| Dr. Chauhan has been a student and close associate
of Dr. Rajan Sankaran. In this book Dr. Chauhan explores his own
understanding of Dr. Sankaran’s concepts and how he uses them
in his practice. The book specially focuses on the concepts of Vital
sensation and the 7th level of pure energy that Dr. Sankaran has
elaborated recently.
The book is divided in two parts. The first part deals with the
theory and the second part has the cases to show the application
of the theory in practice.
In a step-by-step manner, the author discusses how he takes the
case from one level to another, how he builds the totality and explores
the underlying sensation in a case. The book starts beautifully
with an effort to understand the human organism in terms of energy
but very soon it starts reading like lecture notes from a 7-day
exhaustive seminar by Dr. Sankaran. The first part has serious issues
– the author has tried to present too much in too few pages.
The individuality of the author does not shine through it. The author
needs to ask himself – Does a person who has read Dr. Sankaran’s
work, needs such sketchy information about levels and kingdoms and
miasms? Or, if someone who has not read Dr. Sankaran’s work
reads this, will he be able to understand the depth or meaning of
the words at all? I believe the answer to both questions would be
‘No’. The section per se is not of poor quality; its
only problem, is that it’s too brief and sketchy at times
to make it useful.
The second part, which presents the cases, is much better. It was
really interesting to read the cases and see how the concepts are
applied in practice. One focus of the book is to show how hand-gestures
can help reach the vital sensation of a patient. The author has
been methodical and meticulous in following the theory into practice.
The four cases that have been presented, can help you understand
Dr. Sankaran’s concepts and Dr. Chauhan’s practical
approach in a much better way. The drawings of hand gestures made
by the patient are good and prove useful in understanding the cases.
This is a promising work but it could have been much better. If
you are a student of Dr. Sankaran or Dr. Chauhan, you will find
this book useful in understanding the latest concepts of the Bombay
School.
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