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Now I will explain something about our concept of the research. It is our proposal to select or screen 150 subjects from all over the world, who will take residence in some place in India, which is yet to be determined, and undergo spiritual disciplines to awaken kundalini. The subjects will be monitored by the latest scientific equipment available, by psychologists, parapsychologists, and even psychiatrists. The purpose of this investigation is to document the process of spiritual metamorphosis. The goal of the research is to demonstrate the next level, the next plateau of human evolution.
We are moving from a state of human, to transhuman consciousness. As Paramahamsa Satyananda says, we are about to become junior gods, embracing all of our divinity. We have high hopes, and convictions that we can demonstrate this process and monitor all of the biological changes that take place in the course of this transformation. The objective, the goal is to have a certain number of aspirants raise this energy to the seventh center. Although the task used to be Herculean it is still quite difficult, but we expect that a handful of five or ten out of the 150 will reach ultimate states of transcendence, and we want to monitor that.
The problem is, science cannot validate transcendence. We are at a point where we can only build a data base of people who claim transcendence. Then what can we monitor? The true aim of yoga is to open up silent chambers in the brain. Gopi Krishna wrote about that extensively. I did not realize that at the time Swami Satyananda has laid great emphasis on the fact that when the energy awakens, a riot occurs in the brain. It starts to flower, to blossom. With today's medical or scientific instrumentation this is measurable.
Now, what happens when dormant centers of the brain open? A new mode of cognition, of perception is developed. This is what has been known as the opening of the third eye, the eye of Siva, the opening of the tenth door. This has been known through all of recorded history. We are going to validate that, but our validation will take its most striking form in the fact that mental transformation is a byproduct of this evolution towards transcendent states of consciousness. We are going to validate the fact that genius can be cultivated.
The theory is that all the great saints, the prophets of all times, the extraordinary souls who took the form of Christ,
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