Re: MD (ayurvedic) diet and lifestyle poll - the point (honest, there is one)

From: gav (gav_gc@yahoo.com.au)
Date: Fri Jun 18 2004 - 00:32:50 BST

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    gav to gav,
    diet wise i am in between. recently i went on a
    cleanse, eating only fresh fruit and veg, nuts and
    grains for a month and the effect on my mental state
    was profound. i seemd to have more time, was more
    focussed, relaxed and articulate. since then i have
    lapsed back into meat, intoxicants, refined foods etc
    but not overly so. the unbalancing effects have been
    noticeable however.
    lifestyle wise i am moving more towards sattva. i used
    to be more rajas: highly competitive in study, work
    and play. now i enjoy solitary activity more, and i am
    less quick to judge myself or others (which are the
    same thing of course). not perfect but definite
    improvement.

    the point i am making with this quasi-poll is simple:
    it is not enough to 'get' pirsig or eastern
    philosophy. it is a great help and a headstart towards
    contentment but without concurrent diet/lifestyle
    modifications further progress becomes difficult.
    remember body is an aspect of Mind also.

    until a high quality, predominantly vego, chemical
    free diet is the norm, progress will be impeded. until
    lifestyle moves from overwork to balanced work/play;
    from 'thinking divorced from doing' to complementary
    study/exercise of knowledge; from competition to
    co-operation (remember the tao te ching: 'above all do
    not compete')....then we will have difficulty moving
    beyond the antagonistic, paranoid and self-defeating
    model of life most of us now endure.

     and this is no hollow threat, no empty caveat....it
    is predicted that within 3-4 generations sperm count
    in western males will be effectively zero, if decline
    continues at the present rate. ahhh good old natural
    selection :-)

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