Can teaching
yoga philosophy
in schools achieve
world peace?
By Tristan Barnett PhD
Tristan had symptoms of bipolar from hypomania at the age of 12 when attending Killara High School in 1989. One can function a normal life with hypomania, but as a result of the shift in mood from bipolar, the hypomania shifted to depression in 2013 and Tristan was subsequently hospitalized for 4 days in Royal North Shore Hospital. In December 2019, the depression shifted to mania and schizoaffective disorder and Tristan was subsequently hospitalized for 6 weeks in Royal North Shore Hospital. Shortly after being discharged from hospital in January 2020, the mood shifted to manic depression where Tristan was struggling to get out of bed, eat, shower, cook, shop and do simple household tasks. Further, in 2011, the Vice Chancellor Professor Elizabeth Harman terminated Tristan’s adjunct lecturer appointment at Victoria University (VU) for reasons which were not justified. Tristan was not paid for work done for the Western Bulldogs Football Club – partners of the university totalling $25,600 which could be considered a form of `slavery’ given that Tristan was unemployed at that point in time holding a voluntary adjunct position with VU. Further, Tristan’s supervisor Professor John Zeleznikow bullied and `owned’ Tristan over a period of 2 years to the extent of John contacting Tristan’s family over an email involving the Head of School Professor Pauline Stanton which got back to Tristan’s parents causing a split within the abroad family. The stresses and buildup of anger caused Tristan to develop a generalized anxiety disorder in September 2012 whilst living at the Kathleen Lumley College in Adelaide. Tristan was very unwell at this stage and moved back to Sydney in 2013 initially living with his parents but later in an apartment in Macquarie Park close to Macquarie University.
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Based on Tristan’s yoga processes from 2013 to 2025 (over 13 years), Tristan was cured of bipolar (depression, mania and schizoaffective disorder) and generalized anxiety to an `average’ level anxiety (given that we all have a certain level of anxiety). Medical experts claim that bipolar and even generalized anxiety cannot be cured. Tristan was taking large amounts of medication from 2013, but from the 19th September 2022 when the bipolar was miraculously cured (which coincided with the Queen’s funeral), Tristan became free of all medication and all drugs including caffeine, alcohol and panadol; and Tristan was able to live a normal life by initially joining Young Buddhist in Newtown, Govindas in Darlinghurst and the Macquarie University Catholic Society. Even further, Tristan became immune from COVID given that Tristan travelled on a road trip for 4 days in December 2022 with two others that tested positive to COVID and Tristan obtained no symptoms. Given that bipolar is arguably the most extreme mental health condition and was cured by Tristan after 10 years of yoga processes, it can then be argued that many diseases can be cured within 10 years by undertaking Tristan’s process, and this is all contained in this document. Hence, by teaching this knowledge to the public and ultimately in schools one could develop preventative measures against many diseases including cancer, malaria and COVID; and hence reduce suffering in society. It could then be argued that world peace could be obtained by teaching yoga philosophy in schools, since by undertaking these yoga processes to reduce suffering requires no harm to any living beings on this planet, a philanthropic approach to life and respect for the environment, and these yoga processes are all contained in this document.
Prayer
The Minuscule Ant
By Tristan Barnett
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Artist Trista without an n
Transit with an n
If tennis is in Tristan Barnett
Then algebraist is in Ashleigh Barty
If an ant is minuscule
Then a ptarmigan is not minuscule
So call me Bart or call me Tart
Or simply Bart Tart Tenis with or without an n
Acknowledgements
Tristan would like to acknowledge the following which have largely contributed to Tristan making a full medical recovery and many have contributed to this document either through their teachings or various discussions.
1. First and foremost Srila Prabhupada – writing the commentary for the Bhagavad Gita known as the Bhagavad Gita As It Is
2. Mark Zuckerberg – founder of facebook (platform to distribute knowledge on yoga philosophy in the public domain)
3. Yogi Singh – Hatha yoga instructor home studio Yoga with Yogi (formerly with Macquarie University Sports & Aquatic Centre)
4. Bhakti Yoga Club Macquarie University and in particular Honey, Dipika Singh, Sayali Kelkar and Camellia Bayne
5. Hare Krishna Temple North Sydney and in particular Bhakti Yoga Monk Ghanashyam
6. Govindas Darlinghurst devotees and in particular Tony, Tribby, Jessica, Alex and Clayton
7. Sydney Buddhist Centre and in particular Aryadharma, Cittamaya, Dhammakumara, Priyada, Kamalamayi, Adam, Fynn, Cittaketu, Khemavajira, Mel and Alex
8. Macquarie University Catholic Society and in particular Father Daniella, Winnie, John, Veronika, Chris and Leo
Tristan would like to acknowledge the following for supervision and collaborations enabling Tristan to achieve a PhD and 44 publications: Stephen Clarke, Alan Brown, Graham Pollard, Tim Byrnes, Vladimir Ejov, Elliot Tonkes, Stewart Ethier, Anthony Bedford, Erica Mealy, JaeLynn Oh, Geoff Pollard, Machar Reid, Rod Cross and Darren O’Shaughnessy.
Tristan would also like to acknowledge all of his facebook contacts past and present for reading or persevering the large volume of Tristan’s posts since Tristan joined facebook in January 2008. Tristan reached a maximum 5000 facebook contacts in 2023 (15 years after joining facebook).