reality and the likes

Of all the things the mind can perceive that enable us to decide what is and what isnt. If it isnt, isnt it real? What is reality, how do we understand it? What is consciousness? the ability to be aware. This is an effort to collate some information I have stumbled upon in my amazing voyage of discovery. This is a blog about the Vedas and the String theory, the observer and the observed, the phenomenon and perception, about the masters and their teachings.

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- May 29, 2009

Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism (25th Anniversary Edition)

The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems

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तारे ज़मीन पर - (Tare Zameen Par) Lyrics

- January 26, 2008

Saw the Movie Tare Zameen Par a couple of weeks back. This instantly reminded me of Soichiro Hondas words - The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred... This movie had definitely stirred my soul :-). The movie is about an urban Indian kid who is unable to do any regular school stuff. He has the psychological condition called Dyslexia . To others he seems "retarded" and lazy. He finds it difficult to read, learn, comprehend complex conditions and keeps failing in all his subjects. How will society treat such a child? especially Indian society? where it is paramount that your child grows up to be a professional in traditional disciplines - medicine, engineering etc. How will his teachers, peers, parents and brother react to his condition? They all think he must just be stupid and lazy. The movie is heart wrenching. a must see. Anyways, I wrote this blog not about the movie but about one particular song in the movie called Khol...

The Spectacular Zero

- February 14, 2007

The class 6 student history text books in India make the following proud statement about the glorious days of ancient India. “Ancient India was a pioneer in science and mathematics. We invented the zero….” The lesson goes on to state various accomplishments in medicine, astronomy and mathematics. All of these are amazing accomplishments in their own right but it is the statement about the zero which has always intrigued me. What are we proud of? of inventing nothing? of inventing a mere symbol for nothing, which is probably the most insignificant number of all? At that time, for the little me, it was even a little embarrassing. We are the proud owners of the sunya (zero). Is that Indicative of how we are a big zero in contribution to modern science, sports, medicine or industry? Yet, the statement was never once retracted. Everybody seems to think that it is an important claim, but nobody seems to explain its importance. So, what is the importance of the discovery of zero? The answer t...

The Afterlife Dysfunction

- May 09, 2015

Scientific background on The Afterlife Dysfunction, such as similar theories and thought experiments proposed in popular interpretations of quantum mechanics: Quantum suicide and immortality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_... Biocentrism (cosmology): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biocentr... Anthropic principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropi... Capgras Syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_... Split-brain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_brain The Many Worlds Interpretation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-wor... The Copenhagen Interpretation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhag... Time Dilation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dil... The Blue Brain Project: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Bra... Quantum Tunneling: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_... CP Violation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cp_Viola... The Delayed Choice Quantum Eraser Experiment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wi...