Amanda Ramcharitar Yoga

“Polarity and rhythm give life to the entire universe…. Positive & negative currents alternate rhythmically, creating positive and negative conditions. In Indian mythology the rhythm active throughout the universe is symbolized by the dancing figure of the God Shiva.  The dance is manifestation of rhythm.  Our earth has two poles, and we humans who are born of dust and return to dust again also carry polarity with us, as positive and negative poles.  The positive pole is  in the top of the skull, at the spot where are hair forms a whirl.  The negative is in the coccyx, the lowest vertebra.  Between these two poles is a current of extremely high frequency and short wave-length.  This tension is LIFE!

The carrier of life is the spinal column.

Life wanted to manifest itself, and so it expanded the topmost vertebra of the spinal column and developed a skull.  It formed the fine material in the latter into a conductor of a current and gave it ability to express intelligence and feeling.  Thus the brain came into existence.  Through this material Life wanted to see, hear, smell, and feel.  Thus the organs of sense evolved: eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and sensory nerves.  In order to move in space and be able to act, it created feet and hands.  So that this creature could continue to exist and supply a replacement in case of deterioration, it created the various organs for reproduction and propagation.  The nervous system serves to transmit the life current.  This vehicle of life…

LIFE, within us is what wo/man refers to as “I” within her/himself.  LIFE is the “I”, the ever-living, immortal SELF that was never born and can never die, for the SELF is LIFE and LIFE cannot die…. When LIFE becomes conscious of itself and leads back to this consciousness, via the intelligence, into its own SELF, we call this condition CONSCIOUSNESS of SELF” – From the book Yoga and Health, by Selvearajan Yesudian & Elisabeth Haich