(can't tell you anything about the writer of this, but it really resonates,
so I thought it appropriate esp. this time of year-Jane)
The following was shared with me by a friend....
Lesson of the Master Peter Deunov (Beinsa Douno) given to a group of young
friends on Easter, April 24th, 1927.
What is the best way to celebrate Easter? Everything man possesses must be
actively used, must be applied. Without such use and application, things
"become sour", as we say, or ferment. Feelings, for example, may ferment.
Now, with you young people great reforms may be undertaken. If you are not
in touch with the laws of Nature you will get the same results as the old
people. You should begin with your bodies. For example, do you know the
results of the accumulation of uric acid in the human body? Or the meaning
of feeble breathing? And do you know the cause of inner inertness, that
laziness specific to man? There is a sacred laziness in man. Men call it
sacred rest or sacred repose. There should be no difficulties, no
sufferings. Man desires to be silent and relaxed, to be completely inert.
And thus, to you young people, I say: in order to be strong and healthy you
should make use of the morning air and sunlight. For tomorrow, if one
becomes sick, even a dozen doctors might not be able to improve his
condition. A few years later he will have lost the chance to learn to
become skillful. Diseases destroy the body. All the doctors are appointed
to prevent diseases, but they have not succeeded.
The life of man must change from the roots. I notice on your faces, from
the construction of your blood vessels that something is wrong. Here are
young people of 22 years and there is premature aging. This untimely aging
is due to the accumulation of certain uric acids and poisons in the body.
Besides, there is also an accumulation of calcium. The aged person dies
because of dust. This calcium hardens in the human body, causing sclerosis.
The arteries harden, the brain cannot think, the lungs harden, and finally
the whole body hardens. Then the person passes away, Old people say that
one should not think much. He who speaks this way has sclerosis. They also
say, "We must eat everything we find". In such cases food becomes only a
source of all these morbid conditions. In order to eat correctly, the whole
of man must participate: his mind, heart, his will, and each individual
cell.
Living nature has created the home of man very intelligently. She has made
millions of windows so that prana and vital energy may penetrate, and thus
the body of man may be renewed, These windows must be kept always clean,
and open, not clogged. Dust collects not only on the surface of the body,
but also in the inner organs through the accumulation of acids and poisons.
If you do not have sensible thoughts, there are inner congestions of the
cells and pores. This is the source of all morbid conditions of the body,
as well as of the spirit.
The first thing to do is to open the pores of the body, and this can be
accomplished through water. First you learn the magic power of water.
Without water no culture can exist. Do you know how much water you must
use? Water is a good conductor of magnetism. When you study the different
temperaments, you will notice, that the skin of nervous people easily
becomes dry. In people who are skinny, evaporation occurs very easily and,
as a result, moisture disappears. In people with a high rate of
evaporation, a dry temperament is born. Such a person becomes nervous,
restless; he cannot sleep well; he cannot think calmly. Therefore, he must
use water. Besides, the water which must remain in the body must be the
purest water. There are certain muscles, certain parts of the body, which
must be absolutely clean. Han [?] must be clean so that this water may be
filtered. The inner moisture must be always filtered.
If this filtration is not properly done, all the impurities from the food
enter into the blood stream, either as liquids or as gases. The gases pass
through the pores and through the tissues of the whole body. Gradually,
they condense and form sensitive hardenings. For this reason, water is
necessary to wash away these impurities.
To free yourself from thoughts about the symptoms of diseases you must
think about the beneficial function of water in the body. I don't like to
speak about bad influences because I don't want to leave a negative image
in your consciousness, an image of disease with which might be obsessed
wherever you go. But I want to tell you that in this coming season after
Easter, you should go out in nature each morning and for at least one hour,
breathe deeply, and take for yourself food and water, and think your best
thoughts. If you want to be healthy and strong you must do this every day.
When you come back, then you start serious work and study. Every one of you
must do this without fail.
Learn to breathe correctly, broadly and deeply. When I observe you, I think
sometimes that you are trying to smell a flower, but in reality you are
breathing. Yet everyone of you can learn to breathe deeply. Learn to be
your own masters, to master your breathing. Sometimes you may feel as if
something is obstructing you. In order to have complete respiration, all
the pores must be opened. This can be accomplished with water. Respiration
should occur not only through your lungs but through the skin and each
cell, too. This then is a healthy person. According to the diagnosis of the
iris of the eye, all diseases start from the clogged condition of pores
which cause certain organs to be sick. The channels of the spinal column
become blocked with these impurities, when these are blocked man's vitality
diminishes. The vital energies which revive the human body come through the
spinal column. The brain of the spinal cord has the capacity to absorb
prana or living energy from the air and to conduct it throughout the whole
body. You know how this occurs in plants - through osmosis, through
imbibitions [?]. In nature there is one process which emits and one which
receives. There are certain energies which flow in to the center, and
others flow out from the center. Where these energies meet, there is the
activity of life. When this inner flow is blocked morbid conditions occur,
like nervousness, doubt, suspicion.
First, there is the blocking of energies after that there is the clogging
of the circulation, either in the arteries or in the veins. When there is
not enough pure blood in the arteries to feed the body, the veins become
clogged. Instead of being excreted, the impurities remains in the blood.
Now, here are young people 25 years of age and in their organisms large
quantities of impure matter is stored. What is accumulated is not living
organic matter but layers of fat, excess semi-organic matter, which at the
slightest weakness of the body supplies the right conditions for, germs to
enter the blood stream, In this way all morbid conditions come about. If
there is fat behind your ears it must disappear. None of you should have a
double chin. The bony part behind the ears should be visible and not
covered with fat.
All of you should follow a Spartan regime. Cultivate your body so as to be
healthy and strong, and the most favorable time is now. Each day in April
is worth 10 golden coins. What you can gain on those days can be found in
no pharmacy but only in nature. One might say about you that you walk in
water but still are thirsty. Now you are stingy, but in one month you can
collect such energy, you can become so vital and joyous so filled with new
ideas, that wherever you go you will bring inspiration to people. Magnetic
energy gives inspiration. It infects people, and all people want to be
fresh, cheerful, and healthy.
The desire to work toward the application of these methods must be born in
each man. Now, when you go out in nature, you remain slack, you retain a
passive condition. When you walk again you droop. This is not right. You
must learn to move with awareness alert. Your consciousness must
participate in everything. You must be brave and decisive, but still you
are feeble and weak. You must remember that nature does not love feeble
people, for she has set a rich table, and when one of her children does not
enjoy the food she serves, she reserves her opinion, but to her such a one
is not one of her smartest children.
When you gather together now there is a certain tension. This is not
correct. Among you there must be vitality, health, and pleasant
dispositions and a flow of common inspiration. If someone' a morbid
condition is pointed out to him he may be distressed, so we will start with
the positive side. If one's heart beats fast, this indicates an
accumulation of uric and lactic acids, as well as toxic gases. His inner
nature whispers to him, "You need water. You must filter all these poisons,
acids and gases". People fear that it is the heart that is sick, but this
is not true.
You may feel restless and unable to sleep well. Get up; heat some water;
drink one, two, three, four, or five cups of boiled water, drinking slowly
and carefully and when you begin to perspire take a dry towel, rub your
body well. Starting with your arms up to your shoulders and then gradually
down to your feet. Give yourself a good massage. After that, get dressed,
and drink one more cup of boiled water. You may add about 10 drops of lemon
juice. This will restore the heat in your body.
Do this experiment to learn what your condition will be afterwards. Do this
not just once, but at least twice a week. You must do this during this
coming season, so that you may be healthy. In this way, all the pores in
your body will open, the circulation will improve, and an influx of prana
will take place.
After that, sit quietly and start breathing like this. Uplift your thoughts
and start receiving the magnetic flux from the atmosphere. Your achievement
may not be the best right away, but if you persist, in a month's time, or
maybe two or three months, if you drink hot water and do your breathing
exercises, you certainly will feel renewed. One must go out in the fresh
air and breathe. Each time you have free time, use it for breathing. If
somewhere you can find pure water, don't be lazy, but go and get it. It may
be far away but you should go anyway and bring for yourself the best water
you can get.
There are no real diseases in the world, only morbid conditions.
The task of today's people, of all humanity, must be to learn to be pure,
to be free of impurities, of residues and deposits. From time immemorial
cleanliness and purity was taught. Drink four to five cups of hot water
until you perspire. With a cloth wipe off the sweat and rub yourself well.
If you do this twice a week, you will feel a great improvement. Let this be
your assignment. Don't forget to dry your body well with a clean cloth. Do
this for ten weeks, beginning on April 27th and ending on June 4th. After
these ten weeks, you will see the results. You may do this in the morning
or at night. When you drink warm water you will not get chills. Also, try
to do breathing exercises for an hour or so each day. Ten minutes, three
times a day, will do. In this way, you will store energy for the winter.
And remember this - no laziness. When you rise in the morning, don't tell
yourself that you are sleepy. When you do this assignment you may loose
some weight. This is to be expected. I want you to become thinner. You
should not be afraid of this. This will give you a good figure.
The spiritual side of this assignment will be to avoid thinking about
diseases. Keep thinking about a world where there need be no sick people,
no diseases. All of nature breathes health and life. The sun is full of
life which it is sending down to earth.
These exercises should become a habit.
How do you recognize true health? When two healthy people meet, they always
become friends. A man, who loves is healthy. If he gets in a condition
where he cannot love, know that this indicates a morbid condition, even
though it may not yet be an organic disease.
You must come to the following decision - to love everything which lives.
An exchange of love must come about. Your sacred rule should be: never want
to be loved but always look forward to love. And when you love you should
be glad that you manifest love. Everyone can love. Become positive. All
people who love are positive, and proceed in an ascending direction. To
love means to be like God. The law of love is to be like God. God takes
initiative in everything. Let us embody God in ourselves. In this way all
problems will be solved. Begin to manifest the qualities of God. Aspire to
love and to be content. This must be your sacred rule.
When you enter the world let yourself be distinguished by your readiness to
help everyone. This should be your new experience.
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Brett J Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The weekly PanEuRhythmy Circle of Sacred Dance begins in New York City's
Central Park on Sunday, March 17th, at 9 a.m., on Cherry Hill, to the
northwest of the Angel of the Healing Waters in Bethesda Terrace, 72nd St.
entrances, in the heart of the park.... Blessings from the heart of the
city.
Peter Deunov (also known as Beinsa Douno) was born July 12, 1864 near
the Black Sea, son of a Bulgarian Orthodox priest of singular devotion and
vision. From 1888-1895 he studied medicine and theology in the USA where he
made a remarkable impression on those who knew him. Returning to his own
country, he withdrew mainly into the mountains to prepare for his Divine
work.
In 1897 he began his teaching work and in 1898 issued a "Call to My
People." In 1900 he set up the "Fellowship of Light," based on Divine Love,
Wisdom, Truth, Justice, and Goodness. From then on he traveled throughout
the country, teaching and healing, eventually establishing his base in
Sofia, where a community gradually grew up around him and regular lectures
were given. Annual congresses were held in August and continue to this day
in the Rilla mountains near the Seven Sacred Lakes. PanEuRhythmy was
gradually given to the hundreds of people who camped there with him,
inspired by his teaching and presence.
He passed over on the 27th of December 1944 leaving a following of
40,000 people. Since then his teachings have continued to be practiced, most
notably the PanEuRhythmy which was first performed in secret during the
following forty-five years of oppression which he had predicted, and now
openly and worldwide because of its remarkable life-enhancing qualities and
evolutionary potential.
Peter Deunov (Beinsa Douno)
