Art and Science of Happiness-3

Heightened Awareness

As Published By

Mr. Anil K Rajvanshi, Ph.D.
Director
Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI)

One of the aspects of a very powerful processor and an evolved brain is that it also becomes acutely aware of its surroundings. Thus it is able to expand its horizons to encompass our world, solar system and universe. This expansion gives us a tremendous sense of peace, tranquility and perspective on our life. This is the genesis of wisdom.

Production of huge human brain is still an evolutionary mystery. Its big size cannot be explained by the pressures of evolutionary forces alone. I feel that it developed so that we can understand the universe and become aware of Universal Consciousness.

Thus the expansion of our horizons or yearning for Universal consciousness gives us an awareness of reality and life in different dimensions. This is the genesis of “God Sense” that each one of us possesses irrespective of our caste, creed or religion. It is possible that our brains have this in-built sense because this earth was seeded by an intergalactic civilization and hence through ages we have carried that genetic code via our ancestors who were more aware than us of the reality of other planets and of higher dimensional space. In fact as we evolve technologically and otherwise, this awareness will become stronger and the boundaries between our four and higher dimensions will become blurred. This concept is also mentioned in Patanjali Yoga Darshan and the modern science and technology makes it possible to visualize it and probably experience it.

This awareness of higher dimensional space and reality can also make us fearless and remove our fear of death since death is a simple transition between various forms and dimensions. This is also the lesson of Gita. With fearlessness comes the ability to do new things and follow uncharted paths which can give us a quantum jump in our technological developments and understanding of natural forces.

Because we have roots of an advanced galactic civilization hence the concept of gods with super human powers and dazzling lights are embedded in our memories. So is the desire in us to travel intergalactically. However with our present technologies it is not possible to do so. Presently the easiest and the most energy-efficient way to travel from one planet to another is via soul transfer. This has been preached by almost all religions throughout the ages where reaching heaven after death was the ultimate goal of existence. I believe our ancestors understood that this was the easiest way to overcome gravity barrier of earth and hence the focus on future births in heaven etc.

Our roots in intergalactic space also made us aware and focused on the concept of heaven and hell. Heaven was always the great place where we originally came from and probably must have been a very technologically advanced civilization. It is also possible that this was a place devoid of any physical or emotional pain.

As we become technologically advanced and become gods ourselves we will eventually loose the “God” thought and become more tuned to making this world a heaven. Once that happens then we will talk less about heaven and future births and more about what is possible now and can be achieved. Also we will have no problem in being born again and again on his earth and with our technology will become an inter-solar and intergalactic traveling civilization - just what the gods may have been.

Life as a Continuum

As we gain more powers and gets the ability to play God we will start changing the tapestry of nature by our technology. Since each one of us has a limited time frame to live we have this arrogance that we should accomplish everything in our lifetime. This causes greed and ultimately misery. Nature also effects changes but those changes take place in geological time scale and after the systems are in dynamic equilibrium with the surroundings. Human-mediated changes powered by greed do not allow the systems to remain in equilibrium with the surroundings. That is the reason for our creating problems with the environment and producing conflicts with each other.

However if we consider that we are a continuum, i.e. we will continue on this planet earth for a long time in different life forms and that all of us will work together for the benefit of mankind, then the task at hand looses a lot of its urgency and time its immediacy. The only requirement for this scheme to succeed is for re-incarnation to be a reality. For people who do not believe in it then the above framework can create conflicts and problems.

If we believe in reincarnation then the time stretches and we get a better perspective on life. It causes all our actions to become focused on achieving the general good of mankind for its evolution on a large scale. With this perspective one also gets a global outlook and the country boundaries vanish. And this is the essence of being a human. In a way the development of science and technology allows us to proceed in this manner though most of the times we are not guided by the principle of continuum. Nevertheless the desire to leave a better world for our future generations is in effect the product of this idea. Still the issues of patents, technology and intellectual property control create hindrances in the free flow of ideas and technologies since our greed propels us to control them. The latter issue comes into play because of our insecurities which lead us to arrogantly focus only on our present lifetime.

Nevertheless this behavior cannot change overnight but will do so slowly and I feel that in another 100-200 years we as human beings will become more benevolent and sharing.

Thus to live a happy and sustainable life we need to make our brain very powerful by Yoga and also by conserving energies which are too often frittered away in unfulfilled desires and emotional knots. This process can also help us in curbing our greed impulse so that all of us can work together with the available resources to make this world a better place where each one of us can live a sustainable and emotionally satisfying life.