--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote:
> G*M*AB. Breathing and heartbeat are controlled by the > autonomic nervous system, not the thinking mind. Apparently with Kriya Yoga one learns to "consciously' and 'at will' control the heart and lungs, according the the great Saint Paramahansa Yogananda who walked among us like the great Christ. In Kriya Yoga (and probably in TM too) complete absorption into Samadhi leaves the Body in a trance like state, completely still with no heart rate or breath and sustained by prana (life) itself. Great Yogis can stay in this period for great length of times, even MMY states in his transcription "The Vedas" that, "...the body, the mind, the entire functioning of the inner machinery, all metabolic rate *comes to zero*". MMY The Vedas
