ALL IS MIND

There are many components that make up a human being. Each component has within it further divisions. This slide explores the component called ‘mind’ and expounds its divisions.

For this subject we will have MY Mind which contains the three minds. MY Mind is one unit that is divided into three minds, the Body, Ego and Wisdom minds. The Body and Ego minds are the primary controllers of our life. The Wisdom mind is the source of great inspiration and intuition. This is the mind in which resides your conscience and better judgment. As you can see with a little reflection, this mind does not speak very loudly and can be unheard from for extended periods of time. With the body and ego minds battling for control, we have a hidden pull in two directions which cause inner conflicts. The weakness of the central ‘I’ allows for the other minds to drown out and rule over the wisdom mind. The central ‘I’ and the wisdom mind are closely connected.

The more fragmented I am, the weaker MY Mind is because it is dispersing a lot of energy between more fragments as well more inner conflict and more negative emotions which cause a greater drain of energy on MY Mind. The other minds will thus be able to control your life rather than your Mind.

Each mind has preferences, fears, likes and dislikes. For example, even though there is something you enjoy or love, if your ego or body has a fear of it, they will create a reaction that will be able to be used as an excuse not to do it. The confusion is that you want to do it so you don’t understand why you would have a fear or would come up with an excuse to get out of doing it. That is because it is a different part of your being that is resisting and can do so because it has its own mind. The Body’s mind will be based on self-preservation, seek pleasure, avoid pain.

Anything that could be considered possibly dangerous, painful or life threatening, will cause a fear reaction. This could result in an adrenaline rush to get out of danger. You may enjoy the feeling but your body is in a panic! It will draw you to seek physical pleasures even though you know that they may cause you trouble in other aspects of your life. The body does not care about your emotions or job, it only cares about itself. Emotions and responsibilities are part of the ego. The Body is quite simple to predict, and you can easily see what you want and where it is coming from.

 That strong desire for ice cream or to call in sick from work because it is a great day to play outside, alternatively to feel too tired to take on a large physical task and so avoid it for another day, all come from the body mind. The Ego/Personality will try to preserve itself in the eyes of other people, based on its programming of what matters, religion, status, etc. It will avoid the pain of humiliation by refusing to accept responsibly for mistakes and thus admitting to your errors. It will show off, talk big, try to run a conversation in a group, or conversely if you have low self-esteem, it will prevent you from speaking up even though you know what you have to say is very important, valuable and correct. This mind rules your actions based on its formation which is your personality and

character. When I was learning to fly, the first time I approached a solitary puffy cloud, my

body began to tense up with fear. My eyes reported that I was about to fly into a solid object, no matter how convincingly logic announced it was only mist. The closer I came to the cloud, the more my body tensed. Finally I sailed into and out of the cloud—an act that on its own banished the fear. Since then, I have flown effortlessly through many clouds.

Knowledge plays no part in mastering these irrational fears, since although the intellect of the Ego mind may know there is no cause for panic, the body has a mind of its own and deals with what it sees. Our only course is to carry on and let direct experience prove the truth of certainty. Significant progress in life hinges on willpower, which is developed by confronting fears and dislikes—the rational as well as the irrational ones. Convincing ourselves that these are signs of impending danger when they are not will only further debilitate us. Instead, we must learn to face them one by one.

On the other hand, if we are doing some physical activity, perhaps playing badminton, and your knee starts to hurt, then it is time to stop. The ego may want to finish the game, but the body is saying it is time to stop. Ignoring the Body when it is speaking clearly results in disaster. There is a saying on the ski slopes, your biggest fall will be on the last run. That is because your body is tired but your ego

wants to keep on going.  These are just obvious examples to give you an idea of how our minds conflict and how we can get them into proper functioning so that MY Mind can rule MY Life. As we put the Ego and Body minds into place by directing them and listening to them appropriately, the conflicts between them reduce, allowing a quieter Mind (the larger MIND that contains the lesser minds) which permits the Wisdom mind to be heard more often.

Look at any decision that must be made and determine which mind is speaking, then what do YOU want, and then enforce your superiority. Don’t let the horse take the rider, grab the reigns and direct your minds.

ü  Body and mind require energy.

ü  They are tied and independent of each other at the same time.

ü  The body’s energy level effects the ability of the mind to concentrate and accomplish tasks.

ü  The mind’s energy level, or mood, effects the body’s energy and its ability to function.

ü  The interaction of these two, mind and body, are important to Understand so that you don’t get confused.

There are different types of energy. One is natural and the other is chemical, food and such. The ego mind must be rid of negative moods and thoughts for its energy to be strong for the body to function properly. The ego mind can be tired and think the body is sleepy due to reading something that is hard to understand or terribly boring, so it is expressed in the body wanting sleep, yet a change in subjects or activities will show that there is no need for sleep. The body still has its own energy even if the ego mind is tired. These are apparent (illusionary) lack of energy rather than a real lack.

Find the cause of your mood or lack of energy and correct it so you have energy to do what you want, or even to know what you want. Your personal interests will determine which mind draws your interest. If you are a sports person or want to understand the physical aspects of being human and the body, you will focus on the body mind. If you are a therapist or interested in psychology, anyone interested in understanding the ego and personality, then you should focus on the ego mind.

If you are interested in going beyond those, questioning that there must be more to life, it is not just to be born, live and die, that there is something beyond just who I think I am that makes me what I am, then you must study all three minds. The answers to these questions lie in the wisdom mind, but the wisdom mind is buried and hidden under the ego and body minds.

The body mind is the animal nature which is purely instinctive. That mind will have its own thoughts and desires and feelings which cannot be changed. The wisdom mind likewise has its own thoughts and feelings and also cannot be changed. However the ego mind is a purely programmed and learnt mind. Everything about the ego mind is a distortion of something that has been taught to us. The

conventions of our accent, language, religion, culture and even our personal beliefs based on our idols in movies and music etc. are all adopted. The ego mind is completely learnt and programmed by both our own and other peoples thoughts and desires.

Our thoughts and desires are based on what we have seen in other people. Other peoples thoughts are based on what they have been programmed with, going back through time. It is an exponential calculation of how distorted our ego mind is with all the things it believes in and lives for. Our entire life is ruled by the ego mind which is a poorly created being through errors in programming and misconceptions. By studying its nature, we can cultivate and learn about the body mind. Although we can study the body mind easily enough, we must also understand the power the ego mind has in its ability to effect the body mind. For example, the will power to do more than we think we have the energy to do is the power of the ego mind controlling the body mind. In order to learn about each one correctly, it is important to differentiate between the thoughts of the body and ego minds since the ego mind can impersonate body mind thoughts with the use of buffers and self lying.

To learn about the wisdom mind we must break through the inhibiting factors of the ego mind because the ego mind is a barrier to the wisdom mind through the subjects discussed in this study.

If You Can

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, or, being about, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream and not make dreams your master;
If you can think and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, or, watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build them up with worn out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And never breath a world about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings-nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute with sixty second worth of distance run-
Yours is earth and everything that’s in it, And – which is more – you will be a Man my son!!!

                                                                                                                           -Rudyard Kipling.

THE MASS DEFECT AND SPACE MATTER

In1887 an experiment conducted by Albert Michelson and Edward Morley suggest that no medium is necessary for the propagation of light and the presence ether medium or space matter is false. The present day belief about the light propagation is by means of perpendicular oscillations of electric field and magnetic field, which proposed by Maxwell. In this write up we can come across suitable concepts and illustrations that confirm the existence of space matter. This write up is divided into four sections:

1}Exploring Electric field and magnetic field.
              Electric field is created only between un-neutralized and opposite charges. Or in other words, where there are unbalanced and opposite charges, an electric field is created between them. No electric field will be developed by the oscillation or motion of magnetic field. An unbalanced and opposite charges within a conductor or between two conductors cause the flow of charges through that conductor.
Say for example, Electric field lines hold nucleus and orbital electrons in an atom together. There is a electrostatic force between them. Electrons are in random motion in atoms and there is a change in magnitude of force that implies change in electric field. But is there any induction of magnetic field?

              For creating a magnetic field, motions of charged particles are not necessary. When the electrons are aligned in a single mode in a material, a magnetic field is created around that material. In permanent magnets and paramagnet materials, the outer orbital electrons of the atoms in the material are aligned for creating the magnetism. The alignment of free electrons creates magnetism in a current carrying conductor. For the alignment of electrons, motions of them are not necessary. For example, the magnetic field created by a permanent magnet, iron core inside of a solenoid or Paramagnetic materials are caused by the alignment of electrons and not by the motion of them.

2} Nuclear reactions and realising of energy:
              Without conducting any experiments and observing in the microscopic and macroscopic world, a prediction from Einstein is that ‘matter and energy are interchangeable’ and the mass that missed in a nuclear reaction is simply converted into pure energy.      

Matter and energy are two separate things and not interchangeable. The missing mass in a chemical or nuclear reaction is converted into space matter. The releasing of energy is due to the releasing, expansion or explosion of space matter.
Nuclear fission reaction: Uranium to Barium + Krypton.
When a neutron with the sufficient kinetic energy, bombards on a ²³⁵ Uranium nucleus, the nucleus splits into two daughter pieces with one ¹⁴⁴ Barium nucleus and one ⁹⁰ Krypton nucleus and generates lot of thermal energy. With a close look into an atomic nucleus, we can find that, the nuclear particles in a nucleus are arranged in such a way that to attain a physical equilibrium. We know that the binding force between nuclear particles in a nucleus is so great and this force keeps the nuclear particles together.
              When the Uranium nucleus is splits by a neutron, in the very moment of the splitting, the particles in the daughter pieces are in a unstable state. For achieving a physical equilibrium, the particle in the two pieces rearrange and make fresh bonding between them. We can see that, when a bonding occurs the particles will overlap each other. When the particles overlap, the individual volume of them will decrease but importantly, without increasing of their densities. At this stage, there is only one possibility that is the releasing of overlapped volume of particles to the outer world. Since the greater density of the nuclear particles, the released matter will explode and will become to the space matter. Since these explosions are take place in the regions where the particles are overlap each other, the particles will be with enormous kinetic energy. When these high energetic particles collide with the surrounding particles / nuclei, cause the generation of huge amount of thermal energy.
Collision between high-energy particles causes them to smash into still smaller particles and releasing of large amount of energy. In this cause, the energetic collisions result the expansion and explosion of matter that missed in the collision and converted into space matter.

3} Space matter or ether:
              In 1679 Christian Huygens gave a assumption that the ETHER pervades the entire universe and energy is carried by the waves caused by the vibrations of ether particles which possess high elasticity and low density.

Space matter, the fifth state of matter, is filled everywhere in the universe. All matter in the universe (in the ordinary world) is made of space matter. Bending of light when it pass through near massive object like a star, lensing effect in some regions in the galaxies are because of the refraction of light by denser space matter that present in these regions and are purely the demonstrations for the presence of space matter in the macro world. Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction {Increasing of mass of a fast moving body, change in shape of a body resulting from its motion} etc are also the evidence for space matter in space. Also, electric field lines and magnetic field lines are created by the alignment of space matter units.
              All form of energy (except gravitational potential energy) are released because of the explosion, expansion or releasing of space matter. For example, we see above that, the releasing of energy in a nuclear reaction is due to the rapid-huge increasing of volume of ordinary matter to space matter. Or in other words, the missing mass (mass defect) in a nuclear or chemical reaction is converted into space matter. Since ordinary matter is an extremely compressed state of space matter, when it released, they will explode violently and release energy .

4} The speed of LIGHT:
              The velocity of light in vacuum is given by 2.99792458 x 10⁸ms^-1. How we can say the exact value and its constancy?. The density of space matter is not constant all over the universe and there may be variation in its speed!. We know that 90% of the atom is empty. Then most of the light rays must travel with the velocity c. But according to the relation v=c/n where n is the refractive index of the material, v is the velocity of light in that medium and c is the velocity of light in vacuum. We find that there is decrease in the speed.
               Is there any other experiment to determine the speed of light other than Michelson’s rotating mirror experiment? Can we determine the speed by PHOTOELECTRIC FFECT???
I have an idea to determine the speed of light by photoelectric effect.
              Consider a light source and a metal which as the lowest work function. Let these two are separated by a distance of 100m. When the light ray is made to fall on the metal, photoelectrons are ejected from the surface of the metal. Let the time taken by light to cause photoelectric be ‘t’ second. Then the distance between the light source and the metal whole divided by the time taken gives the velocity of light.  i.e distance/time= velocity.

Science, Consciousness and Swami Vivekananda

Science, Consciousness and Swami Vivekananda

September 11, 1893, an unknown monk from India, Swami Vivekananda rose to the platform parliament of religions, Columbian Exposition, Chicago World Fair. The parliament bought for the first time in the history, the representatives of the world’s great religions gather in one place. Vivekananda became an undisputed hero of the parliament and hereby introduced for the first time in the history, the ancient knowledge of the Indian race to the modern world.

A disciple of an illiterate saint Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, he made it his life work to bring about the unification between the modern science and spirituality. ‘Science is nothing but the finding of unity. As soon as science would reach perfect unity, it would stop from further progress, because it would reach the goal. Thus Chemistry could not progress farther when it would discover one element out of which all other could be made. Physics would stop when it would be able to fulfil its services in discovering a single energy of which all others are but manifestations.’ ^*1

 His teachings are based on the Vedanta philosophy. He defined the gist of Vedanta as follows, “Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity within, by controlling the nature internal and external. Do this either by work, or worship, or philosophy, or psychic control – by one or more or all of these- and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogmas, or rituals, or books, or temples, or forms are but secondary details.” ^*1

In modern language, the soul is called the self or inherent consciousness. Some quantum physicists interpreted this singular consciousness as the source of all creations.

Vivekananda had some startling teaching regarding consciousness that finds the highest expression in human being. In order to convincingly understand how consciousness manifests in man, one needs a closer look at the evolutionary process of our universe. Consciousness first got manifest with what cosmologist called the Big bang. It brought about the creation of quarks & anti quarks, protons & neutrons, nuclei of lighter elements and first atoms like H, He, Li. Gravitational force eventually helped to form the first stars after 30 billion years. What prompted the big bang in the first place? And where did it come from? What is the inherent energy with the elementary particles that undergo to evolve?

Swami Vivekananda speaks about that energy, by giving a simple example of a plant. We take the seed of a dried flower. We planted carefully. And soon, a small plant peeps out. It slowly grows, becoming a bigger and bigger, until finally it becomes a fully blooming flower. Then withers and dies, again a new seed. So it completes a cycle. This cyclic process of seed form, growth, reproduction & death and new seeds is uniform throughout the universe.

There is a cause giving rise to the effect and that in turn produces a new cause. He introduces two different concepts. In the first, he talks about evolution v/s involution. By involution, he means that what is to be evolved is in its primary seed stage involved. So the evolved universe already existed before the big bang in an involved state. Something is involved it evolves and again involves. This is a circular moment. This is happening in the universe, and has been through time immemorial. This is the whole history of man, the whole history of nature, the whole history of life. There is no beginning and end to this universe.

 The second concept connected to this is the entire creation is penetrated by the core substance, consciousness. The ever increasing urge to consciousness to express itself is what prompts evolution to takes place. Modern quantum physicists have gone beyond the boundaries of matter. Apparently even the elementary particles are not the finest stuff of the universe. If matter doesn’t exist, it means that in the strictest sense, no objects, no location exists. Thus leaves an s wondering, WHERE THE UNIVERSE IS? It has to be somewhere or upon something. According to physicists, the base upon which the universe lies is the consciousness.

The Vedas teach us that creation is without beginning or end. Science is said to have proved that the sum total of cosmic energy is always the same. Then, if there was a time when nothing existed, where was all this manifested energy? Some say it was in a potential form in God. In that case God is sometimes potential and sometimes kinetic, this would make Him mutable. Everything mutable is a compound, and every compound must undergo that change which is called destruction. So God would die, which is absurd. Therefore there never was a time when there was no creation.

These are the evolutionary stages as we know them. First big bang manifested into energy, second energy in to matter; third matter became life, fourth life evolved into self reflective consciousness, the capacity to think. In the next evolutionary phases, atoms combine to form molecules, molecules to simple cells like bacteria and algae, approximately 3.5 billion years ago. Cells combine to form complex cells like simple worms about 600 million years ago. After that complex cells combine to form tissues and organs and finally self conscious organisms like human beings, Dolphins and whales. The conditions necessary to enter new evolutionary stage is increasing complexity. It has three principle concepts, namely, increasing diversity, increasing organisation and increasing connectivity. For the first time in the course of evolution, consciousness was able to express itself consciously in man. ^*2

By introducing his views on cosmology & Vedanta, Vivekananda has redefined the meaning of Religion & Science. He gives mankind an ideal and a tool to control his own growth and liberation since freedom or mystical union is our true character. Attachment and constant awareness of absolute reality are like the wings of a bird that can fly from the grounds of mortality to the heights of immortality.

^*1 complete works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol 1.

^*2 The Descent of Man, by Charles Darwin.