Shri Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur (1899-1983), affectionately known as BABUJI, was a revolutionary spiritual scientist and philosopher. He was the founder of the present-day system of Raja Yoga meditation, known as Heartfulness.



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Babuji

Principle of purity

<h4 style="text-align:justify;">Do the <a href="https://heartfulness.org/global/when-should-i-do-the-cleaning" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cleaning practice</a> at the end of your day’s work, ideally around sunset and preferably not too close to bedtime. This process will rejuvenate you and purify your system of any accumulated heaviness. There are a few steps to the process, so in the beginning it is best to practice them in the following sequence:</h4>Sit in a comfortable position with the intention to remove all the impressions accumulated during the day.Close your eyes and relax.Imagine all the impurities and complexities are leaving your entire system.Let them flow out from your back in the form of smoke, from the area between your tailbone (at the base of your spine) and the top of your head.Remain alert during the entire process without brooding over the thoughts and feelings that arise. Try to remain a witness to your thoughts.Gently accelerate this process with confidence and determination.If your attention drifts and other thoughts come to mind, gently bring your focus back to the cleaning.As the impressions are leaving from your back you will start to feel lighter.Continue this process for up to twenty to twenty-five minutes.When you feel light within, you can start the second part of the process:Feel a current of purity coming from the Source entering your system from the front. This current is flowing into your heart and throughout your system, saturating every particle.You have now returned to a more balanced state. Every particle of your body is emanating lightness, purity, and simplicity.Finish with the conviction that the cleaning has been completed effectively.

Heartfulness Cleaning

<h3 style="text-align:center;">BABUJI’S NATURAL REMEDIES</h3>&nbsp;<h4>During his lifetime, BABUJI shared a wealth of knowledge to his associates about the simple natural remedies that he learned and also discovered during his life in northern India. This month we share his thoughts on garlic and sandalwood.1</h4>Babuji highly recommended his associates to eat two to three pieces of garlic every day. In the last few years of his life, Babuji used to say “Garlic is not copper, not gold, not silver; it is diamond.”Babuji felt that the sandalwood tree (Chandan) was useful for many things besides its aromatherapy. He said that the older the tree, the greater the benefits. Its benefits increase from generation to generation, that is, they are passed to the next generation.<hr>1 Please note that these remedies are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider. The remedies may be used to complement medical treatment and support recovery.

Garlic and sandalwood

<h2 style="text-align:center;">BABUJI’S NATURAL REMEDIES</h2><h4>During his lifetime, BABUJI shared a wealth of knowledge to his associates about the simple natural remedies that he learned and also discovered during his life in northern India. This month we share a couple of his remedies for insomnia.1</h4>We all know the importance of a good night’s sleep, and these days scientists have done so much research in this field that there is no doubt that sleep hygiene is a vital ingredient of a healthy lifestyle. But not everyone finds it easy to go off to sleep, and we often look for pills and potions to give us a helping hand.In India, Tulsi or holy basil has long been known to support sleep. This is because Tulsi relaxes the nerves, tones the central nervous system, and calms the mind. It is also an adaptogen, which means it helps us adapt to stress, and promotes balance and resilience. This in turn supports healthy digestion.&nbsp;Babuji also taught his associates other subtler methods to help them sleep, and one of those is also shared here.Ingredients:<ul><li>Tulsi leaves or a Tulsi tea mix.&nbsp;</li><li>Boiling water.</li></ul>Methods:<ol style="list-style-type:decimal;"><li>Make an infusion of Tulsi leaves in water. Leave it to steep for a few minutes before sipping prior to going to bed at night.</li><li>While lying in bed, first relax your body, starting with your toes (you can try&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmwqL34FCjA">Heartfulness Relaxation</a>). Then, make a gentle thought that you are drawing sleep downwards from your eyebrows to your eyelids.</li></ol><hr>1 Please note that these remedies are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider. The remedies may be used to complement medical treatment and support recovery.&nbsp;

Insomnia

<h2 style="text-align:center;">Babuji’s Natural Remedies</h2><h4 style="text-align:justify;">During his lifetime, BABUJI shared a wealth of knowledge to his associates about the simple natural remedies that he learned and also discovered during his life in northern India. This month we share one of his remedies for fever.1</h4>Anemia is a common condition around the world, signifying a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and tiredness. It is called Pandu in Ayurveda and can be brought on by poor diet, poor iron uptake during digestion, blood loss, and certain diseases. It is treated by increasing the hemoglobin content of the blood. There are different causes of anemia, e.g. iron deficiency, vitamin deficiency, sickle-celled anemia, aplastic anemia, thalassemia, congenital anemia, excessive physical effort, and eating too many sour and salty foods.<h4 style="text-align:justify;">Ingredients</h4><ul><li style="text-align:justify;">A small quantity of Chuna paste or slaked lime (Calcium hydroxide), the size of a grain of wheat.</li><li style="text-align:justify;">Juice from a pomegranate.</li></ul><h4 style="text-align:justify;">Method</h4>Mix the Chuna in a glass with water and pomegranate juice. Take this mixture every day for nine months.<hr>1Please note that these remedies are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider. The remedies may be used to complement medical treatment and support recovery.&nbsp;

Anemia

<hr><h2>BABUJI’S NATURAL REMEDIES</h2><hr><h4>During his lifetime, BABUJI shared a wealth of knowledge to his associates about the simple natural remedies that he learned and also discovered during his life in northern India. This month we share one of his remedies for fever.1&nbsp;</h4><hr>In Ayurveda, it is thought that there are two factors that cause fever – toxicity due to improper digestion, and foreign particles like bacteria, viruses, and toxins. Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) is a herbaceous vine that is used to combat fever, and for its high nutritional content, alkaloids, terpenoids, lignans, and steroids. The stems are mostly used, but the leaves and roots can also be used.Giloy relieves any type of fever, including chronic and recurrent fever, dengue fever, swine flu, hay fever, and Covid. For best results, drink the decoction or juice in the morning on an empty stomach, and avoid taking it at night.<h4>Ingredients:</h4>A handful of clean chopped Giloy stems.Water to fill a small saucepan.<h4>Method:</h4>Place the stems in the saucepan of water, bring it to the boil, and let it simmer for at least 10 minutes. This will produce a decoction.Strain the mixture, let it cool, and take a teaspoon of the liquid twice a day.It can also be taken in powder form, capsule form, or as a juice.<hr><hr>1 Please note that these remedies are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider. The remedies may be used to complement medical treatment and support recovery.<hr>

Fever

<h3 style="text-align:center;">BABUJI’S NATURAL REMEDIES</h3><h4>During his lifetime, BABUJI shared a wealth of knowledge to his associates about the simple natural remedies that he learned and also discovered during his life in northern India. This month we share one of his remedies for the common cold.1</h4>Clove and honey together have been used for centuries as a natural cough and cold syrup, due to their antiviral, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties. The syrup also helps to reduce the pain and swelling of a sore throat. In addition, the mixture is used to heal mouth ulcers, and generally boost metabolism and immunity.Tulsi is also a time-honored remedy for respiratory ailments. There are certain plants that can be kept in every home to keep the atmosphere clean. Two plants in particular are very beneficial – tulsi or holy basil (Ocimum sanctum) and marwa or marjoram (Origanum marjorana). Growing these two plants around children provides them with immunity against quite a few diseases.Tulsi is also commonly taken as a tea.<h3>Clove and honey syrup</h3><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/cold_and_flu3_1_700x355_388a693dde.jpg" alt="Clove and Honey Syrup">&nbsp;<h4>Ingredients:</h4>5 to 6 cloves (lavang). 1 tablespoon honey.<h4>Method:</h4>Gently roast 5 to 6 cloves in a pan for 2 minutes. Powder the roasted cloves in a mortar and pestle. Add a tablespoon of honey and mix into a paste. Take 2 to 3 times a day.<h3>Tulsi tea</h3><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/cold_and_flu2_1_700x417_fa600455f3.jpg" alt="Tulsi Tea">&nbsp;<h4>Ingredients:</h4>A few leaves of tulsi. A knob of ginger. 5 to 6 peppercorns. 1½ cups water.<h4>Method:</h4>Add washed fresh tulsi leaves, ginger (grated), and peppercorns to the water. Bring to the boil on a medium flame and turn the flame down to let simmer for 10 minutes. Strain the tea. As it cools, add lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Drink warm.<hr>1 Please note that these remedies are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider. The remedies may be used to complement medical treatment and support recovery.&nbsp;

Cold and flu

Be light

<hr><h3>BABUJI’S NATURAL REMEDIES</h3><hr><h4>During his lifetime, BABUJI shared a wealth of knowledge to his associates about the simple natural remedies that he learned and also discovered during his life in northern India. This month we share one of his remedies for <a href="https://heartfulness.org/magazine/a-rich-legacy-of-taste-and-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">heart health</a>, including high cholesterol, angina, and hypertension.1</h4><hr><h3>Ingredients:</h3>Arjuna tree bark from the species Terminalia arjuna. Water to fill a saucepan.<h3>Method:</h3>Place the tree bark in a saucepan of water, bring it to the boil, and let it simmer for at least 10 minutes. This will produce a decoction.Strain the mixture, let it cool, and drink a glass of the liquid twice a day.The mixture will support the removal of blockages from the heart and blood vessels, prevent the build-up of cholesterol, reduce hypertension, and treat other heart ailments.It can also be taken in powder form, and in capsules.<hr><hr>1 Please note that these remedies are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider. The remedies may be used to complement medical treatment and support recovery.

Heart health

<hr><h2>BABUJI’S NATURAL REMEDIES</h2><hr><h4>During his lifetime, BABUJI shared a wealth of knowledge to his associates about the simple natural remedies that he learned and also discovered during his life in northern India. In this series we will be sharing some of these, starting with his remedies for tonsillitis.1</h4><hr><h4>Ingredients:</h4>½ tsp ground ginger ½ tsp ground turmeric ½ tsp ground pepper 1 tbsp cow ghee2 tsp chuna paste (also known as slaked lime and calcium hydroxide) 2 tsp honey<h4>Method:&nbsp;</h4>Mix the ground ginger, ground turmeric, ground pepper, and cow ghee together and take orally before going to sleep. After taking this mixture, no water should be taken.External application: Apply chuna paste around the neck once a day for up to 40 days. Chuna is readily available in India as a thick paste in small containers. Open the container and immediately add the chuna and honey together in a small bowl and mix to remove the lumps. Then straight away apply the mixture all over the throat. It will dry quickly and can then be washed off.N.B. Care must be taken not to get it in the eyes, as it can cause harm to the cornea.<hr><hr>1 Please note that these remedies are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Please seek the advice of your physician or qualified health provider. These remedies may be used to complement medical treatment and support recovery.<hr>

Tonsillitis

<h4>Enjoy these profound truths about simplicity from SWAMI VIVEKANANDA, DAAJI, OSHO and BABUJI.&nbsp;</h4>The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.The greatness of a teacher consists in the simplicity of his language.Oh, to live even for a day in the full light of freedom, to breathe the free air of simplicity! Is not that the highest purity?—Swami Vivekananda<hr><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/simplicity2_b06e3a3ccc.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T14:55:22.361Z">Sitting for that first meditation session was the most amazing experience I had ever had in my life – it was so profound and proved to me that this system was right for me. I thought, “If a trainer of the system can transmit like this, imagine what the Guide can do!”His name was Ram Chandra and he came from Shahjahanpur – and now I was longing to meet him. But I had to wait. I could only visit him during my college vacation almost a year later in 1977. When I reached Shahjahanpur, I found him to be a loving, simple, genuine, down-to-earth person. His utter simplicity amazed me. Just looking at him made me wonder how there could be such purity in a person, such simplicity. His whole being radiated love. And I could feel the Transmission flowing through him all the time. There was never a dull moment, even when he was silent, which he was most of the time. There was always inner communion, and I was busy inside feeling his presence. That was the beginning of my journey with my Guide.—Daaji<hr><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/simplicity3_8fa70ee14a.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T14:55:56.408Z">If you are simple you will be able to observe yourself. A complex man cannot observe himself because he is so divided. He has so many things around him: so many desires, so many thoughts, and so many problems arising out of these desires and thoughts. He is continuously in a crowd. It is difficult to attain to self study. Only an austere man eats, sleeps, loves, and that is all. He has ample time and ample energy left to observe, just to be, just to sit and look. And he is so happy. … Things are so simple that he can do them easily. And simple things have a quality that even while doing them you can study yourself. Complex things are too much for the mind. It gets too involved and fragmentary, and self study becomes impossible. … You never have enough energy. And without energy there is no possibility of being aware. At the point of low energy, low level energy, you cannot be aware; overflowing energy is needed. An austere man has so much energy left – what to do with this energy? … You are sitting silently; the energy moves to the subtlest layers – it goes higher and higher, it goes on accumulating, it becomes a pinnacle, a pillar of energy. You can study yourself now. Even the subtlest nuances of your thoughts, emotions, feelings, you can watch.—Osho<hr><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/simplicity4_d717ea4018.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-05T14:56:26.650Z">Simplicity is the very essence of Nature. It is the reflection of that which existed in the Absolute in a latent state. It promotes growth. It can be aptly described as the quintessence of the Ultimate. This is in fact the life-substance of Nature.—Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur