Need to calm down? Try psycho-biotics

Just Calm from Just Thrive (justthrivehealth.com); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Jen Bradford, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

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What about nutrition for meditation?

I set rolling the Wheel of the Dharma

In a famous story from the time of the Buddha, there were Buddhist wandering ascetics (monastics) living in one area who could not make progress in their meditation. So they went to visit the Buddha to ask him about this. He perceived that their problem was nutritional. He advised them to take the eight kinds of foods (based on the ancient Indian, presumably Ayurvedic, system of flavors) in their diet. The locals, hearing this they prepared for them a diet rich in variety -- hard and soft, salty and sweet, pungent, astringent, and so on. (See, e.g., The Six Flavors of Ancient India). By doing so, they got all the micronutrients (trace minerals, good fats, vitamins or macronutrients, and calories they needed, and their meditation practices miraculously improved. We are mind and body, mentality and materiality (nama-rupa), not just one or the other.

• Indian Food Habits in Ancient Times | Medium

I feel great and energetic.

And maybe a serenity meditation (samatha) practice would become possible. The first thing to do in any meditation is not "concentrate" or focus. It is to let go. We reduce our attention to the here-and-now (rather than the then-and-maybe).

There's that famous saying, "Most of the bad things in my life never happened." It means of all the things we worry and stress about, MOST of them never happen. So rather than living in worry and the future, let's live in the present moment where everything is all right.

We can look around and see that everything is fine. It's the future where the problems might be. It's the past where they were, but right here right now is fine. It's safe to meditate...if only we could meditate.

Who knew MOST of the neurons in the body might not be in the brain? They have been found all along the gut lining and the heart. No one talks to us about those. So the best way to get the "head" in order is to get the gut healthy, both short and long intestines, stomach, digestion, absorption. Stop ruining the lining with gluten, and start absorbing nutrients and supplements (from criticalhealthnews.com).