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Experts dwell on links of science,
spirituality, mental health
Sunday January 13, 2013 10:26:38 AM,
IANS
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Bangalore: Academics from India and five other
countries Saturday stressed on link between science, spirituality
and mental health to help mankind cope with increasing pressures
of modern life.
They were speaking at symposium on "Science, Spirituality and
Mental Health", organized here by the Art of Living (AoL)
Foundation.
The symposium's objective was to highlight "significant scientific
research that shows how spiritual practices from Vedic traditions
can positively impact the mental health and wellness of an
individual in meeting the challenges and increasing pressures of
the modern day world", AoL said in a release.
Academics from India, Indonesia, Norway, Australia, Canada and US
took part.
"Yoga is a science of mind - it begins with modulating the
consciousness. And quantum theory also speaks of the fact that
everything is made of one energy; field called mind and space that
is called consciousness," AoL founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said
inaugurating the symposium.
Matcheri Keshavan, professor at Harvard medical school, dwelt on
how "the collaboration of Eastern wisdom and modern western
science to achieve optimum results in mental and physical
wellness."
Russell D'Souza, professor at Melbourne University, pointed out
that "new idea of spiritual intelligence is gaining momentum which
has more importance than emotional intelligence and physical
intelligence".
Fahri Saatcioglu, professor at University of Oslo, spoke on
socio-environmental factors that affect genes. "If there are too
many stresses in our life, the immune system breaks down."
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