Importance of Your Gut Health. Why Your Stomach is Religious (Dharma).
Dear Friend,
In the iconography of yoga, the energy of your stomach ( Nabhi chakra) is depicted as the blue-coloured god, Vishnu, who ‘evolves’ into the ‘Virata’, which is your brain.
Vishnu is the source of ‘Dharma’; a word which has several meanings. It means the absence of chaos or the presence of a law and order that allows for things to flourish and evolve.
Dharma also means your life’s purpose or what you’re meant for.
So your dharma is in your stomach, the location of your digestive fire (agni) which is your metabolism.
When agni is disturbed, dharma is disturbed. When dharma is disturbed, agni is disturbed.
This coded information contained in yoga is confirmed in gastroenterology.
The good bacteria in your gut microbiome can be likened to dharma. They help maintain your gut wall, keep your immune system in balance and support your mental health through serotonin signalling along the gut-brain axis.
On the other hand, the bad bacteria, which can be likened to a disturbance of dharma, can cause a thinning of the gut lining, dampening of serotonin, leading to depression and excess or chronic inflammation (disturbance of agni).
The inflammation can seep through the weakened gut lining and into the bloodstream where it circulates to different parts of the body, leading to various forms of auto-immune disorders.
Eating a high fibre diet increases the good bacteria. Eating a lot of processed foods increases the bad bacteria.
Your daily kundalini meditation strengthens your dharma. More below.
Also below: How a little oil in your belly button goes a long way; and, making a green investment in yourself.
Best wishes
P.
PS.
Moon Calendar (at end) this coming week: Tue 17th February - Surya Grahan/solar eclipse and Amavasya/No Moon ( Constraint)
