'East is East and West is West and never
shall the twain meet' said Rudyard Kipling.
Not so. It does meet. East moves towards West, and West
moves towards East. At one point, they meet, no matter how they approach it.
For long, there has been debate around
Vedic truth of ‘ultimate reality’ – brahman and its scientific integrity.
Science is a hard taskmaster. Unless experiments and Causal relationship is
established by repeated occurrences, it will render all Sabda (divine knowledge) as bunkum. Science disregards the
experienced, and values the mathematical.
Five thousand years ago, living in forest,
our sages experienced the ultimate reality, through the technology of staying
deep in one’s own interiority, through the technique of mediation. Back then,
it was clear that one had to transcend both body, nor mind to delve deeper.
Rightly so, little time was spent explaining the mind, or body, as they were
seen as mere tools to move elsewhere. That said, comprehensive work has been
written by way of Ayurveda to support harmony of the body (the three doshas: Vata, Pitha, Kapha).
In the East, the notion of the Universe is
explained as an Infinite field of Infinite Silence, with infinite potential,
(the Purusha) that takes form and
manifest through the forces of Prakriti,
and the energy of Shakti is unleashed
Which is somewhat similar to what is
explained in Science as the Unified field. In physics, these bubbling emergent
geometric structures are called super
strings – tiny infinitesimal plastic loops. Interestingly, this was termed Sutratma (the silver cord in metaphysical studies and literature, also known as the sutratma or life thread of the antahkarana, refers to a life-giving linkage from the higher self (atma) down to the physical body) the emerging reality of
Prakriti in Vedic literature. Vedas and Science now agree that all experiences
exist in vibrations. When Science calculates the energy of the superstrings, it
confirms that the higher energies have more mass, than lower energies. Science
confirms that the Universe is made up of five ingredients (Five Spin types)
that are part of the unified field existing in three super fields.
For example, it is stated in the Bhagavata Purana:
“The material manifestation’s ultimate particle, which is indivisible and not formed into a body, is called the atom – Param anuh. It exists always as an invisible identity, even after the dissolution of all forms. The material body is but a combination of such atoms, but it is misunderstood by the common man. ” (Bhagavata Purana 3.11.1)
In Vedas, there are five basic elements: Akasha (sky), Wind (Vayu), Earth, Ether and
Fire (agni)
On the surface (like waves on the surface
of the Ocean) there is every changing dynamism, movement, energy, and
restlessness. Yet it is to be remembered, that these are all ‘one and the
same’, not distinctive and separated, though maya may cause it to be perceived as such. The vedas repeatedly
call out, that the ultimate consciousness is ‘never created, never ending’ – it
is.
Let me delve further into structures
explained by Unified field and the Vedas. Beyond the Planck Scales. Let me take
some numbers: 8 ~24~64~192, which explains the humming and frequency of
vibrations. In physics, if we take a guitar string, to explain, it can vibrate
independently up/down (2) and independently sideways (2), and it exists in a
three dimensions space – it has 3 aspects. In physics, the universal vibrations
(super string) exists in 9 dimensions and in space, the 10th
dimension. The unified field therefore has 8 independent vibrations (tones),
although it has just one string. In the process of creation, the strings, at a
transcendental level, undergo many transformational changes (26), to the Bosinic
level, (of 24 independent levels of tone/sounds) which converts to the
Fermionic Scale of 64 tones, which moves finally to the stage of space time
super compactification of 192 tones.
That is, 192 vibrations reverberating within itself.
In the Vedas, the one sound is captured in
‘Aum’, and explained in the Apaurusheya bhashya (Rig Veda). The
Vedas unfold, from 8 to 64, from 64 to 192, explaining the same spectrum. Vedas
confirms that it is the ultimate reality. The absolute giving rise to the ever
changing.
The Vedic technologies of Yoga, Vedas,
Ayurveda are based on unified and holistic living.
In Vedas, there is no separation of mind
and body, it is one ‘mindbody’ – subtle to gross. Consciousness, in vedas, the
mind has a parallel structure – superficial to profound. Starting with Vaikari (articulated thoughts), Madhyama (abstract conceptual), Pashyanti (subtle feelings) and then Athma (beyond the mind). Compare this to
mathematical world of numbers, whole numbers, integers, and fractions, one set
of articulated maths. The next level of Madhyama maths (real numbers, complex
numbers and function spaces. Most expansive concepts, limits of function spaces
(at the Pashyanti level), finally to the Universe of Sets, the final part,
admittedly beyond human sense.
Vedic civilization is truly founded upon
the complete and ultimate knowledge.
(Inspired by Dr. John Hagelin,an eminent Physicist )
