---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Celina Pereira <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 1:04 PM Subject: yogic farming..for publication at Goanet To: [email protected], [email protected]
-- My apologies for entering late in this discussion....my excuse is that I tend to open Goanet postings about once a week. The reference to how thought affects water structure is Masaru Emoto's publication on the effects on the water crystals. This experiment has not been duplicated in USA, but, as one of you pointed out , it is very difficult to do research on consciousness as there are so many variables to be considered. That positive thinking deeply affects our health and behavior has been demonstrated by Seligman from the American Psychological Association and you might google 'authentichappiness.com' or 'seligman' A corollary to Emoto's findings is that thought must affect us as we are eighty percent water....... and therefore also plants. Anyone who has grown up in India is aware of the spiritual powers ( sidhis) of Yogis and how the physical elements can be controlled by the spiritual powers. Meditation is one of the main Yogic practices and was researched by Herbert Benson from Harvard and shown how it can create changes in the brain structure on Pet Scans......so now that we have sophisticated imaging, truths that were accepted for centuries, have become evidence based. Research on Meditation/yoga comes from three main groups in USA...Herbert Benson's group at Harvard, Jon Cabat Zinn in Wooster Mass, and the Transcendental meditation group. For the last ten years or so, the Brahma Kumaris have done some very credible research at their hospital on Mount Abu.Rather then questioning their right to do research, I might simply ask about the format of their research on farming. Technology is developing at a speed of light . India has much to teach the world in the field of consciousness, and it is only now that proper documentation has become available. There are no better texts on Yoga than Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, Vivekananda's writings on Raja Yoga and his commentaries on Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, and the Brahma Kumari's writings on their shortened version of Raja Yoga. I would not call Brahma Kumaris a cult....those amongst you who are at present in India, might take a trip to Mount Abu and visit their very modern Hospital and see all the good work they do. Contact me at [email protected] with any questions. Celina Pereira -- Celina Pereira MD Health Services University of Rhode Island 6 Butterfield Road, Potter Bldg. Kingston, RI 02881 USA phone - 401-874-2246 fax - 401-874-2586
