Rejuvenation and Immortality
Having so for dealt with Yoga and themes allied to it, we now come to Rejuvenation popularity . This word literally means the power of securing the body from the effects of age. According to Siddhars Science Rejuvenation does not necessarily means restoring the Old to youth; for it may simply mean the maintenance of youth without reaching old age; and if youth is maintained perpetually, it becomes Immortality. So Rejuvenation is a means for prolonging life and forms a part of Immortality. Every one in this world would like to get himself rejuvenated and live for a long time with a purely selfish motive and materialistic purpose; but the art and medicine are intended only for practising Yogis and avowed celibates who have renounced the luxuries of life and leaned to live a life wholly dedicated to the service of humanity. They have therefore to live for a long time for the good of the world.
The advantages derived from this treatment for rejuvenation practised by one according to his age, come under the following principles, viz:-- If resorted to in the juvenile period, in youth or in the middle age, the individual will be found t maintain throughout his life same age he was in, when the started taking the medicine. But if the medicine is taken at the age of fifty, he will be found changed into a lad of sixteen years; if at the age of eighty, to one of 20 years without any further development of the body; and in cases persons above eighty, rejuvenation is impossible for the reason, that all the tissues and nerves will be found relaxed and deleted of their vital strength.
'Plants' elixir of life obtained from the vegetable kingdom known as 'Sanjivi' with their extraordinary virtues of restoring the dead to life and also plants known as Kalpa drugs, such as Black gooseberry.
etc., all under different classifications as are mentioned below:
1. Those that rejuvenate the system immediately upon being taken.
2. Those that invigorate the system but not prolonging life.
3. Those that only prolong life.
4. Those that render the body invulnerable.
5. Those that import alchemical virtues to the system and its emanations.
6. Those that remove the wrinkles on the outer layer of the skin.
7. Those that turn grey hair black.
8. Those that help one in sitting of Yoga for a very long time.
9. Those that aid one flying in the arial region.
10. Those that help one to see the Astral light.
The Kayakalpa method is primarily meant for the benefit of great safes and other savants who sacrifice their own interests for the uplift of humanity and for those who are ever spiritually inclined.
According to western conception, the magical means of preserving youth in the body is to prevent the body of man from growing old by carefully maintaining his primeval freshness of sentiments and thoughts. There is a proverb" Become children in heart and you will keep young in body". By changing the habits of the soul, we can assuredly change those of the body. Causes which contribute towards man becoming old are after all rancorous and bitter thoughts, unfavourable judgement of others, fury of wounded pride and of ill - satisfied passions and similar emotional irritations. A benevolent and mild philosophy alone would save one from all these and other kindered evils.