Journal of Gyansagar Science Foundation 2013 04 01

SR No.: 007716
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sanjeev Sogani, Vimal Jain
Publisher: Gyansagar Science Foundation
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 116
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 3 MB

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Dr. Surendra Singh Pokharna, Volume 1 Issue 1 April 2013
For sake of illustration, some examples of entropy production are given from different walks of life along with those of Order. Attempt is then made to identify processes where entropy production can be reduced and orderliness can be increased. In particular, it is observed that spiritual processes mentioned in Indian philosophy could provide new direction for development and evolution which may be accompanied by reduction in entropy production in the atmosphere. Hence the Jain concept of evolution of a soul is described in detail and is compared with the Darwin's principle of evolution. Fourteen stages of evolution known as Gunasthanas in Jainism (Dharma Chand Jain 2008) are mentioned with their brief description. It is indicated that they involve some kind of "order" built up into them. As knowledge is an intrinsic part of soul, it appears that with spiritual evolution of soul, their claim about types of knowledge and even Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) needs to be explored by the scientific community in a systematic way.
principle of evolution is mentioned along with damage done to the environment and the society. Section 6 explains that concept of development and whether it should be linked with knowledge, entropy and/or order. In section 7 some examples of order present in nature are given. Section 8 describes the process of evolution of soul as given in Jainism and describes fourteen gunasthans and their twenty nine parameters to describe them. Hence a need to define a new concept of ORDER as a criteria for development and evolution automatically comes out from this. Section 9 gives some examples of orderliness as mentioned among various group of people in Jainism. Section 10 then describes methodology and mechanism to acquire this order and reduce entropy at various stages of evolution. Section 11 gives examples of spiritual order with a quantitative evidence about sharp memory of Swamy Vivekanand and two examples about shatabdhanies, who have a capacity to memorize 100 different events and work up on them together. Another example deals with a possibility that through a high ordered state of mind, it might have been possible to estimate size of smallest particles of matter. In section 12, a hypothesis is put forward that spiritual processes may be defined as that set of processes in which rate of entropy production and total entropy decreases. Section 13 provides a list of procedures to reduce entropy and increase in orderliness in the society. Section 14 then talks of role and importance of consciousness and fuzzy nature of human decision making similar to quantum mechanics in taking a decision at a micro level (Buchanan 2011). Section 15, we compare the Darwin's principle of evolution with the spiritual evolution of Jainism. Results and Discussion are given I section 16 and Conclusion are given in section 17.
Three examples are given to explain order in human's brain that is to illustrate a highly ordered state of consciousness through extraordinary memory of Swamy Vivekananda,. The second example deals with shatabdhani who has extraordinarily "ordered" mind and a third example shows an attempt being made by ancient Jain acharyas to estimate size of smallest particles of matter through this knowledge structured in the soul. This may inspire the scientific community to take up the concept of consciousness, order and spiritual evolution in a serious way, because they might directly lead to new concepts of development.
Materials and Methods
Not only this, the concept of implicate order of quantum mechanics of David Bohm's (1951) needs to be explored for its similarity with the concept of Keval Jnana. Also it has been recently observed that that thought processes and decision making in our brain follows rules similar to that of quantum mechanics (Mark Buchanan (2011). Hence there can be lot of uncertainty in human's decision making. This is similar to strict following of rules of Jains so as to evolve in the correct direction of purifying the soul.
Some of the material used is already covered in first paper (GSFB) by the author. Our material is existing methodologies of science and their critical evaluation by experts in various fields. We particularly consider the problems and limitations of scientific methodology and scientific knowledge and need to explore General Systems Theory to handle biological and human systems. Darwin's principle of evolution is another material which we consider over here. We also take basic ideas of Jainism like their concepts of soul and its knowledge into account. Their idea of the evolution of soul and concept of gunasthanas is another set of material for our discussion. We also use the concept of entropy and order also which are mentioned in physics and explore them to study spiritual development. To understand the idea of order, examples of memory of Swamy Vivekanand and satavdhanies are also given. A third material is table
Many of the details are already covered in first paper and so will not be repeated here. So section 2 describes the materials and methodology used. Section 3 and elaborates limitations of science as applied to living systems and need to use General Systems Theory along with concept of knowledge. In section 4, concept of science, technology, economic development and generation of entropy is dealt with. In section 5, Darwin's