O.K.SREEDHARAN: YOGA AND HYPNOTISM FOR HALF A CENTURY
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For more than half a century, he has been engaged in the practice of yoga: teaching and healing and sometimes counseling the needy. O.K.Sreedharan, a retired employee of Madhya Pradesh Governemnt, settled at Bilaspur, Chattisgrh, since 1973, has been a lamp shedding light for the aspirants in that area.
Sreedharan, who hails from Ayroor, Pathanamthitta, had the opportunity to bring back from the shore of clinical death a woman belonging to his native land. This ‘miracle’ he was able to perform even as a student of St.Thomas College, Kozhencherry. Later he had the opportunity to bring a widow from the mental trauma and consequent non-acceptance of her husband’s death.
These and more such incidents are described in his book, ‘Yoga and Hypnosis – A Way To Oneness’ brought out in English and Hindi. The Hindi version, published by Bharatiya Vidha Bhavan, Mumbai, was released by Girijesh Pant, Vice Chancellor of Guru Ghazidas University, at a function held at Bilaspur on October 24, 2002.
His definition of hypnotism is broad and suggests a yogic suggestion rather than a rude intrusion into someone else’s mind. Thus it would include a mother’s lullaby to sooth a crying child. With the help of his friend and collaborator, Baby, he had been able to penetrate into the realm of the subconscious and realize the truth about the world of appearances.
‘Sri Yoga Seva Samithi’ an organization started by his students, has been imparting training in yoga and meditation.
About the experience after bringing a woman from the dead, he writes in the book: “…I was unable to wipe off her figure from my mind for 3 days. During these days I used to visit her twice – in the morning and evening. Whenever I entered her room, I sweated profusely and felt exhausted completely. Obeying my inner voice, I stopped visiting her as she was totally out of danger though it took 6 months for her to become absolutely normal. During that period, I remember, her husband complained to me that she was behaving just like a child.”
The book contains experiences, poems and explanations on different facets of one’s being.
Sreedharan’s wife, Thankamma, is a retired Higher Secondary School teacher. His only daughter, Supriya, is a transmission executive in Prasar Bharati Corporation and a Hindustani vocalist.
Courtesy: Dainik Bhaskar, October 25, 2002
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