Returning to Goloka

India. Given to the world in the Vedic Literature to be a guiding light for the
dark age of Kali yuga, Ayurveda is timeless and like all other aspects of Vedic
Literature was passed from consciousness to consciousness for countless
millennia until it was codified by Veda Vyasa at the start of Kali yuga. The
Ayurveda we have today is specifically for Kali yuga and omits some aspects
that are present in Satya yuga.
Ayurveda is more than a mere system of treating illness; Ayurveda is a
science of life (Ayur = life, and Veda = science or knowledge). It offers a body
of wisdom to help people stay vital while realizing their full human potential.
Providing guidelines on ideal daily and seasonal routines, diet, behavior and
the proper use of our senses, Ayurveda reminds us that health is the balanced
and dynamic integration between our environment, body, mind, and spirit.
In that body of knowledge of Ayurveda is the technique of kaya kalpa.
Kaya kalpa is a treatment for health, vitality, longevity and higher
consciousness. The name is from the Sanskrit kaya (body) and kalpa
(rejuvenation). Research was conducted to see what this science of kaya kalpa
might have to offer. The result is, it certainly is a valid approach to longer life,
but has a significant drawback: Kaya kalpa is a rejuvenation process so the
result is a rejuvenated Kali yuga physiology that must be again rejuvenated in
a few years. No fundamental change on the level of DNA takes place and infact
the DNA mutates over the lifespan and these mutations are a
contributing factor in the aging process.
The idea that the accumulation of DNA mutations may be an
important mechanism of aging is not new. It was convincingly demonstrated
in many studies that the maximal life span correlates with the efficiency of
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