Second brain/fasting/pranayama

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Yes, thanks Amanda for your commentary. Please let us know your experiment

with fasting Jan and be cautious. Fasting is a science by itself as you know

and has immense health benefits if done for a short time and done properly.

Paul Braggs whom you have mentioned wrote some of the best books on it in

the 1960s and 1970s. Jain monks have been known to fast on water for 30 days

and some do it for much longer periods as well. Somehow they get their

bodies used to it over a life time of practice. The Manipura Chakra (Navel

Center) is a key center in Kundalini Yoga for awakening the Shakti. In

advanced pranayama, attention is brought to this region and the solar plexus

to influence the heart and the brain rhythms and to store prana for healing.

This is all explained in the yogic texts. Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh (in

the 1950s and 1960s) along with his disciples wrote good books on the topic

of pranayama.

 

Harsha

 

 

jb [kvy9]

Sunday, November 12, 2000 6:39 PM

Re: Second brain

 

 

Thanks for the excellent commentary Amanda. My interest was aroused because

science and Yoga are meeting too. According to the Shandilaya Upanishad, the

nabhi chakra (navel wheel) is where the psyche (jiva) resides "like a spider

in its web". My experience is also that all emotions feel to be "wired" from

this center. So I wonder, when the "spiritual" heart center (the one at the

right from the "yogic" heart center) will be discovered. An indication that

there is a conditioned equilibrium between the influence of these centers

comes from fasting (water only). It will drive the body into ketosis and

that causes the brain to go on "economy mode" - so one would expect a

dulling of all senses and the "sharpness" of mind, because of the lack of

carbohydrates. But the contrary is true, the mind becomes more "awake" and

life gets a more "spiritual" dimension. As ketosis could be called the very

antithesis of fruitarianism, I'll take the experiment myself to see what

happens this time:) The previous time, some 30 years ago, was quite

spectacular - the smell of acetone coming from my body was so strong that I

was afraid to lighten up a cigarette in a closed room )

 

Love,

Jan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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