Dinesh Singh's Blog
September 25, 2014
Aatmic Science
The concept of Aatmic Science or Science of Soul itself raises a two-fold question. First, whether something like Soul exists; and secondly, if at all it exists, can it be known by a scientific method? Let us take up these questions one by one.
Atman or Soul is also known as the Self, the essence of our being, which is self-proven. Can we deny our self? Certainly not since the very act of denial presupposes a denier. Who is this denier? It must be a conscious agent. Then, what is consciousness? Is it the product of mind, or an epiphenomenon of the brain? Howsoever hard biological scientists have tried they have failed to locate the seat of consciousness in the brain. It cannot be, as a matter of fact, because of its very nature which is subtle and pervasive. It pervades and permeates the mind, rather the whole body. What permeates must be subtler than the thing permeated. Thus we can reasonably infer about the principle of Pure Consciousness which is subtler than body and mind. This is Soul. This is the Principle of Life, the underlying essence of all that exits – Sat.
From the preface of my book "The Fundamentals of Science of Soul" jointly authored by Dr. Awdhesh Singh
Atman or Soul is also known as the Self, the essence of our being, which is self-proven. Can we deny our self? Certainly not since the very act of denial presupposes a denier. Who is this denier? It must be a conscious agent. Then, what is consciousness? Is it the product of mind, or an epiphenomenon of the brain? Howsoever hard biological scientists have tried they have failed to locate the seat of consciousness in the brain. It cannot be, as a matter of fact, because of its very nature which is subtle and pervasive. It pervades and permeates the mind, rather the whole body. What permeates must be subtler than the thing permeated. Thus we can reasonably infer about the principle of Pure Consciousness which is subtler than body and mind. This is Soul. This is the Principle of Life, the underlying essence of all that exits – Sat.
From the preface of my book "The Fundamentals of Science of Soul" jointly authored by Dr. Awdhesh Singh
September 21, 2014
True Religion
Religious pursuits of the entire humanity from time immemorial point to seeking of the Luminous One through which all else shines and which itself needs no illumination. Seeking of this truth – that of unity in diversity - is what may be truly called religion.
From my book "Thought Currents of Solitude" published in 2013
From my book "Thought Currents of Solitude" published in 2013
September 18, 2014
Relevance of Gita teachings Today
The Gita gives to mankind a unique message of the philosophy of action. Contrary to some mistaken beliefs, it rejects neither action nor this world and has an abounding faith in uplifting the toiling humanity. In the Gita, when Lord Krishna exhorts the reluctant Arjuna to fight, He metaphorically exhorts the entire humanity to take up fight against the odd struggles of day-to-day life.
From my book "The Gospel of the Celestial Song" published in 2012.
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From my book "The Gospel of the Celestial Song" published in 2012.
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August 31, 2014
Matter vs. Spirit
Since the dawn of human civilization, a war of words has been waging as to the nature of Ultimate Reality – whether it is Matter or Spirit? Put into other words, whether beyond the perceptible world of matter there is an invisible reality and if so, what is its relationship with the material world? All this futile debate or mental gymnastic, if one is allowed to say so, is due to a wrong presumption that ‘matter’ and ‘spirit’ are two distinct entities.
Let us view this problem in the light of the conclusions of modern science. There was a time in the history of modern science when atom was assumed to be the subtlest unit of matter - the basic, smallest fragment of the material world. Later the atomic theory was replaced by the ‘particle theory’ when it was discovered that atom was divisible into subatomic particles and that these subatomic particles have a wave-like aspect, sometimes appearing only as waves and not as particles at all.
Particle physics since then has discovered hundreds of subatomic particles which are short-lived and swiftly decay into other particles, and it has been found that any type of subatomic particle can be transformed into any other type. Thus the word ‘particle’ takes on a new meaning. It is no longer a distinct, indestructible unit with a constant identity but a dynamic pattern with a certain amount of energy that can be modified into other particles. These extremely dynamic packets of energy form relatively stable atomic and molecular structures which look like substance built up into things. But at the subatomic level there is nothing substantial. Thus Physics has shown us that the reality behind the physical world is a ceaseless flow of energy and our senses show us only a dream-like imagery resting on a quite different foundation. What is this foundation or the substratum behind the physical world? Physics has probed further and come out with the revelation that there exists a non-material constant behind the transient physical world, which is called as ‘Field’. This Field Theory arose in Physics to explain action at a distance. Thus particles are but fleeting conditions in the abiding field, concentrations of energy, which arise from the field and dissolve back. In other words, the field generates matter, brings it into being from itself, and draws it back into nothing.
In this context of field theory, the colorful, varied world we perceive, which seems so real, solid and immediate, becomes a passing manifestation of an underlying non-material continuum, the field. The seemingly solid, separate things we experience through our senses are not solid or separate at base but emerge from the same unitary background, which is the primary reality.
Has not the same Truth been enshrined in the Advaita (non-dual) philosophy of Vedanta? Vedanta has established that the world of sense-experience is merely an appearance and arises from an underlying and unchanging substratum known as Brahman. Swami Vivekananda has rightly observed that “some of the conclusions of modern science sound like echoes of Vedanta.”
Let us view this problem in the light of the conclusions of modern science. There was a time in the history of modern science when atom was assumed to be the subtlest unit of matter - the basic, smallest fragment of the material world. Later the atomic theory was replaced by the ‘particle theory’ when it was discovered that atom was divisible into subatomic particles and that these subatomic particles have a wave-like aspect, sometimes appearing only as waves and not as particles at all.
Particle physics since then has discovered hundreds of subatomic particles which are short-lived and swiftly decay into other particles, and it has been found that any type of subatomic particle can be transformed into any other type. Thus the word ‘particle’ takes on a new meaning. It is no longer a distinct, indestructible unit with a constant identity but a dynamic pattern with a certain amount of energy that can be modified into other particles. These extremely dynamic packets of energy form relatively stable atomic and molecular structures which look like substance built up into things. But at the subatomic level there is nothing substantial. Thus Physics has shown us that the reality behind the physical world is a ceaseless flow of energy and our senses show us only a dream-like imagery resting on a quite different foundation. What is this foundation or the substratum behind the physical world? Physics has probed further and come out with the revelation that there exists a non-material constant behind the transient physical world, which is called as ‘Field’. This Field Theory arose in Physics to explain action at a distance. Thus particles are but fleeting conditions in the abiding field, concentrations of energy, which arise from the field and dissolve back. In other words, the field generates matter, brings it into being from itself, and draws it back into nothing.
In this context of field theory, the colorful, varied world we perceive, which seems so real, solid and immediate, becomes a passing manifestation of an underlying non-material continuum, the field. The seemingly solid, separate things we experience through our senses are not solid or separate at base but emerge from the same unitary background, which is the primary reality.
Has not the same Truth been enshrined in the Advaita (non-dual) philosophy of Vedanta? Vedanta has established that the world of sense-experience is merely an appearance and arises from an underlying and unchanging substratum known as Brahman. Swami Vivekananda has rightly observed that “some of the conclusions of modern science sound like echoes of Vedanta.”
August 30, 2014
Welcome
Hi friends! I cordially welcome you to my new blog, thanks to goodreads.com. It is like opening new vistas of spiritual awareness.
