Meera Kumar Iyer 🇮🇳 Profile picture
☀️ Sanatan Hindu ☀️ 🧠 Cognitive Neuroscience Researcher 🧠✨Vedic Astrologer ✨
Nov 18, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
Today is Skanda Shasti

Skanda Shasti occurs in Shukla Paksha Shasti Tithi post Deepavali Amavasya

It is the tithi when Skanda or Kandan annihilated Surapadman and his brothers

Surapadman and his brothers are offsprings of Rishi Kashyap and Maya.

#KandaSashti Image They symbolise the maya shakti which shrouds our chetana

They represent the arishad varga( six enemies of mind)which takes us away from reaching the Paramasiva who is the supreme being. Image
Nov 4, 2022 14 tweets 2 min read
HOW TO ALIGN YOUR DIET WITH NATURE

Eating is an essential life process. But eating can do more harm than good if done wrong.

Contd ... I observed our modern eating pattern and compared it to that of other animals. Turns out parallel to our evolutionary success, we have the most messed up eating habits. Eating is a spiritual process, and should be done very cautiously.

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Nov 2, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
Ayurvedic Tridoshas are further subdivided into sapta rasas or 6 tastes as below

The six tastes are sweet (madhura rasa), sour (amla rasa), salty (lavana rasa), bitter (tikta rasa), pungent (katu rasa), and astringent (kashaya rasa).

#Ayurveda Each taste corresponds to a certain area of the tongue, which stimulates a particular bodily organ.

Ayurvedic dietary advice says that it’s important to activate all the organs equally for them to function properly.

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