Ingushetia: Wild Beauty, People, Towers, Skiing and Moto biking (Part 2)

According to the antique data, the Ingush ancestors lived in the Northern Caucasus since 3000 BCE.  They used to call themselves “people of God and Sun” (“ma” – sun and “hal” – God).

“Sun” petroglyphs in the Northern Caucasus

Ancient Ingush were pagans and they cultivated sun, as the source of life, power and wellness. For 5000 years of this faith, their attitude to Sun reflected in their official solar symbol – flag of Ingush Republic:

The circle in the middle (sun) is surrounded by 3 rays.

This ancient solar petroglyph

(i.e. drawing, writing or inscription on stone,

as a painting on a cave wall)

means eternity, movement, dynamics of life, creation and wellness. This state symbol is very popular among modern Ingush now.

The shining neon solar symbol on The Curovs’ tower

(transcribed as [tzurov])

It both protects from disasters and gives wellness, prosperity and hope for the best.

For centuries, the Ingush lived by laws of patriarchal clans - “types”. They had collective property, production tools, consumption and territorial integrity.

After Georgian missioners had brought Christianity to Northern Caucasus, the Ingush started to build family towers in the 12^th century. Each family or type had their own tower, cemetery or crypts. 

Legend about the Curovs’ tower construction

Many centuries ago, in Dzheirakh there lived Chur Curov with his four sons. Once he went hunting to forests high in the mountains. Suddenly he saw a naked man, milking a female deer into a beautiful gold cup . He killed the animal, and the man run away.

Chur brought the cup home and his sons decided to build a military family tower. They prepared the ground for the tower and put the cup at the basis. They invited a famous master who had built the Curovs’ tower for 61 cows and bulls. At that time 60 cows and bulls were equivalent to a big sum of money for building towers, as the construction lasted for a year.

Modern Curovs at their tower

Lydia Curov, a girl from a distant branch of the big family

Dzheirakh region, the highlands of towers and ancient history

described in the article (white circle)

To be continued...

Love,

Natalia Levis-Fox

Psychology of Pleasure: Truth about the Truth

Did you know that your own truth about yourself and events is the main in this world?

Did you use, follow or believe somebody else’s truth?

Foreign truth (i.e. imposed by other people) often hurts, even physically!

On the contrary, your own truth is pleasant and comforting.

Of course, nobody argues or doubts so-called ‘universal truth’, like “The sun rises on the East”, or “Seasons follow each other”, or

“Ice is cold”…

,,, “End of summer and autumn is the harvest time of abundance”…

…”Cherries are nice, and art intensifies beauty”.

Your own desires and needs are the unique and pleasant truth about you…

When in bed: either before going to sleep or after awakening, you are free to think about your own wishes, secrets and best qualities. They are your truths!

If somebody does not understand or value you, then you live and communicate with the wrong type of person. It’s their problem, not yours!

Do not practice “affirmations”, created by gurus or other popular authors. Certainly, they created these affirmations for you and your wellness. But they are not yours.

It was discovered that individuals with low self-esteem actually felt worse about themselves after repeating positive self-statements, like: "I am a lovable person" (Wood et al., 2009). Paradoxically, low self-esteem individuals' moods fared better when they were allowed to have negative thoughts than when they were asked to focus exclusively on affirmative thoughts. Unreasonably positive self-statements, such as "I accept myself completely," can provoke contradictory thoughts in individuals with low self-esteem.

The best way to deal with your own truths is the following:

1. Explore your own needs in different life areas and turn your discoveries into pleasant truths about yourself.

My ebook “How to Create Love” will guide you (free report)

2. Caress yourself with pleasant truths:

- “My pleasant truth is that I need … and I will get it”

- My pleasant truth is that I do not like (smth or smb), and I need a better person (thing, quality), etc

Practice regularly, the results will surprise you

Scientific reference

Wood et al. Positive Self-Statements: Power for Some, Peril for Others. Psychological Science, 2009; DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02370.x

Yours with pleasure,

Natalia Levis-Fox

Ingushetia: Wild Beauty, People, Towers, Skiing and Moto biking (Part 1)

We planned to ski in Karpaty (Ukraine) and see the New 1213 Year with our friends. Weather forecast (+10 C and rains) made us change our pleasant plans. So, we went to explore Ingushetia and stay in

Armhi, spa resort hotel, high in the mountains

View from hotel

We had never been there before and Ingushetia became a real discovery,

a wild lovely perl with divine air, gorgeous nature,

unexpected ancient architecture

and friendly people. 

Adam Curov, representative of a very ancient Ingush family, rescuer

I was so charmed by Ingushetia and its people, monuments and culture, that I did an extended research. The results will make several articles (posts). I hope you will also enjoy them.

The Republic of Ingushetia (Russian: Респу́блика Ингуше́тия, Respublika Ingushetiya; Ingush: ГӀалгӀай Мохк Ğalğaj Moxk) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic), located in the North Caucasus region with its capital at Magas. In terms of area, the republic is the smallest of Russia's federal subjects except for the two federal cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg. It was established on June 4, 1992 after the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was split in two.The republic is home to the indigenous Ingush, a people of Vainakh ancestry. Population: 412,529 (2010 Census).

The name "Ingushetia" is derived from an ancient village of Ongusht (renamed in 1859 to Tarskaya and in 1944 transferred to North Ossetia) and the Georgian ending -eti, all together meaning "(land) where the Ingush live".

Ingushetia is situated on the northern slopes of the Caucasus. It has an area of c. 4,000 km². It borders Republic of North Ossetia–Alania,  Chechen Republic and Georgia (southwards). The highest point is the Gora Shan (4451 m).

A 150 km stretch of the Caucasus Mountains runs through the territory of the republic.

Etymology

The Ingush, a nationality group indigenous to the Caucasus, mostly inhabit the Republic of Ingushetia. They refer to themselves as Ghalghai (from Ingush: Ghal ("fortress") and ghai ("inhabitants", or, according to another Russian interpretation, "citizen"). The Ingush speak the Ingush language, which has a very high degree of mutual intelligibility with neighboring Chechen.

Religion

The Ingush are predominantly Shāfi‘ī Madh'hab of Sunni Islam with some Sufi minority which are often associated with one of two traditional Sufi orders: the Sufi tariqa Naqshbandi, represented in Ingushetia by the brotherhood of Deni Arsanov, and the tariqa Qadiriyyah, associated with Kunta-Haji Kishiev.

To be continued…

Love,

Natalia Levis-Fox

Merry Christmas, Dear Friends!

Let mutual exciting love, real friends, big money and best people find you in 2013!

We shall meet with you at the beginning of January. We are going to the mountains to ski (Karpaty, Ukraine) and celebrate our beautiful long lasting friendship…

Yours,

Natalia Levis-Fox

Psychological Humor: How to Release Physical Tension and Pain

The fastest way to release physical tension and pain is to start moving your toes

together with our amusing monster

5 minutes of practice and fresh energy of physical pleasure will begin playing in your body.

Love,

Natalia Levis-Fox