science & spirituality (repost)

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Dear Friends I am reposting this in case it got buried in your files

because I had 1999 as the date instead of 2000. Someone had been mucking

around with my computer.

 

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Subject:

Re: science and spirituality

 

Vivekananda Centre wrote:

> Recently I came across a book that deals with the

> subject of Science and spirituality in a very balanced

> manner. You may like to have a look at the book.

 

Thanks for sharing that. I too would like to share.

 

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi has been explaining the relation between science &

spirituality since he

began His movement in the 60's. As the years have gone by much

scientific research has been

done on Transcendental Meditation & its effects on our brain, body &

intelligence, &

behaviour. Recently the American Medical Association gave a big grant of

many millions to the

Maharishi University of Management to support its continuing research

into Preventative

Medicine for Minority groups.

 

Maharishi's focus which He has guided scientists into .. is utilising

the Vedic Literature &

experience of, in tandem with Western Science, in order to free

humankind from suffering & to

bring Heaven on earth. He is bringing out the vital importance of

Ayurved, Sthpatya Ved &

Gandharva Ved & much more to help us bring Heaven on Earth.

 

Since this post of yours is synchronous with one I just made at another

list I will share what

I wrote. It is not an advaitin list so excuse me if it sounds simplistic

for here ...

 

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Maharishi has drawn many scientists to meditate using his technology of

consciousness

including Deepak Chopra, & John Hagelin, Peter Russell, John Gray, etc

etc the list goes on.

This is because He realised that to raise the consciousness of our

planet He would have to be

able to prove its worth using scientific means to interest the many who

trust science. We do

live in a scientific age. Dr Keith Wallace has written a book called The

Neurophysiology of

Enlightenment (for instance). Dr Keith Wallace has practiced TM for many

years.

 

In the 70's a fourth state of consciousness was scientifically proven

when TMers were hooked

up to scientific equipment & their brainwaves examined. The usual 3

states of consciousness we

are all very familiar with already. These are the sleeping state,

dreaming state & waking

state of consciousness'. Maharishi explains how through practicing

Transcendental Meditation

consciousness expands into the 5th 6th & 7th states. The 7th is Unity

Consciousness.

 

Not that long ago Dr Tony Nader (another TMer) discovered the

correlation between our

own physiology & each branch of the Veda. This is ground breaking news

for anyone

interested in how we are structured from a silent still field of

infinite possibilties

which reverberates in a Self referral way to manifest from within ItSelf

every level of

creation including forms - & our own bodies brains & cells. His theory

is that each part of

our own form is structured by different branches of the Veda. Then he

goes on to explain which

parts! It is truly fascinating.

 

This is why a quantum physicist like John Hagelin is a meditator & very

grateful to Maharishi

for showing him the relation we all have with the Unified Field at the

basis of all creation.

John has

given a lecture at Maharishi University of Management as far back as 88

on, Is Consciousness

the Unified Field? This is also why Deepak uses words like quantum soup.

 

As I understand it the Vedas are the ancient sacred texts cognised by

Indian Rishis who were

able to hear & pass on verbally to others the sounds or vibrations of

the still silent Source

vibrating into manifestation. These vibrations are the laws of Nature

responsibile for

structuring form.

 

I know it sounds way out. This is exactly why people like Deepak are

preparing us to

adopt a new paradigm which will help prepare us to understand unity with

our infinite

Source vibrating into finite forms. This is the whole & its relationship

between the

unmanifest absolute & the concrete relative manifest fields of life.

Maharishi has been

teaching about this since he started with the Beatles way back in the

60's.

 

Maharishi has cleverly gathered western scientists around Him to help

people to

understand that all science originates from the first science - The

Science of Creative

Intelligence . This is the study of one's own consciousness to develop

everyone's full

potential by activating the total potential of the brain. Yes this is

the promise of becoming

aware of unity (where we All are One). He believes it is how everyone

can prove the existence

of the Unified Field. He explains that it can't be through using any

scientific instruments as

that is object referral, & to prove a unified field we need to practice

a Self referral

technique. This is what meditation is.

 

It is quite ingenius how since the 70's He has had scientists

researching using their

own fields of expertise to parallel how each originates from the same

source. If only we could

reach this source in consciousness then we could have Total Knowledge in

one brain. :-) Dear

Maharishi. This is Being One with the Source as I understand it. He is

also fervent about

bringing the study of one's own consciousness into education. medicine

the prison system & as

we see recently into politics. This is to enable us to Realise we are

All One, so we can

act in harmony & not violate the laws of Nature & hurt ourselves & each

other.

 

I hope I did justice to Maharishi in trying to explain what He has been

doing for

mankind to help enable us to reach Heaven on earth & world peace by

activating & utilising

the full potential of our own brains & physiology to become in tune with

Natural Law,

so that we may work in harmony with Nature & not against it.

 

I think this is a different approach to what many think of as advaitin,

because Maharishi is

encouraging us to embrace the forms we inhabit as Cosmic .. being as

they are .. structured

by the Cosmic Laws of Nature emanting directly from the Unified Source.

He encourages His

meditators to embrace their manifest nature & to understand it's

relationship to our infinite

unmanifest boundless Source. He explains we are both unmanifest as well

as manifest.

 

Jai Guru Dev

>

> The book is called Whispering Pond by Ervine Laszlo

> published in 1996.

>

> One of the interesting conclusions that come out of the

> book is the idea that the underlying unity - modern

> science is searching for (in its theory of everything)

> may be something like the concepts of 'Akash and Prana' that

> Swami Vivekananda talked about in his lecture on Rajayoga.

> The author quotes from that text.

 

Yes Maharishi has written much on this & has worked how to revitatalise

humankind's awareness

of the Veda as none other than the home of all Knowledge.

> There are quite a few other interesting books that deal with

> the theme of 'Science and spirituality'.

>

> I recently read another book called 'The Self Aware Universe' by

> Amit Goswami. He is a Professor of Physics at Univ of Oregon.

> The author has handled the ideas of quantum mechanics in an

> admirable way but his understanding of the 'spiritual side' of

> the debate is pretty weak.

>

> jay

 

Thanks Jay.

 

Peace,

 

Colette