I am from India and from what I have heard and read from many yogis and the elderly is that Indians started cultivating crops 7000 or more years ago. They had plenty to eat and therefore many started looking inwards. That's how the spiritual practice of yoga began!!! I recently started doing Hatha Yoga, and I have never felt so energetic in my entire life so far!!! So grateful to my ancestors!!!
@Ryan matthews India has 10,000+ years of agriculture history. river saraswati dried 7000 years and it was in full flow around 12,000+ years ago and in rid veda it written about those times. how climate was, geography, what was astromical observations, etc. and all those match accordng to climatological, geological, hydrological, geographical, studies and evidences related to past.
Thank you India for the very immense spiritual wealth such as yoga and meditation you have given the world! I’m glad the world is recognizing it ❤️🕉🙏🏼 🇮🇳
@@muse3324 hajahhahahhahhahhahaah. This is just an extension of the Aryan invasion BS. If the white people can't claim something they will tell Europeans invaded India 5000 years back. You must be one of the three guys who are hell bent on proving yoga Asana is calisthenics. People in India have been doing yoga Asana for centuries. And btw in which western language does adho mukha svanasana mean downward facing dog??
Finally Ancient India is getting the long OVERDUE attention and respect it deserves. After being misrepresented and it's history being manipulated and destroyed for years.
@@morganseaman4557 it's because there's was a deliberate attempt by Mughals and Britishers to completely destroy the cultural intergrity of India through capture, convertion etc but they failed miserably. Also it's them who "write the history". So automatically they posses the power of deception and why would they make themselves look bad, Churchill is a good example he is a murderer potraied as a hero.
@Christine Felice again... a gift from British. They perpetuated whiteness as a sign of power, wealth and dominance creating deep rooted insecurities for generations.
The Harappan civilisation was only rediscovered in 1921. We still haven't worked out their writing system. That's not been hushed up it's just only vaguely understood still.
@@brianyule1289 Harappan civ. And Mohan jorado were the two biggest ancient civilizations. Near indus river. India had literally thousands of civilizations which are mentioned in hindu ancient text all written in Sanskrit.
I'm forever thankful to gifts of Hinduism - yoga, ayurveda, dhyanam, vedas, bhagavad gita etc. Went to India almost 10 years and spent about 3 years. Changed my life inside out. Healthy and happy . Thank you India. Thank you Hinduism or sanatan dharama. And sorry for the Hinduphobia that we push in media, academia and politics here.
Sir there is nothing to thank .. it's all for humanity , yoga is not only for Hindus it's as much yours also . All the texts practice an all were for the betterment of mankind thats the only purpose ... And to be honest we should than you for traveling to India , please come again be our guest. 🙏
there are various vedic mantra(chants) as well, indian classical music,dance,art,artitecth,vedic maths and short cuts of various other mathmetical problems and so we indians are good at maths ceo of google,microsoft,windows etc., are all indians
Besides these techniques of breathing, India contributed immensely to science, medicine, architecture, mathematics, metallurgy, literature, textiles, art, culture, traditions and trade. So many civilisations have their foundations laid by Indians and you can still find Shiv Lings of ancient India all around the world. Modern world owes a lot to India. Many of the so called discoveries and techniques actually belong to India. They never copyrighted or patented anything and even today do not care about plagiarism.
Most of the contributions to science and medicine and maths and architecture were indian Muslims & a lot of the Indus valley civilization falls in modern day Pakistan.. just saying
I use to be one of those people that couldn't breathe no matter what I tried for decades until I found yoga. It took me years of doing breathwork to heal though, it seemed like a never-ending wall that was impossible to get through until it finally happened.. I think a lot of people expect to get relief instantly when sometimes you have to be in it for the long road to heal..
Yes, I couldn't breathe at all.... Till I learned how to. I used to take liquid oxygen through my veins... Thank you long bearded funny looking people.... You taught me how to exhale and inhale air through my lungs that were made to do those things....
I was blessed to have a one on one intiation with Swami Rama at the Himalyan Institue during a retreat. The power of his prescence was undescribable. His book "Living with the Himalyan Masters" is a must read.
@@larrycrockett2843 That's the book that inspired me to learn more about yoga and the spiritual world in general, was the first book i'd read on the subject, i was 15, i'm 32 and still practicing and amazed with this world.
@@Miltongoldst4R That's wonderful. You began young and more importantly - you are still on the path. I hope you continue because it will help you to have a beautiful life.
Yes, Autobiography of a Yogi is an amazing book. My favourite quote (paraphrasing): "The breath, and the restless mind, I saw, are like two storms that lash the ocean of light into waves of material forms; earths, oceans, human beings, birds, trees. As often as I quieted those two natural tumults, i beheld the multitudinous waves melt into one lucent sea" What an experience...
Shiva (Pashupati) seal is there. So, the part about not having any sort of religion is wrong. Now, if you're talking about the Abraham mic kind if religion, India has never had that. Dharma and religion is quite different.
@@richiknair9036 the figures in indus valley dipicting yoga are idols. Even if printed on coins they are idols. If you knew anything related idols, history, idol makers, who they are, what happened to them, how hard it's been in Indian history to safeguard idols you will know why it's important
@@dhanush358 according to what I have read from the talks of Upasani Baba, idols were (and are) constructed because it is difficult for most people to concentrate on the absolute, impersonal, unmanifested God. So an idol--it doesn't even have to be carved, it could be just some rock--is taken and worshipped as God, imbued with the qualities of God. And eventually that idol assists the worshipper in concentrating fully on God, forgetting one's individual self (jiva) and realizing the Self. Does this agree with what you know about the history of idols in India?
Ancient East Indian people were and still are in love with connecting to the divine within oneself and the universe. Breathwork is pure intentional action of bringing attention into the self which is divine like everything else in the universe. I love India and Indian culture, never seize to amaze me.
Joe , you asked a very important question 'How did Indian Civilization folks, concentrated on breath work when rest of the world was hunting and in stone age ' ? If there were such advanced Yogic Practices around 4500 years back, it was because the civilization was advanced in all aspects of the life including various sciences like Astronomy , Mathematics, Civil Engineering , Alloys ,Herbal Medicines and others. The amount of deliberate mis-information on that whole civilization is staggering and beyond comprehension. If you read Swami Rama's book 'Living with Himalayan Masters' it has references to practices that would directly contradict some of the current scientific thinking .
It all came from Lord Shiva, that's the answer. He used to meditate in Kashmir, Himalayan and Tibetan regions more than 20,000 years ago minimum. One day there will be scientific evidence for this too, till now there are circumstantial evidences.
@@Boystarx Please share some of the "circumstantial evidences". I have heard Sadhguru say similar things but he must be getting it from somewhere. So where is this "evidence" to be found?
@@elsoil3387 it's written in Hindu scriptures like Vedas(Rig Veda), Upanishads (Katha Upanishad), Shiva Purana and (Sage) Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, written in Kashmir (ancient silicon valley or Harvard or similar, before jihadis converted it) and many ancient books. All these original books are in Sanskrit (Living ancient Indian language, that forms basis for today's grammar in many languages including English). But you can find many translations of these books by many authors. Lot of research and translations are there. In the yogic culture, Shiva is the Adi Yogi or the first Yogi.The first part of Shiva's teaching was to Parvati, his wife.In great detail, and in very gentle ways, Shiva expounded the ways of yoga to Parvati, wife of Lord Shiva. The second set of teachings was given to Seven Sages for betterment of human kind. Which was carried forward by sages and one Sage - Patanjali (also writer of Ayurveda medical science books) wrote Yoga Sutras which form the basis of modern exercise based Yoga.
I'm in India. Pranayam is a breathing technique, which if done long enough & practiced enough, internalizes you & can slow down your breathing rate by 40-60%. All your metabolism just slows down. I try to do it once a week, and even that helps just slow everything down. There are real Yogis here who've been doing this alone, in Himalaya caves for decades. Nobody knows how old they are. Very few go near them. Even if they do, the Yogis don't talk much. They are in "samadhi", deep meditation. They don't want to be disturbed or distracted. People just leave them alone.
@@hehunches know about sadguru, He is also one of them, join cource named 'inner engineering' join it, you will be initiated in sambhavi meditation, in inner engineering completion. That will help you alot to know about your energy system.
@@hehunches Pranayam is very simple, just 3 steps. But it has to be done right, which I can't do well enough sometimes, but I still try. There are many other techniques, but this is the simplest. I think you can find some good YT videos on it. I learnt it from my Yoga teacher, who was genuine. Ref Himalyan Yogis, people here do not approach them. Here we have a tradition not to disturb anyone in deep "samadhi" (state of deep meditation). Personally, I'm not Sadhguru's biggest fan, although he is very popular in India. But, to each, his own
@@hehunches don't learn from TH-cam if you're serious go bihar yoga center munger Or read there books sadguru is good speaker not a good yogi,read books from bihar yoga center
What Patanjali ani Vedas had was originally from the ancient masters in India. These two either created a tradition or summarised that. In both ways, it's good because they preserved the knowledge.
I got convinced theoretically when I observed that .. If I was anxious or distressed my breath would be in a certain way and if I was feeling good or pleasant within myself my breath would be in certain other way. So, I thought what if I mastered breathing the second way then I could keep myself pleasant all the time .. every single moment of my remaining life. And that's what I did & was in tears when it worked because we were never taught this amazing stuff in schools. Our efforts should be to make it part of our school education .. it's more important than all the libraries of the world.
@@saluto1397 Challenge yourself that for next 7 days .. you will shut your eyes and simply sit for 15 minutes in the morning .. no music .. no phone .. nothing. Shutting your eyes is the key. Simply observe your own breath .. if your mind jumps here n there .. it's totally alright .. but try to focus on the breath in between those distractions. if u did this .. then u yourself would know what to do next after those 7 days. p.s Sit on comfortably flat surface .. with relaxed and erect spine .. crossed-legs.
Joe, you should really call Nilesh Nilkanth Oak on your podcast. His work very scientifically proves that at least in India, there has been 17000 years long unbroken civilization. He analyses astronomical references made in ancient sanskrit texts, dismissed as calculation errors by mainstream historians, and compares them with geological data, climatological data, to come up with a robust timeline of history. It matches with what Graham Hancock surmises, and probably answers many mysteries of the ancient world and powers of the mind that you frequently explore. Contrary to what Graham says that answers lie in Americas, I suggest that many answers to the underlying thread of unity among the ancient civilizations lie in India.
Yah right! ask the people who are the direct decedents of that culture - the Sanatana dharma gurus They are not that rare if you are looking in the right places
I think it's time that the whole world understands & acknowledges that life really began in India & from there spread to other parts of the world. We have all the proofs like Vedas, Upanishads & monuments which are like thousands of years old. 🇮🇳❤️🕉️🙏
This doesnt prove life began in India. But there is proof that a very advanced civilization developed in India. Because of the climate and inherently secular non expansionist and diverse religious practices.
@@mewtubeofficial - Just such a shame that Harappa/Indus valley had no decipherable writing system or we might know a whole lot more about them, and value them at least on par with the Sumerians.
@@209_bharatmohta8 - Nonsense. The primary use of writing in any economy is record keeping, both in commercial transactions and for taxation purposes. Neither a business nor a state can thrive unless it has someway of keeping track of such things. Indeed the bulk of surviving cuneiform tablets in the Middle East are exactly for those purposes.
"Get out into the weebs and earn their trust." The last time we did this, we got colonized by the Islamists and later the Christian Europeans and we fought for centuries to get the right to live. This perfectly explains why most Indian temples are closed off to foreigners. I'm afraid we are going to keep it this way because even now, the west looks at India with a colonial lens.
Personally for me, it’s ‘Dharmasankata’ when it comes to trusting people not from our culture. At the least, they will get it all wrong and spread that wrong message.
But anyone can easily go to kailasa ajanta ellora hampi and blow up a dynamite. There is no security there. Besides many foreigners follow Hinduism and many Hindus follow communism. So we need to relook at the way entry is given. Probably some kind of advance booking, security check etc.
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouah", "um"(like "from"), "aum" and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Stare into the flower of life before sleep. Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 440hz, 528hz, 432hz, and 396hz.
India did not have a practice of writing history and all of it was passed through oral method. That's why you can't travel back the dates of these things. Physical evidence puts it around 3000 years ago but it could have been way older than that.
@@nautiyogi8386 actually RigVeda talks as far as 30,000 BCE, it talks about Saraswati river being 100 km wide, going all the way to the arabian sea hydrologically, it has been determined the tiver existed in such a massive state around 30,000 bce. And remember folks, modern hindus KNEW this about Saraswati from their scriptures, but it was ridiculed in acadamia because no such river could be found. It was declared to be "mythical". Of course, now modern science has actually discovered it running underground, in a vastly diminished form. Indus valley civilisation is actually Saraswati Valley civilisation, because 60% of the sites from IVC are located alongside Saraswati river and not Sindhu(indus) river. All the textual evidence states that IVC people moved westwards when Saraswati dried up. There were 700 years of failure of monsoon! Can you imagine that? If monsoon fails in India for 2 years, our economy would collapse. Imagine 400-700 years? What it would do to the civilisation? That is one of the reasons why all the advancement declined.
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouah", "um"(like "from"), "aum" and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Stare into the flower of life before sleep. Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 440hz, 528hz, 432hz, and 396hz.
What do you mean ? India did not have writing history ? You just repeateting some nonsense. Is Vedas not one of earliest writing.? What is history ? How we lived, what tools, governance, clothing, Currency, Religion, life style .. World's oldest texts are Ramayana & Mahabharata oldest poetry. Mahabharata to this day is longest poem ..From wiki "With more than 220000 (100000 shloka or couplets) verses and about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is the longest epic poem in the world.[1] It is roughly ten times the size of the Iliad and Odyssey combined, roughly five times longer than Dante's Divine Comedy, and about four times the size of the Ramayana " Before Mahabharata, it was Ramayana the longest poem of history in the world ..Then we have Puranas, Samhita all talk about kings, governance and people ..
Relative of mine has an issue with high-blood pressure. Measures his BP everyday. One day, just after his reading, I suggested to him a breathing session. Took another reading immediately after the session. His BP had lowered significantly. We did this exercise several times in the following days. The results were immediate and consistent. Fast forward, several months later: Does said relative practise the technique I taught him? Nope! "Too busy", he claims. Does he take the time to measure his BP daily? Yep. "Important to monitor my health", he says. 🤦♂🤷♂ Yogic breathing techniques do work but very few people practise them consistently. I've been guilty of procrastination at times, too. I'm no yogi but I try to be fairly consistent with some basic breathing techniques. BTW, do yourself a favour and get a hold of the book - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. It is an astounding philosophical treatise apart from being a yoga handbook. 🙏🕉🧘♂
There's thing called 'siddhis' here in India, wherein meditating on a specific chakra for 12 years will give you a superpower corresponding to that chakra. There are written records that a yogi can turn invisible, shrink himself in size,expand himself in size, make himself as light as air. Changing temperature is rookie stuff.
Maybe instead of thinking as past civilizations as cavemen maybe time on earth is cyclical. Past civilizations could have in fact been more advanced than us but by past cataclysms such as meteor strike may have been wiped out, then slowly a new civilization rises.
Nope. If they were that advanced we would have evidence. Soil records almost every major event that has ever happened on Earth and proof of its inhabitants. There is record of volcano eruptions, floods, nuclear tests, remains of dinosaurs and soon there will be record of all the things we made and used; glass remains preserved forever. Why hasn't any proof of their "advanced" status been found? Because they were not as advanced as us, at least not in material wealth.
@@chetansharma6344 bro they were flying vimanas and a lot of tech existed back then If you look at some indian temples, you would be shocked and wondering how they were made ancient indians were highly advanced
No proofs? Mmm... Puma Punku, Machu Pichu, Tihuanacu, and that just in South America. The vimanas and all the advanced techonology depicted in the Vedas, the Kailasa Temple, the batteries found in Iraq... And we could go on like this for days. You haven't read enough i think.
@@chan_for Stop spreading Lies. I don't blame you. Colonial Brainwashing has creeped into masses...and it's been given major push by Seperarist politics of Tamilnadu. Go watch Raj Vedam sir. Go watch all of his videos. 🙏 We are all one. My Brother 🙏 Cultural Civilization.🕉️🙏
@@Aikadiwana bro, there is nothing as Dravidian or Aryan atleast in sub continent prospect. This guys are highly delusional. A single dna sequencing of bodies of that time should be enough to point out different races if there were any. But did we find any difference? No, not even a minor difference 😂. This is where the debate ends, Aryan civilization was a huge myth created by Britishers and propagated by people like Periyar.
There were guys way before Swami Rama, there was Swami Dayananda, who did breathing with body exercises that developed him incredible strength, there was another guy Ramamurthy who spent years in the company of Yogis learning and applying their breathing methods, to devise his own plan of strength gain, he always stressed it's never about the quantity of reps or anything the West do. It's about how slow you do it, eg taking upto 15 minutes to do one pushup like move with Kumbhak, Kumbhak meaning holding your breath, suspending it for as long as you can. Which was the secret to his unreal strength not seen since. He did Pranayama for 3 hours every morning before doing this. Even wrestlers of India themselves haven't even heard or read of these traditions of their Ancient masters.
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouah", "um"(like "from"), "aum" and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Stare into the flower of life before sleep. Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 440hz, 528hz, 432hz, and 396hz.
Yoga descends at least to 6600 BCE with the indian ancient Harappan civilization There is a statute of Shiva smoking hash in a yoga possition discovered at this site
@Eric W. No. Rig Veda was codified in Sanskrit but it followed a long line of Oral traditions. Plus, Sanskrit has some similar words to Many ancient languages including Aramaic. Now, Shiva has multiple and I mean multiple forms in which he is worshipped. You are only aware of the Lingam form. The Indus Figure is not random it's called PASHUPATI and it's one of Shiva's forms, it's worship as the one whole can control all beasts and creatures on earth. His form of sitting is a yogic aasan along with multiple indicators of early forms of Shiva and yoga. So please, don't spread nonsense if you have half knowledge yourself.
@@ishanbajpai6940 Ishan l agree with all you said...but it was named pashupati by John Marshall, it's not sure if it's proto-shiva. Maybe we will know when they decipher indus valley script.
@Eric W. There's nothing Indo European in Hinduism or its scriptures. Not even Indo Iranian. Iran had Zoroastrianism which was worshipping the burning eternal fire.
@Eric W. this is what happens when outsiders with no real knowledge and experience of a culture and only read books about the culture written by westerners..
At times, I am so proud to come from Hindu culture and take the pride in Indus Vally Civilization, the world's oldest know, modern, and currently practiced civilization. But it is also heartbreaking to realized that, the actual Indus Vally is currently in a part where only violence and killing of infidels takes place. Much worse to it, it only took, Islam rulers less than a hundred years if not a few decades to convert Hindus to Islam. The methods (force conversion and killing) that they have gone to convert people from such ancient civilization is disheartening. The whole region of southeast Asia was following Sanatana dharma.
@@lampad4549 Maan, have you heard the word ancestry and heritage ? We belong to the civilization that contributed all this, but also was the richest country in the world for 1700 years out of the 2000 years AD
@@mashnasa1 how does it matter ? Did your ancestors choose you to be their successors? Or did you choose them ? Being proud of something you had no contribution to or deriving your identity from is just stupid. They were great and you have no part in it.
@@sagar5741 of course she has everything thing to be proud of if she is helping preserve it. It's stupid that people here are attacking her for being proud of who she is or what she represents. Garv SE Kaho hum Sanatani hai.
first of all we are not living in natural environment like animals are from last century. Like there are physiotherapists who would constantly tell you about sitting in correct posture. Bad postures also affect breathing and then we learn such bad tempo of breathing. There are people who even forget to walk efficiently or with correct posture even it's natural for human to walk.
To answer Joe's question, The earliest humans appeared in Indian subcontinent, environment was very friendly, they settled on river banks, so their food was taken care off, as they say once stomach is taken care off mind expands. They had nothing else to spend their time and resource on so they started going inwards, ofcourse this would have taken 1000 years. PS: I think Joe is looking for someone to say Aliens droped that knowledge but there is no evidence of that. PPS: Adiyogi is considered the first guru of yoga who appeared out of nowhere in the foot hills of Himalaya, I guess he is the alien 🕊️
Without machines or slaves few ordinary people in ancient times had time for luxuries like self-reflection, even if they lived on a fertile river bank.
Wow, I'm coming to realize Joe has a very shallow perception of the different, especially ancient intelligences of indigenous world cultures. Interesting. It's a good thing he's honest enough to have great guests with better understandings for everyone including himself to learn from. Great segment
I’d say joe probably has more knowledge than the average person in today’s society. I think it’s great, like you said, that he’s being honest about his ignorance on the topic & allowing a more educated guest to enlighten us about it!
my shrink actually gave me breathing exercises for my anxiety there's even an app and it's free all based on research done about these breathing techniques really interesting stuff
Some info on the breathing technique and app would be cool. I've done 6 breaths per minute and that can have some benefits or just observing breath (meditation.)
@HIKE4LIFE I second that, Wim Hof method for sure. Fkn amazing, Basically gives you a natural high. I broke out laughing from the buzz it gave me, Felt so good. Go check out his youtube channel and he has a video guide you follow on screen. 👍
That buffoon?! This isn't a place for fantasies... Praveen exaggerates things so much that you just can't stop laughing about his stupidity and whataboutery
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouah", "um"(like "from"), "aum" and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Stare into the flower of life before sleep. Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 440hz, 528hz, 432hz, and 396hz.
Indus valley civilization or Sindhu Saraswati Valley civilization had some form of democracy. Oldest evidence of democracy on Earth Indus valley civilization was larger than Egyptian civilization and was atleast 9K years old
@@daruiraikage indian commie and liberals would rather go on hardcore medication for trivial issues than try out what Ayurveda and indian history has to offer.
Look up a guy named Swami Prajnanananda - he can still the heart, stop the mind and even stop breathing altogether for hours. He travels to the US to teach these techniques, but it takes decades of practice to achieve.
The yoga poses are actually religious figurines of Rudra i.e. Lord Shiva. Also recent research has proved that the Aryan/Vedic civilization was pretty much a part of Indus valley civilization. The old theory that Aryans came into India from the Caucasian has been debunked recently based on a genome research that was done recently n published the science magazine.
Yes, previously there was a colonial effort to prove that everything came from Europe. When our scriptures and temple art proves it's a completely distinct local development. You dont even have to do genome research. Because it's not about where the people came from, but where it was developed. Like people from everywhere flock to America and create inventions today.
Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950): “The entire world will accept Hindu religion one day and if it can not even accept the real name it will accept it by name only.” West will accept Hindutva one day and Hindu will be the religion of those who have studied in the world “. 9.
@@keeya_ks Ofc, but India was never a country it was a culture even then Nepal is as much if not more “Indian” than Kerala or other places in the subcontinent. India was filled with violence and “barbarism” before Islam and other attacks or invasions. Ashoka is a great example.
@@keeya_ks No worries. The Indian subcontinent was always filled with persecution, war and annihilation. When other religions or groups came like the Huns, the torch of blame for strife and inequality was always passed onto the next cultural group.
@@JoshJ12 in past the war in India used to be between 2 kingdoms and only soldiers were killed in that war there was a spirit of war in India which was followed by every king.. no killing of children, women, elder people, no attacks on religious site, but due to foreign invasions women were raped sold as sex slaves in middle east, children were killed, forcefully religion conversion. the killing of the innocent was not the tradition of India but was brought by outsiders
Reading all these comments just make me feel so happy as an Indian, that now people are seeing the real side of Sanatani yogis and passing trough the fake ideology some western made of yogis I thank each and everyone of you Thank you everyone Radhe Radhe 🙏🏻
Indus valley is in modern day Pakistan (which was considered India before 1947) and they were one of the first civilizations along with Mesopotamia, Egypt, and yellow river civilization (China).
@@foxhound963 if i recall correctly(its been a long time since i read on this) the Vedas mentions many things such as early gods or horses/wheeled wagons that were present in aryan culture (aryans migrated into indus valley long ago, they say they invaded but there is no evidence of warfare) they also mention soma which originated from aryan culture as well
Actually, Indus valley is neither completely in Pakistan or India, it's divided between the two, some of the most popular sites are sure in Pakistan, but India has more in number and the Largest IVC site yet is also in Northern India.
Thank you James Nestor for exploring these topics and sharing the information in such a way that both scientifically minded and spiritual people can benefit from this meeting of ancient wisdom and current research about the breath and how powerful it can be for healing and sustaining our best health physically and emotionally. Thank you Joe Rogan for helping Nestor reach a larger audience. It will bring improved mental and physical health to many people in need and make the world a better place.
Really nice video. But i want to clarify somethings. Indus Valley Civilization was built not around Indus river. It was actually in the Saraswati river. A river that dried up 4500 years ago. The cities built around them were a source for economics and trade. Since the cities diminished due to drying up of Sarasvati, the ppl moved out systematically, over hundereds of years. That's why you don't find any valuable documentary evidence. Secondly, cities were never a place for learning and research. For that, we had Ashrams, which were run by great sages. Eacha Ashram specialized in a specific form of knowledge. Arts, medicine, warfare, Alchemy etc.
He was right about the positive effect of concentrated breathing for people with anxiety issues. After years of anxiety/depression issues, the first time I did a seated meditation practice at 21, the immediate and obvious results ans benefits were notable. My sense of relaxation came within the first 5 minutes. It felt like my body had been a tightly clenched fist and for perhaps the first time ever my body opened into a calm and relaxed state. It took me a few years to figure out that such breathing exercises work better in the long run either with the postures of yoga or (in my case) doing a taiji form. The forms of taiji generates positive (yang) energy and then afterwards, the seated meditation produces negative (yin) energies, creating a balance in your health, but mentally and psycho-emotionally the two combined created a much healthier whole. Yes, it sounds like new age, tree-hugging blather, but it's still true that such practices did far more to make me happy than saturating my body with chemicals like zoloft or prozac ever did.
Joe's incredulity regarding tangiblity of benefits of breath work is surprising. I would say 5- 6 years into tai chi chuan the respiratory nature of body, from bones, and muscles, to capillaries and endocrine system is so apparent as to become an unavoidable paradigm. 36 years into the practice admiration for the sublime beauty of the design still inspires in-depth investigation.
wim hof's whole superhuman philosophy is also built upon breathing. Something simple that's been forgotten over 1000's of years of technology and human advancement
Okay, so Indus Valley Civilization did have some kind of religion and the reason we know that is because we have found some evidence of it but the reason we can't be sure is that their language is lost, we haven't found a rosetta stone. And around that time other civilizations that existed were the Assirriyans and Sumer.
Sorry to say, but this is a bit of a confused explanation that he’s giving. 1. Civilization in India likely goes back much older than 4 to 5000 years, the Indus civilization was likely connected to other river civilizations in India (like the Saraswathi) The idea that it predates the Rig Veda is a Western colonial concept, the early Indologists had to fit the Indian civilizational timeline to match the timeline of the Biblical flood, so they likely minimized the extent of the history in India. 2. One has to look at all things in Indian civilization through the lens of a spiritual seeker. It is not a system that is centered around the body or rules/commandments. 3. Even today in traditional schools of yoga, they will not teach you breathing, until you have mastered asana which literally means seat. The point being that you have to learn to sit still comfortably for at least 20 minutes before you can engage in any breathing practice. 4. The practice of pranayama, yogic breathing, is to lead to dhyana(Sanskrit for meditation- this became chyan in Chinese and later Zen in Japanese) 5. Breathing is considered important, because it is believed that the breath is connected to the mind. And the control of the mind can be achieved through the control of the breath. 4. The mind is considered to be turbulent, if one is able to still and clear the mind, then one is able to see the divinity within, that is Yoga. It is to allow you to see the light within yourself. Like how you are able to see to the bottom of a lake when it is still and clear. Breathing is just a process to this. Joe, please have an actual indigenous Eastern practitioner explain these ideas. Tired of hearing mangled explanations. Om Shanthi
ERWIN SCHRODINGER “There is no kind of framework within which we can find consciousness in the plural; this is simply something we construct because of the temporal plurality of individuals, but it is a false construction… The only solution to this conflict insofar as any is available to us at all lies in the ancient wisdom of the Upanishad.”
This world is cyclical, it moves in cycles, one day evil Islam will fall, Europe will fall, all the bastards that destroyed Islam they too will be destroyed, they will fall.
To Answer Joe Rogan’s questions- 1. Who started it- Shiva/Adiyodi 2. Are there written texts. Yes, “Shiv Purana” where he transmits this knowledge to “SaaptRishis” and many more such texts 3. Why Indus Valley(and many more India civilizations before that not in western books yet) was able to develop these techniques- 1000s of years of peaceful existence due to geography of India.. Himalaya on top, Ocean at bottom and east and huge desert on west side. Not many invaders could challenge. For such inner science to develop, stable and peaceful environment is a must. Also, Shiva blessed the land with his presence due to these factors too It’s frustrating now to see Joe Rogan raising and discussing these points time and again with some western people who are just the students of some random guru.. get the gurus themself on your shown to answer it for you. There are a few very good ones who will definitely come to show to enlighten him or his audience
02:13 Religious iconographies have been found in the form of seals depicting Lord Pashupati (aka Lord Shiva) and Nandi bull which is his vehicle. People of Indus Valley Civilisation followed Hinduism.
Not really. The Indus people mixed with top the aboriginal and the indo-Europeans. There are Christian artifacts in China that date to 400AD, does that mean China was a Christian civilization? Not really. Indus Valley civilization was extremely mobile and included multiple cultures that invaded or existed beside them.
@@dankseid3793 No not really. That was an older idea that was presented in the 1930s and some in 1970s. Modern scholars agree that the themes of the IVC figures and seals are much more similar to Neolithic faith systems found across the Middle East and parts of Europe.
@@dankseid3793 The Historical Mahabharat came much later in history. The IVC culture is much more similar to the Sumerian, and Elamite cultures than to what is seen in present-day India. We know that due to the extensive trade, culture, and ritualistic and motif similarities. We have seen traces of Hindu motifs in the Andronovo culture in central Asia, and we can clearly see the invasion of Indo-Europeans into the subcontinent through the prevalence of paternal Y-chromosomes. There are so many inaccurate histories and theories said in India that it is actually scary. Re-writing history to fit the narrative of a peaceful creation of Hinduism is wrong.
Chinese Martial arts orginated in India along with yoga, medicine, breathing exercises, mathematics, chemistry the Buddhist monks from university like Nalanda took it there. All you hear is China china china jujitsu
I can attest to what was being said at the very end about breathing practices dramatically changing the lives of people with anxiety. My therapist taught me a few breathing exercises that consistently can bring me from the edge of a panic attack to being completely fine.
Bullshit. Breathing and all that hippie nonsense does nothing for a real panic attack. If you can stop it by breathing, that's not real anxiety. It's either pop a pill or get tf away from people and wait till you can function and think
@@Stepbrohelp fair enough, I can't tell you what's best or works for you. Everybody's brain is different, I just don't believe breathing a certain way can make a severe panic attack go away.
0:45 Well it's a bit bigger than just 'sitting and breathing'. 1:44 Yes. 1:53 They're not "breathing practices". Advanced meditation doesn't involve any breathing at all. The breathing is stopped. 2:25 It's called 'holding the breath in the pot belly'. 2:50 Yes. The methods predate the Buddha.
2:46 just to add, its common knowledge that in ancient India knowledge was transfered from guru to students in a vocal manner and not in written texts and this was intentional. Thats why many of the practices predate there written descriptions
Hi! I'm a practitioner on Yoga for many years now, I love it and tried all disciplines and in my own experience I find Iyengar Yoga to be the REAL thing, not to underestimate the other methods (I also practice some Vinyasa Yoga from time to time and it also have great benefits, but I feel that it is a bit skewed to fit the western idea of gymnastics). I feel that if you really want to get a sense of the ancient wisdom of yoga, and really get to know the architecture of your body, and experience the benefits it brings, Iyengar is the place to look for.
3000 BCE - Rest of the world: Hunter gatherers. Ancient Hindus: Sophisticated civilization, Yoga, Vedas, Vedanta, Ayurveda etc. The world needs to looking at India from western/colonial lens. Our civilization predates every other civilization and developed more rapidly than others. You simple cannot discard these facts just because western societies were hunter gathers around the same time. With recent discoveries at Rakhigarhi and Bhirrana, it is well establised now that the Indus-Saraswati Civilization is "atleast" 8000-9000 years old.
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As people know, in the yogic scriptures and yogic culture, Adiyogi, also known as a Shiva in Yogic Culture was the first to experience alignment with the universe through mental, physical, and emotional practices 15000 years ago, in the Himalayas. Yoga, meaning union in Sanskrit is a series of postures that not only helps your stress and back pain but also aligns your physical, mental, and spiritual geometry with the universe at large. Hatha Yoga is the physical form of yoga, it includes the various postures that are famous in the Western World., these exercises help the cells in your body in unimaginable ways and reengineer your physical system to work efficiently. Jnana yoga is the yoga of the mind, where through various meditation practices, you can find the answers to our existence and beyond to reflect within yourself. It's the toughest form of Yoga only meant for the ones who have the mental abilities to fully reflect without identifying with the ego. There's Kriya Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and other types of emotional forms of connection with the one. We believe in science, but science is an evolutionary quest that is still far behind what Yoga and Yogic engineering signify. To understand what is you, without your body and your mind, to truly understand your sense of identity and the cosmic intelligence that governs us and turns food into a part of us is what yoga strengthens, reflects on, and is based on. If you're reading this, understand that no matter who your worship, or what you believe in, things exist even if science hasn’t proven it yet. Science didn’t prove radio waves 200 years ago and if you told someone that you can talk to another person from thousands of miles away wirelessly, they would call you crazy and a fantasy believer. Just like that, science needs to explore and not exploit, and to truly understand what lies out where and on our planet, we need to look within., by doing so, we shall unlock all the mysteries of the universe and beyond. There are energies around us that science can't explain, but it does acknowledge them. Keep on the journey of doubt, skepticism, and exploration. But a skeptic, but don't be ignorant. Om Namah Shivay.
I can see that you have an extensive knowledge on this topic ,i would like to learn too about yoga and everything that entails it ,do you happen to know where could i go so that i could begin to learn from the real masters of yoga. It doesn't matter if it's in India or in the most remote parts of the Tibet. I have searched online for a lot of information about yoga and it is the most interesting thing I have ever seen, but it is incredibly difficult to understand many aspects without a real mentor. Also, most of the texts available are not the most reliable and I really wouldn't want to learn something that actually turns out to be wrong in actual yoga practice.
What is there to discuss with a man who could only find what he was looking tor in total sacred silence? The mind only knows a little, but it can barely keep it’s mouth shut. The heart knows everything and can’t say a word. All wisdom comes to us in silence.
Trouble is we don't even realize when we are not breathing correctly, we have to be conscious of breathing especially when we get stressed in normal day to day life. Love your shows (most of them ) LOL
There were 6 philosophical school in India at that times. And yoga was one of them. They have there own way to find the ultimate and Patanjali gave dhyan way to search him.
I think there was not much focus on material wealth, buildings, etc, but the principles of yoga/pranayama/meditation are so profound to seek higher purpose in life like moksha.
What I believe is the prolonged exposure to knowledge and life. Even the most modest estimates of the Indian civilization starts at at least 20000 yrs. The monotonous life set amidst the food security, safety from outside forces, solid knowledge, all set the way for search for something more that is non-physical and beyond all powers and greater than anything mortal. This thirst and the situation paved way for theories, Vedanta, Meta physical research. What they did isn't mere actions, but actions based on facts and experiential knowledge. If you ask me, when are you actually very well placed to achieve something greater? It is when all your basic needs are taken care of, safety is not a concern, coz that makes one's mind idle and probably focused as well. This civilization is very old and any other civilization that is this old and under similar circumstances would have given the same result. But its something profound. Geography played a great role in terms of safety too.
Joe try and approach Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. It would be a very interesting convo. Joe's helps his audience explore various perspectives of humanity, speaking with Sadhguru would be an excellent opportunity to do so. Maybe if enough people implore him to do so; it may happen. Push this comment up by likes, or create your own comment. It would be the equivalent of speaking to a yogi, but one with a modern perspective and the ability to help people embrace both aspects of life, yoga and social interaction, you don't have to be in a cave to experience what a yogi experiences.
Joe's amazement is based on the misconception that human civilisation as a whole is always trending from less to more advanced. CS Lewis termed this chronological snobbery. When you exit out of that mindset the record of ancient civilisations, with their advanced understandings of math, science, and architecture, makes perfect sense.
Breathwork always has been an integral part of ancient shamanic traditions, and still is today. Free time and predominantly worktime is an industrial and therefor a relative young concept in history
Earliest text of breathing techniques in India is vigyan bhairav tantra, at least 15,000 years old and considered source of all yogic and buddhist breath work techniques. My family has a history of asthma, but I suffered attacks for only 2 months in my life, after that I started pranayam and lived completely normal life since, even smoking and hiking. Breathwork not only cures, but leads us to divine, I can testify to that. Many examples like Buddha himself are there
Texts came much later, earlier everything was word of mouth, passed from teacher to student, hence the sutra format in ancient indian texts. Even Rig Veda is much older than its first physical text...
Joe Rogan, I think you should show some respect for the immense knowledge and wisdom regarding the breathing practices of the Yogis of India. Please don't take the name of the Unibomber and Swami Rama in the same breath. If you cannot fathom the vast difference between the 2, you are not the right person to delve into this divine knowledge.
The Vedas date back over 30,000 years. And the reason many of these texts are not older is because knowledge was only transmitted from Guru (teacher) to student, reading written words was not considered the best way to learn because the biases and the understanding of the person is limited in a new subject and so he might interpret the written text differently.
The main difference was the realization and idea that you can focus your own body and mind and improve your life to the point of divine knowledge. It started the schools that experimented with and learned these practices.
I am constantly impressed with the variety of thoughts Joe has. He is truly the deepest and most open-minded person of our age. This aspect is what separates him from all the rest. India has such a wealth of knowledge that far surpasses all the other ancient cultures. i think the world will find all the roots of philosophy stem from this region of the world. It's a world of wonder in its own right since its true age is still not known.
All ancient cultures had treasures of wisdom, not just India. But in all other places due to rapid urbanization, it got lost. In India it survives in the remote areas and forests. The so called " Modern Indians" who lives in the cities doesn't know anything about it. Those who know them are in the remote areas keep it. secret and shares it only to those who are deserving.
For those who don’t know, swami rama was documented to have spiritual abilities. In a controlled experiment he moved a needle sitting 6 ft away from him merely with his thought. To the uninitiated, I recommend swami rama - mandukya upnishad series on you tube - it’s in English
Take two years. Mostly keeping to yourself, Anuloma Viloma Pranayama, forcing yourself to sit still and focus, stretching to remain limber, and eating simple food. I'm not sure what you will experience but... for myself, Out of Body Experiences, prophetic dreams, and so many hard to describe states of mind. Oh and you will also notice that the calmer you are the more virtuous you become... anyways... it's a weird trip and worth every step even if there is no finished goal (and I'm not sure there is).
Brotha the whole kailasa sangha is world wide. And out there manifesting Shaktis (powers) and doing scientific research and documentation. There is actually one gathered online group that I know of where shaktis are given importance and scientific legitimacy with documentation and original sourcebook references (shastra pramanas).
Its definitely not a cult its Hinduism at its finest. Very scientific and authentic ancient practice with scriptural references for everything we do and all the shaktis/powers of 3rs eye. Its very real. Real enough to experience from thousands of miles away never had met him in person. I still received the imitation into 3rd eye awakening and kundalini awakening. All free. I have donated out of devotion. Many hindus especially shaivites have Gurus.
The oldest civilization that still exists. Thank you Mother India, for the ancient seeds that flourished through you from the east and taken to the west. Indus Valley forever!🙏🏽🕉
Indus Valley did have religious concepts. There are seals of Mother Goddess. Also Indus Valley was much more than Hunter Gatherer civilization. It was at par, if not greater, than the Mesopotamian civilization and was the largest by area. You had Huge Granaries, Public Baths. However the presence in almost all the major towns dispute the notion that there was no form of government. It would have been really fascination if we could have a glimpse of life back in the Bronze Age.
I am from India and from what I have heard and read from many yogis and the elderly is that Indians started cultivating crops 7000 or more years ago. They had plenty to eat and therefore many started looking inwards. That's how the spiritual practice of yoga began!!! I recently started doing Hatha Yoga, and I have never felt so energetic in my entire life so far!!! So grateful to my ancestors!!!
@Ryan matthews India has 10,000+ years of agriculture history. river saraswati dried 7000 years and it was in full flow around 12,000+ years ago and in rid veda it written about those times. how climate was, geography, what was astromical observations, etc. and all those match accordng to climatological, geological, hydrological, geographical, studies and evidences related to past.
@Ryan matthews alright prove it
@Ryan matthews yeah jesus was white is the biggest lie
Agriculture began around 9000 years ago in Indian Subcontinent in Mehrgarh, Balochistan.
You need to re-phrase it, read from Yogis? Sure about that
Thank you India for the very immense spiritual wealth such as yoga and meditation you have given the world! I’m glad the world is recognizing it ❤️🕉🙏🏼 🇮🇳
Read autobiography of yogi. Published in 1921 lol
@@muse3324wtf 🤣🤣🤣 nice joke
@@muse3324 hajahhahahhahhahhahaah. This is just an extension of the Aryan invasion BS. If the white people can't claim something they will tell Europeans invaded India 5000 years back. You must be one of the three guys who are hell bent on proving yoga Asana is calisthenics.
People in India have been doing yoga Asana for centuries. And btw in which western language does adho mukha svanasana mean downward facing dog??
@@muse3324 hey bro/sis please please go to the doctor 🤣
And for the amazing food
Finally Ancient India is getting the long OVERDUE attention and respect it deserves. After being misrepresented and it's history being manipulated and destroyed for years.
It seems that the only thing people remember about India is British colonization, nothing about the Mauryan, Gupta, Mughals,, buddha, etc.
@@morganseaman4557 it's because there's was a deliberate attempt by Mughals and Britishers to completely destroy the cultural intergrity of India through capture, convertion etc but they failed miserably.
Also it's them who "write the history". So automatically they posses the power of deception and why would they make themselves look bad, Churchill is a good example he is a murderer potraied as a hero.
@Christine Felice again... a gift from British. They perpetuated whiteness as a sign of power, wealth and dominance creating deep rooted insecurities for generations.
The Harappan civilisation was only rediscovered in 1921. We still haven't worked out their writing system. That's not been hushed up it's just only vaguely understood still.
@@brianyule1289 Harappan civ. And Mohan jorado were the two biggest ancient civilizations. Near indus river. India had literally thousands of civilizations which are mentioned in hindu ancient text all written in Sanskrit.
I'm forever thankful to gifts of Hinduism - yoga, ayurveda, dhyanam, vedas, bhagavad gita etc. Went to India almost 10 years and spent about 3 years. Changed my life inside out. Healthy and happy . Thank you India. Thank you Hinduism or sanatan dharama. And sorry for the Hinduphobia that we push in media, academia and politics here.
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Sir there is nothing to thank .. it's all for humanity , yoga is not only for Hindus it's as much yours also . All the texts practice an all were for the betterment of mankind thats the only purpose ...
And to be honest we should than you for traveling to India , please come again be our guest. 🙏
Pls stop following fake yogis
there are various vedic mantra(chants) as well, indian classical music,dance,art,artitecth,vedic maths and short cuts of various other mathmetical problems and so we indians are good at maths ceo of google,microsoft,windows etc., are all indians
@@lll2282 Kya mil jata hai baat baat pr ceo mention karke ? Dimag se paidal hai kya?
Besides these techniques of breathing, India contributed immensely to science, medicine, architecture, mathematics, metallurgy, literature, textiles, art, culture, traditions and trade. So many civilisations have their foundations laid by Indians and you can still find Shiv Lings of ancient India all around the world. Modern world owes a lot to India. Many of the so called discoveries and techniques actually belong to India. They never copyrighted or patented anything and even today do not care about plagiarism.
And that's why many inventions of ancient India are patented by the western people
Most of the contributions to science and medicine and maths and architecture were indian Muslims & a lot of the Indus valley civilization falls in modern day Pakistan.. just saying
If the modern world owes so much, why does India not proclaim it is owed?
@Ali Fazil You've got no clue. Muslim history in India goes as recently as 600 AD.
@@AS-yf4jr muslim history in general & then Muslim contribution in India - two separate things
The breathing techniques were not used for gaining health, health was it's byproducts.Those were meant for self realisation of soul,
Goal was moksha
Do you think these sex maniac will understand these things
@@Rajat-qo7ot Sex maniacs? how ignorant r u?
What goals, what moksha
@@praveenhegde8107 enlightenment
@@praveenhegde8107 nirvana the eternal truth
I use to be one of those people that couldn't breathe no matter what I tried for decades until I found yoga. It took me years of doing breathwork to heal though, it seemed like a never-ending wall that was impossible to get through until it finally happened..
I think a lot of people expect to get relief instantly when sometimes you have to be in it for the long road to heal..
Well done mate
Jai sri ram
Yes, I couldn't breathe at all.... Till I learned how to.
I used to take liquid oxygen through my veins... Thank you long bearded funny looking people....
You taught me how to exhale and inhale air through my lungs that were made to do those things....
What kind of breathing/exercises were you doing to heal?
mostly deep abdominal breathing, ujjayi breath, breath of fire, alternate nasal breathing, and Wim Hof
I was blessed to have a one on one intiation with Swami Rama at the Himalyan Institue during a retreat. The power of his prescence was undescribable. His book "Living with the Himalyan Masters" is a must read.
Wow. Thats amazing. You are very blessed sir. I just started reading the book and I feel happiness going through it.
@@choyi007 Thanks. Yes I was very fortunate. You are blessed too because you are reading his book. All the best to you.
Picked it up on Audible just now. Thanks for the recommendation 🙏🏽
@@larrycrockett2843 That's the book that inspired me to learn more about yoga and the spiritual world in general, was the first book i'd read on the subject, i was 15, i'm 32 and still practicing and amazed with this world.
@@Miltongoldst4R That's wonderful. You began young and more importantly - you are still on the path. I hope you continue because it will help you to have a beautiful life.
Swami Rama and his book My Time with the Himalayan Masters is a must read on this topic, even more salient is Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi.
Never heard of Power vs Force, thanks for recommending. I've had two near death experiences and can't get enough reading material
Yes, Autobiography of a Yogi is an amazing book. My favourite quote (paraphrasing):
"The breath, and the restless mind, I saw, are like two storms that lash the ocean of light into waves of material forms; earths, oceans, human beings, birds, trees. As often as I quieted those two natural tumults, i beheld the multitudinous waves melt into one lucent sea"
What an experience...
Shiva (Pashupati) seal is there. So, the part about not having any sort of religion is wrong. Now, if you're talking about the Abraham mic kind if religion, India has never had that. Dharma and religion is quite different.
@TeamSeas Most hindus don't know Upanishad. But most do learn Gita. So, you're wrong abt that. Also, why is the "idol worship" making you upset ?
@@richiknair9036 Are you from Kerala?
@@factshut9675 I'm half Malayali and half Bengali. Never lived in Kerala so I wouldn't say I'm from Kerala
@@richiknair9036 the figures in indus valley dipicting yoga are idols. Even if printed on coins they are idols. If you knew anything related idols, history, idol makers, who they are, what happened to them, how hard it's been in Indian history to safeguard idols you will know why it's important
@@dhanush358 according to what I have read from the talks of Upasani Baba, idols were (and are) constructed because it is difficult for most people to concentrate on the absolute, impersonal, unmanifested God. So an idol--it doesn't even have to be carved, it could be just some rock--is taken and worshipped as God, imbued with the qualities of God. And eventually that idol assists the worshipper in concentrating fully on God, forgetting one's individual self (jiva) and realizing the Self. Does this agree with what you know about the history of idols in India?
Ancient East Indian people were and still are in love with connecting to the divine within oneself and the universe.
Breathwork is pure intentional action of bringing attention into the self which is divine like everything else in the universe.
I love India and Indian culture, never seize to amaze me.
What east indias practice hinduism? I thought they were Christians and muslims
@@mhvr8508 East India includes West Bengal Orissa Bihar etc which are all majority H n d u only northeast India is majority Christian
East Indian? Wtf is that? What's ching Chong?
Joe , you asked a very important question 'How did Indian Civilization folks, concentrated on breath work when rest of the world was hunting and in stone age ' ? If there were such advanced Yogic Practices around 4500 years back, it was because the civilization was advanced in all aspects of the life including various sciences like Astronomy , Mathematics, Civil Engineering , Alloys ,Herbal Medicines and others. The amount of deliberate mis-information on that whole civilization is staggering and beyond comprehension.
If you read Swami Rama's book 'Living with Himalayan Masters' it has references to practices that would directly contradict some of the current scientific thinking .
Not all aspects - early India left no writing and therefore no history (besides what came down in a very distorted form thru epic poems).
It all came from Lord Shiva, that's the answer. He used to meditate in Kashmir, Himalayan and Tibetan regions more than 20,000 years ago minimum. One day there will be scientific evidence for this too, till now there are circumstantial evidences.
@@Boystarx Please share some of the "circumstantial evidences". I have heard Sadhguru say similar things but he must be getting it from somewhere. So where is this "evidence" to be found?
@@elsoil3387 it's written in Hindu scriptures like Vedas(Rig Veda), Upanishads (Katha Upanishad), Shiva Purana and (Sage) Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, written in Kashmir (ancient silicon valley or Harvard or similar, before jihadis converted it) and many ancient books. All these original books are in Sanskrit (Living ancient Indian language, that forms basis for today's grammar in many languages including English). But you can find many translations of these books by many authors. Lot of research and translations are there.
In the yogic culture, Shiva is the Adi Yogi or the first Yogi.The first part of Shiva's teaching was to Parvati, his wife.In great detail, and in very gentle ways, Shiva expounded the ways of yoga to Parvati, wife of Lord Shiva. The second set of teachings was given to Seven Sages for betterment of human kind. Which was carried forward by sages and one Sage - Patanjali (also writer of Ayurveda medical science books) wrote Yoga Sutras which form the basis of modern exercise based Yoga.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 lol nalanda and taxila University invites you
I'm in India. Pranayam is a breathing technique, which if done long enough & practiced enough, internalizes you & can slow down your breathing rate by 40-60%. All your metabolism just slows down. I try to do it once a week, and even that helps just slow everything down. There are real Yogis here who've been doing this alone, in Himalaya caves for decades. Nobody knows how old they are. Very few go near them. Even if they do, the Yogis don't talk much. They are in "samadhi", deep meditation. They don't want to be disturbed or distracted. People just leave them alone.
Where can I find them? I want to learn
@@hehunches know about sadguru, He is also one of them, join cource named 'inner engineering' join it, you will be initiated in sambhavi meditation, in inner engineering completion.
That will help you alot to know about your energy system.
@@hehunches Pranayam is very simple, just 3 steps. But it has to be done right, which I can't do well enough sometimes, but I still try. There are many other techniques, but this is the simplest. I think you can find some good YT videos on it. I learnt it from my Yoga teacher, who was genuine. Ref Himalyan Yogis, people here do not approach them. Here we have a tradition not to disturb anyone in deep "samadhi" (state of deep meditation). Personally, I'm not Sadhguru's biggest fan, although he is very popular in India. But, to each, his own
@@nxva8726 I like your answer ♥️
@@hehunches don't learn from TH-cam if you're serious go bihar yoga center munger Or read there books sadguru is good speaker not a good yogi,read books from bihar yoga center
He is absolutely right about Yoga breathing. India has very huge written texts about Yoga breathing and credit goes to PATANJALI.
What Patanjali ani Vedas had was originally from the ancient masters in India. These two either created a tradition or summarised that.
In both ways, it's good because they preserved the knowledge.
British had destroy a lot of manuscript
I got convinced theoretically when I observed that .. If I was anxious or distressed my breath would be in a certain way and if I was feeling good or pleasant within myself my breath would be in certain other way. So, I thought what if I mastered breathing the second way then I could keep myself pleasant all the time .. every single moment of my remaining life.
And that's what I did & was in tears when it worked because we were never taught this amazing stuff in schools.
Our efforts should be to make it part of our school education .. it's more important than all the libraries of the world.
Wow
This is Exactly what Swami Vivekananda had said !! 👍🏻
How exactly did you practise the second way ?
@@saluto1397 Challenge yourself that for next 7 days .. you will shut your eyes and simply sit for 15 minutes in the morning .. no music .. no phone .. nothing.
Shutting your eyes is the key.
Simply observe your own breath .. if your mind jumps here n there .. it's totally alright .. but try to focus on the breath in between those distractions.
if u did this .. then u yourself would know what to do next after those 7 days.
p.s Sit on comfortably flat surface .. with relaxed and erect spine .. crossed-legs.
Joe, you should really call Nilesh Nilkanth Oak on your podcast. His work very scientifically proves that at least in India, there has been 17000 years long unbroken civilization. He analyses astronomical references made in ancient sanskrit texts, dismissed as calculation errors by mainstream historians, and compares them with geological data, climatological data, to come up with a robust timeline of history. It matches with what Graham Hancock surmises, and probably answers many mysteries of the ancient world and powers of the mind that you frequently explore. Contrary to what Graham says that answers lie in Americas, I suggest that many answers to the underlying thread of unity among the ancient civilizations lie in India.
The new estimate is 100,000+.
One hundred thousand years plus
Please do this Joe 🙏
Then why Indians pooping outside?
Yes. It is an authentic reference.
Yah right! ask the people who are the direct decedents of that culture - the Sanatana dharma gurus
They are not that rare if you are looking in the right places
I think it's time that the whole world understands & acknowledges that life really began in India & from there spread to other parts of the world.
We have all the proofs like Vedas, Upanishads & monuments which are like thousands of years old. 🇮🇳❤️🕉️🙏
This doesnt prove life began in India. But there is proof that a very advanced civilization developed in India. Because of the climate and inherently secular non expansionist and diverse religious practices.
@@mewtubeofficial - Just such a shame that Harappa/Indus valley had no decipherable writing system or we might know a whole lot more about them, and value them at least on par with the Sumerians.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 yes... and since the sites have gone to Pakistan, India cant do a lot.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 writing was not given much importance in past as whole knowledge was passed orally from teachers to students
@@209_bharatmohta8 - Nonsense. The primary use of writing in any economy is record keeping, both in commercial transactions and for taxation purposes. Neither a business nor a state can thrive unless it has someway of keeping track of such things. Indeed the bulk of surviving cuneiform tablets in the Middle East are exactly for those purposes.
"Get out into the weebs and earn their trust."
The last time we did this, we got colonized by the Islamists and later the Christian Europeans and we fought for centuries to get the right to live. This perfectly explains why most Indian temples are closed off to foreigners. I'm afraid we are going to keep it this way because even now, the west looks at India with a colonial lens.
Personally for me, it’s ‘Dharmasankata’ when it comes to trusting people not from our culture. At the least, they will get it all wrong and spread that wrong message.
But anyone can easily go to kailasa ajanta ellora hampi and blow up a dynamite. There is no security there. Besides many foreigners follow Hinduism and many Hindus follow communism. So we need to relook at the way entry is given. Probably some kind of advance booking, security check etc.
@@rairadio7119 Yeah, societies are built on trust. It’s a shame that trust has been been broken in such gory ways.
This is sooo true !!!!! Most definitely my concern as well
Adhithi Devo Bhava my ass.
There are yogis in the himalayas that still can do that.
We should be glad that the sutra is still passing on somehow , such a great treasure to the human race.
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouah", "um"(like "from"), "aum" and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Stare into the flower of life before sleep. Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 440hz, 528hz, 432hz, and 396hz.
Stfu
@@Q_QQ_Q 😂😂
Even Yo guys in Forum mall Bangalore can do that.
India did not have a practice of writing history and all of it was passed through oral method. That's why you can't travel back the dates of these things. Physical evidence puts it around 3000 years ago but it could have been way older than that.
@John Doe Rig veda talks about a time older than the Indus valley but at least 14,000 years. And I am not even kidding.
@@nautiyogi8386 actually RigVeda talks as far as 30,000 BCE,
it talks about Saraswati river being 100 km wide, going all the way to the arabian sea
hydrologically, it has been determined the tiver existed in such a massive state around 30,000 bce.
And remember folks, modern hindus KNEW this about Saraswati from their scriptures,
but it was ridiculed in acadamia because no such river could be found. It was declared to be "mythical".
Of course, now modern science has actually discovered it running underground, in a vastly diminished form.
Indus valley civilisation is actually Saraswati Valley civilisation,
because 60% of the sites from IVC are located alongside Saraswati river and not Sindhu(indus) river.
All the textual evidence states that IVC people moved westwards when Saraswati dried up.
There were 700 years of failure of monsoon!
Can you imagine that?
If monsoon fails in India for 2 years, our economy would collapse.
Imagine 400-700 years? What it would do to the civilisation?
That is one of the reasons why all the advancement declined.
Indians believed that writing is for dumb people. A true knowledgeable and intellectual person must retain lessons orally.
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouah", "um"(like "from"), "aum" and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Stare into the flower of life before sleep. Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 440hz, 528hz, 432hz, and 396hz.
What do you mean ? India did not have writing history ? You just repeateting some nonsense. Is Vedas not one of earliest writing.? What is history ? How we lived, what tools, governance, clothing, Currency, Religion, life style .. World's oldest texts are Ramayana & Mahabharata oldest poetry. Mahabharata to this day is longest poem ..From wiki
"With more than 220000 (100000 shloka or couplets) verses and about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is the longest epic poem in the world.[1] It is roughly ten times the size of the Iliad and Odyssey combined, roughly five times longer than Dante's Divine Comedy, and about four times the size of the Ramayana " Before Mahabharata, it was Ramayana the longest poem of history in the world ..Then we have Puranas, Samhita all talk about kings, governance and people ..
Relative of mine has an issue with high-blood pressure. Measures his BP everyday. One day, just after his reading, I suggested to him a breathing session. Took another reading immediately after the session. His BP had lowered significantly. We did this exercise several times in the following days. The results were immediate and consistent.
Fast forward, several months later: Does said relative practise the technique I taught him? Nope! "Too busy", he claims. Does he take the time to measure his BP daily? Yep. "Important to monitor my health", he says. 🤦♂🤷♂
Yogic breathing techniques do work but very few people practise them consistently. I've been guilty of procrastination at times, too. I'm no yogi but I try to be fairly consistent with some basic breathing techniques.
BTW, do yourself a favour and get a hold of the book - Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. It is an astounding philosophical treatise apart from being a yoga handbook.
🙏🕉🧘♂
which version have you read?
@@ankitxo The one by Edwin Bryant
There's thing called 'siddhis' here in India, wherein meditating on a specific chakra for 12 years will give you a superpower corresponding to that chakra. There are written records that a yogi can turn invisible, shrink himself in size,expand himself in size, make himself as light as air. Changing temperature is rookie stuff.
As a Hindu that feels a bit much. But they could certainly control a lot of organs and responses.
@@rairadio7119 Hanuman
@@rairadio7119 Where your minds imagination stops life starts.
It’s similar in ancient Chinese culture also. Like in the movie hidden dragon crouching tiger. They could fly etc.
Lol. False.
Maybe instead of thinking as past civilizations as cavemen maybe time on earth is cyclical. Past civilizations could have in fact been more advanced than us but by past cataclysms such as meteor strike may have been wiped out, then slowly a new civilization rises.
The real Yogis believe this to be true
@Troy it's pretty realistic man.
Nope.
If they were that advanced we would have evidence. Soil records almost every major event that has ever happened on Earth and proof of its inhabitants. There is record of volcano eruptions, floods, nuclear tests, remains of dinosaurs and soon there will be record of all the things we made and used; glass remains preserved forever.
Why hasn't any proof of their "advanced" status been found? Because they were not as advanced as us, at least not in material wealth.
@@chetansharma6344 bro they were flying vimanas and a lot of tech existed back then
If you look at some indian temples, you would be shocked and wondering how they were made ancient indians were highly advanced
No proofs? Mmm... Puma Punku, Machu Pichu, Tihuanacu, and that just in South America. The vimanas and all the advanced techonology depicted in the Vedas, the Kailasa Temple, the batteries found in Iraq... And we could go on like this for days. You haven't read enough i think.
According to the yogic traditions, Adiyogi Shiva is the founder of yoga and meditation.
Pashupati Seal = Proto Shiva = Ravan devotee of Shiva(king of Dravidian Race) = Dravidian Race = Indus Valley People who got pushed to south of India
True that's why he is Adi Yogi
@@chan_for but ravan was born in a brahmin family in UP,how come je is a dravidian?
@@chan_for Stop spreading Lies. I don't blame you. Colonial Brainwashing has creeped into masses...and it's been given major push by Seperarist politics of Tamilnadu.
Go watch Raj Vedam sir. Go watch all of his videos. 🙏 We are all one. My Brother 🙏 Cultural Civilization.🕉️🙏
@@Aikadiwana bro, there is nothing as Dravidian or Aryan atleast in sub continent prospect. This guys are highly delusional. A single dna sequencing of bodies of that time should be enough to point out different races if there were any. But did we find any difference? No, not even a minor difference 😂. This is where the debate ends, Aryan civilization was a huge myth created by Britishers and propagated by people like Periyar.
There were guys way before Swami Rama, there was Swami Dayananda, who did breathing with body exercises that developed him incredible strength, there was another guy Ramamurthy who spent years in the company of Yogis learning and applying their breathing methods, to devise his own plan of strength gain, he always stressed it's never about the quantity of reps or anything the West do. It's about how slow you do it, eg taking upto 15 minutes to do one pushup like move with Kumbhak, Kumbhak meaning holding your breath, suspending it for as long as you can. Which was the secret to his unreal strength not seen since. He did Pranayama for 3 hours every morning before doing this. Even wrestlers of India themselves haven't even heard or read of these traditions of their Ancient masters.
Damn bro how do u know all this?
There was also Paramahansa Yoganada and the Kriya Yogis who came before him. Like Swami Rama, they were also students of Mavatar Babaji.
Swami ''the unibomber of breathing'' Rama.
Literally lol'd when he said that
Ted mainly went to Montana to hide from authorities in all honesty
@@howardman3926 im in nyc and due to liberal chaos im moving to montana
Joe interviews Swami - have you tried DMT?
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouah", "um"(like "from"), "aum" and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Stare into the flower of life before sleep. Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 440hz, 528hz, 432hz, and 396hz.
Oh! India of the past... what have we become now. I wish we could return to those ages.
History always repeats itself, India will fulfill its destiny. For the Mughals and Mauaryans
@@gmaillikeres mauryans were Indians
Fool
@@gmaillikeres mughals were muslims were not part of india
2021 we're the leading country for vaccine
Vote Modi
Yoga descends at least to 6600 BCE with the indian ancient Harappan civilization
There is a statute of Shiva smoking hash in a yoga possition discovered at this site
@Eric W. No. Rig Veda was codified in Sanskrit but it followed a long line of Oral traditions. Plus, Sanskrit has some similar words to Many ancient languages including Aramaic. Now, Shiva has multiple and I mean multiple forms in which he is worshipped.
You are only aware of the Lingam form. The Indus Figure is not random it's called PASHUPATI and it's one of Shiva's forms, it's worship as the one whole can control all beasts and creatures on earth. His form of sitting is a yogic aasan along with multiple indicators of early forms of Shiva and yoga. So please, don't spread nonsense if you have half knowledge yourself.
@@ishanbajpai6940 Ishan l agree with all you said...but it was named pashupati by John Marshall, it's not sure if it's proto-shiva. Maybe we will know when they decipher indus valley script.
@Eric W. what are you trying to prove?
@Eric W. There's nothing Indo European in Hinduism or its scriptures.
Not even Indo Iranian.
Iran had Zoroastrianism which was worshipping the burning eternal fire.
@Eric W. this is what happens when outsiders with no real knowledge and experience of a culture and only read books about the culture written by westerners..
Thank you Joe, for touching this kind of themes 🙏👍I've been practicing yoga for some time and it trully helps to improve life 🙂
At times, I am so proud to come from Hindu culture and take the pride in Indus Vally Civilization, the world's oldest know, modern, and currently practiced civilization. But it is also heartbreaking to realized that, the actual Indus Vally is currently in a part where only violence and killing of infidels takes place. Much worse to it, it only took, Islam rulers less than a hundred years if not a few decades to convert Hindus to Islam. The methods (force conversion and killing) that they have gone to convert people from such ancient civilization is disheartening.
The whole region of southeast Asia was following Sanatana dharma.
i dont what you have to proud of off, you had no part in that time in history right?
@@lampad4549 Maan, have you heard the word ancestry and heritage ? We belong to the civilization that contributed all this, but also was the richest country in the world for 1700 years out of the 2000 years AD
@ No. Read Angus Maddison report on 2000 years of economic leadership by different countries
@@mashnasa1 how does it matter ? Did your ancestors choose you to be their successors? Or did you choose them ? Being proud of something you had no contribution to or deriving your identity from is just stupid. They were great and you have no part in it.
@@sagar5741 of course she has everything thing to be proud of if she is helping preserve it. It's stupid that people here are attacking her for being proud of who she is or what she represents. Garv SE Kaho hum Sanatani hai.
The realization I’ve been breathing all my life and been doing it wrong.... what’s easier than breathing 🤣😂
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Kids grow up speaking wrong and have to take speech classes. Should be easy right?
first of all we are not living in natural environment like animals are from last century. Like there are physiotherapists who would constantly tell you about sitting in correct posture. Bad postures also affect breathing and then we learn such bad tempo of breathing. There are people who even forget to walk efficiently or with correct posture even it's natural for human to walk.
Lying to yourself about breathing
I thought you were sarcastic. Now I just feel really sorry for you.
To answer Joe's question, The earliest humans appeared in Indian subcontinent, environment was very friendly, they settled on river banks, so their food was taken care off, as they say once stomach is taken care off mind expands.
They had nothing else to spend their time and resource on so they started going inwards, ofcourse this would have taken 1000 years.
PS: I think Joe is looking for someone to say Aliens droped that knowledge but there is no evidence of that.
PPS: Adiyogi is considered the first guru of yoga who appeared out of nowhere in the foot hills of Himalaya, I guess he is the alien 🕊️
Or other ethereal being
Ehh it's possible Aliens could have lol
If he was an alien, his anatomy would have been fundamentally different from humans so how could he have taught humans yoga
Without machines or slaves few ordinary people in ancient times had time for luxuries like self-reflection, even if they lived on a fertile river bank.
@@cv4809 not if they aliens were human!!!
Wow, I'm coming to realize Joe has a very shallow perception of the different, especially ancient intelligences of indigenous world cultures. Interesting. It's a good thing he's honest enough to have great guests with better understandings for everyone including himself to learn from. Great segment
I’d say joe probably has more knowledge than the average person in today’s society. I think it’s great, like you said, that he’s being honest about his ignorance on the topic & allowing a more educated guest to enlighten us about it!
Thank you, Joe. You bring fresh perspectives with every show.
Everyone gangsta till the yoga breather learns Hamon
is that a jojo reference
😂😂😂😂 #OMG !!!!
Thunder cross split attack
@@abhisheksathe123 no it's about katana
my shrink actually gave me breathing exercises for my anxiety there's even an app and it's free all based on research done about these breathing techniques really interesting stuff
Could you please tell me the name of the app? Thanks :)
Me, too, please!
Some info on the breathing technique and app would be cool. I've done 6 breaths per minute and that can have some benefits or just observing breath (meditation.)
It's called respirelax
@HIKE4LIFE I second that, Wim Hof method for sure.
Fkn amazing, Basically gives you a natural high.
I broke out laughing from the buzz it gave me, Felt so good.
Go check out his youtube channel and he has a video guide you follow on screen. 👍
Joe Rogan needs to call Praveen Mohan on the podcast
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That buffoon?!
This isn't a place for fantasies...
Praveen exaggerates things so much that you just can't stop laughing about his stupidity and whataboutery
Spin around (like a whirling dervish) clockwise(yang northern hemisphere/yin southern hemisphere) or counterclockwise (yin northern hemisphere/yang southern hemisphere) (torus spinning). Chant any of these mantras 3 times each while facing east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northernhemisphere): "ieouah", "um"(like "from"), "aum" and "om". Sleep with your head placed east, west, north(in the southern hemisphere) or south(in the northern hemisphere). Stare into the flower of life before sleep. Perform the 5 Tibetan rites. Play music at 440hz, 528hz, 432hz, and 396hz.
He needs to call sadhguru
Or Abhijit Chavda would be better..
Praveen mohan is loads of pseudoscience
Indus valley civilization or Sindhu Saraswati Valley civilization had some form of democracy. Oldest evidence of democracy on Earth
Indus valley civilization was larger than Egyptian civilization and was atleast 9K years old
@@descendedofrigvedicclans2216 r u a student?
Have sadhguru on! You just said you'd love to talk to swami, talk to jaggi
@Manuj Madan what's funny
@@uditraizada1335 you wont find it funny unless you're an Indian communist or a far leftist
@@daruiraikage indian commie and liberals would rather go on hardcore medication for trivial issues than try out what Ayurveda and indian history has to offer.
@@daruiraikage I was genuinely curious but ok
@@uditraizada1335 took a potshot at Manuj, not you.
For people suffering from anxiety, Pranayam is a life saver. I can vouch for that 100%.
Look up a guy named Swami Prajnanananda - he can still the heart, stop the mind and even stop breathing altogether for hours. He travels to the US to teach these techniques, but it takes decades of practice to achieve.
Stop breathing for hours!!! I'll have whatever you're smoking.
Swami Rama did something similar it's even recorded and on youtube
The yoga poses are actually religious figurines of Rudra i.e. Lord Shiva. Also recent research has proved that the Aryan/Vedic civilization was pretty much a part of Indus valley civilization. The old theory that Aryans came into India from the Caucasian has been debunked recently based on a genome research that was done recently n published the science magazine.
Yes, previously there was a colonial effort to prove that everything came from Europe. When our scriptures and temple art proves it's a completely distinct local development. You dont even have to do genome research. Because it's not about where the people came from, but where it was developed. Like people from everywhere flock to America and create inventions today.
Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950): “The entire world will accept Hindu religion one day and if it can not even accept the real name it will accept it by name only.” West will accept Hindutva one day and Hindu will be the religion of those who have studied in the world “. 9.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 load shit
The history of India is filled with much tragedy and glory, a pretty interesting and complex read of a remarkable country if you have the time.
Yes and india is one of the only countries that never invaded another land but were invaded time and time again
@@keeya_ks Ofc, but India was never a country it was a culture even then Nepal is as much if not more “Indian” than Kerala or other places in the subcontinent. India was filled with violence and “barbarism” before Islam and other attacks or invasions. Ashoka is a great example.
@@JoshJ12 ok then
@@keeya_ks No worries. The Indian subcontinent was always filled with persecution, war and annihilation. When other religions or groups came like the Huns, the torch of blame for strife and inequality was always passed onto the next cultural group.
@@JoshJ12 in past the war in India used to be between 2 kingdoms and only soldiers were killed in that war there was a spirit of war in India which was followed by every king.. no killing of children, women, elder people, no attacks on religious site, but due to foreign invasions women were raped sold as sex slaves in middle east, children were killed, forcefully religion conversion. the killing of the innocent was not the tradition of India but was brought by outsiders
Reading all these comments just make me feel so happy as an Indian, that now people are seeing the real side of Sanatani yogis and passing trough the fake ideology some western made of yogis I thank each and everyone of you
Thank you everyone
Radhe Radhe 🙏🏻
Indus valley is in modern day Pakistan (which was considered India before 1947) and they were one of the first civilizations along with Mesopotamia, Egypt, and yellow river civilization (China).
Yeah but what evidence is there that the Vedas contain anything from them?
@@foxhound963 if i recall correctly(its been a long time since i read on this) the Vedas mentions many things such as early gods or horses/wheeled wagons that were present in aryan culture (aryans migrated into indus valley long ago, they say they invaded but there is no evidence of warfare) they also mention soma which originated from aryan culture as well
@revilo178 the Rig Veda is in its entirety about Yoga, but not the Yoga as you see it - stretching - but the real Yoga - Samadhi
rakhi garhi has been proven ti be bigger than harappa which is in haryana india
Actually, Indus valley is neither completely in Pakistan or India, it's divided between the two, some of the most popular sites are sure in Pakistan, but India has more in number and the Largest IVC site yet is also in Northern India.
Thank you James Nestor for exploring these topics and sharing the information in such a way that both scientifically minded and spiritual people can benefit from this meeting of ancient wisdom and current research about the breath and how powerful it can be for healing and sustaining our best health physically and emotionally. Thank you Joe Rogan for helping Nestor reach a larger audience. It will bring improved mental and physical health to many people in need and make the world a better place.
Really nice video. But i want to clarify somethings.
Indus Valley Civilization was built not around Indus river. It was actually in the Saraswati river. A river that dried up 4500 years ago. The cities built around them were a source for economics and trade. Since the cities diminished due to drying up of Sarasvati, the ppl moved out systematically, over hundereds of years. That's why you don't find any valuable documentary evidence.
Secondly, cities were never a place for learning and research. For that, we had Ashrams, which were run by great sages. Eacha Ashram specialized in a specific form of knowledge. Arts, medicine, warfare, Alchemy etc.
He was right about the positive effect of concentrated breathing for people with anxiety issues. After years of anxiety/depression issues, the first time I did a seated meditation practice at 21, the immediate and obvious results ans benefits were notable. My sense of relaxation came within the first 5 minutes. It felt like my body had been a tightly clenched fist and for perhaps the first time ever my body opened into a calm and relaxed state. It took me a few years to figure out that such breathing exercises work better in the long run either with the postures of yoga or (in my case) doing a taiji form. The forms of taiji generates positive (yang) energy and then afterwards, the seated meditation produces negative (yin) energies, creating a balance in your health, but mentally and psycho-emotionally the two combined created a much healthier whole. Yes, it sounds like new age, tree-hugging blather, but it's still true that such practices did far more to make me happy than saturating my body with chemicals like zoloft or prozac ever did.
Joe's incredulity regarding tangiblity of benefits of breath work is surprising. I would say 5- 6 years into tai chi chuan the respiratory nature of body, from bones, and muscles, to capillaries and endocrine system is so apparent as to become an unavoidable paradigm.
36 years into the practice admiration for the sublime beauty of the design still inspires in-depth investigation.
wim hof's whole superhuman philosophy is also built upon breathing. Something simple that's been forgotten over 1000's of years of technology and human advancement
Okay, so Indus Valley Civilization did have some kind of religion and the reason we know that is because we have found some evidence of it but the reason we can't be sure is that their language is lost, we haven't found a rosetta stone. And around that time other civilizations that existed were the Assirriyans and Sumer.
Sorry to say, but this is a bit of a confused explanation that he’s giving.
1. Civilization in India likely goes back much older than 4 to 5000 years, the Indus civilization was likely connected to other river civilizations in India (like the Saraswathi) The idea that it predates the Rig Veda is a Western colonial concept, the early Indologists had to fit the Indian civilizational timeline to match the timeline of the Biblical flood, so they likely minimized the extent of the history in India.
2. One has to look at all things in Indian civilization through the lens of a spiritual seeker. It is not a system that is centered around the body or rules/commandments.
3. Even today in traditional schools of yoga, they will not teach you breathing, until you have mastered asana which literally means seat. The point being that you have to learn to sit still comfortably for at least 20 minutes before you can engage in any breathing practice.
4. The practice of pranayama, yogic breathing, is to lead to dhyana(Sanskrit for meditation- this became chyan in Chinese and later Zen in Japanese)
5. Breathing is considered important, because it is believed that the breath is connected to the mind. And the control of the mind can be achieved through the control of the breath.
4. The mind is considered to be turbulent, if one is able to still and clear the mind, then one is able to see the divinity within, that is Yoga. It is to allow you to see the light within yourself. Like how you are able to see to the bottom of a lake when it is still and clear. Breathing is just a process to this.
Joe, please have an actual indigenous Eastern practitioner explain these ideas. Tired of hearing mangled explanations.
Om Shanthi
I agree with you.
I have a question about point 4 and 5, you mean Yogic breathing is about breathing meditation ??
Sage Patanjali collected and articulated all yoga practices all over India. Yoga is around 5000 years old, Patanjali written it around 2000 years ago
ERWIN SCHRODINGER
“There is no kind of framework within which we can find consciousness in the plural; this is simply something we construct because of the temporal plurality of individuals, but it is a false construction… The only solution to this conflict insofar as any is available to us at all lies in the ancient wisdom of the Upanishad.”
Upanishad's are very scientists favourite.
As an Indian. Its truly a sad thing that all of that was lost.
Destroyed..
This world is cyclical, it moves in cycles, one day evil Islam will fall, Europe will fall, all the bastards that destroyed Islam they too will be destroyed, they will fall.
To Answer Joe Rogan’s questions-
1. Who started it- Shiva/Adiyodi
2. Are there written texts. Yes, “Shiv Purana” where he transmits this knowledge to “SaaptRishis” and many more such texts
3. Why Indus Valley(and many more India civilizations before that not in western books yet) was able to develop these techniques- 1000s of years of peaceful existence due to geography of India.. Himalaya on top, Ocean at bottom and east and huge desert on west side. Not many invaders could challenge. For such inner science to develop, stable and peaceful environment is a must. Also, Shiva blessed the land with his presence due to these factors too
It’s frustrating now to see Joe Rogan raising and discussing these points time and again with some western people who are just the students of some random guru.. get the gurus themself on your shown to answer it for you. There are a few very good ones who will definitely come to show to enlighten him or his audience
02:13 Religious iconographies have been found in the form of seals depicting Lord Pashupati (aka Lord Shiva) and Nandi bull which is his vehicle. People of Indus Valley Civilisation followed Hinduism.
Not really. The Indus people mixed with top the aboriginal and the indo-Europeans. There are Christian artifacts in China that date to 400AD, does that mean China was a Christian civilization? Not really. Indus Valley civilization was extremely mobile and included multiple cultures that invaded or existed beside them.
@@JoshJ12 Except Indus Valley Civilization has overwhelming proof of Hindu religion.
@@dankseid3793 No not really. That was an older idea that was presented in the 1930s and some in 1970s. Modern scholars agree that the themes of the IVC figures and seals are much more similar to Neolithic faith systems found across the Middle East and parts of Europe.
@@JoshJ12 that fits in with the mass migration post the Mahabharat.
@@dankseid3793 The Historical Mahabharat came much later in history. The IVC culture is much more similar to the Sumerian, and Elamite cultures than to what is seen in present-day India. We know that due to the extensive trade, culture, and ritualistic and motif similarities. We have seen traces of Hindu motifs in the Andronovo culture in central Asia, and we can clearly see the invasion of Indo-Europeans into the subcontinent through the prevalence of paternal Y-chromosomes. There are so many inaccurate histories and theories said in India that it is actually scary. Re-writing history to fit the narrative of a peaceful creation of Hinduism is wrong.
My favourite ascetic is Banda Singh Bahadur who went on to become a Sikh warrior.
Chinese Martial arts orginated in India along with yoga, medicine, breathing exercises, mathematics, chemistry the Buddhist monks from university like Nalanda took it there. All you hear is China china china jujitsu
i began simply to slow down my breath all the time and it changed everything in me. I still consider it the best I've done to myself
What has changed exactly?
I can attest to what was being said at the very end about breathing practices dramatically changing the lives of people with anxiety. My therapist taught me a few breathing exercises that consistently can bring me from the edge of a panic attack to being completely fine.
Any info to those specific exercises online that you know of?
Can you share any information please 🙏
Wow
Bullshit. Breathing and all that hippie nonsense does nothing for a real panic attack. If you can stop it by breathing, that's not real anxiety. It's either pop a pill or get tf away from people and wait till you can function and think
@@Stepbrohelp fair enough, I can't tell you what's best or works for you. Everybody's brain is different, I just don't believe breathing a certain way can make a severe panic attack go away.
I know yogi who mediated for 24 years and his healing power is such a blessing 🙏🙏🙏
0:45 Well it's a bit bigger than just 'sitting and breathing'. 1:44 Yes. 1:53 They're not "breathing practices". Advanced meditation doesn't involve any breathing at all. The breathing is stopped. 2:25 It's called 'holding the breath in the pot belly'. 2:50 Yes. The methods predate the Buddha.
I wanna Come on the Podcast and just smoke and listen. Shit would be Legit
imagine these guys going back forth about chimps and ancient civilizations while hitting a fat blunt
Joe "the aliens invented built the pyramids AND invented yoga" Rogan
Aliens invented thinking about breathing
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was the earth flat before or after the aliens got here ?
Thats literally what the yogic texts say
@@jagsingh3970 Yogic texts say about Aliens?
Ah yes, the Ancient Civilization of downtown Los Angeles
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2:46 just to add, its common knowledge that in ancient India knowledge was transfered from guru to students in a vocal manner and not in written texts and this was intentional. Thats why many of the practices predate there written descriptions
Hi! I'm a practitioner on Yoga for many years now, I love it and tried all disciplines and in my own experience I find Iyengar Yoga to be the REAL thing, not to underestimate the other methods (I also practice some Vinyasa Yoga from time to time and it also have great benefits, but I feel that it is a bit skewed to fit the western idea of gymnastics). I feel that if you really want to get a sense of the ancient wisdom of yoga, and really get to know the architecture of your body, and experience the benefits it brings, Iyengar is the place to look for.
NIELS BOHR
“I go into the Upanishads to ask questions.”
3000 BCE -
Rest of the world: Hunter gatherers.
Ancient Hindus: Sophisticated civilization, Yoga, Vedas, Vedanta, Ayurveda etc.
The world needs to looking at India from western/colonial lens. Our civilization predates every other civilization and developed more rapidly than others. You simple cannot discard these facts just because western societies were hunter gathers around the same time. With recent discoveries at Rakhigarhi and Bhirrana, it is well establised now that the Indus-Saraswati Civilization is "atleast" 8000-9000 years old.
Many of the Indians are always looking for foreign approval or "thappa" on our content, culture, language and even our people and they get super excited to just hear the name INDIA from foreigners ...what do you who is reading this comment feel about it? Isi thappe ki khoj mein hum yahin reh jaenge...unke lie hum bs market hai bada market 1.3 billion they just wanna make their economy out of ours....their well est. Brands in India...great market...aisa mujhe lgta hai .... Tell me your feelings in the comments 🙏
Indian peacock ki india mein haalat dekhna....kamzor pankh udhade hue....laalachi log maarte hai unhe...aur unhi peacocks...jo india se america le gye the unki condition dekhna...wo log kitna nutrient rich diet dete hai unhe...aur kitna khayal rkhte hai unka.....agar aaj hum sab indians...apne bachho ko aur khud apni sanskrit language aur ancestral gifts ki qadr nahi krenge to pta hai kya hoga.....americans humse achi sanskrit bolenge .....yog krenge aur ayurved etc.. baki sab...aur hum tb bhi aise hi BOAST krte rhenge...ki dekha dekha ye to india se liya hai tumne....aur tb hume BACKLASH milegi....KI TUMNE TO KHYAL RKHA NAHI APNE CULTURE KA...AUR AB HUME BOL RHE HO.... AUR TB WO LOG DESERVE KRENGE YE SAB....AUR HUM WHI BEWAKOOF BOASTFUL PEOPLE REH JAENGE...hope aap meri baton se agree krte ho....agar haan to please share krna taaki sb log ise jaan ske...aur WE CAN MAKE INDIA GLORIOUS AGAIN ❤️ जयतु भारतम
जयतु संस्कृतम् 🇮🇳
Who told the rest of the world was hunting. Idiot even india was hunting. Knowledge and trade was shared.
Glory days of India.🙏
As people know, in the yogic scriptures and yogic culture, Adiyogi, also known as a Shiva in Yogic Culture was the first to experience alignment with the universe through mental, physical, and emotional practices 15000 years ago, in the Himalayas. Yoga, meaning union in Sanskrit is a series of postures that not only helps your stress and back pain but also aligns your physical, mental, and spiritual geometry with the universe at large. Hatha Yoga is the physical form of yoga, it includes the various postures that are famous in the Western World., these exercises help the cells in your body in unimaginable ways and reengineer your physical system to work efficiently. Jnana yoga is the yoga of the mind, where through various meditation practices, you can find the answers to our existence and beyond to reflect within yourself. It's the toughest form of Yoga only meant for the ones who have the mental abilities to fully reflect without identifying with the ego. There's Kriya Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and other types of emotional forms of connection with the one. We believe in science, but science is an evolutionary quest that is still far behind what Yoga and Yogic engineering signify. To understand what is you, without your body and your mind, to truly understand your sense of identity and the cosmic intelligence that governs us and turns food into a part of us is what yoga strengthens, reflects on, and is based on. If you're reading this, understand that no matter who your worship, or what you believe in, things exist even if science hasn’t proven it yet. Science didn’t prove radio waves 200 years ago and if you told someone that you can talk to another person from thousands of miles away wirelessly, they would call you crazy and a fantasy believer. Just like that, science needs to explore and not exploit, and to truly understand what lies out where and on our planet, we need to look within., by doing so, we shall unlock all the mysteries of the universe and beyond. There are energies around us that science can't explain, but it does acknowledge them. Keep on the journey of doubt, skepticism, and exploration. But a skeptic, but don't be ignorant. Om Namah Shivay.
I can see that you have an extensive knowledge on this topic ,i would like to learn too about yoga and everything that entails it ,do you happen to know where could i go so that i could begin to learn from the real masters of yoga. It doesn't matter if it's in India or in the most remote parts of the Tibet. I have searched online for a lot of information about yoga and it is the most interesting thing I have ever seen, but it is incredibly difficult to understand many aspects without a real mentor. Also, most of the texts available are not the most reliable and I really wouldn't want to learn something that actually turns out to be wrong in actual yoga practice.
The most straightforward instruction regarding breathing & meditation is 112 Paths To Yoga which is brief and on line.
It’s like an executive summary.
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What is there to discuss with a man who could only find what he was looking tor in total sacred silence? The mind only knows a little, but it can barely keep it’s mouth shut. The heart knows everything and can’t say a word. All wisdom comes to us in silence.
Trouble is we don't even realize when we are not breathing correctly, we have to be conscious of breathing especially when we get stressed in normal day to day life. Love your shows (most of them ) LOL
Joe “Amazing how breathing is good for your health” Rogan
There were 6 philosophical school in India at that times. And yoga was one of them. They have there own way to find the ultimate and Patanjali gave dhyan way to search him.
I think there was not much focus on material wealth, buildings, etc, but the principles of yoga/pranayama/meditation are so profound to seek higher purpose in life like moksha.
What I believe is the prolonged exposure to knowledge and life. Even the most modest estimates of the Indian civilization starts at at least 20000 yrs. The monotonous life set amidst the food security, safety from outside forces, solid knowledge, all set the way for search for something more that is non-physical and beyond all powers and greater than anything mortal. This thirst and the situation paved way for theories, Vedanta, Meta physical research. What they did isn't mere actions, but actions based on facts and experiential knowledge. If you ask me, when are you actually very well placed to achieve something greater? It is when all your basic needs are taken care of, safety is not a concern, coz that makes one's mind idle and probably focused as well. This civilization is very old and any other civilization that is this old and under similar circumstances would have given the same result. But its something profound. Geography played a great role in terms of safety too.
Joe try and approach Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. It would be a very interesting convo. Joe's helps his audience explore various perspectives of humanity, speaking with Sadhguru would be an excellent opportunity to do so. Maybe if enough people implore him to do so; it may happen. Push this comment up by likes, or create your own comment. It would be the equivalent of speaking to a yogi, but one with a modern perspective and the ability to help people embrace both aspects of life, yoga and social interaction, you don't have to be in a cave to experience what a yogi experiences.
Joe's amazement is based on the misconception that human civilisation as a whole is always trending from less to more advanced.
CS Lewis termed this chronological snobbery. When you exit out of that mindset the record of ancient civilisations, with their advanced understandings of math, science, and architecture, makes perfect sense.
Breathwork always has been an integral part of ancient shamanic traditions, and still is today.
Free time and predominantly worktime is an industrial and therefor a relative young concept in history
Earliest text of breathing techniques in India is vigyan bhairav tantra, at least 15,000 years old and considered source of all yogic and buddhist breath work techniques. My family has a history of asthma, but I suffered attacks for only 2 months in my life, after that I started pranayam and lived completely normal life since, even smoking and hiking. Breathwork not only cures, but leads us to divine, I can testify to that. Many examples like Buddha himself are there
No text that old can physically survive. It would be destroyed by natural elements.
Texts came much later, earlier everything was word of mouth, passed from teacher to student, hence the sutra format in ancient indian texts. Even Rig Veda is much older than its first physical text...
Hey listen..we all know who is the perfect person who explains clearly about yoga spiritual, life
I just did my workout with only nose breathing and it seems to have saved me 10 hbpm. I thought it would have raised my heart rate.
Joe Rogan, I think you should show some respect for the immense knowledge and wisdom regarding the breathing practices of the Yogis of India. Please don't take the name of the Unibomber and Swami Rama in the same breath. If you cannot fathom the vast difference between the 2, you are not the right person to delve into this divine knowledge.
I agree
hey ! knock off the virtue signaling
@@raygon8 And, pray, who are you?
The Vedas date back over 30,000 years. And the reason many of these texts are not older is because knowledge was only transmitted from Guru (teacher) to student, reading written words was not considered the best way to learn because the biases and the understanding of the person is limited in a new subject and so he might interpret the written text differently.
The main difference was the realization and idea that you can focus your own body and mind and improve your life to the point of divine knowledge.
It started the schools that experimented with and learned these practices.
Why is the Celtic God, Cernunnos in the thumbnail?
Interesting. I didn’t notice that 🤔
Similar to the pasupati figurine found in Indus valley civilization.
That’s why I’m here. And now I’m listening to a scam artist. My god, he’s just making shit up!
@@HandmadeDarcy I'm nearly certain Nestor had nothing to do with choice of TH-cam thumbnail.
Looks like the Mohenjo Daro 3000 years old depiction of Rudra/Shiva.
Sadhguru talked about these men in an interview... he talked about the kind of energy they left in those places...
I am constantly impressed with the variety of thoughts Joe has. He is truly the deepest and most open-minded person of our age. This aspect is what separates him from all the rest. India has such a wealth of knowledge that far surpasses all the other ancient cultures. i think the world will find all the roots of philosophy stem from this region of the world. It's a world of wonder in its own right since its true age is still not known.
All ancient cultures had treasures of wisdom, not just India. But in all other places due to rapid urbanization, it got lost. In India it survives in the remote areas and forests. The so called " Modern Indians" who lives in the cities doesn't know anything about it. Those who know them are in the remote areas keep it. secret and shares it only to those who are deserving.
For those who don’t know, swami rama was documented to have spiritual abilities. In a controlled experiment he moved a needle sitting 6 ft away from him merely with his thought.
To the uninitiated, I recommend swami rama - mandukya upnishad series on you tube - it’s in English
Take two years. Mostly keeping to yourself, Anuloma Viloma Pranayama, forcing yourself to sit still and focus, stretching to remain limber, and eating simple food. I'm not sure what you will experience but... for myself, Out of Body Experiences, prophetic dreams, and so many hard to describe states of mind. Oh and you will also notice that the calmer you are the more virtuous you become... anyways... it's a weird trip and worth every step even if there is no finished goal (and I'm not sure there is).
Brotha the whole kailasa sangha is world wide. And out there manifesting Shaktis (powers) and doing scientific research and documentation. There is actually one gathered online group that I know of where shaktis are given importance and scientific legitimacy with documentation and original sourcebook references (shastra pramanas).
Its definitely not a cult its Hinduism at its finest. Very scientific and authentic ancient practice with scriptural references for everything we do and all the shaktis/powers of 3rs eye. Its very real. Real enough to experience from thousands of miles away never had met him in person. I still received the imitation into 3rd eye awakening and kundalini awakening. All free. I have donated out of devotion. Many hindus especially shaivites have Gurus.
Swami sarvapriyananda must have on this show. Joe be prepared to be mind blown by ancient wisdom.
The oldest civilization that still exists. Thank you Mother India, for the ancient seeds that flourished through you from the east and taken to the west. Indus Valley forever!🙏🏽🕉
This is Paksitan now
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Indus Valley did have religious concepts. There are seals of Mother Goddess. Also Indus Valley was much more than Hunter Gatherer civilization. It was at par, if not greater, than the Mesopotamian civilization and was the largest by area. You had Huge Granaries, Public Baths. However the presence in almost all the major towns dispute the notion that there was no form of government.
It would have been really fascination if we could have a glimpse of life back in the Bronze Age.
It didn't start with breath it started with realization
Joe "the unabomber of breathing" Rogan