Footnote: Modern Scientific Research on
Human Brain Sensitivity to Orientation in Space
Recent research
in modern science has now confirmed that the brain is highly
sensitive to orientation, position, and direction in space. This
research shows that the firing rate of specific neurons in the
thalamus changes in proportion to both the angular velocity and
the direction in which the head moves. The scientists conclude
that the brain can keep up with the absolute direction in which
the head is pointing as the subject moves from place to place.
Likewise, neurons in the hippocampus have been found to be sensitive
to position (with reference to direction) in space.
The obvious conclusion
from this is that one's inherent sense of direction (orientation)
and order gets confused in daily life when one lives in a building
with wrong orientation, not built according to Maharishi Sthapatya
Veda, resulting in physiological, psychological, and behavioural
imbalances of all kinds.
The principle of
constructing buildings according to the principles of Vastu -- Vedic
Architecture -- is borne out by both the ancient Vedic Literature
and the modern scientific research on brain functioning, as brought
to light by Maharishi, and the scientists working under his guidance.
In addition, it
should be noted that the knowledge contained in the Vedic Literature
is far more complete, scientific, authentic, and reliable than
modern scientific experiments, because modern scientific experiments,
through their objective approach, can only account for physical,
material values, which do not and can not directly measure the
more fundamental performance of intelligence on its own level -- the
level of Natural Law -- the level where the holistic value of Natural
Law and the specific value of Natural Law function in unison.
References:
Progress in Neurobiology
13 (1979): 419 - 439
Journal of Neuroscience 15(9) (1995): 6260 - 6270
Brain Research Bulletin 40(5-6) (1996): 477 - 484
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