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Namah The Mother and the importance of physical education...

epigenetic effect, that is, outside the normal yoga involves making this material envelope
functioning of genes. In other words, it has a safe haven for the highest consciousness,
an effect that cannot be explained by the the supramental. She made that abundantly
longstanding Mendelian genetics and the clear by her own example. This is what She
change lasts long past the event that caused wanted from us, Her children, to collaborate
that change. This change can carry over from consciously by participating in the acceleration
parents to grandchildren. Epigenetic changes of evolution.
can be demonstrated with changes in lifestyle.
I would like to close with the following two
Science is finally beginning to discover the quotes from the Mother to remind us again
missing link between nature and nurture. the crucial importance that Their Integral
We can understand why the Mother started Yoga gives to the development of the body:
accepting families with little children in the
early 40s. We were growing up in her enclosed “It may be good to remind you that we are here
bubble, with Her personally nurturing us by for a special work, a work not done anywhere
example and educating us with Love, without else: we want to come in contact with the supreme
lecturing. Her classes in the Playground were consciousness, the universal consciousness, we
always responses to questions posed. want to receive it and manifest it. For that we
need a solid base, and our base is our physical
A lifestyle that includes a comprehensive, being, our body. We therefore need to prepare
scientifically organised programme of exercises a solid, healthy, enduring body, skilful, agile
that build endurance, strength, flexibility and and strong so it may be ready for anything (8).”
balance as a form of conscious or dynamic
meditation can bring about epigenetic changes “EVEN he who might have attained a perfect
in the body and that can hasten the first step contemplation in silence and solitude, would
in the establishment of an enlightened body. have arrived at it only by withdrawing from his
body, by disregarding it; and so the substance
As the preparation of the body is of crucial of which the body is constituted would remain
importance, the conscious practice of physical as impure, as imperfect as before, since he
education, the saadhanaa of the body, can alter would have left it to itself; and by a misguided
the expression of genes in the cells of our mysticism, through the lure of supraphysical
body. Our activities serve as new on and off splendours, the egoistic desire to unite with
switches that can control genetic expression Thee for his own personal satisfaction, he would
rather than being slaves to random genetic have turned his back upon the very reason of his
events. Furthermore, these changes are earthly existence, he would have refused like a
passed on to the subsequent generations. coward to accomplish his mission done so by
Both our sons exercise regularly. Even our extracting himself from his body, by making an
granddaughter Maya is taking gymnastic abstraction of himself; and thus the substance of
lessons in addition to other physical activities. which the body is constituted would remain as
Integral Yoga is not only a path for individuals impure, as imperfect as before, since he would
to raise their consciousness and experience the have abandoned it to itself; by a misguided
Highest. We also have to attend to matter. The mysticism, by the attraction of supraphysical

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