PART ONE: UNIT 3 Sumer

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PART ONE: UNIT 3 sumer. Meat-eating contributes to the mentality of violence, for with the chemi- cally complex meat ingested, one absorbs the slaughtered creature’s fear, pain, and THE PANCHA KOSHAS terror.” In the USA alone, 660,000 animals are butchered for meat every hour. Essentially, the senseless violence inherent in killing of animals today massively corrupts hu- manity’s intrinsic sense of peace. In ancient practice, animal sacrifice for authentic human needs was conducted with permission from Mother Nature herself. Such a permit was ‘granted’ owing to the intention of the human heart — one that se- ceded and abided in harmonious accord with their Mother Nature. Profound reverence for nature’s memories and rhythms and sincere gratitude were offered again and again to Mother Nature. In Secrets of Healing, Maya Tiwari wrote, “We have distanced ourselves so far from the knowledgeable and reverent trading with nature practiced by the ancients that we can no longer barter with the lives of the A Life of Balance animal for our survival because the most necessary faculty — our ability to remem- According to the Vedic doctrine of panchakosha - five bodies, or sheaths - the first ber cognitively — has become dramatically diminished. Through the loss of our layer of the material self is sustained by food. The food body of the humans and own cognitive memories, we are unable to recognize the sacred memories carried other life-forms is made up of the water and earth elements. These essential ele- by the animals.” Living the life of a sakahari invariably lessens the violence and ments of life feed both our inner and outer nature. It takes food for us to be sus- treachery prevalent in “animal husbandry.” tained and grow; it then returns to feed the earth and springs up again in a new life. The cycle of nature’s nutrition within and without demonstrates the fact that Indeed, becoming a sakahari is making the commitment to sattva - universal princi- the external foods of the earth are not separate from our own food body. The Ve- ple of peace. Ancient Vaidya, Sushruta, tells us, “A sattvic diet gladdens the heart, dic principle reflecting this sublime truth is called sakahara - the Sanskrit word nourishes the body, and revives memory.” Maintaining a sattvic diet is likely to that means to imbibe and ingest nature’s foods that are grown on the earth in accor- reveal the treasure trove of heart where the memory of ahimsa resides. At this dance with her laws. In other words, a sakahari is one who reveres Mother Nature very moment, one little shift in consciousness - beginning with our response to and chooses to live within her rhythms. A sakahari strives to cultivate inner har- Mother Nature and protection of her foods - is all we need to make a personal com- mony. In the Vedas, the human birth is considered the most difficult to attain in mitment to inner harmony. the karmic cycle. It is the greatest act of transformation and heroism that the hu- The planet existed billions of years prior to the advent of the humans. Our first man experiences. Ayurveda in its pure and original form advocates the principle arrival is believed to be about three and a half million years ago. We are still ad- of sakahara - vegetarianism - as a necessary means to the development of an ventitious adolescents in the grasp of the whole. As the planet becomes older, and ahimsa mind and a sattvic (peaceful) life. In maintaining a vegetarian lifestyle, we as humans grow in universal wisdom, we will be better able to remember our rela- consciously contribute our awareness to the discontinuance of senseless violence - tionship with nature. It is the right of the divine human birth to have the powers the slaughtering of the animals. Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami’s book, of will and choice, the ability for self-reflection and distraction, which has, in part, “Dancing with Siva”, informs, “the meat-eater’s desire for meat drives another to created our present confusion and chaos. As we become an older life form, we will kill and provide that meat. The act of the butcher begins with the desire of the con-

13 © 1981 - 2013 Wise Earth School of Ayurveda, Ltd. All rights reserved. hopefully employ diligence and alertness in our lives, both as unique individuals This conscious self is referred to as the Atman, or the In Dwelling Spirit. This self and kin to all the living. When we learn the beauty of cosmic magnetism of all life is the source of our true balance. The life to which the sages refer in Ayurveda is forms, we will begin to know ourselves. Individual preoccupation with the self the solid union of body, mind, and spirit. Health is not the separate pursuit of the and all its external pursuits are selfish, and they distance us from the very throb of perfect body, or the gorging of an intellectual mind, nor even the austere practices planetary harmony. The universe is a cohesive entity, held in suspension by space for the spirit. It is a balanced union of these three factors, and the further integra- and her magic grasp. In fact, she holds all of life in majestic motion. To be ob- tion of each self with nature, family, and all living beings. When we recognize frag- sessed with ourselves as unique persons on the quest for excellence, without con- mentation to be the source of all illness, we may begin to benefit from the practices sideration of this living and sustaining space and all which she contains, is frivo- of a holistic life. lous and immature. The word "dosha" literally means "that which has a fault." In fact, a system which Memory must begin to serve us again. The remembrance of life unified and essen- is quick to change. This is the definition given by the ancients to that which is our tial. Billions of atoms traveling throughout the universe get absorbed in billions of experiential nature. We were not meant to strive for perfection. Consciousness is life forms, and each of these atoms has, at some time or another, become absorbed the only perfection. Every manifestation is essentially endowed with change. It is in each of our bodies. According to the Vedas, the entire body, including the DNA, through our fragmented existence that we learn how to invite the cognitive self. is totally renewed every seven years. Yet disease persists beyond our renewal cy- Within the perimeters of our lives, we can strive to attain balance in our dynamic cles because we are not able to transform our separate and experiential selves into and quick-to-err nature. And in the unfolding process of nature aspire to the the whole state of cognition. We live mostly in the past and in the future, as prison- knowledge of the self as being unified with the nature of the absolute One. This ers trapped by concepts of time and space. All of our activities are centered on yes- supreme, unfolding nature is the true character of our spirit. We can aspire to this terday and tomorrow. Know that the present has an endless and timeless pres- perfection, for it is the only perfection. It is erroneous and burdensome to attempt ence. And this presence is always with you. We need only to remember this, to sit to maintain a perfect body, a perfect life, and a perfect health, for the demands and in the self even in action, to be current with our activities and observations, to re- alertness which it requires takes away from that very life. It is, however, reason- frain from carrying the appendages of memories belonging to hearsay and to unable to aspire to a life of balance, a health which is balanced and the attainment of verifiable belief systems, to simply be and to live. stasis with all things. This aspiration is positive. It is possible and it is without des- perate measures. It releases the harmful focus of a mind set in perfection and a A life of balance is attained when we know the cognitive self. After the continuum will steeped in inimical reverses; in other words, refrain from setting the self up for of many lives, the requisite experiential memories are carried by the ahamkara, disastrous disappointments. Ayurveda is the pursuit of balance. A life of balance like in the form of a rosary, where each bead represents a past or future life. The has no extremes. entire rosary is considered the faculty of memory held by ahamkara even though we are not aware of the details of the past and future lives. A fully conscious per- UNIT 3 ASSIGNMENT 4 son discovers this timeless cognition of self by always living in the present. Then our actions become congruous to the cognitive sense of self. This is the meaning of meditation, which allows a life to access its timeless past and future, and to intrinsi- cally know its present. The Prana Body Pranamaya is the second layer of material self and is sustained by the breath. The kinetic structure of the universe in terms of wind and air are the external counter-

14 © 1981 - 2013 Wise Earth School of Ayurveda, Ltd. All rights reserved. parts of the prana body of humans and all life forms. The prana body is more sub- Nonetheless, there are varying degrees of truth in all of the fantastic fables that hu- tle than the food body. This vital air is responsible for all bodily functions and mans conjure. After all, what can be more phenomenal than to say that all of our urges. The ahamkara which stores memory is fed by prana. All remembrances past as well as future is held in the space of ahamkara. And that we are able to ac- expressed in human urges are activated by breath. For instance, when a woman is cess this information of valid imprints which shape our personal and individual pregnant, her urges are directly related to the embryo's memory of past lives, and destiny of this and all lives' journeys. The practice of sadhanas, within the har- thus the variances of the mother's taste. The urge to write, paint, create music, monic resonance of nature, avail these memories to us. They come through our sing , dance, learn computers, pro-create, have a relationship , love, hate, eat, or to vibratory field, in a subtle and decisive way, without the big bang. They are sim- evacuate the body's waste, and so on, all come from the ahamkara. ple guides which leave barely an impression, and yet the conviction of the choices you make as a result of this remembering is unshakable. Ahamkara is vacuous space densely packed with memory files. The collective memory of past and future are stored there, and we are unconsciously prodded to Each layer of consciousness is interlaced with the other. When the food body of certain likes and dislikes, to the imaging of ourselves, to quirks, and compensatory the planet and its living is violated, and plundered, it disrupts the whole balance behavior, to certain insecurities, and soft spots, to physiological and psychological of prana internally and externally. We begin to receive the harsh storms and kill- tendencies, to certain attitudes, and resistive spirit, and so on. When we are able ing winds and, the swift karmas of Vata diseases. Granted, the planet is many bil- to properly access the memory files through certain sadhanas, we are guided from lions of years old, and she will naturally express some decline, sagging and shift- moment to moment in our action and service to self. ing. However, the distortion of our seasons, unnatural occurrences, and diseases are propelled by human tampering with its own nature. After the food body is dis- The memories I refer to as cognitive differ from our concept of the word 'memory.' eased, the prana body suffers. Memory function is the first to be vitiated. Forget- They are not the experiential form of remembering which we live with from day to fulness, which is rampant in our world, is the direct symptom of pranic impair- day. We barely remember what we ate for breakfast this morning. To recall bil- ment. As a result, the cognitive self becomes more inaccessible. Prana is the lions of years of our prior meals, childhood experiences, and lost loves are totally breath of the universe. When the life force is impinged, hunger and thirst, and dep- inconsequential, nor does the process happen in this way. Cognitive remembering rivation caused by indulgence, prevail. "Today a greater percentage of the human also does not occur in the ways suggested by the "channeling medium." And, by race is overweight than any other time in history. Meanwhile, a greater percentage the way, all realized souls have the power to materialize or make their presence of the human race suffers from malnutrition than any other time in recorded his- felt in whichever way they choose. I sincerely doubt that any such soul will tory." John Robbins, May All Be Fed choose an existing human to forge its way through. Granted there are many lost souls, sadly enough, hovering either by attachment to their last domain, or other Prana is the kinetic force of the universe. It causes the earth's movement around complex factors which have prevented them from finding their way to a peaceful the sun. This earth, a mass heap of dirt becomes a mobile dynamic entity, vibrat- landing, and reconciliation with their rebirthing process. These subtle bodies may ing with complex life, because of prana. She is made alive, and in turn generates well light upon a vulnerable entity, and extend their attachment to earth. But these the life source for every human and one-celled organism which dwells on her. are not the voices of the sages, nor of individual cognition. Prana moves the air, water, nerves, and memory cells, and controls expansion and contraction of her surface. The ebb and flow of the oceans and the moon's orbit As for many of the past lives' regression therapies, I am befuddled by how densely around the earth is prana-propelled. packed Arabia, India, and Japan might have been with trillions of humans, all of whom remembered their royal, warrior, or saintly decent to have originated there!

15 © 1981 - 2013 Wise Earth School of Ayurveda, Ltd. All rights reserved. Only prana controls the breath of the planetary heart. The fantastic rise of heart- UNIT 3 ASSIGNMENT 5 related diseases is due wholly to the dysfunction of bodily prana. When breath suffers, sadness prevails. This eternal breath moves the entire universe. Imagine the earth spinning in her galactic dance with other planets in the cosmos. What a gorgeous feat it is to observe prana. The breath of the planet is the source of vitali- The Mind Body zation and renewal. When this layer of energy is sickened, the earth exudes fear, pain, tremors, and spasms. Indications that her first stalwart food layer has been Manomaya is the third layer of the material self and is supported by the mind and pierced. The planetary level of deterioration is more readily visible in her kinetic its mental functions. The mind is highly evolved and controls a variety of emo- dosha because prana is more easily distracted, due to its subtler nature than the tions. It is the basis of the will and the architect of desires. Manomaya is the trans- food body. But before prana can be affected, the food body had to have been vio- forming expression of consciousness. It is the propitious power of universal trans- lated. The Vata dosha in the human is the prana dosha of the planet. It is the first mutation and the fire force of all life forms. Fire makes the entire universe visible. system to deteriorate as a result of disharmonious impulses, and vibrations. The That which we perceive in terms of ideas, vision, and imagination are but a speck vitiation of universal prana is directly responsible for the enormous increase of of the mind's dynamism within the earth. In fact, we are only able to cognize this planetary insecurities. integral planet through the transformation of thought. Our ability to project the nama rupa, (names and forms) is only a hint of the autonomous center of earth's Prana is directly descended from cosmic space. This is why we are able to dream supremely intelligent principle. The earth has a mind of its own and her self- and to reflect on her timeless and spatially limitless passage. When prana reso- constructing principle is fire. nates in nervousness, the very spirit of our being is pierced and pain permeates like endless rain. We are presently enduring this grief and need to become vigilant The planet's galaxies are our vision and her self-construction is our potential or- to our personal self. Cherish the difference, but know the One. ganization of intelligence. She metabolizes oxygen and oil into fire. In like man- ner, we are able to metabolize acid and enzymes to digest foods and thoughts. Her Air is the kinetic energy perceived by the skin. The sense of touch is born of ability to balance and maintain the precise temperature within the immanent force prana. Space is registered by the sacculi of the ear and senses our orientation in its of the cosmos is also our ability to maintain bodily temperature. Her mind and gravitational field. Sound is produced by space. intelligence are our emotions and thoughts.

"The voice of my grandfather said to me, the air is precious. It shares its spirit with all the This creation will never be captured by words or definition. Our capacity as hu- life it supports. The wind that gave me my first breath also received my last sigh. You mans to transcend thoughts and dwell in the oneness of the universal presence is must keep the land and air apart and sacred, as a place where one can go to taste the wind due to the self-constructing prowess of earth's fire. that is sweetened by the meadow flowers." When the living intelligence secede from the core of the earth's magnetism and dy- - Chief Seattle (1790-1866) namism, the thought process becomes distorted and the emotions random. Once the food and prana bodies are impaired, the more subtle body of the mind is dramatically altered. This ominous transformation is the cause of all apocryphal actions of the human. The abhorrent acts of fanaticism which are rapidly rampaging

16 © 1981 - 2013 Wise Earth School of Ayurveda, Ltd. All rights reserved. throughout the planet is the result of a distorted mind-body. The savage turning comes a good teacher. In the spirit of remembering this primal self, we must be of human against human signifies the self-inflicted rotting of the human mind. grateful to the wells from which we drink or else we'll continue to choke on the porridge of self-absorption and egoity. The epidemic of self-obsession and self-absorption are the early symptoms of a mind which fire has leaped its bounds. Our innate ability to reflect, to choose, to The mind is the faculty of our receiving. When the mind-body is impinged, we construct, in order to celebrate the dream is being foiled in the raging dragon. approach even knowledge with forgetfulness. We forget the graciousness of being Self-reflection is the most valuable asset granted to the human species. The power a guest in eachothers' presence. We rush to embroil as if inquiry will seep through to transform and refine the blaze into tejas, the cool flame of awareness- the light the blankets of fog and disregard by osmosis. Drink from the well with grace. that progressively develops into your aura of positivity, this is one of our tools for Maintain a distance, and inquiry will be fulfilled. Universal tejas is the cool flame personal divination. This power has been greatly misunderstood. It was never of the mind, and it is the human at its best. The five living cosmic values of nurtur- meant to make us exclusive to the living regard. We are not superior beings. We ing, sharing, embracing, giving, and participating are the brilliance of tejas reflect- are simply evolved by our own actions of karma. Remember how long it has ing from a happy planet. The earth is awaiting our conscious evolution. She has taken you to arrive at this point of being. Old age prods forgetfulness, but mostly endured epidemic proportions of our anger, jealousy, hate, and their extremities. of the non-valid experiences of the single-bead life. However, the focus of memory The time has come to sustain our goodness and know that our minds are of one during old age is mostly cognitive. All of time passes like a dream sequence. We mind. must not forget that we have journeyed a very long time. And, that the valid experiences of millennium are already earned. "This we know. All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We do not weave the webs of life. We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, We are all One, meaning we are One Consciousness. But, unless we can remem- we do to ourselves. We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother's heartbeat. ber, the cognitive self will not prevail. Every human search for discovery of self is Hold in your mind the memory of the land as it is when you receive it. Receive a good thing. But the process has to become clear and simple. Superimposing the the land and the air and the rivers or your children's children and love it as we appendages of healthful living and continuing to block memory is not going to have loved it." --Chief Seattle (1790-1866) avail us mastery. "The guidance of our mind is of more importance than its pro- gress." Joubert, Pensees.

Unless we can be guided to remember we continue to ﬂuctuate aimlessly in the UNIT 3 ASSIGNMENT 6 circus of unnatural fads. When cognition avails itself to us, we become our best teachers. But before this occurs, we cannot afford to dispense with the valid teacher, and throw away a vital source to our learning of the self. Until we are able to be in stillness and to commune with our valid self, until we are able to observe and celebrate the self-constructing core of all which exists, we cannot afford to dis- card the real teachers, sages, and poets. Do we recall the sadhanas for healthy remembering? Do we know our individual splendor and blueprint? Do we know ourselves to be the whole? It is true that something can be learned from everyone, and that every good teacher is a good student, and that every good student be-

17 © 1981 - 2013 Wise Earth School of Ayurveda, Ltd. All rights reserved. The Intelligence Body process of being, we need to remain alert to the harmony of all our bodies. These bodies are the principle reﬂection of the universal construction. They are our cos- "Knowledge is the intellect's reﬂection of consciousness." mic anatomy. When we look at the creation we see ourselves. Ironically, we see a mirror image and thus the perception of the dense body become foremost. --Taittiriya Upanishad

Vijnanamaya, the Intelligence Body, is the fourth layer of the manifest self and is sustained by universal intelligence. The intrinsic knowledge of every life form re- UNIT 3 ASSIGNMENT 7 ﬁnes itself as the planet sheds and produces due to the self-constructing intelligence of the universe. The palm tree does not perform any action in order to remember that it produces palms, nor does the horse doubt that its young will be in its image instead of that of a geranium. The milk inside the mother is produced for feeding at the precise moment that the baby needs to be fed, and continues until the end of the cycle.

Intelligence is the natural order of all life. Human response is a resonance of intelligence. When cognitive memory is functioning, thoughts are resolved in inquiry and observation. We do not teach the universe to become intelligent by respond- ing to our spurious state of amnesia.

Human activities are mostly based on self-absorption and prodded by perception. We look at ideas and vision as singularly surging from individuals. We believe that there is an independent 'I' who does the thinking and that the planet takes its cue form us. This perception is the only reason why science in yet her most de- spairing blunder can genetically engineer a cross between a vegetable and an animal and applaud its results. The concept of the 'I' is one devised by the human from great ignorance. And, when ignorance is reinforced we become densely arro- gant. To oppugn nature and believe it to be reﬂection of the human elitist is the most hopeless action this species can perform. Selﬁsh action has no linkage to memory. It is an extension of a mental faculty which has forgotten.

The food body depends on the prana body which in turn lives on the mind body, which in turn rests on the intelligence body. These four bodies resolve only in consciousness. Vijnanamaya is the all-knowing presence within the human body. The human being is the only known species which has the capacity of mental faculty and the ability to resolve thoughts within intelligence. But to re-access this natural

The wisdom of the universe is a result billions of years of memory churning, refin- "The one who sees me in all beings, and all beings in me." ing and divinizing itself. The great elements, mahabhutas, play a pivotal role in -Lord Krishna, Bhagavad Gita the process of the universe’d transmutation of life. Each element has its pure nature, but cannot assume form without absorption in each other. Each element is a synthesis of all five great elements. For instance, gross fire from which the material universe emerges has the character of heat and form, as well as the sound of Anandamaya is the complete fullness of being; in other words the Full Conscious- space, the smell of earth, the feel of air, and the taste of water. The bonding of the ness that is beyond body, mind, spirit. It is the harmonic fullness of all living with elements makes the universe visible and able to maintain its eternal memory. This the universe. It is being fully within the presence in a timeless lock with conscious- memory is the secret food of every human source of wellness and our connection ness. Pure consciousness has no attributes, no modification, and no differentia- with the universe. tion. It is beyond the grasp of even intelligence. It is spatially limitless and all is dissolved into consciousness, the source of all sources. The consciousness body is The physical body of all life forces are formed by transmutation from the gross ele- beyond the elements. This non-state is often referred to as the abiding happiness ments in the form of doshas. Human intelligence is a power transmuted from the and complete fullness. When all the four bodies are in excellent health, they re- subtle elements and within the receptacle of mind. Ideas and visions are discerned solve within consciousness. The stillness of a thought, like a mountain standing in from the glorious volume of information and energy fluctuating in the memory a cloudless blue sky is the natural state of the conscious entity. Purity and happi- bank of billions of years of universal radiance and absorption. These are all trans- ness exist at all times. Oftentimes, we are too busy fluctuating between the relative formed within awareness. The infinitesimal magnitude of change evolves end- states of joy and regret to truly recognize nature and celebrate her as a daily event lessly as we exchange atoms and molecules. While we bask in the sun, that solar in our lives. Living within the embrace of Mother Nature helps to resolve all obsta- energy becomes part of our being, when we walk through a forest, the trees and cles. In time, each one of us is programmed by the Divine Will to gain full aware- moisture, and the God-filled black earth become part of our energy field. Our field ness in our lives- this is called the state of complete enlightenment (moksha). of energy and that of the forest and the sun are the identical field of energy. Once achieved, all the bodies resolve and dissolve into pure undifferentiated consciousness. As each soul continues its journey within the cyclical cadence of re- The simple art of cooking with fire transmutes the foods to make them suitable for births we depend upon the power of transmutation that we carry within the Pan- the human system. Every life form transmutes food in its own way. Most have cha Koshas-Five Bodies. This awareness power is based on billions of years of the total power of transmutation within its digestive system. Humans are the only memory and absorption within our living universe! known species who transmute foods with both external and internal fire.

Note: By the way, if you do not believe in the system of rebirth, think upon this Ayurveda centralized the microcosmic picture of the physiological blueprint for idea in terms of the many forms of regeneration/rebirth you may have experi- humans to study the macrocosmic nature of the universe. It is simpler to study the enced within this one lifetime. containable view, and then intelligently observe every aspect of the life form and planet. The study of Ayurvedic physiognomy is not meant to further the obsession of human implosion within itself, but to understand that the trees and soil, the rivers and light, the galaxies and stars and the overwhelming ﬁeld of play can teach us how to recognize our human potential. In essence, by reverence and observa-

19 © 1981 - 2013 Wise Earth School of Ayurveda, Ltd. All rights reserved. tion, we can learn how to be human. The Vedas painted a clear cosmic geography tem. It provides the heat for proper digestion and is kin to the waters of taste and of the network of this planet and the whole universe. The doshas of Vata, Pitta, appetite. The radiational forces of fire is perceived by sight, and is the power of all and Kapha in every life form are the same energies of mobility, transmutation and existing forms. The organ and the sense of sight are created by the element of fire. absorption as in the universe. The dhatus, or vital tissue layers, in life forces are When we identify the blueprint of personal functioning and learn how to access, the same as the planetary constituents of oceans, land masses, skeletal deposits, guide, and encourage our real nature, we will begin to serve our specific destiny of liquid fire, and her continued refinement. The main channels of the body have awareness in conscious living with passion and happiness. their counterparts in the tracks and rivers, ducts and connective networks of the universe. Like the bodily malas (waste), the earth generates her own natural waste UNIT 3 ASSIGNMENT 8 without the unnatural break-downs and pollutants resulting from human actions.

The powers of transmutation occur at various intensity throughout the earth and within each life form. Due to the earth's internal heat, the blood red lakes of Af- Before we continue with the Ayurveda perspective of the power of your immunity, rica, the hot springs under the glaciers of Iceland, and the rock melting infernos of it is important that you grasp the relationship between the five elements and the the Andes exist. Transformation occurs at the scale where one land mass become five senses. Taste, as you know, is one of the predominant senses, but food in the six separate continents and one vast body of water became the seven seas. The con- vision of Wise Earth Ayurveda reaches far beyond the realm of physical food or tinent of India moved northward over 200 million years at the speed of fifteen feet the sense organ of taste. It is the immutable foundation of life; the tangible bless- every century until she impacted into Asia sending the land and sea sky high to ing of Mother Nature, the source of our memory and intelligence. Food cannot be create the tallest mountain range on the planet. Some six thousand feet above the separated from breath, the life force, or from the cosmic sound which vibration sea, the fossilized limestone of prehistoric sea amenities are imbedded in the Hima- maintains the subtle field of sentiency. For this reason, we see nutrition as compris- layan peaks. The power of change occurs from the magnificent to the infinitesimal ing three indivisible templates that sustain life: Food, Breath and Sound - at the and all the while the coolness of the oxygen atmosphere is maintained in status heart of Wise Earth’s teachings. quo so that we may flourish as a life form. The universe has over twenty billion years of intrinsic memory and she operates like clockwork. Our powers of observation and proper practice can make possible the knowledge for our infinite transformation and refinement.

Both the creative and distinctive forces depend upon transmutation to promote their respective prowess. The emergence process can be either harmonious to the living and in keeping with the earth's cognitive memory, or it can be the abhorrent manifestation born from the action of human amnesiacs. One fulﬁlls the destiny of a healthy universe and the other destroys its intrinsic harmony.

The entire intelligence of the cosmos functions through the doshas and dhatus of the human body. The transmutation ﬁre of the universe is the agni, or metabolic ﬁre of all living. Agni is responsible for metabolic maintenance of the human sys-