SIMPLE Physical Exercises to Promote a Healthy Life .
You can familiarize yourself with the exercise routine through daily practice over a four week period.
Sound is very important and creates vibrations that affect our moods, motivates us and can create either positive or negative changes in individuals and groups.
There are SEED SOUNDS that were known to ancient Indian sages. They understood and used these seed sounds for Positive Development of students.
Here are some seed sounds which when chanted creates vibrations that enhances the intelligence of the person. The sounds can be chanted for 5 to 10 minutes prior to studies and after studies.
OM AIM HREEM SHREEM SARASWATYAI NAMAHA
THE MONKEY AND THE SHOPKEEPER
Once upon a time there lived a shopkeeper in a small village. The shopkeeper would place a few jars of sweets on his counter top. People coming into the shop would buy sweets when they saw them in the jars. One day a lady bought some sweets and as she was leaving the shop the sweets fell out of her handbag. A little monkey who was on a nearby tree saw the sweets and picked them up. The sweets were very tasty so the little monkey had a feast.
The monkey would sit on the tree and see children coming out of the shop eating sweets. He understood that the sweets were in the shop. One day the little monkey noticed the door of the shop had been left open. He ventured into the shop when no one was around. He saw with great happiness the jars of delicious sweets on the counter top.
The little monkey jumped onto the counter, opened the jar and took out a sweet and began enjoying the tasty sweet. It was so good when he finished the first one he decided to have another. The shopkeeper saw the monkey eating his sweets. He got a big stick to beat the monkey. When the monkey saw the shopkeeper coming
with the stick he put his hand in the jar to take a handful of sweets and escape from the shop. But his hand was too full with the sweets and it got stuck in the jar. No matter how much he pulled, he could not free his hand from the jar. He did not drop the sweets.
The shopkeeper came and gave the little monkey a good beating for stealing the sweets. Finally, the monkey let go of the sweets and was able to run away.
The little monkey’s greed for the tasty sweets got him into a lot of trouble.
Can you think of other times when you got in trouble because of eating or over-eating?
MORAL :
I must not be greedy. I must not steal from anyone.
SATYAM LEARNS TO CONTROL THE SENSE OF TASTE
When Satyam was a boy he stayed with his Aunt Venkamma. Aunt Venkamma would send Satyam to four houses for begging alms of cooked food.
He would collect the rice in his bag and sambar in a container. On returning home Aunt Venkamma would be there like a policeman.
Aunt Venkamma allowed Satyam to give rice and sambar to Varalakshmi his sister. Then he had to feed the persons outside the temple. Whatever food remained he ate on the first day. It was only two morsels of food.
Aunt Venkamma told Satyam he should have only one meal a day.
When Satyam brought the food home on the fifth day and he sat to eat the only meal, his aunt was standing over him with a fan. He understood that he was not supposed to eat even that one meal. He sat with the plate of food in front of him thinking how tasty the food must be. His Aunt Venkamma came and hit him one whack on the head with the fan. Then he knew he had to learn to control even the thought of the tasty food and prevent his mouth from watering at the sight of the food.
Then one day his aunt told him he could eat the food. When he put the morsel of food in his mouth she told him to stop eating. By then he could control his taste for the food and his mouth did not water, but the fan came down and whacked him on the head. It took him till the next day to understand what his aunt was trying to teach him. He should not be using any effort to control his taste buds, but it should be natural. The desire for the food should not be there.
In this way, when Swamiji was a boy called Satyam his Aunt Venkamma taught him the lesson to control his desire for food.
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE STORY
i. It is good to feed others who are hungry before you eat.
ii. I should not eat more than necessary. I should only eat enough to keep me healthy.
iii. I must learn to control even my desire for eating food and tasty treats.
iv. If I control my desire for food, then even if food and snacks are plentiful I will not suffer from overeating. If there is no food or snacks, I will not suffer from hunger or craving for food.
I Must Try and Control My Desire for Food and Snacks.