Prof. Gejza M. Timcak, PhD - Slovakia
Abstract of the presentation
Health, Yoga Sadhana, and AI
Co-authors: Dr. Gábor Pék, PhD., (He earned his M.Sc. diploma in computer science in 2011 and his Ph.D. in 2015 from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary. He is an Assistant Professor at the CrySyS Lab, Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He is a yoga teacher of the AAY Košice.)
Branch: Yoga
From the point of view of yoga, health is related to hælþ – “wholeness,“ in the sense of “jivan mukti“ – a life of real freedom. For the last 50 years, the Association for the Advancement of Yoga has been working to direct attention to full-scale yoga training for the 60,000 trainees who attended AAY courses. When selecting an effective yoga learning strategy, one must also consider broader questions such as: what is the goal of living a wholesome life? Is a life of satisfaction (santosha) possible? Can it be amplified to ananda?
The key to life becoming fruitful is dharma, or living according to the prompts of the information flow of the ritambhara (“universal information flow”). The task of how to achieve this is defined by yoga in a simple, consistent, and fruitful approach. Still, simple does not mean easy, due to the personality traits of each individual (ahamkara and its databases – karmashaya).
The presentation offers a number of solutions, e.g., apart from the yamas and niyamas, a potent system called "Sri Chakra Sadhana". As yoga has by now become a globally known system with countless interpretations, it has created a fuzziness regarding its main tools and aims. The application of yoga as an “end-of-the-pipe” solution may be one of the reasons why yoga practitioners often lack true wholeness and integrity.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used as a source of information in many soft areas. It is often conceived as a quick and good source of knowledge that is easy to obtain. In yoga, however, this may be problematic, as it can lead to misinformation regarding yoga sadhana and AI-generated advice that lacks transcendence and carries the danger of deception due to the way it is trained.
Please note that some of the texts also include machine-generated translations.
