Study
of Effect of Pranahuti on INNER BALANCE
Introduction:
Imperience,
Centre for training and research in Pranahuti
Aided meditation has undertaken a study to
establish the effect of Pranahuti
on the inner balance of persons by measuring the
balance of the Autonomous Nervous system. Balance
is always a dynamic interaction between activation
and relaxation systems in the body influenced
by both Mind and Heart. This study falls under
the category of objective analysis.
In
Pranahuti Aided Meditation, the meditator gets
the assistance from another person in meditation
through Pranahuti. The process of Pranahuti can
be understood as:
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Pranahuti or transmission
of superfine thought is the most unique feature
of the system of Rajayoga of Sri Ram Chandra
Or Pranahuti Aided Meditation.
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It is offered by a trainer
who assists the aspirant to develop the capacity
for balanced existence while simultaneously
assisting him / her in the spiritual progress.
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It is no mystic or mysterious
force and does not require words or touch
or any other such physical aids.
Earlier
Studies on Pranahuti: The
earlier
study by the Institute, totally subjective,
was based on the feedback given by participants.
In 88% of the meditation sessions, persons have
reported various feelings which can be clustered
broadly under the categories of Happiness, Tranquility,
Freedom, Vibrations and Aspiration. It was proved
that persons irrespective of age, gender or educational
qualifications were able to feel the influx, which
proves the universal nature of Prana and our oneness
with it.
Aim
of the study:
This is an objective study taken up basically
addressing two issues based on the given premises
for each issue.
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Can a change in the balance
condition of a person due to influx of Pranahuti
be measured at all?
Premise: The influx
of Pranahuti cannot be measured at Physical
plane as the Prana that is being offered
is from beyond supra-mental states of consciousness.
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If measurable, what is
the nature of the change in the balance condition.
Premise: The common notion
amongst the practicants of PAM that PRANAHUTI
IS ALL AND EVERYTHING to lead a person to
higher condition of balance from the existing
state. Therefore the influx will invariably
give positive result with respect to balanced
condition.
Methodology:
The
inner balance scan instrument is a gadget called
as “ Inner Balance Scan” a product from Biocom
Technologies U.S.A , which measures the
Heart rate Variability ( HRV) for a period of
5 minutes and gives a graphical output where the
balance condition after the test is depicted by
a colored dot. In this study, since the test is
done twice, the output is shown as two different
colored dots on a X-Y scale. The pretest depicts
the balance condition before the influx of Pranahuti
and the post test depicts the balance condition
after the influx of Pranahuti. The program also
gives various other parameters connected with
HRV analysis. In this study, the regulatory efforts
measure is used in this analysis as it indicates
the net efforts of the autonomous system be it
excessive or depleted in relation to the ideal
for a particular age and sex.
Given
below are the picture of Gadget and a sample graphical
inner balance report showing pre and post test
conditions along with the change in regulatory
efforts.
Conditions
during data collection:
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The test was conducted
immediately before and within 30 minutes after
meditation to ensure uniform controlled test
condition.
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Before the test, clear
instructions are given to take it in a relaxed
disposition.
Participants:
120
participants have taken the test. Out of this
52 are the persons who had their first exposure
to a session of Pranahuti called as freshers.
68 persons are those who are practicing PAM for
some time and had repeated exposures to Pranahuti
called as abhyasis.
Observations:
a)
Freshers:
| Age
Group
Years
|
Depleted
regulatory efforts for balance
|
No
change in regulatory efforts for balance
|
Excessive
regulatory efforts for balance
|
Total
|
| 18-25
|
5
|
0
|
5
|
10
|
| 26-35
|
10
|
2
|
6
|
18
|
| 36-45
|
6
|
1
|
5
|
12
|
| 46-55
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
8
|
| 56-65
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
4
|
| 66-85
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Total
|
26
(50.0%) |
3
(5.7%) |
23
(44.23%) |
52
|
b)
Abhyasis
| Age
Group
Years
|
Depleted
regulatory efforts for balance
|
No
change in regulatory efforts for balance
|
Excessive
regulatory efforts for balance
|
Total
|
| 18-25
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| 26-35
|
6
|
1
|
9
|
16
|
| 36-45
|
9
|
3
|
5
|
17
|
| 46-55
|
8
|
1
|
11
|
20
|
| 56-65
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
10
|
| 66-85
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
| Total
|
31
( 45.58 %) |
6
( 8.82 %) |
31
( 45.58 %) |
68
|
Discussion
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From the above
observation, in both the groups there is change
in balance condition due to influx of Pranahuti
either depleted or excessive regulatory efforts.
Only 5.7 % in freshers and 8.82 % in abhyasis
have shown no change in the study. This observation
clearly shows there is a definite change in
balance condition and also it is measurable.
By the above, it can be deduced that Pranahuti
brings observable changes in the balance condition.
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From the trend of regulatory
efforts, in the both the groups the effect
of Pranahuti is almost similar. The
depleted regulatory efforts are seen in 50.0
% of freshers and 45.58 % of abhyasis and
excessive efforts are seen in 44.23 % of freshers
and 45.58 % of abhyasis. From this it can
be deduced that the influx of Pranahuti does
not immediately result in more balanced condition
dispelling the common notion amongst
the practicants of PAM that PRANAHUTI IS ALL
AND EVERYTHING to lead a person to higher
condition of balance.
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Usually there should be
depletion of regulatory effort immediately
after the influx of Pranahuti. It is happy
to note that this was observed in 50% of freshers
and 45.58 % of abhyasis.
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However, the reasons for
excessive regulatory efforts in almost 45
% of persons in both the groups could be due
to :
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In freshers, expectation
to receive something tangible while Pranahuti
lifts the thought of a person from the
existing state to a higher refined state.
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In abhyasis who regularly
take Pranahuti, the conditioning of mind
due to the prior experiences leads to
a state of expectancy (akin to greed rather
than aspiration to improve the spiritual
condition), thereby interferes with the
working of it leading to no change condition
or even disappointment.
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Pranahuti works in
the subconscious mind and the conscious
mind is active with its habits therefore
will take time for its moulding.
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It should also be noted
that during this study, Pranahuti was
offered from different levels by various
trainers depending on the their level
of spiritual advancement
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If the goals of the
receiver are not in consonance with the
objective of his spiritual upliftment
through Pranahuti, then its working will
not be efficacious.
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In any learning curve,
there will be several phases of ascent,
plateau and apparent descent. In an apparent
descent phase the regulatory efforts could
increase in an attempt to maintain the
balance.
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In the system of Pranahuti
Aided meditation, Pranahuti is a session of
spiritual learning in silence for the abhyasis
and it is also true in case of freshers. The
well known learning curve applies to this
field also. That is, there is a period of
ascent, period of plateau and also a period
of descent. The basic prerequisite to learning
in spiritual life is aspiration. Pranahuti
enlivens the inner aspiration as the person
who offers it always wills for the spiritual
upliftment of the other. Secondly the recipient
should have an attitude of waiting and be
non expectant. Under these conditions, Pranahuti
works very effectively leading to change in
attitudes and thus balance on a sustained
basis.
Conclusions:
From
this preliminary study, which is a first of its
kind, can be concluded that there is a tangible
effect on the inner balance due to influx of Pranahuti.
This study also adequately proves that Pranahuti
alone cannot enhance the balance but it is only
assists the individual’s effort to improve the
balance. However one has to evaluate oneself in
actual life situations to know the extent of one’s
balance. Pranahuti only assists in the process
naturally and not a replacement to one’s efforts.
It is also desired that more and more people practicing
PAM participate in such studies to validate the
system on scientific principles.
Constraints:
Some
of the constraints of this study are listed as
follows:
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Due
to lack of adequate infrastructure, the study
was conducted with limited resources.
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This instrument has been
designed for 5 min and 10 min test duration
keeping in view of medical requirements, but
the minimum duration of Pranahuti aided Meditation
sessions is 30 min thus resulting this into
an indicative study.
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With more data on this
subject and repeated studies on the same individuals,
it will be helpful in understanding the effect
of Pranahuti more objectively.
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