My Favorite Things - Hair Oil

For those who know me, I have long, thick, black, Punjabi hair.  And to maintain this length of hair is very important, especially since it's long.  I've been using this specific hair oil for quite some time now and I'm seeing really positive results - my hair doesn't fall as much and after wash, it's so much more smooth, soft, shiny and still.

One of the main ingredients in this oil is Indian gooseberry or amla.  Amla improves the health of the hair and is found in most hair oils, nourishes the hair and scalp and prevents premature grey hair.  Another important ingredient in this oil is brahmi which helps against hair loss and stimulates the growth of hair.  Bhringraj, the third main ingredient, is the main herb used for treatment of hair.  This herb stimulates the hair and its application results in substantial hair growth.

I recommend you all to give it a try.  You don't have to use this hair oil in specific.  As long as these three main herbs are in the oil, it will make a difference.

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Relation Between Long Hair & Consciousness

The Relation Between Long Hair & Consciousness

Native American elder with long hair, an important part of their culture

We are conditioned to think that hair styling is important and how it makes a cool fashion statement. But in olden times it was a different story. An interesting find revealed that long hair in men was actually related to consciousness or the sixth sense. Does that sound alarming? Lets delve a bit more into this topic.

During the Vietnam war, special forces in the war department had sent undercover experts to look for talented recruits among Native Americans, who were blessed with special supernatural and tracking abilities.

A couple of American Indians were selected and what happened after that is surprising. Once they were recruited, their natural skills and ability to access their sixth sense just disappeared. On conducting a test to find out what went wrong, the older native American recruits said that after undergoing military haircut they could no longer sense the enemy, they lost their intuition power and couldn’t access subtle extrasensory information.

So more native Indians were recruited and this time they were allowed to keep their hair long and on comparing performance of men with military haircut and ones with long hair, they found out that long-haired men were far better and skillful. The results stated that the Native trackers should be allowed to keep their hair long. A special thanks to Indian in the Machine for the truth on Native Indians and long hair.

While reading about this I also realised that Sikhism requires men to keep their hair long and is considered a symbol of spirituality. One of the five physical symbols of faith for Sikhs is, “The Kesh (or hair) reminds aKhalsa to behave like the Guru’s. It is a mark of dedication and group consciousness, showing a Khalsa’s acceptance of God’s will.”

Lord Shiva statue in Bangalore

Long hair has long been a common element of many spiritual prophets such as Jesus, Moses, Buddha, Shiva, or the story of Samson and Delilah from the Bible, when Samson lost his strength with the loss of his hair.

Hair is an extension of the nervous system and it emits energy from the brain into the outer environment. Its an information highway reaching the brain, so when hair is cut, receiving and sending transmissions to and from the environment is hampered.

The 60′s were quite hairy and on a ending note, you may like the musical called Hair!

Source: FractalEnlightenment

Wow, what a great read!  I'm so happy that I have long hair :) 

Tip of the day

Dr. Raju says - milk with coffee is toxic for the liver.
Black coffee would be better.

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Another great find. 

Happy Deepavali!!

Happy Deepavali!
Here's to a year filled with
Success
Open hearts
Peaceful minds
Spiritual growth
Righteous paths
Over all happiness
And above all
A disease free
Perfect health
Nature made body.

Check out this chart I found.
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A Fun Read

Interview on ITV

Greetings fellow readers.
I was recently interviewed on ITV (Indian Television) on Ayurveda and its basic practice.
It will be aired on Tuesday the 5th.
I hope you all like it.
A big, warm, heartfelt Thank You to Mrs. Misra for making this happen.
Have a great weekend.