Shyam Mehta, by exclusively trying to follow God's will, and by wishing to help all mankind develop love and happiness in their lives, gets constant inspiration from God. He has written hundreds of articles and over 50 books on a wide variety of subjects such as sex, love, marriage, the emotions, the mind, religion, yoga and health.Shyam has been practising yoga since 1956 and been teaching yoga since 1973. At Cambridge University he became interested in yoga philosophy and Hinduism. Later he became a Hindu and then in 2001 he gave up his Hindu sacred thread in order to fully devote his life to helping all nice people become happy. He has had a variety of religious experiences in his life and worships God almost every moment of his waking hours. He performed Ishvara Pranidhana (surrender to God) in 2002, and married Him in 2004.He has a good knowledge of and background (57 years) in yoga asanas and pranayamas (Hatha and Kundalini yogas, 'Iyengar yoga'), Karma (Kriya) yoga, Jnana (Raja) yoga and Bhakti yoga.New SciencesShyam is a huge intellect. But, he claims that all his knowledge comes straight from God and takes no credit for his works:He has (with the help of some like minded friends of his) transformed the way that insurance financial mathematicians ("actuaries") evaluate the finances and risks of insurance companies and pension funds across Europe and the Far East.He is in the process of transforming the field of yoga with his books and articles pointing out that the whole philosophy of yoga as set out in the revered 'Yoga Sutras of Patanjali' is a nonsense from start to finish and also being the first to note (from the hundreds and thousands of scholars and yogis writing over the last 2000 years) that yoga practice has very significant adverse side effects.In his writings on Christianity, he highlights the flaws in the Bible and argues that Christianity is not a religion and shows why all the evils of the world start from this 'religion'. In Hinduism he argues that the famous Bhagavad Gita is not a work of God, even though its overall content is correct. He critiques the 'sacred' texts of India in his book 'The Eight Sacred Texts of India'In the field of physics, his book 'Physics' irons out all the main controversies and absurdities in modern physics and sets out the true laws of physics. However, he notes that physics is at best a useless subject, being responsible for weapons of mass destruction, the destruction of the environment, etc.In his book 'Science' he argues that Western science is either useless or flawed and replaces it with a number of (testable, useful) sciences of his own. He sets out scathing criticisms of medicince and psychology in particular. He sets out new science of Individual Behaviour and of Human Interaction.In his book on Natural Medicine Shyam notes the slow subtle debilitating effects of Western Medicine drugs and interventions and notes that the Western pharmaceutical and other industries have no incentives to test for the dramatic side effects that Shyam reveals. Shyam notes that it is a myth that Western medicine prolongs life or reduces suffering, these being set by one's past KarmaIn his book 'Oxford University' Shyam shows that it is a myth that this is a scholarly institutionHe sets out a new science of love, in his book 'Perfecting Your Love Energy Sphere' and draws attention to the lack of progress that Western scientists have made in this areaHe sets out a new science of sex, in his book 'Perfecting Your Sexual Energy Sphere' and draws attention to the lack of progress that Western scientists have made in this areaHe sets out a new science of the mind, in his book 'Perfecting Your Mental Energy Sphere' and draws attention to the lack of progress that Western scientists have made in this areaIn the field of education, his books on how to educate children show how it should be doneHe sets out a new science of the emotions, in his book 'Perfecting Your Emotional Energy Sphere' and draws attention to the lack of progress that Western scientists have made in this areaOn the subject of history, he sets out the single reason for the whole of the history of the universe, from its beginning. From this one can understand what is and has been going onOn the subject of psychology his book 'The Psychology of the Mind' notes that Western psychologists have no clue about this subject and he sets out to enlighten themIn his book 'Western Philosophy' he shows what fools Western Philosophers areYoga ExperiencesFrom 1956 until 1996, 40 years, Shyam studied yoga under BKS Iyengar. In 1978, he received his advanced teaching certificate in Iyengar (Kundalini) yoga. He was a faithful student and worshiped BKS Iyengar as his guru (spiritual master). From 1973, Shyam has been teaching Hatha (Kundalini) yoga classes, following in his mother's footsteps of sincerely communicating the message of love behind Hatha yoga practice. In 2001 he founded The Loving Heart Centre, his organization for promoting love and happiness in the world. He has since written hundreds of articles of benefits to mankind, ranging over all the topics needed by men and women for their personal development and happiness. All these articles are intuited directly from God, but are also based on his life experiences. Although he taught mainly without payment and did much charitable work to promote yoga, Shyam was always dissatisfied with his progress and wanted to help humanity more. The biggest change happened in 2002, following special prayers to Shri Ganesh (the Hindu god). Although brought up a Christian, Shyam had developed a strong liking for Indian philosophy and religion, besides yoga philosophy, during his college years from 1972 to 1975. He subsequently became a Hindu, reading the Scriptures, and learning about the philosophy of Bhakti (loving remembrance of God) as developed by Shri Ramanuja, founder of the Visishtadvaita school of the Indian philosophy of Vedanta. Following his prayers to Ganesh, he gave up his sacred thread (representing a double commitment - to God and to one's wife) and committed to God to try his hardest to make the world a happier place, specifically by helping all nice people to become happy. Shortly afterwards he met Amma (Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi). In 2002, he performed Ishvara Pranidhana (surrender to God), and from that time, exclusively follows God's will without any variation. Shyam focusses fully on helping mankind rather than on his own personal development. He follows the five ethical principles (yama), and also the five religious observances (niyama), of yogic discipline. Until 2004 he followed the path of Karma yoga. He spent one year engaging in Jnana yoga and then commenced the practice of Bhakti. WorksDetails of Shyam's non-finance publications are set out on the page 'Bookstore'. Many of his 54 books are also available, in ebook and audio form. Most of the books can also be obtained from Shyam's publisher lulu.com. Some of his books are available more cheaply in India, through Pothi.com. The books are available in English and also are becoming available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese Mandarin, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Tamil.The most important, general, book for everyone is 'Yoga Philosophy and Practice'. It discusses how you can advance along your life path, describes Bhakti, Hatha, Jnana (Raja), Karma, and Kundalini (Iyengar) yogas and considers the key goals of service, knowledge, love and liberation. The book is available from most booksellers across the world including online booksellers such as Amazon, at £3.99. If you cannot afford to buy a copy, please contact me and I can send you a free copy. Shyam is also co-author, with his mother and sister, of the international best-selling book "Yoga: the Iyengar Way", published by Dorling Kindersley in 1991 (500,000 copies sold). Financial CarrerSome of the firms that Shyam has worked for include: Bacon & Woodrow: consulting to the insurance and pensions industries. Shearson Lehman Hutton: Associate Director, conducting research into the worldwide life and property/casualty industries (for an explanation of what has happened to them, see Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman). Tillinghast Towers Perrin: Life Division as Research Consultant, responsible for European R&D, consulting particularly on risk and pricing issues. Merrill Lynch: Director, Global Industry Specialist Group, working with numerous institutional clients on asset/liability and derivative strategies and on securitization. Watson Wyatt: Equity Partner in the Insurance Practice, from early 1999. He engaged in research and consulting, particularly concerning the application of modern finance to European financial institutions, and building the firm's asset modeling capabilities. BNP Paribas: Member of the Financial Institutions Group management committee, Head of Insurance and Pensions Strategy. He helped BNP Paribas' institutional clients on their corporate finance/M&A and capital markets issues, including topics such as shareholder value strategy, capital raising/management, securitization, asset/liability policy, and use of derivatives in balance sheet management and product development.Skandia Group: Head of Long Term Financial Risk Management, examining Skandia Group risk, value and strategic issues for the Group CEO, CFO and Chief Actuary.In the actuarial profession, Shyam had a high profile as a result of papers such as "Pricing of Insurance Risk", "Quantifying the Success of a Life Office- Cost of Capital and Return on Capital", "Allowing for Asset, Liability and Business Risk in the Valuation of a Life Office" and "The Financial Theory of Defined Benefit Pension Schemes" (which he co-authored with Jon Exley, Partner KPMG, and Andrew Smith, Partner, B&W Deloitte). A recurring theme of his has been to suggest that actuarial techniques should be abandoned, to take account of the numerous developments in financial economics since the 1950s. He is well known for his many speeches, articles and presentations on modern finance, having lectured for example at the Stern Business School of New York University, and at Moscow State, City and Heriot-Watt Universities.Shyam has been highly influential in creating change to the way financial institutions are run across the world, particularly in Europe and the USA.Personal NoteShyam is married to Indira. He has no children. He lives in London. He was born in Enfield, Middlesex, England on 7th December 1952. His mother was from Czechoslovakia and his father from Gujarat in India. His education and financial career was all in England, except for six years between 1954 and 1960, in Bombay.