Part 2 of 3. THAT WHICH IS

Quantum Physics and General Relativity

                          “Its always the things we know for sure, that get us into trouble!”

Our understanding of the world as we see it, is based on Newtonian science. Newtonian Physics can only be applied to the scale that we can perceive. Like cars or planetary movements. It is a deterministic view, which is based on cause and effect. For example, the Newtonian idea was that, if we knew the variables of a system. We then could with a very high degree of precision, predicts the outcomes of that system. We know this is to be not true today.  This view is about 280 years old, needless to say completely outdated. I hate to sound like I’m beating up Newtonian ideas, its not intended. Newton was a pioneer at his time, a great scientist, and his work laid the groundwork for modern science to flourish upon.

The new/current theory is called “Quantum mechanics” is non-deterministic view of the universe. Most of us have heard about it, but know almost nothing about it. This is an attempt to explain the fundamental of Quantum Mechanics (QM) and its far-reaching implications for us.

Before you can understand the fundamentals and their impending implications. You must first get few facts cleared and throw away your existing understanding of world as described by Newtonian Physics.

Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics is the body of physics, which explains the behavior of matter and its interactions with energy, at the atomic level.

Facts: Matter

1.    The idea of matter/atom put forward by Rutherford and Bohr, (what we learnt in school) was that the atom looks like a mini solar system, sun being the nucleus (protons and neutrons) where most of the mass is situated, around it are revolving electrons. This idea is more than a hundred years old, is known to be incorrect.

Matter/atom has been found to be 99.99999% percent empty space. Which means the difference between a dense heavy metal and empty space is off .000001 percent! What seems to be solid matter, is energy vibrating at a certain level.

Einstein said, “Concerning matter, we have been all wrong. What we have called matter is energy, whose vibration has been so lowered as to be perceptible to the senses. There is no matter.”

It has been estimated that the entire matter making up planet earth, can fit into a matchbox, once the empty space is removed. A picture/model can’t describe an atom; Hence quantum description of an atom is mathematical.

                         

                               Characteristics of matter are:

A)   An electron can exist in two or more places at the same time and then disappear all together. This experiment has been repeated 1000 of times with the same results all around the world. This phenomenon is called super positioning.

B)   Electrons don’t flow fixed paths or revolve around the nucleus of an atom. They seem to jump from one location to another without travelling the distance between, known as a quantum leap! Which is same as a person being in one corner of a room and a fraction of second later in opposite corner. Without actually travelling the distance between.  Electrons only exist as a cloud of probabilities. Popping in and out existence randomly. There are numerous theory suggesting, different explanations to this, for example a leading belief is that electrons exist on many different dimensions and keep jumping between these dimensions. But we simply don’t know.

C)  Wave-particle duality: - atomic particles like electrons, even atoms and something even as big as molecules behave both like a wave and a particle. For example Person A throws a ball to person B. The ball first travels like a particle or object, then as a wave (like in an ocean) or both as a wave and a particle simultaneously. Depending on whether they are being observed or not.

A……. ))))))))))))……..B   and   A.).).).).).).).).) B

Those of you how cant accept these fact YouTube “the double slit experiment”. It is said that matter exists only in a waveform, only when it is measured or observed by an observer (us), it appears as particle.

D) The exact position and the speed of an electron, can never be known at the same time. We can measure the speed or its location but not both. This isn’t due to not having the correct measurement tools. But is rather the fundamental nature of a particle. It exists only as cloud of possibilities (wave particle duality). This is known as the measurement problem in QM.

F) Quantum Entanglement- is a phenomenon where 2 particles interact with each other and become entangled. Meaning they start copying and acting like each other. The bizarre thing about quantum entanglement is that once entangled no matter how far these become from each other, they are always a mirror image of each other. For example if 2 cricket balls became entangled, then become separated, one is sitting in a field in England, the other one in India, involved in a T20 match. The ball sitting in England would start to mimic the action of the ball being played with. Without any stimulation the ball would race to the boundary, bowl itself, spin, swing itself. It doesn’t matter how far the balls become from each other they will remain entangled.  Einstein called this spooky action at a distance, as it amazed him.

2.    Light- what we call light is actually, Electro-Magnetic Radiation (EMR). It made up of tiny little packets of energy called photons. Light also exhibits dualistic nature. It travels both like a wave and particle. Speed of light is constant, always measured to be 300000 km/sec. Speed of light is universal speed limit, meaning nothing can ever exceed the speed of light. Because as any object approaches the speed of light, space and time would stretch enough to make sure it could never equal 300000 km/sec. (speed=distance/time; as speed goes up, distance would stretch or time would speed up, to protect the speed of light limit).

It is also worth noting that to an observers experience the speed of light, traveling at 3,00,000km/sec. But for light, the point of emission (A) and point of absorption (B), are co-incidental. What this means is that from lights point of view neither time nor distance exist, both time taken and distance travelled are “Always Zero”(Zero interval). Another way of looking the speed of light; is that an observer stretches this Zero Interval into 3,00,000 km for every second of time. Speed of light is actually the constant ratio of manifestation, perceived from our view. For every second of time, 3,00,000 km exist. But in reality neither time nor space exists. Meaning the entire universe has no size at all, it only looks to be astronomically large.

                             GENERAL RELATIVITY

Universe- A collection of trillions of galaxies (each with trillions of stars), separate by vast amounts of seemingly empty space. Just to give you an idea about the size of the observable universe (it might be far larger) is 93 billion light years across. Meaning to get from one end to another we would have to travel for 93,00,00,00,000 years at the speed of 3,00,000 km/sec or in kilometers= 93,00,00,00,000 x (300000 x 60 x 60 x 24 x 365) (you can try and calculate that, good luck!).

 Composition of the universe: 70 percent of the entire universe is made of dark energy, 25 percent of dark matter and the rest 5 percent is ordinary matter like us and our planet. This has been a well-known fact for 2 decades now.  

A.   Space is perhaps one the most important and the most misinterpreted/misunderstood concept. In Newtonian physics Space was believed to be empty and static with nothing in it to be described. It has been found to be not so empty and static. We all think of space as something that surrounds our planet. But since matter is 99.99999% empty “SPACE”, space exists everywhere, even within us and we are floating in it. It is fair to say therefore that we are made up of space rather than matter.  Far from being empty, space is teeming with energy, dark energy and dark matter.  Einstein description (best one we have) of Space is that it is 3 dimensional, and behaves like a stretchy fabric, that has inherent springiness, which is manipulated by matter and light. Or if you prefer the poetic Vedic description better of it being an enormous cosmic ocean.

B.   Time- The fourth dimension as described by Einstein. Time is perhaps the most complicated concept. Due to its complexity I cannot explain it, so you will have to study it yourself if you really want to know. Entropy gives rise to time. Time is also relative, meaning it can slow down and run faster. For example if you lived on the moon, time would run faster for you, than someone living on planet earth due to higher mass of planet earth. This is called time dilation. Time is relative, can be manipulated by light and mass.

C.   Space-Time Continuum- A concept described by A. Einstein with his theory of relativity. Which in simple language means the combination of Space and Time is relative, and not fixed. That matter and light both stretch and contract space-time.  For example it is incorrect to say that earth revolves around the sun. The mass of the sun actually bends space-time around it, while earth is simply trying to move in a straight line, but is trapped in the space warped by the sun. Analogy of a whirlpool with sun being the center and earth being sucked in each time its revolves around it.

Here is a picture of earth warping the space around it and the moon trapped in the wrap.  What we think and experience as gravity is just matter falling thru the wrap in space-time.  It is important to note that this picture is for demonstrations only, it depicts the earth sitting on space but in reality the space would envelope the earth from all direction.  

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D.    Dark energy and Dark matter- these are the most recently made discoveries (1990). Nothing is currently known about dark matter, which is 25% of the universe. It’s called dark matter, as it neither emits or absorbs light, light simply passes right thru it, hence “dark” matter. Not much is known about dark energy either, what we do know is makes up 75% of the universe. Dark energy is present in space, which is why space is not considered empty anymore. Dark energy is what gives space its springiness. It is the weakest energy in the universe however due to it being presence in astronomical number, it becomes the most powerful source of energy. Here are 2 scenarios to explain the importance of it. Dark energy is fundamental for the universe to exist, as it does today. For example if dark energy was any weaker than its present state, gravity (warping of space-time by matter) would have pulled and fuse together all the matter in the universe. This is called the big crunch. Nothing but a large clump of matter would exist, with no space even within it. On the other hand if dark energy was even a fraction stronger than its present strength it would make space expand so much that each and every atom/particle in the universe, would be ripped apart to its fundamental components and be pushed away for eternity. And nothing would exist, the universe would be dark and cold place. Which is believed to be our current case, meaning that with time dark energy will become stronger and stronger and eventually rip everything apart (the big rip).

Quantum Physics can appear to be gibberish, a bad joke, but it has 80 years of experimentation and data to support all its claims. This is perhaps the reason why the paradigm shift, hasn’t happened, why so many people can never accept it. But there acceptance is no required, for truth to be true!

I’ve tried to explain the some parts relevant to this discussion without going into too much detail. I encourage you to do some research your self. There is much more where this came from.

So what have we learnt so far? Lets have a little re-cap before the next/last part of this article. Where I’ll try and sum it all up, and show why and how this information relates to you as person.

ü  The picture painted by our senses, however detailed does not represent the real world. The world we see simply doesn’t exist. The image we see is a product of our mind, everyone has a personalized image in their minds.

ü  Matter as we perceive it, simply doesn’t exist. Whatever matter is, it is not made of matter! Its 99.9999 percent empty space(appears empty but is teeming with Dark Energy) and is .00001 percent matter. Hence is much more accurate to say, we are made of space, filled with dark energy.

ü   Matter exhibits a wave-particle duality. When not measured or observed, it’s a wave. When observed by an observer (us) it pops back into existence and appears to be in particle form. What this means is while you blink, the world disappears into a waveform and appears when you open your eyes.    

ü  We learnt about Quantum leap and Quantum entanglement.

ü  Light also has a wave particle duality. From the point of view of light/science, neither time nor space exists.

ü  We learnt dark energy is 70 Percent of the universe and present everywhere in the universe(within space), in every single atom and even within in Sub-particles. 

When viewed through the understanding of Quantum Physics and mathematics universe, is a system in FLUX. This is an Artistic representation of the flux by a Japanese painter.

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It’s a view of the universe, which is indivisible or Non-dual. It is a complex system, interconnected, full of different forms of energy acting upon each other, which gives rise to pattern and complexity. Universe is fractal in nature, and is far too complex for human intellect to contemplate. We are part of this non-dual universe, and not separate beings with bodies like we think.

In conventional thinking, we always view the universe/space as something external, that which exists outside our atmosphere. We view our planet/world as being separate from it. These divisions are just concepts, we have created. In reality all there exists is the flux.

So what does all of this information leave us with, and what does it mean for us. It dismisses everything we are aware of our senses, bodies, matter, time and space. So what is left? We can dismiss everything, but one thing we cannot dismiss is consciousness. What is meant by that is, we can dismiss matter as being unreal/illusionary, but our experience of it, cannot be dismissed.

What is this consciousness, which the quantum physics, refers to as an observer? An observer who can change, the states of matter by a simply looking and stretch the zero interval into a diverse universe 93 billion light years across. Science has no answer for this question, yet it has led us here. Since there is no way for science to examine, measure, analysis consciousness/awareness. It has hit a dead end. Which makes sense, as science is a product of consciousness.

This is where the cookie starts to crumble, or if you prefer the plot start to thicken. The answer to this question is beyond the realms of science, at least of todays science. This is where science ends. As soon as we speak of consciousness, we are in the realm of spirituality. This inescapable question will be answered in the next part. And things will become much more clearer and simpler.

Part 3 of 3. The Trip. The Ego. Consciousness. Duality And Non-Duality.

"I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative form consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness ”- Max Planck

This statement resonates perfectly, with what ancients have been saying for over 6000 years. This is the core of non-dual thinking. This statement captures the essence  of what this blog has been about. Once this statement is accepted/understood, our understanding of the world is radically changed.    

It affects every aspects of our lives and thinking, even affects who or what we think we are. 

So, Who are you then ?

The ultimate question that needs to be answered is "who are you?", you must answer that to your self, and not to anyone else. This isn't a question you can ask casually or toy with. Once you ask this question you have to answer it. Your existence depends on it. It’s about self-realization.

We can’t be the bodies; science has dismissed our body as illusions. We can’t be social creatures; society originates from us, not the other way around.

 The society has molded us into creature of social norms, it has utterly confused us and made us forget, why we are special. Its taken away the originality we were born with, and imprisonment us in a invisible trap, of social/cultural/religious dogmas.

We all go to the same schools and colleges, watch the same programs on television, aspire to similar idea of a good life. We all dress the same way; want the same cars, the same types of life partners. Ask any girl what do you look for in a guy, here is what you’ll mostly hear. He should be honest, smart, successful/educated, open minded and should have a good sense of humor. Ask a guy what kind of girl he wants; she should be beautiful, modern, traditional, honest, caring and etc etc.

What are these? These are the stereotype of a perfect human being, preached by popular culture. These are labels, and our specie we love to put labels on everything. 

  

Hinduism and theology of many other religions have rightly identified that man is trapped and ruled by his vices. These vices alone stand in the way of liberation, true wisdom and self-realization.  These are what makes up the ego or the mind; kama (lust), krodha (anger), lobh (greed), moha (delusion), mada or ahankar (pride) and matsarya (jealousy).

The Trip - Is uncontrolled direction less rising and falling of thought, the movement of thought, latching from one thought/idea to another.

No evidence is required for this, one can experience this trip first hand, all you have to do is close your eyes and pay attention to the talking/thinking inside you. How thoughts run wild from one to another ceaselessly. If you think they are under your control. You are in for nasty awakening. If you are in control of all those thought, go on. Try and stop it.  Try to not have any thought, maintain total silence just for 1 minute. Okay ready? Go!

Here is probably what happened your first thought was on how to not have a thought, which lead you to another thought and another and so on. This is what is meant by “the trip”.

Apart from very few exceptions of self realized beings. We are all tripping, with almost no control over it. Some of us realize that we are tripping. While others through no fault of their own, never realize this critical fact. No one ever told them. How do you find something that you aren’t even aware of? The reason is lack of information, and being sucked into a consumerist world.

Realizing the trip is the first step. You can’t claim ignorance anymore. You have just been informed!

The Ego

 The ego is the identity you have created for yourself. A construct of the trips you have. It’s who you think you are. The role you play. Someone’s son or daughter, husband or wife, Ceo or a manager in some company, etc.

An example-

We would all agree to the statement. “ I am not the same person, I was 5 years ago”

Think about that statement I am not the same person, I was 5 years ago. That’s a contradiction. Who was this “I” 5 years ago, and who is it now? Which one is really you? To both of them you refer as I, but there can’t be more than one I.

We would all agree that we are different people, in different situations. A different “I” when talking to your mother, A different ‘I’ when with girlfriends or boyfriends, different ‘I’ when with your friends, total different one when with enemies. Some times you are kind, sometimes rude, sometimes good and other times bad.

These are all the roles we play, shaped by our own beliefs and our understanding of what is acceptable or expected of us in each circumstance. Fueled by our need to be accepted, loved, respected or liked, etc etc. We play these different roles accordingly.

This role-playing, experiences/memories we have had in our life, over time gets forged into an identity. Who we think we are we. This identity we have created is the Ego.

If you are not the person, who you were 5 years ago or 1 day ago and you are not going to be the same person you currently are, 5 years from now.

Then who are you really? Who is this ‘I’, you keep referring to?

In the simplest words possible, you are the ‘I am-ness’. You are that sense of “I-ness”. That feeling of being, feeling of consciousness itself. Spirituality refers to this as the Atman/Spirit/Consciousness.

Consciousness- is simply the feeling of “I am ness”, that you have.

Consciousness is awareness. We know a dog has consciousness. So does a bird. Maybe even bacteria being aware of temperature, chemicals or food. Maybe, even a rock has some sense awareness of its position or movement when being thrown.

But where we differ is self- awareness. Being aware of your own selves. That’s what makes us special. This is where we get the concept ‘I’. A dog doesn’t have this sense of I; he does think oh I am hungry or angry. There is just hunger.  This self-awareness is the reason why we can do all the amazing and complex task. Contemplate the entire universe or our selves.

Self-awareness is kind of double-edged sword. A great boon and a curse. It gives us our concept of ‘I’, which leads us into duality. This where the thoughts, trips, the ego, culture, art, war, feeling, thoughts stems from.

Duality

What is Duality?

Duality is the state or quality of being two or in two parts. Duality is inter-related polar opposites.

I’ll give you examples of how duality arises. When ever we make any statement. We create duality, for example. If I say I’m a tall guy, by that statement I have created a polar opposite. Compared to me there must be guys who are short.

If there is good, in relation to it, bad automatically exists.

If cold, then hot. If beautiful, then ugly. If right, then wrong.

When we say that I am a man or human. We create our polar opposite, as god or the universe.

Similarly the sense of self-awareness creates duality automatically. It divides the universe into the self (the body) and the non-self (external world). Our senses give rise to duality. To view the world, we must have a point of view. From where we perceive it. This automatically leads to duality, between from where we look and what we look at. Creates the here and the there.

We cannot escape this duality physically.

But we can escape it intellectually, by understanding ourselves (through introspection/meditation) using both, science and spirituality.

NON-DUALITY

Non-Duality is ancient school of thought (approx. 6000 years old). It is not a religion. It emphasizes the importance of Self-Inquiry and pursuit of the truth. Its core belief is

“Atman is Brahman” – The Upanishads

Atman (The Self, Spirit, Consciousness identified with body)

Brahman (Universe, Supreme Spirit, Consciousness as a whole)

Ramana Maharishi used to paraphrase, the Upanishads (Advaita Vedanta) and say.

“After knowing that by which you know this (world, Phenomenon) turn the mind inward and then you will see clearly (i.e. realize) the effulgence of the Self.

That by which you recognize sound, taste, form and smell, know that as your Self, the Supreme Brahman (cosmic unity, Noumenon), the Lord of lords.”

This quote is saying, that its consciousness thru which we perceive the world, sounds, tastes, forms and smells, and this consciousness is what you are. Which is also the entire universe, phenomenon and noumenon.

This is a non-dualistic understanding. Accepting this intellectual is the first step in non-duality. Which will give rise to an understanding, beyond the concepts. Once this happens you will be at peace inside.

I know what you are thinking. How can I be the universe? You say that because you understand and see the world in duality. Of good and bad, right and wrong, beautiful and ugly, God and Man.

 “All there is, Is consciousness.” - Ramesh Balsekar

Consciousness is called “the Atman” when referred to a person. Consciousness is called the “The Brahman” when referred to the universe.

“The indivisible supreme self, is none other than you.”- Ramana Maharishi paraphrasing the Bhagavad-Gita.

Why is non- duality required?

Without this understanding our lives are meaningless wondering/seeking, filled with suffering.

The mistake we make is to identifying our self, with the perceived identity (the ego). The ego is nothing more than a role-playing, some play socially appropriate role. They crave approve of others. Some play rebellious role. They crave attention, by challenging the norms. 

Why do we do this?

“Desire is the root of all human suffering.”- Buddha

We want/desire to be happy, we want pleasure. To be happy we need social status, money, popularity, love, sex, a certain job, a certain house, a certain title, etc etc.

Happiness comes from within, and not from material possession or social validation of your own self.

It is ignorance, a myth created by society and media, to sell us all their products. Bushmen living in the jungles in Africa, are much more happier than us. And yet they have nothing, compared to us. Apart from one little under-rated thing called “Acceptance”.

Unless you have acceptance of “what is, as it is” you can never have happiness. Acceptance of the fact, that you have no control.

You think you have control, yet you can’t even control the thoughts in your head. Can you control, not feeling anger, hate, love, or sorrow? Control is an illusion you have, created by the ego. We will talk about free will in the next part.

All our problems have a common orgin. It’s the ego. You can be the ego all your life and never live a single moment.  Because rather than being present in each moment, and living life as it comes. We ponder what was, what will be, fearing, hoping. We waste our present.

I’ll give an example of what I mean by that. Something we can relate to.

“A kid has memorized a poem to recite at school, he has recited it over and over again, from memory perfectly in front of his parents and the mirror.

Finally he is sitting in the classroom, as his turn inches closer. The ego begins its meaningless chatter, his mind is filled with these voices. Fear begins to rises through his body, fear of judgment, fear of performing, what will his peer think, will they laugh or make fun of him, what will the teacher think, what grade will he get.

And before he knows it, he is standing in front of the classroom, drenched in fear, tongue-tied, uttering nothing but uhh and umm. All that he had memorized is pushed to the back, by the fear that is ruining his present. ”

Ego has ruined the present by focusing on the future.

He couldn’t recite because there is too much noise in his head, because rather than being in the present and performing, he was worrying about the future, believing what the Ego is telling him, that he will fail. And once he does fail the ego is re-inforced as being right. A Self-fulfilling prophecy!

Next time a recitation happens this kid will move heaven and earth to get out of it. Ego will never let him forget, he will re live the failure over and over again in his mind.   

This time the ego has ruined the present, by being fixated in the past.

The ego is always worrying about the past or the future. Because it believes is has control. Ego is the “THINKING MIND”. Thinking mind has no benefits, all it does is take you away from the present, feeding on all the vices. It can destroy us from within. Sadly this is what is going on within people all day.

The past is gone. It exist no where but in our minds, it affects nothing but our minds. If we would just let it go, it would be gone. And we would be free of it. But we carry the excess baggage from the past, which ruins our present. It’s same with the worrying about the future.

Not all thinking is bad of course. You can’t understand this, without thinking. For example, If you need to drive to a different city, you need to think, which road to take, what time to leave, etc. You need to think to achieve this, think of the last time you drove there. This sort of thinking is called the Working Mind, the problem-solving mind. Working mind isn’t judgmental, its functional thing. It doesn’t care about the past or the future, success or failure. It is totally focused on solving the problem at hand. 

Once the thinking mind/ ego has been identified correctly, it becomes an-unwelcomed guest. Given time and persistence, thinking mind is transcended. With it gone the role playing, conforming to stereotypes  and constant need for social acceptance ends. Happiness is no longer desired, but becomes an intrinsic part of being without any effort. 

Solution to all your problems.

 The Veda outlines 3 such possible paths that can be explored, depending upon which ever is best suited to the innate characteristics of a person. 

1. Bhakti yoga - Losing one self totally in worshipping an external deity/god, dedicating life to an external entity or moral codes. Its Focus-meditation. Suited for people who have religious beliefs/ Devotees.

2. Prana yoga - Totally focusing the mind and the body on the breath, leading to no mind state. This quietens the mind and brings it to the present moment. Its Focus meditation, suited for the people interested in yoga or physical activities.

3. Introverting. Self-inquiry. Focusing un-divided attention on the activities of the mind. Witnessing the rise and fall of thought, and realizing the source of all thoughts and ego. All of this is done without being attached to an identity or identifying with any thoughts. This is Intellectualization, is best suited for a rational mind. Asking questions such as  "Who is thinking (thinking or working mind) or who wants to know” keep the ego and thinking mind in check.

There many ways of realizing this truth, but the understanding is same. The basic idea of meditation, is to focus the un-divided attention on the task at hand, leaving the rest of mind in total peace. Anything can be meditation, even singing, dancing, jogging, driving etc etc. 

Meditation is a natural state, when you were a kid, let's say 2 years old, everything you did was meditation. You cried meditation, feared meditation, played meditation even be naughty meditation. As we grow older the chattering of mind, drowns this natural state. This meaningless chattering about the past and future, is the source of all suffering and all of spirituality is focused on removing/quieting this chattering of the mind, and restoring the natural state. Past is gone let it be, stop carrying it around, don’t let the past define the present. Future is un-known so let it be, stay in the present its all you will ever have.

Once the thinking mind/ego is identified, an internal battle rages within a person. The ego fights back using the vices and its tricks. It is not easy but with perseverance the ego/thinking mind can be defeated. And in doing so, you’ll remove the seed of duality. All that will be left behind, will be a Non-Dual (singular) understanding that will stretch from your Self/Consciousness/Atman and cover the entire Universe/Brahman/Non-local Consciousness. Once the ego is transcended, all that is left is the pure being in its natural state, that always reside in the present. 

This marks the end of the seeking and suffering. Consciousness becomes free of “its perceived identities” and hence free of all the vice as well. 

Who Am I?
No one, Implicit in this is, I have potential to be everything/ any one.   Whatever the present demands. 

The realization is that “The Atman was always one with Brahman, can’t be separated!” All there is, is Brahman. The separation is perceptual, an illusion.

This is Enlightenment. Living life each moment, one moment at a time, continuously moving forward in time. Just being. Always One with Brahman! 
Un-affected by the past, not worried of the future. Blissful being, doing the very best in the present without seeking, wanting or expecting anything. Content!

     As Buddha says.

                        “There is Nirvana, but no one in it” 

How can this be achieved?

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment”- Buddha

Science and Non-Duality are both very different ways of saying the same thing. Their paths head in different directions, seeking the truth and then converge on the same inescapable conclusion.

“ Fundamental Nature of Reality is Consciousness!”  

                      Two sides of the same coin- Spirituality & Science.

 Which ever you follow the understanding is same and simple.

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”- Buddha

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking.

 It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.  Einstein

The colour of my consciousness

Turned emerald to green,

Ruby turned crimson.

I looked up to the sky,

The light was lit.

Across to the east and the west.

I looked at the roses, said ‘beautiful’.

They became beautiful !

Be grateful for the chance to live, learn and experience.

Settle for nothing less, but the truth. Be in the Present, continuously moving forward in time.

 Buddha’s last advice before his death.

“Strive on, diligently!”