In this episode Paramahansa Yogananda talks about the science behind the energization exercises, Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Newberg talks about the science of enlightenment and Bro. Chidananda creates context by describing the effects of Kriya Yoga. We go into detail of neuroscientific findings on meditation and ask the question, what is energy?

0:00 Botany;

1:39 Summary of minute;

2:40 Electrify, Recharge and Energise;

5:44 Andrew Newberg;

8:24 A brief history of Energization Exercises;

25:06 Andrew Newberg and his research on the Enlightened State;

59:50 Swami Smaranananda;

1:03:25 Can you meditate on pipes?;

1:07:27 Bro. Chidananda and the airplane route.

Ted Talk: Finding our enlightened State, Dr A Newberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SJCDLHyeqk

Deepening Our Practice of Meditation –  Swami Smaranananda,

https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/product/deepening-our-practice-of-meditation-mp3-download-swami-smaranananda/