Monday, November 20, 2023

Color Mix

BLACK      BLACK      BLACK

RED           ORANGE  RED

YELLOW   YELLOW   YELLOW

BROWN   GREEN     GREEN

ORANGE  RED           ORANGE

BLUE         BROWN   BLUE

GREEN      BLUE         BROWN

PURPLE    PURPLE    PURPLE

Sunday, June 4, 2023

English Translation of Sadhan Samar by Brahmarshi Satyadeva

 

Sādhan Samar:

Battles in a Sacred Quest

Devī Māhātmya: Glory of the Goddess 

A spiritual commentary on Śri Śri Caṇḍī

or Dūrgā Saptaśati by

Brahmaṛṣi Satyadeva


Published in Three Volumes 

by Motilal Banarassidas

Publishing House, New Delhi, 2023.

 


Volume 1     Volume 2       Volume 3
 
 

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Somato-Autonomic coordination


TABLE I:

System

 

Somatic

motor

Somatic

sensory

Special senses

Autonomic

Psycho-central

Respiratory

Sneezing

+

+

*

+

*

 

Coughing

+

*

 

?

 

 

Hiccups

+

+

 

?

 

 

Snoring

?

+

 

+

 

 

Yawning

+

?

 

+

 

 

Diving

?

+

*

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gastrointestinal

Swallowing

+

+

 

+

*

 

Salivation

 

+

+

+

*

 

Gagging

+

+

 

+

*

 

Vomiting/ Reflux

+

+

 

+

 

 

Defecation

+

+

 

+

*

 

Intrinsic

 

 

 

+

*

Genito Urinary

Bladder Filling

 

*

 

+

 

 

Micturition

+

+

 

+

*

 

Erection

 

+

 

+

+

 

Emission

 

 

 

+

*

 

Ejaculation

+

+

 

+

*

 

Orgasm

 

+

*

+

*

 

Cremaster

+

+

 

*

 

Endocrine

Various

 

 

*

+

*

Musculo-skeletal

Various

+

+

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table II

System

 

Somatic

motor

Somatic

sensory

Special senses

Autonomic

Psycho-central

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ophthalmic

Accomodation

 

 

+

+

 

 

Blinking

+

+

*

 

*

 

Squinting

+

+

 

*

 

 

Lacrimation

 

*

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auditory Vestibular

Sound location

+

+

+

 

*

 

Vertigo

 

+

*

+

 

 

Tinnitus

 

+

+

?

 

 

Stapedius

 

+

 

?

 

Dermal/ General

Itch/ scratch

 

+

 

?

 

 

Blush/ Flush

 

 

 

+

+

 

Shivering

+

+

 

+

 

 

Horripilation

 

*

 

+

*

 

Pandiculation

+

*

 

 

*

 

Dizziness

 

*

 

+

 

 

Baroreceptor

 

 

 

+

 

 

Lactation

 

+

 

+

*

Infants

Suckling

+

+

 

 

 

 

Grasp, Startle

+

+

 

 

*