Volume 20, Issue 2
NAMAH Journal Volume 20, Issue 2
Articles in this Issue
On Multi-tasking, avadhāna-kalā and multiple saṁyama
By Sandeep Joshi - Jul 15, 2012
Man is a bundle of habits on one side and, on the other, a reservoir of unrealised possibilities. While much present- day science deals with man as he presently is, yogic science deals with man as he can become. Thus yogic science, in a way, is the science of man’s latent evolutionary possibilities that await discovery through systematic effort. The capacity of multiple concentration is one among many other possibilities that open their doors to seekers on the path of yoga. How does modern science view this? This is the subject of the article.
Moving Forward
By Unknown Author - Jul 15, 2012
The age of scientific materialism brought with it the myth of objectivity. Only that which the physical senses could grasp was real. Only that which the mind could measure and calculate was true. Suddenly a whole world of human experience was blotted out of existence, — or else reduced to fiction, imagination, hallucination, a non-existent ‘something’ that temporarily superimposed itself on the mind and senses as reality. The only hard fact was matter; the only evidence was that which could be examined, measured and analysed, by the physical senses and physical mind.
Foothills to equality — II
By James Anderson - Jul 15, 2012
Once again, the author traces his journey of yoga as it winds through the foothills of equality. It is an interesting account of the path he has taken in keeping with his nature. For each the path is revealed differently, and the signpost of equality has to be crossed by whatever road we arrive.
Flower essences from SAIIIHR
By Vandana and Nancy Whitlow - Jul 15, 2012
This conversation occurred last year when Vandana was trying very hard to write something on the flower essences she has been working with since 1991. Nancy, a teacher in the International Centre of Education, Pondicherry is now in America. She agreed to help bring out what Vandana wanted to express. More than 20 talks ensued that are in the process of transcription...
The metaphysical basis for Integral Health — beyond the sense-experience
By Soumitra Basu - Jul 15, 2012
The first radical step in spiritual and mystical experience was the transcendence of sense-experience. This did not mean a belittling of sensory functioning and a glorification of sensory impoverishment. Sensory perception is our first gateway to knowledge and this was duly acknow-ledged. In Sanskrit, the term Indriya is used to denote the sensory apparatus and the Vedic god Indra shares the same linguistic root. It is the function of Indra to oversee that the quest for knowledge is not distorted or misled by the senses.