Every experience stimulates the production of neurotransmitter chemicals by the nervous system. Very different neurotransmitters result from the perception of positive as opposed to negative experiences. These neurotransmitters have a profound influence in the body. In every case, a profound strengthening in the area of the pulse known as the Sadhaka subdivision of Pitta was perceived. In the Maharishi Ayur-Veda SM program, Vata, Pitta, and Kapha 1 are the primary doshas or constituents of the physiology.
Pitta represents the element of metabolism that assimilates nourishment into the body.
There is one Pitta found in the Pachaka subdivision or subdosha that metabolizes food. Sadhaka Pitta, located in the heart and the brain, digests the results of our perceptions. By observing changes in Sadhaka Pitta through the Maharishi Pulse Diagnosis program, one can monitor the effect an experience has on the physiology. When the subjects of pulse diagnosis were innocently viewing the Maharishi Vedic Observatory, an immediate, profound, and consistent strengthening in Sadhaka Pitta was found, indicating a balancing and nourishing influence throughout the body. Not everyone who observes the Maharishi Vedic Observatory is aware of the effect, since it takes place on a very subtle and basic level of the physiology.