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PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS
It has already been remarked that there is a stro blance between the cosmology of Patanjali and the t modern atomic physics. Yet the ancient Hindus hac we know, practically no scientific apparatus of any This fact alone would seem to offer some proof of t1 of the psychic powers. For how else could these s formed such a correct and comprehensive picture of of the universe? This knowledge cannot have been ours is, simply upon sense-perception assisted by ins
ATITET TY T H 11 Boll 30. By making samyama on the navel, one gains
of the constitution of the body.
कण्ठकूपे क्षुत्पिपासानिवृत्तिः ॥३१॥ 31. By making samyama on the hollow of the t
stills hunger and thirst.
कूर्मनाड्यां स्थैर्यम् ॥३२॥ 32. By making samyama on the tube within the
acquires absolute motionlessness. The motionlessness, for example, of the snake or This enables the yogi to meditate undisturbed by the in movements of his body.
मूर्धज्योतिषि सिद्धदर्शनम् ॥३३॥ 33. By making samyama on the radiance within t
the head, one becomes able to see the celestia The radiance within the back of the head is confused with the radiance of the seventh lotus, ti
center of spiritual consciousness which is situated
