#23 - Compassionate Living in the Test Valley: Gauranga, Honoring Cows, and Remembering We’re Family

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hello Namaste Haribo

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peace be with you and upon you

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we have an incredible sunset happening

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and some friends that have gathered to hear a little go

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Rong a breathing meditation

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it's a really nice out in nature

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I'm Mark and I'm Maria and this is Juicy Magic

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Juicy Magic on the daily

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thank you for tuning in and joining us

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here in this beautiful

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uh English countryside

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what's the name of this area

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test the Test Valley

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the Test Valley in Hampshire

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oh it's spring

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the flowers are up the birds are singing

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just listen to the sun for a moment here

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the day is done

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let tomorrow's troubles be for tomorrow

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and let us be thankful that we are here today

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blessings to you and your family

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your community

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your home

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your country this planet

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we're all on the same team

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wherever this life

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there's a person and wherever you find a person

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you'll find a relative

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so let's lean into this moment

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let's do like 10 nice gorgonnas together

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to celebrate this extraordinary gathering of friends

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yeah look at them

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the four legged hoofed ones over there

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oh

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who is that

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one of our winged friends has come to join us

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probably a pheasant or something yeah

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Haribo

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maybe some pigs nearby yeah

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the sun is shining okay

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so we're gonna do a little garang here

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long ago

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around

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making the sound go wrong as you breathe in

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three more times

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ha ha what what are you doing

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I put you in front why

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ha ha

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no I'm in the background

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no no

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you can be in the front no

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ha ha we know the real stars

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the sun over there no

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the stars are the cows there

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yes all the living entities

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oops

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at the trees look at the trees

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are you still going yes

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yes yes

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sorry sorry

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look at the trees behind us

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I will you can get in there right

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no it's just so lovely

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let's see the pathway

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you can see an ancient house over there

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that's all the fireplaces

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where they used to heat by fire

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wood firewood is so wonderful

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here you have this incredible path of daffodils

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and here is this incredible field of beautiful

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boomy cows they call them surabi the life giving cows

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we can care for them

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and use some of their milk and love

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and offer it in yogurt and butter cheese

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and that's the blood transformed

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so the scriptures

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the scriptures say to treat the cow as our mother

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and even though it says in scripture

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to wash yourself after touching stool

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this is contraindicated with cow stool

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because cow dung is actually purifying

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and the Vedas which are correct

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have been verified by modern science as being purifying

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that's why people use their

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the cow dung on their homes

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they use it in rituals the cow urine as well

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and actually the the dung can be used for fire for

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for agni hotra for fire offerings

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and of course

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the beautiful milk can be used for butter

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and yogurt and cheese

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and offered up in love to the Supreme person God

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and then the cows

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also get the benefit of being involved in that

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beautiful offering

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and care for the land care for the

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and I've shown that cows and cow pasturing actually

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when allowed to free roam there

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actually help rejuvenate the soil

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there's a lot of

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garbage being set out there about the cause of

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of

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climate change and this is certainly not one of them

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yeah it's good to be careful who we hear from

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so on this beautiful evening

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oh no

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you have your phone in front of the camera

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did the whole thing get blocked

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I don't know I will check it

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I'm sorry everyone

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very sorry we're

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we're just we didn't wanna miss this beautiful sunset

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for you to miss it

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thank you for your time your energy your being

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we we greet you out there wherever you are

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whoever you are and invite you to

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hello Harry Bull

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might be a pig over there

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yeah be kind and gentle to one another

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no matter what the form

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that's why a lot of yogis walk barefoot

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they try to be very gentle

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walk gentle

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don't even hurt a bug unnecessarily

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try not to step on them wherever there's life

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there's a person and whoever there's a person

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there's a family member

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so on this evening we remind ourselves to

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let's just take care of each other in life

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and my apologies for any technical problems

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thanks for tuning in

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we're juicy magic and we hope to see you again soon

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Haribo Haribo bye