AYURVEDA ON "CONTAMINATION OF AKASH(SPACE): ENVIRONMENTAL CALAMITIES "(Part 4)
/The intention of this series is to increase awareness, rather than cause hopeless despair of sorts. We are all here on earth and we walk each day with our footsteps to the ground taking us to each moment. But what do we encounter along the way? What level of awareness do we possess in understanding our relationship to the earth? Are we only aware of the gross levels of awareness or can we attune our mental faculties and senses to the more subtle components that our human existence depends upon? Ayurveda is a path to consciousness that evolves with each day so long as we maintain a certain level of discipline that helps our thought processes in distinguishing reality, along with understanding the realness of being in a human body and traversing this journey of our souls’ purpose. The importance of this wisdom is extraordinary and proving to be more and more essential as time passes and we bare witness to the undeniable, though some still try) fact that we are in an ongoing state of Pandemic, not just limited to COVID or other illnesses such as these but also an overall arching and umbrella of health challenges unforeseen to this magnitude of how the global conditions are changing and not really for the best. With greenhouse gasses being a topic of concern over 40 years ago, the ongoing pollutants of barges leaking oil and gas into the oceans, and industrial waste polluting not only the air through smokestacks but also seeping/draining into the soils that make up the very foundation in which we reside. Macrocosmically, we see the whole globe suffering to some extent. Miocrocosmically, we can witness our immediate environment and think that we live in some sort of bubble but at this point, it is simple naivete to think that we are not somehow affected by environmental calamities affecting all the elements of earth, water, air, and seasons.
(REPEATED since it is worth repeating now and each part of this five-part article!) Thousands of years ago, Ayurveda discussed the elements required to create unhealthy circumstances and environmental calamities that would affect the whole planet. In the chapter by Caraka, known as Janapadodhavansania Vimana (Ca Vi 3/), the environmental calamities that would lead to the annihilation of communities and the development of epidemics/pandemics.
One of the precursors, as discussed in this chapter, for these issues to develop as per Lord Atreya is a response to a question about such things where Lord Atreya responds “when the reigning heads of countries, cities, trade guilds, etc. govern the people irresponsibly by transgressing the virtuous path, then their officers, sub-ordinates and under- subordinates, people of the city and community and traders deviate from their duties as well and propagate such unrighteous acts further. Their sinful acts perforce cause the righteous acts to disappear. Because of the disappearance of righteous acts, even the Gods desert the people living in such places. This causes seasons to get impaired in these places. There is no rain in time, or never at all, or abnormal rain occurs; the air does not blow properly; the land is afflicted, the water reservoirs dry up, and herbs lose their true properties and suffer deterioration. As a consequence, the people perish as the result of infectious contact or ingestion of polluted food and water.” Ca Vi 3/19-20 In other words, corruption of government, and not supporting nature, are the primary causes for creating such circumstances that affect the health of the planet and all that reside here.
Next, we proceed with this segment on environmental calamities and their influence on health, and we come to the element of Akash (Space). This has not been given much attention in the samhitas (classical scientific medical texts of Ayurveda) because at that time the consideration of technologies that include electromagnetic frequencies such as Wifi and 5G was not even a thought, but it must be discussed today as the relevant times consist of such things and demand our attention. As per a profound lecture given by Vaidya Kashyapa (12/16/22), which inspired the writing of this series, he states that historically if we look at ionizing radiation, background radiation that people were little exposed to but now it is something most us are exposed to with some regularity through plane travel, going up in latitude, and the more common and inundating source of radiation that we are subjected to regularly is electromagnetic frequencies. Though it was understood historically that electromagnetic fields have always existed ranging from exposure to the sun to minerals on this planet emitting such currents of energy, to even comets that crash, the magnitude of the current electromagnetic frequencies we are exposed to has been increasing with the onset of technologies that continue to grow at an exponential rate, by far more than we should be introduced to, by far more than we can even avoid anymore as it is everywhere from the handheld phones to the looming towers transmitting high currents of electromagnetic currents.
According to the NIH sciences, EMF’s are invisible fields of energy of radiation that are associated with the use of electrical power and have been called the “Cigarettes of the 21st Century.” Even going back 60 years ago that people smoked everywhere and anywhere without any cause or attention to what this might be causative for. Now smoking is banned in a huge amount of the world and the health effects are well known, and the effects at that time had been actively suppressed by the tobacco industries and lobbies. Similarly, our bodies are being inundated by EMF and the knowledge of the effects is actively being suppressed by cell phone companies and tech companies which are some of the most high-value stocks in the SOP 500 today, and have a huge influence in political lobbies. (Kashyapa)
There are electrical fields coming from A/C currents at around 60Hz in most USA households from wiring and corded appliances especially the underground sources that have two prongs rather than three. We have magnetic fields coming from powerlines, wiring errors in household wiring, then wiring coming off anything that has a motor or transformer like a refrigerator. Then there are radio frequencies from cell phones, smart meters, Wifi networks, Bluetooth, and other wireless devices, baby monitors, most refrigerators have radio frequencies, microwaves, and induction stove-top burners. In the past 100 years, our own exposure to EMF’s has increased 1 quintillion times. There have been numerous studies submitted to the Board of CTIA in 1999 discussing the dangerous effects of cellphone use but were wholly ignored because ATT and Verizon have a heavy lobbying influence. In 2017, more than 180 doctors and scientists attempted to create a moratorium for 5G due to the potential health risks to wildlife and human health showing research that cancer rates increased, cellular stress increased, and there was an increase in harmful free radicals, genetic damage, reproductive issues, and neurological disorders. The petition was ignored as ATT, Tmobile, and Verizon had a bigger lobby influence in keeping the technology going as the 5G rolled out. 5G relies on MM wave (millimeter wave) bandwidth known to penetrate 1-2mm of skin tissue and has been linked to numerous health problems as indicated in rat studies ranging from cataracts and lens damage, heart rate changes, and increased pain response. This MM wave technology has been used for quite some time at airports in the metal detectors used for security checking. Originally the technology was used by the Department of Defense in crowd control weapons, called Active Dial Systems, for 20-30 years because when emitted in a higher concentration or frequency it causes a severe burning sensation causing crowds to disperse.
As per Kashyapa, since 1990, there has been an increase in ADHD in the American population by 819%, Alzheimer’s has increased by 299%, Autism by 2094%, Bipolar Disorder among youth alone has increased by 10,833%, an increase of Celiacs Disease by 1,111%, increase in Chronic Fatigue 11,027%, increase in Depression by 280%, Diabetes increased 305%, Fibromyalgia 7,727%, Hypothyroidism by 702%, Lupus 787%, Osteoarthritis by 449%, and increased Sleep Apnea by 430%.
What do we know about EMF’s impact on the body? The immediate symptoms are totally esoteric and unnoticeable. Holding a cell phone, being by a refrigerator, being in a Wifi network, all this is generally unnoticeable. There are some individuals that have an increased level of sensitivity that have the awareness of such subtle frequencies, which has been documented. Voltage Gated Calcium Channels (VGCC’S), located in the outer membrane of human cells, show that when the body is exposed to electromagnetic frequencies there is an activation as can be examined. Once activated, these VGCC’s allow a tremendous influx of calcium into the cell, about one million calcium ions per second per channel. When there is an excess of calcium in the cell it increases the levels of both nitric oxide and superoxide. Nitric Oxide has many beneficial health effects, massively excessive amounts of it react with the superoxide forming peroxynitrate which is an extremely potent oxygen stressor. Peroxynitrates break down to form active free radicals both reactive nitrogen species and reactive oxygen species including hydroxy radicals, carbon radicals, NO2 radicals, all three that do damage. EMF’s essentially facilitate chemical reactions, and causes DNA breaks, dramatically accelerating the aging process, and putting people at a higher rate of chronic disease.
So What to do?
Do your best but do something, since something is better than nothing and anything that we can do that is in favor of health is like putting one more dollar in the bank to reduce health ailments from developing!
Do your best and know that every little thing you do is one more little dent we can make in the bigger picture of things, especially if more of us thought and acted this way.
Knowing may not cost you anything, though some remediation may cost you some, not knowing may cost you more. Stay updated with current political matters that are bringing this up to make the necessary changes.
Turn off your Wifi router at night, if or whenever possible.
If you’re not able to turn off your router, then put your phone on Airplane mode.
Keep your phone away from your bed.
Keep electrical technologies out of the bedroom as much as possible.
Make sure you’re not sleeping near the Wifi router.
Avoid using Bluetooth headsets, AirPods etc. as this is transmitting frequencies between your devices and filling in the space with more electrical currents that you don’t need to have more exposure to.
Avoid using wireless technologies or Bluetooth in your immediate space as technology is constantly communicating with each other by default, design, and polarity.
Use a battery-powered clock for your alarm, instead of your phone.
Avoid using anything “SMART” as much as possible.
Limit cellphone use, and when using the cellphone keep it on speaker or a wired headset.
“Be wired, don’t be wireless.”
Consider using Faraday bags to put your cell phone in to reduce the EMF’s, which get neutralized. They make them for computers and tablets.
You can use Shungite stone to neutralize EMF frequencies, keeping them on your phone and computer, even Wifi Router.
You can “opt-out” at airports and avoid going through the metal detectors (MM wave machines.) The security may look at you but what’s a few extra minutes in favor of your health, especially if you travel regularly?
Know the space you live in. Where is your home built? What is your home built upon? Are there towers nearby? Are power plants nearby? Are there major electrical conductors nearby?
Lastly, this applies to this topic mentioned here and previous topics in this series, and the following, that in Ayurveda we have various means of supporting the body into health from: seasonal cleanses (rtu sandhi shodhana, otherwise known as Panchakarma) to pacification of the doshas (shamana cikitsa), which involves addressing dinacarya (daily practices/routines), rtucarya (seasonal transitionary supportive practices); even rasayana therapy (building the strength of the body), and visha management overall (addressing exposure to poisons since this is all poisonous to some degree.) Get in the know! You can’t afford to not know.
RESOURCES
NIH ON CELLPHONE USE AND HEALTH
BERKELEY ON CELLPHONE USE AND HEALTH
NIH and 180 Doctors and Scientists Moratorium of 5g
5G full article doctors/scientists Moratorium denied
MM Wave Negative Effects on Rats
MM Wave Negative Effects on Humans
ACTIVE DENIAL SYSTEM DEPT OF DEFENSE
DISCLAIMER: This information is meant for educational purposes only and not considered medical advice. Any changes in lifestyle should be reviewed by a qualified practitioner and/or primary care physician if you are currently under their care for specific conditions.