On Feb 12, 2010, at 11:10 AM, It's just a ride wrote:
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Vaj <vajradh...@earthlink.net> wrote:
If some sort of actual anti-gravity effect was going on, the sidhas
would not follow the standard parabolic arc seem in TM sidhas and
common in any trajectory where the body is not acted on by some
other force other than gravity (e.g. wind). It's just very basic
physics.
Therefore it's easy to conclude to sidha's "hops" are due to some
sort of muscle jerking. Height and length of trajectory also seems
to correlate with physical fitness and athletic prowess, i.e.
gymnasts tend to be "better" yogic hoppers.
So in other words, it's a scam preying on people with weak powers
of discrimination.
I've been in flying rooms for a couple decades. Every year or two I
decide to take a look at other "flyers". I look at the "flyers'"
muscular effort then I look at the trajectory they follow. I've
developed a pretty good sense of how much power it takes to get,
say, a ball in the air and the path it takes. Y'all have developed
this judgement as well. I get very worried when it comes to me
that these people aren't even doing yogic hopping. They are
twitching, cooperatively moving the legs and arms to facilitate
"lift off", and following the path one would take in their air from
the amount of physical effort they exerted. I also examine my own
"hopping". It's very evident that there is no levitation
involved. If I hold my muscles very taut, I won't get a micron off
the foam. After this, it takes a few weeks to forget what I've re-
discovered and become innocent once again with yogic "flying". All
I can say is that when one performs the sutra, there is at the
beginning stage of practice a very strong desire to hop. Maybe
that's step 0.01 of yogic flying.
Actual yogic fliers in the Himalaya jump straight up as their
training progresses. It typically requires about 8 feet of movement,
which would be physically impossible.
