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very preliminary stage, but strongly indicate that processes like telepathy and clairvoyance may exist in living systems. But this is happening at such levels that they need not follow the spatio-temporal invariant conditions of classical physics, due to irreversible characteristic of living systems an
memory.
XIV.
CLASSICAL INFORMATION, QUANTUM INFORMATION VERSUS VIDHYA AND PARA VIDHYA:
It is now well established that classical information is very different from the quantum information. Thus classical information flows only in positive time direction, whereas quantum information [12] can flow both in positive as well as negative direction. Means backward propagation of quantum information is possible [10]. It also has properties of entanglement that is information at two different spatial and temporal levels can be strongly related with each other as in EPR paradox. Due to this qubits situated at different places can have strong connectivity resulting into huge capacity to process information and at very high speed. Finally, for a quantum system in a superposition state, if a measurement is carried out to know the state of the system, then, only partial information is obtained (available in the eigen state into which a superposition state has reduced due to measurement process) whereas some information is lost which was available in the other eigen states of the superposition state. As quantum systems are extremely sensitive systems, they are easily disturbed by the so called "decoherent factors" or noise.
In Indian philosophy also two types of knowledge are discussed. They are known as vidhya (ordinary knowledge) and para vidhya (superior knowledge). It appears that vidha may be the classical information of today and the para vidhya may be the quantum information. The recent arguments that subconscious mind works on the basis of quantum information (working as a quantum computer), so it may be in agreement with the ancient literature that actual knowledge is structured in the consciousness and is hidden from us and is much more than what appears at the observable level. Also one gets classical information from quantum information through the process of objective reduction, hence the ultimate source of information or knowledge could be paravidhya,
XV.
CONCEPT OF REBIRTH, KARMA THEORY, PAAP AND PUNYA IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT WORK OF PROF. PENROSE AND HAMEROFF:
Theory of past karmas and that of pap and punyaalso seems now to fall in the domain of science now since information stored in the space time geometry of a person may have records of all the past births and can influence the working of
brain at very micro level and similarly the activities performed in the present birth also leave some information in its space time geometry, which will influence the next births and so on.
India has great spiritual traditions and our rishi munies and aacharyas have gone into vast details and have practically experienced several dimensions of reality, which modern science is now touching. Once the mechanism of information flow between human brain and the space-time geometry is understood properly, theory of karmas and pap punyacould find more rational way.[13]
XVI.
DO SPIRITUAL PROCESSES
INVOLVED
IN EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS HELP TO REDUCE ENTROPY PRODUCTION AND RESOURCE CONSUMPTION IN THE BIOSPHERE:
From this analysis, it appears that Indian monks have spiritually ordered mind and the higher stages of consciousness, are associated with less noise and better control of mind, that is in a more orderly state. We seriously feel that the various religious and spiritual practices developed by the ancient Indian seers like Yoga, Meditation, Sadhna and others also results into an overall increase in the order in their brain, and hence a decrease in the rate of entropy production in their brain. If we look at their behavior and daily practices then we find that they consume minimum resources and hence generate least entropy in the environment.
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