Books on Happiness / the happiness revolution - 2 students

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Blair Lewis

“No medicine will cure what happiness will not.”

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About the Author

Blair Lewis, PA, is a licensed physician assistant, specializing in the use of homeopathy, Ayurveda, nutrition, and the yogic sciences to prevent and resolve chronic ailments.

Blair is the author of Happiness: The Real Medicine and How It Works and a co-author of Homeopathic Remedies for Health Professionals and Laypeople. He has also written several e-books, along with a host of articles and interviews on holistic health. In 1985, he co-founded the Blue Sky Educational Foundation, a nonprofit organization teaching the leading innovations of massage and holistic health.

For over 20 years Blair has been actively teaching and consulting with patients and audiences world-wide. Today, Blair continues his study of yoga science, tantra and ayurveda under the guidance of Pandit Tigunait and the tradition of the Himalayan Institute.

Blair is the creator and spiritual director of the Alive and Healthy Institute. Since 2002, the Alive and Healthy Institute has sought to improve the lives of all people worldwide by building a bridge between science and spirituality. The Foundation’s main outreach to the global community is accomplished through lectures and seminars, humanitarian outreach projects, the distribution of free e-zines (newsletters) and free e-books on science and spirituality. The Alive and Healthy Institute is a Sacred Link A liate of the Himalayan In- stitute and is located on the internet at: www.AliveandHealthy.com.

An enthusiastic teacher and author, Blair o ers seminars and retreats on Ayurvedic rejuvenation and yoga science. He attended both the National Center for Homeopathy (1983) and the International Foundation for Homeopathy (1985). A graduate of Indiana University and the Physician Assistant Program at Lake Erie College and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, he has also studied in Europe, Greece, and India. You can reach Blair for seminars and private consultations at:

www.AliveandHealthy.com and www.BlairLewis.com

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“When you know yourself, your place in the world and how wonderful

you are, then you are starting to fulfill the purpose of your life.”

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Maha Mrityunjaya 276, 277, 278

Mandukya Upanishad 201

Marma 180, 181

Materia Medica 136, 137, 140

N

Natrum muriaticum 144

Newsweek 92, 272

Nutrition 69, 74, 92

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Pandit Rajmani Tigunait (Panditji) 3, 5, 33, 37, 59, 215, 225, 241, 243, 244, 249, 258, 259, 268, 269, 289, 290, 297, 307

Passion 32

R

Remedies 136, 139, 140

Rest 163, 170, 171, 172, 193, 194

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Sage Avatya 35

Self-effort 56

Succussion 139

Sushumna 176

Swami Rama (Swamiji) 5, 40, 50, 92, 185, 201, 202, 203, 218, 284, 298

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Therapy 91, 135, 155, 269

Time 213, 217, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 232, 233, 237 Truth, Truthfulness 38, 39

Turiya 201, 203, 206

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Vata 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 83, 90, 233, 234, 235, 236

Vedas 272, 277, 291

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Yoga 33, 39, 42, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 215, 260, 267, 291 Yoga nidra 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206

Yoga Sutras 32, 33, 272, 298

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Endnotes

1Tao Te Ching, Verse 33

2Gospel of Thomas, Verse 3

3 Pandit Rajmani Tigunait Ph.D., From Death To Birth, (Honesdale, PA: Himalayan Institute Press, 1997), 29-33.

4 CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, “Prevalence of Overweight Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 2003-2004,” http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/ obese03_04/overwght_child_03.htm, accessed July 26th, 2006

5 CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, “Prevalence of Overweight Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 2003-2004,” http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/ obese03_04/overwght_adult_03.htm, accessed July 26th, 2006

6 USDA, “Vegetarian Diets,” http://www.mypyramid.gov/ tips_resources/vegetarian_diets.html, accessed July 26th, 2006

7 John Robbins, The Food Revolution, (York Beach, ME: Conari Press, 2001), 292.

8 Rhett A Butler, “Deforestation in the Amazon,” Mongabay. com, http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction. html#cattle accessed July 26th, 2006

9 John Robbins, The Food Revolution, (York Beach, ME: Conari Press, 2001),266.

10C Zoumas-Morse et al, “Children’s patterns of acronutrient intake and associations with restaurant and home eating,” J Am Diet Assoc Vol. 101 (2001): 923-925.

11A Aljada, et al, “Increase in intranuclear nuclear factor kappaB and decrease in inhibitor kappaB in mononuclear cells after a mixed meal: evidence for a proinflammatory e ect,” Am J Clin Nutr Vol. 79, No.4 (April 2004):682-90.

12“Summary of Edible Nuts for Aflatoxins,” http://www.food. gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/summarynuts.pdf, accessed July 26th, 2006

13Mayoclinic.com, “Ca eine content of common beverages,” http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/ca eine/AN01211, accessed July 26th, 2006

14Anne Underwood and Jerry Adler, “Diet and Genes,” Newsweek (January 17, 2005): 40-48.

15Rudolph Ballentine, M.D., Transition to Vegetarianism, (Honesdale PA: Himalayan Institute Press, 1987), 223.

16Rudolph Ballentine, M.D., Transition to Vegetarianism, (Honesdale PA: Himalayan Institute Press, 1987), 224.

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17FM Nagengast, IP Van Munster, “The role of carbohydrate fermentation in colon cancer prevention,” Scan J Gastroenterol Suppl Vol. 200 (1993):80-6.

18J Jacobs, et al, “Treatment of acute childhood diarrhea with homeopathic medicine: a randomized clinical trial in Nicaragua,” Pediatrics Vol. 93, No. 5 (May, 1994): 719-725.

19D Reilly, et al, “Is Homeopathy a Placebo Response? Controlled Trial of Homeopathic Potency, with Pollen in Hayfever as Model,” Lancet (October, 1986): 881-86.

20H Frei and A. Thurneysen, “Treatment for hyperactive children: homeopathy and methylphenidate compared in a family setting,” British Homeopathic Journal, Vol. 90, No. 4 (1991):183-8.

21Blair Lewis, Happiness the Real Medicine and How it Works, (Honesdale, PA: Himalayan Institute Press, 2005), 77-81,108.

22Blair Lewis, Happiness the Real Medicine and How it Works, (Honesdale, PA: Himalayan Institute Press, 2005), 110-115.

23“Famous Nappers,” http://thewisdomofdreams.com/ Famous_Nappers.html, accessed July 26th, 2006

24Swami Rama, Path of Fire and Light Volume 2, (Honesdale, PA: Himalayan Institute Press, 1988), 180-181.

25John 11: 9-10 (King James Version of the Bible)

26MC Cohen, et al, “Meta-analysis of the morning excess of acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death,” Am J Cardiol Vol. 79, No. 11 (1997):1512-6.