Jainism Eternal and Universal Path for Enlightenment

Author(s): Narendra Bhandari
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad

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Jainism: The Eternal and Universal path for Enlightenment
meant to bring us down to the lowest energy levels where the energy from various sources starts flowing in. Energy of a thought is enough to raise the energy level above the environmental energy level and therefore one has to go to the state of no mind (no thought) to receive any energy. When any form of doubt, attachment, anger, greed, and pride fully subsides then environmental energy starts flowing in. The cosmos is full of energy. There are energy centres in the environment, such as mountain tops, temples, trees and water reservoirs which can transmit energy to humans and there are receptive centres in the body which can receive such energy. We still do not know the form in which this energy flows in but a guess is that it must be in a form of particles hitherto not discovered by physics. Meditation also increases the consciousness level to higher state. Thus Jainism prescribes a path to enhance the energy and consciousness levels by certain practices. Humans are the only species who can sit in isolation and increase their consciousness level, albeit in infinitesimal steps, unlike other species.
If we look at the history of the mankind and leave aside small hiccups, a certain direction of progress becomes clear. The humanity is moving towards freedom of all kinds, the ultimate aim being freedom from the cycles of birth. This freedom has to be preceded by freedom from mind, which in turn will be preceded by freedom from various other factors. The first revolution was the agriculture revolution to make humanity free of hunger and less dependent on nature. Then came the industrial revolution which brought in automation which provided material facilities and comforts and made us free from the worry of things of daily use. This was followed by the communication revolution to make it easy for us to communicate and leam from each other. The knowledge revolution is currently in progress with information easily accessible. This will be followed by social freedom, the most difficult of all, because we are intricately bound by social, family and personal traditions and mindset. This will soon be followed by revolution in thought and in consciousness level. We are inevitably moving in that direction. These revolutions are all recent phenomena over the past 10,000 or 20000 years and they are occurring progressively rapidly, from millennia to century and then to decadal scale, leaving us in no doubt in which direction the nature is evolving and wants us to evolve. Jainism and Buddhism are surely going to be the light houses for the next revolution. This is the underlying approach taken in this book. Although in this book Jainism has been considered in detail, the procedures are applicable to any body and one is not supposed to take anything as a matter of faith but is encouraged to weigh everything scientifically before accepting it. Part 1 of the book deals with the basic concepts of Jainism and part 2 deals with various aspects where there possibly is some overlap between science and Jainism. Much research will be required to prove if the various points raised are scientifically correct or require critical evaluation. If this approach is validated with open mind, the efforts in compiling this book will be deemed worth while.
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