Vesuvius,
This is a terrific thread, thank you. By posting this topic, you are allowing the masses at ATS to have access to this wisdom and knowledge they have
been denied for so long, or are robbed of money by impostering gurus to learn. Knowledge was always meant to be free. It does not belong to any single
person, it cannot be copyrighted, it is ever present and all encompassing and eternal and the right of all.
I got your u2u, but I did not have any e-books to share at the time. I have across some very interesting ones recently, I hope you find them an
interesting read:
www.falundafa.org...
This is a book called Falung dafa, which was a best seller in China, and it completely free. It teaches techniques of spiritual cleansing, as well as
spiritual self defence, supernormal abilities, and opening 3rd eye Charka. You can even attend workshops in your nearby area for free, and will get
free video tapes etc, to teach you how do the exercises. I am probably going to try it, to see what it's like. There are supposed to be millions of
people who follow this worldwide.
The other one I came across, was Swami Sivanada's, that have already been posted. They are actually very interesting to read, a lot knowledge to
assimilate.
Another one that is great is the full english translation of the ancient vedic Yoga sutras. So, here you can read it, without the modern spins. This
is indeed the actual unadulerated ancient wisdom of yoga and how they understood it and did it. You have to read these, they cover everything from the
8 psychic abilities, mind, intelligence, soul, meditation, concentration, breath, subtle and spiritual realms etc It is also called Raja Yoga,
meaning it is the highest form of Yoga you can lean. You will be astounded with the depth and sophistication of it.
Now, the sutras, which means formulas, are written in short forms and they have expositions and commentary. Do, you remember, the topic I authored
recently - "vedic physics" that was covering the Vaiseshika sutras, as in vedic physics. This is covering the yoga sutras, and is as complete and as
advanced as it's physics counterpart.
Here is a complete library on them:
www.swamij.com...
More links on them:
swamij.com...
www.rainbowbody.net...
The latter link is good, it links you to more than 50 different english translations of it and gives you some short reviews.
I am not sure if the Bhagvad Gita has been mentioned, but I strongly recommend this. I was meaning to get Swami Yogendra's translation on Amazon,
it's got glowing reviews from everyone there. I wonder if anyone here has got it.
Here are some links to a full english translation of the Bhagvad Gita:
www.gita4free.com...
www.experiencefestival.com...
I am quite pleased that this knowledge is finally being adopted by us, and we come from all walks of lives, belief systems, religions, creeds,
nationalities. It is great that so many of us are recognizing that knowledge(veda) knows no religion, cast, creed, sect or any denomination. Anyone,
anywhere in the universe has a right to it.
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