Theos-Talk Archives (February 2004 Message tt00235)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, samblo@c... wrote:
> Steve and all,
> Thanks for your perspective and comments. the term "Skywalker" is
> even used in the modern sense as in "Luke Skywalker" in Star 
Wars by
> Speilberg.

Actually, Star Wars was a George Lucas movie and not a Spielberg 
movie. Anyway, your points are well taken. Here is the text on 
which we are commenting from Dallas' original post:

> 'Tis only then thou canst become a "Walker of the Sky" (3) who
treads
> the winds above the waves, whose step touches not the waters.

Notice the reference to water, waves, and "slywalker" which is a 
person who can levitate. Here are some notes from my notebook on the 
fortieth (some say thirty-ninth) sutra of Book III of Patanjali's 
YOGA SUTRAS, Notice here also the references to levitation and water:

Latin transliteration of the Sanskrit:

udana-jayaj jala-panka-kantakadishvasanga utkrantisth cha 

40. "Through mastery over the vital energy called udana comes 
imperviousness to water and mud, thorn and the rest, levitation and 
victory over death."

Hariharananda's translation: 39. "By conquering the vital force (of 
life) called Udana, the chance of immersion in water or mud, or 
entanglement in the thorns, is avoided and exit from the body at will 
is assured."

The udana is associated with the aging and dying provess, which is 
why mastery of this vayu is said to give victory over death.

>From a Buddhist text:

Samanna-Phala Sutta says "He walks on water without breaking through, 
as if on solid ground; he travels cross-legged in the sky, like the 
birds on wing." 

Rhys Davids, Samanna?Phala Sutta, "The Fruits of the Life of a 
Recluse", II.54, p. 88?9 same autra (II.87).

The key here is what the translator calls "the vital energy called 
udana." There are ten "winds" (vayus) in Hindu medical theory 
(ayurveda) of which five are internal and five external. 

The internal vayus are described in such a way as to suggest that 
they are associated with and probably controlled by the lower five 
chakras, thus:

Apana - Root chakra (Muladhara)
Vyana - Sexual center
Samana - Navel Center (Manipura)
Prana - Heart Center (anahata)
Udana - Throat Center (vishuddha)

The udana originates i the throat center and moves upward, taking in 
the ajna chakra as in the VOS.

Prana is said to flow from the throat to the navel.

Apana flows downward from the navel to the anus.

The following quote copied from someone else:

"When the vayus (pranah) become disturbed, the parallelism between 
the body and the mind is lost and death occurs. In old age, disease, 
or bodily injury, the vibrations of the body are changed, prana and 
aprana become weakened straining samana. As samana weakens, it joins 
with prana and aprana and together they attack udana. Udana is merged 
and then finally vyana. The merged vayus run through the body 
striking delicate regions, looking for a way out. Eventually, the 
internal and all the external vayus (except dhanainjaya) leave the 
body. Dhanainjaya is the vayu of sleep, and remains in the body until 
it is burnt, or decays." 
(Alan McAllister, Human Spiritual Structure: Prana)