Earth and The Now

If all disease starts at the cellular or sub-cellular level then the thought arises that the most essential aspect of what we do and consume holds the potential to bestow us with either health or imbalance. Ayurveda states that the three doshas of vata, pitta, and kapha support and maintain the body when properly nourished yet when certain forces negatively influence the organism problems arise. The essence of the three doshas are prana (vata), tejas (pitta), and ojas (kapha) which relate to cellular communication, cellular intelligence, and cellular immunity. When these three forces are working harmoniously within the body, clarity and health manifest but due to destructive lifestyle and diet, cellular life becomes stressed and ultimately shortened. Considering people want to live the right span of life, being neither too old or too young, the proper maintenance of cellular health influences longevity and resilience in the body and mind. Thus, adapting the rule of like increases like and opposites balance, consuming fresh organic foods, drinking filtered water and breathing unpolluted healthy amounts of oxygen the cellular make-up has no choice other than to be fresh and full of life. Cells form tissue that create organs which make systems ultimately making one's organism and in order to have a strong and healthy body its building blocks must be strong. As an old teacher of mine used to say, "take care of the small things and the big things will take care of themselves."