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Boost Your Immune Power with Ayurveda, by Janesh Vaidya

(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

In our modern world, our health is greatly impacted by the choices we make in our daily lives. That means that the environment we live in, the kind of lifestyle we lead, and what we are surrounded by will decide the life span and the health status of our body-mind system. For instance, if we are living in a polluted atmosphere, and leading an unhealthy lifestyle, during our lifetime our natural health is at high risk, with different kinds of pathogens invading our internal system and creating uneasy (dis-ease) function of our organs.

Most people complain, stating that their life is not their conscious choice—so what is the point in discussing this issue? Perhaps because of their job or family situation, they are forced to live in the middle of a crowded city, breathing polluted air and drinking contaminated water everyday. Perhaps because of the lack of time in their busy working schedule, they adapt to fast food and often compromise with their necessary sleep. And at the end, they become victims of life-threatening health issues.

I must say, life is all about priority. If you give first priority to your health, you will be able to see many possibilities to minimise the risk of diseases in your life. Wherever you live on this planet right now, whichever age you are at present, and whatsoever health condition you are in today, by making the most necessary changes in your life with the wisdom of Ayurveda, you can improve your basic health and immunity.

How Does Ayurveda Work in a Human Body?
The microcosm of our body is made up by cells, which according to Ayurveda terminology, are constituted by five elements: earth, water, fire, ether, and air. The combinations of these elements generate the forces (Kapha [water and earth], Pitta [fire and water], and Vata [ether and air]), which help the body to sustain and move forward in life through different ages. Since our birth until the death, these three forces support the growth and health of our bodily organs, and maintain the functions of our systems, (such as our cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urinary, muscular, lymphatic, nervous, reproductive, endocrine, integumentary and skeletal systems).

Even though most of us are born with good health, at some point during our lifetime, we lose the track and run into unhealthy, often socially enforced, habits, which eventually break down the natural resistance power of our body and weaken our organs. These addictions restrict the natural function of our internal systems to cleanse and rejuvenate our body. Eventually, these unhealthy habits accumulate ama (toxins) in the body tissues and invites in harmful micro-organisms like bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi—the agents of different kinds of diseases. But whatever health situation we are in right now, with the tools of Ayurveda, we can understand the root cause of our present health issues and adapt the natural solutions to repair and maintain our body in the coming days.

How Can this Ancient Health Practice Help to Improve my Health in These Modern Times?
While stepping into the practice of Ayurveda, we must understand the fact that before the emergence of Allopathy and Homeopathy, our ancestors were treating their bodies and minds with the natural health solutions that existed on this planet. They constantly cleansed and rejuvenated their internal systems with the healing power of Mother Nature.

Ayurveda is one of the most ancient health sciences in the world, and has been practiced in India through the centuries by a group of traditional Ayurveda physicians called Vaidyas. In ancient times, every village in India had at least one Vaidya family, taking care of the wellness of the people in that region.

Through the years, Vaidyas have been maintaining the health of the people in the villages mainly through the three natural practices. In Sanskrit they are called aahar, vihar, and vijar, which translate to food, lifestyle, and thoughts. The main advantage of Vaidya's three traditional practices is that they can be practiced by anybody, at any age and health condition, to boost the energy and vitality, and maintain good health and immune power in a human body-mind system. Let me give you a short introduction to what have become known as the three commandments of Ayurveda.

1. Aahar
   As the old saying goes, we are what we eat. Our daily food habits have a direct impact on our internal systems and the state of health and diseases. Because of our fast and processed food culture, our body is prone to many diseases in this modern age. But, if we make a diet plan according to our present health condition, we can save our organs from future diseases and regain our utmost health.To make a food plan for your body constitution, first you need to find out the state of balance and imbalance in your system. With the help of the self tests in my latest book, Boost Your Immune Power with Ayurveda, you can find your PDE (Presently Dominating Elements). According to the status of your dominating elements and the chances of aggravation in their corresponding forces, you will get advice on how to balance those elements and avoid the risk of disease. The recommendations in the book are based on the theory that food is our natural medicine, which is one of the key traditional practices of the Vaidyas in Ayurveda.

   With this ancient wisdom, everybody can be a therapist in their kitchen, and treat their symptoms with their daily food. The food list given in the book will help you to shop the right ingredients for your body type, and help you to use the right food (to add or take away from your daily diet) according to your present health status.

2. Vihar
   If we observe a person's lifestyle, we can see the present and future status of his/her health. When we analyse our present health issues, we can identify the root cause of most issues (which is basically the result of our old, unhealthy habits).Even if we are currently healthy, if we continue with our unhealthy habits, we can assume the risk of getting diseases in a particular organ or even in an entire system of our body in the future. For instance, if a person is a smoker, there is a risk of getting troubles in the respiratory system, or if a person is an alcoholic has a chance of damaging the liver and its related organs and systems. Even those who do not smoke or drink are still at risk of future diseases if living in polluted conditions.

   In short, nowadays, good health is not automatically granted. Good health is the result of many conscious choices in life. And when you design your lifestyle by avoiding unhealthy habits and adding healthy habits into your daily life, you have a better chance to live well on this planet.

   Ayurveda recommends leading a lifestyle with the right food and exercise, mental relaxation programs, and enough rest for the body through the right amount of sleep. Sleep is one of the most essential therapies to maintain good health in a human body-mind system, and the amount of deep sleep needed varies from person to person, according to the dominating elements in the body. Once you find your PDE with the self-tests in Boost Your Immune Power with Ayurveda, you can follow the sleeping hours in the book. (If you have problems with insomnia, you can use the sleeping positions and suggestions in the book to improve the quality of your sleep.)

3. Vijar
   Thoughts are the architect of our life. Every thought is a piece of food for our brain, and when we choose good thoughts, our mind will be naturally cleaned and rejuvenated with the affirmative inputs.In Vaidya's traditional practices, mind development has a major role in maintaining good health and immunity. Eating with mindfulness and to meditating in higher focus are various levels of practices traditionally recommended to handle different symptoms of mind (such as heavy stress, depression, and anxiety). To get your "breakfast for your mind," you can visit my website (JaneshVaidya.com) and read a new "Thought of the day"every morning, which is helping many people around the world to start their day with meaning. Once you start practicing the disciplines of Ayurveda, your life will come into alignment: the right food, exercise, and relaxation programs for your body and mind (including deep sleep).

Start Your Journey
As the saying goes, every long journey starts with a single step. Even this small article can be a beginning, or a restart, of your healthy lifestyle. See Ayurveda as an ocean in which you are starting your voyage from a shore in search of your optimal health. Take small steps by learning the basics of this natural science and adapt its disciplines one by one into your daily life. And always keep in mind that, on this journey, you are the solution and not the problem; you are the healer and not the wound; and you are the medicine, not the disease.

If you have any questions about your health, you are welcome to write to me, briefly explaining your health issues.

/Janesh Vaidya

Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2021. All rights reserved.

For most of my life, I have had visions of a pale blonde man clothed in flowing black material. His eyes are grey, and when I see him, he either frightens or fights off evil entities surrounding me. The only problem is that he frightens me too! There is something that seems evil about him as well. I always thought he was some type of image from my mind until I felt wind when he moved and I heard him tell me his name, which is Adalric. What do you make of this? Do you think he is real or the mental personification of some spiritual force? I feel crazy even telling you about it!

Rachel

Dreamchaser:

I am so excited to be answering this question. I "heard" in my gut that your "vision man" is actually a spirit guide. I also heard that I could do some research and find out who he actually was in LIFE. This is very rare and very exciting. His giving you his name is so helpful.

He is Adalric, Duke of Alsace, who was born in Sweden around 634. He died on February 20 in either the year 689 or 690 - most say 690, but there are also reports of 689. His given name was Eticho. He married a real-life princess named Berswinde. He had two children, one of whom he named Adalbert. The other child was named Eticho II. That child later became the patron saint we now call St. Odile, Patron Saint of Alsace.

Adalric obtained the Duchy of Alsace in 662. He was the Head of the Alsatian House of the Ethiconides. If you want to find out more about his earthly life or duties, you can ask him. Just get a pencil and paper, ask the question out loud and write down what you hear in the form of your own thoughts.

I think he is absolutely real. Our spirit guides are as real as we are. Some people can see them, some people can hear them, some people do not even know they are around, and everything in between. For example, my son can see his guides, I can sense and hear my guides, and my daughter has no idea that anything is around her.

I think the reason you feel "fear" at times is because he was obviously a man who had a lot of power. He had it in his last human life and he continues to have it in the spirit world. He is powerful, used to being listened to, and is quite forceful.

He chases everything away from you that you consider "evil." He, however, is not evil by nature, or he could not be your spirit guide. "God"/ the Universe/ Spirit /whatever term you like to use does not put EVIL on the payroll.

If we see a big, burly man coming down the street at us at night, odds are we are going to cross to the other side. The same concept applies here. You fear what you "see," and thus you never get to really know him better. You need to figure out exactly what it is about him that frightens you and then ask him about it. He will help you understand.

What determines if something that is a "mental personification of some spiritual force" (to use your words) is "real?" Anything that is speaking with you is "real" on some level.

I wish you fascinating interactions with All That Is.

*****

Astrea:

Kiddo, you are NOT crazy, and you are being protected by one of the Big Shot Angelic Spirits. I looked up "Adalric" in my old time Dictionary of Angels, and this is what it says about him:

"ADALRIC: Seraphic Assistant to the Archangel Gabriel, Adalric chooses one human being to protect during that person's lifetime in each human generation. While he usually chooses a woman and her family, he has been known to also occasionally extend his protection to single gay men. He is particularly fond of women in the medical field, and has spent many human lifetimes protecting female doctors and nurses.

He dresses in black to confound Evil, which comes to him in disguised Angelic Form. His robes contain hundreds of pockets in which he carries soothing balms. The first modern recorded sighting by a human being was during the Crimean War, where he accompanied the famous Florence Nightingale as she began what we know as today's nursing profession.

A powerful force against all evil, he is particularly interested in being effective against plague and disease. Adalric has been credited with stamping out many of the world's plagues, and has a rich oral tradition beginning in the Middle Ages at the end of what we now know as the Bubonic Plague. Communication with him is often carried on through one of his Messenger Angels, particularly Tuam."

I'm so excited for you! This is an IMPORTANT personage in the Angelic Hierarchy! He's only once removed from Gabriel, who is one of the "big four" Archangels of the Universe!

If you wish to speak with him directly, ask him to come to you in a dream. Gather some white flowers, Narcissus or Mums (something with a strong and pungent smell), and place them in a white vase in your bedroom to draw him to you. By the flowers, leave a note with the questions you want him to answer in your dream. It may take him a few days to get back to you, but don't be afraid! He's here to help you find your bliss in life. As the flowers fade, you'll begin to see more and more of him every day.

If you are not in the medical field at this time, it would be a good idea to ponder such a career. He wouldn't have chosen to be with you for your lifetime if you didn't have a particular healing gift. You're a VERY LUCKY girl to have him interested in you and your family. He's here to help you, not to frighten you. Work with him - you'll be so blessed!

Astrea:

Many times in life we hear, "You will always have what you NEED, but not necessarily what you WANT." Your spirit must have needed to experience the feeling of leaving your human body, and the suggestion in the next chapter of Sylvia Brown's book was all it took to get you there.

Even though you hadn't read it yet, your SOUL recognized the title of that chapter as something it had been seeking, and your soul, knowing that you had that reference to read after your experience, got with it and out you went!

While I don't usually recommend her books, Sylvia Brown has a wide reaching and powerful effect on lots of people. A Gemini like you would be able to relate easily to her writing and put it to good use. Synchronicity - you gotta love it!

I like your description of "getting caught." That's exactly what it feels like, isn't it? One minute you're free and hovering above the room, and the next minute, ZAP! back down into your corporeal form you go!

As a little kid, I loved that "feeling of return." With practice, most of the time we can control that event, but sometimes, when our physical ears hear a distracting noise or something else occurs to knock us back into reality, back we go. With practice you will be able to control your return better.

I find it interesting that you were visiting your mother-in-law and not someone in your own genetic family. Evidently, you and your husband got married for reasons that are even deeper than love. His family's interest in "psychic stuff" will nurture your children in such matters and help them to grow into their own abilities.

You'll never have to be concerned that when your daughter visits them, she'll be discouraged from exploring her own psychic life and power. My parents encouraged me to develop my psychic senses in a time when it wasn't nice to even discuss such things in public. Heck, it's STILL not considered a great topic at the dinner table in some families!

Your kids will get to talk about it ALL and ask questions and read and study. This is going to give them such an edge in life! Talk with your husband about how you want to present this to your kiddos, so that you are united in your approach and ready to tell them their experiences are all natural and okay.

A word or two of warning: Geminis often have difficulty staying grounded in REAL LIFE. Don't get so strung out on your ASTRAL life that you neglect what you're doing here on Earth.

You are at the beginning of a long journey to learn where your power really lies. Try to be patient with this process and take your time.