Monday, August 19, 2013

ayurveda: balancing being


being and nothingness, the contemplation by jean paul sartre, examines the existential quagmire of human existence in the modern. in ayurveda, this type of interrogation is part of the human pursuit, and suitable for you, if you are kapha, overly grounded in routine, and afraid to seek. but, depending. you may already be suffering from nihilism, with frequent bouts of depression and sartre's writings may only spiral you further in your abyss. in that case, read inspirational writings from rumi, who also treads on the question of being, and strives towards nothingness, from the greatest pillar of islam - humility -  diminishing ego to align with the One. all praise is due.

ayurveda delves us into this question of being, by embracing you as you and not tom, carlos, or ali. what you read, eat, drink and how and when and with who, all have to do with your prakriti and imbalance, vikriti. what/who will balance you? how?

so, yeah, there's astrological matchmaking, and the greater layer to that is constitutional matchmaking. back in the day, n probably in many villages still, the ayurvedic vaidiya (medicine man) was at once also a jyotish (astrologer) n from the common ancestry of vedas, a yogi as well. so, by knowing your prakriti and vikriti, by way of a medicine man, you can also get a sense (in addition to diet, lifestyle, etc), what kind of dude/chick, would be right for you. 

No comments:

Post a Comment