"Our highest identity is that We are all part of One DIVINITY" SriSri
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The Art of Living, San Diego.
Making Life a Celebration! |
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August 25, 2009 |
"We are all floating bodies, like shells in the ocean of life."
-- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | | |
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In This Issue ... |
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Sudarshan Kriya follow-ups | |
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Sudarshan Kriya® follow-ups or weekly long-kriyas:
Wednesday
evenings in Carmel Valley and Sunday mornings in Mira Mesa and
Carlsbad. For address and directions, please click on any of the
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Wisdom Series - Protect the Mind with Knowledge |
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Protect the Mind with Knowledge
by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Q. Could you please explain the five elements?
Sri
Sri: The whole world is made up of the five elements. Honoring the
earth element means that we don't pollute the earth with plastic,
poisonous fertilizers and chemicals. It means that we are environment
conscious. Honoring water does not mean putting flowers into water.
There is a shortage of clean drinking water. First, we pollute water
and then water pollutes the earth. In the last century, people did not
know anything about soaps. In this country (India), people used only
charcoal ashes, soapnut powder to clean vessels. They would use
turmeric and many other herbal elements, which are biodegradable.
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is a great tradition of honoring rivers. The river does not want you
to offer flowers or fruits. This is not the way to do pooja (worship).
Also by putting sewage or garbage into rivers, how can you say that
you are doing pooja? Pooja means honoring and you can only do full
honor once you stop dumping sewage, garbage, plastic into the rivers.
Nowhere in the scriptures is it said that you have to put flowers or
fruits into the river. Of course, one way of honoring is with flowers
and they are biodegradable. However you have to stop dumping garbage.
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few years ago you could directly drink from a river. Today, no river
is fit for drinking even from a hundred kilometers away from its
source. Earlier even thousand kilometers away from its source, the
river water was fit for drinking. We are pouring so much industrial
waste into the rivers. This is not honoring the jal tatva (water
element). The five elements are part of the creation. You have to
honor this beautiful creation and sustain it.
Then there is the
air element. We need to have clean energy. We have provided smokeless
stoves in the villages of Maharashtra, which have been very successful.
Then there is the space element. This is very abstract. You cannot
catch space. When you save your mind from negativity, you are filling
the space with joy. Then the air around becomes like that. You can
create a space of mistrust, anger, greed, jealousy and selfishness. Or
you could create a space of fun, joy, confidence, and coherence. You
could create an accommodating space around you. If we always speak
negatively about all mistakes, then there is nowhere on earth you can
really survive. Everybody is imperfect. When we try to see perfection
in others, then we forget to see our own imperfection. Protect the
space, save the mind at any cost.
The above article is adapted from Wisdom from Sri Sri, a weblog dedicated to sharing Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's knowledge: link
Also, please visit the Art of Living bookstore at store.artofliving..org for more wisdom materials from Sri Sri available in print and other media.
Please visit the wisdom Blog at: wisdomfromsrisri.blogspot.com to read what Sri Sri recently said and latest Question and Answer sessions with him.
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Upcoming Courses in San Diego |
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Yoga & Meditation (Part 1) Course, August 27th - September 1st
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Health & Wellness: The Benefits of Brown Rice |
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Why Brown Rice is One of the World's Healthiest Foods
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Note: The text below is an excerpt from a longer article on the
benefits of brown rice, featured on the "World's Healthiest Foods" website. This is the beginning of a new section in the weekly newsletter, that is devoted to all aspects of health and wellness.
In some parts of the world, the word "to eat" literally means "to
eat rice." All varieties of rice are available throughout the year,
supplying as much as half of the daily calories for half of the world's
population.
The process that produces brown rice removes only the outermost
layer, the hull, of the rice kernel and is the least damaging to its
nutritional value. The complete milling and polishing that converts
brown rice into white rice destroys 67% of the vitamin B3, 80% of the
vitamin B1, 90% of the vitamin B6, half of the manganese, half of the
phosphorus, 60% of the iron, and all of the dietary fiber and essential
fatty acids. Fully milled and polished white rice is required to be
'enriched' with vitamins B1, B3 and iron.
The difference between brown rice and white rice is not just color!
A whole grain of rice has several layers. Only the outermost layer, the
hull, is removed to produce what we call brown rice. This
process is the least damaging to the nutritional value of the rice and
avoids the unnecessary loss of nutrients that occurs with further
processing. If brown rice is further milled to remove the bran and most
of the germ layer, the result is a whiter rice, but also a rice that
has lost many more nutrients. At this point, however, the rice is still
unpolished, and it takes polishing to produce the white rice we are
used to seeing. Polishing removes the aleurone layer of the
grain-a layer filled with health-supportive, essential fats. Because
these fats, once exposed to air by the refining process, are highly
susceptible to oxidation, this layer is removed to extend the shelf
life of the product. The resulting white rice is simply a refined
starch that is largely bereft of its original nutrients.
You may read the full article here.
Photo credit: thedailygreen.com. |
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Bhajan Satsang - Thursday, August 27th, 7:30 - 9:00 pm |
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Satsang Calendar
The weekly satsangs are scheduled on a continuous basis. If you would like to host, please see the Satsang Calendar for available weeks and let the satsang team know early. Email to: sat...@artoflivingsd.org.
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Knowledge Satsangs - Tuesdays & Sundays |
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If you would like to host a knowledge satsang series, or to learn more, please contact the Satsang Team at sat...@artoflivingsd.org.
A series may be any of the following: Sri Sri's video commentaries on:
Ashtavakra Gita, Narada's Bhakti Sutra, or Patanjali's Yoga Sutra; or
readings from the text: Vasishtha's Yoga.
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