There are many different forms of religion and or study in the world that use chakras or similar things and I would recommend you not put down a large class of people’s beliefs and beleive your self above them and still think you are acting in any kind of compassionate way towards anyone.
I am not really against the the theory of chakras. In fact I accept them, as I accept the theories of Yoga, quantum physics, Ayurveda etc. What I am pointing out here in my criticism of this quantum Yoga and other gimmicks like this is how they appropriate and misapply these theories to sell and market their products. Quantum Yoga actually really has nothing to do with Ayurveda, Yoga or quantum physics - it is straight up just a sequence of asanas. It is only using concepts from these concepts to boslter and sell its package. This is why i said it is irresponsible, hokey, pseudoscientific.
Energy work is certainly real and yoga is one way of doing it yourself, so is science and healing modalities which are just as ancient as yoga, some came from the same area some came from further east and some are mix of different things. It is not too different from other modalities in the world, it just presents itself in a way that was accessible to people in the area where it started. Even lamas and gurus are getting their brainwaves scanned during meditation. Even if consciousness/mind/soul is on a completely different plane (which I do not beleive and not all yogis or even hindus beleive in complete dualism and they get into arguments about how it is all connected) it does affect your body, science shows this, the results of yoga show this. And those affects can be measured. Do I think someone can see this? Maybe or maybe not. Do I care if they can or cannot if they can help me? Nope. Someone could completely try to screw you over and lie to you but you can still benefit, and it is up to you to determine how that affects your path, not necssarily others.
Again, I have got nothing against energy work. I am not against the concepts of chakras, meridians, auras. I appreciate there is some good scientific evidence and theories that explain them. We already have validated the existence of them in modern biology through detailed analysis of the nervous system, endocrine system, cerebral system - we have confirmed many of the functions the Yogis have described - such as the left and right hemispheres, nasal breathing cycles, the major plexus points. At the very least we understand at least the physical structures the chakras are related. This has given us detailed tools for working with them. All very practical, testable and applicable.
Again what I am criticizing here is not the the energy work itself, but the misappropriation of it by new agers. The rubbish about “balancing your chakras” using crystals, mantras, visualizations, drawing symbols etc. This is garbage and nobody can be treated of any disease through this. It is just fluff. The real hard science of working with chakras is working directly on the nervous system/endrocrine system/cereberal system with measurable effects.
I saw 5 psychologists until one finally worked for me. Was he saying a whole lot different from the others? No. It was the right place and time and person for MY mind to understand what I needed. Every person is on their own path in life, who are you to judge someone elses. I have a great massage therapist. She can move her hands over my body and feel where the energy in my body is, where it is trapped, and where she should work to get the best results. She thinks of them as chakras. My doctor has me do accupressure on my meridians (did not know she was so into energy work or fufu stuff as you call it, never met a main stream doctor who did before her) to help with certain conditions. Honest to God it works amazingly. So you can feel sad for me, but I certainly do not.
Clinical trials have shown us clearly that none of this stuff actually works better than a placebo. Acupuncture, Reiki, crystals do not work. If you have a real disease you get real treatment. Placebos will just delay you getting treatment - giving you the illusion you are getting better, when you are not.
A lot of people have had experiences of leaving their body and do not do yoga. This is a practice almost all ancient societies practiced, or at least the spiritual elite did. Some of these people use crystals. Some chant things. I am suprised at this reaction from you since most people who do not do yoga think that people who are doing yoga chanting matras or aum or whatever are crazy fufu people. Seems hypocritical.
I am not describing Yoga practice, but Yoga theory on which OBE actually happens: It is happens because of the identification process with the physical body is reversed by bringing one into witnessing consciousness. One could be doing any practice Yogic or non-Yogic, the explanation is still the same if an OBE happens.
I did not click on the link, I do not know what quantum yoga is, nor do I care to find out at this moment in my life. However, I am much more secure in my beleifs than to need to critisize others, especially people who I do not know. There are certainly things that seem very strange to me and I have absolutely no connection to them, at least at this point in my life. That does not mean that someone else cannot and that the connection they have can bring them closer to their true self or to God or to Brahmin or to wtf they want to connect to. the thing I learned from my favorite Hindu person is that the hindu community he knew in general thought that all Gods were the same God so people practicing Christianity or Judaism or whatver were all practicing the same thing as Hinduism. That it was just different words or different pictures or different fables etc. The core is the same. And yes we want to share what we know and what works for us because we think it is miraculous and amazing, and it is, but we need to take our own ego out of that and realize it doesnt work for everyone. If we do that then maybe we can realize that we can learn from other peoples different ideas too. That part of their beleifs we can really connect to and use in our own practice. It is all just a different perspective.
This is not a very responsible attitude. So you are saying that we should let people mislead people if they want to? The author of the quantum Yoga is misleading people by pretending that quantum yoga is something to do with Yoga, quantum physics and Ayurveda, when in fact it has nothing to do with it. It makes all kinds of false promises like quantum Yoga will bring one to self-realization, realign their energy, perceive through the illusion of maya, when quantum yoga is nothing more than just a sequence of asanas and will do nothing more than what any other asana based yoga does.
