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Intro to "Hacking the Universe"

Summary

, 4 min

Introduction to the book Hacking the Universe. It traces the author's path from meditating at twelve, through Autobiography of a Yogi, to five and a half years as an ashram monk, where he discovered the breath states as a natural yogic biofeedback loop. The book places the breath states and the stages of sense reversal within Patanjali's eightfold path.

In this video

Discusses
Hacking the UniverseFive Breath StatesBiofeedback
Mentions
Autobiography of a YogiParamahansa YoganandaSelf-Realization FellowshipStages of sense reversalEight limbs of yogaPatanjali

Key moments

00:00Meditating at 12 and hunting for a technique with a scientific basis00:36Autobiography of a Yogi and five and a half years as a monk01:15The postulant who came to study hour with 20 books01:49Discovering the breath states as a yogic biofeedback device02:38Ten years writing the book on Patanjali's eightfold path