Scientific Secrets of Jainism

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

Page 260

Scientific Importance of Guru In Spirituality
229
guru dēvē, guru dēvatā, guru viņa ghõra amdhāra . jē nara guruthi vēgalā, radavadiyā saņsāra ..
[Guru is the lamp, guru is God, and without guru there is dreadful darkness. Those who are far from guru, wander badly in Samsāra i.e. birth and death cycle.
It was not without reasons that our ancient sages gave so much importance to guru. They were erudite and they also had knowledge from experience. Whatever they attained, they attained only through the blessings of their guru. They directly experienced and saw that those who had not acquired guru's blessings, wandered here and there in Samsāra in spite of being very capable and learned. Therefore, the importance that they gave to guru is justified and also from the viewpoint of modern science, it is proper.
Every living being, gross or subtle, has a sort of energy. In spiritual terminology, it is called spiritual power but in scientific terminology, it is called electromagnetic energy that depends upon the spiritual evolution of soul. The more purity of the soul, the more manifest the energy.
A scientific magazine entitled 'New Scientist' has published the results of certain experiments. Accordingly, there is a magnetic compass in the human body. Though unknowingly, we can come under the influence of a magnetic field.
Those who know even elementary science, know that around a magnet, there is its own magnetic field and it is represented by magnetic lines. The magnetic field is invisible but if you put a magnet on a piece of paper on a able, spread a few iron particles around it and pat the table with your finger, the iron particles will automatically be arranged along the magnetic lines in the magnetic field. If a piece of iron comes in the magnetic field, the magnet attracts it. If changes are often made in the magnetic field, an electric current is produced and if this electric current is passed through metal wires etc. magnetic energy or magnetic field is produced in them. Thus electric energy and magnetic energy are interdependent or co-related. When both these energies combine, electro-magnetic energy is produced. This sort of energy is there in living beings also but it is subtler and more powerful. The laws of gross electromagnetic energy and its field also apply to bioelectromagnetic field and energy. If one magnet is brought into the magnetic