New IMAX film focuses on
the epic, seven-year journey of a young Indian Yogi
Mystic India is Fascinating
and Inspiring
by Robert Scheer
An eleven-year old Yogi
walked out of his home one night in 1792 carrying little more than
his prayer beads. Seven years later, he had walked 8,000 miles
across the Indian subcontinent, having endured the bitter cold of
the Himalayan Mountains and the scorching heat of the Indian desert.
A new giant-screen IMAX
movie, Mystic India, captures the epic journey of Neelkanth, from
the start of his seven-year journey to his being named Shajanand
Swami (Lord Swaminarayan). Along the way, we witness many of India's
most spectacular sacred sites, temples and dazzling festivals.
We learn about India's
important contributions, such as the concept of zero and the
invention of the decimal system. We see the amazing rock-cut Kailas
Temple at Ellora, the world's largest monolithic monument, carved
from a hill of solid stone by 7,000 craftsmen over a span of 150
years.
 Neelkanth's
ability to survive, barefoot and dressed in nothing but a loincloth,
in the bitter cold of the Himalayas may have been due to the system
of meditation known as "Tum-mo" or "inner fire." A study by Harvard
Medical School has shown that this system of meditation can raise
people's temperatures by as much as 17 degrees.
Neelkanth's journey helped
transform the society of 18th century India. He taught social
equality and non-violence, urging people to treat women with respect
and helping to end the practice of female infanticide. He dug wells
and ponds for the poor and personally distributed food to the needy.
Before his death in 1830, Neelkanth had constructed six beautiful
temples.
The central theme of Mystic
India is that there can be unity in diversity; that we all share the
same sky, walk the same earth, breathe the same air; that we are a
single human family, capable of living together and loving one
another.
More information is
available at
www.mysticindia.com.
Robert Scheer is a travel
writer as well as editor and webmaster of New Age Web Works. Read
Robert
Scheer's blog.
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