Dear Bob,Thanks. I completed reading your chapters 4 and 6, which are excellent. Please let me know if I misunderstood and if you agree.The following working hypothesis in the eDAM is derived from the Vedic 3-in-1 model of (Boyer, 2018).Ch.6 with some modifications: One could argue for 3 levels for entities: gross, subtle, and subtlest levels. They are elaborated in the following chart derived from (Boyer, 2018).----- Gross Level: Dual-aspect information in Macro Classical to Micro Quantum entities -----Dual-aspect information in macro classical to micro quantum entitiesPhysical aspect: Physical bodies: Mahābhūtas (Infinity to ultra-macroscopic to microscopic to elementary particles to Planck Level (10-35 m)Mental aspect: latent for non-living systems; the degree of manifestation of mental aspect varies with entities and their statesDual-aspect Gross sensory environment (Explicate Order)(Infinity to ultra-macroscopic)(Ultra-macroscopic to ~10-5 m)Physical aspect: Brain/body and electrochemical cellular processes and mental aspect: experiences and functions(Microscopic ~10– 6 to ~10–10 m)Dual-aspect atomic/ sub-atomic processes(Ultra-microscopic ~10–11 to ~10 –34 m)Dual-aspect Quantum force-particle fieldsDual-aspect Electro-weak quantum field (Standard model)Dual-aspect Strong electro-weak quantum field (Grand unification model)Dual-aspect Quantum gravityDual-aspect Strings and branesDual-aspect Planck to one order below Planckian level (10-35-10-36 m)Dual-aspect Zero branesDual-aspect Information field space----------- Subtle Level: Dual-aspect Nonlocal Sub-Planckian entities ---------Dual-aspect nonlocal, non-quantized, pre-geometric information space (dual-aspect Implicate Order: 10-36-10-51m level if subtle fields are quantized)Dual-aspect subtle Sensory EnvironmentDual-aspect nonlocal, non-quantized spaceDual-aspect Astral world (Sūkṣma jagat) with latent physical aspect5 Tanmātras (rūpa/visual form, śabda/sound, sparśa/touch, rasa/taste, and gandha/smell)5 Sense Organs (jñānendriyas) and 5 Action Organs (karmendriyas)Manas (thinking)Intellect (discrimination and feeling, Buddhi)Causal world (kāraṇ jagat) with latent physical aspect3 Guṇas (Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas),Citta/Chitta (memory),Ahaṃkāras (Individual self or false ego)--- Transcendent/subtlest Level: Dual-aspect Unmanifest Primal entity ----Dual-aspect information in the unmanifested Unified field (UF) at the ultra sub-Planckian bottom-most level with Mental and inseparable Physical aspects: dual-aspect Super-Implicate OrderPhysical aspect: physical bodies of Moola-Prakṛti (MP) = physical unified field (PUF: MP particle (MPP): 10-51m level (Srinivasan, 2017) if transcendental/subtlest field is quantized)Mental aspect: Universal Potential Consciousness Field (UPCF): Puruṣa-like (the experiencer, but can interact with other mental aspects), Causal and Astral bodies of Moola-Prakṛti (experiences and functions)Information is inherently fundamental in all entities and its state is a dual-aspect entity. In other words, the unmanifested state of the information in the UF is a dual-aspect entity. The UPC field is the mental aspect of the unmanifested state of the information in the UF. The physical unified field (PUF) is its inseparable physical aspect.Subjective experiences are ripples in or excitations of the ocean of Universal Potential Consciousness field (UPCF), which is the mental aspect of the information in the unmanifested state of the unified field (UF). Its inseparable physical aspect is the physical unified field (PUF). The ontology of the information is the ontology of both aspects.In other words, the mental aspect of the information in the unmanifested state of the unified field is the UPCF from its 1pp (call it mental information) and the inseparable physical aspect of the unmanifested state of the unified field is PUF from the 3pp. Information is the same in both aspects; only the perspective of “viewing” is different. The 1pp and 3pp make sense if the unmanifested UPCF has self-referral quality and is self-aware, which is unknown as there is no objective evidence and Samādhi state subjective evidence is controversial. For example, theist Vedāntist yogis experience ‘wholeness’, whereas Buddhist meditators experience emptiness/void (Śūnyatā) at ‘Nirvikalpa Samādhi state’ and ‘Nirvāṇa state’, respectively. Alternatively, both aspects should be considered latent (hidden and unexpressed) at the unmanifested state; this is close to Neutral Monism, where there is a neutral entity (neither physical nor mental, i.e., they are latent) from which both aspects manifest.All the laws are inherent in the UF. If it is correct then UF may be self-referral and aware of itself from which both aspects inter-dependently co-arise and then co-evolve. Perhaps, the interactive experiencer in the UPC is Puruṣa-like (or equivalent). The ultra sub-Planckian Moola-Prakriti particles (MPP) may be at 10-51 m level if PUF is quantized. Perhaps, causal and astral fields are between MPP and Planck level.The physical aspect of the information in the unmanifested state of the unified field includes the physical bodies of Prakṛti of Sāṅkhya. The inseparable mental aspect of the unmanifested state of the unified field includes the Puruṣa-like experiencer (self) of Sāṅkhya and the astral and causal bodies of Prakṛti of Sāṅkhya.Paranormal phenomena may be at and below astral level. All these levels are for a brain and all other entities, but at these levels, information can travel at v>c and may be non-local. Therefore, information can travel everywhere (within and out of brain) without any obstruction.
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Kind regards,Rām----------------------------------------------------------Rām Lakhan Pāndey Vimal, Ph.D.Amarāvati-Hīrāmaṇi Professor (Research)Vision Research Institute, Physics, Neuroscience, & Consciousness Research Dept.Ph: +1 978 954 7522; eFAX: +1 440 388 7907Researched at University of Chicago and Harvard Medical Schools
On Thursday 23 November 2017, 1:21:34 AM IST, Robert Boyer <rw.b...@yahoo.com> wrote:
1. Re: ‘initial manifestation.’ In 2010 I published “Think Outside the Bang,” which has more detail on progress from ‘reductive’ big bang to ‘holistic’ Vedic cosmology. In a holistic view, nature manifests ‘top-down,’ from the ‘perfectly orderly’ unified field of all the laws of nature (super-symmetric, balanced Samhita of three gunas) to subtle and gross relative:highest order/interdependent to lowest order/independent phenomenal levels.This might better be characterized as a ‘big condensation’ from the infinite eternal totality, rather than a ‘big bang’ from nothing. In this view, it would seem that ‘big bang’ models would relate to bangs and crunches in gross physical spacetime (the explicate order, the mahabhutas (the minor pralaya in Vedic literature?). The big bang model of 13.8 billion years since ‘initial manifestation’ would be in this context, compared to eternal cycles in Vedic literature. (This doesn’t address your points of an ‘initial cycle,’ or ‘a set of liberated souls = God.’; or miracles of ‘Sai Baba of Shirdi’—though important to consider in another context/time.)2. Yes3. Generally, yes.4. The ‘precise mechanisms’ are not described using current modern scientific terminology, but are in Veda. The term I’ve suggested of ‘phenomenal emergence’ is not based on idealism, but rather relates to the phenomenal, sequential manifestation of levels of nature from the subtlest to the grossest, in Veda—that is, the sequence of expressions of the laws of nature.5. Modern scientists are trying to describe the precise mechanics, and Vedic scientists are also—and these two approaches are starting to link up. But there is a long way to go, both to describe them in mathematical and other language symbols, as well as, in more definitive validation, to experience the mechanics directly in higher states of consciousness--as Vedic sounds/forms. Sankhya helps get the ontology more precise, and Yoga helps the epistemology for direct empirical experience—while also improving reasoning and sensory experience (the two means to gain knowledge in modern science) at each stage of higher progress. Are we getting a little closer? I don’t mean to be vague here; I’m trying to summarize the overall, global view. If you can give an example of a description of ‘precise mechanisms’ that would be more satisfying, I may be able to be more specific.Best wishes,Bob
Dear Vinod ji,
Please recheck: it is not 10-6 to 10-20 m: where did you get this 10-20 m from (any reference)? Instead, it is 10-6 to 10-34 m for micro to ultra-micro. However, QM goes down up to 10-36 m (one order below Planck level). Therefore, the astral level should be below 10-36 m. So there is no contradiction. Why do you think that a brain is any different from other entities for the purpose of ultra-macro to deepest UF? They are for within a brain, but it could be for all entities/fields ubiquitously. The whole point is that relevant information can flow thru astral/causal sub-Planckian levels throughout the universe without any obstruction, such as a skull at macro level for EM wave mentioned by Stan (Klein). Of course, there is no crystal clear objective evidence. It is just a working hypothesis, which will change as we have objective/subjective evidence in future.
Rām
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Rām Lakhan Pāndey Vimal, Ph.D.
Amarāvati-Hīrāmaṇi Professor (Research)
Vision Research Institute, Physics, Neuroscience, & Consciousness Research Dept.
25 Rita Street, Lowell, MA 01854 USA
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Dear Vinod ji,
Please recheck: it is not 10-6 to 10-20 m: where did you get this 10-20 m from (any reference)? Instead, it is 10-6 to 10-34 m for micro to ultra-micro. However, QM goes down up to 10-36 m (one order below Planck level). Therefore, the astral level should be below 10-36 m. So there is no contradiction. Why do you think that a brain is any different from other entities for the purpose of ultra-macro to deepest UF? They are for within a brain, but it could be for all entities/fields ubiquitously. The whole point is that relevant information can flow thru astral/causal sub-Planckian levels throughout the universe without any obstruction, such as a skull at a macro level for EM wave mentioned by Stan (Klein). Of course, there is no crystal clear objective evidence. It is just a working hypothesis, which will change as we have objective/subjective evidence in future.
Rām
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Rām Lakhan Pāndey Vimal, Ph.D.
Amarāvati-Hīrāmaṇi Professor (Research)
Vision Research Institute, Physics, Neuroscience, & Consciousness Research Dept.
25 Rita Street, Lowell, MA 01854 USA
Ph: +1 978 954 7522; eFAX: +1 440 388 7907
rlpv...@yahoo.co.in; http://sites.google.com/site/rlpvimal/Home
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ram_Lakhan_Pandey_Vimal
Researched at University of Chicago and Harvard Medical Schools
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