Secrets of Yoga, God & Universe (2020)

Secrets of

Yoga, God & Universe

(2020)

Sri Dharam Vir Mangla

M.Sc. M.Ed. PGDCA

Edited by: Raju Gupta, M.C.A.

Geeta International Publishers & Distributors

Copyright © 2004. All rights reserved with the Author Sh. Dharam Vir Mangla and the Editor Sh. Raju Gupta. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, except for brief passages quoted in a book review.

Secrets of

Yoga, God & Universe

2020

Author: Sri Dharam Vir Mangla

Editors: Raju Gupta, M.C.A.

Dr. Vibha Gupta, Ph.D., M.Sc., M.Com

Phone: +91 981 868 7931, +91 987 119 3043

E-mail: [email protected]

URL: www.Mangla2God.blogspot.com

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Contents

About the Author

About the Book

Preface

Ch-1: Illusion, Delusion and Maya

Ch2:-Eternal Question ‘Who am I’

Ch3: Nature of Our Dreams and Death

Ch-4: Spirit & Self-Realization

Ch-5: Are Miracles Beyond Science

Ch-6: Scientific View of the Universe

Ch-7: Spiritual View of the Universe

God-Realization Foundation

Related Books by the Author

Glossary

Dedicated to:

Bhagwan Ved-Vyas

Adi-Shankaracharya

Sri Mahavatar Babaji,

Sri Amar Jyoti Babaji

Sri Paramhansa Yogananda

the Eternal Gurus

&

To all the Devoted Scientists, Educationists,

Doctors, Yogis and the Seekers of God & Truth

If you feel this book is worth reading by others for the transformation of their soul, it will be a great service to God to recommend or gift it to your friends, relatives and seekers of God. There cannot be any other gift better then a book, which can bring eternal joy, bliss and happiness in their lives. The author will be pleased, if you mail your comments or any query to [email protected]

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About the Author

Dharam Vir Mangla

Sh. D.V. Mangla, M.Sc. M.Ed. PGDCA got his master’s degrees from university of Delhi. He belongs to a religious family. He is an extraordinary combination of spiritual & scientific bent of mind. He joined his Ph.D. in Mathematics at Delhi University in 1969. Since then he is practicing yoga and have the opportunity of the company and blessings of great saints. He used to discuss about God, Shastras and Science with saints and scientists. He has fully devoted his life in the pursuit of God, spiritual studies and yoga practices. He served as lecturer in Mathematics at University of Aden and worked as Principal in Delhi.

He is disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and practicing ‘Kriya Yoga’ since long. He is a scholar of Science, Mathematics, Education and Philosophy. He has the ability to correlate Sciences, Shastras, Spiritual Science and God. His books are rare masterpieces based upon his spiritual experiences and vast studies and useful for believers and non-believers.

Besides his scientific-cum-spiritual discourses at various places and books, he also conducts seminars, workshops, for senior management and professionals on ‘Reduce Stress through Self-Management and Positive art of Thinking’. These have drawn the attention of reputed institutions in India and abroad.

Sri Mangla is the founder of ‘God Realization Foundation’ (GRF) in Delhi. It helps the seekers of God to answer their personal queries and circulate the reply to all the members. On the basis of many e-Spiritual Tests conducted by the foundation members are accordingly advised for their eligibility of initiation in ‘Kriya Yoga’. His writings are scientific commendable research work and a reservoir for further scientific researches.

Ashok Vardhan Dewan

Ex-Deputy Director Edu., J & K

About the Book

The universe is the Creation and Manifestation of Brahman the ultimate reality. Universe is not different from God (Brahman) and is the physical body of God. Since time immemorial both the yogis and the scientists are busy in searching this Ultimate Truth and the path for salvation of soul. As the ultimate truth is one and can never be contradictory to any scientific or spiritual system, author decided to synthesize both and remove the existing differences and misconceptions between the two. This book is an effort for the same.

The main aim of the book is to understand better our relation with universe & God. I have tried my best not to twist any spiritual, scientific or historical fact to prove my point. To an ordinary man the universe around looks real in every sense. But all the Holy Scriptures and great saints have declared the universe as Unreal, a Dream and a Thought in the Mind of God. We are confused and want to know the truth. The Maya of God and the limitations of our sense organs is the biggest hindrance in knowing the absolute truth. This book is an attempt to answer this great mystery.

The whole humanity is busy and spending billions of US $ to know the real structure, the future, present, past and origin of universe. How it came into existence and what shall be the end of the universe? With the blessings of great saint Sri Amar Jyoti Babaji and the inspiration from Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Sri Mahavatar Babaji and Sri Paramhansa Yogananda I was able to complete this book.

I can never forget the help of my son Raju Gupta and all the persons in the publishing of this book.

Dharam Vir Mangla

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Preface

Dr. Archana Gupta

Director & Scientist ‘E’

Council of Scientific & Ind. Research

Govt. of India, PUSA,

New Delhi.

R.K. Gupta

Deputy Director General

National Informatics Centre

Govt. of India, CGO Complex,

New Delhi.

This book is a rare masterpiece and a rare attempt of the author to synthesize the Scriptures, God and the latest scientific researches. Everything in the universe is most mysterious and the whole humanity is busy in solving the mysteries. But more we learn, more we are confused and exposed to new mysteries beyond human mind.

Generally, we are proud of our little knowledge and correctness of sense organs. But the book explains how our sense organs are working under the influence of Maya and misleading us from the absolute realty. Author has gone deep into the subject to explain, weather the universe is a reality or it is simply a great Dream or a Thought in the mind of God? The book explains the unreality of the universe.

The greatest puzzle ‘Who Am I’ is scientifically explained in a systematic manner. The book explains how we can know our ego ‘I’? The subtle subjects like Dreams, Death, God and Self-Realization are discussed deeply in a scientific manner. The concept of structure, origin, destruction, past, present and future of the universe, both as per Vedas and the latest space researches is thoroughly discussed and explained by the author. This is a most commendable book for the yogis, scientists, teachers and students.

Dr. Archana Gupta

R.K. Gupta

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Ch-1: Illusion, Delusion and Maya

Prayer

O Divine Mother! Teach me to understand Thy great mystery of the spirit, mind, matter, energy and the wondrous universe around me. Since millennium and in my numerous past incarnations, I might have forgotten Thee, but I am sure, Thou art has not forgotten me even for an instant. Now I am in search of knowing Thy reality and nothing else. I am crying to find & meet Thou art since my first breath in Thy delusive universe. Father! By your Maya Thou hast separated me from Thee. I was busy with Thy enchanting creation and had forgotten Thee.

O Divine Father! Thy creation is already entrapped in Thy great Illusion, Delusion and Maya. Our limited senses, intelligence and mind do not perceive Thy absolute reality and Truth, but only glimpses of Thy great Dream-Drama projected through Thy Infinite Great Mind. O Creator of Lives! Help us to know Thy Drama.

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Men’s Unending Enquiry

Om Poornam-Madaa, Poornam-Midam,

Poornat-Poorna-Mudachiate;

Poornasia, Poorna-Madaya,

Poorna-Meva-Visisyiate.

Isho-Upnishada

This means: O, God! Thou art infinite and complete. Out of Thy infinite formless existence, the infinite creation (universe) has come out from Thee as Thou manifestation. Thou art (the left-after) still infinite i.e. nothing has been reduced from Thee. Nothing can be added to Thee.

This nature of God exactly tallies with Mathematics. Mathematically this means if we subtract infinity from infinity it is still infinity and not less. ( -  = ). Conversely, if we add infinity to infinity it still remains infinity i.e. ( +  = ).

Since time immemorial the greatest puzzle of humanity has been to know our ego ‘I’, hidden in our physical body. All the western philosophies, physical & biological sciences have utterly failed to answer this mystical eternal question. But on the other side all the Hindu scriptures and the great Indian saints mainly concentrates to understand and to know our ego ‘I’.

What is this ‘I’? How to know this ‘I’? What is that in our body, which is called ‘I’? Is it a material or non-material thing? Who is the creator of this ‘I’? What happens to ego ‘I’ at the time and after death? Where does ‘I’ go and remains after death? After how long time & how does our ego ‘I’ creates & select a new physical body for itself? Do we take birth in other living creatures other than human? There are innumerable unanswered queries.

Why does it enjoy happiness & sorrows of life? Is there any way to make the ego ‘I’ free from the pangs of the cycle of life & death? How to get salvation and make ego ‘I’ free of births and deaths? What is death? Why and how our ego ‘I’ forcibly experiences the horrible dreams and creates another body during the dreams?

There are innumerable eternal questions, which are puzzling the minds of people who deeply think about life. To understand all these queries, first it is important to understand deeply the concept of Illusions, Delusions and Maya.

Since birth man observes so many illusions & delusions around him. His mind is generally befooled by his five senses & commonsense. He tries to understand all these delusions. To understand this there is a good example: man observes his own image hidden inside a plane mirror. His commonsense & mind interpret that the image is inside the mirror. After his investigation he finds that there is no such real image inside the mirror. A virtual image simply appears inside the mirror.

In fact no such image exists, and his mind wrongly interprets it as a real image inside the mirror. Since a mirror affects the minds of all the human beings and of all the animals for quite a long time, they think that there is no delusion in this phenomenon.

On the other side if the minds of an individual or a few persons misinterpret some phenomenon for a short duration of time, it is called an illusion. It is also interesting to understand misinterpretation done by the senses and mind.

After understanding following few examples you will be convinced to conclude that: The information and interpretation reported by our sense organs and mind may not be absolutely correct. It is a misconception among most of the people that our five sense organs provide us knowledge of absolute truth.

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What is an illusion

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Illusion, Delusion and Maya

The shaded parts of two triangles are exactly the same. If you cut them out and re-arrange them like the second drawing, there remains a hole! How can this be?

All the horizontal lines are parallel but appear to be inclined to each other.

Illusion means ‘ill-vision’. An error entertained by one or more persons (but not by the whole humanity) for a short duration of time is called ‘avidya’, or illusion. The person suffering from the illusion misinterprets the object. He can remove it by applying his own correct senses, reason, mind & intelligence. Illusion is not permanent. For examples:

To presume a rope as a snake, by a person in the dark

To presume a devil or some mysterious object, in the dark, which does not exist?

A mirage of oasis in the dry desert etc.

The color blindness and visibility of two or more objects instead of one due to defect of vision.

Deceptive visions in illusion pictures.

It is clear and self-evident from illusion pictures (see) that the information reported by our eyes is not always correct. There are ultrasonic & supersonic sounds, in-numerable electromagnetic vibrations, cosmic rays; infrared & ultraviolet rays, microwaves, radio & T.V. waves and so many unknown waves around us. But our limited sense organs are failed to detect all these. Don’t think that our sense organs observe the 100% correct information, but are able to observe only that which God has decided to observe for us under Maya.

The atoms and molecules of the whole universe, cannot arrange themselves of their own, to give the required shapes and forms to galaxies, stars, planets, living creatures, plants, animals, solids, liquids, gases and living creatures etc. It needs infinite intelligence of God to create and arrange all the microscopic particles, in the form as they are in the universe.

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What is a Delusion

Delusion means ‘dual-vision’ or ‘diluted- vision’. It means seeing everything apart from God. In delusion both ego ‘I’ and God exist. Delusion separates ego ‘I’ from God. The observer knows that everything else is God, but still he feels his separation from God due to delusion. A delusion is an error entertained by the whole humanity for a long duration of time. Our intelligence, mind, senses and reason can partially interpret the phenomenon and the appearance of substances. But most of the time our senses report falsely. The correct scientific investigations and