Abstract
The ayurvedic system distinguishes three basic forces. The first force is the Prana, the energy of life. The second forces is Jyoti, the energy of the light and radiance that accompanies and guides the power of life. The third force is the power of cohesion, Prema, allowing the development of form and their consistency.
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The ayurvedic system distinguishes three basic forces because the early ayurvedic philosophers perceived the micro cosmos of life as a trinity of mind, consciousness and body.[1]
The first active force is the Prana. This is the energy of life and also the primal breath, because all energy is considered to be a movement of inhalation and exhalation. All material energy is seen as a further development of the force of life itself. This force of life can even hide inside inanimate materials.
In the Vedas Indra, the dragonslayer and wielder of the thunderbolt, represents this power.[2] Prana is understood as a silent and invisible power that is incorporated in everything that exists.
Prana is in our food as well as in the water we drink and the air we breathe. Prana circulates inside and outside of our body as a complex network of life-power. The tradition of Yoga holds that we would not exist without this vital force. Thai-massage also relies on the theory of this energy and the invisible ways it takes to move through our body, called energy lines.
The second of the basic forces is Jyoti, the energy of the light and radiance that accompanies and guides the power of life. Agni, the god of fire, who incorporates the eternal change and transformation of all material things as well as of all life, represents this power.[3]
The third force is the power of cohesion, Prema, allowing the development of form and their consistency. In it the power of love is reflected because love is the force keeping everything together. The spirit of love is Soma, the nectar of immortality that offers delight and nourishment to all of us.[4]
These powers relate to thermal processes and to the metabolism but also to physical and structural as well as vital and kinetic processes.[5]
This three primary forces are corresponding to the three elements of air, fire and water,[6] because from the five elements earth, fire, air, space and water only three are considered to be active, earth and space are viewed as passive powers.[7]
© 2006 Thailin Thai Massage Berlin- Cf. Mulholland (1979), p. 97
- Cf. Frawley (2003), p. 7f
- Cf. Frawley (2003), p. 8
- Cf. Frawley (2003), p. 8f
- Cf. Mulholland (1979), p. 97
- Cf. Frawley (2003), p. 9
- Cf. Tatz (1985), p. 66
Bibliography
Frawley, D. (2003): Ayurvedic Healing. A Comprehensive Guide. Delhi 2003.
Mulholland, J. (1979): Thai Traditional Medicine: Ancient Thought and Practice in a Thai Context. In: Journal of the Siam Society 2/1979. P. 80-115.
Tatz, M. (Übersetzung) (1985): Buddhism and Healing. Demiéville’s Article 'Byo' from Hobogirin. Lanham (MD) 1985.
