[FairfieldLife] TM, sensitivity and (uh), raw garlic...

2009-08-14 Thread cardemaister

I seem to recall my TM teacher saying that TM might make
one more sensitive, not necessarilyh cool as a cucumber.

Of course it's impossible to tell whether it's due to
years of fairly regular practice of TM or whatever,
but for instance my lungs are nowadays extremely sensitive
to even the smell of cigarette smoke from another apartment
through the structures or stuff.

(Before my initiation I often smoked quite a lot especially
during weekends when I was usually drunk as a cuckoo
(kännissä kuin käki)).

So, when I notice even the faintest smell of cigarette smoke,
my lungs downright start to ache. I recently noticed that
eating a lot of raw garlic somehow prevents my noticing
that smell, and - lo and behold - also prevents that nasty
feeling in my lungs.





Re: [FairfieldLife] TM, sensitivity and (uh), raw garlic...

2009-08-14 Thread Bhairitu
cardemaister wrote:
 I seem to recall my TM teacher saying that TM might make
 one more sensitive, not necessarilyh cool as a cucumber.

 Of course it's impossible to tell whether it's due to
 years of fairly regular practice of TM or whatever,
 but for instance my lungs are nowadays extremely sensitive
 to even the smell of cigarette smoke from another apartment
 through the structures or stuff.

 (Before my initiation I often smoked quite a lot especially
 during weekends when I was usually drunk as a cuckoo
 (kännissä kuin käki)).

 So, when I notice even the faintest smell of cigarette smoke,
 my lungs downright start to ache. I recently noticed that
 eating a lot of raw garlic somehow prevents my noticing
 that smell, and - lo and behold - also prevents that nasty
 feeling in my lungs.
Maybe you're becoming more alkaline.  Be aware it is possible to become 
too alkaline just as it is possible to become too acid.  Years ago there 
was a stop smoking diet which consisted of eating food that raised the 
alkalinity in the body.  Doing that made people more sensitive to smoke, 
made the taste of tobacco bad and generally helped them quit.   Kapha 
people usually tolerate cigarette smoke better than vata types.  In fact 
in some ayurvedic books tobacco will be listed as an anti-kapha herb.  
Think about people who stop smoking who find themselves putting on 
weight.  

To lose weight we usually have to make ourselves more vata.  Slightly 
vata should be sufficient.  The tastes we favor to do that are 
astringent, bitter and pungent.  Pungent is stimulating while bitter and 
astringent are alkalizing.   Goddess (shakti) mantras are  stimulating. 
Remember that MMY warned against meditating before going to bed.   
Shanti and Shiva mantras are more calming.  The latter are often used to 
reduce vata and pitta.   The effects may be individualistic though.  For 
instance I found losing weight more difficult after I learned 
meditation.  My theory is that meditation produced more relaxation than 
my body needed and increases kapha.  Hence I had to alter the diet 
before I became a big rolling ball of fat.  This was especially hard 
rounding on a TTC which really reduced the metabolic rate.  I noted the 
same with others too.   The tantric mantras do this even more so I have 
to really watch diet now.  In the late 70's or early 80's a chiropractor 
even wrote a paperback on the subject.  He suggested that some people 
rather than meditating needed to exercise instead.  I believe he was 
even a TM practitioner.

These effects are much more born out if you study ayurveda which is the 
study of  how everything effects us and our metabolism including 
different mantras.





Re: [FairfieldLife] TM, sensitivity and (uh), raw garlic...

2009-08-14 Thread gullible fool


  
I recently noticed that eating a lot of raw garlic somehow prevents my noticing 
that smell, and - lo and behold - also prevents that nasty feeling in my lungs.

It should also help to repel mosquitos and vampires.
  
Love will swallow you, eat you up completely, until there is no `you,' only 
love. 
 
- Amma  

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From: cardemaister no_re...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [FairfieldLife] TM, sensitivity and (uh), raw garlic...
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 2:53 PM



I seem to recall my TM teacher saying that TM might make
one more sensitive, not necessarilyh cool as a cucumber.

Of course it's impossible to tell whether it's due to
years of fairly regular practice of TM or whatever,
but for instance my lungs are nowadays extremely sensitive
to even the smell of cigarette smoke from another apartment
through the structures or stuff.

(Before my initiation I often smoked quite a lot especially
during weekends when I was usually drunk as a cuckoo
(kännissä kuin käki)).

So, when I notice even the faintest smell of cigarette smoke,
my lungs downright start to ache. I recently noticed that
eating a lot of raw garlic somehow prevents my noticing
that smell, and - lo and behold - also prevents that nasty
feeling in my lungs.







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