--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 9/3/06 2:19 PM, Bhairitu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> Haven't any of you guys considered the obvious? > >>> >> He doesn't speak about chakras (and thousands > >>> >> of other spiritual subjects) because he doesn't > >>> >> know anything about them. > >>> >> > >>> >> If you want to know about such things, go to > >>> >> the spiritual traditions that have studied them > >>> >> for centuries. His obviously didn't. > >>> >> > >> > No because chakras are pretty basic stuff in Indian philosophy and MMY > >> > would have had to grow up in Topeka if he didn't know about them. > >> > Besides Ingegerd already said he talked about them in the early days. > >> > However in teaching meditation you usually don't deal with the chakras > >> > unless someone has one blocked. > > > I¹ll bet Maharishi knows plenty about the chakras and has had clear > experiences of them, but he tended to avoid talking about physiological > things that couldn¹t be explored by Western scientists. Like the dual > nervous system idea which he used to talk about, but dropped around 1970. >
MMY has said he is interested in Vedic stuff. Kundalini Yoga/Chakra techniques are generally considered non-Vedic by most scholars, or so I have heard. BTW, the description of chakras in the upanishads calls them a wheel of nerves with 12 spokes, but says it lies at the base of the spine at the BOTTOM. In fact, the wheel of nerves with 12 spokes is at the top of the spine, at the base of the brain. It's called the cranial nerves. There's one set for each hemisphere. http://www.neurophys.com/EMG/Cranial_Nerves/ And there's a set of nerves for the heart, the head, the senses, digestive system, etc. Hmmm... Someone got up and down confused, I think: 20-21. Nine digits above the genitals, there is Kanda of Nadis which revolves oval- shaped, four digits high and four digits broad. It is surrounded by fat, flesh, bone and blood. 22. In it, is situate a Nadi-Chakra (wheel of nerves) having twelve spokes. Kundali by which this body is supported is there. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
