Monthly Archives: July 2009

Explaining out-of-body and near-death experiences

Posted on July 21, 2009 by

Explaining OBE and rebutting the simulated OBE : Neuroscientists conducted an experiment which simulated OBE by tricking the senses into imagining that the body is in a different location. The primary objection with regards to this experiment is that it was conducted on subjects who were awake whereas all OBE have been reported during sleep, when the senses are inactive and the consciousness has withdrawn from the physical world. Science needs to demonstrate that senses can also be tricked in sleep. Can science make a sleeping man suddenly imagine that he or she is floating in the air ? Continue reading →

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How to eat like a Yogi

Posted on July 19, 2009 by

The desire to eat is a very difficult desire to control. Overeating is a deformation of the desire for self-love. We want to be full and happy but unfortunately, we end up filling ourselves with food and end up contracting all kinds of diseases. Desire for love gets deformed into desire for satiety. Continue reading →

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How to develop intuition

Posted on July 10, 2009 by

According to Sri Aurobindo & The Mother, there are two sources of intuition – one in the heart and one above the head. These sources of intuition correspond to the two centers of the Divine in us – the soul or psychic being within the heart, and the Oversoul above the head. Continue reading →

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Vedic Vak: four levels of sound

Posted on July 9, 2009 by

This is a simplified explanation of the Vedic theory of Sound (Vak) using some examples as well as the words of the Mother of the Aurobindo Ashram. Continue reading →

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