Yoga Sagar

SR No.: 014011
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Paramhamsa Satyananda
Publisher: Bihar School of Yoga Munger
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 24 MB

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Fifth law: This states that consciousness maintains 'biobalance', that is, the balance between anabolism and catabolism, the total cellular metabolism. If there is no consciousness, there will be decay of the cells.
Now let us understand the energy equation. The whole energy derived from food and oxygen is converted into bio-energy for human activities. This bio-energy is used mainly for three purposes. Firstly, it is required for physical work, secondly, for mental or psychic activity and thirdly, for maintaining bio-balance. The amount of total bio-energy remains constant.
So, if there is a deficiency of energy, you feel weak and breathless and so you will increase the rate of respiration to take in more oxygen and generate more energy. Thus, the constant energy balance is maintained. This means that bio-balance consumes a stable amount of energy which changes very slowly. The other two activities, external work and mental or psychic work, both use larger amounts of total energy.
The external activity can be equated with material values; and internal or psychic activities can be equated with spiritual values. The sum of the two accounts can be equated to total human values. If the larger proportion of total energy is expended externally, the materialistic values will predominate. But if a larger proportion is spent psychically the spiritual values will predominate. Psychic values contribute immensely to internal awareness, and yogic practices are responsible for improving psychic values. .
We have seen how the laws of physics are applicable to living human beings. These laws operate in all individuals, but behave differently in every individual because these laws are controlled by the mind which varies from person to person.
The next subject is the brain, which has been divided into three parts, subconscious, conscious and unconscious. If the portion of the brain which is connected with consciousness gets polarized, it emits brainwaves which are initially beta waves and then alpha waves when relaxed. The moment all the cortical regions are polarized together we lose consciousness; in such a state only one tenth of the neurons (brain cells) are active, and this is in the lower brain centers. If this residual neuron activity becomes linked to the frontal lobes, it
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