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Quantum Field Theory like model of consciousness
in Jainism.
Dr. Surendra Singh Pokharna
(Former Scientist, Indian Space Research Organization)
Consultant at Hitech Outsourcing Services, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Bhagwan Mahavir International Center for Scientific Research and Social Innovative Studies, JVBI, Ladnu, Nagaur (Rajasthan), India
Email: sspokharnal5@yahoo.com Phone No. 91-09825646519 (M)
selection by oneself is involved in spiritual evolution as certain rules and principles have to be followed described separately for ordinary humans and for enlightened souls like acharyas and sadhu sadhvies etc. It appears that practices like chanting of mantras, doing mediation (samayik), fasts (upwas, aaymbil, varshi tap, mas khaman, updhan, siddhi tap, nanayanuyatras), and other several practices lead to very stable life, increase in self-confidence, recognition of inner strength of soul, and ultimately evolution of one's soul. This model is quite similar to the quantum field theory like models used to study say superfluity and superconductivity [4]. In case of QFT, we have a highly ordered vacuum state with elementary excitations on this, whose number increases as temperature increases. In Jainism, there is a pure soul with infinite knowledge and other three infinities with karmas who obstruct these qualities of the pure soul,
Abstract: Jainism [[1]and Appendix 1], is one of the major three religious systems of India. It is well known for its rational and a scientific methodology. Here their theory of karmasis presented which describe interrelation between soul and matter. They talk about a pure soul which has infinite intuition, infinite knowledge, infinite bliss and infinite power. However, a worldly soul is always infected with matter known as karmas which obstructs these four properties. [2].Five different types of knowledge are described which include telepathy and clairvoyance also. The material karmas are of eight major types and 158 minor types. The model is similar to quantum field theory used to study superfluid and superconductivity where one has a highly ordered ground state at low temperature and elementary excitations at higher temperature. They also define fourteen stages of spiritual evolution through which one can pass with decreasing amount of these karmas and can acquire a pure soul [3]. Three examples are given which show that during higher stages of consciousness, one can have remarkable memory and they have even tried to estimate sizes of smallest particles of matter which is comparable to the current sizes of atoms and nuclei, indicating new frontiers of knowledge [4].
I. INTRODUCTION In Jainism, the world is assumed to be consisting of six elements. They are: Dharmastikay (Medium of motion), Adharmastikaya (Medium of rest), Akashastikaya (Space), Pudgalastikaya (Matter), Jeevastikaya (Living beings having a soul) and Kala (Time). Jainism has definedthe soul as the basic constituents of all living beings. According to the conception of Jainism, a perfect soul has infinite knowledge, infinite intuition, infinite bliss and infinite power. Although perfect soul has other characteristics but the knowledge has been regarded as the chief characteristic of soul.All species may be physically different but are existing in the world from the past which does not have any beginning. It is due to their attachment with material particles known as karma that they continuously take birth in the world again and again. Also it is these karmas who obstruct these intrinsic qualities of the pure soul. Hence it is stated that the direction of evolution should be towards a goal of liberalizing the soul from all material attachment that is all karmas. A process of
It is found that during the higher stages of consciousness, a person shows remarkable memory like that of Swamy Vivekanand (5). There is a phenomenon called Shatavadhan[4] which has been found in one Jain monk these days and so he can remember one hundred questions (Appendix 2) asked by say 100 different persons in a continuous sequence and can answer them all together in same sequence or reverse sequence and random sequence in the end. Similarly a table for measurement of length is mentioned in Appendix 3, which starts from the smallest particles of matter (for all practical purposes). One finds that the size estimated by them is quite comparable to the size estimated in the modern science [4). These examples all show existence of higher stages of consciousness which ae accompanied by large increase in memory of the brain and also different mechanisms might exist to acquire knowledge. These states have less elementary excitations like entities (known as karmas in the brain.
THEORY OF KARMAS AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN JAINISM: AN ANALOGY WITH QUANTUM FIELD THEORY OF ELEMENTARY EXCITATIONS IN SOLID STATE PHYSICS
