Kalachakra as the SpaceTime Model of Consciousness.docx

1987

Doctoral dissertation completed at the University of Wisconsin – Madison under the supervision of Prof. Geshe Lhundub Sopa. Originally published by University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. UMI underwent multiple name changes and changes of ownership. The current [6 Jan 2022] publisher is named "ProQuest."

It is an outstanding book from both the scientific and spiritual points of view. It is the unique record of the pioneering experiments which presents clear, electro-physiological evidence of the existence of the network of chakras and nadis which form the infra-structure of the subtle energies existing in the pranic and psychic dimensions, which underlie and activate the physical, material body of man. The experiments in the book successfully integrate the subjective and objective dimensions of knowledge, and will serve as guideposts and blueprints for experiments in the years ahead. The chakras and other components of the human energy field were largely brought to the attention of the Western world by clairvoyant Charles W. Leadbeater. His pioneering work is discussed in detail in this fascinating exploration of the subtle body, along with that of other respected seers and yogis.

Almost two thousand years ago, the Indian sage Patañjali, an inheritor of several of these maps, and a noted master navigator of consciousness, composed an integrated set of aphorisms that describe in great detail the structure and dynamics of consciousness within the human being. More than simply a description, however, Patañjali's Yoga Sūtra provides a theory-practice continuum which includes "... effective definitions, explanations and descriptions of key concepts and terms relating to theoria and praxis in Yoga." This paper is an attempt to sketch a pragmatic map of consciousness for a modern techno-digital culture by describing Patañjali's model of the structure and dynamics of consciousness in the languages of science. The model will be shown to be supported by recently hypothesized theories of consciousness put forward by the Cambridge molecular biologist Johnjoe McFadden , the New Zealand neurobiologist Susan Pockett, and the Stanford physicist Frank Heile. The model presents human consciousness as operating in two distinct modes: 1.) as a fluctuating process of time-based organic memory and symbolic reasoning within the constraints of the physical neuronal systems, and 2.) as a nexus of electromagnetic energy flux aligned axially within and radiating outward from resonant cavities within the human body. I will describe how this model parallels and is supported by Patañjali's description of 1.) the human mindstuff (citta) and its relation to 2.) radiant consciousness (puruṣa).

2020

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2012

This research work is part of a sustained attempt to scientifically interpret the Meditative Guidance of the Divine Omdasji Sound Meditation (SR0000398348 dated 2006-09-13, United States Copyright Office) renowned to bring peace and calm to the meditating human subject. Recent scientific findings on a seemingly unrelated area of research work evoked interest as a convergence was realized. A Comparison started yielding more insight into hitherto unexplored areas. This research work attempts to analyze and assimilate the research of the Divine Omdasji Sound Meditation Research and further findings.

Kalacakra Tantra is the culmination of thousand years of refinement of Indian tradition of knowledge in both dimensions- inner engineering and outer phenomena. Dehmadhye Samastam (देहमध्ये समस्तं) or Everything is contained within the Body - is the root essence of the text. The body itself is the universal text and the universal knowledge, on the other hand, is visualized as a body- the Vajra-Deha. Time( Kala- काल) governs the individual body as well as the cosmic body. Time is the universal monarch. To understand temporality, one ought to understand the structure of phenomena both within body and outside body and the correlation between the two dimensions.

In this paper I will outline the psychophysical basis of the energy described as Kundalini from a scientifically trained perspective. I will also present various specific techniques for acquisition of Kundalini experiences derived from several decades of participation in the exploration these contemplative practices.

This research work is part of a sustained attempt to scientifically interpret the Meditative Guidance of the Divine Omdasji Sound Meditation (SR0000398348 dated 2006-09-13, United States Copyright Office) renowned to bring peace and calm to the meditating human subject. Recent scientific findings on a seemingly unrelated area of research work evoked interest as a convergence was realized. A Comparison started yielding more insight into hitherto unexplored areas. This research work attempts to analyze and assimilate the research of the Divine Omdasji Sound Meditation Research and further findings.

Transmission: The Journal of the Awareness Field, Vol.9 The Realm of Immanence, 2018-2019 , 2019