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did anyone  get chance to scan through any of books yet?
My favorites are sleep dreams and spiritual reflections and the extrasensory potentials of mind.

Vipul..

Thanks for posting the quote from one of the book:

This is  my favorite part from the book: " The extra Sensory Potentials of the  Mind"


The sudden eruption of volcanoes, earthquakes, lightening, landslide may appear as supernatural phenomena or
God's 'anger' to an illiterate of science. Although it is difficult to predict or prevent such natural calamities, these
do have causal basis well within the laws of Nature. Even solar and lunar eclipses were thought as signs of ill omen
or devil's attack etc in the medieval era of ignorance. However, as we all know, scientific knowledge and awareness
have largely wiped out such misconceptions today. The scientific discoveries and technological developments of
today may appear magical to someone living in remote tribal conditions. From rail, airplane, radio, etc, to television,
spacecraft, nuclear weapons, computers, robots, etc, the scientific advancements have made the world a wonderland
or an alien planet for the people of the first centuries. But, as we know, there is nothing like a magic or mystery in
these achievements. These are the consequences of scientific decipheration of Nature, inquisitiveness, unperturbed
perseverance, collective hard work and sagacity of intelligent minds. Every development of science has a welldefined
theory and principles that make the corresponding technological products....
In fact there is nothing to be attributed as a 'magic' in this world. Efficient use of light effects and ability to make
movements quicker than the grasp of alert eyes and minds is found to work behind most of the magic-shows.
Hypnotism too makes such unbelievable effects and experiences possible. The extrasensory potentials and exceptional
acumen of spiritually enlightened personalities also appear to be astonishing or esoteric to many people. But these
'supernormal talents' are natural consequences of the aroused powers of the 'usually unknown' layers of mind and
the vital force; and work well within the disciplines of Nature. Some of us may regard them as supramental and
some as sheer fraud, depending upon our 'scientific thinking'. But in either case, our interpretations are wrong. In
each case such affirmations imply our ignorance, lack of deep comprehension, or incomplete knowledge of the
macrocosmic system of Nature and the limitless web of consciousness...
There is no place for arbitrary, casual, or vague events in the self-organizing, orderly system of Nature. Whatever we
tend to regard as exceptional or as a random coincidence, also is a consequence of well-defined causes and occurs as
per the 'plans' or 'orderly process' of this cosmic system. The major difference lies in the fact that we do not yet
know these causes or are unable to see the hidden basis or 'logic' in it in terms of our understanding of the scientific
foundation of the world and the existence of Nature.
The roots of life and expansion of Nature are not confined to what is known to the modern science so far. Even at the
level of biological substances, the physics and biophysics of life is yet far from being completely known. The same
is true of the mysteries of nature... The more we know it, the more appears to be unknown, hidden beneath its deeper
domains. Then how to comment on the limitless expansion of consciousness? Its subliminal horizons expand well
beyond the hidden folds of time. What kind of eternal causes and effects trigger the impulse of life is certainly more
intractable – if not impossible, to decode than elucidating the functional genomics of a human being.
Expression of the accumulated effects and assimilation of the deeds, thought waves and emotional vibrations of the
earlier lives is manifested in the yet inexplicable instances of 'random chance' or fate. We should keep our mind
open and endeavor elucidating this hidden science too.

Vipul..

As I have said that I do not believe in forcing my beliefs on others. There is no reason.. Every one of us are differnt.  But by sharing, we can understand each other better and become more tolarant to each other's beliefs and sometimes find our own belief changing. That is what happend to me when  I  became vegitatian and now I have my reasons.. And someone is a non-vegitarian and they have their own beliefs and reasons.

Vipul..

As I have said that I do not believe in forcing my beliefs on others. There is no reason.. Every one of us are differnt.  But by sharing, we can understand each other better and become more tolarant to each other's beliefs and sometimes find our own belief changing. That is what happend to me when  I  became vegitatian and now I have my reasons.. And someone is a non-vegitarian and they have their own beliefs and reasons.

Vipul..

did anyone got chance to scan these books yet?

The following article also  played a role in my thought process of becoming a vegitariean and I thought that I should share it with everyone.
The intent is not to force vegitarinism on everyone but just to present thoughts from Eastern ( Indian) way of looking at it.

Are Humans Vegetarian by Nature?

Without creating any controversy or difference in opinion let us realize some basic facts.


The length of the intestine of vegetarian animals is 30' – 35' compared to 10' – 12' in case of non-vegetarian animals.

Vegetarian animals have flat teeth compared to sharp and narrow teeth of non-vegetarian animals.

Vegetarian animals have flat nails compared to sharp and very strong nails of non-vegetarian animals.

New born babies of vegetarian animals have eyes opened while they are closed in the case of new born babies of non-vegetarian animals.

Vegetarian animals do have sweat glands all over the body while non-vegetarian have them only under neath paw.

Vegetarian animals drink water or liquid food with the help of the mouth, lips, and tongue, while non-vegetarian animals use the tongue only.


Did you compare these facts with humans?  What do you think?

I am aware of many studies showing the need for non-vegitarian  food for
growht of the physical body. However, I got puzzeled  when I read some books of the spiritual masters from India that what you eat has a big impact on your mind and your thoughts.  And  I tried an experiement  myself and got convinced.

This is what I did. Everyone hsould do what they feel is right  and important for them..

Do they  FORCE  or do they promote  vegetarianism on others?

IWhy did you feel that they  force vegetarianism on others?  I do see it as an issue if one  shows  the benifites of /logic behind  vegitarianism and let others choose based on the merit of the concept.
IMO, no one should force the ideas on each other.

I myself was born in a vegitarian family and become a non-vegirtarain in my youth.  Recently, I become vegitarian again after doing an experiment  three years ago after observing my own thoughts and linking them with the type of fod I eat.

By the way, there are some good books in English in the literature sections of the website like sleep dreams and spiritual reflections and the extra sensory potenitals of mind.. Also  a few books on the future of humanity the  way the founder of the Gayatri Parwar ( who was a great yogi and spiritual master of morden times).   His  autobiography ( my life, its legacy and its message) can also be downloaded from there

Vipul..

Please do so...
My favorites are " The Extrasensory potentials of mind" and " Sleep Dreams and Spiritual Reflections"

The author also has wriiten about his thoughts on the future of humanity in the books" The great momnent of change" and " Twensyfirst centruy"

His autobiography is  " My life , its legacy and message" talks about his visits to himalyays to meet other saints living there.

Vipul..

I will look into where to buy a hardcover.
If you do a search using keywords :
divine Life society Shivanada books;... you will find  the organization who publishes this book..
I  think they have an online oredering system where you can order the book.
The other place you can try is www.arashvidya.org  and go to book store .. They are in US and they may have the book..
Let me know at patelvipulk--at--hotmail--dot--com if you can not find the source to buy the hard copy.

If you like to read on similar subject, you may also like a book by Sri Ram Sharma Acharya ( Free online E-Book) titled ,, The extra Sensory potentials of mind:-- http://www.awgp.org/english/books/extra_potentials.pdf


Vipul..

I did not say that  self-less service means that  one wants people to remember and 'owe'  him/her. If that is the intension, the act can not be considered a self-less as it is done to satisfy one's ego. A Self-less act is done because of compasion and love towards oither human beings.

Aynway, how many of you reading this post can name five gold medalists ( any five sports) from 982, 1986 or 1990 olympics.  How many of you can remember the worlds reachest man in 1950 or 1970.
And how many of you remeber a person ( may be an unkonw to you) who helped you in need unexpectedly and without asking.  I do remeber  details of an incident when some one stoped by and helped  me when my car was broken down on Gardan State Parkaway ( New Jersey).

I did not say that  self-less service means that  one wants people to remember and 'owe'  him/her. If that is the intension, the act can not be considered a self-less as it is done to satisfy one's ego. A Self-less act is done because of compasion and love towards oither human beings.

Aynway, how many of you reading this post can name five gold medalists ( any five sports) from 982, 1986 or 1990 olympics.  How many of you can remember the worlds reachest man in 1950 or 1970.
And how many of you remeber a person ( may be an unkonw to you) who helped you in need unexpectedly and without asking.  I do remeber  details of an incident when some one stoped by and helped  me when my car was broken down on Gardan State Parkaway ( New Jersey).

This book is not easily avialble in US yet.. It needs to be ordered from India. However, if someone is interested in buying a hrd copy, I can either show you the procedure or order them for you. The price of the book is I think ~USD $2 but the shipping may be little expensive if someone orderes it by air-mail..

Vipul...

this method recommends looking at Sun directly during the first hour of sunrise and last hour of sunset. During this period, the UV index is below 2.
I have been sungazing ( started with 10 sec and incresed gazing time by 10 sec. every time I sungazed). I have reached a gazing time of 10 minutes and have not seen any damage to the eyes. In fact, my eyes get less tired now.

There is a nice article by Prof. Jon Andrews discussing why it is safe to sungaze during htis time ( in refences to a common beleif that Galileo's vision was lost at an older age due to direct vieiing of sun throught a  telescope))


http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/vision/Galileo.html


Naked-eye solar hazards
So, if Galileo didn't go blind from observing the Sun, why are so many people worried about looking at the Sun? Well, as Mulder mentioned above, people do sometimes suffer eye damage at solar eclipses. And it's also true that a few early obsevers did suffer some minor eye injury from looking at the Sun under unsafe conditions: Isaac Newton seems to have suffered a very small scotoma by looking at the Sun's reflection in a mirror when it was high in the sky; and Thomas Harriot, who discovered sunspots independently, once observed the Sun near noon, and reported that ``My sight was after dim for an houre.'' John Greaves reported afterimages looking like ``a company of crows'' for ``some days'' after making solar observations directly through a telescope.

Still, it's rare to hear of anyone suffering eye damage from just looking at the Sun under normal conditions. Why?

First of all, you need to understand what kind of damage sunlight can inflict on eyes. Most people suppose you will ``burn'' your eyes by looking at the Sun. This notion is refuted in the technical paper

T. J. White, M. A. Mainster, P. W. Wilson, and J. H. Tips
Chorioretinal temperature increases from solar observation
Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 33, 1-17 (1971)

in which the authors state that


Direct thermal damage to living tissues is generally associated with temperature increases of 10-25°C. . . . These thresholds are substantially higher than the 4°C temperature rise computed for an unassisted solar observation with a 3 mm pupil diameter and [zenith] observation angle. Since 90% of this temperature rise occurs in the first 300 msec of an observation, accidental solar observation on a clear day would be a significant hazard if a 4°C temperature increase were capable of producing a chorioretinal lesion. However, with normal pupil adaptation, the only effect of unaided solar observations, even several seconds in length, is a transient afterimage. Thus, it is clear that the 4°C temperature rise can be safely tolerated. . . . Solar observations with a dilated pupil may result in chorioretinal temperature increases substantially greater . . . . Unaided, solar eclipse observations also produce smaller temperature increases . . . . However, since the iris may be adapted to a larger pupil diameter during eclipse conditions than during unobscured conditions, . . . the eclipse observation would then be more hazardous than an unobscured observation. . . .
So, thermal damage (not really a ``burn'') is possible under conditions of a partial eclipse, when only a little of the Sun is exposed, and the pupil opens up to adapt to the low overall light level; but it is unlikely in normal daytime conditions.

In agreement with this calculation, there are published instances of people staring at the Sun, even high in the sky, without harm. As an example, I cite the first-hand account of

G. Lowe
Bold experiments in physiological optics
Meteorological Magazine 59, 213 (1924)

who wrote:

As there appears to be prevalent a belief that looking at the sun with the naked eye would be injurious . . . , for some years I have experimented with the sun by looking at it with the naked eye . . . . On one occasion, on the 21st of June at 12 o'clock noon, I looked steadily at the sun for 15 minutes, changing from one eye to the other at intervals of about 30 seconds, and beyond making my eyes run there was no inconvenient effect. This was done while I was living in Atlanta, Ga., where the sun is fairly strong on the date given. As this took place 12 years ago, and, as at the age of 68 my sight is very good, I am sure that no one need fear trying similar experiments.
I hasten to add that I do NOT recommend trying this yourself! Nevertheless, it is certainly experimental confirmation of the conclusion by White et al. that the heating of the direct solar image ``can be safely tolerated'' — at least for a few minutes. Note that the Sun was nearly at the zenith when Lowe performed his experiment in Atlanta at noon on the summer solstice.

Further evidence that even prolonged staring at the Sun does not usually produce blindness is given in the work

M. O. M. Tso, F. G. La Piana
The human fovea after sungazing
Trans. Amer. Acad. Ophthalmol. Otolaryngol. 79, pp. OP-788 to OP-795 (1975)

Tso and Piana asked three middle-aged people, each with an eye that was to be surgically removed to prevent the spread of malignant melanoma, to stare directly at the Sun for one hour, a day or two before the operation. To quote from their summary:


Two of the patients sungazed with an undilated pupil, and, 24 hours later, recovered their preexposure visual acuity with no detectable scotoma. One of the patients looked at the sun with a partially dilated pupil, and 24 hours later her visual acuity dropped from 20/20 to 20/25.


But even in that eye, whose pupil was dilated to 4 mm, acuity was back to 20/20 after another day, though the scotoma remained.

After surgery, the eyes were examined under the microscope. Although damage to the retinal pigment epithelium was seen in every case, the photoreceptors appeared perfectly normal. The ages of the patients were 49, 55, and 57 years.


On the other hand, there are also cases of people who stared at the Sun for only a few minutes, when it was much lower in the sky, and suffered long-lasting scotomas:

M. Hope-Ross, S. Travers, D. Mooney
Solar retinopathy following religious rituals
British Journal of Ophthalmology 72, 931-934 (1988)

These authors report only partial recovery of visual acuity in four patients who stared at the Sun in religious rituals. In some cases the exposure was reported to be only a few minutes, with the Sun moderately low in the sky (variously described as ``late afternoon'' and the like). Although all reported partial recovery of acuity over the course of several weeks, they all still complained of scotomas many months after the injury. These cases indicate that at least some people are quite susceptible to eye damage from staring at the Sun.

Hope it is informative...
Also my request to all to post links on the subject of why it is unsafe to sungze and especially during the first hour of sunrise and lst hour prior to sunset ( whn the UV index is below 2). I am after understanbding the science of sungazing and no data should be neglected.......

Vipul..

Thanks.. Please let me know when you get a chance to read them.
These books have changed the way I think and live..
Also, please write about a specific topic that you may like..
There are many other similar free internet books( from many authors) and if I know the topic, I can post the links here..

Vipul...

Thanks..

I am a little confused with your definition of communist thinking..
Self-less service is volantary  and not forced.. One can do it only when one becomes self-content. Then the only thing left is to share what you have..  And that is love and peace.  All enlightened people  of all faiths and relegions have done it and that is why we remember them.  

Do you remeber the overachievers who won the gold medals in Olimpic in last olympics or was the richest person on the earth a century ago or even twenty years ago or do you remeber a  person in your life who did something for you and touched your heart many many years ago?

To me, living on sunlight is not important.. To me the  physical, mental and spiritual benifits that one gets from the process of sungazing are very important..

And the medical science does not know it well. jUst last week, there was study published by the chairman of American cancer society ( it was on CNN  and many other news) that the new study suggests that exposure to sunlight can  help with cancer cure..

Vipul..

Please let me know if you like the books...

Thanks..

Vipul

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I have fasted for 9 days on just water two times in my life( before I came to know aboout sungazing).. both time during a spiritual practise of chanting  gayatri mantra for 24,000 times during the nine day period.
I have started practising sungazing from last November ( increasing 10 sec every time I sungaze) I am at 10 minutes of sungazing now..
I will let things happen naturallly with no goals.

Vipul..

did you like the book?

Vipul Patel...

I have found an interested pdf ebook, it is callled 'The ExtraSensory Potentials of mind' you can find the free ebook somewhere down the page of the website below, i browsed through reading some of the chapters and it looks like the definite book that your after, some body gave me the link on another forum, so i brought the website here for you:

http://www.awgp.org/english/books/books_old.html

I am just curious? Did you get a chance t oscan through the book yet? Did you like it?

Vipul..

Sounds like just the book I've been looking for-will definitely have a look!

Tyciol,
Did I answer your questions?
Please feel free to ask if you want to find out more about the author..
Hope you did get a chance to scan through the book..
Vipul..

Why only 5th grade? I surely hope he had a good reason for dropping out. There is none as far as I'm concerned.

3000 seems too much, almost like a moneymaker (except it's free), so I call it a prestigemaker. Why can't he explain everything concisely, and what are all these books about?

Thanks..  I will check it out.
Please let me know if you like the book..

Vipul..

Posted by patelvipulk:

Please sugesst me other forums where I can post such information.

There is a forum, I believe, at the Lucidity website. Their link is http://www.lucidity.com/

Thanks for posting the online book pdf link.

Very best,
Nick

From western prospective, I will say that most people will not understand why someone will write so much and also for free.
Most Eastern cultures value self-less service to the society and humanity ..  There are many enlightened souls who lives just to serve the humanity and to share the wisdom that  they have...

Aboout 3,000 books, I have personally seen them and have a large number of them. I


The fifth grade education was not due to finacial hardship. At the edge of 15, he had a vision of a Himalayan Yogi   of the age 600+ year ( again this is commonly accepted in Eastern cultures.. From them on, he followed the path of sipirtuality and did intense tapa or penence.

There are several accounts of people living in their astral forms in Himalayas.. If you want to read more about them,

There are three books whic I recomend:

An autobiography of a yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda---  ( www.autobiographyofayogi.com).. you can also buy it from Amazon.com or B&N for USD 6 ( red soft cover).. This books has been translated in 85 languages and millions of copies have been sold since it was forst written in 1945.

Another one is Living With Himalayan Masters by Swami Rama
It is also avialalbe at Amazon.com and B&N.

The third one is the biography of the Sri Ram Sharam Acharya -- the autor of the book...
It is titled " My life-it's legacy and message"..
It can be downloaded from..
http://www.awgp.org/english/books/mylife.pdf