Meditation to conquer self- animosity

We have the bad habit to located our self under self-defeating behaviors and attitudes. We are not cultivating on a daily basis  self-qualification and self- acknowledgment.

We take poor positions when it comes to face our equanimity, this non-neutral position distract us from the real gift of life: to relate to the infinity part of our self. This meditation conquers the state of self-animosity and gives us the ability to maintain a conscious support of the core self. The result is forgiveness.

How to do it.

Sit comfortable with the spine strait.

Relax the arms at the sides and raise forearms up and in so that the hands are in front of the chest at the level of the heart. Draw the hands into fist and point the thumbs straight up towards the sky. Press the fist together in such a manner that the thumbs and the fist are touching. The palms are towards each other. This meditation requires the upper torso to be held strait, without rocking back and forth. Fix the eyes at the tip of the nose.

Breath:

Inhale through the nose

Exhale completely through the mouth

Inhale deeply and smoothly through the mouth

Exhale through the nose.

Continue this circular breath for 3 to 11 minutes.

Try for 40 days, will do wanders for you !

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Women: testimony of Love

You may be an artist, a politician or an engineer, you may be tall or short,

big or small, white or black, young or older; regardless of your outer qualities and appearances you remain a living heritage of the divine legacy.

You are the carrier of life, power and beauty. You are the living testimony of love, compassion and devotion.

You may had underestimate this feminine basic qualities and had deluded them in your daily multifaceted tasking. You may had maximize them or you may be at the fence observing  and not activating them to their full potential. Regardless of your position you have in your hands the potential of natures life.

This may sound pretentious, or just being seeing only as  concrete as having a child. It is however of a larger impact. Your thoughts, your intentions, your projections your speech carry the seed of manifestation of matter.

This may be taken as a large responsibility, and yes, it is a large response-ability when we look around and find misery, poverty and injustice.

You may have you feet in the ground and not fully realize  that each step is an opportunity to locate yourself in the fountain of beauty, grace and power.

I am referring here as beauty of your ability to remain absolutely unjudgmental no matter your living experiences and your personal choices in life. Beauty is synonym of purity where you remain uncorrupted from your mind expectations, self-doubts and insecurities. Your purity make you fertile. Not only physically but you are able to be infuse by the clear nectar of the divine grace. You become a living creation and a living creator. You have the energy, the basic energy to form creation, to form existence. That is power.

Power is not the social interpretation of having more, say all you think or do all you can. Power is the simple resonance of life within you, is the acknowledgment and embodiment of the subtle vibration that is all knowing, all pervaded, all pleasure and all essence.

You power is pure, you beauty powerful, your grace liberate you and other from the narrow views and opens the pure consciousness into a daily learning ability.

We had being deluded with concepts of beauty, power and grace. It had being convenient for social manipulation and personal ego satisfaction to distort this basic components of the feminine.

May this day serve you and inspire you to open your inner and private world to be receptive, to  explore and to project the very core of your nature.

May you in this  day  return to your virtues of self devotion, justice and loyalty of being the most enchanted creature in this planet.

Bhuvaneswari

Walking through the snow in a winter wonderland

For those of us with sensitive skin, wearing a scarf over the face is uncomfortable because the freezing moisture of the breath caught in the scarf rubs the skin, causing chaffing on the nose and chin… to say nothing of fogging up our glasses. I finally found a solution to that problem this week! I applied my Face to Grace lip balm on the nose and chin and went for a walk with the scarf well tucked in my coat. Although quite shiny for about 10 minutes, my skin absorbed it all and felt well protected, even an hour later on the walk back.

Come to think of it, if the winter wind and sun makes your eyes water, add lip balm around the lower part of your eyes and higher part of the cheeks. Not only will it protect you from the cold but will also likely delay the onset of wrinkles or prevent their deepening.

So next time your plan on making a snowman with the little ones, skating on the canal or skiing the whole day, bring your lip balm along. You’ll find it works its magic not only for the lips but also for the other sensitive parts of your face.

Yours in beauty and grace,

Samyukta Blanchet

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Fifteen Minute Vegetable Curry

Preparation time: 15 minutes
-Vata, -Pitta, 0Kapha

          1 cup raw carrots (2 medium carrots)
          1 cup fresh or frozen green peas (1 lb.)
          2 tbsp sunflower oil
          1/8 tsp hing
          ½ tsp black mustard seeds
          1 tsp whole cumin seeds
          ½ tsp sea salt
          ½-1 pound tofu (optional, omit for Kapha)
          1 tsp curry powder
          1 tsp coriander powder
          ¼ cup water
          2 tsp brown rice syrup (use ½ teaspoon for Kapha)
¼-1cup plain yogurt (use the smaller amount for Pitta or Kapha)

Heat oil in heavy skillet.  Add mustard and cumin seeds.  When mustard seeds pop, add curry powder, salt, tofu and vegetables.  Cook uncovered for 5 minutes on medium heat, stirring occasionally.  Add water and cover.  Cook another 5 minutes (or until vegetables are tender) on low heat.  Shake pan occasionally to prevent sticking.  Add all remaining ingredients, mix well and serve.
Comment: Garnish with hot green pepper and dry ginger for Kapha...definitely not for Pitta!