Thursday, December 30, 2010

Ba’ba’s new science is for all

Upton Sinclair, an American political writer, once said: “It is difficult to make a man understand something if his salary depends on not understanding it”.. No doubt this illustrates one of the major problems with “modern” science. The result is that only those research projects attract massive funding which aim at confirming the existing theory of how the Universe works. This theory is called the “Standard Model”, and it is all about fundamental interactions among particles. Doing temple service for the Standard Model is how university careers are built, subsidy pots are cracked, mortgages can be paid and happy retirements are secured.

This explains for example how the “Large Hadron Collider (LHC)” near Geneva could be built, costing an estimated 300mln. Euro, excluding the actual experiments. Hadrons are the collective name for the nuclear particles, so the Hadron Collider is a particle accelerator.


So then, does the Standard Model of physics really explain how the Universe works? The
answer is: no, it falls short. Despite fantastic successes in many practical fields, some fundamental issues still remain unanswered. The consensus is that these questions will be solved by the unification of Quantum Physics and Gravitation. The result would then be called “The Grand Unified Theory”, and everybody would be happy. But Albert Einstein, after formulating his relativity theory, spent the rest of his life in vain searching for the answer, and to this day physics has not produced a Grand Unified Theory. The 300 mln.
Large Hadron Collider will not chance that.

It may thus become clear that, in terms of Ba’ba’s “Varna Cakra” – the Social Cycle, science as a whole has passed beyond its pure “Vipra” phase and is to a high degree controlled by Vaeshyan (commercial) motivations. This is one important reason for a structural lack of conceptual breakthroughs in physics lately.
But the scientific community is itself also in part responsible for this state of affairs. A fair assessment should acknowledge the reality of the social cycle, quite naturally shifting society from an intellectual, into the commercial era. But there is something else too: that is the way how we are doing science. There is a nice Latin term: “Modus Tollens”. This means: by way of proof, that is, knowledge based on observation. This is the proper way how science should be done. The other way is “Modus Ponens”, which means: by way of
theory. This means, looking for proofs which confirm your standard model. This is how science is mostly done today, and has also done since its very beginnings. For example Isaac Newton, the first physicist, when he studied the spectrum of light, for some reason had become obsessed with the idea that the spectrum should match the musical scale. One could say this was Newton’s “Standard Model”. Upon inspection this
appeared not quite the case. To solve his problem, Newton, rather than reviewing his Standard Model, simply invented a new colour, which he called “Indigo”. Now it comes out that “Indigo” does not fit in any logical system of primary and secondary colours, and many people do not even perceive “Indigo” as a distinct hue . Newton may not have been heavily funded in his days, today particle physicists are doing precisely the same. They massively invented numerical values, and use a so called “renormalisation procedure” which are put in by hand to make to make their measurements fit their Standard Model, but no-one has ever confirmed these by observation .

This way of doing science cannot altogether be attributed to the commercial era alone. It is also a question of mindset. Clearly, science has, like so many other occupations, in various ways evolved into an over-institutionalized ivory tower business beyond the naturally required qualifications. Whereas this is so far still a bit of an academic assessment, the far more important question is; what are the ramifications for society?
It seems to be at this point, that Ba’ba’ comes forward with a clear direction in His discourses on microvita theory: “Our task is gigantic and we are to start research work regarding these microvita immediately and without any further delay, otherwise many problems in modern society will not be solved in a nice way”. This can not be interpreted other than in a practical way. That means, that He give microvita science, including
microvita cosmology to find practical solutions for problems facing modern society. This  is not necessarily a spiritual or even psychological path in the first place. It is a path of practical science. It is about a way to tackle the grave environmental problems threatening the entire global ecosystem today, it is about health and medicine, nutrition, transport, communication, agriculture, information technology, bio-technology and many
others. For these problems there exists no more a spiritual ”solution” than there exists for preparing the soil to grow plants if you want to eat. So this is Ba’ba’s new science of the future.
In Ananda Marga, the subject of “microvita” has regularly been addressed the past years, mostly in a rather journalistic style, and mostly in terms of the effect of microvita on the mind, and against the background of traditional philosophy. This is an obvious first step, but the scope and importance are infinitely much broader.  This is Ba’ba’s subject of “microvita and cosmology”, shortly referred to as microvita cosmology. It will be demonstrated how Ba’ba’ came forward with a “Unified Field”-like solution, which can be explained in real scientific terms, reaching way beyond the “Standard Model vs. Gravity” quest of current physics. It is a new and universal science where life itself forms the cornerstone of all creation.

This new science of the future is unique while it should be developed (freely quoting Ba’ba’) not only in the physical lab (which often needs special skills and big funding) but also, and first of all in the laboratory of the mind. So, it can never be an academic or intellectual issue alone. It is a deeply intuitional science plus physics at the same time.

Einstein himself notably said (quote): "The only real valuable thing is intuition". Therefore, Ba’ba’s new science is there for all to explore, as per the adage of “Modus Tollens” – now extended to include the mind itself! It can therefore never be institutionalized, subjected to conservatism or in any way privatized. It is only your choose how deep you want to go, and to what degree you want to explore the real physics side of it.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

UNIVERSAL SOCIETY

Despite its advent onto this earth many thousands of years ago, humanity is not yet capable of building a well -integrated and universal society. This is in no way indicative of the glory of human intellect and erudition. You who have understood the predicament, realized the urgency, seen the naked dance of evil and heard the hypocritical and raucous laughter of the divisive forces, should throw yourself into this noble task without further delay. When the ends are just noble, success is inevitable.

Monday, December 13, 2010

GOD Vs. SATAN

The concept of GOD and Satan is defective. If we accept the existence of Satan it means that there are two Gods, one GOD posite and one GOD negative ie. Satan. And that challenges the authority of the Supreme Counciousness --- that cannot be. So there is no Satan. Everywhere there is a rule of Supreme Conciousness; nowhere is the rule of Satan. Satan is the centrifugal force that drives an aspirant, a human being, away from the Supreme Nucleous.

Friday, December 10, 2010

PROUT

The social philosophy of Ananda Marga advocates the development of the integrated personality of the individual and also the establishment of a world fraternity by inculcating a cosmic sentiment in human psychology. The Marga advocates progressive utilization of the mundane and supramundane factors of the cosmos. Society needs an impetus for life, vigor and progress and for this Ananada marga advocates “Progressive Utilization Theory” (PROUT) which calls for progressive utilization of all factors of the universe.
Ananda Marga philosophy is a subjective approach and an objective adjustment – the happy blending between objective world and subjective goal, you must maintain adjustment with the objective world. There is no other alternative. When the human society is enclosed in this supreme idea, in the very near future it will become more constructive, with proper planning. Humanity of the entire universe will unite, and we are anxiously waiting for that happy moment.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

ART

The idea of an artist is to be established in a transcendent realm, beyond the limits of the senses. So the artists, or more precisely, the worshippers of fine arts, have to be spiritual aspirants. Only those who look upon everything of the world as Spirit can realize in everything a subtle, blissful, Transcendental Entity. The greater the artist’ understanding of their kinship with God, the greater their art. Those who possess a creative faculty yet do not seek the subtle Transcendental Entity, cannot create a worthy or successful work of art.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

A GUIDE TO HUMAN CONDUCT-3

The intelligent do not allow their mental purity to be stained even for the moment. To cleanse the mental sphere, force must be applied to remove the impurities, internal or external. This application of force must be a special type of action. When the impurity of selfishness enters every cavity of the mind and makes life a heavy burden, it has to be burned and melted in the fire of spiritual practices.
Such a practice is just the reverse of meanness and selfishness; it is the effort to remove any impurities, any black spots from the mind. A feeling of selflessness, of universalism is the only remedy for cleansing mental impurity. Those who are fascinated or tempted by an object can gradually rid themselves of the mental pollution arising from their selfish motives by adopting just the reverse course. Those who are very greedy for the money should form the habit of charity and serve humanity through that practice. Those who are very angry or egoistic ought to inculcate in themselves the habit of being polite, and should serve humanity through that practice. Therefore only selfless service to humanity and efforts to look upon the world with a cosmic outlook can establish one in mental purity.

Friday, December 3, 2010

A GUIDE TO HUMAN CONDUCT-2

It cannot be said that the ultimate aim of human life is not to commit theft; what is desirable is that the tendency to commit theft should be eliminated. The aim of life is not that one will not indulge in falsehood; what is important is that the tendency of telling a lie should be dispelled from one’s mind. The aim of such morality is the attainment of that state of oneness with God where no desire is left for theft and all tendencies of falsehood disappear.

A GUIDE TO HUMAN CONDUCT-1

People often say, “I follow neither a religion nor rituals; I abide by truth; I harm nobody and I tell no lies and this is all that is necessary. Nothing more need to be done or learned.” It should be clearly understood that morality is only an effort to lead a well-knit life. It is more correct to define morality as a dynamic force rather than a static one, because the balance in external spheres of life is only maintained by waging a pause-less war against all opposing forces. If the mind is pressured by an external allurement and there is intense mental disturbance, the force for internal struggle may yield; consequently the external equilibrium or the show of morality may at any moment break down. That is why morality is not the goal. Morality may disappear at any moment. It cannot be said that the moralist who has resisted the temptation of a bribe of two dollars would also be able to resist the temptation of an offer of two hundred thousand dollars. Nevertheless, morality is not absolutely valueless in a person’s life. Morality is an attribute of a good citizen and it is the starting point on the path of spiritual practice.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

MORALITY

Morality is the base, spiritual practice is the means, and Divine Life is the goal.
Morality is the foundation of spiritual practices. It must, however, be remembered that morality or good conduct is not the culminating point of the spiritual march. As a moralist one may set an idea for other moralist, but this is not even worth mentioning for a spiritual aspirant. Spiritual practice in its very inception required mental equilibrium. This sort of mental harmony may also be termed morality.
Soon the day will come when the moralists of the world are united in their activities, well organized and courageous. That long awaited day is now not too distant and with its advent, the dawn of a glorious new era of progressive socialism will be just around the corner—human society will take its first deep breath of fresh air.