'THE QUANTUM BRAHMAN' By Robert E Wilkinson
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THE QUANTUM BRAHMAN
[ Subject: Vedic Cosmology and Modern Science
[ From: Dr. Jai Maharaj
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[ sci.physics, alt.jyotish, alt.astrology, alt.fan.jai-maharaj
[ Date: April 1, 1998
Forwarded article from rew@mhv.net:
The Quantum Brahman
A study in the relationship between
Quantum Theory and Vedic Cosmology
By Robert E. Wilkinson
"Science has missed something essential; it has
seen and scrutinised what has happened and in a way
how it has happened, but it has shut its eyes to
something that made this impossible possible,
something it is there to express. There is no
fundamental significance in things if you miss the
Divine Reality; for you remain embedded in a huge
surface crust of manageable and utilisable
appearance. It is the magic of the Magician you are
trying to analyze but only when you enter into the
consciousness of the Magician himself can you begin
to experience the true organisation, significance
and circles of the Lila."
- Shri Aurobindo, "The Valley of the False Glimmer"
In their search to explain the mechanics of
creation, the world's leading theoretical physicists
have determined that there are four fields of force
in the universe. Scientists have been able to reduce
and classify these fields in categories according to
the strength of the force that they carry, and the
particles with which they interact. The first of
these categories is the Gravitational Force. It is
the weakest of the four forces and has two special
properties; it is able to act over large distances
and is always an attractive force. The gravitational
force is present in individual particles and also in
large bodies such as the Sun, Moon and Planets. The
second category is the Electromagnetic Force which
operates over short distances and interacts with
electrically charged particles. While it is much
stronger than the gravitational force, this force
operates on the very small scale of atoms and
molecules which possess two kinds of electrical
charges, positive and negative, that tend to attract
or repel one another. The third category called the
Weak Nuclear Force, is responsible for radioactivity
and is found in many nuclear decay processes that
involve neutrinos. In 1979, scientists were able to
develop a theory which successfully unified the weak
nuclear force with the electromagnetic force as they
had earlier been able to unify the forces of
electricity and magnetism. It is now called the
Electro-weak force. The fourth category, called the
Strong Nuclear Force, binds particles together into
combinations. Matter is mostly made up of protons
and neutrons which in turn are made up of quarks.
The strong nuclear force holds the quarks together
in the proton and neutron and hold protons and
neutrons together in the nucleus of an atom.
While these four forces account for the theoretical
dynamics of matter they do not appear to interact
with each other in a manner sufficient to suggest a
single unified field theory which could explain the
natural ordering of the universe. This problem has
forced scientists to continue their search for an as
yet unidentified 5th field in nature which they hope
will provide the basis for this long sought
unification. Their search for this mysterious 5th
field has led them to speculate about a sub-quantum
reality described by the ancient sages as the
Luminiferous Ether. It was believed to be an
invisible medium that would fill all space and
convey extremely subtle effects over large
distances. To the world of science, this
metaphysical possibility was not considered viable
because physicists were not convinced that etheric
forces played any significant role in physical
interactions. But, upon closer investigation, they
have come to believe that the Etheric may hold the
key to the elusive 5th field. Leading theoreticians
now conclude that this invisible sub-quantum field,
capable of being the ground state of the universe,
would be free of matter as well as the effects of
gravitation. Since it resembles empty space, they
appropriately named it the Quantum Vacuum. However,
following more recent discoveries, they were forced
to revise their notion of an etheric void in favor
of new theories which suggest that the Quantum
Vacuum is a highly charged cosmic medium; an energy-
filled plenum whose subtle order measurably
influences the space-time motion of the material
universe. Scientists now agree that it was the
Quantum Vacuum which gave birth to the observable
universe. And they also believe that the 5th field
which they are seeking is the interactive face of
that plenum. A number of physicists now suspect that
the dynamics of that interactive face hold the key
to joining the fields of gravitation,
electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear
forces in a Grand Unified Field Formula.
The discovery of the Quantum Vacuum appears to
represent a major paradigm shift for modern science
but, at this point in time, very little is actually
known about this puzzling phenomenon. Physicists
cautiously agree that the Quantum Vacuum gave birth
to the observable universe; that it is the source
and sink of all matter and, that it may prove to
influence the space-time motion of matter. There is
even a growing consensus among scientists that
Vacuum Physics lie at the core of everything. But,
in spite of all these advances, they are still faced
with a monumental problem; the discovery of the
Quantum Vacuum has not really solved anything, it
merely postulated a zero point beyond which
empirical science cannot go. They have finally
arrived at the womb of creation, but it is exactly
as the ancient sages always said, unmeasurable. The
laws of physics break down at this resonant
threshold because they are unable to measure its
infinite density.
In order for science to arrive at a new system of
knowledge which can unveil the interactive face of
the Quantum Vacuum and measure the density of the
Transcendent, it must first be willing to entertain
a new understanding of Time. For Time is the key
which unlocks the secrets of matter. For centuries
physicists have been laboring under the illusion
that Time was a derivative of Space even to the
point of calling it 'Space-time' but, according to
the sages, it is quite the opposite; Time is what
gives birth to Space.
In his commentaries on the Brihadaranyaka
Upanishad, one of India's oldest and most profound
metaphysical texts, the philosopher-sage, Sri
Aurobindo discusses the occult imagery associated
with this fundamental principle:
". . . The [image of the] horse is a physical
figure representing like an algebraical symbol, an
unknown quantity of force and speed. (Time is its
breath, the year is its body, the seasons its limbs,
the months and the fortnights its joints, the days
and nights its feet.) From the imagery it is evident
that this force, this speed, is something universal.
Time in its period is the Self of the Horse
Sacrificial, so not Matter but Time, is the body of
this force of the material universe... Space then,
is the flesh constituting materially this body of
Time which the sage attributes to his Horse of the
worlds, by movement in Space its periods are shaped
and determined. Hence the real power, the
fundamental greatness of the Horse is not the
material world, not the magnitudes of Space, but the
magnitudes of Time... for Time is that mysterious
condition of universal mind which alone makes the
ordering of the universe in Space possible." Sri
Aurobindo, The Upanishads; 'The Great Aranyaka', Sri
Aurobindo Ashram Press, 1971
In the higher ranges of consciousness, which the
sages identify as the realm of pattern, all things
exist in potentia, they are not here manifest. They
may exist in Being but not in Time. They are
precipitated into physical reality by the
contracting power of Time. For it is Saturn/Chronos
which differentiates the infinite energy-
consciousness of the Supreme Godhead into material
form.
In its native state, the Absolute is unbound,
undifferentiated and eternal; One without a second.
In order for the Incomprehensible to become
intelligible to itself, it becomes dense, first
becoming audible and then visible. It does this
through a process of contraction which slows down
the vibrations of the infinite consciousness,
gradually congealing it into a spatial field
containing material forms. It manifests first as
Cosmic and Planetary harmonies before reaching a
highly specific individuation in the human domain.
Through this alchemical process, the Absolute is
reduced from its original state of undifferentiated
Unity into Form and Multiplicity. This act of
contraction, is the basis upon which the Greek myths
portray Saturn/Chronos as having dismembered his
father.
In order to break the code of the Transcendent
dimension, science must reverse this process of
divine alchemy. It must abandon its philosophy of
continued dismemberment or scientific reductionism
in favor of a cosmological, or whole systems
approach. Scientists must learn to embrace the view
that material reality is not a collection of
separate objects as it appears, but an undivided
whole in which all parts merge and unite in one
totality. Fortunately there are some theorists who
recognize this possibility and are beginning to
agree that the next great paradigm shift in science
will be a cosmological revolution, because
Cosmology, once the mother of all science, embraces
the whole of reality and describes its order.
One of the most impressive theories emerging out of
scientific cosmology respecting these ancient truths
was set forth by the late physicist, David Bohm in
his book, Wholeness and the Implicate Order. Using
the language of mathematics, Bohm set out to
describe the transcendent reality and its graded
energetic hierarchy in four basic states or orders
of energy beginning with the physical world, which
he called the Explicate Order.
"The Explicate Order, weakest of all energy
systems, resonates out of and is an expression of an
infinitely more powerful order of energy called the
Implicate order. It is the precursor of the
Explicate, the dreamlike vision or the ideal
presentation of that which is to become manifest as
a physical object. The Implicate order implies
within it all physical universes. However, it
resonates from an energy field which is yet greater,
the realm of pure potential. It is pure potential
because nothing is implied within it; implications
form in the implicate order and then express
themselves in the explicate order. Bohm goes on to
postulate a final state of infinite [zero point]
energy which he calls the realm of insight
intelligence. The creative process springs from this
realm. Energy is generated there, gathers its pure
potential, and implies within its eventual
expression as the explicate order."
- Will Keepin, David Bohm, Noetic Science Journal
When Bohm's resonant fields are arranged in a
vibrational hierarchy they represent energy in
successive states of manifestation from infinitely
subtle to the gross physical reality.
The Zero Point Order which Bohm identified as the
realm of insight-intelligence bears an unmistakable
resemblance to the supreme spiritual realization of
Indian metaphysics known as the Brahman, a perfectly
inactive, pure noetic plenum realized as Absolute
Being. Realization of the Brahman is characterized
by a complete fusion of Time and Consciousness which
is experienced as Timelessness, or undifferentiated
Time. In this state Time-energy vibrates at such an
intense rate that is appears static and thereby
lacking any element of periodicity or denseness.
Hence it cannot produce any form or any division of
Consciousness-substance into distinct crystallised
objects in Space.
In the language of physics the Brahman would be
infinite creativity in a resting or seemingly non-
vibratory state, realized as Emptiness or a Void. It
appears this way because, as energy moves toward an
infinite state, its wave frequency increases. The
amplitude or vertical distance between wave crests
becomes smaller and smaller until the points of rest
overlap, turning the oscillating wave into a
straight line. In this manner, infinite energy may
be realized as utter stillness or a zero point,
precisely as the sages have said. Bohm obtained
laboratory evidence of this phenomenon by proving
the existence of wave lengths as small as 10 to the
minus 34th power. His calculations indicate that one
cubic centimeter of this Zero Point energy contains
more power than all of the matter in the known
universe.
Bohm's work with Zero Point energy is extremely
helpful in understanding the metaphysical nature of
the universe, especially the process by which the
Absolute or Brahman becomes manifest in Time and
Space. And while he was never able to define the
details of that process, his groundbreaking theories
represent a major paradigm shift, not only for the
world of science but for spirituality as well,
because, like Sri Aurobindo, Bohm's discoveries
contradict the perennial philosophy which posits
Emptiness or a Void as the highest spiritual
realization.
"Nothing can arise from Nothing. Asat, nothingness,
is a creation of our mind; where it cannot see or
conceive, where its object is something beyond its
grasp, too much beyond to give even the sense of a
vague intangibility, then it cries out, "Here there
is nothing." Out of its own incapacity it has
created the conception of a zero. But what in truth
is this zero? It is an incalculable Infinite... Our
sense by its incapacity has invented darkness. In
truth there is nothing but Light, only it is a power
of light either above or below our poor human
vision's limited range." Sri Aurobindo, The Web of
Yoga, Centenary Edition, Vol. 17, p. 48
Bohm's breakthroughs in quantum physics have opened
the way for a new and productive relationship
between ancient wisdom and modern science because,
for the first time, they establish Fullness rather
than a Void as the ground state of the universe. The
implications of this discovery are immense, not only
because it offers science a new conceptual paradigm
which may hold the key to grand unification but it
lays the foundation for a new cosmology in which the
polarities of Spirit and Matter may finally be
joined in an integral synthesis harmonizing the
various expressions of mind, life and matter.
While these new theories hold exciting
possibilities for science, they have been known and
understood for millennia by the philosopher-sages of
Vedic India. Long ago the Rishis postulated the
existence of 5 fields with the 5th being the Etheric
Plenum, or Fullness from which all things emerge.
According to them, our material universe arose from
a point or seed which lies at the resonant threshold
of that Etheric Plenum. The Atharva Veda describes
that point or seed as an 'Embryo [Hiranyagarbha]
which, in the beginning, poured forth upon the
universe a stream of gold.' This embryo or seed lies
at the intersection of Time and Space, Spirit and
Matter, where involutionary forms move across the
event horizon and begin their linear evolution. In
the language of scientific cosmology, this point or
Seed is the singularity from which the universe
exploded into being. In metaphysical terms it is the
Luminiferous Ether, the OM or primordial vibration
out of which the universe emerges and has its
origin. All material creation issues from this
original involved point or seed as involutionary
forms move across the spatial threshold and begin to
evolve linearly in accordance with the laws of
causation and the principles of time. Once it
crosses that resonant threshold the material
universe is obliged to unfold in a manner that
allows the Seer to follow the evolving in our Time
measure of what was involved in that seed by
compression or contraction.
Knowledge of this involutionary process was the
most coveted secret of the Vedic Rishis because It
allowed them to follow the unfolding of that Seed
and 'See' with an understanding which could be
infinitely extended to all orders of reality. They
were able to observe this occult process by using a
unique system of cosmological knowledge which could
measure from the Transcendent reality to its
physical manifestation in an unbroken line. This
knowledge was hidden in the symbol language of the
Rig Veda but over the millennia its meaning became
clouded over. The Seer became displaced by the
Nirvani as emphasis shifted from Gnosis to a
philosophy of Illusionism which denied the material
world in favor of the attainment of a Transcendent
consciousness. As a result of this development, the
bridge between the Transcendent and the Physical
became lost and was soon considered irrelevant. It
was understood that the Brahman permeated
everything, but how it had become the All was once
again a great mystery.
"When the realiser could no longer use the cosmos
to express his spiritual experience, he introduced
the cleavage...between form and essence. More
importantly, that essence itself became deformed.
The experience conveyed an unfocused vision of what
is and immediately nothingness and voids became the
way to describe that higher truth. This was a
logical development in a world in which the cosmos
lost its sense, its purpose and its relation of
oneness to the human being and evolution of
consciousness on Earth. Above all, creation became
divested of true sacredness."
- Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, The Vishaal
Newsletter, October, 1988
Today, some two thousand years later, Science and
Spirituality must face the consequences of these
philosophies of illusionism which taught that Truth
or Salvation, if it is to be attained at all, may
only be realized in an afterdeath heaven or Nirvanic
void - anywhere except the physical world we
inhabit. The influence of these nihilistic
philosophies has driven Science and Spirituality to
the threshold of a major crisis in which both must
discover a new and integrative paradigm in order to
experience a meaningful continuity of existence. The
key to that paradigm is a new understanding of Time
and its primary role bridging the Transcendent and
the Physical world.
"It cannot be denied that Time is a major feature
of our material universe. In consequence, it stands
to reason that when spirituality decides that the
universal manifestation is unreal and illusory, Time
is immediately shunned and the seeker is required to
go 'beyond time', i.e., to the experience that
appears to obliterate Time. Conversely, if we are
engaged in a path that seeks a transformation of
matter and an experience of the highest planes of
reality in this material creation we are obliged to
accept the instrumentation of Time. Furthermore, we
must seek a means or a key by which Time itself
becomes the element utilized in the gestation of a
new and superior consciousness-form in the material
creation." Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, The New Way,
Vol. 3, 1983
In the early 1970's Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, the
world's leading authority on Vedic Cosmology, began
to publish her ground breaking discoveries. She had
recognized in the scriptures and mythologies of
ancient India evidence of a highly enlightened
cosmological culture. The Rishis, had developed
precise formulas describing the dynamics of the
involutionary process, and had woven these celestial
equations into the structure of their myths and
legends. Their knowledge of Time and the cosmic
mysteries formed the basis of an ancient Yoga, the
practice of which led to a supremely enlightened
state known as Truth-Consciousness or Swar of the
Veda. The Rishis understood that the Cosmos was a
whole organism, multidimensional and sacred in its
structure and form. They also knew that the
difference between man/woman and the Cosmos was a
matter of degree, rather than essence; that the
Macrocosm and Microcosm had a correspondent
equivalence. Through the repetition of certain
rites, the sages believed that man could recover an
awareness of his intrinsic identity with the Cosmos
and thus perceive the hidden order of the world.
Since this order was embedded in the structure and
periodic movement of the Macrocosm, it was
understood that a corresponding order could be
discovered by the individual in the cycles and
events of his own life. If man could learn to align
himself with the harmonies of Cosmic Time, he would
gradually become imprinted with their rhythms and
realize within himself an immutable center or axis,
from which he could acquire an entirely new
orientation to his lived experience. Since the same
Zero Womb, which gave birth to the universe is also
the core of the human being, the unveiling of this
Soul/center/axis in the individual led to a
simultaneous realization of Truth-Consciousness or
Gnosis.
This was the essence of the Rig Vedic Yoga, lost
for millennia until it was unveiled in the 1970's by
Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet. From the principles of
these ancient teachings, Ms. Norelli-Bachelet
developed and articulated a new applied cosmology
which she demonstrates in her book, The Gnostic
Circle, a synthesis in the harmonies of the cosmos.
"The Gnostic Circle is merely the combination of
the zodiac the occult circle which contains the
knowledge of the evolution and the structural
pattern of the solar system. The Circle of 12 is the
zodiac, and the Circle of 9 is our actual solar
system, each orbit representing one year of Earth
life. The joint harmony of these two, superimposed
or synthesized in one circle, is what constitutes
our key to the evolution and flowering of the seed
of the Spirit. In fact we can say that the Gnostic
Circle is mainly for this purpose: it shows mankind
the ultimate and ideal perfection that can be
attained during this particular phase of the
evolution, during this great transition point from
animal-mental to the more divine mankind."
- Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, The Gnostic Circle,
p. 159, 1975
Ms. Norelli-Bachelet deals with what, for
centuries, has been divorced from traditional
spirituality, the question of Time and Measure. Her
cosmology reverses the long-standing perception of
Time as the destroyer and presents mankind with an
entirely new awareness of Time as the integrative
mechanism by which a Divine purpose is expressed in
the world. Her seminal work discloses the deepest
truths of material Reality which include the Being
as well as the dynamics of the Becoming of that same
Being. "Time", says Norelli-Bachelet, "is the
vehicle, the medium for the Absolute or Supreme
Consciousness to be and to become and it is
knowledge of this principle which integrates the
Spiritual and Physical dimensions and grants the
individual a direct experience of the Supreme within
the physical manifestation ."
In Ms. Norelli-Bachelet's Cosmology, the Zero Womb
or what science is now calling the Quantum Vacuum,
has a symbolic correspondence to the Sun or primary
Axis of our own Universe. The nine planets which
orbit about the Sun represent the octaves or
archetypes of form which have issued from that
Zero/Womb/Axis. The planets also represent the
number powers from 1 to 9 which form the
mathematical basis of an ancient system of number
harmonies called Cabalistic Reduction. Since every
higher number is reducible to a simple number from 1
to 9, it is by means of number power that one is
able to integrate the planetary harmonies with the
harmonics of Number and relate the movement of the
spheres to the Calendar which measures time periods
on earth. Through this system of cosmic harmonies,
the Gnostic Circle unveils the dynamic
correspondences between Time and Space and describes
the occult process by which energy-consciousness
becomes crystallized into material forms.
By unveiling the Quantum Brahman or body of the
Absolute, Ms. Norelli-Bachelet reveals for the first
time the complete details of the involutionary
process which occurs in the Zero Womb, and the
reversal, or emergence from its interactive face of
solidified energy or material form. She has rebuilt
the bridge between Spirit and Matter in a seamless
continuum, using the harmonics of our very own
cosmos to describe its order. Through the use of her
Gnostic Circle we now have the means to measure the
dynamics of that Implicate reality and follow its
manifestation in time as the Explicate universe. Ms.
Norelli-Bachelet's work represents a quantum leap in
cosmological knowledge and contains the seeds of a
unique synthesis which promises to open the way for
new and revolutionary advances in both science and
spirituality.
2/12/96
Robert E. Wilkinson
P. O. Box 396
Accord,, New York 12404
References:
Norelli-Bachelet, Patrizia, The Gnostic Circle,
(Aeon Books, 1975)
Norelli-Bachelet, Patrizia, The New Way, (Aeon
Books, 1983)
Sri Aurobindo, The Upanishads; 'The Great
Aranyaka', (Sri Aurobindo Ashram Press, 1971)
Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga, 'Toward a
Supramental Time Vision' (Sri Aurobindo Ashram
Press, 1976)
Keepin, Will, David Bohm, (Noetic Sciences Review,
Summer 1996)
Bohm, David, Wholeness and the Implicate Order,
(Routledge Press, 1980)
Hawking, Stephen W., A Brief History of Time,
(Bantam Books, 1988)
Dyczkowski, Mark S. G., The Doctrine of Vibration;
an Analysis of the
Doctrines and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism, (SUNY
Press, Albany, 1987)
Laszlo, Ervin, The Creative Cosmos, A Unified
Science of Matter, Life and Mind, (Floris
Books, 1993)
Bentov, Itzhak, Stalking the Wild Pendulum; On the
Mechanics of Consciousness, (Bantam Books, 1977)
Eliade, Mircea, The Sacred and the Profane,
(Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1957)
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