The commandments of the 104-year-old sage - how to live in health and joy

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

The wisdom of centenarians is invaluable to those looking to live a long life. Behind every thought is personal experience, every conclusion has been tested over time. Excerpts from the book “Many summers. Good summers. The commandments of the 104-year-old sage Andrey Voron for a long and joyful life."

1. Learn to seeeverything alive around and rejoice in everything - grass, tree, birds, animals, earth, sky. Look at them with kind eyes and with an attentive heart - and you will discover such knowledge that you will not find in books. And you will see yourself in them - tamed and renewed.
2. Take for customstand barefoot on the ground for at least a few minutes at any time. Give the body earth until she calls him.
3. Look for an opportunity to be near the water. It will relieve fatigue, clear thoughts.
4. Drink clean water wherever possible, without waiting for thirst. This is the first remedy. Where fate did not lead me, I first looked for a well, a source. Do not drink sweet and salty (mineral) bottled water. The first will eat away at the liver, the second will seal up the blood vessels.
5. Daily you should have vegetables on your table. Nutritious vegetables that are warm and full of sun. In the first place - beets, there is no better food on earth. Then - beans, pumpkin, berries, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, spinach, lettuce, apples, grapes, plums.
6. Meatif you want, you can eat. But rarely. DO NOT EAT pork, she sent more than one person to the next world. But a thin slice of bacon will do good. But don't smoke it. Why use resin …
7. Bad food - sausage, fried potatoes, cookies, sweets, canned food, pickles. My food is cereals, beans, herbs. The predator ate meat - barely crawling, lazy. And the horse pulls from oats all day long. The locust feeds on grass from the strength it has to fly.
8. There is better a handful, but often. To eat less, I drink a lot of water and compotes, eat rough food and raw vegetables. From Thursday evening to Friday evening I do not eat anything, I just drink water.
9. Fast Is the greatest grace. Nothing strengthens or rejuvenates me like fasting. The bones become light, like a bird's. And the heart is cheerful, like a guy's. With each major post, I get younger by several years.
10. The sun rises and sets - for you. The work is done after sunrise. You will get used to it and you will be strong in body and healthy in spirit. And the brain rests better and brightens in the evening sleep. This is what monks and warriors do. And they have the power to serve.
11. Good in the middle of the day take a nap for half an hour supine so that the blood refreshes the head and face. It is bad to sleep after eating, because then the blood becomes thick and fat accumulates on the vessels.
12. Sit lessbut sleep well.
13. Try more to be in the open air. Train yourself to live in a cool room. It is enough for the legs and arms to be warm, but the head is cool. The body wastes away and grows old from the heat. In the Ussuriisk forests, I knew an old Chinese man who always wore wadded clothes, but almost never drowned in a hut.
14. Weak, frozen body strengthen with herbs. A handful of herbs, berries, leaves, branches of currants, raspberries, strawberries, steam with boiling water and drink all day. In winter, you will get great benefit from this.
15. Don't forget about nuts. The nut is like our brain. It has power for the brain. It is good to consume a teaspoon of nut butter daily.
16. With people be kind and attentive. Each of them, even an empty one, can be learned. Make no enemies or friends out of people. And then you won't get any trouble from them.
17. What is destined for you will be given. Just learn to wait humbly. That which you should not have and should not wait. Let the soul be light.
18. Don't believe in prejudiceAstrologers, do not resort to fortune telling. Keep your soul and heart clean.
19. When the soul is bad, you have to walk a lot. Better in the field, in the forest, above the water. The water will carry your sadness. But remember: the best medicine for body and soul is fasting, prayer and physical work.
20. Move more … A stone that is rolling is NOT overgrown with moss. Troubles keep us on the ground. Do not shy away from them, but also do not let them dominate you. Never be afraid to start learning a new business - you will renew yourself.
21. I have never been to a resort, nor did I lay down on Sunday. My rest is a change of occupation. The nerves rest when the hands are working. The body gains strength when the head works.
22. Don't ask for little. Ask big. And you will get less.
23. Not tricky benefit from everything, but try to be useful yourself. The vine that does not give birth soon dries up.
24. Do not be scoffing and mockingbird, but be cheerful.
25. Don't overeat! A hungry beast is more cunning and nimble than a well-fed person. With a handful of dates and a mug of wine, the Roman legionaries fled in full ammunition for 20 kilometers, crashed into the enemy ranks and fought for half a day without respite … And from the satiety and debauchery of the patricians, the Roman Empire fell.
26. After dinner, I still have half an hour strolling through the garden.
27. When you eat, do not drink it. Do not drink either before or after meals.
28. To do not go with your child to hospitals and pharmacies, put him in the hands of Nature. From an early age, teach to walk on the ground barefoot. This is the strongest tempering. A child burned in the sun - it will do good, was bitten by a wasp or an ant - too good, stung by nettles, bathed in cool water, scratched with a thorn, ate a carrion in the garden - it means that he was hardened from ailments, became stronger in body, stronger in spirit.
29. When you cut vegetables with a knife, they partially lose their earthly strength. Better to eat and cook them whole. Onions are twice as healthy when crushed with your hands or a wooden plank.
30. Not necessary drink store tea. For me, the best brewing is from young pear twigs. This tea is very aromatic and medicinal. It removes salts and excess water, relieves pain and inflammation of the joints.
31. And coffee, tea, sweet drinks, beer erode the heart.
32. If you are tired, there was weakness, soreness, just give the body a rest. Make your nutrition easier. To do this, you need to eat one dish during the day. The next day, another dish. And so at least a week or two.
33. Want long stay young and live long? Have a nut and apple day once a week. In the morning, cook 8 apples and 8 nuts. Eat one apple and one nut every 2:00 or so. To keep the stomach busy during the day.
34. When you feel that the body quickly gets tired, that everything annoys you, work, as they say, falls out of hand - this means: you need to take carrots two or three times a day. So recuperate.
35. Hot meals I cook only 1-2 times. food must be fresh.
36. So that there is no cold, do not wash with hot water, eat nuts and garlic every day, walk barefoot on the corn sprinkled on the floor, and sleep a lot.
37. When the berry season comes you can deny yourself any food, just not berries. Eat at least a cup daily. If the stars are the eyes of the sky, the berries are the eyes of the earth. There are no major and minor ones among them. Each will saturate you with strength and health - from cherries to watermelons.
38. Cherish Your Inner Joy and the charm of life.
39. Make time for silence to calm down, for a sincere conversation with oneself.
40. What well, and what is bad - let your heart tell you, not human rumor.
41. Do not worry about who thinks and says what about you. Be your own judge in purity and dignity.
42. Don't be angry with people. Don't judge them. Each person you forgive will add to your self-love.
43. If your heart is overflowing with love, there is no place for fear.
44. DO NOT compete in nothing with anyone. To each his own. The poor is not the one who has little, but the one who has little.
45. Never do not hit or shout at children. Otherwise, slaves will grow out of them.
46. Don't argue. Each has its own truth and its own resentment.
47. Doesn't teach people how to live, what to do. I never teach, only advise when asking for advice.
48. Don't count yourself the smartest and most decent, better than others.
49. Don't try to be example to others. Look for an example nearby.
50. Do not compete in nothing and with anyone. Better to give in.
51. Healing power - healthy sleep. But every day you need to earn it with some kind of work, effort.

Do not be shy

• Don't be shy about your parents.
• Do not be ashamed of your children.
• Don't be shy about your job if it's honest.
• Don't be shy about your character.
• Don't be shy about your body.
• Do not be ashamed of yourself.

7 blessings

1. Moderate nutrition
2. Constant moderate physical work, the habit of walking a lot
3. Clean water and clean air
4. The sun
5. Self-control, self-restraint
6. Relaxation
7. faith

7 main things to learn

1. Find joy in this life. The joy of every minute given to you.
2. Bring joy to others. Be human.
3. Forgive. Is always. Everyone, including myself.
4. Repent. Free yourself from sin and mistakes.
5. Laugh. Face and soul. (Doesn't take people and himself seriously).
6. Breathe. Free, deep and enjoyable.
7. Sleep. To my heart's content and with pleasure.

7 cherished dishes

(They were presented to the person from Above not only as the best food, but also as medicines)

1. Beet
2. Cucumbers and onions
3. Yogurt
4. A fish
5. Porridge (millet, buckwheat, corn, beans)
6. Apple
7. Berries and nuts

7 cherished liquids

1. Spring water.
2. Green tea.
3. Grape juice (wine).
4. Tea made from leaves, twigs and berry flowers.
5. Kvass.
6. Sexton's compote.
7. Cabbage pickle.

As long as you live and free …

• Barefoot, but go ahead.
• Although lame, go ahead.
• Although legless, but go ahead.
• If you are faced with a difficult choice or a difficult decision, make up your mind with a light heart in the evening, then in the morning when you get up, there will be an answer for you. And so it will be.
• If you don't know what to do, do at least something that you can.
• If you're afraid to do it, don't do it.
• But if you do, don't be afraid.
• "Bad", useless, empty work does not exist.
• If you do not know what to do, do what your heart desires, but do not break the measure.
• Not everything is subject to reason. But everything obeys perseverance.
• And nothing is impossible for you as long as you live in freedom.

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