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	+	+				*

 

 

Two answers from Ramana

 Maharshi Ramana was asked why a liberated saint did not take all others with them. He is said to have replied that if someone saw a group of sleeping persons in a dream, would one ask when awake if those others had woken up too?

When asked if self liberation appears to be selfish, he is said to have replied that if someone saw a room full of sleeping people in a dream, would one say that one would wake up when the others did?

Timeline of some Indian Saints

 

Śrī Śrī Caṇḍī Tattva: Rahasyavidya

A compilation of talks by Śrī Bijoykṛṣṇa Cattopadhyaya, guru of Brahmarṣi Satyadeva, on the spiritual significance of Śrī Śrī Caṇḍī (Devī Māhātyam) was  published by Saṁskṛta Pustak Bhāndār (Kolkata 700006) in 2019.

Śrī Bijoykṛṣṇa commented that just as Pātaṅjali  Darṣaṇ is the ‘practical aspect’ of Sānkhya, Śrī Caṇḍī is the ‘applied philosophy’ of Brahmavāda. (Veda Vāni, Feb 13, 1941).

Book is an enlightened and inspired commentary on Goddess Mother, śakti worship and Tantra philosophy.

Proofs Without Words

 

Proofs without Words: Exercises in Visual Thinking

Roger B. Nelsen

Publisher: Mathematical Association of America

Publication Date: 1993

Number of Pages: 152

Format: Paperback

 

LINK

https://www.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/proofs-without-words-exercises-in-visual-thinking

A Link to Some Spirtitual Biographies

 An excellent set of Spiritual biographies.

Among them Sri Shivacandra Vidyarnava, author of Tantratattva.

Sri Radharaman Carandas Babaji, guru of Sri Ramdas Babji;

Sri Vishuddhananda Paramahansa, guru of Sri Gopinath Kaviraj;

Sadhak Vamakhsepa of Tarapith, Bengal;

Yogiraj Gambhirnath and Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath.