Science proves Indian philosophy right.

August 25, 2005

Dear Friends,

It was the dream of Swamiji that science would one day prove that our ancient philosophers were right. With the advent of the string theory in particle physics, we are moving aggresively towards the fulfillment of that dream. Recently an Indian newspaper has come out with an article on the string theory. On reading the article certain parallels with our scriptures arose in my mind and I wrote about it to the editor of the paper. The link to that article and my letter in enclosed in my reading. Please do convey your own observations also.

The article is available here;

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050822/asp/knowhow/story_5129603.asp

My letter is enclosed below.

Regards,

Jagannath.

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To:

The Editor,

The Telegraph

Kolkata

Dear Sir,

The article on string theory, (Where's the revolution? Aug22), immediately brought to my mind the Hindu spiritual view that the universe is a projection of the mind. Therefore the argument that humanity is the centre of the universe, vide the anthropic principle, seems valid. The emergence of various dimensions also explains the various spiritual worlds referred to in our scriptures. Again, if the external world is a projection of our minds then the possibility of an infinite number of solutions to the string theory equations becomes probable because then we have as many worlds as there are people; past, present, and future. It explains how each one of us has an unique view of the world, never duplicated. This infinite probability also explains Lord Rama's statement in the Ramayana that, "Whatever the mind can conceive of can come to pass." The puzzle before the scientists and their discomfiture at not having a physical model to

experiment on was also faced by the ancient philosophers who realised that they could not ponder over the ultimate truth without taking recourse to "mere" discussions. And they also realised that the truth was beyond the mind and senses and hence indescribable, "abangmanasagocharam". The truth can never be described or materially proved, it can only be experienced. It is a pity that this profound concept is not accepted by a majority of the physicists even though it stares them in the face. The string theory proves the oneness of all creation. It disproves matter, giving more importance to energy, and it also shows the interdependency and the holistic nature of all creation. In the string theory there is no scope for the individual ego or for concepts like race, religious diversity, profits and competition. It opens up wonderful possibilities for us to evolve out of the present quagmire that is termed "civilisation."

Yours faithfully,

Jagannath Chatterjee

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