Pure Life Knowledge
Spanish (Pura Vida) + Sanskrit (Ayurveda) = The Path to Balance
What is Pura Vida Ayurveda?
Pura Vida (Spanish) = Pure Life
Ayurveda (Sanskrit: Ayur = Life, Veda = Knowledge) = Life Knowledge
Pura Vida Ayurveda = Pure Life Knowledge. The synthesis of Costa Rican philosophy, ancient Ayurvedic wisdom, and the pursuit of balance in all things.
This philosophy came to me through a series of synchronicities so perfect they couldn't be coincidence.
I was smoking OG Gas from Organic Care of California. I took two photos on the same day I wrote these thoughts, going through my own timeline. From my amazing ex-girlfriend and someone who is freeing. One was this, the other was that. They were not "this or that." They were both "this" in different ways. I know they are amazing people—freeing, like-minded beauties.
I ate water lily seeds one day. The Euryale ferox plant. The seed was such an incredible food—nutritious, balancing, grounding. I wanted to know where they came from, so I researched. That led me to:
Guess what Dhanvantari's mount is? A lily.
Am I being called from a water lily seed snack? The connection was undeniable. Everything is connected.
Costa Rica. The name itself means "Rich Coast." But the richness isn't in gold or resources—it's in life itself. The Costa Rican philosophy of Pura Vida means more than "pure life." It's a way of being. An acceptance of what is. A celebration of simplicity, balance, and peace.
Took two photos on this same day I wrote, correlating with this. Going through my own timeline. Costa Rica, Paula, Tia—this or that. The people who look like me in a different universe, all in the same area talking about Pura Vida. Peaceful life. Costa Rica. Balance. Leadership in life itself. Peace and balance. Pura Vida.
Whoever created Costa Rica is just someone who achieved this first. Spain and Nicaragua are places like it. But Costa Rica is the core.
Work at a sloth rehabilitation center in Costa Rica. Work there for the rest of my life and get my kids to America and then back to Costa Rica. Since I'm not going to Spain, I'll go to Costa Rica.
San José, San José—the city I'll go to in Costa Rica to experience and learn balance.
AmeriCorps in Costa Rica? Evolution of sloths and their brain wiring. Three-toed in particular. The sloth is the perfect metaphor for living—slow, deliberate, balanced.
Ayurveda teaches that we are all made up of three primary energies, or doshas:
I'm a Pitta-Kapha, and my goal is wanting to reach my Vata. To find the balance between structure and flow, between intensity and calm, between earth and air.
Dhanvantari is the Hindu god of Ayurveda, medicine, and healing. He emerged from the churning of the ocean of milk (Samudra Manthan), holding the pot of Amrita—the nectar of immortality.
The churning of the ocean represents the churning within ourselves—the battle between Asuras (demons) and Devas (gods). This or That. Light and shadow. Balance.
Dhanvantari's mount? A lotus. The water lily with 5 points. The symbol of purity rising from the mud. Everything is connected.
Amrita in Hinduism = Ambrosia in Greek mythology. The food of the gods. The elixir of life. Something about Indonesia, Indo-Aryan, Eastern philosophy—the konjac, vata, the lily. All connected.
Grab a Water Lily. Create a Water Lily or Lotus Pond Around You.
It promotes longevity for the current you who is thinking of getting it. A subtle reminder to retain who you are now and how to maintain. The seeds are great foods and will help you physically for longevity and peace.
Everything is connected. Every little joint connects to every little fault and imbalance you feel about yourself mentally.
I'm on a self-discovery every time I smoke and will slowly regain my balance. Like my lopsided face is due to my back not being straight, which in turn made my front neck muscles tight, which in turn made my stomach never get fully fit because I had the lower part never being used for walking or standing or holding core, which made my legs buckle, which made one grow and the other didn't.
Which in turn made my whole functional structure of ligaments weaker on one side and tighter on the other, which shifted my whole alignment.
Brahman, Vedas, This or That—finally finding the other.
Teach children to breathe with both nostrils. If one is plugged, unplug it quickly. The balanced way: unplug the nose, then plug the other nostril and have them breathe the same amount on the other one to regain slow blood flow from not having as much oxygen pushed over there. Continue life like that to retain balance.
Study the sloth. Slow, deliberate, balanced. Three-toed sloths in particular. Their brain wiring is optimized for efficiency, not speed. They teach us that slow is not weak—it's intentional.
Perpetual Peace. Transcendental Idealism.
Kant taught that we can never know the "thing-in-itself" (das Ding an sich)—only our perception of it. Our reality is shaped by the lens through which we view it.
Pura Vida Ayurveda embraces this. We cannot control the world, only our relationship to it. Balance is not external—it's internal.
You want to stop kids from becoming "bad"? It starts with parentship. People seek gangs and drugs for the escape from something they don't like, and that's either at home or themselves or both or just home.
Teach them balance. Teach them Pura Vida. Show them that they don't have to choose "this or that"—they can choose the third door.
The sloth moves slowly. Deliberately. It doesn't rush. It doesn't overcompensate. It uses both sides of its body equally. It hangs in perfect balance.
The sloth's brain has evolved to be efficient, not fast. It doesn't need speed when it has presence.
That's why I want to work at a sloth rehabilitation center in Costa Rica. To learn from them. To embody that slowness. To find my own Pura Vida.
Pura Vida Ayurveda is:
Lay your head back for a few hours, then get up after a few hours. Continue the journey. Find your balance. Live Pura Vida Ayurveda.