Tiredness has become an epidemic. Most people feel exhausted every few hours. And thus the billion-dollar industry of stimulants runs to give us the fuel we feel deprived of. Be it tea, coffee, Red-bull, sports drinks, etc etc, they all are required not for taste or health, but to keep us charged.
Just think about the fact that tea or coffee is hardly a century or two old for most parts of the world. Humans had a much tougher life before that and yet never felt need of these stimulants. Please understand that these addictions are merely marketing gimmicks. The commercial mafia thrives and grows only if we are dumb, sick and addicted to them. The marketing frauds will want us to believe in all the rubbish that they produce and would use every moment of our attention to hoodwink us – TV, Newspaper, ads, billboards, music, radio etc etc.
However, here are some excellent tips for you to stay charged throughout the day without taking recourse to these stimulants which only make to addicted and race you faster to old age. They include both do’s and don’ts. Try them at least for 2 weeks and see the change. Use whatever tips you feel is feasible for you right now and share your feedback with us all.
If you find these effective, share the good word around and help others get rid of marketing trap as well.
Some of these tips may sound too simple or insignificant But proof of taste is in its eating. Test out yourself.
Water
- Drink lots and lots of plain water (unless you have a medical condition that prohibits you from it). Make sure water is not chilled and near body temperature. Drink at least 2 liters of water in the day. Avoid water for an hour before and after meals.
- Do not drink water during meals. If you feel dry in throat, you can sip in not more than a quarter glass of water in total.
- Drink one liter of water the first thing in morning. This is separate from the 2 liters you should drink during the day. Drink it before doing for toilet. Resist the urge till you are done with a liter of water.For better results, you can make water slightly lukewarm. Add a pinch of lemon or honey if it suits you.
- Do not drink lots of water in the last hour of your going to bed.
TV
- Just stop watching the idiot box. Its not only idiot but dangerous as well. The less TV you watch more energetic and smarter you would feel. Optimize accordingly.
- Make a rule not to watch TV for at least 2 hours before sleep and 4 hour after waking up. This is worst-case scenario. More you watch TV nearer to your time to bed, closer you approach your agedness. Go to sleep while watching TV only if you hate yourself!
- Even if you have to watch TV, avoid shifting channels. The flicker dumbs mind and increases tiredness.
- Ensure you take frequent breaks from gazing the screen. Do not be glued to the screen.
Sleep
- Take sufficient sleep
- Do not change sleep timings frequently.
- Do not sleep under high-speed fan. Lower the fan speed
- Avoid sleeping in chilled environment. Fresh air is best. But in case you need to sleep in air-conditioner, set the temperature not below 27-28 degree Celsius.
- Meditate for 10 minutes before sleep. First sit in lotus position and take few deep breaths. Then give yourself positive vibes. Make positive resolutions. Thank God and meditate for a while. We shall discuss the art of meditation in a subsequent post. Then go to sleep.
- Do not sleep straight on back or stomach. Always sleep on one side.
- Do not fold your legs tightly while sleeping. Keep body relaxed and straight.
- Avoid sleeping in the daytime. If you are drowsy or tired, a 20-minute nap after an hour of lunch is sufficient.
- Make a habit of thanking God for another opportunity to make good efforts, the first thing when you wake up.
Food
- Say no to spicy, oily, rotten, dirty food.
- Avoid meat and egg. They are not food for those who seek bliss in life.
- Do not drink cold drinks, packaged drinks, packaged food, bakery products, chocolates and any artificial food, unless its for prevention of death.
- Eat non-spicy, simple, natural nutritious food.
- Make habit of taking few grams of trifala powder daily once with water, either in night or morning
- Eat sprouts every morning in breakfast
- Try sucking a piece of ‘Baal Harad’ (Small Harad) after food. It is a great digestive and reverses ageing process
- Say no to tea, coffee, tobacco, alcohol, narcotics etc. Your body simply does not need it. In few days, you will realize how much more energetic you actually deserve to be, when you replace these unnecessary stuff with tips listed here and in subsequent postings.
Food is a deep subject. Would write more on it in subsequent posts.
Miscellaneous
- There is no parallel to Brahmacharya. Put simply, it means avoiding even the thought of lust or sex in any form –subtle or coarse. For the western society, it may seem that this would rob away all happiness from life.The truth is completely opposite. Only when you stop feeding yourself with junk, can nectar be served to you. The mere practice of trying to control the mind from various attacks of sensuality is an energizing process. There is a saying that its easy to show valour in one-off war. But one who controls his senses for 24 hours, 365 days relentlessly is the true warrior.
Practice Brahmacharya and get following benefits:
- inexhaustible source of energy
- warrior like attitude
- long disease free life
- sense of purpose and direction
- ultimate happiness and bliss
Each of these claims can be tested within merely a month of disciplined practice in this direction. The marketing fraudsters may try to tell you that sex and wine is good. They are not wrong. Its good for them if you are dumb and diseased!
- Keep your spine straight throughout. A stooping posture makes you lose energy
- Do exercise regularly. There are various forms of exercise, and you can choose, mix and match most. We will discuss it in further details in subsequent articles.
- Avoid use of mobile phones, earphones and ipods to extent possible. They are worst drainers of energy these days.
- Avoid listening to noisy music. Spend time listening to music within. More on this later.
- Dream big, plan big and put big efforts. Seek knowledge of life, its purpose, mission, desperately. Nothing is more energizing.
- Smile a lot
- Understand that death is not the end. It’s the beginning. This life is an opportunity to prepare for that beginning.
Do provide feedback after you test these out. Will keep writing more on these aspects in subsequent posts.
Enjoy inexhaustible source of energy every moment of life!
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Dear Agniveer Ji
Namaste
Thanks for the valuable information.
One Q– Western Science/Modern Medical Science says that sex is best pain reliver and good for health.
Brahamcharya has no meaning for them. Then how we should explain the importance of Brahamcharya to our childrens?
Please advise your valuable comments.
Regards,
Naveen Arora
Namaste.
This topic requires separate detailed attention. Am planning to cover it next. Must in brief, both are correct. It depends upon state of mind. Consider a situation where a dead rat is rotting in your bedroom and you just cannot stay for a moment due to bad smell. Perhaps having severe cold may be relieving from the smell, if you insist to stay with the rotten rat in the closed room. This is the Western Science approach. Vedic approach is as follows – Open the room and get the rat out.
Now purposeless instincts are the rotting rat, and mind is the bedroom.
So far one dwells in lustful thoughts, western approach is correct. If one watches pornography throughout, enjoys related activities and then avoids sex, he or she may turn mad out of the stench of rotten rats that he or she has collected.
Vedic approach will be to refuse to collect rotten rats and be Brahmachari. That brings to fore those powers of life which are normally hidden from normal people. I shall cover this issue in detail subsequently. Dhanyavad
Thanks.
Please provide some information on sinus too. I have severe sinus infection with continuous flow of cough.
Regards,
Naveen
Dear Naveen Ji ,
For your sinus i would advice u to do sudarshan kriya. this is taught in art of living courses. Though Agniveer Ji himself is not very impressed with the ideologies of the Art Of Living . But here as far as health part is concerned Sudarshan Kriya would definitely help. Though the ultimate goal of both, Art Of Living and Arya Samaj is same – To make a divine society which essentially means vedic society.
Dear Agniveer Ji I am very much thankful to u for such a valuable information..U are doing a great job. God bless you. Keep it up…
regards
Dear Agniveer Ji I am very much thankful to u for such a valuable information..U are doing a great job. God bless you. Keep it up…
regards…
hai agniveer ji
i am geettiing frequent tiredness.
i will change my routine as you have advised and give you feedback about results.
dr vivek
I hear that A LOT of people are getting tiredness and also anxiety……. What is going on. Ten years ago == this was not so. Why now ?
Dhanyavaad Agniveer Ji
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Namaskar AgniveerJi ,
I am confused Bramhacharya concept. Plz tell me that what actually bramhacharya means ? does it means not to do Sex or related activities totally ?? as many of us thought . (If it means so then if all started following bramhacharya then there will not be next generation, also why there are different old books , yoga activities , etc. which are related to sex. ?? There are lot of Hindu kings , Warriors were married . )
Or does the Bramhacharya means to do sex related activities in controlled manner ??
Or anything else ??
Please remove my this confusion .
Also i want to ask you that check out the effects of reciting AUM and include this in the topic . (I am doing this every morning and getting very good results.)
Also check out for PRANAYAAM .
Please also post more for students , for handling tension , for staying focused , maintaining coolness in exam hall , etc..
You are doing very good work , we all are very thankful to you.
Dhanyavaad..
@Harshavardhan Shinde
I think when one do sex only and only for wish of child not for wish of enjoyment. Even then one will be considered Brahmchari.
@Harshavardhan Shinde
And one who though or do sex for enjoyment is called lustful not Brahmchari.
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Namaste Agniveer ji,
Your tips benefited me a lot. I have been following them since last one year.
Thanks a lot for such valuable tips. Plz give some tips to improve memory, if it is really possible to improve it.
Dhanyavaad
Benefits of listening Veda mantras
While chanting/ listening Vedas two types of benefits have been scientifically proved. The neuro linguistic effect even if the mantras are chanted without knowing the meaning due to the melodious vibrations of mantras as in music therapy. If the meaning of each hymn is known , then he will get neuro linguistic effect + psycho linguistic effects. Hence chanting / listening Veda mantra should be done with as much concentration as possible to get the expected benefits, which is more than the spiritual effect in mind and body..
Hi Could you please share which study or from which journal you are quoting that NLP is proven?
Nameste/Dear ARYA & NON ARYA…
This is among the best tips of life which a person should apply in their life span..i am very thankful for the respected agniveer for posting such a valuable things in front of us all…
Regard….
Harsh Arya