Rule#17 Rule of Water (RUWA)

The Rule

            There are two things to remember when it comes to water: (1) it's the most important substance to all life on this planet and (2) our bodies are made up of more than 70% water. Two thirds of the weight of the body is water and about 75% of the protoplasm- the material surrounding the nuclei of the cells, is composed of water. In the body, water transports food elements in the cells. As human beings we owe it to ourselves to drink the best, the cleanest, the most nourishing water of all for verily water is life.

Distilled, reverse osmosis, spring, bottled, tap, mineral, tea, coffee, carbonated drinks, fresh juice etc -- they are all water. But is all water the same or even similar?  Is one better than another? In this chapter, we will look at the nutritional and chemical properties of water and try to conclude the best water for our bodies.

            We will look at both the nutrition and chemical properties of water. We will simply categorize water based on the nutrition and chemical properties inside it. For example:

Type of water	Nutrition and chemical property	Health property
Carbonated drinks	A lot of sugar, acidic, some caffeine	Bad for health. Try to avoid or only take sparingly.
Coffee	Antioxidant, caffeine	Bad for health. Try to avoid or only take sparingly.
Distilled, reverse osmosis	no calorie, no minerals	Ok. Lack of minerals is not so good for our health.
Normal tea	Sugar, antioxidant, Alkaline	Ok
Green tea	No sugar, antioxidant, alkaline	Good
Spring, mineral water	Minerals	Excellent.
Fresh juice	Some sugar, vitamins and minerals, mostly alkaline	Excellent.
Alkaline ionized water, Zam Zam water	Minerals, Alkaline	Excellent.

            We can use the same rule established in the Rule of Food to determine whether a type of water is healthy or not. For example carbonated drinks are a clear example of unhealthy water. This is because carbonated drinks contain too much sugar. A can of carbonated drinks will have at least 7 teaspoon of sugar. As explained in RUFO, this caused an insulin spike and if carbonated drinks are taken regularly over the long run will burden the pancreas due to producing too much insulin. Furthermore, a can of carbonated drinks is acidic due to the sugar. By calculation, it will take around 32 glasses of alkaline water of pH 10 to neutralize 1 glass of carbonated drink of pH 2.5.      

            Even though fresh juice has some sugar, it is rich in vitamins and minerals. Most of the fresh juices are also alkaline. Therefore fresh juice is considered healthy water. Even when you eat fruits, what you consume is mainly the juice with the rich vitamins and minerals and some fibres. Please take note that only fresh juice is considered healthy water and not the processed juice. This is because when the juice is being processed it lost most of the nutritions and many processed juice has a lot of sugar contents. As a general rule, all processed food and drinks are considered unhealthy.

            Distilled water and Reverse Osmosis (RO) water is good because it does not have any harmful bacteria and chemical. The downside is that it also does not have the required minerals for our body. Since the natural water in this world is mineralized, logically our body also needs the natural mineralized water as the best water. Distilled water and RO water is free of dissolved minerals and, because of this, has the special property of being able to actively absorb toxic substances and minerals from the body and eliminate them. Studies validate the benefits of drinking distilled water when one is seeking to cleanse or detoxify the system for short periods of time (a few weeks at a time). However drinking distilled and RO water will leach out the minerals in our body if consumed over the long run and therefore it is not good for our body.

            Spring and mineral water is considered better than distilled and RO water because it has the required minerals and it is also slightly alkaline. It also tastes better than distilled or RO water due to the minerals in it.

            Tea, green tea and coffee are considered good due to antioxidant inside it. However, coffee has caffeine inside it which is a form of drug as mentioned in the Rule of Food. Normal tea is also not so good because it has a lot of sugar inside it. The best form of tea is the green tea because it is antioxidant, has no sugar and is very alkaline. The Japanese who regularly consumed green tea has the highest life expectancy in this world.

            According to the book ‘Reverse Aging’ by Shang Wang, the best water is alkaline water. According to him, Alkaline ionic water is one of the most significant preventative health advances of our generation. It is a Powerful Antioxidant, which also provides our body with an abundance of oxygen which in turn gives us energy. It balances our body pH, which helps prevent disease because it is Alkaline. It is a Powerful Detoxifier, and a superior hydrator, up to 6 times more hydrating than conventional water.  

            When there are more H⁺ ions than OH^- ions in water, it is called acid water. Conversely, the water with more OH^- ions than H⁺ ions is called alkaline water. When their numbers are equal, the water is called neutral water. pH is the measurement of concentration of H⁺ ions. For example, a pH of 2.5 will have H⁺ concentration of 1x10^-2.5. At the same time, the concentration of OH^- will be 1x10^-11.5 because the sume of exponents for H⁺ ions than OH^- ions always add up to 14 in room temperature water (22^○ C). Therefore, a water of pH 7 will have equal number of H⁺ and OH^- ions and is considered neutral.  A water of pH>7 is considered alkaline.

            Our blood has a pH value ranging from 7.3 and 7.45. Due to abundance of OH^- ions in alkaline water, alkaline water will have excess oxygen compared to acidic water. Alkaline water has excess oxygen, not in the form of O₂, but in the form of OH^- which is very stable because it is mated with positively ionized alkaline minerals. Two of this hydroxyl ions can form a water molecule (H₂O) and give out one oxygen atom. The alkaline mineral is used to detoxify poisonous acid compounds and when that happens the hydroxyl ion is freed to supply excess oxygen to the cells.

            Typically water molecules group together in clusters of 10 to 13 molecules. Alkaline ionic water molecule clusters are split in half and grouped into 5 to 6 water molecules, thus it is reduced in size. The Alkaline ionic water molecule cluster has been changed from an irregular shape to a regular hexagonal shape that passes through our body tissue much more efficiently than conventional water. It is this smaller, regular shape that hydrates anything much more efficiently than conventional water.

            As discussed in the Rule of Food, regardless of the type of food we eat, our body will produce waste products which are acidic. The aim of dringkin alkaline water is so that our body could dispose more acidic waste products. Drinking alkaline water will allow our body to carry out waste product by the blood and disposed in liquid form. The best kind of water for this function is acid-free alkaline water, the water that neutralizes harmful acids and disposes of them safely while at the same time, it does not leach out valuable alkaline minerals such as Potassium, Magnesium, Sodium and Calcium.

            Alkaline water can be made through a water ionizer freely available in the market. The alkaline water made from this water ionizer is similar to true mountain spring water, for it is acid free alkaline water. According to Mr Shang Wang of ‘Reverse Aging’, drinking alkaline water will not only prevents degenerative diseases such as cancer,  heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, gout, kidney disease etc but it can also reverse the aging process in our body, making us younger.

What is this rule?

            This rule is to complement the Rule of Food. We need to drink water that is low in sugar and that is highly nutritious and alkaline. Drinking alkaline water is the best for your health. However, if you don’t have a water ionizer to make alkaline water, you can still drink alkaline water and eat alkaline food from the naturally alkaline forming food and mineral water.

             

How to implement this rule?

            Choose your drink carefully. Try to minimize drinks with too much sugar such as carbonated drinks, teh tarik, Nescafe tarik etc. Install a water filter at your house so that the water that you drink at your house is free from harmful substance. It is even better if you invest in alkaline water filter so that you are able to drink alkaline water everyday.

The benefit of this rule

             Similar to the Rule of Food, by choosing your drink carefully, you can make tremendous changes to your health. This is not surprising considering 70% of your body is made of water. Drinking quality water will indeed determine the quality of your health.

More about this rule

The best water in the world is Zam Zam water. Zam Zam is the water that heals. The only place on earth Zam Zam water comes from is a well in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mecca is a holy place where all Muslims from around the world come to worship Allah by praying and performing Hajj and Umrah.  

According to Arab historians, the well has been in use for 4000 years. The well makes the site of a spring that miraculously has issued forth from a barren and desolate non perennial stream where the prophet Abraham (PBUH), under God’s command had left his wife Hajar and infant son Ismail (PBUH) on their own. When their water supply ran low, God in his grace gave them Zam Zam water from a well which has never been dried up until now even though the well is being used by millions of people every day.

Sodium and Potassium were manifold higher in Zam Zam water than in tap and solar pump water. Zam Zam water has an effect of removing toxins from the body thus making it helpful in speeding the process of curing cancer, food poisoning, burns, arthritis, eczema, thyroid dysfunction, mental confusion, high cholesterol, hypertension, SLE, haemorrhoids and generalised fatigue. Zam Zam water has a vitality that no other water has. It is a healer in every disease.

Four senior experts of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission have found the water of Zam Zam well to be scientifically superior to tap water or solar pump water. This was done through analysis and testing. It was found that Zam Zam water has a curative effect.

Alkaline in nature, the Zam Zam water can neutralise excess Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) found in the stomach and reduces heartburn. Iodide, Sulphate, Nitrate contents are much higher in Zam Zam water. It was revealed that contents of macro-nutrients like magnesium are also abundant in Zam Zam water.

Rule#16 Rule of Food (RUFO) - Part 2

A healthy macronutrients should contain the most or all the 6 micronutrients. A table provided below classifies the healthy and unhealthy macronutrients.

In order to understand further the danger of eating unhealthy food, the impact of eating unhealthy foods is explained below:

1. Processed foods which contained refined white sugar: These include all foods made with High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), corn syrup, refined sugar, sucrose, maltose, mollases, brown sugar, artificial sweeteners, processed honey, candy, jam, jellies, cookies, cakes, pies, cereals and ketchup.

Health impact: These refined carbohydrates will cause our blood glucose level to rise rapidly, triggering food cravings and insulin surges that lead to fat production, inflammation, depletion of vitamins and minerals, low energy and weakening our immune system. Over the long run, this can lead to disease such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer’s and osteoporosis. Although artificial sweeteners and sugar-free foods do not contain the refined sugar, their chemical make-up is acidic which is also not good for our health. This will be explained in the next chapter on chemical properties of food.

2. Processed food which contain refined white flour: These include all food made with refined flour such as white bread, enriched bread, white pasta, white rice, macaroni, cereals, crackers, donuts, pancakes, pastries, biscuits, spaghetti, cakes, pies and starchy vegetables such as potatoes and corns.

Health impact: These refined carbohydrates will be eventually broken down into its basic form (C₆H₁₂O₆) which will cause our blood glucose level to rise albeit at a slower rate than refined sugar. Excessive consuming this type of food over the long run will have almost the same impact as consuming refined sugar. Furthermore bleaching agents used for whitening the flour produced a chemical called alloxan which may damage pancreatic beta cell in some people. We can minimize the negative effects to our health by eating the organic whole grain, high fiber version of these foods.

A point to note is that white rice which is the basic food for Malaysian is highly glycemic. High glycemic food means food that converts readily to sugar (glucose). All food has a glycemic index and this is compared against glucose which has the highest index of 100. For example, white rice and white bread is 90 and brown rice is 50. Bananas and papaya is 60 whereas orange (42), pears (38) and grapefruits (25). If you are at high risk of developing diabetes, you should take food with index less than 50 and eat lots of fibers. Alternatively we should reduce our intake of white rice or substitute the white rice with the healthier form which is the brown rice.

3.  Trans fats: These include all processed foods made with hydrogenated oil, such as stick margarines, French fries, potato chips, pretzels, cookies, fried foods, donuts, store-bought baked goods, and packaged foods. The process of creating hydrogenated oil destroys the essential fatty acids in the oil and replaces them with deformed trans fatty acids.

Health impact: Trans fats are shaped differently from their original form, creating deficiencies and imbalances throughout the metabolism, including fatty deposits in the arteries. Trans-fats in processed foods lead to fat production, inflammation, clogging of the arteries, and damaged cells (DNA structure). These foods also prevent our body from burning fat and effectively utilizing insulin as this synthesis fat clogs our insulin receptors. We should be wary of foods that are cooked beyond 250 degrees Fahreinheit because they contain acrylamide, a proven carcinogen (cancer-causing agent). Examples of such foods are French fries which also contain trans fats and behaved like refined sugar.

4. Saturated fats: they are solid at room temperature and are found in animal meat, organ meats, processed meats, fried foods and some dairy products (cow’s milk, cheese, butter, ice cream). These fats contain arachidonic acid, which is found in the fat and muscle tissues of animals. Arachinodic acid is essential for our health, but it can be destructive at high levels, leading to inflammation and heart disease.

Health impact: Excess consumption of saturated fats can lead to inflammation, excess fat production, increased leptin production (loss of appetite control), clogging of arteries, cancerous tissues, and reduced insulin utilization. We should be wary of animals that are given growth hormones, antibiotics and other chemicals which are passed to us when we consume these meats on a regular basis.

5. Drugs: they include alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, etc

Health impact: Alcohol and tobacco devastate the liver, lungs and cardiovascular system causing cancer, heart disease and other disease. Caffeine is a stimulant that may trigger insulin surges. Caffeine has diuretic property and may cause slight dehydration. It will also generally increase your heartbeat. Excess caffeine may cause the body to produce an oxidative chemical called alloxan that may damage the pancreatic beta cells in some people, reducing their production of insulin.

Eating healthy and nutritious foods on the other hand help to initiate a cleansing and detoxification of the body at the cellular level to help repair trillions of defective cells that were damaged in our body due to eating bad food and accumulated toxin in your body. Raw vegetable juice can accelerate the cleansing of the body’s terrain to increase absorption and strengthen the immune system; reduce the inflammation and acidity in your body; and, rebalance the body biochemically and hormonally.

The consistent consumption of nutritious foods with proper nutritional supplementation allows the entire body to begin a rejuvenation process to repair and rebuild itself. These nutritious foods enable the body to function in a harmonious manner; and the body, in turn operates in harmony with the mind.

To be continued in Part 3

CHAPTER 2 : RULE OF HEALTH (ROH)

I am ROH,

I am your doctor,

I will heal you when you are sick,

I will soothe your pain,

I will take care of your body,

I will make you stronger,

To survive everything that life throws at you,

May God gives you a body free from disease and pain.

Rule#19 Rule of Exercise (RUEX)

The Rule

            God has designed our body to take in energy through eating and to burn that energy through physical activities such as working, walking, running, farming etc. The problem with the modern world is that most of us work around 8 hours every day for 5 days a week and rather than doing physical work, most of us are doing office work which do not require much energy at all. Due to this condition, there is imbalance between energy intake through eating and energy burning through physical activities. This imbalance will cause our body to store the excess energy (sugar) into glycogen and fats etc. This imbalance will also cause our body to work harder for example to convert the excess energy (sugar/glucose) into glycogen and fats etc. This process of converting energy (sugar/glucose) into glycogen and fats is done by an organ called pancreas through the release of the hormone insulin. If this imbalance is not corrected over a long period of time, our body will suffer due to excess fats and our organs will also suffer due to overstress. The end results are chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes when your pancreas organ fails. So the only way to correct this imbalance of energy intake and burning is either by eating less food or by doing more physical energy i.e. through exercising. 

How to implement this rule?

            When we talk about exercise, we always imagine it to be hard work. In our mind, exercise means jogging or running for 30 minutes to 1 hour, sweating a lot. This is not necessarily true. Walking is also a form of exercise and it is easier to do than jogging. First let us get the facts right. Consider these facts about jogging and walking.

1.     A person who walks 1 km burn the same energy as a person who jogs 1 km. Jogging is better because it increase the heart rate, increase the oxygen intake and stress the muscle making the heart, lung and leg muscle stronger.

2.     The intensity and duration of jogging or other exercise has to be improved gradually to prevent any injuries and it is recommended to get advice from doctors before starting any exercise routine.

3.     Walking is easier on the heart, lung and muscle so it is more suitable for older people compared to jogging which is more suitable for younger people.

4.    Walking and jogging are part of aerobic exercise. Aerobic means oxygen burning exercise. There are other forms of exercise such as weight lifting which is an anaerobic exercise in order to build the muscle. Muscle stretching to improve flexibility is also another form of anaerobic exercise.

So regardless of your age, fitness level and condition you can always exercise. The key is to exercise according to your age, fitness level and condition. Care has to be taken not to overstress or overdo it. It is best to get advice from your doctors before you start any exercise program.

Since most of us have a job, the only time we can exercise is after work between 6-7 pm, during the night and during weekend. The best is to aim the duration of exercise for around 5 hours every week. The least is to exercise between 3-5 times every week with at least 20 minutes per duration of exercise.

The benefit of this rule

            Everyone knows that exercise is good for your health. We learn this since we were kids during Physical Exercise (PE) program. I list down below all the benefits of aerobic exercise, muscle building exercise and stretching exercises so that you will know that there are so much benefits of exercise that you should go and do it.

The benefit of aerobic exercise

1.              Increase the amount of oxygen in the body and the flow of oxygen to the brain

2.              Improve blood circulation and the ability to make better use of oxygen

3.           Detoxify our body through stimulation of lymphatic system, stimulation of bowel movement and sweating 

4.              Helps us lose weight

5.      Eliminate and manage stress, anxiety and depression through the release of endorphins, the natural painkillers.

6.         Minimum exercise of 30 minutes will make your body release endorphins, the body’s own morphine, perfectly legal that calms the body and makes you able to think constructively again.

7.              Stimulates the immune system

8.        Reduces the risk of certain disease such as heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and certain types of cancer e.g. colon and breast cancer. Jogging and walking can stimulate bone growth therefore reducing the risk of osteoporosis while swimming reduce the risk of arthritis.

9.              Strengthen the muscles involved in respiration, to facilitate the flow of air in and out of the lungs

10.           Strengthen and enlarge the heart muscle

11.           Live longer

12.           Strengthen the muscle throughout the body

13.           Lowers heart rate and blood pressure

14.           Increase level of good HDL cholesterol in blood and lower bad LDL cholestrol

15.           Improvement of glucose metabolism reduces insulin resistance and therefore lowers the risk of diabetes or regulates better the disease if it has already occurred

16.           Greater resistance to fatigue and increase your stamina

17.           Helps us to sleep better

The benefits of anaerobic exercise – weight lifting

1.              Helps lose fat

2.              Make you strong and fit

3.              Make you have more energy

4.              Tone, lift, firm and shape your body

5.              Build stronger muscles and bones

6.              Help your body balance

7.              Help prevent osteoporosis

8.              Increase your lean body mass and therefore increase your metabolism

The benefits of anaerobic exercise – stretching

1.              Relief from pain

2.              Increased energy level

3.              Increased flexibility

4.              Better range of motion of the joints

5.              Greater circulation of blood to various parts of the body

6.              Relaxation and stress relief

7.              Enhanced muscular coordination

8.              improved posture

9.              greater sense of well-being

10.           Helps prevent injuries such as muscle strains

11.           Reduce muscle tension and fatigue

12.           Help you feel good

More about this rule

            Exercise is for everyone, young or old, rich or poor. You don’t need to have expensive exercise equipment to exercise although it is an advantage to have one. You don’t need to spend money to exercise, only your time. It cost very little to exercise but the benefits are very huge. With so much health benefits related to aerobic and anaerobic exercise. It is a wonder why people are being lazy and do not exercise. Perhaps it is because the benefit of doing exercise does not materialize immediately. If you combine the Rule of Exercise with the Rule of Linear and Compounding effect, perhaps you could find the answer. The answer is that if you exercise consistently for a long period of time, then you will accumulate the benefits of those consistent exercise through compounding effect and perhaps much much later during your old age, you will see the benefit of consistent exercise that you have done consistently during your younger years.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE.. 4

INTRODUCTION.. 5

CHAPTER 1 : RULE OF MOTIVATION (ROM) 7

The General Rule of Motivation (GROOM) 8

Rule#1 Rule of Accepting Fate (ROAF) 11

Rule#2 Rule 24434 (Rule 24434) 15

Rule#3 Rule of Success (ROSE) 17

Rule#4 Rule of Success #2 (ROSE2) 19

Rule#6 Rule of Winning the Game (ROWEG) 24

Rule#7 Rule of Helping Yourself (ROHYE) 26

Rule#8 Rule of Becoming Stronger (ROBES) 28

Rule#9 Rule of not Getting Penalized (RONG) 30

Rule#10 Rule of Solving your Problem (ROSYP) 31

Rule#11 Rule of Introvert versus Extrovert (ROIVE) 32

Rule#12 Rule of good deeds and bad deeds (ROGAB) 34

Rule#13 Rule of imagination (RUIMA) 35

Rule#14 Rule of focus (RUCUS) 38

Rule#15 Rule of Good and Bad (ROGAB) 41

CHAPTER 2 : RULE OF HEALTH (ROH) 43

The General Rule of Health (GROH) 44

The 5 Categories of Health. 46

The Indicator of Health. 46

Feedback Questionnaire. 47

Rule#16 Rule of Food (RUFO) 52

Rule#17 Rule of Water (RUWA)

Rule#18 Rule of Image (ROIM) 68

Rule#19 Rule of Exercise (RUEX) 71

Rule#20 Rule of Brain (RUBRAIN) 74

Rule#21 Rule of Emotion (RUEMO)

Rule#22 Rule of Spirit (RUSPI) 77

Rule#23 Rule of Memory (RUMEM) 77

Rule#24 Rule of Nature (RUNATUR) 77

Rule#25 Rule of Animal (RUANIM) 77

Rule#26 Rule of Family and Friends (RUOFAF) 78

Rule#27 Rule of Mind, Body, Spirit (RUMIBOS) 78

Rule#28 Rule of Deposit and Withdrawal (RUDEWI) 78

Rule#29 Rule of Greeting, Smiling and Laughter (RUGRESMILA) 79

Rule#30 Rule of Longer Life (RULOL) 82

CHAPTER 3 : RULE OF BECOMING WEALTHY (ROBE) 84

The General Rule of Becoming Wealthy (GROW) 85

Rule#31 Rule of Investment (ROI)

Rule#32 Rule of Trading (RUTRAD) 95

Rule#33 Rule of Wealth Attraction (ROWA) 97

Rule#34 Rule of Earning Income (ROEI) 99

Rule#35 Rule of Wealth Accumulation (ROWAC) 101

Rule#36 Rule of Risk Distribution (RORID) 102

Rule#37 Rule of Working (ROW) 103

Rule#38 Rule of Debt and Risk Taking (RODAR) 104

Rule#39 Rule of Asset Hierarchy (ROAH) 105

Rule#40 Rule of Sources of Income (ROSI) 107

Rule#41 Rule of Winning and Losing (ROWAL) 108

Rule#42 Rule of Pyramid (RUPYM) 109

Rule#43 Rule of Problem and Opportunity (ROPOP) 112

Rule#44 Rule of Linear and Compounding Effect (RULICOM) 115

Rule#45 Rule of Parallelism (RUPARAL) 118

CONCLUSION.. 120

Rule#29 Rule of Greeting, Smiling and Laughter (RUGRESMILA)

The Rule

            Have you heard of the phrase ‘smile and the whole world smiles with you?’. It is a pity that so many people underestimate the benefits of smiling. Smiling is so easy to do yet not many people are not doing it. Smiling is the easiest way to build relationship. Smile to a stranger and that stranger could be your friend. Smile to your friend and your friend could be your best friend. Smile to your husband/wife and your husband/wife will know that you love him/her. Smile to your colleague and he/she might assist you with your work.  Smile is easy, free and creates a very good impression and provides enormous benefits, both for those who give and those given a smile. According to Mother Teresa, every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. Smile is a universal language which is done the same way in every part of the world. Intuitively, people tend to get attracted towards those who smile genuinely.

            There is also another phrase on laugher as follows: “laughter is the best medicine”. It is also a pity that so many people underestimate the benefits of laughter. Laughter is the sign of happiness, joy and amusement. Laughter also triggers healthy physical changes in the body.

How to implement this rule?

            Don’t take this life too seriously. Put up a happy face when you talk to others. Be a happy and cheerful person. Laugh at the jokes made by others. Tell jokes to others. Laugh even at yourself when you make silly mistakes. Watch comedies and listen to funny stories.

The benefit of this rule

            There are so many benefits of smiling and laughing. I think the best ways to illustrate the benefits of smiling and laughing is by providing those in point forms as follows:

Smiling

1. makes us attractive
2. it is contagious
3. relieves stress
4. boosts our immune system
5. lowers our blood pressure
6. releases Endorphins, natural pain killers and Serotonin that calms the mind
7. lifts the face and makes you younger
8. makes us seem successful
9. helps us stay positive

Laughter

1. increases antibodies in saliva that combats upper respiratory infections

2. decreases serum cortisol, thus providing an antidote for harmful effects of stress

3. secretes an enzyme that protects the stomach from forming ulcers

4. conditions the abdominal muscles

5. relaxes muscles throughout the body

6. aids in reducing symptoms of neuralgia and rheumatism

7. changes perspective

8. makes us feel good

9. helps move nutrients and oxygen to body tissues

10. releases endorphins, which provide natural pain relief

11. helps the body fight infection

12. liberates interleukin-2 and other immune-boosters

13. reduces blood pressure and heart rate

14. improves ventilation, thus helping reduce chronic respiratory conditions

15. has a positive benefit on mental functions

More about this rule

According to the prophet Muhammad SAW, ‘a smile is a good deed’. This is the easiest deed that we can perform. It is free, does not require much effort and has a very positive effect. Apart from smiling, the prophet Muhammad SAW also encourages Muslim to greet others with Salam i.e. ‘Assalamualaikum’ meaning ‘peace be upon you’ and to shake hands when we meet other Muslims. Care has to be taken that we do not shake hands with the opposite sex because this is not lawful in Islam. The easiest way to smile to other people is by greeting them. When you greet other people, your face will automatically smile. Try it and see for yourself. So every time you meet someone, greet him properly, smile and shake his hand. If you are a Muslim, greet your fellow Muslim with ‘Assalamualaikum’.

Rule#12 Rule of Good Deeds and Bad Deeds (ROGAB)

The Rule

            If you want to do good deeds, then you will be faced with many difficulties. If you want to do bad deeds, then you will find it easy to perform. The reason? Difficult things are more valuable than easy things.

What is this rule?

            This rule stresses that good deeds will always beget good result while bad deeds will beget bad results as well. The more difficult to perform a good deed, the more reward in the hereafter if you perform that good deed. A bad deed will always be easy to perform, but as a result, you will get the wrath of God in the hereafter.

How to implement this rule?

            Please note that even though good deeds are more difficult to perform than bad deeds, but the reward of performing good deeds is heaven which is more valuable than anything else in this world. However, on the other hand, if you perform bad deeds, you will be punished even in this world by the feeling of guilt, and by the authority if you get caught and by God since you will be far away from God's blessing. If you escape the punishment in this world, the punishment in the hereafter is even greater, being thrown into the fire of hell.

The benefit of this rule

             Perform good deeds as much as possible and don’t ever perform any bad deeds at all. The world will be a much better place to live in. Repent if you have performed any bad deed.

More about this rule

            Have you ever wondered why diamonds and gold are so valuable? It is because they are rare, so hard to find (inside the earth) and so hard to acquire (ask the gold and diamond miners!). You see, the harder something is, the more valuable it is.