspect of this science is to achieve a state of thoughtlessness. "Which is the most difficult of things to achieve. But once you get your mind free, you gradually begin to feel a calm stillness within," says she.

But couldn't the cure here for ailments like hypertension etc. be attributed to the fact that getting here in the health centre itself is a get-away of sorts for the patients ?

"Getting away from regular duties help concentrate on Sahaj but it is imperative that one should continue to keep at it. The cure though is lasting," says she.

An alternative to the traditional medical sciences ? Now that's a tough one, isn't it ?

THE INDIAN EXPRESS, 23 july 1996

LIVER and It’s Functions.

 

 Posting by DR. RAMESH MANOCHA on LIVER and It’s Functions.

1. Toxins in the body are converted by the liver into heat.

a. At a subtle level this occurs by the movement of the swadhisthan around the nabhi, during which time the fire element consumes the toxins.

1. Everything we eat goes to the stomach and small intestines where it is broken down into its basic constitutents. These constituents pass through the walls of the gut straight into a special set of blood vessels (called the portal circulation) that transport this blood directly to the liver. Hence everything we swallow goes to the liver to be further broken down and processed before it is sent to the rest of the body.
2. When fats or proteins are converted to glucose by the liver, heat is also generated, that’s why the liver gets hot when we eat fatty, rich or “liverish” food. It has to work a lot to process fats and proteins but not as much for carbohydrates.
3. This is also why the liver gets hot when we consume toxic stuff such as alcohol, drugs, preservatives and colouring agents.
4. The heat is then radiated out of the body by first transferring it to the blood which is then circulated to the surface of the body which then emits it via usual physical mechanisms. At a microscopic level the liver is designed very similarly to a car radiator ie massive surface area to blood exposure ratio to maximize heat transfer out of the liver cells into the blood.
5. When the liver becomes overwhelmed by toxins (ie bahdhas) it stores them in fat globules in and around the liver cells.
6. When these toxin containing fat globules accumulate, the vibrations of the liver are reduced because it fills up with badha. Strangely enough these fat globules can even be seen with a microscope in liver biopsy samples.
7. As the toxins (badhas) build up, the liver has less capacity to support attention and hence the attention (and hence right side) becomes weak and ultimately “impure”, the person’s behavior becomes ill-tempered and “liverish”. The heat in the right side manifests as too much thinking, poor attention and general difficulty in meditating.
8. This is also why the liver overheats more quickly when it is full of toxins and the fat globules that contain them. Junk food= junk attention!
9. When the liver’s ability to remove heat reaches its limit, other chakras are recruited to help remove the heat, especially vishhudhi. Hence people with very hot livers also have red complexions, and “hot under the collar” behavior.
10. The excess heat travels up to the Vishuddhi. When the vishuddhi is overwhelmed it travels to the agnya and radiates out of the head, hence the term “hot head”.
11. Too much heat in the head eventually puts pressure on the back agnya, making it much easier for left sided negativities to affect it despite the fact that the person is right sided. This is why an ice pack on the back of the head can sometimes help back agnya problems- because it reduces the pressure of the overheated right side on the back agnya.
12. Excess heat can also travel down from right swadhisthan to right mooladhara, causing problems such as haemorrhoids.
13. When the heat crosses from right mooladhara to left, the whole mooladhara can get affected. This explains why very right sided people can develop “anti- mooladhara” behavior patterns.
14. The connection between overheated liver and ill tempered behavior is the basis for the old fashioned term “colicy” behaviour
15. A liver diet and other treatments reduces the strain on the liver by

a. reducing the amount of work it has to do on food, by eliminating fats and proteins for a few weeks.

b. increasing the amount of sugar intake, which acts like a detergent on the fat globules, thereby flushing the badha-containing fat globules out thereby reducing the amount of toxins that it has to work on

c. reducing the amount of other heat containing foods (such as spices, salt, additives, caffeine, tanin etc) so that the liver is able to remove its own residual heat rather an accumulate more

d. cooked food contains heat as well, so raw fruits and vegetables are the ideal “liver diet” food

e. the ice pack accelerates removal of heat, thereby facilitating destruction and removal of more toxins and helping the liver recover normal levels of function

f. footsoak also facilitates removal of heat from the body, helping the liver to work more effectively

g. Egg white is made from a protein called albumin. By coincidence the liver also manufactures this protein which is needed for various body functions. Therefore eating a little egg white actually helps the liver because it reduces the need for the liver to manufacture its own, therefore reducing strain on the liver. That is why egg white, despite being a protein, can be a legitimate part of the liver diet.

h. Cooling of the liver is greatly accelerated by consumption of large amounts of water. Vibrated water is particularly good because the water molecules have a slightly different “bond angle” that allows for more heat absorption.

i. Similarly, vibrations directed into the liver area assists in cooling and normalizing liver function.

j. Cool showers, swimming in rivers, oceans etc also assist in cooling the liver and therefore improving its physical and subtle functions

k. “craving” for rich (liverish) food is a sign of overheated liver. When the liver has cooled down and cleared out these cravings will stop. Strictly speaking, when the cravings stop that is the authentic indicator that the liver diet has been successful and it’s time to finish the diet.

l. Generally , speaking the liver diet shouldn’t be done for more than a month or so

1. These principles explain why the liver diet, footsoaking, ice packs and other sahaj treatments work so effectively.
2. It also explains why what you eat and drink can have such a direct impact on the quality of your meditation.
3. Hence the value of daily footsoaking, avoidance of alcohol and moderation in food intake.

Hope this helps!

https://www.sahajayogabengal.com/a-posting-by-dr-ramesh-manocha-on-liver-and-its-functions/

How to Deal With Insomnia

 

What is the cause of Insomnia, and how can it be eradicated.

🌹Shree Mataji: The question is about Insomnia, and what are the deities involved.

Mantra: Ya Devi Sarva Bhuteshu, Nidra Rupen Samstitha, Namastasyai Namastasyai Namo Namaha

She is the One Who gives you sleep. Is the left side. Mahakali is the One Who gives you sleep. To get to Her you must raise the Mahakali Tattwa.

So all those who have this insomnia business, should raise the left side and put it to the right. Try about 108 times first of all.

Then you have to do some deep breathing. With deep breathing you go to the left side more. With deep breathing you relax. Then put your attention to the Sahastrara, and sleep off.

But insomnia is absolutely curable in Sahaja yoga, if you know how to put left to the right. After that you should also clear out your Agya Chakra.

With your Agya finger, turn the chakra round and round; or ask any yogi to put his finger on your Agya. But it might happen that he will get your insomnia! So the best thing is you use My Photograph and try to turn your Agya Chakra like this.

Also you can put vibrated kumkum, which will make you sleepy. And try to sleep in complete darkness, without any streak of light coming into the room.

Because as long as Surya(Sun) is , your Agya takes over, and when the surya is there the light makes you feel very active, over active sometimes, and you cannot sleep. And this insomnia is absolutely curable, and you dont take any medicines or anything for them.

Another thing, taking tea like this in the night, you might get insomnia. Not Me. But you might get. But normally never take any tea or coffee after 6 o’clock. Never! Make it a point. I also try to do that because, just to give you a lesson, but I have no problem of sleeping. But you should not take any tea or coffee after 6 o’clock. Say about 5 o’clock, afterwards you should not take. You will see that you will sleep very well.

On the contrary, in the West, people always take coffee after dinner. And then they take pill to sleep.

You must take milk. And milk covered with a little butter and sleep with that hot milk, is a very good way of sleeping. If you do not get sleep milk is better."

Vishuddhi Chakra, Delhi (India), Public Programme, 2 February 1983.https://www.discoversahajayoga.org/single-post/how-to-deal-with-insomnia/