dd wrote:
> Man standing on two feet created two things: it freed the hands and,
> because he was standing erect, less blood was reaching the brain. That was
> the greatest thing that happened, because in animals blood flows equally
> throughout their body. Their tail and their head are on an equal level so
> the blood is circulating equally. Because the blood is circulating equally,
> they cannot grow the very delicate tissues in the brain which are needed for
> thinking.
>
>             Man's brain has ten billion small cells which will be killed if
> he walks on all fours. That's why the yogis in India who have been standing
> on their heads have never created anything. They became just idiots, for the
> simple reason that if you stand on your head, so much blood is rushing
> towards the head that it will destroy all your finer tissues.
>
>
>             So if you look at the whole history of the yogis - yes, they
> will be more quiet because there is no mind to create a disturbance. They
> will look more calm and cool, obviously, because the disturber is killed.
> They will not get so easily angry or become violent, for the simple reason
> that it takes them a longer time to think about what is happening: Have I
> been insulted? It is that the brain tissues are gone, and very few tissues
> here and there are left.
>
>
>
>             I am against the headstand. Yes, if you stand on your head for
> not more than three seconds, that's okay. That will be helpful because three
> seconds cannot destroy anything but simply gives a quick shower to the whole
> brain. Then jump back on your feet. Not more than three seconds - that's my
> calculation, because I have tried it on many people, but not on myself.
>
>
>
>             In my university there was a Department of Yoga. Of course the
> head of the department was an absolute dodo. I used to go there and he used
> to ask me, "Why do you come here? You are not enrolled and I never see you
> doing any exercises."
>
>
>             I said, "I don't come here to do Yoga or to participate in
> exercises."
>
>
>             "Then," he said, "what do you come here for?"
>
>
>             I said, "To me these are all guinea pigs."
>
>
>             He said, "What do you mean? - these are Yoga students." Even
> professors were learning Yoga there.
>
>
>             I said, "Yes, to me these are all guinea pigs. And you are the
> head of the department."
>
>
>             I watched, and I found a few people ready to answer my questions
> about what was happening. And I discovered this fact: that people can only
> stand on their heads for three seconds; more than that is absolutely
> harmful. But no Yoga scripture mentions three seconds. They say, "The longer
> you stand, the better." Of course their purpose is different. The longer you
> stand on your head, the less you will be disturbed in the world, naturally,
> because for disturbance - even to be aware that there are so many problems -
> intelligence is needed.
>
>
>             For a yogi, all problems disappear; not because he has
> transcended problems, but because he has destroyed the very mechanism
> through which he was going to become aware of the problems.
>
>
>             I am not for destroying the mind. I am for transcending the
> mind.
>
>
>             The mind transcended is always there: in fact, more clear, dean,
> more strong, energetic. Because it is not used, it is full of energy.
>
>
>             So whenever a person who has transcended the mind wants to use
> the mind, naturally he is a genius. In whatsoever dimension he wants to use
> his mind, he will be a genius. Geniuses will look like pygmies before him
> because they have tired minds, and he has a mind reserved, rarely used, not
> tired.
>
>
>             The transcendental consciousness is able to see things, to know
> things.
>
>
>             It does not need the help of the mind.
>
>
>             The mind is needed only when the transcendental consciousness
> wants to convey something to you - a song, a message; only then is the mind
> used.
>
>
>             The yogi has fallen into a stupid trap.
>
>
>             From Personality to Individuality
>
>
>
>             For ancient ones there is a new thing in the world to do; its
> name is Punk Yoga. Punk yoga is where you stand on someone else's head.
>
>
>             The Great Pilgrimage: From Here to Here
>
>
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>
>
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>
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