Sambodhi 1977 Vol 06

Author(s): Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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be even more general than the above dualism and it appears that theory of relativity-like principle may be applicable in the particle physics also.
After discussing the present situation of various theories in physical sciences, let us turn towards biological sciences. We find that although the doctrine of Karmas is very different from the hitherto biological advancements. It is more appropriate and closer to the reality. Several scientists are searching out such a theoretical discipline.
6. Quantum biology, doctrine of karmas, concept of ahimsã and the ideas
of Rebirth :
We often analyze the properties of a system by decomposing it into some subsystems. In many cases we discover that these properties cannot be explained as a mere aggregate of the effects of the subsystemis. Such phenomena are knowa as collectve phenomena or cooperative phenomena in which different subsystems cooperate with each other. In such phenomnena the discrete constitutive individuals are modified in their hehaviour and the whole group is more than and different from a simple addition of its parts. One of the most suitable example of such a phenomena is an organism. But unfortunately all the developments in the field of biology have ignored this aspect of reality and have confined only to the study of individual components. However, it is only very recently that much attention has gone to the collective behaviour of biological systems.
Let us understand the moaning of collective heliaviour by taking some examples. As the theory of such systems has been widely understood for some well known low temperature phenomena observed in some quantum mechanical many particle systems, we give liere a sliort note on this theory which will also lielp in understanding the doctrine of Karmas.
We all know that temperature of a body has a meaning only for the body as a whole and is not definable for a single particle which is a constituent of the body. Similarly the feelings of the happiness and pain etc. are meaningful only for an organism as a whole and not delinable for its constituents. In physics we have many other examples which are very important at low temperature near absolute zero. They include superfluidity which is nothing but viscousless flow of a liquid say liquid heliumt, superconductivity in which flow of current takes place without any resistance and ferromagnetism in which a strong magnetic behaviour is manifested by a given specimen. In all these cases, one defines an order parameter whose value is unity at absolute zero and fails down as the temperature increases. This corresponds to an increase of disorder in the system. This disorder is then explained in terms of some quinsi-particles or elementary excitations which are theoretically devised particles and represent a collective property