Weekly Main Points Flashcards
Week 1.1
Muscle groups work together to coordinate movements. Most muscles are arranged in pairs near joints so that, while one is contracting, the opposite is relaxing. Pure consciousness is the simultaneous coexistence of silence and dynamism. We are fully awake, yet not thinking.
Week 1.2
‘By Bal or Ojas, Mamsa becomes full, all movements become free and perfectly coordinated, voice and complexion become clear, and externally and internally the activity of the organs of action (Karmendriyas) and the sense organs (Gyanendriyas) become self-referral, intelligent, and evolutionary.
- Vagbhatt Samhita, Chapter 11
Week 1.3
A bone’s hardness depends on calcified mineral salts (Calcium phosphate) that form crystals. A bone’s flexibility depends on collagen fibers. Progress requires both stability and adaptability.