4 8 S p i r i t ua l i t y S t u d i e s 6 - 2 Fa l l 2 0 2 0 Personality Types and Prānic Energy Perceptions: An Exploratory Study Received August 26, 2020 Revised October 7, 2020 Accepted October 9, 2020 Personality, from the perspective of Vedic literature, appears to be a combination of three gunas : sattva , rājas , and tamas . In the traditions of yoga, the termprānādenotes the all-permeating ‘life force’, which can be detected empirically by the use of specifically designed procedures. The current study is aimed at describing the relationship between the gunas and prānic energy perception involving 299 students of the National Cadet Corps of India. The personality type was assessed via theVedic Personality Inventory , and prānic energy perceptions were recorded usingPranic Energy Perception Schedule. Chi-square Test of Independencewas used to examine the subgroup differences in prānic experiences. Pearson Product– Moment Correlation Coefficient andSpearman’s Ranked Correlationwere used to find the correlation between personality types and energy experiences. Prānic experiences of magnetic (X2 =144.8, p.000), electric (X2 =436.7, p.000), and tingling (X2 =278, p.000) are independent on quantitative subgroups. Sattva (-.165, p≤ 0.01) and tamas (.174, p≤ 0.01) were significantly correlated with electrical experience. Other prānic energy experiences did not correlate significantly with the threeguna types . Key words Prānā, pranic healing, prānic perception, triguna, spirituality Srikanth N. Jois Vijaykumar Vinu Siddalingayya Hiremath Kiran Kumar K. Salagame Ramesh Moulya
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