Elusive Consciousness

Author(s): Narendra Bhandari, Surendrasingh Pokharana, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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6.1.
Shatavadhan (Capability to memorize one hundred questions or events and recall)
An example of the hypothesis of the above formalism is given below which is called shatavadhan. Shatavadhan (Shat- 100 + Avdhan) is a power to cover 100 different activities in a single act of attention. One who reaches the stage of shatavadhan is called Shatavadhani. A shatavadhani can remember 100 different things in a 100 different orders, spoken by 100 different people. This unbelievable power has been attained by a handful of people over the human history and because it needs very high stage of spiritual development. According to the modern scientific belief, a normal human being utilizes hardly 2% to 3% of his total mental potential. A common man can hear and remember serially 3 or 4 at a time. This is based on conscious mind. Anyone with exceptional intellect can extend this number from 3-4 to 10-11. However, taking this number to 100 is beyond the powers of most of the people. Shatavadhan is the ability to receive, retain and retain 100 activities accrued through eyes or ear during one period of attention and carried from the conscious to the subconscious. In Jain tradition one can name Shrimad Rajchandra, Guru of Mahatma Gandhi [6,7].
Similarly these days, Ajeet Chand Sagarji Maharasahab (sitting left in the photograph below), a satavdhani has demonstrated his spiritual powers in Ahmedabad (2008) and Mumbai (2012) who can listen to two hundred questions (or scenes he watches) asked by say two hundred persons at a stretch for say four hours and can answer them in the same sequence or reverse sequence after four hours, just like a machine with almost 100 percent accuracy. He is expected to give a similar demonstration involving 500 avadhans in Mumbai on November 16, 2014.