Just as Shri Hans' tradition was an (discredited amongst serious thinkers) attempt to reconcile the supposed divine aspects of yoga with the insights of early C19th European science, so we deliberately kept in the dark 'marks' got fed this sort of bullshit, & went oooh aaagh.

A little learning is a dangerous thing. Sorry about the cliche, but as far as comparative religion goes, it's true of us.

Even now there are probably no more than a handful of people who really 'know' objectively about this subject. Are they prepared to tell it like it is? It doesn't seem so, but speculating about why that is, brings us into the realms of politics & idealogy, & is beyond the scope of this forum .

Maybe Dr. Ron Geaves would like to elaborate, ho fucking ho, but in the meantime, I would once again like to take this opportunity to urge anyone who has done the eyeball pressing meditation technique, to get a test for glaucoma.

I have this deep hunch that the reason Rawat was prevailed upon to do the 'light touch' Rejoice reviews, has to do with distancing himself from possible longterm eyesight damage caused by his( as he claims) unregulated Holy Men, & a few Wimmin of course.