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Extraction Summary
10
People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Manuscript or report page (house oversight evidence)
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Summary
This document appears to be a page from a manuscript or narrative report describing the intersection of neuroscience (brain energy utilization) and spiritual mysticism. It details the history of Baba Muktananda, his guru Nityananda, and the establishment of Siddha Yoga Ashrams in the US, explicitly linking the movement to counter-culture figures like Ram Das (Richard Alpert), Timothy Leary, and Werner Erhard. The text bears a House Oversight footer, suggesting it was collected as evidence, likely regarding the background or associations of individuals involved in the investigation.
People (10)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Seymore Kety | Professor |
Harvard professor who conducted early studies on brain energy utilization.
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| Harold Himwich | Doctor |
Researcher at Thudicum Laboratory involved in brain energy studies.
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| Baba Muktananda | Spiritual Leader |
Founder of Sidha Yoga Ashrams, disciple of Nityananda.
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| Gurumayi Chidvilasananda | Spiritual Leader |
Current leader mentioned in relation to the Ashrams; formerly known as Malti.
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| Bhagawan Nityananda | Guru |
Hindu Guru worshipped by Baba Muktananda.
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| Baba Ram Das | Advance man/Researcher |
Also known as Richard Alpert; introduced Baba Muktananda to America; co-investigator in Harvard Student LSD project.
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| Timothy Leary | Researcher |
Mentioned as the lead of the Harvard Student LSD project.
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| Werner Erhard | Founder of EST |
Described as another of Baba Muktananda's 'advance men'.
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| Malti | Translator/Disciple |
Former name of Gurumayi Chidvilasananda; served as translator for Baba.
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| Nityananda (Brother) | Disciple |
Younger brother of Malti, given the name of Baba's guru.
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Organizations (4)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Harvard |
University associated with Prof. Kety and the LSD project.
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| Thudicum Laboratory |
Research facility in Galesberg, Illinois.
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| Sidha Yoga Ashrams |
Spiritual centers founded by Muktananda.
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| EST |
Organization associated with Werner Erhard.
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Timeline (3 events)
Unknown (Historical)
Transfer of sandals from Nityananda to Baba Muktananda symbolizing spiritual succession.
India
Unknown (Historical)
Unknown (Historical)
Locations (5)
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Galesberg, Illinois
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Location of Thudicum Laboratory.
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Site of a West Coast Ashram.
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Site of a West Coast Ashram.
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Site of an East Coast Ashram in the Borscht Belt.
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Location of an Ashram where the brother and sister were sent.
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Relationships (4)
Baba Muktananda loved and worshipped his Hindu Guru, Bhagawan Nityananda.
Baba was introduced to America by one of his first advance men, Be Here Now Baba Ram Das
EST’s Werner Erhard was another of Baba’s advance men.
Timothy Leary’s co-investigator in the Harvard Student LSD project
Key Quotes (3)
"Nityananda said he had “wheels for feet.”"Source
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"This symbolically acknowledged Baba’s successful absorption of the guru’s transforming spiritual energy, shaktipat, the power of his enlightenment."Source
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Quote #2
"Baba was introduced to America by one of his first advance men, Be Here Now Baba Ram Das"Source
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the early studies by Professor Seymore Kety of Harvard and Dr. Harold Himwich of the Thudicum Laboratory in Galesberg, Illinois, using measures of whole brain oxygen and glucose utilization as indices of energy generation and utilization by the brain, surprised many of us. They indicated that energy use by the whole brain was relatively constant when states of relaxed awareness, mathematical cognition and deep sleep were compared. Of course, modern studies have indicated that relative regional brain energy utilization is state dependent and may vary quite widely.
More spiritual aspects of energies and their transformations were made clearer during several month visits to Baba Muktananda’s, now Gurumayi Chidvilasananda’s, Sidha Yoga Ashrams. Baba Muktananda loved and worshipped his Hindu Guru, Bhagawan Nityananda. Baba had been a restlessly wandering, guru-hunting, young man. Nityananda said he had “wheels for feet.” After many years of devoted meditation, chanting and service, sadhanna, all the while being prohibited from eating mangos, his favorite food, his passive, taciturn, ecstatic guru, Nityananda, presented voluble, energetic, joyful Baba with the guru’s rather aromatic and worn sandals. This symbolically acknowledged Baba’s successful absorption of the guru’s transforming spiritual energy, shaktipat, the power of his enlightenment.
At Nityananda death, Baba, using world tours, spiritual fellowship meetings, satsangs (public conversations) and spiritual training sessions called “intensives”, organized Ashrams in West Coast sites such as Oakland and Venice, and on the East Coast, in South Fallsburg, New York, buying several old residence hotels in the Borscht Belt. Baba was introduced to America by one of his first advance men, Be Here Now Baba Ram Das, Timothy Leary’s co-investigator in the Harvard Student LSD project when his name was Richard Alpert. EST’s Werner Erhard was another of Baba’s advance men.
Baba discipled and disciplined a sister and brother who, when 18 and 11 respectively, were sent to live in his Ashram in Ganeshpuri India by their parents. The girl was known as Malti when she served as a translator for Baba and Gurumayi Chidvilasananda after receiving the energy of her enlightenment. The younger brother was given the name of Baba’s guru, Nityananda. When Baba took
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