NATIONAL ORIENTATIONS

ΕΘΝΙΚΟΙ ΠΡΟΣΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΣΜΟΙ

Αυτοί οι οποίοι αποδιοπομπούν την θρησκείαν/ιδεολογίαν της Ατομοκεντρικής Νεωτερικότητος και όντες Προνεωτερικοί θεωρούν κύριον και αυθέντην και λατρευομένην οντότητα της Πολιτείας την συλλογική οντότητα "Ελληνική Πατρίδα", οι επονομαζόμενοι Έλληνες ή Πατριώτες ή Εθνικόφρονες ή Δεξιοί, συναπαρτίζουν τον λεγόμενον "εθνικόν" ή "πατριωτικόν" χώρον. Ο χώρος ούτος έχει ως αντίπεραν όχθην τον χώρον αυτών οι οποίοι ΔΕΝ έχουν "κορώνα στο κεφάλι τους" την συλλογική οντότητα "Ελληνική Πατρίδα" και δεν επιθυμούν να είναι Έλληνες ή Πατριώτες, έχοντες εθελουσίως αποδιώξει ουσιαστικώς την Ελληνικήν Ιθαγένειαν!

Εδώ θα υπογραμμίσωμε ορισμένα από τα κύρια τρωτά του εθνικού χώρου καθώς ο εθνικός χώρος δεν ηδυνήθη να ευδοκιμήση διότι περιέπεσε εις πλήθος θανασίμων σφαλμάτων.

Πρώτον, συχνάκις προσεκολλήθη στο λεγόμενον συντηρητικόν ρεύμα της Νεωτερικότητος, στο ρεύμα των φιλελευθέρων αστών, με τους οποίους ουδεμίαν σχέσιν έχει καθότι αυτοί αποτελούν την αιχμήν του κοσμοπολιτισμού και της απαξίας των εθνικών παραδόσεων. Οι μπουρζουάδες όντες το αλλότριον, παρακμιακόν σώμα των Προνεωτερικών κοινωνιών είναι ακριβώς αυτό που τας κατέστρεψε και ενέπνευσε/χρηματοδότησε τας κινήσεις της Νεωτερικότητος· ως λέγει ο Ιούλιος Έβολα, "οι παραδοσιακές αξίες δεν είναι οι αστικές αξίες", το αντίθετον μάλιστα! Απλώς ο "συντηρητικός" αυτός χώρος κατά καιρούς καπηλεύεται διά τους ιδικούς του σκοπούς τας ιδέας του έθνους και της πατρίδος διά να επιτυγχάνει τους ιδικούς του σκοπούς! Από αυτήν την συμπόρευσιν ο εθνικός χώρος μόνον έχασε και οι ίδιες οι συντηρητικές αυτές δυνάμεις όταν δεν τον έχουν ανάγκη επιδιώκουν την διάλυσίν του και εξαπολύουν διωγμόν ενανίον του! Συγκεκριμένως εν Ελλάδι τοιαύτα συντηρητικά φιλελεύθερα καθεστώτα, ως ο Συναγερμός, η ΕΡΕ, η Ν.Δ., αφ' ενός εκμεταλλεύθησαν/απεμύζησαν τον εθνικόν χώρον και αφ' ετέρου τον εδίωξαν και τον διέλυσαν!

Ομοίως, η συμπόρευσις με καθεστώτα που είχον πατριωτικάς ιδέας αλλά κατά τα άλλα ήσαν νεφελώδη και γκρίζα, ως η 4η Αυγούστου και η Χούντα, συνέβαλε αφ΄ενός στην ισχυροποίησιν τούτων και συγχρόνως στην ολικήν καταστροφήν του εθνικού χώρου.

Συναφώς, η νοσταλγική μίμησις καθεστώτων του μεσοπολέμου, του Φασισμού ή του γερμανικού Εθνικοσοσιαλισμού είναι το ολιγώτερον άτοπος καθώς τα καθεστώτα εκείνα υπήρξαν γεννήματα των ιδιαιτέρων συνθηκών της εποχής και όχι πρότυπα διά την αντιμετώπισιν των σημερινών καταστάσεων, φιλοσοφικώς δε υπήρξαν κι αυτά, παρά την πρωτοκαθεδρίαν των οντοτήτων έθνος-κράτος, μέθοδοι διαχειρίσεως της Νεωτερικότητος.

Δεύτερον, μέγα και τραγικόν λάθος υπήρξε η έλλειψις οικονομικής αναλύσεως! Πολλάκις επεκράτησε η αφελής σκέψις: οι κομμουνιστές είναι κρατιστές, εμείς είμεθα φιλελεύθεροι οπαδοί του καπιταλισμού! Δεν αντελαμβάνοντο ότι η "Δεξιά οικονομική πολιτική" είναι ο αντίπους των οικονομικών θεωριών της Νεωτερικότητος οι οποίες εκφράζονται από την κοινή θεωρία καπιταλισμού/μαρξισμού η οποία διαφέρει μόνον ως προς το ποίος θα είναι ο ιδιοκτήτης των μέσων. Ενώ αντιθέτως η Προνεωτερική "Δεξιά οικονομική πολιτική" στηρίζεται εις τελείως άλλας βάσεις έχουσα π.χ. τας αρχάς της "Λαϊκής περιουσίας" και της ισχυράς μικρομεσαίας τάξεως ιδιοκτητών (ιδού διατί τώρα ο Διεθνής Τοκογλύφος και η Κυβέρνησις αυτήν την τάξι κτυπούν αλύπητα) η οποία άλλωστε είναι και ιδιαίτερον φυλετικόν χαρακτηριστικόν του Έλληνος, ο οποίος είναι εκ της ψυχικής ιδιοσυστασίας του μικροϊδιοκτήτης!

Τρίτον και τραγικώτερον λάθος ήτο η προσκόλλησις του εθικού χώρου στον καθαυτό ιδεολογικόν αντίποδά του, την κοσμοπολιτικήν θρησκείαν του Χριστιανισμού, η οποία καταδικάζει τους φυσικούς εθνισμούς προβάλουσα το κοσμοπολιτικόν δίπολον πιστός/άπιστος. Από την συμπόρευσιν αυτήν ο Χριστιανισμός επωφελήθη τα μέγιστα ενώ αντιθέτως ο εθνικός χώρος παρέδωσε-απώλεσε την ιδεολογίαν του, όπως συνέβη στην Ισπανία, στην Ιταλία και σχεδόν παντού αλλού!

Τέταρτον, ο εθνικός χώρος ήτο καταδικασμένος εις αποτυχίαν διότι δεν εφρόντισε να αναλύση την πολιτικήν κατάστασιν της εποχής και να ορίση την έννοιαν του βασικού εχθρού! Αντιθέτως παρεσύρθη να θεωρή ως αληθή τα διακινούμενα υπό της απατηλής προπαγάνδας φάσματα του θεάτρου Σκιών του σαφώς σκηνοθετημένου ψυχρού πολέμου και ομιλούσε και ομιλεί γιά κομμουνιστες/αντικομμουνιστές, ΗΠΑ/ΕΣΣΔ, Αμερική/Ρωσσία. Επιπλέον, συνήθως αναλύει τελείως λάθος και τα του Μεγάλου Πολέμου 1914-1945, μή αντιλαμβανόμενος ότι ο έτερος των εμπολέμων ήτο ο Διεθνής Εβραίος Τοκογλύφος και ότι αυτός και μόνον είναι ο Κοσμοκράτωρ του σήμερον! Πολλοί παρασείρονται σε τοιαύτα ύψη βλακείας ώστε να ομιλούν γιά "αμερικανική πολιτική" του Κλίντον ή του Ομπάμα, μη βλέποντες το πρόδηλον, ότι αί ΗΠΑ αποτελούν απλώς αποικίαν (και μάλιστα ουδόλως αυτοδιοικουμένη) του Διεθνούς Τοκογλύφου! Άλλοι πάλι ομιλούν γιά "Ευρώπη", που πρέπει να είναι έτσι ή αλλοιώς, στρουθοκαμηλίζοντες και μη θέλοντες να ιδούν ότι τοιούτον τί, Ευρώπη ή Γερμανία ή Γαλλία δεν υπάρχει ολωσδιόλου, υπάρχει μόνο η απόλυτος και τυραννική δεσποτεία του Διεθνούς Τοκογλύφου στον γεωγραφικόν χώρον της Ευρώπης.

Πέμπτον, ο εθνικός χώρος δεν εφρόντισε καν να αναλύση το ποία κτυπήματα και από ποία όπλα δέχεται! Σήμερον, υπάρχον εθνικόφρονες που δεν αντιλαμβάνονται ότι το δόλιον και θανάσιμον όπλον της ολικής καταστροφής των ευρωπαϊκών εθνισμών είναι ο διαβολικής εμπνεύσεως ΕΠΟΙΚΙΣΜΟΣ, εν Ελλάδι δε δεν βλέπουν ότι τα διάφορα οικονομικά μέτρα που απλώνουν την ολικήν ένδειαν στον πληθυσμόν δεν είναι οικονομικά, ούτε υπαγορεύονται από κάποια πραγματική ή τεχνητή οικονομική ανάγκη, αλλά είναι καθαρώς μέτρα εξοντώσεως του Έλληνος τα οποία μασκαρεύονται/δικαιολογούνται ως οικονομικά!

Έκτον και επιβλαβέστερον όλων ήτο το ότι θέλησε να προσαρμοσθή στο περιβάλλον των Νεωτερικών-Αριστερών-Μαρξιστικών ιδεών και στην δεινήν παραχάραξιν της Ιστορίας, κρύβοντας/μαλακώνοντας τις ιδέες του κινούμενος στην τσουλήθρα προς το τίποτε! Ενώ ούτε οι Φιλελεύθεροι, ούτε οι Μαρξιστές έκρυψαν ποτέ τις ιδέες τους, στον εθνικόν χώρον επεκράτησε η ολέθρια ανοησία του: μην λες τα πράγματα με το όνομά τους π.χ. "μην λες την αλήθεια για τον Συμμοριτοπόλεμο", η περίφημη "πολιτική (της μονόπλευρης) λήθης", μην λες την αλήθεια γιά τον Διεθνή Τοκογλύφο, κρύψου! Όλοι γνωρίζουμε ότι η άνθισις των Αριστερών-κομμουνιστικών-αντεθνικών ιδεών στην Ελλάδα οφείλεται στο ότι μία φωνή ώρισε ότι: "Η Ελλάς δεν θα έχει Αριστερή κυβέρνησι, θα έχει όμως Αριστερή κοινή γνώμη γιά να τρώη σφαλιάρες γύρω-γύρω"! Στο ψευδεπίγραφον κόμμα της δεξιάς "Συναγερμός-ΕΡΕ-Ν.Δ." μία ήτο η συνταγή γιά να παραμερισθής: να είσαι ιδεολόγος της Δεξιάς και να απαντάς στους κομμουνιστές! Η απαγόρευσις απαντήσεως ήτο σαφής και ρητή! Βουλευτής εξοβελίσθηκε από το κόμμα διότι παρά την απαγόρευσιν δεν κρατήθηκε και 2-3 φορές στην Βουλή απήντησε επιτυχώς στο θράσος των ΚΚΕδων! Σήμερα, πάλι τα ίδια και χειρότερα ακούμε, όπως "ο κόσμος δεν είναι ώριμος να ακούση εκείνο ήτο άλλο"! Θεωρούμε αυτήν την τακτικήν ολεθρίαν από πολλάς πλευράς, ανεντρέπεσαι διά τας ιδέας σου να τας αποτάξεις, αν τας θεωρείς ορθάς και αληθείς να τας προβάλης, ή να το είπωμεν καλύτερον: σκοπός της υπάρξεώς σου είναι ένας: να διαφωτίσης την κοινωνία πάνω στο σωστό και την αλήθεια κι όχι με μεθόδους δημαγωγικές-απατηλές νάχεις μιά πρόσκαιρη εκλογική επιτυχία (και μετά να οδεύσης και εσύ να γίνης "αστός πολιτικός")! Δουλειά στις ρίζες! Έσω απόλυτος στις ιδέες σου τις οποίες οφείλεις να διαδίδης με ορθόν και διαφωτιστικόν τρόπον!

ΔΔ. ΔΡ. ΠΑΝ. ΜΑΡΙΝΗΣ

The Universal Life Force

Prana: The Universal Life Force

Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Zinal (Switzerland), September 1981

In the physical body we have two types of energies. One is known as prana and the other is known as mind or consciousness. That means, in every organ of the body there should be two channels supplying energy. Modern physiology describes two types of nervous systems - the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, and these two nervous systems are interconnected in each and every organ of the body. In the same way, every organ is supplied with the energy of prana and the energy of mind.In yoga, the concept of prana is very scientific. When we speak of prana, we do not mean the breath, air or oxygen. Precisely and scientifically speaking, prana means the original life force.Prana is a Sanskrit word constructed of the syllables pra and an. 'An' means movement and 'pra' is a prefix meaning constant. Therefore, prana means constant motion. This constant motion commences in the human being as soon as he is conceived in his mother's womb. Prana is therefore a type of energy responsible for the body's life, heat and maintenance.

Nadis, chakras & the distribution of prana

According to yoga, tantra and the science of kundalini, prana is supposed to originate in pingala nadi. Within the framework of the spinal cord, there are three channels known as nadis in yoga. One is called ida, another is pingala and the third is sushumna. Ida nadi represents the mental energy, pingala represents prana or pranic energy and sushumna represents spirit or spiritual awareness. These three nadis originate in mooladhara chakra, which is situated at the perineum or cervix. Pingala nadi flows to the right from mooladhara and continues to cross ida at each chakra all the way up to ajna.There are six chakras through which pingala nadi passes. The first one is mooladhara chakra from which it originates. The second is swadhisthana where the nadi crosses to the left. The third is manipura chakra where the nadi crosses to the right. And the fourth is anahata where the nadi crosses to the left. The fifth is vishuddhi where the nadi crosses to the right and the sixth is ajna where the nadi terminates from the right. Similarly, ida nadi also crosses at each chakra but in the reverse order. Every sincere yoga aspirant should have a clear understanding of the pathway of these three major nadis.Pingala nadi is the distributing channel for prana in the body, and from each chakra the pranas are disseminated to every organ of the body. From swadhisthana the pranic energy is distributed to the genito-urinary system. Manipura chakra supplies prana to the digestive system and anahata supplies the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. From vishuddhi, distribution takes place to the ears, eyes, nose and throat, and ajna chakra is the distributor of energy through which man's brain is fed.

The fuel of life

Prana is not merely a philosophical concept; it is in every sense a physical substance. Just as radioactive or electromagnetic waves exist even though we can't see them, in the same way, in this physical body, there are pranic waves and a pranic field. Now, each of us has a certain quantity of prana in our physical body and we utilize this in the course of our day to day activities throughout life. When our prana diminishes, sickness sets in, and when we have plenty of prana, every part of the body is in perfect health. If we have an excess of prana, it can be transmitted to others for healing or magnetism.The inner prana can be stimulated by the practice of pranayama and thereby increased to a greater quantum. The brain requires maximum prana, and for the practice of meditation, it needs an increased supply. It is for this reason that we practise pranayama before commencing our meditation practice. If we are not able to supply plenty of pranic fuel to the brain, the mind becomes very restless and disturbed.When the brain is receiving a deficient supply of prana, you suffer from nervous depression or nervous breakdown. Then the whole body perspires, there is trembling in every organ, you can't stand, your mind is unsteady and you are constantly thinking negative thoughts. You can't even sleep and you don't want to talk or think. This state indicates that the brain is only receiving a very small quantity of prana.

Increasing prana

You should not think that just by practising a little pranayama you are sending a lot of prana to the brain. The process of supply and assimilation of prana into the brain is very complicated. The brain is a subtle instrument and it can only be enriched by the subtle form of prana and not the gross form. Therefore, when you practise pranayama, you will have to convert the prana into a subtle force.Deep breathing alone is not enough to stimulate prana. By breathing deeply, you stimulate your respiratory system and the blood circulation, but if you could examine the brain at that time, you would see that it is least affected. However, when you practise pranayama with concentration, as shown by scientific studies, the brainwaves undergo a significant change and the limbic system is also positively influenced.

Conscious and unconscious breathing

The brain can be split into two parts- the frontal brain and the posterior brain. The posterior brain is the instinctive brain which we have inherited through animal incarnations. The frontal brain is the seat of total consciousness. When you breathe without awareness, the breath is registered in the posterior brain, but when you are aware that you are breathing and you are consciously witnessing the whole process, then it is registered by the conscious brain, the frontal brain.This difference seems to be very simple, but its effect is very great. Throughout life, you breathe unconsciously, just like animals, children and most other people do, excepting for the few who have started practising yoga. Now, in every case, the pranic flow is being registered in the posterior brain as if in a computer. The moment you become aware of your breathing and you begin to conduct and control the breath in a particular fashion, immediately the frontal brain registers the influence. This fact has been revealed by scientific experiments and has led us to the following conclusion. Conscious breathing has an entirely different effect on the brain than unconscious breathing. Through unconscious breathing we are definitely able to feed the whole body with prana, but we cannot supply the brain with sufficient prana for its evolution and growth.

Conducting prana to the brain

In order to alleviate sicknesses of the brain, in order to develop the latent capacities of the, brain or to initiate evolution of the brain, we cannot just depend on the way we have been breathing in the past. This is precisely the reason why the different forms of pranayama are practised.When you practise pranayama, the pranas are stimulated in the lower region of the body, but you must have a means of forcing the pranic energy up. Somehow, you have to create a negative force which will push the pranic energy up through the spinal cord. For this reason pranayama should be practised in coordination with specific bandhas. The three bandhas which are incorporated into the practice of pranayama are jalandhara bandha, uddiyana bandha and moola bandha. They create a negative force like the ejecting force used to extract water from a well. There are two forces used for pumping water- the sucking force and the ejecting force. When we practise pranayama with the bandhas, we put an ejecting force into action.So, through pranayama you generate prana in the lower region of the body, then in order to conduct it up to the brain you must first practise moola bandha, then uddiyana bandha and finally jalandhara bandha. Moola bandha is contraction of the perineum, uddiyana bandha is contraction of the abdominal muscles and jalandhara bandha is the locking of the chin against the sternum. Prana is then conducted to the brain with the help of the subtle circulatory system.The network of vessels through which the blood circulates is not just an arrangement of hollow tubes. It is a generator and distributor of prana as well. These vessels become charged and polarized as the bloodstream circulates throughout the body. It is as though the whole arterial and venous circulatory trees become magnetized. The flow of blood through the vessels generates a bio-magnetic force just as a forceful flow of water is used to generate hydro electricity. This is how prana shakti is able to permeate and enliven even the most distant cells and tissues of the body.Under normal conditions a certain quantum of prana is circulating, and this is responsible for our present level of health. However, the importance of pranayama is to enable us to consciously generate a higher voltage of prana and this greater quantum of prana can then be directed into the higher centres of the brain, via the cerebral blood vessels and the cerebrospinal fluid circulating and irrigating the brain's sleeping centres. In this way, pranayama brings a higher reality, experience and dimension to its practitioner. It boosts the level of consciousness by activating and awakening the dormant centres and capacities of the left and right hemispheres of the evolving brain.Now, another means of conducting prana to the frontal portion of the brain is by the practice of shambhavi mudra. Shambhavi mudra is centralizing the pupils of the eyes at the point between the two eyebrows. This practice is also known as mid-eyebrow centre gazing. When you practise shambhavi mudra, the pranas are sucked up by force to irrigate the frontal area of the brain.

Rejuvenation of the brain

In order to charge the brain with sufficient prana, you will have to practise pranayama very systematically. Pranayama is not just a matter of breathing in and breathing out in a particular way. Kumbhaka, retention of breath, is the actual definition of pranayama. Inhalation and exhalation are just a process. In all the ancient yoga texts, kumbhaka has been highly praised, and today scientists are acknowledging what the texts have claimed.Retention of breath is done at two points. Firstly, when you have filled your lungs, you hold the breath inside, and secondly, when you empty your lungs, you hold the breath outside. Both forms of kumbhaka are important and they are so powerful that they can completely rejuvenate the whole brain.

Prana vidya

In order to develop prana shakti, certain practices have been formulated in many parts of the world. In India, our ancestors developed the science of prana which we call prana vidya. This is a very ancient and effective science which is still practised in India today.Some people are born with excess prana, and they are able to transmit that prana out of the body to other people. Although you may not have sufficient prana to be able to do this, you can definitely awaken your own prana and conduct it to any part of the body that requires it. Wherever sickness occurs in the body, there is a deficiency of prana. If you can supply more prana to that part of the body, the process of healing becomes quicker.I will describe one practice of prana vidya which is not very difficult. While practising pranayama, visualize pingala nadi within the spinal cord. As you inhale, follow the structure of pingala and feel the prana traversing every chakra and finally merging in ajna chakra. In the same way, feel the prana descending within pingala nadi. The colour of pingala is red. So as you inhale and exhale, imagine breathing along a red path. At the end of each inhalation, practise kumbhaka at ajna chakra.In order to practise this ascending and descending of prana, you have to perfect ujjayi pranayama. Practise sending prana up and down the spinal cord through pingala nadi 40 times. Then start distributing prana from ajna chakra with exhalation. You can send it to any part of the body you choose. If there is a problem with your fingers or your feet or any other part of the body, start sending prana there from ajna chakra. Either with the help of the breath or with the help of your mind, try to push your prana to the affected part of the body. Before long, you will find that healing is taking place.

Uniting with the universal prana

Prana is not only the life force, it is also a very powerful healing force in the body that can even eradicate the most difficult physical problems. Moreover, the prana within us is a part of the universal prana. I am not talking about positive and negative ions now, I am speaking of a metaphysical substance. This is called universal prana and your prana is a part of that. If you can unite yourself with the universal prana, you can draw the required amount of prana whenever you need.In order to tune yourself to this universal prana, you must be able to reach a high state of meditation. When you control the breath, the mind is also controlled and the awareness becomes one-pointed. That one-pointed awareness is comprehended in the mid-eyebrow centre where the point is seen as a light. The light grows in intensity and becomes bigger and bigger until it completely envelops your consciousness. Then there is illumination all around you, and at this point you can connect yourself with the universal prana.It is very difficult for us to attune ourselves to the universal prana because our awareness is very limited. Most of us only know about deep breathing, and we think that by breathing deeply fifty to a hundred times, we will get more and more shakti. Of course we do, but we need a finer form of prana shakti which can be used for awakening the brain.Throughout your body there is a pranic field which is known as pranamaya kosha. You must know how to tune this pranamaya kosha with the universal prana. Your pranamaya kosha can be awakened by practising pranayama correctly, by fasting or eating properly, and by perfecting meditation on the mid-eyebrow centre. Then, when you are able to see that great enveloping light, you become the medium of the universal prana. Thereafter, you can distribute this prana to those who are in short supply.

AGAINST CULTIVATING A MORAL CHARACTER

WHY ARE YOU AGAINST CULTIVATING A MORAL CHARACTER??

OSHO:  FIRST TO CULTIVATE ANYTHING is to become pseudo. Cultivation means you will be creating something around yourself WHICH YOU ARE NOT. Cultivation means you will create a split, cultivation means you will create a facade. Cultivation means you will live in a camouflage: you will be one thing and you will pretend to be something else; you will do one thing and you will say another thing.

Cultivation means you will repress - that's why I am against cultivation. Cultivation does not create true morality; it creates only ugly puritans. It creates only the so-called righteous; it creates people who are pretenders. It creates the attitude of holier-than-thou, that's all. It gives a great ego satisfaction.

And it also creates a prison. When you cultivate something, you are imprisoned in it, because deep down you are just the contrary. For example, you are violent - you can cultivate non-violence. What will be the result? On the surface there will be a thin layer of non-violence, only on the surface; it will not even be skin-deep. Scratch any non- violent man just a little bit and you will find violence arising. Beware of non-violent people; they are the most dangerous people if you scratch them.

If you scratch a violent person he may not be so violent, because he does not carry a long long repressed violence in him; he does not accumulate. He explodes once in a while so there is no accumulation. But the non-violent person, the Gandhian, the so-called religious person, beware of him; he is a dangerous person. He is carrying great explosive forces in himself. Just a little scratch will prove to be a spark and he will explode; he can prove murderous, he can be very dangerous. And when you create non-violence around yourself and inside you are boiling with violence, you live in a prison.

Just look at your so-called moral people - they are living in a prison. And they all have to become diplomatic. They all have to have backdoors to their lives, otherwise they will go crazy. Cultivated morality arouses only two alternatives: one is to go mad - if the person is sincere he will go mad - the other alternative is that he will be a hypocrite. And naturally people choose to be hypocrites rather than going mad, and I cannot condemn them either. That is more intelligent.

That's why you see such hypocrites all over the place around the world. They are everywhere - pretenders. You know them. They live a totally different life behind the walls. They have two lives: their real life is underground. They are living in such inner conflict that they cannot be happy. And the person who is not happy will not allow anybody else to be happy either. These people are sad, they have long faces; they are tense, they live in constant conflict and anguish, and they would like everybody to live like that. Naturally, they will condemn all joy, they will condemn all laughter. They will condemn EVERYTHING that is playful, that is fun. They will reduce you to utter seriousness, and seriousness is illness, it is pathological.

Life is available only to those who are playful. Life is not for the serious; for the serious is the grave. Life is for those who are festive, who know how to celebrate.

I am against cultivating a moral character, because cultivating a moral character does not give you real morality. That's why I am against it. The real morality has not to be cultivated: it comes as a shadow of being more aware. It is a consequence of consciousness.

If your conscience is not a consequence of your consciousness, then your conscience is ugly, dangerous, poisonous. Then your conscience is nothing but the policeman that the society has implanted in you. Then your conscience is nothing but your parental voice, the priests shouting inside you, "Don't do this - do that!" You are not free, you are not a free man: you are controlled from within - a very subtle strategy to control humanity.

The real conscience does not come from the outside: it wells up within you; it is part of your consciousness. I don't say cultivate morality: I say become more conscious - and you will be moral. But that morality will have a totally different flavour to it. It will be spontaneous; it will not be ready-made. It will be moment-to-moment alive, flowing, changing. It will reflect all the colours of life. It will be appropriate to the moment; it will be responsible. You will respond to the situation with full awareness - not because Moses has said to do it, not because Jesus has said to follow it, but because your own God inside feels this is the way to respond. Then you are functioning from the very source of consciousness, and that is true morality. It has not to be cultivated. The cultivated means the false.

That's why I say the real man of character has no character. The real man of character is characterless. The real man of character cannot afford to have a character, because the character means that which you have learnt in the past; character means the past. And you have to respond to the present moment. Your character will come between you and the present. It will force you to behave according to the past pattern, and when you behave according to the past pattern you are never appropriate.

So your so-called moral people are never appropriate, they cannot be. They miss the moment. They function out of the past so they cannot relate to the present. And there is only one life, ONLY one life: to relate to the present.

The so-called moral people cannot go direct in anything; they always go roundabout. They always have to be cautious, because they have to keep their masks; they cannot drop their masks. And one lie leads into another ad infinitum, and slowly slowly a person becomes just a bundle of lies.

The true man of character is authentic, is whatsoever he is. He is utterly nude, naked; he is not hiding. I would like the new humanity to be of those who are brave. Long we have lived like cowards; long long, we have suffered like cowards. It is time now to come into the open, under the sun - to be sincere, to be authentic, to be whatsoever you are. There is NO need to hide, because every other human being is just like you. There are neither saints nor sinners but only human beings.

The whole dichotomy of the saints and the sinners is the by-product of the cultivated character. And you will be surprised that sinners are more innocent than your so-called saints. You will see in the eyes of sinners more the quality of childlikeness, more sincerity, more innocence, more truth, than you will ever find in the eyes of your so- called saints. Their eyes will be cunning - they have to be because cultivation brings cunningness.

I would like a totally different humanity in the world, where saints and sinners have disappeared, where there are only authentic people, open to the wind, open to the rain, open to the sun... open!

This will be hated by the society very much. This will be a great problem for the society, because the open person immediately makes you uneasy if you are closed, because the open person immediately hits at the very root of your being. The open person immediately makes you feel inferior, ugly, false. The open person immediately makes you feel unintelligent, stupid.

That's why Socrates is poisoned - an open person. Not a saint, but a man of tremendous awareness. A sage not a saint. Jesus is crucified - a sage not a saint - because he was not fulfilling the expectations of the society. He was moving with thieves - now saints don't move with thieves. He was moving with socially condemned people: gamblers, drunkards, prostitutes. He was at ease with humanity at large, with everybody. This was not tolerable. The rabbis, the saints of those days, the moralistic people, the puritans, could not tolerate it. He HAD to be crucified.

This has been happening down the ages. Now this has to be stopped! You have crucified enough. And now we have to explode in such a tidal wave on the earth that even if they crucify, they cannot find so many crosses. One Jesus can be crucified, one Socrates can be poisoned....

My effort is to create so many open people that it becomes almost impossible to crucify and to poison them. To give the quality of openness, simpleness, innocence, to SO many people - only then can the quality of this rotten society be changed, can it be made alive.

I am against the cultivated moral character because it is neither moral nor healthy. I am against character because character creates only an armour around you; it is a defence measure, it does not allow you to be open. And a person who is not open lives in a grave.

THE PAGAN ORIGIN OF EASTER

ORIGINS OF THE NAME "EASTER":

The name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE), a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De Ratione Temporum that Easter was named after Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe.

Similarly, the "Teutonic dawn goddess of fertility [was] known variously as Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur, Eastra, Eastur, Austron and Ausos."  Their names were derived from the ancient word for spring: "Eastre." Eostre's sacred animal was a rabbit, and a symbol of the rebirth of life in the springtime was the egg.

Similar Goddesses were known by other names in ancient cultures around the Mediterranean, and were celebrated in the springtime. Some were:

- Aphrodite, named Cytherea (Lady of Cythera) and Cypris (Lady of Cyprus) after the two places which claimed her birth.

- Astarte from ancient Greece

- Inanna from ancient Sumer

- Demeter from Mycenae

- Hathor from ancient Egypt

- Ashtoreth from ancient Israel

 -Ishtar from Assyria

- Kali, from India

- Eostre or Ostara  a Norse Goddess of fertility.

An alternative explanation has been suggested. The name given by the Frankish church to Jesus' resurrection festival included the Latin word "alba" which means "white." (This was a reference to the white robes that were worn during the festival.) "Alba" also has a second meaning: "sunrise." When the name of the festival was translated into German, the "sunrise" meaning was selected in error. This became "ostern" in German. Ostern has been proposed as the origin of the word "Easter".

There are two popular beliefs about the origin of the English word "Sunday."

- It is derived from the name of the Scandinavian sun Goddess Sunna (a.k.a. Sunne, Frau Sonne).

- It is derived from "Sol," the Roman God of the Sun." Their phrase "Dies Solis" means "day of the Sun." The Christian saint Jerome (d. 420 CE) commented:

"If it is called the day of the sun by the pagans, we willingly accept this name, for on this day the Light of the world arose, on this day the Sun of Justice shone forth."

PAGAN ORIGINS OF EASTER:

Many, perhaps most, Pagan religions in the Mediterranean area had a major seasonal day of religious celebration at or following the Spring Equinox. Cybele, the Phrygian fertility goddess, had a consort, Attis, who was believed to have been born via a virgin birth. Attis was believed to have died and been resurrected each year during the period MAR-22 to MAR-25.

Gerald L. Berry, author of "Religions of the World," wrote:

"About 200 B.C. mystery cults began to appear in Rome just as they had earlier in Greece. Most notable was the Cybele cult centered on Vatican hill ...Associated with the Cybele cult was that of her lover, Attis (the older Tammuz, Osiris, Dionysus, or Orpheus under a new name). He was a god of ever-reviving vegetation. Born of a virgin, he died and was reborn annually. The festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday and culminated after three days in a day of rejoicing over the resurrection."

Wherever Christian worship of Jesus and Pagan worship of Attis were active in the same geographical area in ancient times, Christians:

"... used to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus on the same date; and pagans and Christians used to quarrel bitterly about which of their gods was the true prototype, and which the imitation."

Many religious historians and liberal theologians believe that the death and resurrection legends were first associated with Attis, many centuries before the birth of Jesus. They were simply grafted onto stories of Jesus' life in order to make Christian theology more acceptable to Pagans. Others suggest that many of the events in Jesus' life that were recorded in the gospels were lifted from the life of Krishna, the second person of the Hindu Trinity, or were taken from the life of Horus, an Egyptian god. Ancient Christians had an alternative explanation; they claimed that Satan had created counterfeit deities in advance of the coming of Christ in order to confuse humanity. 4 Modern-day Christians generally regard the Attis and Horus legends as being a Pagan myths of little value with no connection to Jesus. They regard Jesus' death and resurrection account as being true, and unrelated to the earlier tradition.

The ancient Norse year was divided into two seasons: Summer and Winter. Summer began at the festival of Eostre (also know as Ostara), which is close to the Spring Equinox. Winter began at the festival of Winternights, which is close to the Autumn Equinox. Between these two festivals was the festival of Midsummer (known as Lithasblot) at the Summer Solstice, and the festival of Jul (or Yule), at the Winter Solstice. There are other minor festivals that are celebrated in between these four major ones, as listed below.

A point to make out is that many Norse festivals are known as a Blót. The word basically means 'worship' or 'sacrifice' and it was a sacrifice to the gods and the spirits of the land. The sacrifice often took the form of a sacramental meal or feast.

Ēostre or Ostara (Old English: Ēastre], Northumbrian dialect Ēastro, Mercian dialect and West Saxon dialect (Old English) Ēostre, Old High German: Ôstara is a Germanic goddess who, by way of the Germanic month bearing her name (Northumbrian: Ēosturmōnaþ, West Saxon: Ēastermōnaþ, Old High German: Ôstarmânoth, is the namesake of the festival of Easter in some languages. Ēostre is attested solely by Bede in his 8th-century work The Reckoning of Time, where Bede states that during Ēosturmōnaþ (the equivalent of April), pagan Anglo-Saxons had held feasts in Ēostre's honour, but that this tradition had died out by his time, replaced by the Christian Paschal month, a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.

Old English Ēostre continues into modern English as Easter and derives from Proto-Germanic Austrǭ, itself a descendant of the Proto-Indo-European root h₂ews-, meaning 'to shine' (modern English east also derives from this root).

The goddess name Ēostre is therefore linguistically cognate with numerous other dawn goddesses attested among Indo-European language-speaking peoples. These cognates lead to the reconstruction of a Proto-Indo-European dawn goddess; the Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture details that a Proto-Indo-European goddess of the dawn is supported both by the evidence of cognate names and the similarity of mythic representation of the dawn goddess among various Indo-European groups and that all of this evidence permits us to posit a Proto-Indo-European haéusōs “goddess of dawn” who was characterized as a "reluctant" bringer of light for which she is punished. In three of the Indo-European stocks, Baltic, Greek and Indo-Iranian, the existence of a Proto-Indo-European “goddess of the dawn” is given additional linguistic support in that she is designated the “daughter of heaven”.

DHARMA

Sri Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati used to Say that Eastern Psyche and the Western Psyche have different Growth Needs.This is known as Living according to Dharma. Also Paramahamsa Satyananda has Said, Western Philosophy originated from Greece while Eastern Philosophy originated in India.

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Dharma

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There is no equivalent in any other language to the Sanskrit word dharma. It has been variously translated as duty, righteousness, moral law, right samskaras, essential nature, pursuit of truth, etc. but ultimately it is transcendental; it cannot be understood by the intellect, the limited mind. Dharma is an experience which unfolds spontaneously from within as one begins to understand one's place in relation to the rest of creation and beyond.

The word "dharma" is derived from the Sanskrit dharana which means sustenance. The root is "dhri" meaning to sustain, uphold or nourish. It is a sublime concept, eternal and immutable, far beyond the reach of morality and social law. Dharma is the great cosmic power which holds everything together in perfect harmony. It is due to dharma that the planets follow their separate orbits without colliding, that the sun rises and sets, the moon waxes and wanes, the seas ebb and flow and the seasons follow one another in perfect order and rhythm. Imagine what would happen if the sun did not rise, the planets decided to follow a different course, winter came instead of summer or autumn in the place of spring? Humankind would be thrown into total chaos. Because of dharma or cosmic order, nature is uniform and well-regulated.

Dharma is the divine principle behind all things and all movement in the universal pattern; the universal code which gives everything its place and determines how every part of creation, from the largest planet to the smallest microbe, should function in harmony with each and every other part. All has been minutely worked out, pre-planned by the master planner.

Swami Niranjanananda says, “Dharma is letting the master sculptor shape our lives in the way he has envisaged.” Even the smallest bacteria, the most insignificant blade of grass, has its dharma. There is a unity behind all of existence and we are all only tiny cogs in the great dharmic wheel, mere waves on the vast ocean. The falling of each leaf, the blooming of every flower, has already happened on another dimension.

The basic principle of dharma is the unfoldment, the evolution of all the parts within the whole universe; it is the realization of the human spirit which lies within; the dwelling place of the Supreme, the atman, the soul;

Everything is joined by invisible threads, each of which runs through the centre of our being because everything is totally interconnected. Everything has its part in the whole. Without the part how could there be the whole? Dharma is the essence of a thing which makes it what it is. Fire burns, wind blows, water flows, birds fly, the rose unfolds the perfume of its petals, that is its nature, its essential being, its dharma – and that is the mystery of life. The sun pours down its light and heat, the tree offers fruit and flowers; nature is always giving, never asking anything in return.

Dharma takes its birth from satya, that which brings about the good of all living beings, despite class or creed, regardless of the stage of evolution one may have attained. According to dharma, truth is our essential nature. According to dharma, we recognize the right of all beings to live and to grow in accordance with their individual dharma or swadharma, and in relation to the master plan, the great universal Dharma.
As Swami Niranjan says, “The feeling that we are superior to others is tamasic; the desire to dominate others is rajasic, but the understanding that I have my place and you have yours in the scheme of things is sattwic.”

Dharma is that by which we have harmony with God or the universal principle or Nature.
To quote Swami Niranjan, “The constant effort to channel divine energy into our lives is the process of dharma, for real dharma is linked with God and not with human beings. It is the law of inner growth which unfolds like the rose flower as we evolve in spirit. As we progress in our inner life we come to a deeper understanding of it and of our own dharma in relation to it.” Dharma is that which supports one against all odds.

Manu the great lawgiver said, “Dharma destroys he who violates it and protects he who adheres to it.” It has been called not only the seed of life but the fruit also.

To go against the dictates of nature is to suffer a setback, and if we study nature around us we can understand how to be in tune with the natural order. When the sun rises the birds burst into song, forage for food etc. And after sunset they do not eat, but retire to their nests for the night. All their movements are in harmony with the natural cycle. The ants know when to move their eggs, and all animals know instinctively how to play their destined part. Nature supports all life and flows with spontaneity and joy. That is why the great spiritual traditions use symbols of nature for imbibing and teaching spirituality – the flowing river, the rose, the lotus, the swan, the tree of life, and so on.

Nature can be our greatest teacher. One who is ready to learn can learn everything from Her.

Paramahamsa Satyananda has said, “So long as you do not realize your real swaroopa, or form, you will not experience the supreme bliss which is your personal property. This is your first and foremost duty or dharma.” He is referring here to swadharma, or the dharma of the individual according to his or her nature, birth, karma etc.

Dharma, on a worldly dimension, evolved as a way of life and a code of conduct by which every human being understands his position in the whole and behaves with love, respect and a sense of responsibility towards each and every other living being. To follow one's own dharma is to unfold the divine within oneself. Not to follow one's own dharma is to be out of tune with existence. 

The right performance of duty, or right action, in any station of life, provided it is done without attachment, will bring realization, according to the Bhagavad Gita. And duty has to be performed not only in relation to family and friends, but also to society, morality, spirit and the cosmos.

Swadharma is the very law of our being. It is not something imposed by society or decided by Gods but results from our past actions in previous lives. Our lives are ruled by a moral law. The law of cause and effect is the law of the natural world. The law of karma, the law of rebirth is how the moral order of the universe is worked out in any individual's life until he reaches the state of perfection.

We cannot say what is absolutely good or bad for all people at all times. Everyone's dharma is unique, as the fingerprints are unique, but we can say that a person's dharma is that which helps him/her towards realization. And no one should try to imitate the dharma of another.
For example, the dharma of a soldier is to kill, the dharma of a saint or holy man is to lay down his life for others as was the case with Socrates.

Yuga dharma is the value that unites each individual to form the integral organization which is society. The necessity of having a dharmic base to society is to make as many people as possible fit to survive and grow spiritually, rather than today's concept of the survival of the fittest for the purpose of sensory enjoyment. This is the animal level on which we function today. Dharma means cooperation, not competition. The poor and the weak have as much value as the rich and strong. Greed, over-possession, cheating others for personal gain are unethical because they are completely antisocial, absolutely against dharma – adharmic.

We have to go through society in order to transcend it. We have to move from the ever-changing, temporal, social values to the absolute, eternal, spiritual ones. External social life should still have its roots in dharma. Our duties and responsibilities to others in the social context must be regulated in the social context.
Swami Niranjan has said, “Dharma means duty and obligation to family, society and the environment in relation to the entire evolutionary process. It is beyond all the religions and philosophies of the world.”

As a final comment on dharma, Swami Sivananda says, “Dharma is that which leads you to the path of perfection and glory. It brings as its consequence happiness both in this world and in the next. Dharma is that which helps you to have direct communion with the Lord. If you transgress it will kill you. If you protect it, it will protect you. It is your sole companion after death and the sole refuge of humanity.”

Guru & Initiation

“Guru is the person who has traveled the path through which we are traveling. Guru has experienced the attractions and repulsions of avidya, ignorance, and andhakar, darkness; he has come through as a winner and has established himself in light.
Guru is a person who was an ordinary person like each one of us but who fought against his ignorance, the darkness of his mind, senses, desires, needs, hate, jealousy, anger, frustration, love, compulsion, freedom, everything. He maintained sanity and balance and established himself in light due to four things: the conviction which was personal, the sadhana which he was taught, the guidance and instruction of the Guru which was given and the grace of God which was inherent.
Guru, therefore, is somebody who has faced ignorance and darkness, and come out of that stage.” 
~ Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati

Initiation

Initiation is like opening the doors of another reality, another room in the house. We live in a house with many rooms and many of the rooms are still locked. The chakras are the locks. What has been defined in religious terminology as removing the veil and in yogic terminology as awakening the chakras indicates that there are still many unopened rooms. There are different forms of initiation to open different doors. One door opens when you are initiated into mantra, another when you are initiated into sannyasa and another with shaktipat.

Mantra diksha, initiation into mantra, is the first and simplest initiation. Any mantra exerts a very powerful control on ajna chakra. Ajna chakra is the chakra of sensitivity, the chakra which has to become active before mooladhara chakra can be awakened. That is the theory of kundalini yoga. So the first initiation, mantra, opens a door. Apart from all the other effects, this is one of the functions.

In the tantras, emphasis has been given to the use of mantras for inner transformation, whereas the Vedas emphasize the use of mantras to propitiate nature and the elements. So vedic mantras and tantric mantras are different. In yoga we deal with tantric mantras for inner purification and inner transformation. Once you become a master of that, then other things can follow.

The spiritual name is an aim to follow and attain in life. It should work like a carrot dangling in front of a donkey. As long as the carrot is in sight, the donkey keeps walking towards it. You should all become like the donkey and follow the carrot. The only difference is that the carrot will not be illusive. By walking a few steps towards it, you will have the carrot in your mouth. The name provides the focus and aim to attain. A name has a relationship with an aspect of your nature and spirit which can be felt intuitively by a few people who are aware of it. That name represents the need, the aspiration of the human spirit in this life to become that, to attain that.

Being Sanskrit, the name also evokes a particular vibrational response because Sanskrit is a combination of sounds which creates a frequency change in the vibratory aspect of our personality. When we say the name in Sanskrit using a combination of sounds which has the power to harmonize, alter and change the pattern of our vibratory waves, spandan, then that quality of spirit is now lived. It doesn't only remain an aim to attain, but we become that. Of course, this has to be taken as sadhana and not for granted. If a plate of food is placed in front of you, you can eat it and satisfy yourself. If you choose to ignore it and just wear the name like a label, or use the mantra as an aid to deepen meditation, that is fine too but the potentials are much greater.

Sannyasa diksha opens another door, another chakra. Karma sannyasa diksha and the conviction to live like a karma sannyasin, not just being initiated but actually wilfully living like that, opens another door. It is creating harmony between the various dimensions of your expression and experience. By sensitizing the mind you are able to perceive and become aware of many other situations, events and happenings which previously you would have chosen to ignore. Initiation definitely cannot be escapism, rather it is becoming aware of areas which you ignored in the past and which created some psychological, emotional, intellectual, psychic or spiritual obstruction in your personality.

The third form of initiation after sannyasa is shaktipat. In this also there is the vedic way and the tantric way. There are different types of shaktipat: drig diksha, initiation through sight, sparsha diksha, initiation through touch, kurma diksha, initiation by thought, swapna diksha, initiation by dream. Only the guru can decide which type the disciple qualifies for. If there is aspiration for spiritual upliftment, then the choice has to be the guru's.

Sri Paramahamsa Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati
(Ganga Darshan, October 10, 2000)

Τι Είναι Η Κανναβιδιόλη (CBD)

Το φυτό της κάνναβης περιέχει 2 βασικά συστατικά, στα οποία αποδίδει τα οφέλη της. Την τετραϋδροκανναβινόλη (THC) και την κανναβιδιόλη (CBD). Η πρώτη είναι η πιο γνωστή ουσία και είναι αυτή που ευθύνεται για την ευφορία και την αίσθηση χαλάρωσης. Η δεύτερη, λιγότερο γνωστή, είναι το CBD και αποτελεί μια ιδιαίτερα ευεργετική ουσία για τον οργανισμό μας.

Τι γνωρίζεις πραγματικά για την κάνναβη;

Στην ουσία έχεις μόνο στο μυαλό σου την φήμη της. Αυτό που δεν ξέρεις είναι πως η κάνναβη χρησιμοποιείται σαν φαρμακευτικό φυτό, εδώ και αιώνες. Αυτός που ανακάλυψε τα βασικά συστατικά της κάνναβης ονομάζεται Raphael Mechoulam και ονομάζονται:
Kανναβιδιόλη (CBD) και Tετραϋδροκανναβινόλη (THC). Αυτά είναι μόνο 2 από τα 100 συστατικά της κάνναβης και ονομάζονται φυτοκανναβινοειδή.

Λίγα λόγια για την τετραϋδροκανναβινόλη (THC)

Μπορεί να μην ξέρεις την ειδική ονομασία, αλλά σίγουρα έχεις ακούσει για την επίδρασή της. Το THC είναι το συστατικό της κάνναβης που επηρεάζει την διάθεση και είναι γνωστό για την έντονη ψυχοδραστική επενέργεια του στον ανθρώπινο οργανισμό. Είναι αυτό που ουσιαστικά σου προκαλεί την αίσθηση έντονης χαλάρωσης.

Παρά την φήμη της όμως και την προκατάληψη που υπάρχει, η ουσία της τετραϋδροκανναβινόλης έχει και ιατρική αξία, καθώς μπορεί να δράσει πάνω στα καρκινικά κύτταρα και αυτό της δίνει αντικαρκινικές ιδιότητες. Σύμφωνα με επιστημονική έρευνα που έγινε πάνω σε πειραματόζωα, το THC μπορεί να μειώσει την ανάπτυξη των καρκινικών όγκων.

Λίγα λόγια για την κανναβιδιόλη ( CBD)

Το CBD από την άλλη, είναι το ακριβώς αντίθετο. Η κανναβιδιόλη αποτελεί αποδεδειγμένα το πιο θεραπευτικό συστατικό του φυτού και δεν υπάρχει καμία τεκμηριωμένη έρευνα που να αποδεικνύει το αντίθετο. Για την ακρίβεια, υπάρχουν εκατοντάδες επιστημονικές μελέτες, όσο και ανθρώπινες μαρτυρίες ατόμων με σοβαρές ασθένειες και παθήσεις, που καταδεικνύουν το πόσο ευεργετικό είναι το CBD για εμάς.

Το ανθρώπινο σώμα παράγει τα δικά του κανναβινοειδή και ονομάζονται ενδοκανναβινοειδή.

Το ενδοκανναβινοειδές σύστημα με απλά λόγια.

Το ανθρώπινο σώμα παράγει από μόνο του φυσικές ουσίες, που είναι κανναβινοειδή. Η πρώτη από αυτές ανακαλύφθηκε το 1992 και ονομάζεται Ανανδαμίδη. Δεν είναι όμως η μόνη. Υπάρχει και η 2 AG. Αυτές οι δύο αποτελούν τα κύρια ενδοκανναβινοειδή που παράγει ο οργανισμός και αποτελούν ένα μικρό μέρος ενός ολόκληρου συστήματος που υπάρχει μέσα μας και ονομάζεται ενδοκανναβινοειδές σύστημα. Με απλά λόγια, είναι ένα σύστημα επικοινωνίας των κυττάρων στον ίδιο μας τον οργανισμό.

Το ενδοκανναβινοειδές σύστημα είναι υπεύθυνο για την διατήρηση της εσωτερικής ισορροπίας. Αυτή η λειτουργία ονομάζεται ομοιόσταση.

Τι είναι το ενδοκανναβινοειδές σύστημα

Η σημασία της κανναβιδιόλης

Αυτό που κάνει τόσο ξεχωριστή και ευεργετική την κανναβιδιόλη, είναι πως έχει την απίστευτη ικανότητα να αλληλεπιδρά με υποδοχείς που υπάρχουν στα κύτταρα του σώματός μας. Η κανναβιδιόλη ενεργοποιεί τη λειτουργία αυτών των υποδοχέων μέσα μας και λειτουργεί σαν αγγελιοφόρος για τα ενδοκανναβινοειδή, προστατεύοντας τα από απειλές και συμβάλλοντας στην βέλτιστη λειτουργία τους, με αποτέλεσμα την εύρυθμη λειτουργία του οργανισμού μας.

Καταλαβαίνεις λοιπόν, πως η συμβολή της κανναβιδιόλης στο ανθρώπινο σώμα είναι ζωτικής σημασίας και ο στενός δεσμός της με αυτό, την κάνει ικανή να ρυθμίζει διαδικασίες όπως :

• Ο έλεγχος της θερμοκρασίας
• Το ph
• Ο κινητικός συντονισμός
• Η νευροπροστασία
• Ο έλεγχος του πόνου
• Η όρεξη

Κανναβιδιόλη και ισορροπία του οργανισμού

Τα κανναβινοειδή, έχουν αποδειχθεί μέσα από εκατοντάδες έρευνες, πως έχουν θεραπευτικές ιδιότητες που ξεκινούν από τον πυρήνα του οργανισμού. Εδώ είναι που έρχεται η σύνδεση της κανναβιδιόλης με αυτό που αποκαλούμε ‘ομοιόσταση’.

Η ομοιόσταση είναι ουσιαστικά η διατήρηση της ισορροπίας μεταξύ των βιολογικών λειτουργιών, χωρίς να επηρεάζονται από εξωτερικούς παράγοντες.

Είναι τόσο σημαντική η συμβολή της κανναβιδιόλης, ώστε έχει αποδειχθεί πως παρέχει θεραπευτικές ιδιότητες στην θεραπεία του χρόνιου πόνου, του καρκίνου, ακόμα και του ιού HIV.

Παρακάτω αναφέρεται ένα μικρό μέρος των ασθενειών, όπου έχει φαρμακολογική δράση η κανναβιδιόλη :

• Για τις διάφορες παρενέργειες της χημειοθεραπείας, όπως είναι η ναυτία και οι εμετοί
• Για την σκλήρυνση κατά πλάκας
• Στην επιληψία
• Έχει εφαρμογή και στην κατάθλιψη και το άγχος
• Στην ανορεξία
• Για το γλαύκωμα
• Στο άσθμα
• Στους σπασμούς
• Χρησιμοποιείται επίσης για την αντιμετώπιση άλγους (πόνου) διαφόρων μορφών
• Καθώς και για την εξάρτηση από οπιούχα και το αλκοόλ
• Για τους ρευματισμούς
• Τονωτικό οστών
• Ανοσοκατασταλτικό
• Αντιφλεγμονώδες.
• Αντί – εκκριτικό εντέρου.
• Αντιψωριακό.
• Αντιδιαβητικό.
• Αντιβακτηριακό.
• Αντιισχαιμικό.
• Αγγειοχαλαρωτικό.
• Νευροπροστατευτικό.
• Αντιψυχωσικό.
• Για την αϋπνία
• Για την απώλεια μνήμης.

Οι τεράστιες δυνατότητες της κανναβιδιόλης στην σύγχρονη ιατρική.

Όπως θα έχεις ήδη κατανοήσει, η χρήση της κανναβιδιόλης, είναι πραγματικά μια συγκλονιστική ανακάλυψη στον τομέα της ιατρικής και της υγείας. Είναι η πλέον ελπιδοφόρα μέθοδος, για να αντιμετωπιστούν μια πληθώρα ασθενειών, ενώ ταυτόχρονα αποτελεί μια απόλυτα φυσική και μη τοξική ουσία, χωρίς παρενέργειες.

Έχουν πραγματοποιηθεί εκατοντάδες έρευνες, όπου έχει διαπιστωθεί ένα μεγάλο εύρος ασθενειών, που μπορεί να αντιμετωπιστεί με την θεραπευτική ιδιότητα της κανναβιδιόλης.

Παρακάτω θα δούμε τα οφέλη της κανναβιδιόλης σε ένα ευρύ φάσμα παθήσεων:

Άγχος και στρες – Η πάθηση του άγχους μπορεί να πάρει διάφορες μορφές, φτάνοντας μέχρι και σε ακραία σημεία, όπως είναι η αγοραφοβία και το μετά-τραυματικό στρες. Η ανακούφιση από τα συμπτώματα άγχους είναι η πιο γνωστή επίδραση που έχει η κανναβιδιόλη στον οργανισμό.

Υπάρχουν πολλές μελέτες που αποδεικνύουν την συμβολή της κανναβιδιόλης στη μείωση του άγχους. Μάλιστα μια έρευνα που έγινε το 2015, έδειξε πως η κανναβιδιόλη μπορεί να αποτελέσει αποτελεσματική θεραπεία για μορφές άγχους όπως οι κρίσεις πανικού, η ιδεοψυχαναγκαστική διαταραχή (OCD) και το μετά-τραυματικό στρες.

Κατάθλιψη – Η κατάθλιψη είναι από τις πιο διαδεδομένες παθήσεις στις μέρες μας και μπορεί να οδηγήσει σε απομόνωση, συναισθηματικές μεταπτώσεις και απότομη αλλαγή της συμπεριφοράς. Μια μελέτη το 2016 έδειξε πως η κανναβιδιόλη μπορεί συγκεκριμένα να μειώσει την πάθηση της ανηδονίας, όπου ο ασθενής δεν μπορεί να νιώσει χαρά και ευχαρίστηση.

Ναυτία – Το δυσάρεστο αίσθημα της ναυτίας μπορεί να προκαλείται είτε από βακτήρια και ιούς στο σώμα, ή ακόμα και σαν παρενέργεια από την χημειοθεραπεία. Η κάνναβη χρησιμοποιείται ως αποτελεσματική αντιμετώπιση της ναυτίας εδώ και αιώνες και η κανναβιδιόλη μπορεί να βοηθήσει φυσικά τον οργανισμό με τα συμπτώματα ζαλάδας και εμετού.

Επιληψία – Η συμβολή της κανναβιδιόλης στην αντιμετώπιση των επιληπτικών κρίσεων είναι μεγάλη, καθώς έχει ερευνηθεί για μεγάλο διάστημα και έχει βοηθήσει ακόμα και μικρά παιδιά που πάσχουν από κρίσεις επιληψίας και ειδικά από το σύνδρομο Ντραβέ. Το σύνδρομο Ντραβέ είναι ένα από τα πιο κακοήθη στην παιδική ηλικία, καθώς εμφανίζεται εξαιρετικά νωρίς στη ζωή του παιδιού (μικρότερα από 1 έτους) και δεν έχει καταφέρει να εντοπιστεί η αιτία. Το 2013 διεξήχθη μία έρευνα σε παιδιά με επιληψία και το αποτέλεσμα ήταν εντυπωσιακό. Το 84% των παιδιών που συμμετείχαν στην έρευνα είχαν μειώσει κατά πολύ την συχνότητα των κρίσεων με τη χορήγηση κανναβιδιόλης.

Διαβήτης – Ο διαβήτης είναι μια χρόνια πάθηση που μπορεί να προκαλέσει σοβαρά προβλήματα με τον καιρό, στην καρδιά, στον εγκέφαλο και στα νεφρά. Ο διαβήτης επίσης συνδέεται άμεσα με φλεγμονές που προκαλούνται και επιδεινώνουν την ασθένεια. Σε έρευνες που έγιναν, φάνηκε πως η κανναβιδιόλη μπορεί να προστατεύσει τον οργανισμό από τον διαβήτη, τονώνοντας το ανοσοποιητικό σύστημα και μειώνοντας τις περιοχές που έχουν φλεγμονή.

Σχιζοφρένεια – Σε έρευνες που έγιναν σε ανθρώπους με συμπτώματα σχιζοφρένειας, αποδείχθηκε πως η κανναβιδιόλη μπορεί να αντιμετωπίσει την ασθένεια αυτή και πολλές άλλες ψυχωτικές μορφές. Σε μια έρευνα που πραγματοποιήθηκε το 2013, φάνηκε πως η κανναβιδιόλη συμβάλλει στην αντιμετώπιση παραισθήσεων, αλλά και στην αντιμετώπιση συμπτωμάτων προβληματικής συμπεριφοράς.

Νόσος του Αλτσχάιμερ – Σε έρευνες που πραγματοποιήθηκαν, διαπιστώθηκε η ικανότητα που έχει η κανναβιδιόλη να προάγει την ανάπτυξη υγιών κυττάρων, τα οποία είχαν χαθεί σε ανθρώπους με τη νόσο του Αλτσχάιμερ. Διαπιστώθηκε επίσης η ιδιότητα της κανναβιδιόλης να προλαμβάνει συμπτώματα της νόσου και να εμποδίζει την εξέλιξή της.

Νόσος του Πάρκινσον – Έχει αποδειχθεί επιστημονικά πως η κανναβιδιόλη μπορεί να αντιμετωπίσει ένα μέρος των συμπτωμάτων και των παρενεργειών της νόσου του Πάρκινσον. Σε έρευνα που έγινε το 2014, αποδείχθηκε πως η κανναβιδιόλη μπορεί να ανακουφίσει από τα συμπτώματα της νόσου κατά την διάρκεια του ύπνου.

Καρκίνος – Η κάνναβη χρησιμοποιείται πολύ διαδεδομένα στην αντιμετώπιση των συμπτωμάτων του καρκίνου και συγκεκριμένα στην μείωση της ναυτίας και του εμετού από τις χημειοθεραπείες. Σε πρόσφατες έρευνες έχει διατυπωθεί η ριζοσπαστική άποψη, πως η κανναβιδιόλη μπορεί να αποτρέψει την εξάπλωση των καρκινικών κυττάρων στο σώμα. Το 2012 μια έρευνα έδειξε πως η κανναβιδιόλη καθυστερεί την ανάπτυξη των καρκινικών όγκων, καθώς καθυστερεί την δημιουργία νέων αγγείων σε αυτούς.

Καρδιαγγειακά νοσήματα – Σε μια έρευνα που έγινε το 2010, φάνηκε πως η κανναβιδιόλη ουσιαστικά προστάτευε τα καρδιακά αγγεία, όταν η ροή του αίματος στην καρδιά είχε μπλοκάρει, όπως συμβαίνει στην ανακοπή. Οι ερευνητές παρατήρησαν πως η κανναβιδιόλη είχε σταματήσει την καρδιακή αρρυθμία και μείωνε την βλάβη που είχε συμβεί από την έλλειψη οξυγόνου.

Αρθρίτιδα – Έρευνες έχουν δείξει, πως τα τοπικά επιδερμικά προϊόντα με βάση την κανναβιδιόλη, μπορούν να βελτιώσουν τα συμπτώματα του πόνου της αρθρίτιδας. Τα προϊόντα αυτά εφαρμόζονται τοπικά στις περιοχές όπου υπάρχει πρόβλημα και απορροφώνται από το δέρμα απευθείας στο σημείο με τον πόνο ή την φλεγμονή.

Νόσος του ήπατος – Στην ασθένεια του ήπατος οι τοξίνες παραμένουν στο αίμα και αυτό μετά μπορεί να φέρει επιπλέον βλάβη σε άλλα όργανα, όπως είναι ο εγκέφαλος. Σύμφωνα με έρευνες που έγιναν το 2011 και μια πρόσφατη, το 2017, η κανναβιδιόλη μπορεί να μειώσει το ποσοστό βλάβης στο νευρικό σύστημα που προκαλείται από την νεφρική ανεπάρκεια. Παρατηρήθηκε ακόμα πως αποκαταστάθηκε σε μεγάλο μέρος η λειτουργία του ήπατος και σταθεροποιήθηκε η εγκεφαλική λειτουργία. Βρέθηκε ακόμα, πως η κανναβιδιόλη μπορεί να εμποδίσει την εξάπλωση της ηπατίτιδας C αποτελεσματικά μέχρι και 86,4%

Σκλήρυνση κατά πλάκας – Το 2016 διεξήχθη έρευνα σε άτομα με μέτρια προς βαριά σκλήρυνση κατά πλάκας και βρέθηκε πως υπήρχαν μειωμένα συμπτώματα σπαστικότητας, ακόμα και σε περιπτώσεις που τα συμπτώματα δεν υποχωρούσαν με άλλα φάρμακα.

Εξάρτηση από την νικοτίνη – Σε μια έρευνα που έγινε το 2013, 24 καπνιστές που συμμετείχαν, τους δόθηκε ένας ατμοποιητής κανναβιδιόλης για να χρησιμοποιηθεί σαν υποκατάστατο του τσιγάρου, όποτε ένιωθαν πως ήθελαν να καπνίσουν. Μέσα σε μία βδομάδα χρήσης της εισπνεόμενης κανναβιδιόλης η εξάρτησή τους από την νικοτίνη σημείωσε μείωση 40%.

Κρανιοεγκεφαλικές κακώσεις – Πρόσφατες έρευνες δείχνουν πως η κανναβιδιόλη διαθέτει ένα είδος φυσικής νευρο-προστασίας στον εγκέφαλο και προστατεύει τα νεύρα σε περιπτώσεις κάκωσης και μάλιστα μειώνει τον ουλώδη ιστό και τον σχηματισμό του.

Είναι φανερό από όλα τα παραπάνω παραδείγματα, πως η χρήση της κανναβιδιόλης στη σύγχρονη ιατρική είναι πολύτιμη και μπορεί να συμβάλλει στην αντιμετώπιση, μέχρι και ολοκληρωτική θεραπεία, μιας πολύ μεγάλης σειράς από ασθένειες.

Οι τεράστιες δυνατότητες που έχει, πάνε πολύ πιο μακριά από το στίγμα που έχει η χρήση της κάνναβης.

Και υπάρχουν σίγουρα πολλά ακόμα να ανακαλυφθούν για αυτήν.