Reading Sanskrit Improves Brain Functioning -Maa

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OM NAMAH SIVAYA

 

i don't know maybe someone who has lost it can answer. i'm not so

sure my brain always functions with it. at least with chanting

sanskrit i'm able to misplace my mind on occasion. and i keep

praying to out and out lose it. but it seems to find me again.

i'll keep hiding in the name of God. it can't seem to find me there.

 

JAI MA

 

, "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...> wrote:

> Jai Maa, Eric ji!

> Hey Eric, will my brain still function, if i lose my mind?? :<D

>

> Your sister,

> muktimaa

, "ecjensen_us"

<ecjensen_us>

> wrote:

> > OM NAMAH SIVAYA

> >

> > received this article in email this morn. i'm sure it's no

> surprise

> > to many but i found it interesting thought i would share it

anyway.

> >

> > Reading Sanskrit Improves Brain Functioning

> >

> > The MUM Review, 6.Feb. 2002, by Brynne Sissom

> >

> > The physiological effects of reading Sanskrit are similar to

those

> > experienced during the Transcendental Meditation® technique,

> > according to research recently completed by Dr. Fred Travis,

> > director of the ERG/psychophysiology lab of Maharishi University

of

> > Management in Fairfield, Iowa, USA.

> >

> > Dr. Travis asked his test subjects to read passages from the

> > Bhagavad-Gita in Sanskrit and in modern foreign languages

(Spanish,

> > French, or German). In each case they could pronounce the sounds

> but

> > did not know the meaning. He measured brain wave patterns (ERG),

> > heart and breath rate, and galvanic skin resistance during two

> > reading sessions and during a 15-minute session of the

> > Transcendental Meditation technique.

> >

> > He found that while they read Sanskrit their physiology was

similar

> > to those measured during the Transcendental Meditation

technique,

> > but significantly different from reading a modern language.

> >

> > Their skin resistance steadily increased during reading Sanskrit

> and

> > during practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique

(showing

> > greater stability in their physiology) but remained the same

during

> > the reading of a modern language.

> >

> > Their ERG alpha power and coherence during reading Sanskrit were

> > also similar to that during the practice of the Transcendental

> > Meditation technique, and both of these were higher than when

the

> > subjects read a modern language.

> >

> > Dr. Travis said that these findings support Maharishi's

predictions

> > on the effects of reading Sanskrit. Maharishi, in Vedic

Knowledge

> > for Everyone, predicted that reading the Vedic Literature as it

> > flows and progresses in perfect sequential order has the effect

of

> > regulating and balancing the functioning of the brain physiology

> and

> > training consciousness, the mind, to always flow in perfect

> > accordance with the evolutionary direction of Natural Law.

> >

> > Dr. Travis found the similarity of physiology during reading

> > Sanskrit and the Transcendental Meditation technique is

especially

> > noteworthy because one reads with his or her eyes open and

engages

> > in active perceptual and cognitive processes, while the

> > Transcendental Meditation technique is done with one's eyes

closed

> > and entails a reduction of mental activity. This suggests that

the

> > state gained during the practice of the Transcendental

Meditation

> > technique may be integrated with active mental processes by

reading

> > Sanskrit.

> >

> > Dr. Travis said, "The Transcendental Meditation technique takes

the

> > awareness to pure consciousness at the source of thought. Seeing

> > similar patterns of physiology during reading Sanskrit as during

> the

> > Transcendental Meditation technique suggests that reading

Sanskrit

> > enlivens pure consciousness at the source of thought and

integrates

> > that state with reading and speaking. In short, while practice

of

> > the Transcendental Meditation technique locates pure

consciousness,

> > leading to the state of Transcendental Consciousness, reading

> > Sanskrit integrates inner silence with outer activity, helping

to

> > cultivate enlightenment."

> >

> > JAI MAA