If spirituality is science, is it not necessary for it to be proved beyond doubt to be believed and accepted?
Giving a scientific spin to spirituality, Sri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM) president Kamlesh D. Patel has said ‘Sahaja Yoga’ was truly scientific and appealed to people to practise it to believe it.
Citing a Harvard study, he said an electroencephalogram test conducted on some Buddhist monks, who have meditated for more than 20,000 hours, had entered the ‘delta’ stage (fourth level) of consciousness. “Sahaja Yoga aims at attaining this stage much earlier.
Let belief be based on experience,” he said. Mr. Patel also likened the present level of consciousness among humans to a thin film of water, indicating the presence of an ocean of super-consciousness above and another ocean of sub-consciousness beneath it.
Speaking to The Hindu on his visit to the Tirupati centre of SRCM on Friday, Mr. Patel asked: “If God can be bought, at what cost?”
Published - January 30, 2016 12:00 am IST