Resveratrol: Longevity *

Do we get sick as we get old or vice versa?
 

We are so used to believing that old-age does not come alone but accompanied by many illnesses, the result being that people don’t die out of old age, but out of the ignorance caused by the surrounding belief systems ingrained in our subconscious.
Yet it is possible to have an active DNA and live as much as three times as we have been led to believe we can.

Resveratrol, a blessing in itself is around to prove to us once again that mother nature is the 

source of all medicine. 

A polyphenol, produced by some plants in response to environmental stress, ultraviolet radiation, injury or fungal infection . An amazing Antioxidant found mainly in the skin of dark colored grapes is a powerful ally to DNA repair by neutralizing cell-damaging free radicals-the cause of premature aging.
Lifespan depends on the maximum efficient working of our DNA and Resveratrol assists in longevity by working at the lever of our cells fighting degenerative/age-related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and cancer. 

It activates the specific enzymes which, in turn, improve the efficiency and increase the numbers of mitochondria in the body’s cells. Those are activated to repair any damages on cell DNA making sure that genes which should be silent remain suppressed, while longevity genes are being activated.

Lets simplify things, here's a short list of the too many to mention benefits of Resveratrol.

~Increased Endurance:  Mitochondria are the powerhouses of our cells
~Cardiovascular health
~Osteoporosis: improves bone structure and function
~Diabetes: improves insulin sensitivity in people with type two diabetes
~Weight loss
~Macular degeneration: protects the eyes especially in cases of blindness in seniors
~Brain injuries: assists the recovery of increasing plasticity and memory.
~Inflammation
~Decreases the risk of stroke
~Depression -Increases serotonin levels in the brain.
~Life extension: in general

Its important to mention Resveratrol as being a very powerful anti-neurodegenerator, only to make us wonder why it’s not being used in prevention and medical treatment of dementia (neurodegeneration) when the numbers of sufferers are rising to double and triple every year, while the cost of chemical treatment skyrockets in over 800 billion euro worldwide. A fact proving that Alzheimer's disease and other dementias have reached beyond just being health issues into becoming a social crisis of the 21st century.

This is a wake-up call that the so far believed elements accompanying aging CAN be reversed. We are being controlled by a worldwide spread of ignorance of the simple and least expensive ways to help our body work more efficiently because it has the innate memory to do so.

Other nutritional sources of Resveratrol besides dark noir-grapes are: Red Grapes, Red Wine, Dark Chocolate, Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Bilberries, Acai-berries, Noni-berries, all in varying degrees. Content in strawberries is found in the seeds not the pulp, peanuts also contain Resveratrol. Note that Resveratrol content is high only when the source is as close to its natural state as possible.

Of course in cases of increased need, the nutritional sources will not be enough and a boost of extra highly absorbable supplementation is definitely needed.
In such case my personal *High-Five* goes to SOLGAR’S Resveratrol 500 mg vegetable capsules.
Another personal favorite which I highly recommend is a romantic little snack consisting of blackberries with dark high cocoa content chocolate.. just simply divine!

While Science is still in the long process of determining the exact role that longevity genes play in the human body,and who knows under what circumstances information will reach surface, let us just keep enjoying the full benefits of Resveratrol.
For those needing further detailed readings, scientific studies and blah blah blah, you can google some more or visit resveratrol.com

~ A tip to always remember : *we get old once we stop growing older*

 ...So, expand yourself, grow your awareness older reaching beyond limiting beliefs and allow the gifts of nature to do the job they were meant for.

Maria Trillidou

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Step into your own Mystery...

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~In oneself lies the whole world, and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

"The whole world" is not something that can be understood by logical reasoning.When awareness is focused on mental verbalizations, the energy flow to the mind/head increases and the energy flow to the heart lessens.

~The heart knows nothing of reason.~The heart knows without syllogisms, without the result of an argument. ~The heart knows without the process of knowing...

A whole world is a mystery to the mind,.....so allow your heart to look though the door of your mystery, step into it and take the journey of the mystic. See every step as the process of awareness.

By not trying to demystify, you come into a the union with existence.

The mystery remains a mystery, but by allowing yourself to be part of it, another level of understanding happens. All other understandings are only knowledge borrowed from others…so be your own and feel the world, instead of trying to understand it.

~The longest journey you will take in your life is from the head to the heart~ Sioux Legend

Watching the Silence ...

~Krishnamurti:  Where does silence begin.........Does it begin when thought ends? Have you ever tried to end thought........................................

~Questioner: How do I do it?

~Krishnamurti: I don’t know, but have you ever tried it? First of all, who is the entity who is trying to stop thought?

~Questioner: The thinker

~Krishnamurti: Its another thought, isn’t it? Thought is trying to stop itself, so there is a battle between the thinker and the thought…..................................................................................................

Thought says:  "I must stop thinking because then I shall experience a marvelous state"... one thought is trying to suppress the other thought, so there is conflict.
when I see this fact, see it totally, understand it completely, have an insight into it…then the mind is quiet to Watch, to Look, to See............................................................


Jiddu Krishnamurti~

Vis Medicatrix Naturae * a long forgotten Miracle

A big ~Thank You~ goes out to Science and Medical advancements for the huge amount of factual knowledge that has been brought to light. Unfortunately, along came a loss of an ancient treasure of Spiritual Wisdom. 
More intellectually knowledgeable, yet powerless we remain today into a fragmented state of who we are, unaware of the extraordinary innate power which we can access if only we haven’t forgotten the ~how to.

Vis Medicatrix Naturae - Φύσις Νόσων Ιατρός the motto of Hippocrates - father of Western Medicine, is the recognition that Life is Self-Healing. The motto which is all about the connection to the innate wisdom of the True Self who is aware that wellbeing comes from alignment with the Spirit of Nature_The Energy field within and surrounding each human being_The Power to control re-balance and heal.

Loss of that connection and we live by the illusion of being separate from our deeper source who knows the ~how to. We become divided into a body that uses the mind partly, knowing theoretically there is a spirit somewhere, but has forgotten the entrance to the connective bridge.

Separation leads to acceptance of a series of dis-empowering ideas like:: "The body is a machine assembled from parts and therefore wears out like one", "We live in a hostile environment constantly at risk of contamination, invading germs and viruses’’, ‘’Everything that happens to our body is the result of random chemical reactions", "Genes determine our behavior, there is nothing metaphysical and reality comes down to atoms and molecules", "Cells and bodily organs are separate from each other and should be studied and treated separately", "Human beings evolved as a matter of survival and their ultimate purpose is find a partner, reproduce to pass on genetic code"...

This is exactly how we, ourselves, invented the separation of Body and Spirit, and then we came to believe all about it. When ideas reach the point of becoming beliefs then our conscious and subconscious is conditioned so powerfully as having no other choice than fulfill them....we become what we believe we are.

Established beliefs leads modern medicine merely emphasize on elimination of dis-ease instead of emphasizing on achieving total wellbeing. Treats symptoms as if they are local discomforts instead of hearing them out as the body’s voice for help on another level. Modern medicine specializes in treating separate parts with a tunnel vision disregarding the fact that the underlying cause may stem much deeper. 

In its entire history the human race has been striving to understand the laws of life, along the way some are discovered while others lost.

At the same time people live with aspirations: they dream, sing, dance, draw, laugh, play, LOVE and definitely have no connection with machines needing repair or merely being statistical data on charts. 

Our lives are not meant to be spent in agony and fear. Life is meant to be meaningful, purposeful and creative. 

We definitely need to rediscover, reconnect, reinvent, reunite and remember ourselves as the spiritual beings we are.

Our biological rhythms are like a vibrating planetary body orchestrating a Universal symphony. 

Like our planet Earth, our bodies have circadian, seasonal, lunar, tidal and gravitational rhythms. 

Wellbeing is all about attunement into these rhythms, our bodies becoming sacred microcosmic temples as the macrosmic body is.

.......remembering now how to sing One*Song = Uni*Verse

Maria Trillidou