Excellent and simple common sense, Alex, and the application of common sense to most problems yields practical solutions. Eat properly, eat less, and exercise more. Most people don't seem to understand how often they have to engage in regular physical exercise to maintain a trim and healthy form. As you know, it makes a world of difference in everything else you engage in, including "spiritual" pursuits and practices.
** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stan...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > > > > > When one of the sense stallions get out of control they must > > > be reigned in, in this case the gustatory sense in out of > > > control resulting in obesity, poor health, and loss of self > > > esteem. > > > > In jyotish, there is a principle called argalas which are > > relationships between the various houses or fields of life. > > Specifically, the 12th house is the house of meditation. > > Through TM, the 12th house is enhanced. As such, this effort > > affects the second house, representing food and appetite. It > > also represents money and cash in the bank. So, it is > > understandable why some TMers tend to eat much due to the > > meditation practice. > > Obesity is much better explained by diet than morality or astrology, and the > solution to roo obesity is a change of diet, not enhanced moral rectitude or > astrological propitiation. The TMO indoctrinates people with vegetarian > dogma, which in some cases, drives people to eat the wrong diet for their > physiology. Roo food is basically veggies, starches, and sweets, and people > who are not well suited to such a high-carbohydrate diet will not do well on > it. > > Generally speaking, carbs don't sate the appetite for very long. In my own > experience, not only is the satiety short-lived, the hunger that returns is > voracious. It's very difficult to not overeat on a diet that makes you feel > like you're starving. By contrast, fats and protein are *very* good at sating > the appetite. My overeating stopped dead in its tracks, naturally and > effortlessly, after replacing most of the starches with a smaller quantity of > protein. If one were so inclined, this could even be accomplished on a > vegetarian diet with low-carb proteins, like cheese or tofu. >
