Son of Air Lord

An unimpressive 19th Dec 2010 morning started around 6 AM. Too early for any day let alone a Sunday and as planned was getting ready for a trip to Seiyar. The day was not getting any better as I had a small fight with amma before starting. Well not all day will have a sweet start. Reaching Rags home around 7.45 AM and the trip started at 8.15 AM. This trip was quite larger than the trip to the earth bound energy. Rags and Sandy, His dad, mom, uncle Ashok and aunty and His Paati all taking me along with their driver in their Innova and Fiesta.

A sleepy and tired me was comforted by the last seat, and Rag'z mom's choice of old melodies. Then I went into meditation. We reached Seiyar and the Temple around 10 AM. The climate was amazingly cool, reminding me of the virgin Ooty and Kodai.

The temple was very raw in its structure and looked very ancient at the very first sight. The physical layer was very simple and without any makeover. The chief deity was Lord Aanjaneya. I connected with the energy portal to see how it was acting up.

For the first time I sensed a very unique energy stored in Deity's Chamber. A powerful cylindrical force starting from the floor, running around the Deity into the cosmic realm revealed the source of the power was from a totally dimension. An in-depth seeking for his powers further revealed that his core had the healing touch. After offering my respects I had a look at the surroundings. A beautiful landscape, a cool pond, pleasant breeze and a tasty prasadham all made the morning complete.

The return journey has a minor interruption due to a deviation to GRT Hotel for lunch. It was a grand lunch and a nice time with the family. The journey back home was mostly spent in sleep.

A peaceful and revitalizing spiritual trip on a Sunday morning, a good time spent.

A trip to the Temple of Earth Bound Energy

It was planned and planned and re-planned and out of nowhere it just happened. Weeks and weeks of build up and the D-day came in such suddenness that it didn't sink in the heart. But all good things don’t come as a great package. Tuesday 21 Sep 2010 it was, at 7 AM we started from Raghav's home in his Innova. He, his father, mother, brother Arun, granny, his driver and of-course me were in the trip.

As anticipated the journey started with a strong argument if AR Rahman was as good as he has been portrayed or if poet and lyricist Vairamuthu was a better one than his contemporaries. There was minimum participation from Rags dad and mom and a reasonable retaliation with hi point of view from Arun. It was so irritation that I completely lost the feeling that I was even going to a temple. Still pulling my senses and composure started meditating and occasionally humming a few lines of the songs on the music player.

We broke fast at a hotel on the Bangalore highway around 8 and got back to the argument of who was great yet again. It was around 11 we reached the temple of Lakshmi (Thaayaar temple) wife of Balaji and paid our respects. There was a big ritual of consecrated fire happening with Vedic chants. After a quick prayer we started to the nearby Srinivasa Perumaal temple and offered our salutations to him. Next stop Tirupathi temple, after our lunch of-course.

First time is always exciting they say, but I was not even in the same area code to excited. The ride over the mountain wasn't exciting either. It was a hot day and passing by the trees was soothing and it is one of those places you can find in the entire India where the whole environment is being maintained clean. Hats off to such a social effort!

The meeting with Balaji was arranged by an insider who could exercise partial influence to sneak past through a major part of the crowd. We entered into the temple at 2.30. The crowd was overwhelming and after a crushing and pushing time into the tower our group got separated where Rags and me were pushed back and the rest made it thru well ahead of us to meet HIM. When my turn came after 1 and half hours, I was allowed to see HIM for a minute and ... that’s it. I just couldn't make the difference between HIM and any other Balaji deity. He was covered with Gold, ornaments and flowers standing alone and nothing much, nothing unusual as I expected as the stories behind the temple were told. No goose bumps, no extravaganza but just another meeting with HIM.

Then we moved out and had a view of other places of interest in the temple and finally came out at 4.40 PM. From there we moved higher on the mountain and went to a place called Paadham or Foot where it is said that the Lord descended on Earth. Next stop Sri Kaalahasthi temple the temple of Air. We reached there around 5.30 and it was a quick meeting with Shiva and after paying our respects to him we started homestead. It was around 9 PM that we reached and all the while Arun was in his elements splitting us all with his arguments and views. We made it to the Saravana Bhavan in Anna Nagar has a filling supper or rather dinner and that was the end of the day.

It was a long day and meeting HIM in HIS palaces of grandeur it was well spent day rather.

In Union with the Light

It was quite a travel from Chennai with my boss. A very comfortable and cool bus; an eager boss travelling to know the unknown! I was briefing him on what he was going to go thru the 4 days in the astral travel session. But he didn’t look impressed; I could sense it, though he didn’t reveal it much. Leaving him to rest for the journey ahead, I went within; pretty excited about what was to unravel.

Day 1

First steps are not always difficult

Reaching the garden city at 5.45, just the right time to start what we were here for, and checked in at Ashirvad at 6. Leaving my boss to rest in his room I went mad as always. I had the first energy pack for the day, A WARM HUG with my master, followed by a COLD shower. Freshening up, went in for a round of tai-chi in my usual spot amidst a Cold and spine rattling morning breeze. Like anyone would say, a perfect picturesque for a mad man. Warmed up and beaming with energy (if I’d relate it to the energy at the end of the 4 days then I would call myself as good as dead), has my stomach filled up with the softest of all Idlies, and got ready for the day.

I took up the responsibilities of managing the meditation hall and with the direction of Master, set up the Xavier hall. Greeting my fellow soul mates and my would-be soul mates in the hall the welcome session started around 10.30. An IAS officer with 25 years experience, a retired flight commander from Indian air force, a retired colonel from Indian army, 2 management consultants, a real estate business man, an actress, software engineers, a grand dad with his schooling granddaughter, a fresh textile designing graduate, a German angel, a Turkish angel and many more. Makes me wonder what boundaries spiritualism could have, if it had any. After an inspiring introduction to the Astral world, as it always is, Master guided us to connect with the STAR.

Connecting with the energy:

I wouldn’t say, connecting with my energy was a mind boggling experience, I have felt better, but hey, I was just getting started. I remembered what my Angel (Minnie) had told me. Well that’s not relevant to the context at this moment. The session went on with, breathing the light and raising the energy. As things progressed I was getting pumped up and was aligning my breathing to the meditation. I was hearing Master tell all that I’ve been hearing for the last 3 retreats; nothing was new in what he said. But in some way that it entered into me different. I was FEELING it in a very different way; but it didn’t make sense as to what was different. Leaving my reasoning mind aside I was moving with the energy; and then I “REALIZED” that I was not hearing it but was FEEING IT. That being the first miracle unfolding for the day, somewhere in the corner of my heart I was hearing the Oracle’s (Minnie) words. But I wasn’t going to get carried away. A tea break to follow, discussion, sharing and theory, I was FEELING better.

I can Feeling

After a good lunch and a long break, we gathered to connect with the energy. We formed a human ring, holding the partners hand and Master guided us in connecting with the Light. As the breathing went more intense, the energy did its thing. The flow of energy was so intense that I was able to connect with everyone’s heart energy and felt a very unique energy portal created in the centre of the ring. I went wondering why my imagination went wild. Well, even in that case, I know how poor my imagination is. And this was the second Miracle of the day. With more discussion and light breathing, trans effects going on around me with other soul mates, I was feeling better and could feel intense energy running thru me. All the way I was acknowledging the second miracle.

Now comes the best part of the day, sharing a warm and love filled HUG. There has always been a miracle effect during and after a hug as the soul feels energised and blissful.

Reality strikes back, but with sweet in between the salt:

With the energy intoxicating all day, it was time one comes to reality. We shut doors for the day in the literal sense and walked back to our rooms. Now comes the hardest part of the day; resuming my official work in my laptop and it looked miserably never ending. Stuck in between unable to find a solution, shut it down and went for supper and shared my time with Master.

I had a chat with Master and a couple of angels, Sareena and Smitha, Smitha’s mom and Mr. Ashok and later joined by our wing Commander. It was a great time as a group, when I understood Sareena as a SEER. I sensed a strong energy in her since morning but as I always do, I didn’t get acquainted to her. But after that talk that night I felt a strong bond with her and her sis. There was a creative genius in her and her photographs proved them time and again. Later I was tempted to ask her if she could scan my energy colour and SHE DID IT with all the ease one could do. Dumb folded and inspired by the feedback I was feeling stronger about my Oracle’s prophecy. But again I wasn’t floating; strongly grounded to mother earth I went out for juice with the angels only to know that they had other plans too. Having to return back by 10 PM to our rooms, we closed off early at the juice shop and I had a long discussion with my new Angel. And with a long day ahead I shut doors at 11.30.

Day 2:

My Home coming

With the least knowledge of what the day was going unfold unto me, I started it with some stretching and tai-chi and a cold bath. Having the Xavier hall arranged for the day, it was a satisfying feeling to be of little help to my Master. Reminds me of how the squirrels would have felt. The meditation was more intense, I was connecting to the astral dimension, and to the energy with more vibes. The morning session was very eventful as I went to meet my beloved Maha Avatar Baba and Lord Shiva in the Himalayan Mountains. It was worth a life time or even more to feel their blessings and love. But I made sure my mother, sister, cousin, and a few friends and colleagues were with me during this visit. I took their astral bodies in the company of my master to Baba’s temple to seek his blessings. This was a life transforming journey for me.

I in the presence of the Ascendant masters like Maha Avatar Baba, Sai Baba, Shiva, Prophet, Jesus and the master angels, was a distinguished honour. What more could my soul have ask for than their love? With tears over whelming, I took all the blessing I could into my heart and 3^rd eye. I hugged Maha Avatar and the feeling of merging into the light of his love (heart) was so ecstatic. Also there was a gift from the masters which unlocked my heart block. Also there was tremendous healing being done to my heart and higher energy centres. There was a white bird with the angels which I could not identify as to who it was.

In the state of 2 happens Miracle 3

This was the 1^st time I felt the dual consciousness of the physical self and astral self, where I was consciously receiving the energy at the astral plane and could feel the energy at the physical body. Later as the meditation went to a deeper state I could feel a 2^nd body come out of the physical body and merge into the Maha Avatar’s heart. There was also a unique experience that I had, where I could sense all masters merging together as a ball of light emitting intense energy. With my hands out stretched I sensed a very powerful divine golden force that of Maha Avatar covering my hands and my heart which I realise to be a blessing to heal and love all. The energy was so intense that I could feel it in the physical body and later the energy spread all over the body. This was a wake-up call for me of my RESPONSIBILITIES which I acknowledged immediately. After a quick sharing session we broke for an early lunch. Somewhere my heart was telling that my New Angel was not well and she needed support. And there she was lying unable to physically cope up with energy working on her. I left her there for her to recover as per Master’s instructions.

Into the Hidden cave***

The lunch was more delicious than it should have been, and we were quick to realize that it was the energy playing on the food. The post-lunch session was planned with the most awaited of all travels. A sunny day till then, turned dark, out of nowhere like it always does, the moment the place of visit was decided - “The Hidden Cave”. The heavens opened up blessing us with love by the time we were even starting to get ready. Preparing for the grand occasion, I astrally went and picked up my mom, sis, Kavi and few worthy friends and descended into the cave with the guidance of my Master and the ascendant masters and angels. Leaving my group into the cave I sought the angels to take me to my crystal. Amidst the crystals, mine shone with a powerful purple energy. Yes it wasn’t green anymore. This was an indication of change of my energy. Connecting with the crystal I did my best to absorb the energy. But strangely I didn’t feel any physical sensation only to realize that the body wasn’t equipped to handle the energy that I was receiving. After receiving all that could, I put my hands into the crystal took a piece of the energy and internalized permanently into my heart. By this it enables me to connect with my crystal at will.

Just before I had to start back, I sought permission for 1 last wish from the Masters. Then I prayed to the crystals to release limitless amount of divine energy to the earth so that it enables it to sustain the ongoing spiritual transition. The whole place started emitting purple energy followed b various coloured energy to the earth. What a lot of gratitude I started back to reality with a sense of satisfaction and immense joy and bliss. After our sharing session we had a tea break. The day winded up with another group meditation which was not as eventful as the others, but ended up with as much satisfaction as any other. After a quick congratulation and blessing we shut doors for the day.

Work calling me again, reality was sweeter that as the problem I was facing the previous day was resolved as blessed by Master. I was excited and revealed the miracle to Master and he praised the Ascendant master s and the energy of the light. After showing my laptop to master I called my new Angel for a one to one session on Quantum touch.

A night with a beautiful girl

Earlier in the day she had discussed her shoulder problem and how it troubled her during meditation. We had supper and sat in the couch for the initiation. The initiation started around 10PM. She was so receptive to the energy that she could internalize the energy and feel it all over her body. After guiding her with the tips and tricks and how to use it on herself to cure her, we spent our time on knowing about each other. This was an opportunity to do a total recall about myself. Right from how the interest started, to how it raised to its peak and the fall and the resurgence of the energy thru the light work, it was a quick scan of my spiritual journey. Also I learnt about her powers, her likes and dislikes, her career and ambition. We had a very rich talk on energy and learnt a lot about what we had in common. She would make a wonderful sis for me. We had to break abruptly around 12.20 to go to bed.

Day3

The day was fresh and the air wet with heavy overnight rain. Had a round of tai-chi and did Baba’s kriya. Somehow I wasn’t aware of what mysteries were to unravel on day three. As per the schedule we assembled for the Past life regression.

Into the past lives

The breathing and connecting with the light was going well, but the last thing I heard was to absorb the light into the psychic centres. The next 1 hr was in trance with 5 breaks back to the consciousness. Later after the session I realized a lot of work had happened to my heart and solar-plexus. Also my Oracle revealed to me that, she had regressed me in her regression. She also revealed that I had a ferocious look on and was asking her something. There were a few other light workers who experienced their past lives. I wasn’t much interested about what was happening to me, but I knew the Master’s were working in my energy. There was a lot of toxin release from the body too. It was lunch, followed by a session about the energy shift and the 2012 stuff. But I went into trance for 1 more hr. Following this was meeting with the Masters.

Meeting the Masters

This was a very emotional session as the ascendant masters from the 7^th dimension descended to our hall. Jesus followed by Sai Baba and lord Shiva came to bless us. The energy was so vibrant and we put in our intentions to ascend and channel the light to the earth dimension. This was more intense and closer to our hearts. Again my Oracle Minnie had met me in the astral dimension and saw me lying like in the dheewan and holding out the hand receiving pearls from the MASTERS. That was a gift that had lot of responsibility with it. Right after this meditation we had our tea break after which our Master was guided to initiate us with the Power Of Invocation. With very little idea of what was to happen, I joined the session but with plenty of focus.

Power of Invocation

The technique was very simple and more of mind involved. But once the connection was made and the commands given to the Cosmos of the desires, there was a surge of downpour that I feel even as I write this. Every time I think of the session I can feel the energy run thru the body with such intensity. It has been the most emotional connection I’ve ever been thru. The energy in me was at the peak of its potent for the next 1 hrs. The last 30 min of the meditation was when the answers for my quest were answered. All of a sudden there was a beam of energy connecting my 3^rd eye and the earth and another beam connecting the cosmos and my crown. This happened simultaneously with the energy being absorbed with every inhale and emitted back respectively with every exhale. The light told me to be the connecting link between the Light world and the earth dimension. Also the purpose if this birth and the ways to proceed were passed on into me. Finally when doing the whirling meditation this energy was over taking my capacity to consume it. Closing the day with the heartfelt hug for the fellow channels, it was the most vibrant hug I shared with everyone. Everyone sharing my energy could feel that I was at a different level of energy. And my Oracle beamed with her smile when I said to her that what she told had unravelled in these 4 days. My master blessed me for my ascension with all his love. I spent my time with the nature the evening and spoke to my amma and sis in Pune. Then sharing my experiences with Minnie till her departure, had my supper and sat in the pavement with master and my new angel and her sister. I shared with him my experiences and was guided by him on what to do next. Meanwhile my new angel had few snaps of nature that I was eager to take from her and was sharing them to my Master in my laptop. It was fun and with a lot of energy went to sleep after enjoying the late night rain.

Day 4

Early as always and with lot of energy started my day with Kriya and tai-chi and after a refreshing bath went into the couch listening to Kurai ondrum Illai from the sacred chants. Suddenly, out of intuition I played Subramaniyastagam and out it in repeat mode. I always had an attraction to this chanting. During this time, I separated my body and went into the astral dimension. Passing thru a tunnel, emerging out into a world of gold, I saw lord Muruga as a light of gold with his Vel sitting in his throne. I went playfully to him and took his Vel and played with it and gradually it merged within my body. I can remember that I was close to 1:100^th of the size of Muruga and his Vel. After this I flew up to his heart chakra and merged into his infinity. Close to 15 min I was in this state and realized that I had to meet my Master in the park for a session. Rushing down I saw him reading the news paper.

Agony and Bliss

We joined the waiting fellow channels in the park and started sharing our experiences. Just when we were getting deeper into the sharing, I received a call from amma that my sis had a stroke attack. I went to Master and asked for a healing session. We all sent her energy and I master and many more Masters went home to heal her and I saw few angels working with her energy to get her back to normal. After the meditation was over Master told she will be alright in 1 hr. And by the time I realized it was 1 hr she was out of danger. Amidst all this pain I realized that my sis was blessed by this attack as there were so many masters working to heal her. We had an extended experience sharing session with the chief guest of the day answering question asked at her. Then I went alone and started to some energy work that I was guided intuitively by the master.

Queen of the Red World

Our Chief Guest was none other than Nilofer, Master’s daughter or otherwise called know as the Queen of the Red World. She answered a few questions regarding the energy work and also about my sister. She took a few of us to the red world astrally and shared a meditation session with a few. I asked her for some help to help heal my amma and sis and she grandly accepted. Also when I shared with her my morning miracle, (the meet with Muruga) she confirmed that it was real and not hallucination. That multiplied my joy to multi folds.

Reality strikes back

After out tea break everyone who was non-residential started to leave for home. I had to go back to my room and started working for some time and then was chatting with my new angel and her sis and Bijoy. It was strange that Bijoy was talking to me with so much energy and was smiling all around. Around 2.45, I met Nilofer and asked her to heal my amma and sis and asked her to read my aura. She revealed it was golden and I got to rise higher. Seeking her wishes and Master’s blessings, I retreated back to my room. Carrying a heavy heart and a gloomy soreness at heart about the end of the retreat, I started to wonder what to do. Everything became quite and the REALITY was creeping into me. I saw Ice age 2 and 3 and started to write what you have been reading. Around 7 my uncle Lakshman came to meet me and after sharing a hug and blessing with my Master started back to Chennai. Unable to bear the pain I spoke to my friend Krishna for some time and then with Venkatesh sharing what I went thru. When the return journey started I fell in union with Muruga once again and around 12.57 I called it a day.

The travel has just Begun, with lot of challenges and hardships, but much more than that, its gonna be fun and serious. I shall rise above the darkness to guide the light just like what many masters and Ascendant souls have done in the past. I WILL.

*** Names have been changed as they cannot be disclosed in a public forum

My Farewell At Allsec

My farewell from Allsec. Never thought this day would come, but it had to happen eventually.

Be a Fool

A fool is one who goes on trusting; a fool is one who goes on trusting against all his experience.

You deceive him, and he trusts you; and you deceive him again, and he trusts you;

His trust is tremendous; his trust is so pure that nobody can corrupt it.

Be a fool like the Taoist, in the Zen sense. Don’t create a wall of knowledge around you.

Whatsoever experience comes to you, let it happen, and then go on dropping it.

Go on cleaning your mind continuously; go on dying from the past so you remain in the present, herenow, as if just born, A baby.

In the beginning it will be very difficult. The world will start taking advantage of you…let them.

They are poor fellows. Even if you are cheated and deceived and robbed, let it happen, because that which is really yours cannot be robbed from you, that which is really yours nobody can steal from you.

And each time you don’t allow situations to corrupt you, that opportunity will become an integration inside.

Your soul will become more crystallized.

10 Principles for Peace of Mind

1. Do Not Interfere In Others' Business Unless Asked:

Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others' affairs.We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic and those who do not conform to our thinking must be criticized and steered to the right direction, our direction.This thinking denies the existence of individuality and consequently the existence of God..God has created each one of us in a unique way.No two human beings can think or act in exactly the same way.All men or women act the way they do because God within them prompts them that way.Mind your own business and you will keep your peace.

2. Forgive And Forget:

This is the most powerful aid to peace of mind.We often develop ill feelings inside our heart for the person who insults us or harms us.We nurture grievances.This in turn results in loss of sleep, development of stomach ulcers, and high blood pressure.This insult or injury was done once, but nourishing of grievance goes on forever by constantly remembering it.Get over this bad habit.Life is too short to waste in such trifles.Forgive & Forget, and march on.Love flourishes in giving and forgiving.

3. Do Not Crave For Recognition:

This world is full of selfish people.They seldom praise anybody without selfish motives.They may praise you today because you are in power, but no sooner than you are powerless, they will forget your achievement and will start finding faults in you.Why do you wish to kill yourself in striving for their recognition?Their recognition is not worth the aggravation.Do your duties ethically and sincerely.

4. Do Not Be Jealous:

We all have experienced how jealousy can disturb our peace of mind.You know that you work harder than your colleagues in the office, but sometimes they get promotions; you do not.You started a business several years ago, but you are not as successful as your neighbor whose business is only one year old.There are several examples like these in everyday life.Should you be jealous?No.

5. Change Yourself According To The Environment:

If you try to change the environment single-handedly, the chances are you will fail.Instead, change yourself to suit your environment.As you do this, even the environment, which has been unfriendly to you, will mysteriously change and seem congenial and harmonious.

6. Endure What Cannot Be Cured:

This is the best way to turn a disadvantage into an advantage.Every day we face numerous inconveniences, ailments, irritations, and accidents that are beyond our control.If we cannot control them or change them, we must learn to put up with these things.We must learn to endure them cheerfully.Believe in yourself and you will gain in terms of patience, inner strength and will power.

7. Do Not Bite Off More Than You Can Chew:

This maxim needs to be remembered constantly.We often tend to take more responsibilities than we are capable of carrying out.Know your limitations. . Why take on additional loads that may create more worries?You cannot gain peace of mind by expanding your external activities.Reduce your material engagements and spend time in prayer, introspection andmeditation. This will reduce those thoughts in your mind that make you restless.Uncluttered mind will produce greater peace of mind.

8. Meditate Regularly:

Meditation calms the mind and gets rid of disturbing thoughts.This is the highest state of peace of mind.Try and experience it yourself.If you meditate earnestly for half an hour everyday, your mind will tend to become peaceful during the remaining twenty-three and half-hours.Your mind will not be easily disturbed as it was before.You would benefit by gradually increasing the period of daily meditation.You may think that this will interfere with your daily work.On the contrary, this will increase your efficiency and you will be able to produce better results in less time.

9. Never Leave The Mind Vacant:

An empty mind is the devil's workshop.All evil actions start in the vacant mind.Keep your mind occupied in something positive, something worthwhile.Actively follow a hobby.Do something that holds your interest.You must decide what you value more: money or peace of mind.Your hobby, like social work or religious work, may not always earn you more money, but you will have a sense of fulfillment and achievement.Even when you are resting physically, occupy yourself in healthy reading or mental chanting of God's name.

10. Do Not Procrastinate And Never Regret:

Do not waste time in protracted wondering " Should I or shouldn't I?"Days, weeks, months, and years may be wasted in that futile mental debating.You can never plan enough because you can never anticipate all future happenings.Value your time and do the things that need to be done.It does not matter if you fail the first time.You can learn from your mistakes and succeed the next time.Sitting back and worrying will lead to nothing.Learn from your mistakes, but do not brood over the past.

DO NOT REGRET. Why cry over spilt milk?

Secrets of Longevity

Ever since Man knew the meaning of Immortality has he been searching ways to elongate his life span! But he has been so obsessed with the idea of Immortality that he neither does not know what he would do living so long nor would he realize how to stay healthy that long. The idea of living forever might scare you if you came to know that you might have an ugly deformed and nasty body, but you can do all non-sense, and still keep yourself alive.

The ideal situation for a man can be life his life and die soon without worries of living long or live the life with no concern as to how long he might live. What we are going to see further are the secrets of living a long and complete life.

Secret 1 - Don't pretend to live but live

One has to live each day fully and actively. This means life is full of experience. This is important to keep oneself healthy, flexible and strong. If a person works towards extending their lives unnaturally, then that action also severely limits life by not living to one's nature. The chase for immortality comes at the cost of reducing the experience of life itself.

Secret 2 - Eat well

Any computer geek would know the meaning of 'garbage in garbage out'. This is applicable in our life style too. What we eat gets burned down by the body. The more junk the body is loaded with the hotter the system burns. Likewise antioxidants are a good means to help the body slow the burn rate within the cells. However, there needs to be balance, as too much antioxidant is also bad. The body is designed to run at a mid level burn rate. Foods like Green Tea, Bok Choy, Plums, Cabbage, Yogurt and Brown Rice are good that doesn’t mean they carry the perfect balance necessary for an everlasting life. We need to needs to listen to the body and provide what it needs.

There has always been the discussion about being vegetarian. It is not what goes inside but how the food is prepared. Eating meat is not always in-humane. However, the meat if prepared by in-humane methods that is harmful for the system. If an animal or plant was tortured during its growth process, then the fear, stress and imbalanced it encountered in its upbringing would be pushed into its cells. Eating such food will develop fear, and the accumulated stress hormones or illness are fed directly into the body. Eating such food doesn't promote a long life: rather it promotes a life of fear and increases industrial inhumane practices in man.

Everything is connected and part of the Chi. No action is fully independent of another. Longevity requires treating food with the same respect given towards our own body.

Secret 3 - Listening to our own nature

Listen to what you want and what you are. If you are always busily moving to the tune of a larger world you are living their life not yours!

It's hard to follow our own nature, to live a long life, when being taught to be someone since childhood.

How much of your life has been spent being yourself rather than another person?

Longevity is pointless, unless you are your own person.

Secret 4 - Exercise

It's important to have a physical practice and to keep the body moving and subtle. Exercise practices such as Qigong, Tai-Chi have been optimized to help keep a person strong and moving for an entire life time. But one must not resort to extreme efforts in the name of exercise. A moderate level of effort in exercise practice is the key. We are not here to be Mr. Atlas. An ordinary outer appearance with well toned muscles, a flexible and strong body is the key. The secret is that we need to dance through life, never to fight life or our own body.

Secret 5 - Attitude

As told earlier we need to dances through life and not fight life or the body. If the body is treated as an opponent or as something to be dominated, then it limits life. The more we resist the world, the more the world will resist back. The world is larger and more powerful than any one of us. So we will lose upon making life a fight. Excessive resistance wears a person down. It's fine to fight occasionally, it's fine to stand up for yourself, as resistance is part of any exercise. However to stand excessively against the world means the world will erode us away.

A granite block, however strong it is become sand at the sea's surf.

In other terms it means to live life with low stress. So many researches have proved that stress is a major factor that contributes towards premature aging. A man with good humour and low stress is sure to live long.

Secret 6 - Spiritual Practice

We are not just the body and mind but a trinity of mind, body and spirit. Spirit can also be defined as the actions of our living. Spiritual practice keeps both the mind and body in balance with each other.

A Spiritual practice is a combination of intent within actions and the exploration of mysteries of our life. There is no defined practice exists for spiritualism. Each person needs to define and refine over time their own practice. A spiritual practice provides motivation for enjoying a longer and happier life.

Secret 7 - Avoid addiction

Addiction is a process of self destruction. It is defined as the empty space with something external to our nature. To live life, is to live as you. Addictive substances could seemingly solve problems temporarily but in the end all addictions erase a person's unique nature.

• If you live 100 years and only watched television, have you lived at all?
• If you drink yourself dead at 50, have you really lived anything except an alcoholic haze?

To live a long life is to live it as you intend. Life is not about being easy. Life is a challenge and the struggle is an edge which defines our shape. Being tempted by various addictions could appear as a path to make life less difficult; however, all addictions are a dead end in the path of life. It is about embracing life.

Secret 8 - Is the secret that you should search

This article was intended to enlighten the practice that leads to a longer healthier life. However, much more exists. It’s a life long journey that takes time, to enjoy figuring out secrets of living. Once the above ideas are put into practice, they lead to other mysteries. More importantly our health will improve, our mind will slow down and sharpen, we become clearer of the true path and new wisdom appears. It is something earned by your practice and humbleness. In time, we will discover much more than longevity. We can both fulfil and reveal the meaning of life.

Finally

The nature of our life is eternal. The true point and secret of the longevity practice is 'To live well'. In living well, we live longer, more importantly, a healthy body and mind to enjoy a long life. Living to 75, 120 or even past 200 would be to drag life if the mind and body can't dance anymore.

And if you already are 80, it is not too late? Living boundlessly within "now" is always assessable even unto the last breath. The truth of this practice is just to be open to acceptance; acceptance that you are complete, which we all are, every moment of our life.

The root answer to longevity is to take the time to explore and live to our nature.