SQUEEZING THE EARS IN GANESHA WORSHIP
(DISCOURSE BY N.R. SRINIVASAN--JULY 2011)
Religious Hindus pay their obeisance to one of their deities by standing before the deity with legs crossed and hands also crossed along the breast, with their fingers squeezing the air lobes. In this posture one has to sit down touching the floor and then get up and repeat this exercise as many times as one has vowed to do. This exercise is not easy. It purifies vital plexus which tunes the psychic power of the worshipper. Though many make fun of this practice there are medical studies made in U.K. which show health benefits.
Squeezing the ear could be useful in treating heart problems according to an Indian Medical Team, working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Children in London. The simple procedure of squeezing the ear produces a temporary effect on heart dynamics, causing a small reduction in pulse rate, a profound drop in the amplitude of the pulse and a drop in the peak and mean flow velocity.
Orthodox Hindus tie around their ear tightly their holy thread worn in the fashion of a garland. According to Dr. Saxena working at Queen Elizabeth's Children Hospital, London, the act of tying the thread on the ear enhances spasmodic movements of the intestines enabling easy and complete evacuation of fecal matter. At the same time the bladder evacuates the urine completely without hindrance.
In the opinion of Ayurveda, Indian Medicine, the nerves around the right ear are linked with muscles controlling evacuation of the bladder and those on the left are linked with anus. Orthodox Hindus tie their long holy thread worn in the form of garland around their neck round their right ear when passing urine and when passing stools on the left side. These keep one free of diseases like excessive urination, diabetes, piles, fistula and other ailments pertaining to passing urine and stools.
Please go through the following interesting article from IndiaDivine.Org in this context:
Thoppukaranam
or Super Brain Yoga and the Vedas
Posted by Mathomathis
| Dec 25, 2015
The
movement begins from a standing position. Weights are often used, either in the
hand or as a bar braced across the trapezius muscle or rear deltoid muscle in
the upper back.
What is a Squat?
In
strength training and fitness, the squat is a compound, full body exercise that
trains primarily the muscles of the thighs, hips and buttocks, quadriceps
(vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius and rectus femoris),
hamstrings, as well as strengthening the bones, ligaments and insertion of the
tendons throughout the lower body.
Squats are considered a vital exercise for
increasing the strength and size of the legs and buttocks, as well as
developing core strength. Isometrically, the lower back, the upper back, the
abdominals, the trunk muscles, the costal muscles, and the shoulders and arms
are all essential to the exercise and thus are trained when squatting with the
proper form.
The
squat is one of the three lifts in the strength sport of powerlifting, together
with deadlifts and bench press.
And
the following topic of discussion will be discussed as per the author (Dr. Paul
Nogier MD, a neurologist, who has spent 20 years from 1950 to about 1970 doing
medical research.) research on the following concept of Super Brain Yoga.
Author
indeed rediscovered that the ears correspond to the whole body. The ear
corresponds to an inverted fetus curled in the womb. The ear lobe corresponds
to the head [ref: Nogier, Dr. Paul M. F., Handbook to Auriculotherapy, (France,
1981)].
The
correspondence of the ear to the whole body was already recognized by the
ancient Chinese acupuncturists and also to the great rishis (teachers) in
India, who developed a technique to increase people’s intelligence. Now we know
it worked because it was based on the principle of ear acupuncture.
Well
there is a tradition in Vedantist that, when we visit any temple, most of them
hold their ears through their hands in a cross section manner. In the sense, a
left hand been positioned to the right ear and the right hand to the left ear
and squat 9/11/21 times or even more as a part of offering their namaskara in
front of the deity. Now for most of them who see that as a part of mediocrity,
well we have an explanation scientifically as per the author’s research on it.
The Energy Body
Clairvoyants,
with the use of their psychic faculties, have observed that the physical body
is surrounded and interpenetrated by a luminous energy body, which resembles
the visible physical body.
Clairvoyants
call this the etheric double or etheric body. The “energy body” as they called
it was first photographed by Russian scientists Semyon Davidovich Kirlian and
his wife in 1939. With the aid of Kirlian photography, they observed, studied
and photographed small bioplasmic articles* like the “light” or bioplasmic
energy of the fingers, leaves, etc.
It
is through this energy body that prana or vital life energy is absorbed and
distributed throughout the whole physical body [ref: Master Choa Kok Sui,
Miracles Through Pranic Healing, (Phil, 1987), 5]
Prana
or ki is the life energy which nourishes the whole physical body. The visible
physical body is molded after the energy body. They are so closely related that
what affects one affects the other.
Without
life energy, the body will die. If the energy body is depleted or congested,
the physical body gets sick. When the physical body is healed, the corresponding
energy body also gets healed.
This
may manifest gradually or may happen almost instantaneously if there are no
interfering factors. The energy body, through energy centers (also known as
chakras) , controls and is responsible for the proper functioning of the whole
physical body including its different organs and parts.
Major
energy centers are actually major acupuncture points. Energy centers are very
important parts of the energy body.
Based
on the research of Dr. Joie P. Jones, Dept. of Radiological Sciences,
University of California in Irvine, California: The acupuncture points are made
up of 2 parts: an upper part and a lower part.
These
2 parts are constantly moving in opposite directions. When the upper part is
moving clockwise, the lower part is moving counter clockwise. This motion
alternates from clockwise to counterclockwise.
Dr.
Jones calls this the “twisting motion” of the acupuncture point. The major
acupuncture points in the Indian tradition are called chakras which means whirling energy centers.
The
major energy centers or chakras are just like power stations that supply life
energy to major and vital organs of the visible physical body. They are
responsible for the proper functioning of the whole physical body as well as
its different parts and organs.
A
lot of ailments are caused partially by the malfunctioning of the energy
centers. Some energy centers are sites or centers for psychic faculties. When
activation of certain energy centers occurs, they can even result in the
development of certain psychic faculties.
The
energy centers may be understood more easily as energy transformers. When
energies from the lower energy centers move upward into the higher energy
centers, they are transformed into other forms of energies of a much higher
frequency. When higher forms of energies from the upper energy centers move
down into the lower energy centers, they are transformed into other forms of
energies with a much lower frequency.
How to Energize and Activate the Brain
The
physical body is a very complicated subtle electronic equipment. When a proper
energy wiring connection is made, it produces the right results. When the
connection is wrong, expected results are not achieved.
The
right ear lobe corresponds to the left brain. The left ear lobe corresponds to
the right brain.
When
the right ear lobe is gently squeezed with the left thumb and left index finger
with the thumb outside, it produces the necessary energy connection. This
connection causes the left brain and pituitary gland to become energized and
activated.
Similarly,
when the left ear lobe is gently squeezed with the right thumb and right index
finger with the thumb outside, it produces the necessary energy connection,
which causes the right brain and pineal gland to become energized and
activated.
For
energizing and activating the Left Brain and the Right Brain, the left arm must
be inside, while the right arm must be outside.
The correct arm position is important for energizing and
activating the brain.
Super-brain Yoga
Supe-rbrain
Yoga transforms or internally alchemizes the energies from the lower energy
centers into higher subtler energies. These energies are then utilized by the
upper energy centers. When those centers are highly energized, they energize
the brain so it can function with greater efficiency and effectiveness.
Supeirbrain
Yoga not only energizes and activates the brain, but also assists in balancing
the energies of the heart, throat, Ajna, forehead and crown energy centers.
When energies from the basic energy center and sex energy center move up to the
heart energy center, they are transformed into inner peace.
When
the energies go up to the throat energy center and the Ajna energy center, they
are transformed into greater intelligence and creativity. When they go up to
the forehead energy center and crown energy center, they are transformed into a
higher degree of spirituality. The lower energies are transformed into subtle
energy, which is utilized by the brain to enhance its proper functioning.
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