A seaman meets a pirate in a bar, and talk turns to their adventures on the sea. The seaman notes that the pirate has a peg-leg, a hook, and an eye patch.
The seaman asks, "So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?" The pirate replies, "We were in a storm at sea, and I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. Just as my men were pulling me out, a shark bit my leg off."
"Wow!" said the seaman. "What about your hook"? "Well", replied the pirate, "We were boarding an enemy ship and were battling the other sailors with swords. One of the enemy cut my hand off."
"Incredible!" remarked the seaman. "How did you get the eye patch"? "A seagull dropping fell into my eye," replied the pirate.
"You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?," the sailor asked incredulously. "Well," said the pirate, "it was my first day with my hook"
In real meditation you forget the body. You may be cut to pieces and not feel it at all. You feel such pleasure in it. You become so light. This perfect rest we will get in meditation.
Everybody wants adequate amount of salt in their food. Somebody eat more. Somebody eat normal but very little people eat with lesser salt. Nobody feels satisfied with lesser quantity of salt in their food. Once the food contains less salt, they complain. But not many know that we are taking higher salt. Too much salt can raise the risk of heart disease.
Adults are advised to consume no more than 6g of salt a day and children 5g as too much can increase blood pressure and therefore the risk of heart attack and stroke.
But in our country, an average man takes 20 gms of salt daily. Whereas in UK, America it is 6 gms, Portugal 5 gms, Belgium 8.75 gms, Japan 10 gms.
Adults and children could be eating dangerously high levels of salt in food from some of the high street's most popular restaurants. Research has found that one meal from some fast food restaurants, Pizza Hut could provide more than the recommended daily amount of salt.
Sodium
One gm of Sodium is equal to 2.5 gms of salt. So this is 2.5 times more harmful than salt. On some of the food items labels, the contents show how much sodium is included in the product. It is better to checkup the quantum of sodium included before we buy any food item.
Knowing this, we should not stop eating salt. Because for many metabolic activities, it is essential. Salt maintains balance in body liquids. Salt also takes care of muscles & nerves. Nutrients in food go to the body through salt only. Only higher intake is harmful.
Higher intake causes high BP, Heart problems, loss in sight and obesity. It causes danger to the kidneys also.
In 100 gms of potato chips, there will be approx 25 gms of salt. In 100 gms of pop corn, there will be 50 gms sodium. In 100 gms of pickles, there will be 40 gms salt. In some food items, we can taste the salt. But in some items we cant.
I would really urge everybody to choose lower salt options whenever they go out for a meal.
So be cautious. Reduce your salt intake if you are taking more. Be healthy and enjoy life.
To become great one must be humble. The tree laden with fruit always bends low. So if you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
The iron must be heated several times and hammered a hundred times before it becomes good steel. Then only it becomes fit to be made into a sharp sword and can be bent in any way you like. So man must be heated several times in the furnace of tribulations and hammered with the persecutions of the world before he becomes pure and humble.
The quality of forbearance is of the highest importance to every man, He alone is not destroyed, who possesses this quality.
He who has faith has all, and he who lacks faith lacks all.
Your weight should be in accordance with your height and age. Compare your weight with your height from the table given below. If you are overweight, it is better to reduce your weight. Have some form of regular, strenuous exercise at least for ½ hour each day. Yoga, Running, Cycling, Swimming, Brisk Walking will help to reduce your fat by burning excess calories. Obesity is the cause of many diseases and if you are overweight, you should reduce your intake of foods rich in calories. If you spend more calories than what you take from food you will lose weight and vice versa. It is all a question of calorie balance. Follow simple tips and be healthy.
The goal of mankind is knowledge ... Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What we say a man `knows`, should, in strict psychological language, be what he `discovers` or `unveils`; what man `learns` is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge.
6 glasses of water (1.5 litres). Without spending on medicine, tablets, injections, diagnosis, Doctor fees, etc., just by drinking pure water, the following diseases will be cured. You can never believe before practising. Let us see the list of diseases being cured by this therapy
1) Early morning after you get up from bed (without even brushing your teeth)drink 1.50 litres of water i.e., 5 to 6 glasses. Better to premeasure 1.50 litres of water. Let us all know that our ancestors termed this therapy as "Usha Paana Chikitsa". You may wash your face thereafter. 2) Here it is very essential to note that nothing else - neither drinks nor solid food of any sort - should be taken within 1 hours before and after drinking this 1.50 litres of water. 3) It is also to be strictly observed that no Alcoholic drinks should be taken the previous night. 4) If required, boiled and filtered water may be used for this purpose.
Is it possible to drink 1.50 litres of water at one time?
To begin with, one may find it difficult to drink 1.50 litres of water at one time, but one will get used to it gradually. Initially, while practising you may drink four glasses first and the balance two glasses after a gap of two minutes. Initially you may find the necessity to urinate 2 to 3 times within an hour, but it will become normal after sometime. By research and experience, the following diseases are observed to be cured with this therapy within the indicated days as below:
Constipation 1 day Acidity 2 days Diabetes 7 days BP & Hypertension 4 weeks Cancer 4 weeks Pulminory TB 3 months
Note: It is advised that persons suffering from Artheritis or Rheumatism should practise this therapy thrice a day, i.e.,morning, midday and night, 1 hours before meals - for one week; and twice a day > subsequently till the disease is cured.
How does pure water act?
Consuming ordinary drinking water by the right method purifies human body. It renders the colon more effective by forming new fresh blood, known in medical terms as Haematopaises. That the mucousal folds of the colon and intestines are activated by this method, is an undisputed fact, just as the theory that new fresh blood is produced by the mucousal fold. If the colon is cleaned then the nutrients of the food taken several times a day will be absorbed and by the action of the mucousal folds they are turned into fresh blood. The blood is all important in curing ailments and restoring health, and for this water should be consumed in a regular pattern. Its an earnest request that the above method should be read and practised carefully.
THE LAWN CHAIR MAN
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
ABOUT SALT