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- Go to Ahimsa -- non-violence
Ah, Aba, but if we all only knew 'non-violence' and 'non-negativity' - this world be near perfect. Thank you for bringing this to light ~ Ely
posted by
elysianfields
on January 27, 2010 at 8:20 PM
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sam
You are right, physical malady regardless. King Janaka's Guru (Jananka was the father of Sita ... from the Ramayana),
Ashtavakra, meaning crooked from eight parts in the body, was one of the highest spiritual teachers at the age of only eight years. His teachings are no less than Bhagavad-Gita itself. The book is
Ashtavakra Samhita.
posted by
anib
on January 27, 2010 at 6:24 PM
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This is very interesting! I think health takes in the whole person, from physical to spiritual! For me the healthiest would be the one who is spiritual healthy regardless of a physical malady! sam
posted by
sam444
on January 27, 2010 at 2:55 AM
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lionreign
I think I should be really be able to add something meaningful to the perspective you are reading on non-violence. I'll try the best I can. Thank you so much for reading.
posted by
anib
on January 26, 2010 at 6:43 PM
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Re: Nursing describes the definition of wellness is the absence of illness
Wellness is positive, illness, negative. This was the very subject of discussion. If something positive has to be defined with reference to a negative, it means there is no direct definition of the positive. Interesting, isn't it? We are born with health, illness is an outside invasion that will go and health is there to stay. It IS. Similar is with violence, it is acquired from outside ... through cultural mores, established norms, society, conditionings, etc that destroys our mental well being.
posted by
anib
on January 26, 2010 at 6:41 PM
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I really want to know more
I will be back tomorrow to read again - thanks, I have been reading perspectives on non-violence recently and this is very pertinent to me
posted by
lionreign
on January 26, 2010 at 2:35 PM
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Nursing describes the definition of wellness is the absence of illness
but wellness is a fact of the moment...Health is the on going body and mind maintenace of proper living, physical and mental, including rejection of past mental anguish and yes externa linfluences. thought provocing post.
posted by
Kabu
on January 26, 2010 at 11:27 AM
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