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Vastu and the Vedic View of Health
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An average individual believes in refinement, in becoming finer and finer. He is like an artist who wants to improve the quality of his life and to be better than he is. The yogi, too, knows that he has to refine himself more and more. He accepts death happily and believes in rebirth as he strives to be finer and finer in his way of thinking and acting. When seeds are sown, the plants come up, and when the plants are mature they give new seeds to sow for the next crop and the next harvest. Thus the yogi develops the quality of his life so that a good seed may emerge, and his next life may bring the harvest of spiritual fragrance.
B. K. S. I
YENGAR, THE TREE OF YOGA
The science of vastu is a glove around the hand of its sister sciences, ayurveda and yoga. All three are both spiritual and scientific, and all three are rooted in Vedic philosophy, drawing their logic from the Vedic theory of the creation of the universe and the creation of the self. All three sciences recognize the importance of a harmonious environment and home, a harmonious balance in the body and in the mind. We need harmony to be in a position to work toward enlightenmentthe awareness of Tat Tvam Asi (Thou Art That)part of the indefinable and unseen Supreme Spirit.

 
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