Yet, Barkai’s approach differs from that of the ice guru Wim Hof, behind the eponymous method. Swimmers only wear a standard costume, goggles and a cap. Today, its growing membership includes swimmers from 73 countries.īarkai describes cold water swimming as an extreme sport that takes place in water of 5 C or less.
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Barkai, a celebrated cold water swimmer was determined to establish swimming in icy waters as a recognised sport. Ram Barkai, retired CEO of a financial planning company, is the founder of the International Ice Swimming Association, which he set up back in 2009. There is no strict definition of what the temperature should be, but the general consensus is that it be 15 degrees Celsius or less. It can be used as a general umbrella term for swimming in cold to ice-cold water. He is bound to teach others in order to dispell the ignorance of the world: otherwise his lot is even worse than those of the ignorant.© Copyright (c) Daily Maverick, All Rights ReservedĬold water swimming describes swimming outdoors in cold or icy water and this form of endurance sport is becoming increasingly popular. He enunciates the great altruistic doctrine, so gloriously illustrated in the lives of all great Teachers, that a great responsibility rests with him who knows.
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Ahu or Asu is also the name of God, and Asura would mean “The living delight.”Īnother keynote struck by Madhva is his interpretation of the triplet verses 9-11.
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The word “ra” means “who takes delight in.” It is Ahu or Asu or Christ in whom the Lord takes delight, and through whom and by indwelling in whom the whole universe is created. Ahura literally would mean the Lord of Ahu or Life or Existence. Speigel is of opinion that the word Ahura (the principal name of the deity in the Zendavesta) is identical in meaning with the word Jehova. They prove that all prophets-whether Zarathustra or Moses or Madhva-were messengers of the Great White Lodge: and so naturally taught the same doctrine. These strange coincidences cannot all be accidental. This Asu or Prāṇa is the Christ-principle of the Gnostics. The God dwelling in Asu is called Asura (or Ahura of the Parsis)-the Active Saguna Brāhman. It is the First Begotten of God, the Spirit. Now Asu is a word derived from √as ‘to be,’ ‘to breathe.’ Asu means ‘life’,’ ‘breath’ or Prana. Thus among the Israel also both these names were well-known-God is called “I AM” or Ahmi of the Parsis, and Asmi of Madhva and also “I AM THAT I AM,” the same, word for word, as “Ahmi yad Ahmi” of the Parsis, and So’ ham Asmi of Madhva.Īnother point which Madhva clearly brings out is the indwelling of the Lord in Asu. “And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said Thus shalt thou say unto the Children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.” “And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the Children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you and they shall say to me, what is his name? what shall I say unto them? This too was also the most secret name of God among the Jews, as we learn from the Old Testament, Exodus Chapter III, verses 13 and 14. Thus answered Ahuramazda: My first name is Ahmi-I AM-* * * * and my twentieth is Ahmi yad Ahmi Mazdao-I am that 1 am. Then spake Zarathustra: Tell me then, O Pure Ahuramazda, the name which is thy greatest, best, fairest and which is the most efficacious for prayer. As Madhva points out, it contains the great ineffable name of God, i.e., “I AM THAT I AM”:-“SOHAM ASMI.” In the Zoroastrian Faith also this is one of the most secret names of the Lord, as is shown in the following extract from Hormuzd Yasht:. This Īśāvasya is perhaps the most mystical of all.
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Thus the traditional order of the Upaniṣads, with the Īśāvāsya as the first, has an historical foundation. Many Mantras of this Upaniṣad are to be found in the Bṛhadaraṇyaka. If the Mantra portions are older than the Brāhmaṇas, and they must be so, as the text is always older than the commentary, then there can be no doubt that this Upaniṣad is older than the Bṛhadaraṇyaka which, according to some, is the oldest of all. It forms a part of the Mantra portion of the Veda itself, in fact it is the fortieth chapter of the White Yajur Veda, while other Upaniṣads are generally portions of the Brahmaṇas. Among the Upaniṣads the Īśāvāsya stands first.