Paul Thompson - Ayurveda: Science to self healing through recipes, yoga, aromatherapy and meditation (Beginners guide)

Aurvd encompasses nt nl science but rligin nd philosophy wll. W u th wrd rligin t denote beliefs nd disciplines nduiv toward tt of bing in whih th dr f rtin n to all t f life. In Ayurveda, the whl f lif jurn is considered t be rd. The wrd hilh rfr t lv f truth and in Aurvd, truth i Bing, Pure Exitn, Th Sur f all lif.

The wrd Au mn all t f lif frm birth t dth. The wrd Vd mn knowledge r lrning. Hence Aurvd indit th in by which lif in it ttlit is undrtd. It is a way of lif tht describes the diet, mdiin nd bhvir tht are bnfiil r hrmful fr lif. Th rt f Ayurveda can be traced t th bginning f cosmic rtin. Indian hilhr state tht Aurvd originated frm Brahma, the rtr of th univr. Brahma i not a mr individual but th unmnift frm th Divin Lrd, frm whm the whl manifest world m int bing. Th dir t maintain fitness, hlth nd longevity i n f th bi intint f ll rtur. Ayurveda in this rt t the ttrn fr thr tm of medicine. It i a trditin with n nt i uit mrbl t that of lif itlf.

Ayurveda i a in of truth it i expressed in life. All Aurvdi literature is bd on the Smkh hilh f rtin. (Th rt of the trm Smkh r tw Sanskrit words: t, mning truth, nd khya, meaning t knw.)

Th nint rlizd bing, rihi, or r f truth, divrd truth b means f rligiu rti nd disciplines. Through intniv mdittin, they mniftd truth in their dil liv. Aurvd is th in of dil living nd thi system f knowledge vlvd frm th rihi rtil, hilhil nd rligiu illumintin, whih w rooted in their undrtnding of the rtin.

Th perceived, in th l relationship btwn man nd the universe, hw cosmic energy mnift in ll living nd nonliving thing. Th also realized that the source f all xitn i Cosmic Cniun, whih mnift as ml nd fml energy Shiv nd Shkti.

Th rihi Kapila, who rlizd the Samkhya hilh of rtin, divrd twnt-fur rinil r lmnt f th univr,** f whih Prkruti, r rtivit, i the most basic.

Puruh i th male, whil Prakruti i the fml energy. Purusha i frml, lrl and bnd attributes and tk no tiv part in th mnifttin of the universe. This nrg i hil, iv wrn.

Prakruti h frm, color nd attributes: it i awareness with hi. It i Divin Will, th On who desires to become many. Th univr is th hild brn out of the womb of Prakruti, the Divine Mother. Prkruti creates ll forms in th universe, while Puruh i the witn t thi rtin. It i rimrdil hil energy containing th thr ttribut, r gun, fund in ll nature, th evolving m.

Th thr gun r tv (n), rajas (movement) and tm (inrti). Th thr are th fundtin for all xitn. They r ntind in bln in Prkruti. Whn thi bln is diturbd, thr i n intrtin of th gun which thu ngndr th vlutin of th univr. Th firt manifestation from Prkruti is Cmi Intllt. Frm Mhd, Eg {Ahamkar} i frmd. Eg thn mnift into th fiv n [tanmatras} and the fiv mtr organs, with th hl f tv, thus rting th rgni univr. Th same Ego further manifests into th five bi lmnt (bhut) with th hl f tm, t create the inorganic univr.

Rj i the active vitl lif fr in th bd whih mv bth th organic andinorganic univr t tv and tamas. rtivl.

Stv i creative tntil {Brhm): rj i a kinetic rttiv fr {Vihnu}; and tm i a tntil destructive fr {Mahesha). Crtin {Brahma}, Protection {Vihnu) and Dtrutin {Mhh} are th three Purusha i unmanifested, formless, iv, bnd ttribut, bnd u nd efft. nd time. Puruh i Pur Exitn. Prkruti i th creative force of tin, th ur f frm. Manifestation, attributes and ntur. Mhd is th Cmi inttllign or Buddhi.

Ahmkr is g, the n f I m. Satva i tbilit, ur t, wkning, n nd light. Rj i dnmi movement. Tm i static. It is potential nrg, inrti, drkn, ignrn nd mttr.