Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Dear Group, After my morning meditation with Arunachala from 5 AM to 6 AM, we started the day going up to Skandanasram. The sanyasin that opens the place was a bit late today. there are more visitors at Ramanasramam now. This is the busy season. This means that when he started his chant, the ajoining room was full. We so love to listen to and meditate with this morning chant at Skandanasram (and for a nice period afterward)! This morning my wife, for the first time brough her mp3 player, and she listened to a satsang with Nome recording during the climb up the hill. We came back down via Virupakshu cave. There is some construction going on in both places now, refinishing some of the brock and stone work. Consequently it was real noisy in Virupakshu. My wife feels some thing about Virupakshu and often her meditations here seem good and deep. When we came home I went up on the roof and watched some of the actitiy around the house. Behind the house there is a man with a team of two bullocks plowing the field. This is the same kind of fieldwork that has been done in South India for the last 2600 years or so. In the property next two ours they have almost finished preparing the property for construction and the new owners. They have spent maybe one month and removed rocks and took down all the trees that grew on the property. While there is a tractor with a digging claw and a grader/bucket on the front, most of the work was dong by people using hand tools. When the rocks were dugn up, first they made a big hole and spent three days with the tractor, pushing rocks into the hole. After this they spent the next two week breaking up the reast of the rocks, with sledge hammer and chisels, small jackhammers, and with explosives. The trees were taken down with tools almost like machetes, and the longer pieces sawed with a two-man saw. We now are on our way to the evening chanting at Ramanasramam. We will then take a USA friend to dinner. He is one of the the people we know from SAT in Santa Cruz wbho is here now. He visits here for a long visit evey year. So far we realy enjoy our life here. We have more spiritual practice each day, and we are having a great time getting to know something of Tiruvannamalai and South India. Not two, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2008 Report Share Posted January 2, 2008 Dear Richard, I am happy to note that you have a comfortable stay there and making progress. May Baghawan Shri Ramana Maharishi bless you with Liberation. Shri Ramana Maharishi had recommended herbal medicines to some of his devotees. In many parts of Tamil Nadu, the herb known as Indian Noni grows in the wild. That means no fertilisers or pesticides are used. Few companies are engaged in the production of Indian noni Juice, which has many health giving properties. From :http://www.inrf.org/article/secrets.htm The Healing Secrets of Indian NoniDr. P I Peter M.D, (A.M), Ph.D I am proud to present you this paper about the powerful fruit called NONI. Noni is a tropical fruit from the tree Morinda Citrifolia, popularly known as Indian Mulberry. It is a well known fact that Morinda Citrifolia originated from India. Millions of people worldover are experiencing remarkable health benefits using products made from NONI fruit. Noni was used by traditional healers for centuries in India for a broad range of health concerns. Noni's healing properties are widely recorded in the Ayurveda and Siddha medicinal texts of India. NONI is now researched in more than 30 universities in 10 countries and it has earned more than 500 research articles. Thanks to the Discovery Channel which said on Feb 3rd 2003 in Todays Health Program that Noni is the greatest nutritional discovery of our times. Another site for Noni : http://nonihealthinfo.directsource.net/main.asp Regards Venugopal Richard Clarke <richard wrote: Dear Group,After my morning meditation with Arunachala from 5 AM to 6 AM, we started the day going up to Skandanasram. The sanyasin that opens the place was a bit late today. there are more visitors at Ramanasramam now. This is the busy season. This means that when he started his chant, the ajoining room was full. We so love to listen to and meditate with this morning chant at Skandanasram (and for a nice period afterward)!This morning my wife, for the first time brough her mp3 player, and she listened to a satsang with Nome recording during the climb up the hill. We came back down via Virupakshu cave. There is some construction going on in both places now, refinishing some of the brock and stone work. Consequently it was real noisy in Virupakshu. My wife feels some thing about Virupakshu and often her meditations here seem good and deep. When we came home I went up on the roof and watched some of the actitiy around the house. Behind the house there is a man with a team of two bullocks plowing the field. This is the same kind of fieldwork that has been done in South India for the last 2600 years or so. In the property next two ours they have almost finished preparing the property for construction and the new owners. They have spent maybe one month and removed rocks and took down all the trees that grew on the property. While there is a tractor with a digging claw and a grader/bucket on the front, most of the work was dong by people using hand tools. When the rocks were dugn up, first they made a big hole and spent three days with the tractor, pushing rocks into the hole. After this they spent the next two week breaking up the reast of the rocks, with sledge hammer and chisels, small jackhammers, and with explosives. The trees were taken down with tools almost like machetes, and the longer pieces sawed with a two-man saw. We now are on our way to the evening chanting at Ramanasramam. We will then take a USA friend to dinner. He is one of the the people we know from SAT in Santa Cruz wbho is here now. He visits here for a long visit evey year. So far we realy enjoy our life here. We have more spiritual practice each day, and we are having a great time getting to know something of Tiruvannamalai and South India. Not two,Richard Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic MARKETPLACE Earn your degree in as few as 2 years - Advance your career with an AS, BS, MS degree - College-Finder.net. Change settings via the Web ( ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. Click here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Dear Venogupal, Thank you for the reference on NONI. We will check it out. (Out Tamil teacher is also a Biologist whio is a graduate lecturer at the local college. He will know, I imagine.) Not two, Richard , Venugopal AK <akvenugopal wrote: > > Dear Richard, > I am happy to note that you have a comfortable stay there and making progress. May Baghawan Shri Ramana Maharishi bless you with Liberation. Shri Ramana Maharishi had recommended herbal medicines to some of his devotees. > In many parts of Tamil Nadu, the herb known as Indian Noni grows in the wild. That means no fertilisers or pesticides are used. Few companies are engaged in the production of Indian noni Juice, which has many health giving properties. > From :http://www.inrf.org/article/secrets.htm > > The Healing Secrets of Indian Noni > Dr. P I Peter M.D, (A.M), Ph.D > I am proud to present you this paper about the powerful fruit called NONI. Noni is a tropical fruit from the tree Morinda Citrifolia, popularly known as Indian Mulberry. It is a well known fact that Morinda Citrifolia originated from India. > Millions of people worldover are experiencing remarkable health benefits using products made from NONI fruit. Noni was used by traditional healers for centuries in India for a broad range of health concerns. Noni's healing properties are widely recorded in the Ayurveda and Siddha medicinal texts of India. NONI is now researched in more than 30 universities in 10 countries and it has earned more than 500 research articles. Thanks to the Discovery Channel which said on Feb 3rd 2003 in Todays Health Program that Noni is the greatest nutritional discovery of our times. > > Another site for Noni : http://nonihealthinfo.directsource.net/main.asp > Regards > Venugopal > > Richard Clarke <richard wrote: > Dear Group, > > After my morning meditation with Arunachala from 5 AM to 6 AM, we > started the day going up to Skandanasram. The sanyasin that opens the > place was a bit late today. there are more visitors at Ramanasramam > now. This is the busy season. This means that when he started his > chant, the ajoining room was full. We so love to listen to and > meditate with this morning chant at Skandanasram (and for a nice > period afterward)! > > This morning my wife, for the first time brough her mp3 player, and > she listened to a satsang with Nome recording during the climb up the > hill. > > We came back down via Virupakshu cave. There is some construction > going on in both places now, refinishing some of the brock and stone > work. Consequently it was real noisy in Virupakshu. My wife feels > some thing about Virupakshu and often her meditations here seem good > and deep. > > When we came home I went up on the roof and watched some of the > actitiy around the house. Behind the house there is a man with a team > of two bullocks plowing the field. This is the same kind of fieldwork > that has been done in South India for the last 2600 years or so. > > In the property next two ours they have almost finished preparing the > property for construction and the new owners. They have spent maybe > one month and removed rocks and took down all the trees that grew on > the property. While there is a tractor with a digging claw and a > grader/bucket on the front, most of the work was dong by people using > hand tools. When the rocks were dugn up, first they made a big hole > and spent three days with the tractor, pushing rocks into the hole. > After this they spent the next two week breaking up the reast of the > rocks, with sledge hammer and chisels, small jackhammers, and with > explosives. The trees were taken down with tools almost like > machetes, and the longer pieces sawed with a two-man saw. > > We now are on our way to the evening chanting at Ramanasramam. We > will then take a USA friend to dinner. He is one of the the people we > know from SAT in Santa Cruz wbho is here now. He visits here for a > long visit evey year. > > So far we realy enjoy our life here. We have more spiritual practice > each day, and we are having a great time getting to know something of > Tiruvannamalai and South India. > > Not two, > Richard > > > > Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic > Messages > Dear Friends: Please keep in mind that taking someone's creative and intellectual works (poetry, art, articles, essays, posts, etc.) without permission of the authors is a violation of copyright laws. This especially applies to this list, , as it is a private list which can be viewed by members only. > > Most individuals do allow their artistic and creative work to be posted elsewhere if you request it and use their work in a not-for- profit format for benefit of others. 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