Dark energy
According to physics 70% of the universe is made up of energy that we cannot observe. Physicists call it dark energy and determined it’s existence when they realized that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. According to Nasa scientists, “The rest – everything on Earth, everything ever observed with all of our instruments, all normal matter – adds up to less than 5% of the Universe.” Read more here.
Could this be prana? How does this relate to the yogis experience of vitalilty, energy, true self, or emptiness?
On the darkest day of the year, perhaps we could take some time and ponder our connection to what we cannot see.
John said:
Dec 22, 11 at 7:00 amPrana could be dark energy. Or perhaps rather than calling it “dark” because we can’t see it, it should be called “invisible” energy. It wouldn’t surprise me. The first lines of the Rig Veda give a pretty clear description of the Big Bang.
admin said:
Jan 02, 12 at 8:04 aminvisible also works although i like dark because it changes our perception around whether dark is good or bad. it is more neutral this way. do you have those lines from the rig veda to share?
John said:
Jan 22, 12 at 2:09 pmHi Emily,
Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Now that I look at it, it isn’t as clear to me as it was when I first read it. But the lines that might be interesting in this regard are:
“Darkness was hidden by darkness in the beginning; with no distinguishing sign, all this was water. The life force that was covered with emptiness, that one arose through the power of heat.” (Rig Veda, p. 25, Penguin Classics edition published originally 1981, 2011). The more I think about these lines, the more complex they become. I originally too “one arose through the power of heat” to be something similar to the big bang. But, I’m not sure now. Among other things, it could also be read as the birth of the ego that comes out of darkness. Here, as you said above, “darkness” doesn’t have the negative connotation usually given to it by Western Civilization since it is the beginning of all things. Cheers, J.
Jonathan Long said:
Jul 08, 12 at 9:31 amEmily, I left Burlington in 2009 and doing so I left it’s yoga people. I miss you Yoga People! I am so glad that you have kept on following the light and here you are with your own studio. Thank you for the love. I will try to drop-in when I visit.