We dis-cover knowledge and do not invent it. Knowledge exists though it remains covered until we remove its cover.
Knowledge is probably the most significant pursuit for humans after survival. Indeed, even survival requires knowledge based functions. We have important questions to ask: How do we acquire knowledge? What is its origin? There is much to learn from the Vedic spiritual science in this context. It is worthwhile to begin the discussion from the point that we discover knowledge and do not invent it. It implicitly means that knowledge exists and may be unknown to us that it bears a "covering". Once the covering is removed, we say that we have "dis-covered" it.
Newton and Archimedes came up with new brilliant ideas when their minds were relaxed and blank and so is true with most philosophers, scientists and thinkers.
We know that the great scientific strides were made when the scientists were in most unlikely situations. Newton came up with the idea that the earth has its gravitational pull when he was leisurely under an apple tree. Archimedes came up with the idea of buoyancy force that a liquid pushes everything upward as a thing begins to sink when he was about to enter into a bath. These are just a couple of examples that great philosophers, scientists, and thinkers come up with new brilliant ideas when the human mind is absolute relaxed and restful almost blank!
· There is recent increased awareness that we should become more natural and respect our ‘gut feeling’.
Now there is increasingly more interest in being natural and following the instinct. One recent article bears the title: In decision-making, it might be worth trusting your gut’. Erik Dane of Rice University, lead author of a study published in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes said, “Even if you’re an expert, intuitive decision-making is better for some types of tasks than others. Tasks that can be solved through predetermined steps, like math problems, are not as conducive to intuitive decision-making as less-structured tasks, which may include certain strategic or human resource management problems.”
o Patanjali Yoga meditation emphasizes a blank state of mind that captures a flash of intuitive knowledge. Whereas instinctive knowledge is given to all members of a species, intuitive knowledge is given to selected deserving ones.
Patanjali talks at length about Samprajnata Samadhi, a stage after deep meditation. He says that once mind is void of thoughts/activities (meditation) then a flash may appear on the mind screen due to the Infinite Soul and this is its way of communicating to us. This is called as the intuitive knowledge in Patanjali's philosophy of Yoga. Instinctive knowledge is given to all members of a particular species whereas the intuitive knowledge is given to the selected ones. As you practice meditation more, you benefit more from it. Rather than scratching your head to pull out an idea which will be just one of them that you had yourself put inside, you need to clean the mind screen so as to capture the flash of intuition!
- Dr Harish Chandra
B. Tech. (IIT Kanpur )
Ph. D. ( Princeton , USA )
Knowledge is probably the most significant pursuit for humans after survival. Indeed, even survival requires knowledge based functions. We have important questions to ask: How do we acquire knowledge? What is its origin? There is much to learn from the Vedic spiritual science in this context. It is worthwhile to begin the discussion from the point that we discover knowledge and do not invent it. It implicitly means that knowledge exists and may be unknown to us that it bears a "covering". Once the covering is removed, we say that we have "dis-covered" it.
Newton and Archimedes came up with new brilliant ideas when their minds were relaxed and blank and so is true with most philosophers, scientists and thinkers.
We know that the great scientific strides were made when the scientists were in most unlikely situations. Newton came up with the idea that the earth has its gravitational pull when he was leisurely under an apple tree. Archimedes came up with the idea of buoyancy force that a liquid pushes everything upward as a thing begins to sink when he was about to enter into a bath. These are just a couple of examples that great philosophers, scientists, and thinkers come up with new brilliant ideas when the human mind is absolute relaxed and restful almost blank!
· There is recent increased awareness that we should become more natural and respect our ‘gut feeling’.
Now there is increasingly more interest in being natural and following the instinct. One recent article bears the title: In decision-making, it might be worth trusting your gut’. Erik Dane of Rice University, lead author of a study published in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes said, “Even if you’re an expert, intuitive decision-making is better for some types of tasks than others. Tasks that can be solved through predetermined steps, like math problems, are not as conducive to intuitive decision-making as less-structured tasks, which may include certain strategic or human resource management problems.”
o Patanjali Yoga meditation emphasizes a blank state of mind that captures a flash of intuitive knowledge. Whereas instinctive knowledge is given to all members of a species, intuitive knowledge is given to selected deserving ones.
Patanjali talks at length about Samprajnata Samadhi, a stage after deep meditation. He says that once mind is void of thoughts/activities (meditation) then a flash may appear on the mind screen due to the Infinite Soul and this is its way of communicating to us. This is called as the intuitive knowledge in Patanjali's philosophy of Yoga. Instinctive knowledge is given to all members of a particular species whereas the intuitive knowledge is given to the selected ones. As you practice meditation more, you benefit more from it. Rather than scratching your head to pull out an idea which will be just one of them that you had yourself put inside, you need to clean the mind screen so as to capture the flash of intuition!
- Dr Harish Chandra
B. Tech. (IIT Kanpur )
Ph. D. ( Princeton , USA )
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