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cosmic energy within the biologi- cal system of man which could be awakened and converted into creative intelligence which geniuses possessed. He announced that the Bihar School of Yoga had assured to coordinate this ambitious prog-ramme.
Dr. G.D. Kar, a homeopath from Bhubaneshwar, said that the principles of homeopathy were very close to yogic theories because both were based on the power which man could draw from riature. He strongly advocated homeopathic treatment, which he himself had found very effective so far. Paramahamsa Niranjanananda, president of the Bihar School of Yoga, supported Dr. Kar by saying that it was time to promote what he termed as polypathy, incorporating the beneficial aspects of natural healing with all healing sciences, be they allopathy, homeopathy, ayurveda or yoga. The session concluded with the forthright advice which came from Swami Sivapremananda (USA), who warned spiritual aspirants and yoga teachers against promoting myths. Spiritual awakening would be a far cry unless man conformed to basic standards of morality, integrity, truthfulness and intellectual clarity, he said.
He asked the people not to have an illusion that India was a spiritual country though it might have been one once upon a time. Today the country could at best claim to be religious, he said, adding that religion and spirituality were two different things, more so when religion was based on blind faith and blind faith stemmed from personal conveniences
He regretted that man was now loving the material and using man, rather than loving man and using the material. He mourned that civilizations had been ruined in the past, after man attained the pinnacle of glory and man was now confronted with the same crisis. Spirituality and not religion could save humanity, he added. Referring to India, Swami Sivapremananda said, he had a bitter experience in the sense that each time he returned to his country, he found the situation even more confounded. Intermittent rains over the last three days have failed to dampen the enthusiasm of thousands of delegates. The organizers w trying hard to surmount the vagaries of nature by erecting pandals each time it gave way, mostly during the night.
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