What Vinod thinks

Treating blastocystis an holistic approach

2015-09-14T02:10:00.002-07:00

Blastocystis is generally considered to be a weak parasite. It
attacks those people who have a weakened immune system or a very
weakened digestive tract. Blastocystis Hominis are Blastocystis causing infection in humans.

Symptoms

Abdominal pain and diarrhea, nausea or vomiting, increased or decreased appetite, gas or bloating, dysentery (loose stools containing blood and mucus), sneezing, coughing, fever, headache, a rash or itching around the rectum or vulva, tiredness, weight loss, bed wetting in children and passing worms in your stool.

A person who is affected can experience any range of these symptoms, however complications happen more often and more severely in older people, children and in people who already have serious illnesses, such as AIDS.

Ayurveda view

In Ayurveda parasites are called ‘Krimi’ .

Parasites classified into three types:

Kaphaj - related to mucous and live in the stomach)
Purishaj -related to feces and exist mainly in the large intestine)
Raktaj - which circulate in the blood
Blastocystis falls under Kaphaj .

One of the most important things to realize is that parasites are far more likely to set up residence and cause a problem if the environment in our gut is appealing to them. From an Ayurvedic point of view this means that the digestive fire (Agni) should be balanced and strong and the body free of undigested food waste (Ama). A system that is polluted with Ama is the perfect breeding ground for parasites and once they are established, their presence will perpetuate this situation.

The real problem

Physical :

It's been found that many people who have this organism have many
different kinds of digestive complaints--allergies, immune system
difficulties, skin problems, and bowel problems.

Mental :

Lots of stress and insecurity.

Energetic:

Solar plexus is the 3rd chakra responsible fir element fire and responsible for digestion.

Beings with excessive third chakra energy react to life circumstances, they have emotional outbursts and are often stressed out.

Beings with blocked or deficient third chakra are passive and inactive - allowing life to pass by while they do nothing.

Balancing this chakra should help you support the digestive system. Look for healing methods.

Strong third chakra reflects the ability to move forward in life with confidence and power. It reflects the ability to make conscious choices to choose and to act.

Food taste to include :

Bitter,Sour taste is responsible for the element fire and stimulates with the organs Heart,Pericardium,Small intestine,Triple warmer,Tongue.

Emotion:
The emotion linked to it is Contentment.
We must accept the things we have and be Content of it.

Yoga Asana :
Warrior I pose ,Warrior II , Bow pose. Can be practiced.

Diet:

Include a diet that is free from red meat, cheese and yoghurt, sweets, refined foods and refined flour.

Bitter foods such as bitter melon are excellent deterrents for parasites and natural vermifuges should be used in cooking such as garlic, hing (asafoetida), turmeric, ajwain, cumin and coriander.

Home Remedies:

Excellent home remedies for worms include:

• 1 tbsp Crushed Pumpkin seeds on an empty stomach before breakfast

• 1 tsp Crushed Papaya seed with honey on an empty stomach before breakfast

• 1 tsp Jaggery, 1 tsp Ajwain and ½tsp Castor oil rolled into a ball and taken at bedtime once per week.

Refs:

http://www.muditainstitute.com/articles/ayurvedicmedicine/parasites.html
http://www.indiadivine.org/content/topic/1700789-blastocystis-hominis/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastocystis
http://www.chakra-anatomy.com/solar-plexus-chakra.html
http://www.yogajournal.com/video/video/warrior-i-pose/
http://www.yogajournal.com/video/video/warrior-ii-pose/
http://www.yogajournal.com/pose/bow-pose/

Grounding myself by growing a rose plant

2014-01-25T08:19:00.001-08:00

Often we get lost in our thoughts and rush of the life. We seize to enjoy the present and missing living life.It takes quite a while for us to really figure out that we are lost. I have known that the plants have feelings and it responds to the mood around the people it surrounds. In my new house in don't have a garden so i bought a rose plant with a pot and keep near my bed. Well the roses are pink , i had a choice of getting a white one but chose pink as it had a female touch ( compassion and beauty ). This is an almost the way to practice your unconditional love. Your expectation are very less and minimal. Its also makes you a bit responsible. Now i have to take care of it , water it and speak to it. Its a reflection of my well being. If i am lost the rose loses it care taker and begins to deteriorate. Its is very visible to us indeed and we are aware that we are not normal and have ignored myself. The rose is just a sensitive part of me that i cannot suppress or over see. Its give me soothing effect in heart and helps me ground to this world.

With Love and Affection - Vinod G

Knowing how much you can eat and saying no to excess food

2013-05-24T03:20:00.001-07:00

It was always a difficult task for me to judge how much i can eat. Due to this while eating i take food in small increments. For many years i have had troubles eating this way. I used to start eating fast and then it slows down and the slowest is when i am not able to eat any more but some food is left in my plate.
It was hard for me to say no when people out of love/concern serve excessive food as i was lean.

Then my friend helped me saying "No" and not to feel embarrassed about it. Also not to worry if food is left in my plate. If you can't eat just stop eating. This step helped me a lot. I was more comfortable while eating as i did not have to finish the entire plate.

Just a year before i had a watched a video about eating habits. In it they described that it good to eat when you are full of hunger rather the just eating on time even thought you don't feel hungry. Many of us may have even forgotten how it feels like to be hungry. Also another key thought that at you first burp while eating you can stop eating. The burp indicates the opening of the stomach to large intestine and the food is on the way to next processing. Usually we over eat and burden our stomach. Due to this our stomach gets weak and also we don't get enough nutrition and energy. Basically this lowers your
efficiency of conversion of food into energy.

So if you are not sure how much you should eat stop at the first burp. Offcouse some times food is so delicious you want to eat upto you neck . Occationally this is fine.Over practive you will know how much you can consume so it digests at great efficiency and live healthy.

You do not have to believe any this of this. You can just try and feel the difference.

Ego or True self

2013-03-31T03:58:00.001-07:00

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift"- Albert Einstein

There is this inner voice that is continuously steering us. Some say that you need to follow the inner voice to succeed. But often we are misled as this voice is distorted by the noise by the ego. Some time the inner instinct or the true self as some call it is never heard. If you want to be more non judgmental,non attached and blissful you can listen to your inner voice. There are few ways to identify and instinct from the ego.

Ego is the survival instinct. Its is formed basically how others think of you. Is is the cause of the preservation of identity. Ego feeds on anxiety ,fear, jealous ,judgement, attachment and resistance. You need to take control over you ego to avoid the state of being helpless.
Ego vs True self Ego

Ego	True self
Interfere with free will and take control	Not interfere with free will
A sense of fear and urgency is in the message	No fear is involved and a calmness prevails
An discouragement is attached	Its inspiring and empowering
An worth is attached ( This is better or less)	No worth is attached
Manifests as compelling needs	Manifests as inspiring desires
seeks pleasure and avoids pain	Accepts pain and pleasure as the same

You cannot fight the ego. You can just be aware of your ego. Once aware it just starts to fade.You need to practice stillness of you mind.Let go, be separate, fight to be superior as these are all ego.Ego feed of need and focus of lack. It convinces you are not enough. Your achievements and the mistakes are just experiences Learn to be in the present. Ego is usually the future or the past.Be mindful of what you are doing.This will make you more happy and content.

References :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpte6gGyVcc

Oil bath - benefits

2012-10-05T07:03:00.000-07:00

Why?
Gingely oil on applied on skin fecilitates the production of pro vitamin D.
Following is the transformation path of the Provitamin D:
Provitamin D( Type: cholesterol) produced by skin when exposed to UV rays
Previtamin D3 on further exposure
Vitamin D in warm
Calcediol in liver
Calcetrio hormone in kidney(major part in calcium metabolism and an anti-cancer agent).

If enough vitamin d is produced the even a glass of milk a day is enought for strengthening bones( can avoid the supplements for it ) .

When not to?
Oil bath basically makes you body cool and hence logically is better to avoid oil bath on the following days as our body already becomes cool :
Sunday,
Monday
Tamil new year
New tamil month,
Full moon,
New moon
Eclipse
Also don't sleep during day of oil bath .

References: http://www.uvguide.co.uk/vitdpathway.htm

Settling in life redefined

2012-09-13T06:29:00.004-07:00

What do we need in life really? Most of us think its money that we need. But actually why we really need it? We need to be "Happy" by fulfilling our desires and as most of our desires are materialistic we go after money which can earn them. In a long run we forget what we really want and go blindly after money or the job we pursue.

The point is "Everyone wants to be happy and want it indefinitely no matter what happens". This is the actual state in life where you cal yourself settled. But now we use the term for various states like "Got married" ,"Bought house( Even if he is a debtor for 30 year )" ,"Bought a car" and so on. But if we analyse clearly all these spoil our happiness and make us more fragile.

Then how can i settle ?
To be settled is to be in happy regardless of what happens around us.This state is an state of mind and any imbalance can be corrected only by mind. First this must be understood. Currently happiness is a effect of actions and this has to be the other way around. We must stay happy and do things out of this happiness.
Sounds simple ? Nooooooo. This is the ultimate state. We must cross various phases to come here.
Her are the stages this could work .
Phase 1 : Realize what you really want in life and observe what are the situations in which you are not happy and identify the cause. Here things will happen around you , you will conceive the things, react emotionally and act.
Phase 2 : Be aware of your emotions and actions. Try to be happy regard less of your actions.
Here things will happen around you , you will conceive the things, react emotionally and but don't act if it may not cause happiness.
Phase 3 : Here things will happen around you , you will conceive the things, react won't emotionally( in a negative way) and don't act if it may not cause happiness.

At the end of phase 1 you should start living a simple life and declutter your life so the things that affect you are minimized. Also analyse you body and see what are the problems you have and correct it by natural means. At start of phase 2 you can start meditating clear you mind for all the prejudices.

These are not guidelines just one of the what it could possible work. The ultimate goal is happiness.

A day without spectacles

2012-06-17T11:35:00.002-07:00

I have a short sight with a power of 4+ . I would be always with glasses so i was very much dependent on the same. Through lots of reading i came across that our eye cell do regenerate in specified span of time. So if the eye had become defective due to deficiency and over stress then during a period of time if we supply nutrition and avoid stressing of the eye and believe that t the eye has a capability of healing itself there is a possibility that it could be cured. Now i wanted to check how dependent i was no my spects. Also its that we use two aspects in creating vision sense +imagination . If our eye i poor u have do the imagination more.

Yesterday i conducted the test. The mission was to not use the spects through out the day and manage to visit a place near by ( a place i have not visited).. Morning i did the cooking and all my work without glasses. This was bit east as i did not need to read much o the test. I checked my mails in the iPod and my laptop screen was a bit blurred. Then i started out my journey in a world. I began to notice that all the signs and the boards was a bit blurred and i was able to enjoy the sun and the nature. The signals lights were clear and ( must have been designed that way .And i went to the station. Now i bought my tickets and searched for the train. The display board was hard to see. It was tempting to wear my glasses and but i was determined not wear it. Then i when to the information center and asked about the train details and they guided me to the plat form. I wanted to cross check with the display at the platform but the board was a blurred but i was able to recognize the words.

I was re collection the sight that was happening during my journey to the station. All the things , the people, all were blurred and the distraction was less. I had to process less so saved energy energy.The trains stops were marked with large boards so a was able to read and u maintained the stop count. Finally i reached the stop and got to the tram. My stop was the last so need not count the stops now. The train halted at the last stop and i used the maps in the phone yo find the way. I enjoyed the company of my friends there and returned home. Then i went to the super market. It was nice. I just bought what i really wanted and others were just blurred and i did not over shop ;). The the day successfully ended without my spects ;)
Its was so nice to see that how my eye adopted to the situation actually most of the time the spect is not required and can be avoided. I staring to have the habit to not wear the spects for long time. Will see of my eye is able to heal it self .I tried to type the whole write up without spects and i managed it :D ( Had to stare closer at teh scree for corrections) .

The pleasure of gardening

2012-06-16T11:37:00.000-07:00

Gardening gives me a pleasure of being with a good company. Growing vegetables and common spices comes handy. I enjoy when growing the plants. It feels good when the plants grow and yield fruits / vegetables. It feel nice to be with the plants. Now i can research about talking to plants and music influence on plants. [ To be continued]

7 chakras and Maslow's hierarchy of needs

2011-12-03T06:30:00.001-08:00

Maslow's hierarchy of needs was proposed by Abraham Maslow in 1943 describing the stages of growth in humans. This is used in management science and psychology. The same with far more advanced development stages has been proposed way back in 11th century AD as 7 Chakras . The relation between the two theories are depicted in the below diagram.
Source: Wikipedia-Chakra,Wikipedia-Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs

How to get over when your worried

2011-11-17T21:05:00.001-08:00

Worries are part of our life. We often worry and get into depression and feel helpless.Yesterday I was worried and did not know the exact reason I was worried ;). Did not know how to get over it. I tried few things to get over it. 1) Share : Tell to someone how u feel and you would get some clarity on what is the actual reason you are worried and sharing helps reducing your worries. 2) Fast : When you are worried you are most likely that you are not hungry. Worry and hunger do not go together. So when you are worried just fast untill you are extremely hungry. When you are hungry you are no longer worried and now eat well. 3) Sleep : When worried often you don't get sleep. But it is important to just lye down and run over your thoughts. Rest for 8 hours and the hours you slept deeply in this period is not important. The above steps helped me get over my unknown worry. And I'm happy now :)

Principles and Values

2011-11-01T12:28:00.000-07:00

Principles and Values drives our life. I thought of sharing my principles and values that i have acquired from my well wishers[ Including me ;) ].

If you love some one express it
Never spend just because you have money
Spend any amount for food
Never reject a gift
No one is bad in this world it's all about perception
Don't try to change people's character after an age
Don't tell bad about anyone let them learn them self
Don't worry about things that are not in your control
Understand what you learn you don't have to memorize
Never indulge in drinking or smoking
Don't have a habit that you cannot stop

Don't give room for hate

2011-10-09T12:11:00.000-07:00

Hate is a strong feeling that blocks you from all the happiness around. There could be many things that you have in life like people,jobs, habits,music and movies etc. Hating some thing is bad if that degrades you.For example if you hate a person, all the actions of the person irritates you and you get disturbed. There is saying in Tamil which translates roughly to "No one can do harm or good to you except yourself". We let the other person control our emotions and importantly that person has no value in your perception. If you hate someone you can forgive them and you will feel much better. All hatred is not bad, is good if it is beneficial to you. Some people hate "Smoking" or a "Food that is allergic" that' good them. Hating less gives you more room for enjoying life. You may also read Tolerance and Understanding.

Imagine ...Imagine Not

2011-06-19T05:32:00.000-07:00

Humans are gifted with a special ability of "Imagination/Thinking". This could be one of the significant evolutions that human kind has undergone if Darwin was correct. With Imagination we can place our self in others shoes and think in their perspective, predict others actions or interpret others actions and intentions. But are we over doing our imagination? May be we should be restrictive about what we imagine. The fear and sorrow is mostly created due to imagination. We should not be reacting emotionally to our imaginations. Mostly we think about people and actions. In sometimes it better not to things that could trouble us. In film "The Last Samurai" the hero imagines the next actions of the opponent and misses his moves. And the Samurai advises him that he should be having any mind when fighting <Quote>. I personally spent lots of glucose in thinking /Imagining so i am trying to be bit more conservative on it.

Being a bookmark and not a book

2011-04-19T16:07:00.000-07:00

I remember a quote of Albert Einstein that "You need not study the things that can be looked up in the log book". This thought has been there in my mind for a long time. I still don't know the full 8th multiplication table by heart. And no wonder that my spellings are poor. Today the greatest log book we have is the google. I believe that you need not learn any things that you can get on a search result on google but all you have the know is "How to search it". Google has a good searching algorithm and it gives relevant search results. But we have to accept the fact that most of the sites are not fully SEO(Searh Engine Optimized). So some times we have to tweak search queries to get the results you want. Now what we have to really learn is the art of search and have to be creative. You may ask me "Hay i have to pass the exams!!!". The key to learning is understanding and if u have understood it there is no need for study at all. All you have to remember is the bookmarks not the book. And i bet you the you can write more than the book actually has.

Tolerance and Understanding

2011-01-24T15:42:00.000-08:00

The key is to accept the fact that we all are humans and we do make mistakes."One love is all we need" are true words. Find some who loves you . This defaults to your parents. As we are humans we don't stop at one.When you find someone offer time and care and enjoy the joy of giving. At hard times you have to distinguish between situation and character.Sometimes situation revels character and if not comfortable with that safely ignore the person. Maybe you want to hate the person , but don't do it as it would affect you more the other so ignore. Tolerance is important in a relation Analyse whether the person is fundamentally has a good character and the situation just projects his as bad person. What you can offer in this situation is 'Time and Space'. After a considerable amount of time you can clearly see weather it was the character or the situation manifested and act accordingly. The love you can't afford to miss is yourself.

Is the world random or deterministic?

2011-01-02T10:09:00.000-08:00

This a billion billion dolar question. The real difference between both is just 'Time'. When an event happens is no more random. According the 'Black swarn theory' after an black swarn event the event seems more obvious then ever. So random things are obvious until we figure out. Let me simplify ( may be i complicate it ).
H + 2O -> H2O. When the we did not know this equation the Hydrogen and Oxygen gave us a miracle substance. Later we came to know that it was water the was produced. The it became obvious to us. The is a simple reaction under normal condition. May be at different condition and catalyst it would have reacted differently. But the reaction is no more random. I strongly feel randomness is a deterministic reaction for which we don't know the catalyst and output. May be every thing in the world is determined and it follows a complex reaction chain reaction pattern and fate the we call is the reaction path. People may say "Wat do mean have control of my life" but excuse me this also may be a reaction catalysed by my article
:). You can believe it are not it ur reaction and its determined already.

"Welcome to the real world neo" - Matrix

Take advantage of Limited Warranty

2010-12-27T10:11:00.000-08:00

Generally electronic goods carry a limited warranty on purchase. First you must read the limitations and the coverage of the warranty . Mostly the companies give warrenty based on the some lab tests and the statistics. Most electronics items may just survive the warranty period and may fail very soon after it. The cost computed by the company the product may fail in next year is proportional to

Percentage of people opting extended warranty * probability of that the product may fail * Max cost of replacement.

On the initial days we would take extreme caution the product. Then later on we would reduce the care that we take exponentially over time. This increases the probability the product may fail after the warranty period.

So what can we do ?

Don't hesitate to use your product extensively within the limits given on the warrenty during the warrenty period. Try to extend the warrenty to another year if the product's average life expectancy is above five years.If the product survives it has a greater probability that it would serve the entire average span. And don't forget to have your warrenty card safe.

I am this kind of Developer

2010-12-05T04:57:00.000-08:00

"Here is a little secret that developers have known for years and non-technical people have yet to figure out. It doesn't matter what language a developer knows, they are all similar. A talented developer has an interpreter and compiler in his head and thinks in pseudo-code anyway. Applying that to a language is just a matter of figuring out the syntax...and that is the easy part."

Source: http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=61441

Enlightenment

2010-12-04T11:35:00.000-08:00

Enlightenment is about realizing about yourself. We are some kind of wired. Like things the make you happy and sad. Many configuration are adopted from the society and some are pre-loaded. We must realize a fact that we are highly configurable. A psycho is an person who has wrongly reconfigured the wiring "KILL>SIN" to "KILL>PLEASURE". Some Monks just cut the Hard Line connecting to anger. You can be a silent observer of your emotions to see these links. Its really hard to reconfigure these links. You can define your own links or cut some links. Some of my links are "SPEND>SAD" "SAVE>HAPPY" "GAMES> NOT INTERESTING" etc.
You can tryout your own links and cut the unwanted and be Enlightenment.

What if everything goes wrong

2010-11-24T09:23:00.000-08:00

Positive thinking is a good attitude. But I feel thinking only positive events would occur and being unprepared is not good. For every future scenario that can happens we must first calculate the worst case scenario ("If anything can fail it surely will" -Murphy's Law) and think of steps to avoid it and also if it occurs how can we proceed further. Usually what happens is that people make decisions at the event of Crisis, this decision may not be correct as these are highly influenced by emotions. When an event has not yet occurred , your mind will be calm to analyse. This would sound like Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), yes it an application of it in life.

“Expect good, predict the bad and prepare for the worst thing can ever happen”

This policy can make u always happy, huh! If something bad happens you would be happy that your prediction is correct and you are prepared for it. If good happens obviously you would be happy and also you will be happy through the period of wait for the event as you are prepared for both. And it simply waste of time thinking of things that are not in your hand and you have nothing to do with it. What do I do then “Accept the pain- Buddha”.

Common scenarios:
Lost mobile
Lost purse
Money shortage
Lost job

It’s a best practice to maintain an online encrypted personal phone number and account number list, customer care numbers to block your lost card.
Finally “If you fail, fail safe”.

Fighting common cold

2010-11-23T06:03:00.000-08:00

Common cold is not caused by a single virus but a group of viruses. The disease is cause by production of excess anti bodies to fight the foreign body. I feel that there is no need for a medicine at all to cure this if you ignore it and give no importance at all to it. You may consult a doctor only if it persists more than a week or so. The feeling that cold is not a disease at all should go deep within you the it reaches your sub conscience mind. Hence the resistance to cold will be reduced. I prefer taking lime juice ~~during cold~~. I feel is improves my immune system and the very feeling will improve my immunity ( even if science says vitamin c doesn't improve immunity). So if catch cold next time just try it out. If it works u have avoided a dose f chemicals i to your body else you can do the regular way.

Human judgement

2010-11-20T09:07:00.000-08:00

Often people make judgement based on emotions. We judge people based on events that happen.

Each event has a positive or negative weight. But we forget past events in exponential way. Due to this our judgement involves only recent events. And its a well known fact that negative events have an high impact on us then positive events. Many a times we judge people on the past negative event and lose them.

This is what happens in most of the company appraisals or in judging a dear friend or in a investment in the stock market.

We are not computers to do a weighted average on all the events. Many things can be corrected when understanding the fact that our judgement may be flawed due to the past events. Systematic analysis will help us do a real judgement.

We are wired like that so we act accordingly. We also make mistakes when modeling a system that involves state change due to human decisions. We do account for the fact the humans remember little past. Our modeling is based on Statistics and this is not the way human mind judges. So the models need to adjusted for this aging factor to make it near accurate.