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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Do we need to redefine science? (continued 2)


Recently I watched a prerecorded video of a well known Yoga teacher of yester-years about how Yoga works. This supposedly Cambridge educated, one time NASA scientist was giving mysterious explanation about how Yoga works. The theory was not something new – the same “opening up of the mystical Sushumna  Naadi by regular Yoga practice so that the dormant Kundalini force gets channeled through it and reaches the Sahasrara – all located in the Pranic body and ‘somehow’ connected to the physical body” and so on.
 
Many people including several well known Yoga proponents put forth this theory. What is amazing is the fact that
  1. There is no verifiable evidence that such a body/naadi/force exists and such a process actually takes place.
  2. Yoga system of Patanjali talks about none of these. 
  3. The theory is neither consistently nor logically defined, let alone its correctness.

In spite of these limitations, how is it that teachers after teachers talk about such mysterious things that can neither be scientifically verified, nor logically concluded, nor supported by ancient texts?

I only hope that the proponents of these theories do some serious scientific research and provide an acceptable explanation. Or suggest ways of extending our current scientific approach.   
                 

Continued

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