ΕΥΤΥΧΙΑ - ΔΥΣΤΥΧΙΑ

ΕΥΤΥΧΙΑ-ΔΥΣΤΥΧΙΑ

Κατανόηση αγνή αν έχω,
και ατάραχα προσμένω,
τις αντιθέσεις λεν θα βλέπω,
σ' επιλογές για να μην μένω.

Νικος

ΚΑΙΡΟΣ ΝΑ ΔΙΕΡΩΤΗΘΟΥΝ

Καποιοι, απο θεσεις κλειδια, μεσα απο την διαπλοκη, τα πηραν σε βαρος αλλων. Και συνεχιζουν!
Αυτο που θα πρεπει να διερωτηθουν ειναι αν με οτι συμβαινει γυρω τους εξακολουθουν να αισθανονται πιο γεματοι, πιο χορτασμενοι, πληρεις, ασφαλεις, πλουσιοτεροι.
Με οικογενειες χωρις ηλεκτρισμο, παιδακια νηστικα που δεν μπορουν να πιουν ουτε ενα γαλατακι. Νεους που εχουν διακοψει τις σπουδες τους, την μιση νεολαια να μην μπορει να βρει δουλεια στον τοπο της.

Αν ναι, καιρος να ψαχτουν λιγο. Μεσα τους.

Νικος

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE

Have you ever noticed that when you believe that you love someone, or when you believe that that someone loves you, then love is there, within you. It feels great to love and be loved. Yet the moment you believe that you no longer love someone or that person no longer loves you, love disappears as if it has never existed.

All is a mind construction, all is nothing but a mind-projection. The so-called reality is not really real. It appears real because we believe that it is real - it is belief that creates reality. All so-called realities are nothing but our beliefs. If you believe, it is so. If you don't believe, it is no more so. It is all a mind-game, with no exception.

So, go on loving! Start with accepting or loving yourself. It makes all the difference. The only difference!
:)
Nicos

LIFT THE BARRIERS

LIFT THE BARRIERS

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." ~Rumi

IN SEARCH OF LOVE

IN SEARCH OF LOVE

I have been searching for love for years. Sometimes she was around some place but by the time i reached there she had moved to somewhere else. I saw her at another place but by the time i reached there she had moved again. This went on and on and on but there was great joy in the knowledge that she was there and one day i was going to find her. How long can she hide i thought? How long can she escape?
And one day it happened. As i kept searching i came across a house where there was a sign that she lived there. That was her house. I had a great sense of relief that my destiny was fulfilled. I went up the steps and i was just going to knock on the door when i had a second thought: ‘What will i do if she comes and opens the door? What will i do next? My whole life has been a search, a journey. And suddenly i meet her and i don’t have anything to say!’
Think about it. If you meet her by chance, what next? This is the final destination. Everybody is trying to reach some destination without thinking of the implications. If you reach the destination then what? The journey has come to an end. Standing there, at the destination, looking around, you will wonder: ‘What was the point?’
Love is a continuity, always and always. There is no final destination she is going towards. Just the search, the journey in itself is love, not the destination. There is no goal. The final destination is the end. There is absolutely nothing beyond. So enjoy the journey without a destination. Love is a joyous journey to nowhere - from nowhere to nowhere. In the middle you love. Enjoy it while it is there. Celebrate it. There is nobody to reach. The traveler is a myth, he does not exist. Only the journey is true.

ERROR

'The man of understanding does not reject error. Truth does not need to be sought first, for it is present everywhere, even in error. Hence who rejects error rejects truth.'

ΚΑΘΕ ΣΤΙΓΜΗ

Κάθε στιγμή είναι κατάλληλη.
Μην περιμένεις αποδείξεις, εγγυήσεις ή εξασφαλίσεις. Θα τα βρεις όλα στη διαδρομή.

Την ομορφιά, την χαρά και γαλήνη που χορταίνουν την ψυχή και χρωματίζουν τη ζωή με τα πιο ωραία και ευγενικά συναισθήματα.

Νικος

THE PROTEIN MYTH

THE PROTEIN MYTH

Human milk has a low amount of protein, at 0.8 to 0.9 %. It also contains 4.5% fat, 7.1% carbohydrates, and 0.2% minerals. Protein is less than 1 g/100ml whereas cow’s milk is 3.5g/100ml.

Why our protein requirement would change so drastically from 5 percent during infancy to 10-20 percent range for adulthood?

There is no need for high protein foods. Whatever the protein amount we receive from food, air and sunlight jump-start protein synthesis by the cells. This simple fact defies the very principle of nutritional science, which claims we need to eat a large amount of protein each day to survive.

Nicos

DEHYDRATION

Dehydration leads to most common health problems. Drinking sufficient water at appropriate times throughout the day is probably the single most important thing we can do to improve our health. Not surprising when we realize that about 75% of our body consists of water. Not drinking enough water gradually lowers the ratio of the volume of water inside the cells, to the volume of water outside the cells. This undermines cellular activity of the skin, stomach, liver, kidneys, heart, brain etc Where there is cellular dehydration, metabolic waste products are not removed properly.

This causes symptoms that resemble disease. Since more and more of the water within the body begins to accumulate outside the cells, this may typically manifest as water retention within the feet, legs, arms and face. The kidneys may begin to hold on to water, markedly reducing urine and causing retention of harmful waste products. Normally, cellular enzymes signal the brain when cells run out of water. However, enzymes in dehydrated cells become so inefficient that they are no longer able to register drought-like conditions, so they fail to alert the brain.

Nicos

ΜΙΖΕΡΟ!

Πόσο μίζερο και άρρωστο τον εαυτό μου καταντώ,
όταν σκέψεις γυροφέρνω στο μυαλό,
και την σοφία της καρδιάς μου αγνοω!

Νικος

VACCINES

VACCINES

Our body produces antibodies to help it heal itself and dispose of accumulated toxins that enter the cells and tissues as a result of vaccination. Antibodies and white blood cells are primarily involved in healing, not in fighting. Immune response uses tissue inflammation to expel toxins, break down injured cells, produce scar tissue and heal if possible. All so-called autoimmune diseases involve the body’s wisdom of self-preservation. Vaccines are responsible for the brain damage they cause. At the end, it doesn’t really matter how one sees the situation. The fact remains that a cocktail of heavy metals, formaldehyde, antibiotics, antifreeze agents, foreign body parts, etc injected into the blood and brain of a developing child is an assault.

Nicos

EQUILIBRIUM

You need to live in balance and harmony with your environment and the universe. But how is this possible? How can you return and maintain a state of equilibrium? Nature never intended that we live the sedentary lives many of us lead thanks to advancements in technology that have replaced natural daily activities. Neither were we meant to career from one situation to another, traveling the way many of us do, craving entertainment, multi-tasking and bombarding our senses with electronic stimulation. We require daily activity to keep our energies in motion. This powers every physiological and biochemical process that keeps us alive and in a state of good health and well-being.

Go out, walk, bike, play sports, spend time in nature.

Nicos

GREAT SLEEP

GREAT SLEEP

When you desire attaining something, sleep is always disturbed. Any desire will go on disturbing it - a constant hangover. No desire, no dream is possible - dreams are there only because you have some desires to fulfill. Your desires stir dreams in your consciousness.

Nicos

MIND CONSTRUCTIONS

All is a mind construction, all is nothing but a mind-projection. The so-called reality is not really real. It appears real because we believe that it is real - it is belief that creates reality. All so-called realities are nothing but our beliefs. If you believe, it is so. If you don't believe, it is no more so. Zen says the mind is the world, and the mind is NIRVANA too. It is all a mind-game, with no exception. Even your God is the ultimate mind-game of your mind.

Nicos

IF WE ARE COMPLEX WE MAKE IT COMPLEX

IF WE ARE COMPLEX WE MAKE IT COMPLEX

Ego needs difficulties. People and societies rotate around the idea of the ego: "Make things difficult, make things as difficult as possible." The idea has got roots. Truth is not difficult, love is not difficult, joy is not difficult. One has just to start living. Not a single thing is missing. Everything is ready, we have to just start. It is the easiest thing in the world - if you are simple. If you are difficult, then of course you make it difficult; if you are complex, you make it complex.

Nicos

PEACE

PEACE

Finding peace is usually not a matter of rearranging your life, but accepting who you are.

Nicos

Natural alternatives to lower blood pressure

Natural alternatives to lower blood pressure:
• Drink plenty of water (3 liters per day)
• Eat garlic
• Eat celery and drink celery tea
• Increase consumption of fruits and vegetables, especially beets, leafy greens, carrots, oranges, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and avoid dairy and lots of meats
• Fermented Foods and Beverages such as kefir
• Drink Lavender tea
• Magnesium

Nicos
Ayurvedic Consultant

ΑΝ ΔΕΝ ΖΗΤΩ

Αν δεν ζητώ,
σκέψη δεν θα χρειαστώ,
εμπιστοσύνη έχω,
είναι αρκετό.

Είναι νόμος,
είν' απλό.

Νικος

NOVELTY

Novelty is a trap, wrote a mystic, drowning us into disillusionment, disappointment, disarray and disorder. There is nothing new under the sun.

ACIDIC vs ALKALINE DIET

ACIDIC vs ALKALINE DIET

An acidic diet leads to toxicity, which leads to obesity, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, stomach ulcers, hypertension, cancer, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, and many other chronic diseases. Toxicity is caused by dehydration and the consumption of acid-forming foods, like sugar, meat and dairy.

Nicos Pavlides
Ayurvedic Consultant

NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

Negative emotions like anger, fear, insecurity, jealousy and greed are the outcome of incorrect thinking. They directly create an imbalance. Peaceful equilibrium, excessive activity and inertia are the 3 tendencies of mind and influence the imbalances. Mind-body imbalance impairs creative functioning. Ayurveda - The Science of Life

DISEASE SYMPTOMS

Disease symptoms do not reveal why the body develops them in the first place. Correcting the basic imbalances in the mind and lifestyle sees the symptoms disappear in the same way as they emerged. It is a realistic method for disease reversal. To look at each symptom separately and try to suppress or relief it through whatever means is of no real benefit, without removing the original cause(s). The symptom approach robs the body of its ability to fight its own problems and may lead to permanent health damage and dependency on drugs and treatments, often with negative side-effects.

Nicos Pavlides
Ayurvedic Consultant

ΜΟΝΑΧΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ

ΜΟΝΑΧΙΚΟΤΗΤΑ

Στην μοναξιά ο άλλος λείπει,
στην μοναχικότητα η αίσθηση θα φύγει,
υπάρχει μόνο εμπειρία,
της δικής μου παρουσίας,
τα υπόλοιπα στο νου μου χάνουν σημασία,
ξεθωριάζουν στην πορεία.

Νικος

ΛΙΓΕΣ ΟΙ ΣΤΙΓΜΕΣ

ΛΙΓΕΣ ΟΙ ΣΤΙΓΜΕΣ

Σαν δυό υπάρξεις ενωθούν,
δυό κόσμοι συναπαντηθούν,
με δυκολία θα συντονιστούν,
λίγες οι στιγμές,
ας μην απογοητευτούν,
κι' έρχονται σαν δεν ανησυχούν,
αναπάντεχα,
σαν αφεθούν.

Νικος

ΛΟΓΙΚΗ ή ΣΥΝΑΙΣΘΗΜΑ;

ΛΟΓΙΚΗ ή ΣΥΝΑΙΣΘΗΜΑ;

Ψες 'κουβεντιαζα' με μια φιλη. Διαφορα, γυρω απο τον ανθρωπο, την ζωη μας.
Πως αντιμετωπιζεις την ζωη σου, με ρωτησε. Με λογικη ή συναισθημα;

Στην εποχη που ζουμε, κυριαρχει η λογικη. Ποσοι δινουν εμφαση στο πως βιωνουν κατι, οτιδηποτε; Ποσοι ζουν την παρορμηση και την διαισθηση; Εχεις προσεξει πως οτι απαγορευει η κοινη λογικη γινεται ακομα πιο ελκυστικο;

Εχεις διερωτηθει ποτε γιατι; Αν αρχισεις να ενδιαφερεσαι για κατι απαγορευμενο, σου δινει καποια ελευθερια. Την ελευθερια να ξεφευγεις απο την κοινη λογικη, την κοινωνια, οπου ολα ειναι ανετα και βολικα αλλα επισης βαρια και νεκρα. Αρχιζεις να ενδιαφερεσαι για κατι απαγορευμενο. Νιωθεις καπου καπου την αναγκη να κανεις κατι που δεν επιτρεπεται, να πεις ναι σε κατι που ησουν παντα αναγκασμενος να λες οχι. Ειναι η αντιδραση στο προγραμμα που σου εχουν περασει. Μαθε λοιπον να παραμεριζεις τον νου.

Η παρορμηση προερχεται παντα απο βαθια μεσα μας, απο εσσωτερικη γαληνη. Αυτο που βασανιζει τους περισσοτερους ειναι η υπερμετρη χρηση της λογικης. Αν δεν νιωσεις την αγαπη, τον ερωτα, την φιλια, την συμπονια, την στοργη, την χαρα, την λυπη, τον φοβο, την απορριψη, τον θυμο, τον ενθουσιασμο κλπ η λογικη σου δεν θα ειναι υγιης, ορθη, υποβοηθητικη στην δικη σου ζωη. Θα ειναι πηγη αγχους και τελικα καταθλιψης. Το μονο που πετυχαινεις με την λογικη ειναι να εισαι φαινομενικα αρεστος στους αλλους.

Οτι ερχεται ανυποψιαστα, αυθορμητα, απροκλητα, αβιαστα και απρογραμματιστα απο τα βαθη σου, μπορει να ειναι εξωφρενικα παραλογο για αλλους, ομως εσυ το χρειαζεσαι για να διαγραψεις την δικη σου πορεια, να κατανοησεις τι ειναι η ζωη σου.

Νικος Παυλιδης Συμβουλος Αγιουρβεδα
ΑγιουρβεδΑρμονια
email:ayurvedaharmonia@hotmail.com

ΣΑΝ ΖΩΑ ΣΤΟ ΑΛΑΚΑΤΙ

ΣΑΝ ΖΩΑ ΣΤΟ ΑΛΑΚΑΤΙ

Η ζωη μας μοιαζει με αλακατι. Εμεις ειμαστε τα ζωα, που γυροφερνουν το αλακατι. Φοραμε και παρωπιδες. Γυρω από τα ίδια. Επαναληψη, συνηθεια, βαριεστημαρα, απαξιωση, ιδιος τροπος σκεψης καμμια αντιδραση. Ζωη κονσερβοκουτι. Ανουσια, ανωφελα, αλλά ποιος ασχολειται τωρα με “λεπτομερειες”;

Οσοι εχετε δει αλακατι γνωριζετε οτι εκει που γυριζουν τα ζωα ανοιγουν αυλακι. Οσο πιο πολυ γυριζουν τα ζωα, τοσο πιο βαθυ το αυλακι. Για οσο παραμενουμε προσδεδεμενοι στο αλακατι, τιποτε δεν αλλαζει. Η Ζωη η ιδια αναγκαζεται να μεταχειριστει ολο και πιο 'πειστικους τροπους' εκει που η δικη μας λογικη και θεληση αποτυγχανουν. Αλλα αν εμεις επιλεγουμε να αδιαφορουμε τιποτε δεν θα αλλαξει. Το επομενο ταρακούνημα θα χρειαστει να ειναι πιο εντονο.

Ειμαστε μερος ενος συνολου, μιας κοινωνιας. Αν δεν αλλαξουμε πρωτα εμεις σαν ατομα, ουτε το συνολο θα αλλαξει, ουτε οι ηγεσιες, ουτε και η ζωη μας.

Νικος

THE ONLY PROBLEM!

Fear is thought.
Ego is thought.
Identification with thought is the only problem.

Nicos

WHAT IT TAKES

Making life decisions based on inner wisdom, rather than outside influences, represents a fundamental change for many people. It is not always easy to go against the cultural currents – to be the one that is “different”. But life is not fashion, nor is it cultural beliefs. One needs to do what it takes to be able to live life to its best.

Nicos

BE FULL OF LIFE

To be healthy and vibrant, full of life and energy, means to take responsibility of our life.
We need to know how we can work with our body to support health and vitality.

WI-FI

TO MY FACEBOOK FRIENDS

i meet so many people daily. A few i know, most i don't. Where i do yoga is a good example. I know the faces, i see most almost daily, for a couple of years perhaps. Very few invite conversation. Attending to themselves, their body language saying "i have a million things in my mind, the last thing i need is talking to you". Always in a hurry. Perhaps to go home and 'communicate' with true strangers through facebook. Tense people, faces without any trace of a smile, of easiness. Uninviting, suspicious, closed. It does not have to be this way.
Ego is destroying our lives.
Go out, have a coffee and leave your phone and laptop in the car. Look around you, smile to strangers, talk to them, become interested in their lives, talk about yours and return home with a lightness in your heart!
There is plenty of time in our daily lives.
There is plenty to trust in life.
They are only running out in our heads.

Nicos

LISTEN TO YOU!

Making life decisions based on inner wisdom, rather than outside influences, represents a fundamental change for many people. It is not always easy to go against beliefs. Communication with our source is the only way. There, in silence, true measure is revealed. Intuition, balance, health, contentment, acceptance, creativity, possibility, abundance are revealed.
Learn to listen to your inner voice. Learn to listen to You!

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EDGES OF INDECISION

i want to witness
the whitening of wishes,
whisper them as ideals
i can spill with ink
yet all i can capture
are stereotyped expressions
eked around
edges of indecision.

Laura Lamarca

IT MAY SEEM FAR FETCHED

The ancient Indian sage Shankara, who displayed extraordinary wisdom from the age of 8, said: “The only reason why people age and die is because they see other people age and die.” It seems too far fetched for us to accept the idea that we are causing the aging process ourselves. We, unconsciously, allow aging because it lets us off the hook to take responsibility for our own life and that of other people!

Nicos Pavlides
Ayurvedic Consultant