Another legitimate choice for us could be to adhere to the words of Yogananda and forget about the others, on the basis that a great master is naturally attracted to the right sphere of thoughts, whereas even researchers are often biased for various reasons.
I am convinced though that Sri Yukteswar would encourage us to dive deep into the scientific minutiae of a topic of interest, although it requires usually time and sometimes may turn out to be a rabbit hole.
When I was a kid growing up … I never had an inclination for coffee but will admit to drinking pop which has caffeine in it— but Root Beer generally does not. Even though I seem to remember some monks drinking coffee—I think I’ll attempt to revert back to my younger inclinations (that may have followed me from past incarnations) and see if there are ways to awaken memories; perhaps 🤔 even from other incarnations. Hope to break down the walls of space and time eventually. Maybe it’s not to far off, if I just keep practicing meditation with a few other disciplinary measures. Some our pursuits ring with the time/space limitations we are attempting to transcend, among them are meditation, Sky watching and astrology.
We are heavily influenced by our culture and the push and drive to keep the body awake and work long hours attempting to stay awake and get back going the next day with whatever means are available. This ‘sphere of thought’ you often refer to; I’ve seen people and myself more attracted to higher vibration music and food that is more indicative of our present thought waves or conversely to more darker thought patterns associated with stimulants and murdered life forms.
