Go beyond Symbolism & experience the Self !

The Three ideas of Reason in Kant are

The Relative Universe
The Relative Ego
The Relative Supreme

They are known as the Three Perpetual Symbols in Aurobindo. They exist as Symbols in the Universal Mind.

At the subatomic level, the invisible realm, many things are happening. The Electron is both a particle and a wave. Matter, at its subtlest level, is the Vaccum State.

The best use one can get from symbols is a description of Reality, maximal and incomplete. Symbols and experience are part of Eastern Mysticism. One should go beyond symbols into the realm of experience.

Consciousness is like a mirror and it is filled with the perceptions of the outer world and never experiences its true nature. Go beyond Symbolisms and experience the Self !

Erase the Ego

Buddha and Sankara thought the world to be false and miserable and escape from it was the only wisdom. But then the world is Self, the world is God, the world is Bliss, prajna prasrutha purani , Omnipotent Wisdom became this world. It is our wrong relationship with the Divine in the world which is the misery and our perception of the world through the mentalised ego which is the suffering !

When the Mirror views its own image
This Universe becomes visible !
True vision is not in thee
Infested as thou art with the negative elements !
Hence, Erase the Ego !


Once the Ego is erased, the world will be seen in its Reality !

Forever Newly Created Reality !

Gary Zukav says in his magnum opus, the Dancing Wu Li Masters, that in the realm of particle physics, forever newly created realities are formed !

For instance, when a pi meson interacts with a proton, a neutral meson is produced. ( Meson - medium weight particle ) and a Lamda particle


Pi + p = K + L

Also formed is a pi meson and a proton !

Pi + p = K + L + Pi + p

So in the subatomic realm, newly created realities are formed.

Particle Physics explains this formation of Pi meson and proton from the interaction, as products of Kinetic Energy !

The subatomic world is characterised by an continual process of creation, transformation and annhihilation of particles, where mass is converted into energy and energy is converted into mass. Newly created realities are formed.

The quantum physicists have reached the mystics who proclaimed that all this is the Cosmic Dance, the dance of subatomic matter, symbolised in Eastern Literature as the Dance of Lord Shiva, the lord of the dancers worshipped by the Indians !

Quantum Physics can shock you !

"Those who are not shocked by the quantum theory have not understood it fully", said Neils Bohr. What happens in the invisible subatomic realm is not known to Newtonian Physics !

"The stuff of the world is Mind stuff", said Aurthur Eddington. The course of an electron is uncertain, said Heisenberg. Matter is both solid-like and idea-like, averred De Broglie and Schroedinger.

"What we observe is not Nature herself, but Nature revealed to our method of questioning " declared Heisenberg.

Quantum Physics is talking mystic language and has reached Transcendental Physics, which maintained that the Universe is a Universe of appearance, hiding behind it the Omnipresent Reality !

he New Physics radically changed the thinking of the scientist. Space and Time are not separate, they are one.

Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle states that the course of an electron is uncertain and cannot be predicted. Given a beam of electrons, the probabilistic distribution can be predicted, but not the course of a single electron !

Newtonian laws do not apply to the invisible subatomic realm. The Uncertainty Principle undermines the Mechanistic Model of the Universe, created by a Designer.

The Law of Complementarity, the Matter-Wave Hypothesis, the Schrodinger Wave Equation, the Uncertainty Principle - all these laws indicate that the New Physics has reached the First Science or Transcendental Physics, which maintains the the Universe is a Universe of appearance, behind which hides the Indestructible Reality !

Right Hemisphere of the brain given its due !

Left Hemisphere of the brain deals with the Scientific, the Analytic

Right Hemisphere deals with the synthetic, the philosophic, the poetic.

Man has two types of Mind, Rational Mind, the scientific and the Intuitive Mind, the Philosophic.

So far, before the Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics ( 1927), Physical Science had ignored the right hemisphere and had given priority to the Left Hemisphere. It is only after the quantum revolution initiated by Max Planck, De Broglie, Schroedinger, Heisenber, Pauli, David Bohm and others, that the New Physics gave the right hemisphere its due.

"Poetry should initiate us unto Philosophy " said Plutarch. The great poets of yore indulged in Mystic Symbolism.

Dante's Divina Commedia or Goethe' Faust, or Tagore " Geetanjali" or Aurobindo's " Savitri", were the product of the Intuitive Mind or the right Hemisphere.

Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Newton's Laws of Motion or Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion, were the product of the Rational Mind or the left Hemisphere.

Poetry is divine. It is the center and the circumference of all knowledge and it comprehends all science !

The Law of Complementarity !

Niels Bohr conceived the principle of Complementarity - that items have contradictory properties. The photon, for instance, is both a particle and a wave, two apparently mutually contradictory properties. One of his famous students was Heisenberg, who bequethed to the scientific world the Uncertainty Principle.

In Eastern philosophies, Reality was defined as an Indeterminate which include contradictory properties. Opposites coexist in Realty. The Absolute Being contains both the finite and the Infinite. The Law of Complementarity, discovered by Bohr, was not altogether new to the ancient mystics, the Seer Poets !

The Absolute Brahman was defined by them as both Impersonal and Personal, Nirguna and Saguna. It is both Being & Non-Being, The Absolute & Relative, the One and the Innumerable, the Formless and the delirium of forms. It is the Being which turns into Becoming but is always itself and other than its becomings !

The Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy

The Law of Conservation of Mass Energy states that Truth ( Mass Energy ) can neither be created nor destroyed.

The sum total energy in the Universe is an absolute constant. This Total Mass Energy was what the ancient Seer Poets called as the Indestructible Reality ( Avinashi thu tadvidhhi yena sarvam idam tatam ).

Our bodies belong to the universal sea of Matter. Our minds to the sea of Universal Mind. The conserved Mass Energy is the same ( Samam Brahma ).

If the total energy is not Kshara or destructible, then it is Indestructible or Akshara ( Aksharam Brahma ).

The ancient Seer Poets spoke of Reality negatively, initially. They said It is not this, It is not that ( as this is finite and that is finite, whereas Reality in Infinite ). At the same time they spoke of it positively, they said It is this, It is that, It is all ( sarvam brahmamayam ). Because they were first indicating that the Absolute is non-relative or the Infinite is non-finite. Then they said the Absolute is that which includes all relatives ! Brahman, the Absolute, they said, is Matter, is Life, is Mind, is Supermind, is Cosmic Delight, is Existence- Consciounsess - Beatitude !

The modern physicist, if he were to speak of the Total Mass Energy in the Universe, will say the same thing. That Reality or Mass Energy is this, It is that, It is all !

The Universe as a Wave Function?

Matter, then, has dual properties. Is both Particle and Wave. The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics ( Copenhagen is the place where Niels Bohr came from )in 1927 accepted the dual properties of the Electron !

Does that mean that the ocean of Matter which we see around us, is only solid, particle like?

Or does that mean it is only Wave like ?

The De Broglie Hypothesis and the Shroedinger Wave Equation says that Matter has both properties - it has wave like properties and at the same time it has particle like properties !

If Matter be Truth or Reality, will we not pray to Matter thus

O Matter ! thou art both Particle and Wave !

The ancient Seer-Poets spoke the same mystic language, the language of Transcendental Physics !

Thou art Being, which turns into Becoming but is always other than its Becomings,

Thou art the Indeterminate, which teems with mutations and differntiae

Thou art the Universal, who individualises itself
Thou art the Individual, who universalises itself

Thou art the One, which turns into an innumerable multitude

Reality and Unrealty, both are Thee !

I desire nothing from Thee
I desire only Thee !

He shook the foundations of Physics !

Werner Heisenberg, postulated the famous Uncertainity Principle. He postulated that we can never know what goes on in the invisible subatomic realm and that " therefore we should abandon all attempts to construct perpetual levels of atomic processes".

Independently of Schroedinger and De Broglie, Heisenberg developed experimental data into tabular form, which he called matrices. His method was called Matrix Mathematics.

The quintessence of his theory is sample. The course of a single electron cannot be predicted and is uncertain. Newtonian Physics do not apply to the subatomic realm. Quantum Theory can predict the distribution ( probable ) with a beam of electrons, but Quantum Theory cannot predict the course of a single electron !

The earlier idea of the causal Universe is totally undermined by the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.

Niels Bohr, another New Physicist, wrote

Quantum Mechanics, entails, the necessity of a final renunciation of the classical idea of causality, with a radical revision of our attitude towards the problem of physical reality

Physics and Philosophy

The quantum physicist, David Bohm defined Reality as " That which Is"

This is reminiscent of Spinoza and the Indian Seers who averred " Absolute Being is that which Is".

When De Broglie postulated that the electron is both a particle and a wave, the New Physics ( Quantum Physics ) was speaking the language of the mystics !

Is Man good-bad ? Yes, says Mysticism. Man is a composite creature. He is both good and bad, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and all human beings are dual personalities. Man is a contradiction ! Man is a paradox. Like the Electron, which is both a particle and a wave.

Shroedinger opined that electrons are standing Waves!

Heisenberg, another quantum physicist, opined that the highest levels of philosophy and physics are the same, in his magnum opus " Physics and Philosophy".

Matter, a derivative of Consciousness

" Matter is a derivative of Consciousness " said Prof De Broglie. "I regard Consciousness as fundamental" said Prof Erwin Schroedinger.

Truth is that, on the subatomic level, Science is not exact ! The Old Physics of Newton does not apply to the subatomic realm. The New Physics states that electrons are standing waves and Matter exhibits two properties - that of a particle and a Wave. Prof Shroedinger was sure that electrons are standing waves. Something was standing and he called it the Psi function or rather the Wave Function.

There is no such thing as Space and Time, as Newton thought. There is only an inseparable SpaceTime and we live in a four dimensional Space-Time Continuum. Fritjof Capra had voiced the same truth earlier. The dance of sub atomic matter, the galaxies, the black holes and of the Universe is Poetry in motion, is the Cosmic Dance & is symbolised in Oriental Philosophies as the Dance of Siva, the Lord of the Dancers worshipped by the Indians !

The Four Dimensional Space-Time Continuum

Like Capra's "Tao of Physics", Gary Zukav's " Dancing Wu Li Masters" shook the philosophic world.

It is called the overview of the New Physics. The Old Physics was Newtonian Physics which maintained that Space and Time are separate.

Einstein differed from Newton. Space and Time are not separate, they are one whole called Space-Time.

Old classical Physics of Newton gave way to the New Physics, that is Quantum Physics. De Broglie's Matter_Wave Hypothesis postulated that Matter exists as both Particle and Wave. The fourth Dimension of Time was added to the three dimesions of Space, that is length, breadth and thickness.

Hermann Minnowski, the maths teacher of Einstein, postulated the theory of the Four Dimensional Space-Time Continuum. We live, breathe and exist in the four dimensional Space-Time Continuum, which is an Eternal Now.

This recent finding of the New Physics is the corroboration of Eastern Philosophies, which maintained that the Unified Field of Consciousness is the only Reality and that the Universe is a Universe of appearance.

Pauli's Exclusion Principle

Wolfgang Pauli revolutionised Physics with his statement " that no two similar electrons can exist in the same atom".

This came to be known as the Pauli's Exclusion Principle. One electron excludes any similar electron.

In the heavens, we find that the Solar System is like the Atom. The electrons revolve in elliptical orbits around the central nucleus. Similarly the planets traverse in elliptical orbits around the central Sun. " As Above, So Below" !

Kepler in his first Law of Planetary Motion opined that planets move in elliptical orbits with Sun as the Focus of the Ellipse !

If you extend the Exclusion Principle, we find that in the Solar system, no two planets are alike ! Jupiter differs from Mercury and so on !

Quantum Physics talks mystic language !

The quintessence of the De Broglie Hypothesis , that Matter has dual properties, wave and particle properties, was taken up by Erwin Schroedinger. Electrons are standing waves ! The Electron is both a particle and a wave.

Modern Physics therefore has reached Transcendental Physics or the philosophia prima which used a dual language when it described Absolute Reality.

The Absolute is Being
The Absolute is Becoming
The Absolute is Non Being

How can the Absolute be both Being and Non Being? The first definition of Absolute is that which is non relative; the latter definition includes the relative. When we say Absolute Being, we are talking about an Absolute which takes relativity in its embrace !

The Seer-Poets of the Vedas , used a mystic language when they described the Absolute

The One Thou Art; the Many also Thou Art

The Absolute Self was defined as subtler than the subtlest and greater than the greatest. ( Anor aneeyan and Mahato Maheeyan ).

The Seer Poets extolled Absolute Truth thus

Our mother Thou art; also our Father
Thou art our close relative; also our beloved consort !
Thou art Wisdom, Thou art also Wealth
Thou art our all in all, O Beloved Divine!

O Electron, Thou Art Both a Particle and a Wave !

How will a quantum physicist address the Electron ?

O Electron ! Thou art a Particle; Thou art a Wave !

A mystic wrote

Thou Art Time; Timeless also Thou art !
Thou Art Space and all that is in Space !
Thou Art Causality and the Cause and the Effect !

The quantum physicist tells the mystic about the amazing discoveries of the New Physics ! The mystic is not surprised. That truth he has been talking for years ! Kanada, the mystic, the Seer-Poet defined Him as Atom ! ( Anurithi bhagavan )

Thou Art Absolute Being; Karma also Thou art
Thou art the Atom; Also Time Inexhaustible
The Cause of the Universe Thou art !
The Self of the transcendentalist
Nature of the natural philosophers
The Summum Genus of the logicians
The gold of the miser
The love of the lover
The empire of the king
The Scientific Mystery of the scholar
The Poetics of the noble hearted
The Nihil of the atheist
The Unknown of the agnostic
The Cosmic Consciousness of the Seer
Thou art the Highest Principle !

He unified Space-Time !

Newton thought and Space and Time were separate but Hermann Minnowski unified Space-Time !

He wrote

"Henceforth, Time by itself and Space by itself were doomed to fade away into shadows; only a union of the two can preserve an independant reality"

Space-Time, one and inseparable and we live, breathe and exist in the Four Dimensional Space-Time Continuum.

This means accepting the views of the Seer Poets, who said that all these are the Becomings of Being !

The entire Universe is nothing but He & She. He & She, the Absolute and the Relative, the Infinite & the Finite, the Formless and then a delirium of forms, the One and the Innumerable - He and She, two in one, inseparable. It is a continuum of Consciousness Force ! The entire story of Evolution is the story of Her who rediscovers Him and tries to reincarnate him everywhere !

Ready to don the garb of the Redeemer ?

One aspirant thought about the difficulty of redeeming this world !

Why should I throw my arms to the shut heavens
Or struggle against a mute inevitable Force
Or hope in vain to uplift an ignorant race
Who hugst their lot and mocks the Saviour Light ?

Why should I try to redeem this benighted humanity ?

But then, if all human beings think like this ( that one man cannot change the world ), the world will never change !

Then he contemplated Eternity and came to the conclusion that he should be the change to change the world.

So he changed himself, perceiving the Self in all.


Then he came to the conclusion that there is only one way to change the world. Self-evolution is the means.

He contemplated and meditated and sacrificed himself for the Noblest cause

His light and life is given to balance here
The dark account of mortal Ignorance !

The New Age Movement

New Age - A Paradigm Shift to Divine Consciousness & a Universal Philosophy

The New Age Movement (NAM) is a revival of spiritual and divine values and
can be called as a Divine Regeneration Movement. New Age Philosophy has
conquered the West intellectually and Western culture is currently
experiencing a phenomenal shift - sociological, spiritual & ideological.
It's a secular, multi-cultural, multi-religious synthesis, of the Oriental
mystical philosophies, mainly Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism & Western
Occultism, emphasising Holism, the doctrine that Reality is organically One
( now taught in American Universities after Einstein's Theory of
Relativity ). .

Behind the evolution of the species, there is an evolution of Consciousness.
The aim of Life is Self-Actualisation, to evolve to the level of Unity
Consciousness, defined as the 7th state of Consciousness in Transcendental
Philosophy.

The social disturbance caused by the Vietnam War, the threat posed by AIDS,
the disillusionment with materialistic ideas and the erosion of faith in
Morality & Ethics brought a sense of futility & meaninglessness in the
Western psyche.The limitations of the Western system of Chemotherapy &
adverse side-effects of antibiotics, sedatives and certain other drugs and
the disillusionment with the promises of science & technology made millions
turn to Oriental philosophies, occult practices & systems of therapy.(
Interest in Alternative Medicine developed to such an extent that there are
now more than 180 systems of Alternative Medicine.
Exponents of New Age Philosophy in Europe and America include
Transcendentalists like Thoreau, Emerson & Walt Whitman, Wordsworth, Emanuel
Swedenborg (1688-1772), , & Theosophy introduced by Madame Helena Blavatsky
(1831- 1891) & Col Olcott & the philosopher, Annie Besant. As the world
witnessed a Consciousness Revolution, Transcendental Meditation, Yoga ,Zen,
Carlos Castañada, the Beatles, Holistic Medicine ( both Western and
Ayurveda ), Tantra, Astrology ( both Western & Vedic ) all became popular
.

There are 6 million New Age sites on the Web and the NAM consists of a
massive & well organised network consisting of thousands of groups, trusts,
foundations, clubs, lodges, and spiritual groups whose goal and purpose is
to prepare the world to enter the coming Aquarian Age. ( The Age of
Aquarius ). In astrological symbolism, Aquarius represents Spirituality and
Pisces Rationality. The Piscean Age, an age of Computer and Cybernetics
revolution, will be followed by an Age of Consciousness Revolution or a
Spiritual Revolution, the Aquarian Age.

Some New Age Organisations are : California New Age Caucus, New World
Alliance, World Goodwill, The Church Universal and Triumphant, The
Theosophical Society, Amnesty International, Zero Population Growth, the
Forum, Planetary Initiative for the World We Choose, the Club of Rome,
Church Universal & Triumphant, Christian Science, and the Unity School of
Christianity.

New Age believes in the essential goodness of Man and the Divine Spark in
Man and the New Age movement is not a unified cult system of beliefs and
practices, even though its roots derive from Vedic Philosophy. There is no
central authority, no official leader, no headquarters, nor membership list,
but instead is a network of groups working toward World Peace and Universal
Love. There are millions of worldwide followers of various New Age
practices and the world is moving from Chaos ( Disorder ) to Cosmos (
Order ) ! This is a Phase Transition from Entropy ( Disorder ) to Order !

Significant influence has been gained by NAM affecting almost every area
of Occidental culture -- Sociology, Psychology, Medicine, the Government,
Ecology, Science, Arts, Education, the Business Community, the media,
entertainment, sports, and even the Church. Organised spiritual forms such
as Christian Science, Unity and even forms of Witchcraft ( from the German '
Wicca' meaning the Wise; Witchcraft means the Craft of the Wise ) are all
its expressions. Various Human Potential Seminars, Transcendental
Meditation, Zen Meditation and some Alternative Holistic Medicine practices
are also its manifold manifestations.

Some popular New Age publications and journals are New Age Journal, the Z
Files, Clarity, Body Mind Spirit, Yoga Journal, Gnosis, East West, Noetic
Sciences, the Millenium Being and Omega. The new tendency of people now is
to view everything from a New Age perspective

The major goal of the New Age Movement is to prepare Man for entering the
Aquarian Age and to bring world peace in an already bruised world. "All is
wrong with the world" said Shaw & some of the other goals of the NAM are to
establish an entirely New World Order in the fields of Economy &
Government. The idea of a World Government was proposed by Bernard Shaw
earlier and was implemented by Mahesh Yogi and occurs in the writings of the
foundational apostle of the New Age Movement, Alice Bailey.

The word 'Initiation" is derived from the Latin "In ire" to go within and
Initiates were termed by the Great Master as the salt of the Earth. The
mystic Ward defined Reality as "Within and within and within and within" .
Another mystic described it as "It is hidden, it is hidden and it is
hidden". To the mystic, self evolution is the means and only by changing and
correcting ourselves can we change others . The primary goals of the
movement then, are to prepare the world to receive the Divine Consciousness
and to enter the Age of Aquarius, thus establishing the New World Order.

New Age Philosophy believes that human evolution can be accelerated, if not
in the entire mass of humanity, at least in suitable individuals. Human
nature is perfectible, through an intensive process of purification and
Initiation.

The New Age Movement is secular & universally diffused over the earth's
surface & its basic underlying philosophy emphasises Gnosticism and
Occultism. (Gnosticism is an ancient philosophy stating that Divine essence
is the highest reality, and that the Self of man is actually this Essence.
Behind the phenomenal world is the Transcendent Reality which Intuition
alone can see ). It bears a remarkable resemblance to the Universal
Religion that H.G. Wells predicted would one day take over the world.

The six main characteristics of New Age thinking are: (1) All is Unity; (2)
All is Divine (3) Humanity is divine (4) A change in Consciousness; (5) All
religions are One; and (6) Cosmic Evolutionary optimism.

Basically Dialectical Integralism, New Age Philosophy unites both Matter and
Spirit.

Spirit shall see through Matter's gaze
Matter shall reveal the Spirit's face !

The 13 main principles of New Age Philosophy are:

(1) One Global Order - One World Governement, One Currency, One Universal
Being.
(2) Universal Energy, Universal Matter, Universal Life, Universal Soul As
God
(3) An Eternal Universe - Uniform in Space and Unending in Time
(4) Divine practices ( Astrology Yoga & other esoteric arts)
(5) Syncretism ( Unity of all Religions ).
(6) The need for Meditation ( for generating altered states of
Consciousness );
(7) Life is Cyclical- Everything is cyclical, subject to the cyclical
upheavals of Time.
(8) Holistic Medicine & Vegetarianism (The patient is more important than
the Doctor & Alkaline diet)
(9) Pacifism ( Anti-war activities);
(10) Reincarnation; ( The Law of Conservation of Soul )
(11) The Evolution of Man into Divinity; ( The latent Life Force evolving
naturally to the Divine )
(12) The Union of Man with the Divine; ( Merger of man into the Infinite )
(13) Matter's Illusoriness; - Esse est percipii - Perception is Essence;
Mind is Substance.

The practices of the New Age are psychic practices like : Astrology, Reiki,
Bioenergy, Chi energy, Chakras, Nirvana, Christ- Consciousness,Spiritualism,
Native American Spirituality, Prajna, Out-of-body/near- death experiences,
Reincarnation, Yoga, Meditation and the occult disciplines, as well as
psychotherapeutic techniques and scientific applications of the healing
powers of crystals and pyramids.

Some commonly used New Age terms are: Quantum Healing, Transmutation,
Transfiguration, Guided Imagery, Reincarnation; Positive Thinking; Human
Potential; Holistic; Holographic; Synergistic; Unity; Oneness;
Transformation; Awakening; Networking; Communal Sharing;
One-world/globalism/new world order (i.e., One language, One Government, One
currency, One religion); Cosmic Consciousness; Zodiac, etc.

Some New Age practices are: Transcendental Meditation, Parapsychology, Inner
healing; Biofeedback; Yoga; I Ching; Reflexology; Therapeutic Touch;
Transpersonal Psychology; Witchcraft; ; Magick; Tai Chi; Shamanism;
Hypnotherapy; Acupuncture/Acupressure; Martial arts; Zen; Relaxation; Silva
Method (formerly Silva Mind Control); Visualization; etc.

Some prominent New Agers are: Jeremy Rifkin, Norman Cousins, Elizabeth
Clare Prophet, John Denver, George Lucas, Norman Lear, Alice Bailey, Alvin
Toffler, Dr. Barbara Ray, Benjamin Creme, Levi Dowling, George Trevelyan,
Fritjof Capra, Abraham Maslow, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Ruth Montgomery,
Shirley MacLaine, J.Z. Knight, Marilyn Ferguson and David Spangler.

Soothing audio environments are created by New Age musicians and they
believe rightly that Music has psycho-therapeutic properties. ( This concept
is derived from the Vedic Philosophy that All music is Samaveda, the 4th
Veda of the Indians ). Born of an interest in spirituality and healing in
the late 1970s, it is often used as an aid in meditation.

Essentially meditative, New Age Music is soothing to the Soul. Isnt Music
defined as the food for the Soul ? Harmonic consonance, uplifting themes,
contemplative melodies & nonlinear song forms are the characteristics of
New Age music. Even natural sounds or sounds from Nature and traditional
electronic instruments are used by New Age musicians. With roots in
classical music or Eastern Music, New Age music is often meditative.
Prominent New Age musicians include vocalist Liz Story; harpist Andreas
Vollenweider, electric violinist Jean-Luc Ponty , electronic-music pioneer
Brian Eno, multi-instrumentalist Kitaro & solo-piano artist George Winston.

New Age practices have almost conquered the world. Athletes are using guided
imagery. Graduate schools of business are invoking T M, Yoga, and Tarot
cards in teaching courses on creativity in business (e.g., Stanford Graduate
School of Business). Based upon Astrology, the Science of Time, stock market
gurus employ Fibonacci numbers and "Wave Theory" in their forecasting.

We can summarise that the term New Age is an innovative term derived from
the mother of all sciences, Astrology, indicating that this earth is
undergoing an evolutionary transitional phase from the Piscean Age of
Scientism to the Aquarian Age of Divine Wisdome, Cosmic Consciousness ,
Knowledge and Love.
Since the New Age is a conglomeration of spiritual practices, let us analyse
the basic principles of N A M

1. The Divine Source of Authority. New Agers do not claim any source of
authority -- Only Inspiration by the Divine. By the Divine we mean a
principle within, the Divine Spark or the Self and many are there who
receive the revealations of the Self within or the intuitive insights of the
Self.

2. The Lord. - Since Matter and Energy can neither be created or destroyed
and the sum total energy in the Universe is an absolute constant ( Universal
Being ), the Lord did not create the world, He became the world.
Monism --( "All is Unity" ) averrs that there is only One Essence in the
universe, everyone and everything being a part of that essence. The Self is
an utter Being and all these are its Becomings. New Agers view God as an
Impersonal Life force, Consciousness, or Energy (e.g., the "Star Wars
Force") mainly but they also believe in His personal aspect, as the Ocean
( which is Formless ) can take the form of an iceberg! They averr that every
human has a divine spark within him because all created beings are
reflections of the Divine Idea. The eternal state is called by various
terms among different New Age groups, i.e., God-consciousness, Universal
Love, Self-Realization, the I AM, Higher Self, Brahman, Nirvana, etc.

2. The Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Christ Consciousness or the Divine
Consciousness is what the New Age advocates mean by Christ. . In other
words, Christ is a Divine Principle rather than an individual, such as
Jesus. This idea of Christ Consciousness asserts that Jesus was only one of
the Christs, but that He equipped Himself to receive the Christ
Consciousness (i.e., He was a great Master who attained Christ
Consciousness), as did other prophets like Buddha, Krishna, and Mohammed.
New Agers believe Dr Paul Brunton who stated the Jesus spent 18 years in
India absorbing Indian Mysticism and that he was initiated into the highest
esoteric doctrine.

3. Human Destiny. Man is the measure of all things and is more divine than
the animals & hence the salvation of the world depends upon Man. Cleansing
the negative elements from the collective subconscient should be the aim of
humanity. Once Negativity is cleaned from the collective subconscient, the
human positive energy will shine forth and the noble ideals of the New Age
will be actualised in an era of Enlightenment. Since man is intrinsically
divine and perfect, his only real problem is ignorance of that fact. Gnosis
means experiential knowledge and Salvation in the New Age is for man to
become enlightened through this Divine Gnosis. New Age groups offer various
spiritual techniques to enable individuals, and ultimately the world, to
evolve into this Unitive Consciousness . These techniques may include
psychotechnologies for attaining altered states of consciousness -
Transcendental Meditation, Yoga, Zen, Attunement , Channeling (Spirit
guides), Psychics, Acupuncture, etc.

4. The Ethical Opposites, Good & Evil - Believing in the Oriental
philosophies, New Agers make the distinction between good and evil. All
wickedness is weakness and Evil is imperfection. By the method of Trial and
Error, we come to know what is good and what is bad for the world and we
have to transcend the dualities.

5. Reincarnation. New Agers believe in the ancient Vedic philosophic
concept of Reincarnation -- that through a long process of rebirths, man can
eventually attain Divine perfection. They also teach the Universal Law of
Karma --(( The Law of Cause and Effect ( Every effect has a cause ), the
Law of Action and Reaction, the Law of Retribution ))- that what a person
sows , he shall reap. This is also the doctrine of God's non-responsibility,
that the Self is not responsible and it is the Ego which experiences bitter
& sweet mental experiences due to its own Karma.

6.Salvation is Self-Actualisation and Sin is Ignorance - SSome theoreticians
taught the concept of Man's Original Sin. New Age exponents teach the
concept of man's essential goodness. Instead of systems which emphasised the
human negative aspect and sin, New Age highlights that every man is
essentially divine and it is a sin to call man a sinner ! However, New Agers
speak of troublesome desires which are natural impulses which retard human
evolution and make the Ego move away from the Self. Sin is merely ignorance
of man's essential divinity. The atrophied spiritual consciousness of the
normal man who lives in ignorance of his Divine Self is Sin. Like the Law of
Conservation of Energy which states that Energy cannot be created or
destroyed, the Law of Conservation of Soul states that the Soul can neither
be created nor destroyed. Matter exists in 3 states, liquid, gaseous and
solid and matter cannot be created or destroyed. Nothing ever begins to be.
Similarly Life does not at physical birth begin to be. It merely enters
physical conditions and assumes physical guise. It merely undergoes a
parallel transformation into conditions which preexisted in other
conditions. The Soul is reincarnated in different bodies in a continous
succession of lives. The good or bad Karma earned in the present lifetime
determines one's subsequent incarnation. Attaining higher states of
Consciousness should be our aim.There are many different paths to the goal
of Divine perfection and we should be tolerant of other paths.

The divine Aurobindo predicted that spiritual influences from India will
trigger off a global spiritual movement.There will be Mass Incarnations (
many people divinely inspired ) who will work for World Peace and Universal
Love !

I saw them cross the twilight of the Age
The massive barrier breakers of this world
The sun-eyed children of a marvellous dawn
The architects of immortality
Carrying the magic Word, the mystic Fire
Carrying the Dionysian Cup of Joy !

The four systems of Philosophy which triggered the N A M are Hinduism, a
product of 5,000 years of development, Buddhism, circa 560 B.C., Taoism,
circa 500 B.C & Druidism, circa 300 B.C, the religion of the Celts, which
extended upto the Middle Ages.

The wise know that everything is evanescent

Change is the cardinal principle
In Life; Everything exists
Changes and is destroyed !
He who knows this truth
Easily finds repose !

The wise know that everything
Is evanescent; hence they
Are never attached to flux !
Our attachment to objects transitory
Causeth mental disturbance & pain !

Be attched only to the Self
Which is the repository of Bliss !
Dive deep within and be found !
Thou art That already !

The Big Lie which is the Aryan Invasion of India

A lie which is floated by the people opposed to India an her civilization is
the Aryan invasion of India. According to this doctrine, light-skinned Indo
European tribes, called the "Aryans' invaded India around 1500 BCE. They
replaced the light-skinned Dravidian civilization, from which arose Hindu culture.
This theory's aim is to denigrate India and Hindu culture.

The Vedas were never written, they were cognised in higher states of
Consciousness. " Srooyathe ithi Sruthi" means they were heard, by those who
had purified themselves to receive the impersonal knowledge.

The aim of this vicious theory is to

Give a Greek basis to Vedic culture
Divide India into a northern Aryan and southern Dravidian culture.
State that Vedic culture is derived from the Middle East
Give the excuse for the expansion of the British Empire in India

Philosophy is referred to by some priesthood as Paganism and Witchcraft, Satanism and Occultism. They invented a Satan to show that their enemies are Satanists ! The entity called Satan does not exist, except in the minds of the priesthood !

The proponents of this theory were the Theologians, whose dogmas Science
denies. " All dogmas belong to Theology" remarked Russell. All established
facts belong to Science and in between this No Man's land of Science and
Theology, lies Philosophy, which is scientific and speculative !

Aryan is a Sanskrit word. Aryam means noble and Anaryam means ignoble. " The Noble Law is known in Sanskrit as Arya Dharma and those who walk the Path Celestial are Aryans.

"Krinvantho Vishwam Aryam" means make the whole world noble. By Aryan no
race is meant, but spiritually advanced, intellectually fit noble
beings, the great spiritual ones like Jesus and Socrates, Aurobindo and
Tagore. They were the Elder Brothers of humanity, the true Aryans.

Theology is always against Philosophy. That is why Jesus, Bruno and Mansoor
lost their lives. Theologians cannot understand the inner meaning of the
great scriptures. They take the literal meaning, not the esoteric.
They complain that the Gnostics, the Illumined Ones, the Yogis and the Sufis
consider themselves as Aryans and Atlanteans. We averr that enlighened mystics
are the true philosophers, the true prophets, the true Aryans !

Indian scientist ready to change world history !

The White Aryan Invasion Theory, propagated by missionary scholars like Max Muller and Griffith, is about to collapse.

Prof Lalji Singh, a world renowned biotechnology expert, says recent studies and research on tracing genetic lineage of old human species indicate a different world history, proving a breakthrough in this field.

Modern scholars like Dr David Frawley and Dr Koenraad Elst exposed the myth that is the AIT ( Aryan Invasion Theory ). The Britishers' aim was to instill an inferiority complex in the Indian mind, which was already devastated by the Mughal invasion. There was another aim of the missionaries, the evangelisation of India !

"The Vedas contain no account of the AIT", wrote Aurobindo. Other scholars like Vivekananda and Subhash Kak support this view.

AIT disproved

The Aryan Invasion Theory is fabricated by some European scholars to denigrate Indian culture. Some political parties use this theory to exploit the masses.
The earlier proponets of the AIT were not genuine scholars and they had political aims. Max Muller was paid by the East India Company and Lassen and Weber were German nationalists, who believed in the White Aryan Race Theory. Shopenhauer said that they had the knowledge of only schoolboys !

It can be scientifically proved that the hymns of the Rig Veda had been composed by 3700 BC.

The language of the Indus script is based on Sanskrit, the mother of Europe's languages and the language of the Vedas.

Archeological findings indicate that Indus Valley Civilization can be called as Vedic Civilization.

The movement of the ancient Aryan people, ' the Noble Ones', was from East to West and this is the reason why the European languages have strong association and origin in the Sanskrit language. ( For instance, Mater for mother is Matha, Pather is Pitha or Father, Frater is Bratha or Brother, Septa is Sapta, Octa is Ashta, Nova is Nava and Decem is Dasa ).

No barbaric hordes ever destroyed the Vedic Civilization.

Evidence of an Aryan-Dravidian divide or a South-North divide is never reported by any scripture.

The population living in the Indus Valley and the dried up Saraswathi River practised Vedic Culture. This is what Swami Vivekananda said about the AIT.

Our archaelogists’dreams of India being full of dark –eyed aborigines and the bright Aryans came from- the Lord knows where. According to some, they came from Central Tibet, others will have it that they come from Central Asia .There are patriotic Englishmen who think that the Aryans were all red haired. Others ,according to their idea ,think that they were all black – haired. If the writer happens to be a black haired man, the Aryans were all black-haired. Of late, there was an attempt made to prove that the Aryans lived on Swiss lake..I should not be sorry if they had been all drowned there ,theory and all . Some say now that they lived at the North pole , Lord bless the Aryans and their habitations ,As for as the truth of these theories .there is not one word in our scriotures ,not one ,to prove that the Aryans came from anywhere outside of India ,in ancient India was in included Afghanistan There it ends’

And the theory that the sudra caste were all non –Aryans and they a multitude ,is equally illogical and irrational. Iit could not have been possible in those days that a few Aryans settled and lived there with a hundred thousand slave at their command .The slavse woud have eaten them up, made chutneyof them in five minutes .The only explanation is to be found in tha Mahabharath ,which says that in the beginning of the Satya Yuga there was only one caste ,the Brahmins ,and then by differences of occupations they went on dividing themselves in to different castes and the coming Satya Yuga all other castes will have to go back to the same condition .

[The Complete Work of Swami Vivekananda Vol III Page 293]

The Ninefold Elemental Theory

Kanada, the father of Visheshika system of Indian Philosophy, propounded the Fivefold Atomic Theory long before Dalton and the Ninefold Elemental Theory.

The Ninefold Elemental Theory

The entire Universe is made up of Nine Elements - The Elemental Five - earth, water, fire, ether, air plus the four elements - Time, Space, Self and Mind.

Mind is finer matter in vibration. What is Mind ? Never matter. What is Matter ? Never Mind !

Mind is a steady stream of thoughts. Mind creates Reality, yet Mind veils Reality. Indeed Mind is omnipotent.

Everything is internalised and externalised
By that arch villain, Mind !
From the Macrocosm to the Microcosm
All this is Mind !
Know all this to be Non Self
Know all this to be Non Being
Like the blueness in the sky
Like the water in the mirage
So is this visible Universe
In Self Supreme, Absolute !

Self is an utter Being and all these are its Becomings

This visible Universe
Is verily the Self !

What Nature hath buried
Is the living lordly Self
The unfolding of this Self
Is the process of Education

The Fivefold Atomic Theory

Matter is made up for five types of atoms - the aerial atoms, the igneous atoms, the aqueous atoms, the etheric atoms and the terrene atoms.

Permaculture or permanent Agriculture

After seeing the negative effects of industrial agricultural methods, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren developed Permaculture, which can be defined as agro ecological culture or alternate agriculture. The industrial agri methods were reducing biodiversity, poisoning water and land and removing billions of tonnes of topsoil from previously fertile landscapes. The solution is Permaculture, with emphasis on ecosystems and organic bio farming.

Based on ecological and biological principles, using natural patterns to minimise work and maximise results, Permaculture is sustainable use of land design.

Permaculture was first practised by the Austrian farmer, Sepp Holzer and later this theory was scientifically developed by the Australian farmers, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren. In Permaculture, the eco processes of plants, animals, their nutrient cycles, weather cycles and climatic factors are used. "Wastes" become resources, work is minimised and yields and productivity increase. For instance, the farmers in India use the Vedic Astronomic Calender for planting seeds. This is using the Weather Cycles. Using Jnattuvelas or Sun's ingresses into the constellations, seeds are planted. There is a time to sow and a time to reap and why not use Astrology for planting seeds ? ( For instance, today, the 25th of May, is the beginning of the Rohini Jnattuvela, when the Sun enters the constellation of Rohini. It rained yesternight. It also rained in the afternoon. Using the Vedic Astrologic Calender, the weather cycles can be known. The next Jnattuvela, Makiryam Jnattuvela, will be fiercer, as far as rains are concerned. It will be raining cats and dogs during Thiruvathira Jnattuvela. Such indications are given by the Astrologic Calender ).

The aim of Permaculture is to increase yields and productivty, without damaging the ecosystems.

The Gaia Hypothesis !

Dr Lovelock formulated his famous Gaia Hypothesis, an ecological hypothesis that the components of the Earth and the Biosphere form a complex interactive system. This superorganism maintains the biogeochemical and climatic condition of Earth in a perfect homeorhesis.

James Lovelock proposed it as the Earth Feedback Hypothesis, but the name was changed due to the suggestion of William Golding as the Gaia Hypothesis, named after the Greek Goddess of Earth, Gaia.

According to this Hypothesis,

The Earth is coevolutionary, meaning that Life and the Environment evolved together.

The Earth is homeostatic, that is Earth has regulatory mechanisms which maintains the constancy of the internal milieu.

The Earth is geophysical, responsible for the geo-physical cycles, like the Water Cycle, the Oxygen Cycle, the Nitrogen Cycle etc. ( Evapotransipration from the land, evaporation from the sea and then condensation and precipitation as rains is the Water Cycle).

The Earth is optimising, as the Earth shaped the planet in such a way that made it an optimal environment for Life.

This Hypothesis coincides with Indian Philosophy. Medha Sooktham is a prayer devoted to Gaia, the concept of Bhoomi Devi is nothing but Gaia Hypothesis and Bhoomi Pooja is done in India, as a method of propitiating Gaia, as the ancients revered Nature as Divine !

This union of Science and Philosophy is referred to as the Sacred Balance. Ever since the days of Darwin, there has been a bifurcation between Science and Spirituality and the Sacred Balance heals this dichotomy.

World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day. Nature is wise and Almighty and we should try to preserve the ecosystems. We should adhere to the Blue and Green Covenants.

In Kerala, 70 lakh trees are being planted. 32 lakh trees have been planted already.

We have destroyed our rainforests, flora and fauna and our water reservoirs like wells and ponds, with the result we are facing desertification. We have degraded our environment. We should preserve our ecology or we will be facing disaster !.

Gorbachev, the President of the Green Cross International, said about the Earth Charter. " We hope it will be like the Ten Commandments, a Sermon on the Mount, which will provide a guide for human behaviour towards the environment for this century and beyond ". The Earth Charter is an international declaration of values and rights for building a sustainable and just global society. The Earth Charter Initiative Organisation promotes the Charter. The Charter is endorsed by millions of organisations and seeks to inspire in the minds of the people a sense of global interdependence and shared responsibilty for the wellbeing of humankind.

Deep Ecology

Arne Naess, the Norwegian philosopher, founded Deep Ecology. Deep Ecology is a holistic view of Ecology, a sort of Ecosophy. Not Ecology as a science of the Environment, ready to be exploited by humans. Deep Ecology views humankind as an integral part of the environment.

Deep Ecology is an environmental advocacy which can guide humanity against self destruction by humans. Deep Ecology is of the view that massive economic acticity has pushed the Bioshpere away from its natural state to a state of reduction in biodiversity and climate change and other influences. Too much dependence on Science at the expense of Traditional Wisdom has caused this exploitation of Nature. Civilization is facing mass extinction. Deep ecologists intend to change the present modern thinking with their holistic philosophy.

Dr Vandana Shiva has written a book called Vedic Ecology. V E views the individual as an integral part of the environment. The rivers are lifebloods of the ecosystems. The Vedic views all Nature as divine. The ecosystem is part of our life.

The Vedic Seers regarded Nature as Manifest Divinity ( Saguna Brahman ). Plants and trees have life, not only humans. The ecosystem, therefore, was very important to them. They worshipped Nature and there were scientific reasons in worshipping the Manifest Divinity. Holy groves were part of the environment. They built temples, with big ponds attached in every village. Each temple had ample space and most temples were in the midst of forests. Holy groves were attached to temples. Plants, trees and animals were part of their life and they regarded Life as sacred. Their world view is indeed great, in these days of pollution ( of air, water and soil) , environmental degradation, overpopulation & desertification.

The Rise of New Age !

New Age is based on the wisdom of Nature. James Lovelock, the author of the Ages of Gaia, declared that " Gaia ( Earth ) is the source of Life Everlasting and is alive now, she gave birth to humankind and we are a part of Her". The human assault on Gaia is responsible for Global Warming. This human assault is like fever and humans are not allowing Gaia to recuperate. " She may be unable to relax because we have been busy removing her skin and using it as farm land, especially the trees and the forests of the humid tropics ... we are also adding a vast blanket of greenhouse gases to the already feverish patient! "

According to the Gaia Hypothesis, the Earth is a living organism, homeostatic or self regulatory, the source of all life, which has the capacity to heal itself under natural conditions. Unfortunately humanity feels that technology can overwhelm Gaia's capacity for self healing. Such thinking will only bring disaster and destruction unless the human species stops the technological assault on Her !.

This Gaia Hypothesis is in tune with Philosophia Indica, which maintains that Nature ( Prakriti ) is verily He ( Purusha ).

It is not surprising to see that more than 6 million websites embrace New Age Philosophy. New Age is nothing but World Mysticism and incorporates Yoga ( Hindu Mysticism ), Kabalah ( Jewish Mysticism ), Sufism ( Islamic Mysticism ), Gnosticism ( Christian Mysticism ), Zen ( Buddhist Mysticism ), and the mystic wisdom of all the world's great religions.