Sage Patanjali explained how to control thought and make the mind powerful enough to focus on any subject intensely and derive complete knowledge.
The book is in four sections and has 195 sutras. The first two sections give instructions on how to do yoga for control of thought waves; the third section is on physical powers that a yogi obtains by practising yoga and the last section is on how to get liberated from the cycle of birth and death.
Laws of the universe
In Vibhuti Pada (56 sutras) of Yoga Sutras, Patanjali talks about how by concentrating on various subjects like akaash (space) or various parts of the body, a yogi understands the laws of the universe and human body and gains mastery over natural forces so that he attains super powers. He could walk on water, fly in space or at enter another body at will, for instance.
At the end of Vibhuti Pada, Patanjali discusses the concept of space and time in two sutras.
Patanjali says, “By making Sanyam -- combination of concentration, meditation and samadhi -- on a single moment and on the sequence of moments, a yogi gets vivek, exalted knowledge, so that he can comprehend all objects in the universe simultaneously, irrespective of their location and sequence of change”. In other words, the Mind of God!
Patanjali describes God as a special entity beyond time and space, identified by the original word or sound. According to existing scientific theories about the origin of the universe, the first thing that came out was sound -- even before light and matter.
Again in Vibhuti Pad, he says that by doing Sanyam on the hollow of throat, one overcomes hunger and thirst. Recently scientists have discovered that by stimulation of the vagus nerve, hunger pangs can be suppressed. Vagus nerve is concentrated near the esophagus tube – close to the hollow of the throat.
https://www.speakingtree.in/article/the-science-of-patanjali-s-yoga-sutras
The book is in four sections and has 195 sutras. The first two sections give instructions on how to do yoga for control of thought waves; the third section is on physical powers that a yogi obtains by practising yoga and the last section is on how to get liberated from the cycle of birth and death.
Laws of the universe
In Vibhuti Pada (56 sutras) of Yoga Sutras, Patanjali talks about how by concentrating on various subjects like akaash (space) or various parts of the body, a yogi understands the laws of the universe and human body and gains mastery over natural forces so that he attains super powers. He could walk on water, fly in space or at enter another body at will, for instance.
At the end of Vibhuti Pada, Patanjali discusses the concept of space and time in two sutras.
Patanjali says, “By making Sanyam -- combination of concentration, meditation and samadhi -- on a single moment and on the sequence of moments, a yogi gets vivek, exalted knowledge, so that he can comprehend all objects in the universe simultaneously, irrespective of their location and sequence of change”. In other words, the Mind of God!
Patanjali describes God as a special entity beyond time and space, identified by the original word or sound. According to existing scientific theories about the origin of the universe, the first thing that came out was sound -- even before light and matter.
Again in Vibhuti Pad, he says that by doing Sanyam on the hollow of throat, one overcomes hunger and thirst. Recently scientists have discovered that by stimulation of the vagus nerve, hunger pangs can be suppressed. Vagus nerve is concentrated near the esophagus tube – close to the hollow of the throat.
https://www.speakingtree.in/article/the-science-of-patanjali-s-yoga-sutras
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