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Pink, Bkti-pit, Ex-I, and Friend you have made some valid points. With respect to longevity, the study of telomeres, the ends or tips of chromosomes and biological clocks are very hot topics in life extension sciences. Telomeres and biological clocks are linked to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal ...

In 1978, Janki Dadi had a heart attack. It seemed that her years of practicing Raj Yoga had enabled her to blunt the effects of her cardiovascular condition. She was also due to visit the USA. At that time the only Raj Yoga centers in the USA were located in San Antonio, Texas; Queens, New York; and...

The study was conducted by specialists in psycho-physiology at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, Texas (UTHSCSA). It was the late summer of 1978, August, when Janki Dadi was visiting the United States for the first time. The investigation was instigated from the service do...

Hello Swayam, There is a name for the experience of the stage of being a point of light. In Yoga terminology is called the seed form stage. It can be a shamanistic experience. It is not unique to Yoga meditation or RJY. You should conduct a literature search on near-death experiences. There are simi...

There is a power in the inner voice that many BK will sometimes ignore and underestimate. One reason for many BKs, especially the novices, is honey moon effect and the inability to distinguish the inner voice from Shrimat and manmath. Many BK novices feel that RJY enables them to overcome the inner ...

Hello ex-I, I like the last part of your reply to Friend about lessons learned. I will go a bit more and add that to follow Father means to be authentic and listen to the inner voice with great honesty. Honesty and being authentic are powerful antidotes against manipulation of the mind and other par...

Once during a visit to Madhuban, in the 1980s, the BKs went on a picnic and walking meditation. We were climbing one of the hills, when a Sister close to me was about to slip and fall. She called out to me and extended her hands towards me. I reached out to her, grabbed her hands and assisted her in...

Ken opened the centers in Brazil. He was not the first in South America. When he set foot in Silver Age, center in Georgetown was four years old and the one in Trinidad and Tobago was two years old, and the BK presence at the UN was in its second year. Ken was forced out of Australia due to a clash ...

I am not aware of the US Armed Forces policies on publish or perish for medics. I do know that some of my medic friends at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington,DC are well published. In Dr. Raval's case, I am not sure. However, like her colleagues at the AFIP, she may have be...

Dr. Horace E. Walcott, aka Errol Bhai, an ex-BK, has been exploring for more than three decades, the influences of Yoga meditation on the causes of cancer and cancer prevention. Before he became a toxicologist, he presented a paper as a veterinarian, at a medical conference AT Mount Abu, in 1985 on ...

The zeal to embrace education in the BK system was also taken out from a page from Swami Yogananda's life. Swamiji was told by his guru and mentor Sri Yuketwar Giri that he needed to have academic credentials in the West if the teachings of Yoga were to be seriously accepted. If we observe many of t...

I know that many of my BK bhais and bhens, especially the Seniors dislike scholarship. However, here is some evidence from molecular biology. It will be interesting to observe the reactions of our BK bhais and bhens if one day, they are informed that there are African DNA in their chromosomes. There...

I think it targets the Indian immigrants. Let's not forget, Hansa lived in Kenya before she became a naturalized American citizen. Africans becoming Christians that has been documented to be happening for socio-economic reasons. The will usually still practice their traditional religions. Sometimes ...

Race or the color of my skin, or the texture of my hair, has never been an issue in my interactions with the spirit mediums in the BK system. It did not matter what was said, neither in my face nor behind my back about me or fellow blacks, by the top brass BKs or the foot soldiers. Again, my body ar...

That's interesting. I think the husband's name is Kishore. It's such long time. My last visit to Texas was 2010 and it was not to the center, not even in thought. I will always have lots of love and respect for Texas the state and the souls of Texas. For many years, it was my second home.