Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

R. Yaeger has shown that when a practitioner of kundalini yoga performed certain
pranayama techniques and then sat next to an onion for 15 minutes with his hands in a
fixed position, about two feet from the experimental plant, cell division, and therefore
metabolic energy increased by 108%. (5) A control subject sitting in the same position,
but without doing pranayama, had no effects on the plant.
We have a clear evidence from these experiments that there is a new kind of psychic
physiological energy that fits the description of prana and kundalini as set forth in the
yogic texts and verbal traditions.
Summary
Modern science has been able to ascertain that psychic energy is a real and
physically-based phenomenon. Though it does not fall into the known categories of
modern science, its effects can be experienced and recorded repeatedly. No one really
doubts its existence. What it is and how it functions, its relationship to our body and mind
and its potential use as an evolutionary tool require further research from scientists who
will find guidelines in the perspectives and experiences of dedicated yogis.
This research will soon be under way at Bihar School of Yoga where we intend to
investigate these phenomena in all their varied aspects. Through this, we will be better
able to understand the relationship of mind and body and this will have tremendous
repercussions on studies in to psychosomatic medicine, psychology and other important
fields. As we ourselves learn to appreciate that great joy and good health that come from
developing and being sensitive to psychic energy, a large and forgotten area of our being,
we will extend our possibilities, develop our innate potential and speed up our spiritual
evolution.
1. Ostrander, S. & Schroeder, L., PSJ - Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain,
Abacus, London, 1977, pp. 88-89.
2. Ibid, pp. 88-99.
3. Ibid, p. 398.
4. Ibid, p. 237.
5. Yaeger, R., "The Effect of Kundalini Yoga on Onion Root Cells Mitosis",
Unpublished paper, California State College, 1979. Quoted in Kundalini, Evolution and
Enlightenment, White, J. (Ed.), Anchor-Doubleday, New York, 1979, p. 266-267.
Chapter 3
Defining the Nadis
Yoga and tantra lay down one of the most complete systems for a practical
understanding of the human condition. Tantra supplies the philosophy, the theoretical
approach. Yoga supplies the techniques by which we can validate this philosophy
through our own personal experience and thus attain higher knowledge. Tantra is