Ayurveda and Pet choices

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PETS

 

Pets are extensions of their owners' personalities, small versions of their

masters. Most people prefer pets with whom they can innately

relate, who reflect their own character traits, but it is better to keep a pet

who is therapeutic for your own imbalances. Vatta people do well

with dogs, for example, because a canine's lovable, sloppy, openheartedness

warms, reassures, relaxes and stabilizes the Vattas cold, fearful,

fickle nature. Kapha individuals do better with small animals like birds because

an avian's light, bright cheerfulness helps offset some of a

Kapha's natural ponderousness, sluggishness and fixity.

 

Some Kapha people find large dogs beneficial because both dog and owner

need vigorous exercise, and responsibility for the canine encourages

the Kapha person to exercise along with the, dog. Some Vatta types do well with

small furry high-strung animals like guinea pigs and hamsters,

which elicit maternal instinct from their owners.

 

Pitta personalities are sometimes too overbearing to obtain much incen-tive

for self-development from the simpler personalities of birds and

beasts. Pittas should not take the easy way out and select an animal who is too

easy to get along with, nor one who is so aggressive that the two

beings feed off one another's instincts to violence. A large long-lived bird

like a parrot may be complex enough to demand attention from a Pitta,

but cats, who have strongly held opinions about most subjects including their

masters, present continuous challenges to the probing Pitta mind and

make perhaps the best Pitta pets. The Pitta has to keep up with the feline, and

this is a refreshingly new experience for many hotshot Pittas.

 

>From Prakruti by Robert Svoboda

 

For an intro to Ayurveda go to

http://www.ayurveda.com/online%20resource/intro_ayurveda.html

 

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I'm a vata type and it's the first time I've adopted a furry puppy,

Tipsoo is sensitive and affectionate, just like me!

We both had a rough start in life so we're a perfect match...we

understand each other.

Deanna

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Stuff about pets seems to bring out peoples best and worst, I've noticed. As far

as I am concerned, every bit of information about why people choose

the pets they do, and every bit of information that gives a perspective on that

process is grist for the mill. Ayurveda give a particular perspective

and makes observations based on that perspective. It is neither the last word,

nor is it the whole picture, but is helpful and interesting. I chose

to explore my choice of pet partially on the description of the common soul type

of dog breeds. That worked so well for me that the dog made an

extraordinary impact on my life and everyone in it. Knowledge is power. The

right knowledge is the most empowering, and the right knowledge a person

needs at any one point in time varies widely. Unfortunately, as with food and

sex, pets often have a lot of neurosis tied up with them and it is very

easy to lose ones meditation when looking at the true nature of pets and why we

have them. If we're lucky, when the pet dies, he will take some of

that neurosis with him. Denying our neurosis will, of course, make that less

likely.

 

Dharam Singh wrote:

 

> PETS

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> Pets are extensions of their owners' personalities, small versions of

their masters. Most people prefer pets with whom they can innately

> relate, who reflect their own character traits, but it is better to keep a pet

who is therapeutic for your own imbalances. Vatta people do well

> with dogs, for example, because a canine's lovable, sloppy, openheartedness

warms, reassures, relaxes and stabilizes the Vattas cold, fearful,

> fickle nature. Kapha individuals do better with small animals like birds

because an avian's light, bright cheerfulness helps offset some of a

> Kapha's natural ponderousness, sluggishness and fixity.

>

> Some Kapha people find large dogs beneficial because both dog and owner

need vigorous exercise, and responsibility for the canine encourages

> the Kapha person to exercise along with the, dog. Some Vatta types do well

with small furry high-strung animals like guinea pigs and hamsters,

> which elicit maternal instinct from their owners.

>

> Pitta personalities are sometimes too overbearing to obtain much

incen-tive for self-development from the simpler personalities of birds and

> beasts. Pittas should not take the easy way out and select an animal who is

too easy to get along with, nor one who is so aggressive that the two

> beings feed off one another's instincts to violence. A large long-lived bird

like a parrot may be complex enough to demand attention from a Pitta,

> but cats, who have strongly held opinions about most subjects including their

masters, present continuous challenges to the probing Pitta mind and

> make perhaps the best Pitta pets. The Pitta has to keep up with the feline,

and this is a refreshingly new experience for many hotshot Pittas.

>

> >From Prakruti by Robert Svoboda

>

> For an intro to Ayurveda go to

http://www.ayurveda.com/online%20resource/intro_ayurveda.html

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