TESLA & YOGA

From reading a recent biography of Nicolai Tesla, the 'electrical genius' whose eccentricities have been elaborated on numerous times but with little understanding, of course, that he was well acquainted with RAMAKRISHNA's philosophy as were several otther geniuses of that time, such as, Henry Ford, Luther Burbank, etc. Am not sure if he was aquainted with Theosophy and Madame Blavatsky, but it is rumored that Einstein kept a copy of the SECRET DOCTRINE either in his desk or in his library....soooo......... Tesla apparently followed several things in yoga and had a remarkable concentration and focus.....of which more can be said.......

DESMOND DUNNE: YOGISM

Many years ago,there were a number of ads in various magazines, probably some in FATE, about Yoga and Yogism and works by DESMOND DUNNE...I somehow obtained one of his books and found it most interesting and also useful and so, I recommend it to all, both beginners and experts, of which there are many,many....and I find that much of it influenced in various ways my approach and practice(on and off over the years) of yoga.....I will post on this site a download of material from this work for those who cannot locate a volume and or who cannot afford to buy one.

IN YOGA, THE 'YOKE' IS ON YOU !

YOGA is essentially 'union' and 'connection'...the YOKE IS ON YOU! This is a 'yoking' of opposites with the YOGI/YOGIN/YOGINI,etc. CARRYING BOTH VIA THE YOKE.... For some, this is both the 'SUN' & the 'MOON'...which can be seen as 'cards' in the ancient TAROT and meditated on by those who seek a slightly different approach to Yoga.....but this I shall not discuss here at the moment....as my blog on the Tarot is another thing I have to work on eventually and update.....as i go along in these areas slowly over the years and the time I have left to do so...

THEOS BERNARD & THE GREAT OOM

If you go to the link list and click onto the GREAT OOM listing, you can go to several interesting things by clicking onto the pictures and reading the information there and also read the comments...THEOS BERNARD supposedly had a way to neutralize physical attacks,etc. in the use of certain esoteric/occult ways, sometimes called, no contact or no touch,etc. like the Ki and Chi demos many masters claim to do do and show on U-Tube, etc....He apparently did this against the police force when he wanted to show them 'non'lethal' ways of handling criminals,etc. something police could use today in their 'war on citizens'......I shall have to dig out my book by Theos Bernard, who is mentioned in one of the books I listed under a different topic....and try to study this more...PAUL DUKES is another 'child of Gurdjieff' and was an intelligent agent who worked in Asia, Russia,etc. Another lady shown whose picture is on the website given married HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN......SUFI MASTER/WRITER/MUSICIAN,ETC.

THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS ON YOGA & VEDANTA PUBLISHED SO FAR IN THE 21ST CENTURY ARE:

AMERICAN VEDA: FROM EMERSON & THE BEATLES TO YOGA & MEDITATION:HOW INDIAN SPIRITUALITY CHANGED THE WEST, by Philip Goldberg,2010, and THE SUBTLE BODY: THE STORY OF YOGA IN AMERICAN by Stefanie Syman, 2010.

J.D. SALINGER & YOGA

Many of us who read he late J.D. Salinger's many novels and short stories, especially the 'CATCHER' (IN THE RYE) know of his interest in ZEN and the many times he made use of such items in his writings....but perhaps not many of us realize that he was deeply into YOGA and a very important book that he read(around the same time that I did or shortly afterwards) was THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI, by Yogananda and that he kept contacts with the SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP all his life it seems.. Moreover, he also was interested in RAMKRISHA(Ramahchrisna) and also read a lot of materials on or about him, apparently. Although I cannot actually verify this, I was told on good authority by a late friend of mine who 'knew' him, by sight and some conversations in Windsor,VT, for example, that he also had an interest in 'witchcraft' and had done some reading on the subject......donating a number of book on the subject to the Cornish Library.....

YOGI RAMACHARAKA,SWAMI BHAKTA VISHITA, & SWAMI PANCHADASI

These three 'swamis' are actually the names used by the same person known in metaphysical circles as WILLIAM WALTER ATKINSON, an interesting author of many books also under various names.....I became acquainted with yoga almost since babyhood, because of a large volume devoted to medical lore which was called HOME MEDICAL LIBRARY which I amused myself over the years since it was placed in my hands by my grandparents in the late 30's-40's. I still have the volume. In that book was a Chapter called: THE SCIENCE OF BREATH and had some photographic illustrations of various exercises which I used as the basis for a talk on yoga that I gave in class during my sophomore year while attending Stevens High School. Although I cannot find exactly where this material came from, I suspect it was added from some material or works of the late William Walter Atkinson, and it may also be found in some other old medical volumes that I have in my library,etc. I collect these now and then, partly because they also contain certain physical culture and jiu-jitsu topics and photos, some rare, indeed. Later I acquired a book under the title of Yoga by the author writing as Yogi Ramacharacka...Recently, while browsing in an Upper Valley Bookstore, I came across a book re-issued/reprinted entitled: SWAMI PANCHADASI'S CLAIRVOYANCE & OCCULT POWERS, edited by Clint Marsh and published by Red Wheel/Weiser,LLC. This book is a handy guide to WW Atkinson's works and it contains some very clear and interesting ideas that are found often concealed and nestled among the more recent and trendy-popular works of moderns who feel inclined to write and discuss 'occult' and 'new-age' topics and turn them into best sellers of some kind....for a voracious public of sorts....which shows that there is hardly anything 'newe under the sun' but only repackaged materials with new covers in new bottles....!!! While many things in nostalgic works of or on the occult and the esoteric are a tedious read and the 'science/technology/medicine'etc' of those times have somewhat drastically changed in ways that often seem overwhelming, the basics are there and that is where everyone should take heed and caution and start from there and not try to skip into advanced and sometimes risky areas....