Yoga is the mother of all sciences

In a scientific world the concept of ‘God’ is not compatible with scientific principles because science requires ‘proof’; something that is demonsratable and reproducible at will. Science requires certain principles, mathematical equations, instruments and equipments to prove certain concepts and theories. These principles and concepts are then applied to create an apparatus or machine that can demonstrate those theories that people can see, touch, feel and use. Alternatively, scientists observe certain events in Nature. For example, Sir Isaac Newton observed a falling apple from a tree and formulated the concept of ‘Gravity’. The concept is born in a human mind from nowhere or from somewhere in the Nature. This is our understanding and evolution of science and technology and our world is full of them. Where the concept of God will fit into this scheme of things? The science of ‘Yoga’ teaches us a completely a different method. It does not require theories, mathematical equations, instruments or equipments but requires only a quiet, absorbing and focused human mind. It demands a crystal clear mind completely free from any thoughts and memories of the past or present. When a pure mind is totally absorbed on an object, the object ‘reveals’ its true Nature by itself. Patanjali explains in his Yoga sutra: “To him the entire mental modifications are controlled, there eventuates a state of identity with, and similarity to that which is realized. The knower, knowledge and the field of knowledge becomes one, just as the crystal takes itself the colors of that which is reflected on it. When the perceiver blends the word, the idea (or meaning) and the object, this is called mental conditioning of judicial reasoning. Perception without judicial reasoning is arrived at when the memory no longer holds control the words, the object is transcended and only the idea is present. The same two processes of concentration with and without judicial action of the mind can also be applied to things subtle. The gross lead to subtle and the subtle leads in progressive stages to the state of pure spiritual being called 'Pradhana'.All these constitute meditation with seed. When this super contemplative stage is reached, the yogi acquires pure spiritual realization through the balanced quiet of Chita (mind stuff). His perception is now unfailingly exact and his mind reveals only the truth. This particulate perception is unique and reveals that which a rational mind, using testimony, inference and deductions, cannot reveal.” By such super contemplative meditation, sages of the east were able to visualize even the structure of an atom. They have referred to ‘atoms’ in scriptures and in ancient texts several hundred years before Christ. Such masters of yoga had acquired powers and knowledge without any instruments or super computers but by deep contemplations and visualisations. They were strictly prohibited in exhibiting their super powers, which might hinder their spiritual progress to reach their ultimate goal of ‘Samadhi’. No matter how much progress science and technology has achieved and how much more it will achieve in the future, such progress is unlikely to remove human miseries and sufferings because, the ultimate purpose of science is to fulfill ‘human ego’, which yoga describes as ‘Avidya’ or human ignorance.Scientists can search for ‘God particles’ at the expense of billions of dollars but only to satisfy ‘human ego’.