Longevity-2 = Pujya Gurudev

The Secret of Longevity

=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya

There are innumerable unusual events and happenings of Nature. Some of them can even be witnessed in our day-to-day life. However, the human mind is unable to understand the mystery behind them because it has its own limitations. Dwellers of Bama village in China have also achieved the goal of longevity. They take tomato and black pepper in good quantity. Tomato and black pepper have beta-carotene and vitamin C in large quantity, which are very good for health. Tomato has antioxidant Lycobin in high amount, which stops cancer. They take a green leafy vegetable named Amaranth.

It contains twice the amount of calcium present in milk. Apart from that it contains potassium, folic acid, iron and vitamin A, C and E in good quantities. Hemp, full of nutritional elements in balanced quantity, and corn full of antioxidants and folic acid, are part of their intake. Bama inhabitants are very fond of eating brown rice, which has magnesium, iron content and vitamins. Probability of having cholesterol in the blood and heart diseases decreases by taking brown rice. Their food stores have the tradition to keep Ginseng and astragalus herbs. They are very fond of music also. Tribal inhabitants of Hunza area in the North East of Pakistan also possess long life. They eat lot of spinach, radish, sweet potato and carrot. Due to the habit of drinking more water each person carries an earthen pot with him / her. They daily drink an average of one large pot of water. They love sports very much. Their traditional sport is Polo.

 They like dancing also. Scientists researching on this tribe have found that up till now nobody has got cancer in this area. Even the roots of ulcer, tumor in the intestine and appendicitis cannot be found. Their family life is run on the basis of cooperation and good will. Age of quite a number of people living in certain special areas of the Himalayas has been found to be more than 100 years. Many researches and tests have been conducted to understand the secret behind the longevity of these inhabitants of different regions but no conclusive outcome has been achieved. Human mind is finding itself incapable and helpless in uncovering this mystery of Nature. But one thing is for sure that by leading life in a balanced, harmonious, mutually loving, self-controlled and systematic manner and in companionship with nature, one can attain good health and longevity.

 Naturalists have also come to a consensus that nature and life have deep inter-connection. What is the reason that in today�s world, long life has become only a dream whereas in ancient India average age of a person used to be 100 years (Jeevem Sharadah Shatam)? Ayurvedic scriptures provide an answer to this. They profess to follow the regimen of Hitbhuk, Ritbhuk and Mitbhuk to attain long and healthy life.

Hitbhuk means eating according to the state of health and what is beneficial for health. Eat for health and not taste. Ritbhuk means eat food according to the season and that is prepared with goodwill. Mitbhuk means eat with moderation. Don�t overeat. People desirous of attaining healthy body and healthy mind should strictly follow this advice.

Thanks GOD,Thanks Sadguru,

Shiv Sharma