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MANDALAS AND MEDITATION

MANDALAS

The circle of the mandala is the primal symbol for all that exists.

Its the symbol for the sun, the giver of light and the full moon, the disclosure of darkness.

Meditation is a practiced for calming the mind, from the daily grind of life we live today, it helps distress and takes us back to a state of oneness with our mind, body & spirit.  I also helps to get back in contact with our subconscious and therefore quieting down the ego which is not our true self.

When you quiet the mind you become aware of the world around you, the real world not the superficial one we are made to believe is real but the world where there is no fear, no judgements, there is only the truth and the now.

The mandala has been used in many spiritual traditions to aid meditation.  Because of its symbolic nature, when used is this way, the mandala can help the mind not only become focused and tranquil, but also to access progressively deeper levels of the unconscious, ultimately assisting the mediator to experience a mystical sense of oneness with the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold forms arises.

How to meditate with mandalas:

1:      Find a quiet room where you wont be distirbed.

sit cross-legged on a firm cushion that raises your bottom a little way above the floor or sit in an upright chair with our feel flat on the floor.

2.     Place the mandala infront of you, it should be no bigger that a piece of A4 paper, at arms length.  straighten your back and rest your hand in you lap,f ingers laced together and palms uppermost.

3.   Rest your gaze on the mandala but relax your eyemuscles.  Let any thought pass you by and try not to get distracted.  Try not to analyze the mandala just look at it, steadly and evenly.

To begin with practive for 5 minutes each day until you feel comfortable but i would recommend no more that 20minutes as you still need to live in both worlds evenly.

Before you start you may like to say a prayer, for example:

"I ask the goddess and god to protect and guide me in this meditation"

 

NAMASTE "bow me to you"

The organ body clock

Lungs: 3am-5am  
Large intestine: (or colon) 5am-7am
Stomach: 7am-9am
Spleen: 9am-11am  
Heart: 11am-1pm  
Small Intestines: 1pm-3pm  
Bladder: 3pm-5pm
Kidneys: 5pm-7pm  
Pancreas: 7pm-9pm  

Blood Vessels and Arteries: 9pm-11pm  

Gallbladder: 11pm -1am  
Liver: 1am-3am

Lungs: 
The lungs are the first organs of the day that are up for repair and maintenance. Lungs begins loosening the poisoning waste between 3 to 5 a.m., and when you awaken, this is why you cough sometimes. Your lungs are trying to expel the loosened waste. If you are coughing in the morning, this indicates that your diet and lifestyle needs tweaking.

Large Intestine or Colon: 
5 to 7 a. m. is the time for this organ. A healthy colon needs water to do its job properly, which is flushing waste matter 24/7. The morning is the most important time to drink plenty of water for this process, and the worst time to have caffeine. Caffeine is a diuretic and takes water away from your colon to your kidneys and bladder for evacuation. Your body needs water in the morning to do its repair and maintenance of the large intestine and colon. This helps you maintain digestion, normalize weight, slow down the ageing process. When you irrigate your system every morning with pure water (up to 32 oz.) your health improves. If you wait until you have a bowel movement before you eat in the morning, this is also healthier for your colon.

Stomach: 
Between 7 and 9 a.m the stomach is repairing and does not need a big meal to deal with. While the large intestine and colon needs fluid to repair properly in the morning, the stomach needs very little. Start with fluids (pure water or fresh juiced vegetables) or fresh fruit that is easily digested. However, if you can, drink only fluids in the morning for optimal health.


Spleen: 
From 9 to 11 a.m. the spleen gets cleaned. During this time/process or when the spleen is in a weakened state, you may suffer with allergies or not be able to shake a cold or flu. This is because the spleen works with the liver and your immune system. A healthy spleen produces antibodies when there is an infection and constantly watches the blood for invaders.

Heart:
The time for heart repairs is between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Your body is removing waste from the heart and you may sometimes notice a rapid heartbeat, double beats and/or skipping beats. Seventy percent of heart attacks occur when the heart is in its repair period.

Small Intestines:
Have you noticed that between 1 to 3 p.m. you are more apt to have indigestion, pain and bloating? If this happens, two things could be wrong: 1. Your diet is not what it should be and your food is not digesting; 2. Your diet is causing problems that are now causing you stress. A proper diet will help take care of these problems.

Kidneys and Bladder: 
From 3 to 7 p.m. you may notice you’re tired and want a nap. When the kidneys are healthy and working properly, you’ll feel energetic at that time, not tired.

Pancreas: 
Between 7 to 9 p.m. do you have intense cravings for sweets or processed carbohydrates that turn to sugar immediately in the system? The kidneys regulate the pancreas, and if you do consume sweets during that period, you may notice low back pain, which is a kidney symptom. The kidneys, bladder and pancreas are all parts of the same whole. If you need a nap early in the evening it is just your pancreas, as directed by your kidneys, putting you out so it can do its repairs.

Blood Vessels and Arteries: 
From 9 to 11 p.m. the blood vessels go into repair mode. The impact on the body is: headaches, weakness while vessels are in heavy repair.

Liver and Gallbladder: 
Between 11 p.m. to 3 a. m. these two guys go into action. Do you ever have nights when you can’t sleep at this time? This means that waste is not being processed by your liver and it acts as an irritant to your body causing insomnia and frayed nerves. Your brain just won’t stop.

http://www.whatsyourdosha.com/quiz/quiz.html?

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Ayurveda Medicine

Ayurveda is the oldest form of natural medicine and has been practised in India for over 5,000 years.
Its a holistic system that seeks to treat the whole person, by examining -

• Your entire lifestyle
• The ways you express your self
• Your nature
• Hereditary
• Environmental factors

Ayurveda strongly emphasizes the connection between the individual and nature. It aims not only to treat the disease and improve your general quality of life, but also bring you into harmony with nature.
Treatment methods include -

• Diet and nutritional changes
• Herbal remedies
• Exercise
• Meditation
• Aromatherapy
• Internal cleansing and detoxifying etc

Which all help restore balance and bring about a sense of well being.
It seeks to create harmony by balancing the 5 elements from which the entire material world is composed - in the doshas = the bodily 'humours'.
There are 3 forms of dosha - metabolic types

1 Vata = air + ether
2 Pitta = fire + water
3 Kapha = water + earth

Each individual has there own mix of the 3 (prakruti), although most of us have 1 or 2 dominant doshas.
Internal and external change may throw your doshas off balance and restoring this balance is the aim of ayurveda.

The Vata dosha -
Combination of ether and air elements.
People with the Vata physique tend to have -
Dry hair & skin
Light frames
Little boy fat - often underweight
Active metabolism
May have bad circulation and prefer warm weather.

When out of balance -

• Iritability and in extreme cases, nervous exhaustion.
• Bloating
• Constipation
• Fatigue
• Stiff and painful joints
• Heart palpation's and fainting spells.

Vata governs motion and movement.
Its responsible for breathing, the swallowing of food, the circulation of the blood and the health of the heart. Also involved with the flow of nerve impulses to and from the brain.
Vata people are quick witted and creative with lots of ideas, they are often restless.

The Pitta Dosha -
Combination of fire and water elements
Medium frame
Soft, warm and often fair, pink or red freckly skin
Have strong appetite
Possess a sharp mind and quick wit
They are busy and like to achieve alot
They are usually very intelligent and love knowledge and reading.

A Pitta imbalance can lead to -

• Fitful sleep
• Diarrhoea
• Hot flushes
• Skin rashes and acne
• Fevers and sweats
• Blood shot eyes
• They can be angry, judgemental and fiery.

Pitta maintains the body's temperature, helps in memory function and intellect, and controls our vision, converting external images into optic nerve impulses.

The Kapha Dosha -

Its elements are earth and water,
They are steady and solid by nature and are the heaviest of the 3 doshas.
Provides the body's structure and lubrication.
It controls fluid balance
Governs the production of phlegm and mucus.
They have well developed bodies.
Vital almost elemental strength
Steady sexual appetite
Thick and lustrous hair and big eyes
They move slowly and calmly and see no reason to rush
The don't like change.

A Kapha imbalance can lead to :

• Weight gain
• Loss of sex drive
• Tired and sluggish
• Poor digestion
• Possessive and jealous
• Fluid retention

Balanced Kaphas are loyal, caring, courageous.
They should avoid cold, damp weather, oversleeping and rich heavy foods

To see what dosha you are copy and paste on the link below

http://www.holisticonline.com/ayurveda/w_ayurveda-dtest1.htm

The natual way

This blog is all about health and wellness, in its natural form. I am studying to be a natural path and i feel that all the things im learning should be shared. So each blog will be about different form of natural medicine, health foods, different types of healing.
So enjoy and blessed be!