Why I make my own toothpowder

 I haven't purchased toothpaste for years and years,all these years I am making my own ,it is totally homemade product using naturally available herbs and free from harmful Chemicals and toxic ingredients.

Two things I will focus on Triclosan and Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), conventional toothpaste contains these two apart from other such as flouride,proplene glycol ,sodium hydroxide.All are controversial because they are linked with cancer and other ailments

Triclosan is added in many products to reduce bacteria and prevent gingivitis.According to FDA it is potentially carcigenic and negatively impact on endocrine system.

SLS is surfactant, foaming agent and dispersion agent in toothpaste.It is contaminated by 1,4 dioxane a byproduct of manufacturing process. It is very carcigenic and cause gum disease.

The issue don't end here all these Chemicals are hazard for environment ,they contaminate soil and water.

I spent time on gathering various herbs and combination to achieve desired results.Now I have done it,my Toothpowder address almost all the issue linked with tooth disorder.

It prevents tooth decay and reduce bad breath.It maintain strong gum and teeth.It destroy cavity causing bacteria.It inhibit growth of pathogens.It maintain saliva pH , lubricate the mouth.It fight gingivitis,heal gum and teeth.It prevent mouth ulcer.It clean the teeth remove plaque and stain.

Vitamin B 12

The subject of Vitamin B12 is not new to most vegans, vegetarians or raw fooders. The supplement companies have many people running to their local health (drug) stores in an effort to make themselves deficiency-free, but is this a good idea? A number of issues will be raised in this article and I will attempt to piece together some information from many different and reliable (non-financially-oriented) sources.

A vitamin B12 deficiency is a serious disorder, but it is never just a B12 deficiency because vitamin and mineral deficiencies never happen in isolation. Indications of a deficiency of vitamin B12, when they do reach a stage where they have shown up, can be quite severe. Fatigue, paleness, anorexia, mental confusion, delusions, paranoia, weight loss, etc. are just some indications that a person may have a B12-deficiency. In my opinion, ME is a B12-deficiency disorder. If you do think you may have a B12-deficiency, it would be wise for you to seek the advice of a health practitioner (such as myself) who is knowledgeable about B12-deficiencies, for immediate advice. This disorder can eventually lead to death if left unchecked.

UK official recommendations have decreased in recent years, the body's needs having been previously over-estimated. Indeed, the Department of Health recognises that some people have lower than average requirements of B12. A whole lifetime's requirement of B12 add up to a 40 milligram speck of red crystals, about one-seventh the size of an average tablet of aspirin! Taking large doses of the vitamin by mouth is pointless because 3ug is the most that can be absorbed at any one time.

Vitamin B12 is excreted in the bile and is effectively reabsorbed. This is known as enterohepatic circulation. The amount of B12 excreted in the bile can vary from 1 to 10ug (micrograms) a day. People on diets low in B12, including vegans and some vegetarians, may be obtaining more B12 from reabsorption than from dietary sources. Reabsorption is the reason it can take over 20 years for a deficiency disease to develop. In comparison, if B12 deficiency is due to a failure in absorption, it can take only three years for a deficiency disease to occur. Since vitamin B12 is recycled in a healthy body, in principle, internal B12 synthesis could fulfil our needs without any B12 provided in the diet, but if cobalt in our diet is lacking, the problem is not so much a lack of B12 synthesising intestinal flora, as a lack of cobalt (which again will need other factors for efficient absorption).

Among the many controversies surrounding vitamin B12, there is the argument that, although intrinsic factor is produced in our stomachs and that our intestines are known to produce vitamin B12, the bacteria is produced too low down in the intestines and cannot be absorbed by our bodies. This argument is sadly still hanging around, however, according to Dr Vetrano, it was disproved by research over 20 years ago and is nothing more than an obsolete scientific theory. Indeed, in a 1999 version of 'Human Anatomy and Physiology' by Marieb, it states quite clearly that we do indeed absorb vitamin B12 through our intestines.

Many people say that the only foods which contain vitamin B12 are animal-derived foods. This also is untrue. No foods naturally contain vitamin B12 - neither animal or plant foods. Vitamin B12 is a microbe - a bacteria - it is produced by microorganisms. Vitamin B12 is the only vitamin that contains a trace element - cobalt - which gives this vitamin its chemical name - cobalamin - which is at the centre of its molecular structure. Humans and all vertebrates require cobalt, although it is assimilated only in the form of vitamin B12.

B12 synthesis is known to occur naturally in the human small intestine (in the ileum), which is the primary site of B12 absorption. As long as gut bacteria have cobalt and certain other nutrients, they produce vitamin B12. According to Dr Michael Klaper, vitamin B12 is present in the mouth and intestines. B12 must be combined with a mucoprotein enzyme named Intrinsic Factor, which is normally present in gastric secretions, to be properly assimilated. If the intrinsic factor is impaired or absent, B12 synthesis will not take place, no matter how much is present in the diet. B12 deficiency may be brought upon by antibiotics (also contained in milk), alcohol, smoking and stress (alcohol damages the liver, so drinkers need more B12, smoking (and all high temp cooked food is smoky) also raises B12 needs).

Many nutritional analyses of foodstuffs were carried out such a long time ago, and, as such, have not taken account of more up-to-date technology in scientific procedures. For instance, Tesco's raspberries now state quite clearly that 100g of raspberries contain 30% of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin B12. This cannot be an isolated example of a plant food which contains B12! More likely, it is just one plant food of many which contain this vitamin. Indeed, according to Dr Vetrano, current books on nutrition in the U.S. have now stated that there is B12 in any food that contains quantities of the B vitamin complex, but previously they were just not able to assay the amounts. Nowadays, more modern technology has allowed them to discover that there is B12 in those foods rich in the B complex.

The author does not believe that a vitamin B12 deficiency is more widespread in vegans or vegetarians - this is probably just another marketing lie! In fact, many so-called studies 'showing vegans deficient' have to be carefully studies themselves - many of them do not prove vegans to be deficient at all! In fact, contrary to meat and dairy industry propaganda, meat-eaters are known to be more likely to have a vitamin B12 deficiency - this has been known since 1959!!(1)

Having said this, we must bear in mind that many vegetarians and vegans still take antibiotics or consume antibiotic-containing foods such as onions, garlic, strong radishes and other foods rich in mustard oil, which are lethal to intestinal flora. The trouble is that once we have damaged our intestinal flora, it is difficult to correct without proper and knowledgeable healthcare and dietary advice. It is of far greater importance to correct intestinal flora problems than to rely on so-called supplements. People who have a physical problem because they think they are not getting enough vitamin B12, are in fact often not assimilating their foods properly because of poor digestion. When digestion is straightened out, B12 can be utilized and produced once again

According to Marieb's 'Human Anatomy and Physiology', vitamin B12 can be destroyed by highly alkaline and highly acid conditions. This assumes that the B12 in meat would be easily destroyed because the hydrochloric acid in our stomaches during the digestion of meat is highly acidic. This may explain why meat-eaters are just as likely to have a B12 deficiency as vegans - even though their diet contains vitamin B12. Also, for meat-eaters, there is antiobiotics contained in meat! Of course, many meat-eaters destroy their friendly bacteria in their intestines by constant putrefaction and the putrefactive bacteria naturally present in meat will give the body a hard time.

Another side to the equation is that low serum B12 levels do not equate to a B12 deficiency necessarily. Just because there is a low level of B12 in the bloodstream, this does not mean that there is a deficiency in the body as a whole, it may well be being utilised by the living cells (such as the central nervous system). In any case, a person who takes supplements may well have 'vitamin B12' floating in their bloodstream, but this does not mean it is usable to the human body as synthetic, inorganic vitamins are not.

The illusionary benefits of supplement-taking result in the person's increased metabolism in order to expel these harmful substances as quickly as possible. This results in a stimulation of the body and the illusion of an improvement in health. The truth is that there is a very delicate balance among hormone secretions, vitamins, enzymes, minerals, etc. This is something that scientists know very little about. These substances do not work alone, but in fact require other factors for them to be effective, like fats, etc. We know very little about life within a cell. The use of supplements can disturb this delicate balance and diminish the efficiency of body functions. Health is reduced commensurate to the imbalance that occurs.

Commercially, vitamin B12 tablets are made from bacteria and the bacteria is deeply fermented. A healthy body will usually expel fermented substances. The main problem with pill supplements is that they: 1) Do not contain the hundreds of other nutrients we may need to be healthy that raw foods provide, and 2) they contain artificial substances/contaminants that are detrimental to health.

Synthetic vitamins and minerals are inorganic and are therefore unusable by the human body. In the manufacture of 'food supplements', chemically pure substances must be used for the most part. If the scientists used naturally derived nutrients, their pills would be too large for us to swallow. Additionally, a chemical 'carrier' is added to make the products acceptable to the palate of the consumer and to bring their product up to an acceptable standard. These chemical carriers, as with all chemicals, are toxic to the human organism. They result in stimulation of the body and an illusionary cure.

According to Dr. John Potter PhD, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, “Food's magic is based on thousands of complex interactions of dozens of different phytochemicals which are difficult to recreate in pills. While 190 solid studies prove that fruit and vegetables benefit, supplements have only a smattering of evidence”. Vitamins, minerals, hormones, etc. do not work in isolation, they work symbiotically. They work with other nutrients in order for their work to be carried out. When these highly complex substances are disturbed, their overall effectiveness can be reduced. However, too much of a nutrient is draining on our vital energy as the human (or non-human) organism may have to expel a nutrient overload. Also, it is doubtful whether, even if you do have a B12 deficiency, you have only a B12 deficiency. A healthier diet and living conditions, as well as a fast may be in order.

According to Dr Douglas Graham, in his book 'Nutrition and Athletic Performance', supplementation has proven to be an inadequate and incomplete method of supplying nutrients as scientists cannot match nature's refined balances. He says that since an estimated ninety per cent of all nutrients are as yet undiscovered, why would we want to start adding nutrients into our diet one at a time rather than eating whole foods? Most nutrients are known to interact symbiotically with at least eight other nutrients and considering this, the odds of healthfully supplying any nutrients in its necessary component package becomes 'infinitesimally minute'. More to the point he adds, 'there has never been a successful attempt to keep an animal or human healthy, or even alive, on a diet composed strictly of nutritional supplements'.

Dan Reeter, at Bio-Systems Laboratories in Colorado is creating one of the world's most comprehensive computer facilities for soil biology testing. He says that, from his extensive tests, plants grown in organically-managed soil make significantly higher levels of usable vitamin B12. It has also been reported that vitamin B12 is present in wild fruits and wild and home-grown plant foods.

The author contends that animal and dairy produce is a poor source of Vitamin B12 since the vitamin is contained in nutrient-deranged foodstuffs which will inevitably destroy the usability of the vitamin. Studies show that those following a typical animal-based diet require more vitamin B12 than those who do not. This is because the typical diet leads to digestive atrophy. Because B12 is peptide-bound in animal products and must be enzymatically cleaved from the peptide bonds to be absorbed, a weakened gastric acid and gastric enzyme secretions (due to a cooked food diet) causes an inability to efficiently extract vitamin B12 from external food. Nevertheless, raw food vegans who have a more powerful digestion actually get more B12 by reabsorption from the bile than they do from external food. Wolfe argues that the natural soil microbes and bacteria found on wild plant foods and unwashed garden plants are typically adequate to supply our B12 requirements. The natural microbes in the soil need to be duplicated and to colonise in our digestive tract, without fermentation or putrefaction.

Another point worth considering is that vitamin B12 Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA's) are based upon the average cooked food (meat and two veg), smoking, drinking person. Commercial interests have indeed grossly exaggerated our needs for many nutrients. These studies tell us nothing of the requirements for a healthy vegetarian. It is very difficult to determine precise individual needs of any vitamin or nutrient, and an overload of any vitamin or other nutrient creates an unnecessary burden on our vital domain. Factors such as rate of metabolism, stress, etc. can determine our differing and often changing needs. Dr Victor Herbert reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (1998, Volume 48) that only 0.00000035 ounces (1 microgram) of vitamin B12 is required per day. These minimum vitamin requirements may be inadequate to explain the needs of a healthy raw food vegan, for example, who may require less B12 due to an improved gastric ability and a high ability to recycle vitamin B12. (Cooking destroys microbes and a highly sterilised, cooked vegan diet may not provide the intestines with enough good quality flora). Absorption rates of B12 are higher in healthy individuals than in unhealthy individuals. Studies, based on healthy Indian vegetarian villagers, showed that none of them exhibited symptoms of B12 deficiency, despite levels of .3-.5 micrograms of B12.

Dr Gabriel Cousens argues that vitamin B12 deficiency is typically caused by lack of absorption in the intestinal tract rather than a lack of this vitamin in the diet. Annie and Dr David Jubb argue that people have lived in such a sterile, antiseptic environment for so long that these necessary symbiotic organisms have been less than present in our diet. They argue that by ingesting soil-born organisms you can maintain an enormous reservoir of uncoded antibodies ready to transform specific pathogens, the way nature intended - by eating a little dirt!

If a person is healthy and on a healthy vegan, high-percentage raw food diet and does not habitually over-eat, wrongly combine their foods and abuse their bodies generally, and utilises fasting on occasion, it is unlikely that they will develop B12 deficiency symptoms providing their intestinal flora was not previously deranged. Vitamin B12 deficiency is usually symptomatic of a larger problem i.e. poor intestinal flora, poor absorption and also lack of sunlight.

Harvey Diamond argues that the entire nutrient issue has been made so confusing with contradictory information that it is no wonder that people are bewildered about where to obtain sufficient nutrients. Unfortunately, some people have been so totally misguided and scared that no amount of common-sense reasoning of even factual data can rescue them from the meat, dairy and petrochemical (synthetic food 'supplement' suppliers) multi-million pound industries. The truth is that whatever nutrients the body needs will be contained in its natural foods (for human beings, raw plant foods). Mother Nature knows how to provide for her own. Why would it be that we are created in such a way as to make us a natural plant-eater and hey presto, there is no vitamin B12 provided for us by plants? If you can't get it from raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds or sprouts then WE DON'T NEED IT! Just because a wild fruit or organic foodstuff contains only a small amount, this does not mean it is deficient. It means that we only need a small amount!

The pill pushers are quick to say that our soil is deficient, but according to Diamond and others, if a seed does not receive the elements it needs IT WILL NOT GROW (OR WILL GROW POORLY - author). Also, plants obtain nutrients from other sources in greater amounts: the sun, water and the air. Plants actually obtain only about 1% of nutrients from the soil.

If you do develop a B12 deficiency, certain urgent dietary adjustments may need to be made, and there is a possibility that fasting is in order. In any case, on switching to a healthier diet, be it vegetarian, vegan or raw food (for optimum health), we should go back to nature as much as possible and pay little attention to germ phobics who advise us to scrub our vegetables and fruits. Buy organic and eat home-grown or wild foods and do not clean them too scrupulously! Just as nature intended!.

Please note that it is not recommended for anyone to go on a fast of longer duration than 1½ days wihtout competent supervision, as prolonged fasts must be monitored by a qualified fasting supervisor.

Germs for Good Health

Although vitamin B12 is found in animal foods it is not synthesized by plants or animals.  Only bacteria make biologically active vitamin B12—animal tissues store “bacteria-synthesized B12,” which can then be passed along the food chain by animals eating another animal’s tissues. Ruminants (like cows, goats, sheep, giraffes, llamas, buffalo, and deer) are unique in that bacteria in their rumens (stomachs) synthesize vitamin B12, which is then passed down and absorbed by their small intestines.  Lions and tigers get their B12 from eating these grazers.

The human gut also contains B12-synthesizing bacteria, living from the mouth to the anus.⁸  The presence of these bacteria is an important reason that disease from vitamin B12 deficiency occurs very rarely in people, even those who have been strict vegetarians (vegans) all of their lives.   The colon contains the greatest number of bacteria (4 trillion/cc of feces), and here most of our intestinal B12 is produced.  However, because B12 is absorbed in the ileum, which lies upstream of the colon, this plentiful source of B12 is not immediately available for absorption—unless people eat feces (don’t gasp). Feces of cows, chickens, sheep and people contain large amounts of active B12.  Until recently most people lived in close contact with their farm animals, and all people consumed B12 left as residues by bacteria living on their un-sanitized vegetable foods.

The human body has evolved with highly efficient and unique mechanisms to absorb, utilize, and conserve this vitamin.  Our daily requirement is less than 3 micrograms a day—one microgram is one-millionth of a gram (1/1,000,000 gram).⁹ Which means, by design, people are expected to be exposed to only miniscule amounts of this essential nutrient. 

Vitamin B12 is the only nutrient that requires a cofactor for efficient absorption.  The cells of the stomach produce a substance, called intrinsic factor, which combines—after the acidic digestion of the food in the stomach—with the B12 released from food.  This “intrinsic factor-B12 complex” then travels to the end of the small intestine (the ileum) where it is actively absorbed. 

There is a second, much less efficient process, called “the passive absorption of B12” which also occurs in the intestine.  This mechanism does not use intrinsic factor and as a result it is 1/1000 as efficient. But by consuming very large doses of oral B12, passive absorption will correct B12 deficiency even for patients with diseases of the stomach and small intestine.

On average, for someone raised on the Western diet, about 2 to 5 milligrams of B12 are stored, mostly in the liver.  This means most people have at least a three year reserve of this vital nutrient. Conservation of B12 by the body boosts the time this supply lasts by 10-fold. After excretion through the bile into the intestines most of the B12 is reabsorbed by the ileum for future use. As a result of this recirculation it actually takes, on average, 20 to 30 years to become deficient after becoming a strict vegan. That is if no vitamin B12 were consumed—which is impossible, even on a strict vegan diet, because of bacterial sources of B12 from the person’s bowel, contaminated vegetable foods, and the environment. 

If you are an otherwise healthy vegan and are using typical dosages of B12 (500 micrograms or more per pill), a weekly dose of this vitamin will be more than sufficient.

You will often find B12 sold under its proper name. Because vitamin B12 contains one molecule of the mineral cobalt, the scientific name is Cobalamin. As a food additive and a supplement pill, vitamin B12 is usually found in the form cyanocobalamin. The effectiveness of this “cyanide complex” for treating neurologic problems has been questioned; therefore, other forms, such as methylcobalamin and hydroxycobalamin may be better choices for the prevention and treatment of B12-related conditions.

Choosing a bioactive form of B12 is important. There are many B12-like substances called analogues found in food supplements, such as spirulina and other algae—these are ineffective and should not be relied upon. Foods fermented by bacteria, such as tempeh, and miso; as well as sea vegetables (nori), have been recommended as sources of B12.  Miso and tempeh do not contain B12.  Nori—the dried green and purple lavers commonly used to make sushi—has been tested and found to have substantial amounts of active vitamin B12 and has been recommended a “most excellent source of vitamin B12 among edible seaweeds, especially for strict vegetarians.

SHIRDI SAI BABA

Sai Baba of Shirdi was one of the Self realized souls of our time. Meher Baba called Him Qutub-i-Irshad, or the First amongst the Masters. A Perfect one is always beyond the finite barriers of religion. The consciousness of the Self is perfectly beyond any notion of caste, creed or religion. Even if it is still a matter of discovery if Sai Baba was born a Muslim or a Hindu, it hardly matters for the spiritual status He enjoyed.
As per certain belief Sai Baba was born in 1839 in Sailu village in Jintur district. There is however another belief that He was born in Pathri Village of Parbhani District. But it is learnt that much of His childhood was spent in Aurangabad. Sai Baba was also born a Fakir. His childhood was full of hardships, and it is perhaps these difficult days that gave Him his immensely compassionate nature as a Perfect Master.
While wandering from place to place with His mother, the child Sai came in contact with Gopal Rao Deshmukh, a blind Saint in the village of Shelwadi. This Saint saw the child with his inner eye and immediately recognized the Divine in Sai Baba. Sai Baba began living with Gopal Rao Deshmukh and also had to face opposition from the disciples of Deshmukh.
After Gopal Rao died, Sai Baba started His search for a more peaceful place and went towards the hills surrounding the Ellora caves. He chose a small cave atop a hill and remained there for a few years. Sai Baba had become a God- Realized soul at the tender age of hardly twenty years. Meher Baba in His book "God Speaks" explained that once a soul attains Realization his entire consciousness of duality is lost. He experiences nothing but Himself as everything. But only those who simultaneously gain both the consciousnesses of "Adwait" and "Dwait" or Divine unity and duality are in the state of a Sadguru or a Perfect Master.
During this period Sai Baba met The Swami of Akalkote. Moving from place to place He came to the hill called Kuldabad, near the tomb of the Muslim Qutub Zarzari Baksh. Gradually, in this cave near Ellora, Sai Baba regained His "Dwait" or duality state. Although He was about five feet six inches tall, and had a very strong build, He became very weak and almost like a skeleton during this process in isolation. Meher Baba has explained the real stages of development of consciousness of a pilgrim on the spiritual path as a hierarchy:-

Yogi


Mahatma


Mahayogi


Sant


Sat-Purush


Brahmi-Bhoot


Paramhansa


Jeevanmukta


"Sadguru"

Meher Baba has also explained this order in Sufi Terminology

Lower planes of consciousness


Final Fana or Manonash


Fana-Fillah or Nirvikalp


Fana-ma-al-Baqa or Turiya Avastha


"Baqa-Billah or the Atmapratisthapana"


A Perfect Master or Qutub, according to "God Speaks", is at Baqa-Billah or the highest point of Divine consciousness, and is one with God. He is on all levels of consciousness simultaneously. He transcends the Cycle of repeated lives. After losing His individuality and merging with the Oneness of the Infinite Divinity, He again attains duality consciousness, and works for the evolution of humanity and for those who surrender to Him.
After some time Sadguru Shri Sai Baba came back to Shirdi in 1858. This time He made Shirdi His permanent place of residence. It is said that Chand Patil saw Sai Baba under a mango tree as a Fakir near the village of Dhoop in the district of Aurangabad. Then Sai Baba had a cap on His head. He wore Kafni and was fond of smoking Chilim (a pipe). Sai Baba helped Patil to find his lost horses, and Patil brought Sai Baba once again to Shirdi in his bullock cart.
The cart halted near the Khandoba temple, where Sai Baba met His first disciple Bhagat Mahalsapathi. Later Bayaji Bai, the mother of Tatya Kote Patil, was attracted by the grace of Baba. She used to prepare bread and vegetables for Baba every day. There was also a mosque at Shirdi, which was a temporary structure at that time (1858). Sai Baba named this mosque as "Dwarkamai" mosque and started staying there.
Sai Baba would beg for "Bhakri" bread from the houses of Shirdi, and lovingly ate the bread with "kanda" -- the word for onions in the Marathi language. Any excess food received through begging was distributed to the poor each day. Sai Baba was a true Fakir. His life was a complete symbol of selfless purity. Gradually the stories spread of many miracles that happened by His grace, and a large following gathered around Him. Once when the entire village of Shirdi was suffering from plague, Sai Baba is said to have averted the epidemic. But Sai Baba always lived the life of a Fakir. He made a brick His pillow, and a stone seat His "Asana". His needs were almost none.
Some of His personal habits were peculiar. He would prefer to go to ease His bowels in a procession, called "Lendi procession". Large numbers of His followers would go with Him in the procession. But, His state of immersion in God made Him so innocent that it is said once He asked the mother of a child "Is this child of yours a boy or a girl?" although the child was standing naked in front of Him.
The most important thing in His divine personality that attracted all was the light in His eyes. The divine Bliss of becoming one with God emerged through His eyes. These two lustrous objects in His body were the source of inspiration, care, mercy and "Mukti" for all those who surrendered to Him. Everyone who came to Him for a wish heard his famous words "Allah Malik Hai". Sai Baba was a peculiar person indeed. He dressed like a Muslim, but used caste marks on His forehead like a Hindu. He quoted the Koran and the Shastras equally. He stayed in a Mosque but also permitted Arti and Puja to be performed before Him.
One of His special habits was to ask for "Dakshina" from the pilgrims who visited Him. Willingly every one gave Him the money that He sought, which He ultimately used for the poor. On one such occasion one Kashinath came to Him and Baba asked for money and Kashinath gave Him a black coin. Sai Baba said somewhat to Him "although you have given me the black coin, I will give you the real coin". This Kashinath later became Sadguru Upasni Maharaj, with Sai Baba's grace.
By this time, Shri Upasni Maharaj was staying and fasting at the temple of Khandoba, near Shirdi; while in Pune Merwan Sheriar Irani, a Deccan College student born in a Parsi family, met Hazrat Babajan, during 1913, while he was hardly 19 years old. Hazrat Babajan called Merwan towards Her and kissed Merwan on the forehead. Merwan instantaneously lost all his gross experience and merged in God Consciousness. He remained in this state of no understanding of physical worlds, for months together. On an impulse,Merwan went to Shirdi to meet the Sai, and get His blessings.
Merwan visited Shirdi with a companion Khodu. On knowing that Merwan had come, Sai Baba first avoided meeting him, but while Sai Baba was coming back from His "lendi" procession, Merwan prostrated before Him. Sai Baba saw Merwan and uttered "Parvardigar". Sai Baba directed Merwan to Shri Upasni Maharaj who was observing a long fast in the Khandoba temple near Shirdi, and Merwan stayed with Maharaj for a long time. With the grace of the Masters Merwan discovered His real Self and later became Meher Baba, and worked for upliftment of the lepers and the poor, traveled the world and gave the world the key to the theory of evolution of the consciousness and species in His valuable books.
Meher Baba established His ashram at Ahmednagar in 1923-24. Meher Baba explained the entire theory of creation in His most famous book "God Speaks". In this book He revealed the secrets of the development of Consciousness. He explained the journey of consciousness from energy, to matter and from matter the development of form. He further explained that after attaining the Human form consciousness starts journeying inward and attains spiritual heights. Ultimately, consciousness gains Realization of the Self, its Perfection, while traveling through seven planes.
The spiritual journey according to "God Speaks" is divided in to seven stages of inner evolution also called the planes of consciousness. The lower planes are full of miracles while the seventh or the Highest plane is of God Realization, where one becomes one with God. Such realized Souls are of immense spiritual benefit. From among the God-realized, some souls become Perfect Masters and return to help other souls reach God realization.
Meher Baba explained the philosophy of creation simultaneously in three principal schools of thought: Sufi, Mystic and Vedantic. He unified the terms of these three basic schools and their common references in a parallel manner. He always warned his devotees to keep away from miracle-based spirituality, and clearly described that the real miracle is the realization of the Self, and all other miracles were just eyewash.
By 1918 Sai Baba was nearly 80 years old. Now He was very well known, everywhere, and top government officials and persons from the judicial services of Maharashtra and some prominent Lawyers had begun regularly coming to Him. Some of them also had resigned their worldly duties in order to stay at Shirdi and serve Him better. The many miracles associated with His personality were drawing a very large number of devotees from all corners of the country, but the real miracle a Perfect One does is to make someone like Him, and He made Sadguru Upasni Maharaj like Him. Sai Baba also had some extraordinary qualities. He was able to separate his limbs and organs from the core of His physical body. But the body is tied to the knot of mortality, while the consciousness is free. On 28th September 1928, Sai Baba fell sick with fever, and later He voluntarily refused to accept food. For nearly 17 days He was without food and on October 15th, 1918, with God's name on His lips, He dropped His physical form.
His physical body was kept at Shirdi in a "Samadhi". Sadguru Upasni Maharaj and other close disciples personally looked after the final rites of Sai Baba. The "Samadhi" became a source of Knowledge and Bliss in due course of time, and the story of an unknown Fakir became one of the most widely read and discussed events of our time.
Such a Perfect Master's place is Shirdi. This small place in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra is easily approachable from Manmad, which is a very prominent Railway junction. All major trains to Bombay and Pune go via Manmad. A taxi or a Bus can be obtained from Manmad or Kopargaon Railway Stations, to reach Shirdi, the resting place of the Qutub-i-Irshad, Sai Baba. Pilgrims have ample facilities in which to stay and food is available at Shirdi. People come for darshan all year round. Kalemama, who was Chief Executive Officer of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation, and also occupied various other important offices, personally met Sai Baba in Shirdi. You may read this incident of his meeting with Sai Baba in 1910 and 1911, in his own handwriting in Marathi . Later Kalemama devoted his life to Meher Baba.
The "Samadhi" of Sadguru Upasni Maharaj is near Shirdi at Sakori, and Meher Baba's "Samadhi" is also just 80 km from Shirdi on the Shirdi - Ahmednagar Road. All these are becoming places of world pilgrimage, and pilgrims visiting Shirdi would be well advised to visit them.A translated version of Rumi which we read somewhere tells the story of a real dervish or Fakir:-

SPIRULINA:NATURE GREEN WONDER

SPIRULINA : NATURE GREEN WONDER


Spirulina is spiral shaped photosynthetic microalga of ‘Cynobacteria’ group.Scientifically it is known as Arthrospira Platensis.It is one of approximately 1,500 species of microscopic aquatic plants called blue-green microalgae that have inhabited the earth for several million years.In it’s natural state it has been discovered in Texococo Lake ,North America which was consumed as a food by fisher folk Aztec family.Vitrec and Norcentric introduced spirulina for the first time in year 1884.It is said that in India people had cultivated it artificially in ‘Lonar Lake’ located at Bulthania,Maharastra.

Spirulina is the highest protein food with all the essential amino acids including isoleucine,leucine,lysine,methionine,phenylalanine,threonine,tryptophan,valine.Its protein is easily digestible.Spirulina has been blessed by nature with a huge arsenal of valuable nutrients,essential vitamins and phytonutrients such as antioxidant beta carotene,the rare essential fatty acid (GLA),Sulfolipids,Glycolipids and Polysaccharides.Its deep blue green color comes from its rainbow of natural pigments Chlorophyll(green),Phycocyanin(blue) and Carotenoids(orange) that harvest Sun’s energy.Spirulina contains special enzymes called Super Oxide Dismutase(SOD) which can cure cancer and induce enzymatic activity and help in prevention of ageing.It is presumed that consumption of spirulina regularly may retain youth and vigour.Spirulina contains Albumins,Globulins,Calcium,Magnesium and Potassium and thus it is assumed to help in secretion of mother’s milk and help prevention of rhematic and nervous problem.

When there is deficiency of vitamin B6,Mg ,the pancrease fails to produce insulin,resulting in increase of glycosein in our blood.Spirulina contain both and it accelerate insulin production in the blood.Spirulina platensis inhibits HIV-1(AIDS virus) replication in human derived T-cell lines.Spirulina is powerful tonic for immune system ,the bone marrow stem cells,macrophages,T-cells and natural killer cells. The spleen and thymus glands also show enhanced function.

Spirulina is rich in blue pigment phycocyanin(150 mg per grams of dry powder).Phycocyanin is unique because of its Cytostatic(suppressing formation of new cancer cell colonies) and Cytotoxic(destroying existing cancer cell colonies) abilities. Phycocyanin also regulate production of white blood cells(WBCs) even when bone marrow stem cells are damaged by toxic chemicals or radiation. Chlorophyll-a present in Spirulina helps in treatment of anemia.It also assist cleansing and detoxification of body.

Carotenoids acts as antioxidant, beta carotene is stored in fat tissue and it is converted to pro-vitamin A,lack of this vitamin can cause night blindness. Spirulina has rare essential fatty acid called gamma-linolenic acid(GLA).Studies have suggested that spirulina reduce serum LDL(low density lipoproteins-bad cholesterol) and raise HDL(high density lipoproteins-good cholesterol).Spirulina is thus useful supplement for cardiovascular health. Spirulina has about one percent chlorophyll,it is sometimes called green blood.Blood has iron at its core, giving it red color and chlorophyll has magnesium making it green .Spirulina beneficial effect on anemia could be due to this similarity combined with its high bioavailable iron.

Trees are the best land plants for absorbing carbon dioxide as they fix one to four tons of carbon per hectare per year. Spirulina is even more efficient , it can fix 6.3 tons of carbon per hectare per year and produce 16.8 tons of oxygen.Thus spirulina is super food for human and good for our planet.By using spirulina we become part of the solution to improve our planetary health.