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The particular style which marvellously accommodates the whole song can be compared with the vital force which accommodates the whole living organism. Likewise the vital force supplies all its goodness to all the parts and organs and even to the atoms of the living organism for the proper function, sensation and preservation of the living human being. But the body without vital force is just like a song without style.
So, it is understood that our vital force is similar to the prana in the yogic science. Dr. Hahnemann has clearly said that no organ, no tissue, no cell, no molecules, are ever independent, but the life of one of these things is merged with the life of the whole. The unity of human life can never be the organs, the tissues, and the cells alone, but the organism as a whole, the whole of man. He clearly states that the human body is capable of no sensation, no function, no selfpreservation, without the vital force that animates the whole body as the autocratic, supreme administrator. Although Dr. Hahnemann was a German scientist, his thought was similar to Indian yogic philosophy which developed hundreds of years back. Therefore, basing his thought solely on this vital force theory, he discovered the homeopathic science.
In the yogic science, the aspect of prana is very important. This ancient knowledge was given by the munis, yogis and saints of India. Many references about pranic energy are found especially in the Rig Veda, Atharva Veda, Prashnopanishad, Brihadaaranyaka Upanishad, Taittiriya Upanishad, and at the beginning of the Vedanta Darshan. In the Brihadaaranyaka Upanishad, prana has been so-called because of its vibration which is due to intelligence. It is the ruler of all living beings. The entire dimension of living beings is under the control of prana.
The whole Atharva Veda sings the greatness of prana. It says that the chief function of prana is to impart motion to living beings. Their movement is controlled by pranic energy. The air first entered the body in form of prana and became instrumental in all its functions and activities. Prana is the basis of life. It is the cause of action, activity and movement. The gross and subtle experiences are governed by prana. They act according to the directives of prana. Prana is the general, and others are the soldiers. From this, I am convinced that the
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