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Human Physiology: Expression of Veda and the Vedic Literature

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Magnificent in scope, this groundbreaking work details the relationship between the 40 branches of the Vedic Literature and their corresponding parts in the human physiology. Our physiology is continuously performing millions of tasks to maintain order and balance in its functioning, to allow growth and evolution to occur, and to bring about increasing achievement and fulfillment.

The perfect order displayed in the human physiology and throughout the universe is based on Laws of Nature that have been studied by modern science, but more importantly, the profound insights into the ancient Vedic Literature brought to light by His Holiness Maharishi MaheshYogi over the past fifty years have guided the discovery that the laws that construct the human mind and body are the same as those that give structure to the syllables, verses, chapters, and books of the Vedic Literature.

This discovery has rendered the study of physiology to be the actualization of the supreme philosophy of life, which establishes individual consciousness and national consciousness on the level of Cosmic Life. Dr Nader's discovery is the revelation of our scientific age which raises the individual dignity of human beings to the cosmic dignity of the universe.

In this scandalously overpriced tome, His Majesty King Nader Raam (who had to make due with a mere MD and PhD in a previous edition) draws connections between Vedic literature (i.e., the Hindu scriptures) and the structure and function of the human nervous system. Then he flips the logic of Occam's Razor on its head to assert that this correlation is indicative of the ontological primacy of the Vedic literature. In other words, the Vedic literature exists as timeless vibration that manifests as the material world; the copious colorfully illustrated correlations summarily discussed by Nader show how the brain and nervous system are literally the Vedic word made flesh. So for example, because there are 12 cranial nerves and 12 signs in the Vedic system of astrology (jyotish), this proves that the cranial nerves are somehow the biological encoding of the zodiacal information.

Unfortunately for His Majesty, comparing two highly complex systems will ALWAYS yield interesting correlations. This phenomenon lies at the heart of other spiritual systems like Kabbalah and numerology. Yet this coincidence does not prove that these correlations necessarily indicate anything deeper than the human mind's propensity for finding patterns in the natural world and believing in the reality of those patterns.

In short, this book is beatifully illustrated and produced and would make a nice gift if it were priced at $30. It is worth nowhere near its cover price, though, except perhaps to members of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's choir. (I guess someone might possibly find it of value if they were doing research in cult-based marketing practices.) So unless you are a die-hard member of the Transcendental Meditation movement and need "scientific evidence" to validate the spiritual beauty of the Vedas and the power of meditation, please save your money.