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The new role of monasteries and ashrams in modern society
In modern society we are confronted with a lot of challenges raised by the civilization process itself. The old way of living was swept away by the industrial revolution and the secular traditions were lost. But in most cases we didn’t put anything in exchange. What the ancestors were doing in the daily duties out of natural wisdom so they could stay in harmony and sanctity in the middle of their life, later became a set of traditions that were still keeping people in the spiritual integration yet in a more rigid way, and is now covered insufficiently by the slow progress of science. The cathedrals that were replacing the places of natural energetic power marked in the old times by sanctuaries are now replaced in their turn by shopping malls. What was a place for recovering our forces and giving us a reorientation toward what’s essential in life become nowadays places designed to confuse and make us lose the track of time and our common sense in order to spend more of anything (money, energy, time). The individual is therefore struggling to find a solution to the problematic of the daily life that is too complex to be comprehended by our weak senses and agitated mind.
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 Laughing is a serious matter – it may seem like an oxymoron but it's also true. If we accept the fact that laughter is the best medicine, as the old proverb says, and acknowledge many of the beneficial effects that derive from laughing then we cannot afford not to laugh. In this respect we should learn from children who laugh about 300 - 400 times a day while the average adult laughs – wait for it – only about 5-6 times a day (it seems that we have lost something on the way). The reason one laughs is not important – it may be due to a joke, a silly face, or no reason at all. In fact when someone laughs for the sake of laughing and does not depend on hearing a joke, then his/her laughter becomes less mental and more spontaneous and can even last longer as the effect of a joke has limited time effects. Again here children are the great masters – they seem to be able to laugh for no reason at all, spontaneously laughing. And of course we know that laughter has the contamination effect. When one starts laughing, his/her laughter can easily be transmitted (through the process of resonance) to the people around. |
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 Ayurveda is a very practical system to protect and restore health. Its methods are accessible and easy to apply and also inexpensive. Ayurveda also contains objective knowledge that only direct experience can reveal.
Practical ayurvedic methods are non-traumatic, non-invasive, and do not interfere with other forms of treatment. They can intensify the effect of almost any form of healing and can therefore be administered without any problems or secondary effects in combination with other conventional treatments. From this point of view, it is good to know that Ayurveda has:
1. Ayurvedic procedures for those who have a relatively normal state of health (who don’t suffer from any serious complaints). These procedures have the role of both protecting the human being who applies them (by not allowing any illness to appear), as well as that of helping her to become more and more harmonious.
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 Today, knowledge of the Ayurvedic system has become more and more widespread. Unlike many other systems of alternative medicine, Ayurveda started to be known in very many countries of the world. What the Ayurvedic system offers to the modern man is a broad, encompassing perspective, very accessible and perfectly natural for maintaining health.
Ayurveda reflects the profound reality of human life through some fundamental truths that manifest in nature. Ayurveda is based on universal principles, which are valid regardless of the geographic area where they are applied. It promotes a natural way of life, which can develop according to these essential principles of healthy living. This is possible in any cultural system where the ancient knowledge of Ayurveda is applied.
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 Ayurveda is simple because it uses general principles, synthesized as a result of a long, direct practice. The simplicity of Ayurveda is due to the fact that this science has reached the essence and for this reason it cannot be considered as being superficial or reduced.
The traditional Ayurvedic system is, at the same time, a precise and very well established science (including general notions and categories, as well as therapeutic modalities that have been carefully checked for thousands of years, through direct experience), as well as a real art of healing. Such an “art of healing” could not have been practiced except by those special human beings to whom spiritual realization could give the power to put life into all the healing acts in which they were involved.
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