The Spartan Mind Strength Podcast with Tim & Vie: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Wellness

The second chakra (aka sacral) is called svadisthana in Sanskrit, pronounced svaadisthaana - It gives you your self-identity and self-esteem, relates to the water element, and gives you the ability to create greatness - Mihaly Csikszentmihaly, The Rise Superman the State of Flow and Electronic Gem Therapy - Quit focusing on your third eye - Hot Yoga’s Margarita and Oxymel - Do you know your 4%? Jupiter, Thursday, carnelian, orange calcite, coral and vam - The fates guide the willing and drag the unwilling

Thriving with Crystals, Planets and the Days of the Week

The Root Chakra is called muladhara in Sanskrit

We think, we feel and we are, all at the same time

Prana is our life force and prana is our breath

Working with the Chakras is strength training for your emotions and your thoughts

Trust in a higher power

Benefits of a strong root chakra

Signs of a weak root chakra

Physical practice, foods and spices for a strong root chakra

Colors, crystals, Saturn, Snakes and LAM

Crystals, chakras and your mind, oh my! What is a chakra? How many chakras are there? Electromagnetic fields and our human physiology - Do you hang out with people that animals don’t like? - Crystals are disciplined and will help you become disciplined - What Pythagoras said about crystals - The first working laser was a ruby laser - What is fascia and why should you care? - One of the best things you can do for your fascia is to practice Power Yin - Not all minerals should be worn.

Moksha – Liberation (not mocha frappe 🙂 )

Is your neighbor enlightened?

Tim has issues with guys living in caves

Ayurveda asks - liberation from what?

Joe Rogan with Naval Ravikant

Don’t let false memes and fake gurus deprive you from prosperity

Ayurveda looks at Goals vs Pillars

Are you falling for the commodity yoga conspiracy?

Enlightenment – see the light or live light?

According to Ayurveda, you have to be disciplined to gain enlightenment

A tail of two minds

Are you humble enough?

Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink

The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by Grant Cardone:

Ayurveda recommends to live light!

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Kama – Pleasure – Enjoyment

Karma is action; Comma is the punctuation symbol “,” 🙂

The Upanishads say that our pleasure depends on our desires

The “I feel pretty” song

Finding Joe by Joseph Campbell

Do you believe that you are carrying rocks or that you are building a cathedral?

Ayurveda asks - is your experience in line with your particular dharma?

Vertical enlightenment implies renouncing this life, aka death

Horizontal enlightenment implies living your dharma as part of a community

Horizontal enlightenment and Ayurveda

Contentment implies self-sufficiency, NOT complacency

Ayurveda says that living in the present helps you streamline your desires

Living in the present helps you eventually regret less of the past

Always forgive, never forget

Kama is a personal choice according to Ayurveda

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Dharma and Artha are not static, they could be changing as you are listening to this episode

Artha’s third aspect, the game of wealth

Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money by Rabbi Daniel Lapin

According to Ayurveda, it is your responsibility to be wealthy

The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by Grant Cardone

Ayurveda says - stagnation leads to disease, no matter how you look at it

How do you pronounce this word? Scarcity

I can think, I can fast, I can wait – Buddha

The book Tim and Vie talk about is called Siddhartha: by Hermann Hesse

According to Ayurveda, every time you are doubting yourself you stop the flow of energy

Do you see value in yourself and others?

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

The Master Key System by Charles Haanel

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles

Fake it ’til you make it with every part of your being

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- The Four Goals of Life

- Why is Artha so important

- Artha as a game of life (as unknowingly described by Dr Kirk Parsley, the Sleep Doctor)

- The first aspect of Artha that we discussed on the previous episode is the game of relationships

- The second aspect of Artha is the game of health

- The definition of good health is personal, contemporary and relative according to Ayurveda

- You can shape your dharma around your health

- Epigenetics: Your genetics are not set in stone

- Epigenetics and Ayurveda

- Always consider the source of your information

- The concept of N = 1 and Ayurveda

- What we did not like about Paleo f(x) is on Episode 034

- Is there such a thing as addiction to health?

- The victim mentality in terms of health

- Are you impeding other people’s dharma?

- Ayurveda asks - are you a hero?

- The Natural Born Heroes by Christopher McDougall

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The Four Goals of Life

Ayurveda and artha

Artha in the Vedic system

Artha as a game of life (as unknowingly described by Dr Kirk Parsley)

Artha is so much more than money according to Ayurveda

One of the main three aspects of artha

The surprising guideline of what you should learn and from whom

The fine line between attachment and non-attachment according to Ayurveda

What is you relationship with knowledge?

Ayurveda asks - are you greedy with your knowledge?

Lack of knowledge, lack of education leads to compartmentalization

You do not own your thoughts, it is all part of a greater game

Ayurveda asks - do we really have free will?

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The Four Goals of Life

What is the greatest religion in the world according to Ayurveda

Why being fearless does not mean that you are not afraid

What is the best path to always follow according to Ayurveda

Why Enthusiasm is Divine

Ayurveda, sin and dharma

Sanskrit, English, Ancient Greek, oh my!

The rock inscription found in Afghanistan

A guru and your dharma

What is the question you should ask yourself according to Ayurveda

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- Ayurveda and the origin of the Four Goals of Life

- The Upanishads and the Stoicism were written by wise people with common sense

- Who is Swami Vivekananda

- The Upanishads are a philosophical system, not a religious system

- Raja Yoga, the Yoga of the Mind, is the most important of all the yogas

- The four goals of life are a blueprint to thrive, no matter who you are

- The first goal of life is Dharma

- Dharma means truth, it is personal, contemporary and relative

- The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

- Your dharma changes every second for the only constant is eternal change

- Ayurveda says - don’t try to be someone else

- How to align your heart and your mind with Ayurveda

- You must have faith in yourself in order to follow your dharma

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