Ramana Maharshi's Teachings and Modern Scientific Thought By K. K. Nambiar

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The continuous quest Who Am I?, guided by the grace of Sri Bhagavan, who is

always with us, will lead one to the heart center, the seat of

Consciousness, which is neither within nor without, all pervading and

eternal. This supreme awareness is all that IS, and abiding therein is the

ultimate goal.

 

Let us now have a look at recent developments in scientific knowledge. At

one time the world around us was supposed to consist of matter, made of

molecules and atoms. Physicists chased them further and broke them down to

nucleus, electrons, quanta, waves, particles, and fields. Einstein said that

the universe of our experience consists of matter and energy in a

space-time-continuum. He established the famous equation E = mc2, where C is

a constant representing the velocity of light. Matter and energy became

interchangeable.

Max Planck, famous for his quantum theory, added a further dimension to

this, stating that it is consciousness that is fundamental and that matter

is a derivative of consciousness. As a corollary even space and time are

only concepts of our conscious- ness. Thus scientists are veering round to

the conclusion that since every object is a sum of its qualities and these

qualities are perceived by us, the whole objective universe of matter and

energy, atoms and stars does not exist except as a construction of

consciousness.

 

Yoga Vashista says: " All things that exist everywhere are experienced by us;

there is nothing here anywhere which has not been experienced by us. "

 

Bhagavan has told us that the world as such is not real. It is real as

Brahman or Consciousness. The world we see and experience with our senses is

a product of the mind; the mind is a part of the ego, which rises from Pure

Consciousness, which is the same as Reality. One has to realize That and

just Be.

 

— Ramana Smrti

 

Source: http://www.arunachala.org/newsletters/2009/?pg=sep-oct

 

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