Your Health, Your Genetics & Your Community

Mark Twain said that whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect). This is indeed how some of the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all times actually happened. By great thinkers who dared to pause and reflect.

When it comes to our health, one of our most valuable resources, we seem to be blindly believing the “majority” instead of listening to the intuition of the most interested party, ourselves.

The following is a 40-second Sound Bite from Episode 038 (The Four Pillars of A Good Life – Part IV – Stoicism & The Vedas) discussing genetics and health.

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There is genetics but not to the extent
that we think there is all we have to do

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is study a little bit more gain a little
bit more knowledge and start applying it

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on ourselves -- so it's not just listen to
somebody you should study it learn it -- you should

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always you should always study learn and
in terms of Health apply it on yourself

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consider the source -- yes and you like
using the term N equals one --- yes -- which is

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some geek math thing but I'll let you go
-- do the experiment where the sample size

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is one and you are the sample

There is an infinite number of resources when it comes to life. And we can get pretty confused, even lost trying to acquire some of them. However, ancient wisdom says that there are only three that really matter.

The following is a 37-second Sound Bite from Episode 038 (The Four Pillars of A Good Life – Part IV – Stoicism & The Vedas) discussing genetics and health.

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Artha or the games of life there's three
major ones -- yes -- and the first one we've

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already talked about is relationship
-- yeah -- and if you have a good relationship

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or a dynamic balance -- relationship -- with
a lot of things you're gonna be able to

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feed your Dharma a lot
easier -- absolutely --

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and so the number two game of life is
health -- yes -- so if you have good

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relationship and good health
it's -- you're doing pretty good

Learn more about the Four Vedic Pillars for a Good Liife on our podcast Episode 038 that came out today. We are discussing some hot topics including:

Why is Artha so important
Artha as a game of life (as unknowingly described by Dr Kirk Parsley, the Sleep Doctor: http://www.docparsley.com/)
The first aspect of Artha that we discussed on Episode 037 is the game of relationships: https://spartanmindstrength.libsyn.com/sms-037-a-blueprint-for-a-good-life-part-iii
The second aspect of Artha is the game of health
The definition of good health is personal, contemporary and relative
You can shape your dharma around your health
Epigenetics: Your genetics are not set in stone
Always consider the source of your information
N = 1
What we did not like about Paleo f(x) – Episode 034: https://spartanmindstrength.libsyn.com/sms-034-paleo-ayurveda-at-the-paleo-fx-part-ii
Is there such a thing as addiction to health?
The victim mentality in terms of health
Are you impeding other people’s dharma?
Are you a hero?
The Natural Born Heroes by Christopher McDougall: https://amzn.to/2Wt3hsI