Tapas

Vegetarian, Physician, YouTuber, Motivational speaker. Proponent of Financial, Medical & Spiritual Literacy. Student of Bhagwad Gita.

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Harder than staying poor is getting rich. Harder than getting rich is staying rich. Harder than staying rich is staying sane.
Faster and longer you lose sanity, the quicker and farther you fall back in poverty.

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If you need to correct a bad behavior (Tamas) your belief system to correct that behavior should not follow balance (Sattva). Diamond kills diamond (Rajas). Be obsessive and delusional that you can uproot the behavior going forward. Don't use logic, go rogue.

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"Calories in are not calories out" as wt gain depends on hormones/neurotransmitters triggered in response to food containing those calories.
Protein, caffeine and exercise make you shredded.
Calories from protein> calories from carbs> cal from Ultraprocessed foods for wt loss.

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For weight loss 4 things are important in following order of priority:
Frequency of Food intake (FI) (OMAD is best)
Kind of FI (Non starchy vegetables>Protein>Fat>Carb>Ultra Processed)
Sequence of FI (vegetables then protein then Fats then carbs)
Time of FI (Dusk is best).

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We are pre-historic creatures, still operating on medieval practices (college education, 5-9 Jobs, marriage) while futuristic God like technologies are being handed to us. Something will break.

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Unless the conscious gains control over the subconscious by repeated interrogation in passive times or complete neglect during times of active upheavel; the unconscious shaped by cravings from past experiences will continue to hold the conscious a hostage and kill free will.

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Sannyasis free of external responsibilities, renunciate.
Grihastha bound by responsibilities, sacrifice.
Tyaga is higher than Sannyasa.

What you hate,
When you embrace,
It makes you great.

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To not accrue sin in activity you do, do it with equanimity rather than expectations, do it while surrendering to Almighty. (BG 2.47/2.48)

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Karma is about choice between Sakam and Nishkam.
Animals cannot do Karmas; activities led lower nature governed by Limbic System.
Humans have choice to operate using Buddhi/Dhyana/Prefrontal cortex or regress to predetermined, predictable emotional responses using Limbic system.

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मया ततमिदं सर्वंजगदव्यक्तमूर्तिना ।
मत्स्थानि सर्वभूतानि न चाहं तेष्ववस्थितः ॥ BG 9.4 ॥
The two states of eternal existence are intermingled but not inter-pervading.
Parmatma pervades Atma, not vice versa.

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Jim Simons 5 rules of Investing
1. Be guided by beauty.
2. Surround yourself with smart people.
3.If everyone is working on same problem, don't join them.
4. Don't give up easily, stick with it, not forever but stick.
5. Hope for good luck.

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Equanimity is passive Dhyana.
Focus is active Dhyana.
Both passive and active Dhyana cannibalize Vasanas (desires and cravings).

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Mind creates Action (Nishkaam v Sakaam) based on two competing adversarial forces.
Forces of Focus/Flow/Dhyana which clean the mind of current inventory to purify mind.
Forces of desire/craving which fill the mind with new inventory to contaminate mind.
The battle is relentless.

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Excitement is enemy of Equanimity.
Equanimity leads to God realization while excitement traps soul in Sakaam Karma Bandhan.
Equanimity-Niskaam Karma- Surrender-Sharanagati-Bhagwad Kripa-Bhagwad Prapti.

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Senses seek pleasure/craving.
Mind seeks attachment.
Ego seeks Identity.
Buddhi seeks Dharma.
Soul just witnesses.

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There are 3 identities that lead to wars between countries: Religious vs Cultural vs National identity.
For the survival of any country it is important that the fabric of religious or cultural disparity not topple over the patriotic nationality.

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Sacrifice-Surrender-Sharanagati-Samadhi
Ego deludes Buddhi to make passive surrender feel like an act of sacrifice.
When identity is weakened sense of "I sacrifice" turns into surrender.
Then soul with pure mind seeks Refuge in Nishkama Karma to go Gunateet to attain Parmatma.

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Excitement spikes and then craters for long periods before it makes a lower spike: a cyclical spike and wave pennant formation. It creates slaves of spikes.
An emotion like peace rises slowly with small counter trending dips and compounds over time.
Choose peace over excitement.

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Desire + Identity = KarmaBandhan (Lok 1-7)
Less Desire + Low Identity: UttamVidam Lok (Lok 4-7)
Positive desire + High Identity: Swarg Lok (Lok 3)
Negative Desire+High identity:Narak (Lust Anger Greed)
No desire + No Identity: Liberation (Beyond Lok 7)

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Siddhi: Learning Success to point of perfection
Sukh: Temporary Happiness gained from attaining Siddhi
Shanti: Permanent bliss from persistence of Siddhi creating Sukh
Shanti>Sukh>Siddhi

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True power like Parmatma over JeevAtma; chooses control over dominance.
Dominance is replete with Ego and Rajas, so eventually breaks down.
Control is Egoless and GunaTeet, persists as long as Karma unfolds.
Choose control, shun dominance.