A Lot of people are asking me about the detox diet I took for the last few days. Since there re too many requests, I thought of just writing about it once and for all.

Reason for Detox:

Over a year ago I was told that I have hypo Thyroid and was put on the so called lifelong medication of Thyroxin.  18 Months down the line I still feel very tired and have a lot of muscle fatigue. Doctors have no solution so I started off some research. Those of you who know me are familiar with my obsession for information. So after reading for over a week’s time I found one Naturopath who had a simple way to deal with this problem. Hypothyroid solution had the answers I was looking for. In fact after I got this book, I crosschecked his suggestions with other naturopath suggestions, my Ayurveda doctor and my Acupressure handbook and found that it was pretty much on the right track.

The Actual Detox

Anyone who wants to cleanse their body can do a detox. This is what I followed. Based on Paula Horan’s suggestion I included as much as alkaline items as possible.

Morning: Start off with a wheatgrass juice mixed with a bit of Honey for taste on empty stomach.

Breakfast : 2 types of fruits approx weight of 1/4 kilo.

Noon: A Raw vegetable salad containing some greens, one whole cucumber and raw carrots followed by one big serving of boiled vegetables (3-4 different types)

Evening: 1 big fruit plus Almonds plus one serving of sprouts (3-4 different ones mixed together)

Night : One big serving of Sprouts and boiled vegetables

Whenever I feel Hungry: Carrots and cucumber

Drink: A lot of Tulsi Green Tea and Lime Juice with very little sugar

Important Vegetables

Carrots (Alkaline) almost everyday

Beetroot –> very good for detox, eater raw as well as boiled once in two days

Beans–> Good source of fibre, everyday, boiled

Cucumber –> to keep you cool

And a lot of Water

Things to avoid:

Needless to say, all stimulants like coffee and Tea should be avoided. Green Tea is an exception.

Rice, Wheat and all food that contain preservatives like jam, sauce, bakery products, Chemical preservatives, colourings, flavourings, white flour, sugar, coffee, alcohol, dairy, nuts,tea and junk foods.

This is not a perfect diet. but it works well. It passes my common sense test. Try it at your own risk.  Do not do any type of detox for longer than  14 days at a stretch. All helpful comments and suggestions are welcome. Let your friends know  as well. If you  get tempted away for a day, do not beat yourself, just continue and stay the course.

All the best.

Hari

PS : if you suffer from Hypothyroidism check out Hypothyroid solution for a practical and effective solution.

Some people did get the impression that James Cameroon has  created this movie as a symbolic gesture towards the destruction caused by American Greed. It is a repetetion of what Americans did with so many of the  Latin American countries. Millions lost their life and livelihood in the service to the Capitalistic masters. In fact at some points of time, I felt that the General spoke just the same words George W Bush spoke during his period as the president of United States .

 Coming back to my Experience. I  Was more moved by the idea of Idea of Oneness of all the things. The scene where the Heroine shows her grief when she reluctantly kills the dog like things chasing the Hero is quite moving. The remorse felt is so real. It is in startk contrast to the now famous Human skills of take whatever you want away and have no regrets. Incidentally Human being s are the only creatures that kills for reason other than food.

 Coming back to track, after my CET workshop with Paula, I feel so much peaceful to be in Harmony with nature. In my Aha walks, I can feel the oneness and this movie just helped me drive the point home stronger…
 It is like watching Matrix for the first time…..
if you have not watched it yet…. make sure you do….it is really worth it.

“if? you have nothing to hide why worry about privacy?” – Eric Schmidt

Doesn’t this sound a little insane to you?

Google was  and probably is still a great  Search Engine. But their attitude of getting into every nook and corner of the web and then into you life is scary. Privacy is one of the most basic human rights and I love mine enough to take steps today. Do not let your Convenience come in the way of your freedom.

So how do you stay safe and avoid this massive information gathering?

1. Turn off your web history.

If you are logged into your Google A/c while using Google Search, your search history will be tracked and tagged to your A/c. To disable this feature follow instruction on this post.

2. Use Incognito mode on your browser

IE 8, Firefox 3.5 as well as Google Chrome comes with Incognito modes use it well.

3.  Use Anchor’s Free VPN software.

This is probably the best way to hide your digital footprint. Anchor free creates a VPN like tunnel and will assign an IP for you. Yes there will be some ads at the top window, but its a minor irritation compared to your privacy being harvested by Google.

4. Use Bing

It used to be a really bad Search Engine. But now they are getting better everyday.  Honestly I hate MS but I think its time Google gets some competition. Plus Bing has better privacy policy than Google.

It does not matter if you live in US or somewhere else, beware of what is happening in the world.

Useful links:

An Old CNET Post on Goggle that got the CNET Reporters banned for a year.

Mozilla exec Asa Dotzler urges Firefox users to switch to Bing find out more on his blog.

CBC’s two year old Interview that still makes sense

When I shared this dream with a friend of mine, he said but you will look too small in a  Harley.  for moment I was pissed off. Then I realized Harley Davidson is not just a bike, It is an attitude. An attitude which says “I will have my way” Its a calling that only some will answer. I will find a way to get a Harley and my poor sod of a friend will be stuck to his four wheeler for the rest of his life.

This is my attempt to capture the awesomeness of a bike which has become a legend of our times. It is a Dream and someday I will make it come true. Watch the video and leave your thoughts. For many Harley represents a Dream, what is your dream and what step are you willing to take today towards your dream?

What to do next?

Leave your comments. Share your thoughts and dreams. Bookmark this page and send it to others who may have forgotten their dreams. Be a force of Good. Take that first step.

if you know someone who works for Harley Davidson, please send them to this site.

Spread the word, be on my side.

Show some Love, help me get a Harley.

Love

Hari

So what more can I say that you would want to listen to?

I have to admit I did not pay attention to Harley bikes until I went to Vancouver in Aug 09. Those bikes were like eye candy in the midst of boring city, It was like a beautiful girl in the middle of  a black and white movie for the aged. I think Harleys were the only thing I liked within the city radius of the city. Being an Indian and being used to chaos and noise, Vancouver was a different type of culture shock for me. Disconnected people with sterile looks, too disciplined to my taste. People walked in an orderly manner and crossed at the signals and all that. People driving their cars and looking totally lost.

It was waay too organized for me almost too controlled. Looking at the same scene day in and day out for hours I was totally bugged Until I saw this biker on his beast. Man what a sight!

being an biker, I instantly felt a connection and lucky me he stopped to go to Tim Horton’s nearby. so Guess what? I followed, almost ran in. I started chatting with him about riding in BC. I have to admit, I did not know much about HD and honestly not much about the biking technology. All I love is to get on my bike and go for long rides.

Like I said bikers connect. He told me about his long rides and I explained how it works in India. I think we sat there for 3 or 4 hours talking. Just then I imagined riding one of these lovely Harley through the  Trans Canadian Highways. BC in August is a sight to see. Once you get out of the city, the nature is absolutely captivating and mesmerizing. So that show I started dreaming about Harley Davidson

The problem with the 5 Ft side is that, its too over crowded and I need my space. I was willing to pay 10 times the entrance fee so I can get the other so called Elite pool, but they wouldn’t listen.

So I had to stick to the mediocre 5Ft side with all the brawling kids. I used to find excuses not to swim each day…and was getting tired after 2 laps.

Not today though. Things changed today.

yesterday I started to do a bit of research on getting my PADI Certification from Barracuda diving center in Goa. One of their requirements was the ability to swim 100 Mts without stopping. So I started thinking. If I ever plan to do scuba diving, I will need to get comfortable with deep sea water.I had to make a choice. It was gonna either 5Ft side of the pool all my life or a chance to see the beauties of the underwater. This limiting belief that I can only swim in 5Ft was not really serving me. Time for a change.

And I decided. The worst that can happen in 15 Ft is that I can drown (that being unlikely). The best being able to do  diving and needless to say, getting rid my stupid fear of deep water.It was a funny feeling when I entered the deep water. The deep side had only 3 guys while the 5 ft side had about 30. So I took a  deep breath and jumped at the 16Ft.

Strangely, I became calmer came back to surface and after a few bubbles, I did my first lap. It felt good. That day I did my personal best of 6 laps, almost 126 meters… It was one heck of a feeling

Daniel the Surf Guru

In Jan 09, when I was in Varkala, I was trying to learn surfing from a Israeli guy called Daniel along with two cute girls from Finland.One day while we were practicing the waves suddenly became pretty high and went above my head. and I panicked and was going up and down (just like that lil boy) The Cute Finnish girls saw that and came to my rescue and took me to shore.

I was so glad that they were around. That day I decided, I am going to swim, no matter how hard it may be and thus once I came back to Bangalore… I found Nisha and learnt the big art of swimming.

Here are my Finnish Angels.

Heidi

Anna

In Jan 09, I had a chance to learn Thai massage. I used to suffer from severe back pain so I wanted to learn massage so I can understand how to treat my body better. So I went to learn Thai Massage in Varkala, Kerala from an Italian teacher called Laurino. Most of the students were from other countries and they taught me how to look at my own country with a different perspective. One of my friends from the course was Michael. He was the only guy I could relate to in the whole class coz we had many things in common like we found doing too much Yoga is a bad idea, eat 5 or 6 times a day too many ashram visits are bad for mental health and so on and on…

Check out the below video where Michael and I talk about Relationshit, Constipation dance, Racism in India and other stuff. Michael opened up my thinking about the white guys. He says they like to shit money. You see when ever I can I would like to help my white friends save some money. but they don’t like to be rescued. Now I have it from an authority who am I to differ?

We Indians are racist. If you don’t believe me watch Russell Peters or just all the ads shown on TV.

Warning: we express our opinion frankly and crudely. If you get offended easily, this video is not for you. I am not responsible for  how you feel about this video.

Try this experiment on a friend. Pick one of your friends and get your other friends tell him that he looks very Sad. When a few people he knows keep saying this, in matter of hours, (sometimes a few minutes) he will start feeling Sad.

People can be broadly classified into suggestible and stubborn. If you know me at all you know what type I am very easily

When I was studying Psychology in College, there was this big book which explained all the different symptoms of various mental disorders. My beloved teacher had warned me beforehand that it is common to feel you have all those disorders.
But, I forgot about the warning and by the times I finished studying for my exam, I was a wreck. I though I had clinical symptoms of Dissociated Personality Disorder, ADD and a lot more.

I always felt I had a bit of ADD, but then I sit down and meditate for an hour without any problems so it could not have really been ADD.

Do you know what had happened?

My biggest problem is memory, I have a very low recalling power and I forgot my teachers warning, and as suggestible as I am, I found all the symptoms that I read about, right in me!!!

So what is this rant all about?
Some people are very suggestible. They can be moved very easily by just telling them something over and over again. While others resist suggestion and always end up doing opposite of what you tell them. And the rest, like me, simply forget if they are suggestible or stubborn, so we sway both ways!!!

When you want to influence someone, you need to understand which is their primary mode, external suggestion or internal motivation. Once you know this, you can be a good Aikido warrior and use your convincing skills in the proper direction.

This is a small clip and not an exhaustive one. I Dedicate this to all my friends from Net, AOL, ICICI Seshadripuram college  and not to forget God’s Own Varkala.

If I take individual names, it will be a very big list. You know who you are and how much I respect and adore you.

Let me know what you think.

Love
SriHari