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
- There is no verifiable evidence that such a body/naadi/force exists and such a process actually takes place.
- Yoga system of Patanjali talks about none of these.
- 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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