right now i am into 2 books of ayurveda and the cascade of information that is coming in is phenomenal. from what i have seen in it i would classify myself as a Kapha type individual. it is amazing to know the comprehensive way in which the human body has been known. there was one very interesting thing that i came across while reading about the different aspects of one's lifestyle.

i always used to wonder why people open their footwear before entering a temple or any other sacred place. there is actually the custom of opening one's footwear before entering houses in india. as is known, one's energy or prana exits one's body through the feet and the footwear take on the vibrations of this energy maximally. thus inorder to keep a holy place free of vibrations coming from footwear "soaked" with vibrations its better to keep them outside a place where its good to have one vibration-the one of the that deity that resides in the temple.

but that is also the reason that people touch the feet, even wash and drink the liquid from a guru or deity's feet (called 'charanamrit'or feet's nectar). its because the vibrations exiting an enlightened person through one's feet could be used by other people for their own transformation.

also got clear about the 7 generation ancestor thing. its like this. a girl develops all her ovums for her life when she is in the 4th month after conception in the womb of her mother. thus one is definitely affected by the condition of pregnancy of one's maternal grandmother. she is in turn affected by the conditions of the pregnancy of her maternal grandmother and so on. and for some reason(i have to find that out and more)its by the genetic material upto 7 generations before that one's condition is affected in one's life. no wonder for anything auspicious one's rituals are directed upto 7 generations in the past.