By Atul Vyas "By energies of consciousness, brahma is messed; from that matter is born and from matter life and mind and the worlds": Mundaka Upanishad The root chakra is the building block on which all other chakras must rest-so this chakra is of crucial importance. It relates to the element earth. In this chakra system, earth...
By Bal Ram Singh, PhD Brahmana (Brahmin) has been a Varna described for those who not only train themselves during the brahmacharya period of their lives, and use that training and trait the rest of their lives, but also engage themselves in innovating and renovating the Brahm by living the concept comprehensively, under the guidance...
By Atul Vyas The root chakra connects us with the physical world. It transfers energies to physical and earthly level and lets earthly energy stream into our subtle system. The root chakra forms the vital foundation for all the higher chakras and is the source of life force. Here we are in touch with inexhaustible reservoir of...
By Bal Ram Singh, PhD There is so much controversy about discrimination and politics based on caste, that it has become an issue internationally. A lot more activists and political personalities have come together to form a dal (group) for Dalits (defined as oppressed, to be derived from Sanskrit dalan) to introduce an anti-caste discrimination law...
By Atul Vyas Anxiety is the mother of all mental disorders. The world celebrated mental health day on Oct 10. For perfect mental health yoga as the most important effective and appropriate intervention. Yoga treats it through chakra balancing and activation. The word Chakra comes from Sanskrit that translates as 'wheel,' in reference to seven principal...
By Bal Ram Singh, PhD The English term God was originally a Sanskrit word taken from the Vedas and mentioned several times in the Bhagavad-Gita: “Hutam” or the smoke arising from an offering placed into a sacred fire ceremony. Hutam became “Gutam” in German, “Goot” in Dutch, and “God” in English, Jeffrey Armstrong of Vedic...
By Atul Vyas Tamas is the quality of psyche which is dominated by inertia and dullness both of body and mind. Manas or psyche consists of micro particles that developing to the next phase, have five coarse structured elements : ether, air, fire, water and earth. Every human body has one psyche and this psyche is...
By Bal Ram Singh, PhD The brahmacharya is a reality not just as a concept but a reality as derived from scientific studies. According to neurological studies, the neural plate, the source of all neurological tissues in humans, begins to form at day 16 after conception. Nerve cells start developing for sensory perception after 12 weeks...
By Atul Vyas Yoga is based upon the profound study of the forces of life. According to yoga philosophy the Gunas are the primal qualities that regulate and control the direction of all life activities. Rajas is the most active of the gunas, and motion and stimulation are its characteristics. All desires, wishes and ambitions are...
