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Nature of Human Thought – 3

Perception of Fundamental Knowledge

There are two types of knowledge – one is incremental and the other is a quantum jump in our understanding of the world and its working. An example of the former is the incremental improvement in chip-making process. A large army of workers all over the world is working step by step in improving the efficiency of this process, so that an increasingly larger number of chips could be put in a small space. Production of a silicon-based transistor by Shockly and his team in early 1950s at the Bell Labs in U.S.A. was an example of quantum jump in knowledge. It allowed mankind to move away from vacuum tube-based diodes to solid state electronics and ushered in the modern computer age. Similarly Einstein’s theory of relativity, Darwin’s evolutionary theory or Newton’s gravitational theory are other examples of quantum jump in our understanding of how our universe is structured. Such quantum jumps in knowledge in any field, whether spiritual, technological or scientific help in mankind’s evolution and give a direction and purpose to it.

The higher-dimensional thought analysis together with Patanjali Yoga may help us understand how the “quantum jump” knowledge is perceived by prepared minds. With tremendous focus and concentration, the prepared mind produces a large number of possible solutions to a problem being explored. This churning of information stored in the brain creates a template of information, which is checked continuously with the object of perception. With Sanyam, the mind is able to focus on a particular thought for a very long time till the continuously modified template eventually matches the object in a lock and key-type interaction leading to knowledge. This template or thought packet actively interacts with the object of perception via higher dimensional space and can perceive any knowledge in the universe. Some Yogis have claimed that they can see packets of thoughts as they come to them from external sources. This could be the basis of mind reading capabilities possessed by them. A powerful brain can therefore become a very powerful processor and hence can extract information from weakest of signals, which come as thought packets.

Thinking deeply is a two way street. We can send thought packets as well as receive them whenever our minds are anchored to the object of perception. In fact the very act of perception means that the information packets from the object of perception will be received. The same applies to thinking about somebody’s mind. Hence one should not think negatively about others even if they have harmed us because the very act of thinking about a negative person brings his/her negativity to our mind. Similarly there are innumerable recorded instances where ordinary people have been able to sense danger or suddenly sense about their loved ones from quite a distance away. We normally call it sixth sense. This could be a mechanism by which intense thought packets concerning the particular person are received by his/her brain and it is forced to process them in a lock and key type arrangement to get the necessary information. It seems somehow that the brain is hardwired more favorably for receiving strong emotional signals from the loved ones.

A powerful brain can also become very sensitive to outside signals. Such a sensitive brain can identify itself with any idea or object in the world. For example, once Shri Ramkrishna - a famous Indian saint, while in a heightened state of awareness, identified himself with the grass in the lawn in front of his room and felt a tremendous pain in his chest when he saw somebody walking on the grass.

It is also possible that when we get the profound knowledge then it affects the body since energy is released during the transformation of higher dimensional thought to that of lower dimensions. It has been known throughout the history of mankind that people who possessed great knowledge like Yogis or spiritual and intellectual leaders had an aura, radiance or personality around them. It seems the energy release helps in aura production. Patanjali alludes to this concept in his book when he says that as a Yogi progresses on his path to knowledge the body gets beauty, grace and strength with the hardness of thunderbolt. This change in body and personality positively affects
people who come in contact with the enlightened soul and in turn has a cascading effect. Thus the personal evolution towards enlightenment is the best way to transform the world rather than imposing our arrogance and will on a large number of people.

It can also be conjectured that as our minds are the products of the same time frame as the Universe, we cannot think beyond what already exists in the Universe. At best we can discover the already existing truths. Even the products of our wildest dreams and imaginations could be the outcome of knowledge and templates, which exists in KS somewhere in the Universe. A powerful mind helps us to discover it.

Deep Thought and Gravity

Deep thought and gravity are both geometric in nature and hence it is possible that they may be related. Thus deep thought may bend the space-time continuum similar to that done by gravitational mass. This interaction might take place in higher dimensional space. As we have seen that mass is produced and annihilated via a thought-engine during transformation of spaces, hence it is possible that deep thought and gravity are related at a deeper level.

There is a large body of psychokinesis data from all over the world attesting to the interaction of mind and matter. Thus production of materials from thin air, changes in materials by application of thought only, levitation etc. have been reported by people throughout the ages and from all different civilizations. Patanjali Yoga Darshan states that with Sanyam on various objects, a Yogi gets power to master nature so that he can fly, become invisible, move objects by thought and make the human body a very powerful instrument for knowledge gain. All these things can take place only when deep thought and matter are interrelated and hence can interact.

Deep thought is a product of almost 100 billion neurons firing in a laser-like fashion.
Similarly it may be possible that gravity manifests only when a very large number of particles are involved. Both gravity and deep thought therefore involve large-number mathematics. The exact nature of how it takes place is not known. We can only measure gravity with masses of order of milligrams. According to physicists below this mass it is extremely difficult to measure gravity since gravitational forces are too weak in this range. Nevertheless even a milligram of substance contains billions and billions of atoms and it is possible that these large numbers produce (possibly through the movement of electrons and atoms, etc.) a signature called gravity. This concept is very conjectural in nature. However, it is quite possible that movement produces the necessary structure which could be either thought (firing of neurons) or gravity (movement of electrons etc.). Movement is an outcome of time. Without time there is no movement and ultimately everything devolves into ‘G’ space.

There are many instances in Indian Yogic tradition where highly evolved Yogis and enlightened individuals have left their body with full knowledge of conjunction of planets and stars. Thus in Mahabharata it is mentioned that Bhishma Pitamah left his body during “Uttarayan” or when the sun was closest to earth in winter. Similarly Vivekananda and Shri Ramakrishna - two great Yogis of India in the 19th Century left their body by will, after detailed understanding of planets’ conjunction through the almanac. In ancient Indian text of “Brahma Sutra”, it is stated that the soul guided by Sun’s gravity reaches space called heaven. Apparently the ancients knew about the effect of gravity on soul and deep thought.

Similarly it can be conjectured that the Egyptians built the massive pyramids, not only to bury their kings or queens but they also acted as gravity antennas. The biggest Giza pyramid is estimated to weigh 6 million tons and the King’s and Queen’s burial chambers are close to and equidistant from the center of gravity of the pyramid. It is quite possible that the ancient Egyptians understood that localized gravity may help the passage of soul through intergalactic space. Alternatively it is also possible that Egyptians thought that a pyramid may act as an antenna for deep thought or universal consciousness to help resurrect the King and the Queen ! I feel the same laws may have been used by the Yogis when they meditated inside deep caves in mountains. The mountains could have acted as antennas for reception of universal knowledge.

At another level, the earth’s gravitational field might have helped in evolution of life on this
planet. The molecules of a certain size became “living” when they resonated with the gravitational field of the earth. It is quite possible that at this juncture the concept of time also got embedded in the "living" systems. These could be the “critical size” molecules, which were essential for evolution of life. We do not know what this critical size was. These molecules effectively became gravity antennas. In nature all the forces acting on a living entity help in its evolution. Gravity forces are the largest force acting on any organism on this planet earth. Hence it is quite possible that gravity helped in life’s evolution. It may be interesting to test this hypothesis by taking the “critical size” molecules in the zero gravity environment of outer space and to see whether they replicate and transfer the genetic information-the basic prerequisite for life.

The interaction of deep thought and gravity can also be seen in the interaction of alpha waves and earth. Alpha waves are produced in the brain when we are in meditation or relaxing. These waves are generally in the range of 8-12 Hz frequency. The earth diameter (~12,800 km) is such that it can have a standing half-wave of 11.7 Hz (very close to 12 Hz). Is it therefore possible that our brain evolved in such a manner that the earth’s geometry influenced the alpha wave production? Incidentally scientists have also discovered that before major earthquakes an electromagnetic wave of 0.01-10 Hz comes from deep inside the earth. In some other habitable planet the living beings may have different alpha waves depending on the geometric shape and size of that planet. Similarly life on other planets may evolve according to their gravity field.

Interestingly enough the relationship between alpha waves and earth's geometry may have other implications. Practitioners of Bhakti Yoga and Buddhist traditions have always stressed the need to allow full flow of thought waves without any interference from ego or sense of identity ' I ' for achieving samadhi. Bhakti Yoga says that one should completely sublimate ' I ' by abandoning oneself to God or Universal consciousness. Similarly Buddhist lamas of Tibet suggest that one should try to relax so that the ego stops interfering in thought production. I feel both these practitioners are intuitively trying to allow the mind to follow the alpha wave pattern. Thus when mind gets tuned to the gravitational field of the earth, meditation and samadhi result.

Our present science is based on reductionist principles. We believe that once we find the basic building block then we can construct the whole universe around it. Thus the physicists all over the world are building bigger and bigger atom smashing machines to smash the matter and discover that ever elusive building block. I feel we are looking at the wrong end of spectrum. Interaction of large number of variables producing their unique signatures may provide a mechanism to link all the various forces of nature. Hence our thesis of deep thought and its relationship with time, mass, space, universal consciousness and knowledge maybe a step in the right direction. A detailed mathematical formulation may however be necessary to put it on a firm footing.

– Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi
May 29, 2004

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