But I think in ancient times many saints are like to wander around the world , means they use memory journey that is very big (I thought more than 1000 loci journey) and when they do meditation they recall their memory journey in mind.
I think swami have a very big memory journey so they can remember 700 pages book in an hour.
But I don’t know how they link the book lines with memory journey so fast.
And it is my personal suggestion that they use memory journey because there is no discussion which method they used.
If I have this ability first I completely memorized my school course book. Because we all study almost 6 to 7 books in one year.
search up speed reading techniques and competition, reading at this speed is possible, it is just you have to learn to not have your brain get bored (ie let the eye do what they are good at, following movements).
If you can reach the reading speed, then you have time to remember it
Vivekananda’s memory power is attributed to his practice of Brahmacharya,which includes total sexual abstinence. Acc to Yogic tradition,the semen(ojas) is most important constituent of the male body.If preserved,the vedic tradition believes,semen gets transforms into spiritual energy which can heighten one’s mental abilities.
If they people have this ability that time take part in memory competition , in how many second they remember the whole words in memory league, how many seconds they take to memorize 80 numbers.
It’s got more to do with Aura. Every object has Aura & the Yogi’s are able to tap into this source.
Acc to Patanjali’s Yogasutra,even the human body has 5 sheaths(kosha):
All paranormal activities are skeptical unless proven.I am not validating the clips i’ve posted above since I’ve not seen the Swami performing such feat with my own eyes.
Also,even the usage of the word “Aura” is not accurate but then thats the best word i could think of since a sanskrit term would not lend much meaning either.
But in my humble opinion,the Swami’s feat cant certainly be broken down in terms of
words per minute.
so umm, is it perhaps that the male body would spend less energy on making semen because the sack is full, hence we get that energy to our brain instead?
Might be true as hormones are monitored by brain too.
It has never been scientifically researched; these conversations are meaningless. Maybe he could memorize entire book, but it would take far more time than 5 seconds per page. For example, there is a lot of evidence that, although Kim Peek really remembered a lot, but far from 98% of everything read. He was caught more than once on errors in digital data. And sometimes he didn’t remember the answer. And I remind you that Peek had verbal adhesion, which means that his memory was of a different nature than ours. The accuracy of von Neumann memorization has also never been scientifically investigated, but I am sure that it did not reach 90%. If a person is not tested in the laboratory, we actually see only the best side of his memory. After all, it is possible to identify shortcomings only with the help of numerous tests. I think. that Vivekananda could have a memory at the level of Professor Alexander Aitken. The mathematician could recall a list of words, numbers, and text almost word for word several decades later. However, there is clear evidence that Aitken did not have a photographic memory. He intuitively used special rhythmic mnemonics, which was based mainly on his musical abilities. You should also remember people with a talent for speed reading. Like for example Evgeniya Alekseenko. Despite the fact that it took her about a second for a book conversation, she could pretty well retell the text. She could not explain the secret of her abilities. It’s just that it’s as if the meaning of all this information flies into her head. Therefore, it should not be ruled out that some people who possessed natural reading abilities, but were able to understand their nature, did not develop their abilities throughout life. Again, I want to pay special attention to Antonio Magliabechi and John von Neumann. Many testimonies indicate that in life they had a terrible memory. So von Neumann constantly forgot where to put his glasses in the house where he lived for more than 15 years. Agree this does not fit with the assumptions of his ideal eidetic memory. Alexander Alekhine deserves the same attention. It took him 4 minutes to remember one and a half pages of the text verbatim. But, as tests for everything that has no logical connection showed, his memory was no better than average. Alekhine was also extremely forgetful in everyday life. Most likely, all these people possessed phenomenal semantic memory, which led to the disruption of ordinary types of memory.
You hit the nail right on the damn head. There are far too many people in the world of memory AND calculation who claim to have amazing memories and computational skills but they are often never scientifically tested or their claim are overexaggerated. Too many frauds also, like Daniel Tammet, who used to be someone I looked up to because I could relate to him so well.
This is the reason why I joined this forum. I don’t want there to be any doubts about my abilities so I tell everything I can do with actual numbers and stats, for example how long it takes for me to do a certain calculation or how long it takes for me to memorize something but I also tell where my limits are because my memory is not perfect like how I am not fast at memorizing cards because the mix of numbers, symbols and letters throw me off. I have to memorize the symbols seperately from the letters and numbers if I want to be quick with it.
Thanks a lot. I just used abductive thinking. Yes, we can no longer look into the head of von Neumann. But there are many people who have been researched. And psychologists were looking for everything too, photographic memory. And did not find it. Aitken was investigated by Jan Hunter. Alekhine’s memory was explored by Eduord Caperede. Evgenia Alekseenko was tested at the Brain Institute in Moscow. And the result was the same, none of these people had a photographic memory. The search for eidetism is now even customary to compare with the hunt for ghosts. It took 30 years of in-depth research and nearly 70 just searches for the right people. And no one was found. By the way, as for people calculators. Inodi and Diamandi were investigated in the laboratory of Alfred Binet. The results are exactly the same, not in all cases their memory was so good. Also, the results of some neurobiological studies were published recently. As it turned out, birth counters use the hippocampus in computing. Because the hippocampus is responsible for the formation of memories, there is nothing strange that instead of short-term memory, they use a long-term resource. And numbers can keep in mind a surprisingly long time.
I would assume that he didn’t, just as I assume the paper burning is fake. I did see a documentary on the paper burning guy, who of course had to be tracked down in China and who never even talks about his ‘spiritual’ powers. But agreed to this documentary only after much pleading and begging, and after which he dissapeared resuming his secret life.
The claims of the superhuman abilities of these individuals occur in places where belief in the associated mystical powers is high, and critical thinking/questioning is low.
Very similar to claims of yogis and those who believe them, whereby said yogis have gone without food or water for decades. Except, of course, this particular claim is clearly impossible; and yet many still believe.
