Dear Sir,

Everyone is an expert in some field or the other and no one is expert in all fields. But often people mis-utilize their own or others expertise.

You are right about "In the beginning....". But then it is only a statement of facts. There must be some mechanism to translate that fact into reality. That mechanism was known to the Lord, but not to us. That is science.

Vedas and Upanishads are not books of any religion, but are books of knowledge that discuss these science. But unfortunately, no one understands its intrinsic meaning and read literal translations only. Mostly, these translations are misleading.

For example, there is a Vedic dictum that macrocosm and microcosm replicate each other (yat pinde tat Brahmaande). But findings the correlations are extremely difficult. Yet, the Vedas say: "arvaagvasu vai Devaanaam Brahmaa", which means planet Jupiter and protons have similar internal structures. Unless knows that the term arvaagvasu means Jupiter based on its mechanism of creation (similarly the other terms), no one can make head or tail of it.

We are reading your essay and will comment soon. You are also welcome to read our essay.

Regards,

basudeba

Sujatha,

I was aware that Schrodinger had been influenced by Indian thought but not the others you mention. Tesla was also familiar with Vedic texts.

I have a couple of questions for you ...

Who has observed the entire calendar? If there is nothing between cycles then who is doing the counting?

Are there any testable predictions? Philosophy is nice but physical truth is tested and measured.

Best Regards and Good Luck,

Gary Simpson

    Sujatha,

    I appreciate your interest in science and the Upanishads.

    So I think, you will be delighted to read the following:

    1. Nature of the Ultimate Reality, The Physical World and The Individual Self according to the Upanishad,: URL:

    https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx0aGV1bHRpbWF0ZXJlYWxpdHlzaXRlfGd4OjY3MmM5YmNjODFiZDY3YzE

    2. On the Emergence of the Physical World from The Ultimate Reality, URL:

    fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2001

    3. On The Emergence of 'Life' from "matter", URL:

    philpapers.org/rec/TANOTE

    4. On the Nature of Consciousness, Space and The Cosmic Consciousness, URL:

    scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/viewFile/290/335

    The following stanza describes the physical world, just in two lines:

    Vishvam Bichi-Vilasa Ayam, Cit-Sudha-Abdhe Udeti Yaha;

    Vileeyate Cha Tatra-eva, Madhye Katham Tad-Maya. ( From Yoga Vashishtha )

    Meaning:

    This universe is a play of waves, arisen in nectar-ocean of the Ultimate Reality, (which Chit, meaning Consciousness, Sudha meaning: immortal and Abdhi meaning Ocean of infinite dimensions). It (The Universe) also subsides in that ocean alone. So in its present state too, it is tad maya, immersed in the Ultimate Reality.

    Some Western Scientists too, have reached the similar conclusion. For example:

    Halliday and Rasnik's text-book Physics's title-page has a photograph of Double-slit-interference of waves. As if, they have expressed whole physics using this photograph.

    With Best Wishes,

    Hasmukh K. Tank

      Dear Sir,

      Good Afternoon!

      The Sunrise, the sunset everything is calculative!

      I don't know if you're aware of the term "Panchang", its a Hindu calendar with important dates and happenings. Even eclipses are predicted using this.

      From ancient scriptures too you can find these findings.

      With these calculative astrological concepts they draw a birthchart of the person and provide thereby their predictions which is accurately acceptable.

      Dear Miss. Sujatha Jagannathan,

      I read with great interest your essay. Yes, indeed, to find a common foundation of Mathematics and Physics is necessary synthesis of all the accumulated knowledge, including traditional. India center rich culture and ancient knowledge that nourish many peoples of the world. I recall here the poems of Rabindranath Tagore:

      I ask my destiny - what power is this That cruelly drives me onward without rest?

      My destiny says, "Look round!"

      I turn back and see It is I myself that is ever pushing me from behind.

      There is no doubt that the picture of the world of physicists and mathematicians should be the same rich senses of life as a picture of the world poets ..

      Kind regards,

      Vladimir

        Tat tvam asi, ( Sanskrit: "thou art that") in Hinduism, the famous expression of the relationship between the individual and the Absolute. The statement is frequently repeated in the sixth chapter of the Chandogya Upanishad (c. 600 bce) as the teacher Uddalaka Aruni instructs his son in the nature of brahman, the supreme reality. The identity expressed in this judgment was variously interpreted by the different darshans (schools) of the orthodox philosophy of Vedanta. The phrase was given its most literal interpretation by the 8th-9th-century thinker Shankara of the Advaita (Nondualist) school, for whom the statement was one of the great assertions fundamental to his doctrine.