How does quantum physics work, you may ask, what is it, and where does it come from? In this article we discuss a very brief and simplified history of Quantum Mechanics and will quote what the founding fathers of this branch of science had to say about Vedic influence on the development of their theories !e are not interested in new age mumbo"#umbo !e are interested in understanding what is real and what is false $his is why we, along with all other great minds, consult the Vedic te%ts &lease read on'
$he famous (anish physicist and )obel &ri*e winner, +aureate )iels ohr -.//0".1234 -pictured above4, was a follower of the Vedas He said, 5I go into the 6panishads to ask questions7 oth ohr and 8chr9dinger, the founders of quantum physics, were avid readers of the Vedic te%ts and observed that their e%periments in quantum physics were consistent with what they had read in the Vedas )iels ohr got the ball rolling around .1:: by e%plaining why atoms emit and absorb electromagnetic radiation only at certain frequencies
$hen, in the .13:;s
ustrian"Irish physicist -pictured below4, who won the )obel pri*e, came up with his famous wave equation that predicts how the Quantum Mechanical wave function changes with time !ave functions are used in Quantum Mechanics to determine how particles move and interact with time
In the .13:;s !erner Heisenberg -.1:.".1=24 -pictured +eft4 formulated his famous uncertainty principal, which states when a physicist attempts to observe a subatomic particle, the e%perimental apparatus inevitably alters the subatomic particle;s tra#ectory $his is because they are trying to observe something that is of the same scale as the photons they are using to observe it $o be more specific, to observe something that is subatomic in si*e one must use a device -apparatus4 that pro#ects photons at the particle being observed $his is because the reception of photons by our retina is what we call vision asically, to observe something, we must bounce photons off it $he problem is that the photons disturb the subatomic particles because they are of the same si*e $hus, there is no way to observe subatomic particles without altering their tra#ectories ohr, Heisenberg and 8chr9dinger regularly read Vedic te%ts Heisenberg stated, 5Quantum theory will not look ridiculous to people who have read Vedanta7 Vedanta is the conclusion of Vedic thought urthermore, rit#of @apra, when interviewed by Aenee !eber in the book The Holographic Paradigm -page 3.=B3./4, stated that 8chr9dinger, in speaking about Heisenberg, has saidC 5I had several discussions with Heisenberg I lived in
and was a guest of $agore He talked a lot with $agore about Indian philosophy Heisenberg told me that these talks had helped him a lot with his work in physics, because they showed him that all these new ideas in quantum physics were in fact not all that cra*y He reali*ed there was, in fact, a whole culture that subscribed to very similar ideas Heisenberg said that this was a great help for him )iels ohr had a similar e%perience when he went to @hina7 @onsequently, ohr adopted the Fin"Fang symbol as part of his family coat"of"arms when he was knighted in .1G= 8chrodinger wrote in his book Meine !eltansichtC
5$his life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire e%istence, but in a certain sense the whole only this whole is not so constituted that it can be surveyed in one single glance $his, as we know, is what the rahmins Dwise men or priests in the Vedic traditionE e%press in that sacred, mystic formula which is yet really so simple and so clear tat tvam asi, this is you r, again, in such words as 5I am in the east and the west, I am above and below, I am this entire world7
त त प बरह ह व दम दमम म प रसतत ब बरह पशचत पशचत ब बरह उरत उरत दकणतशचर दकणतश चर ण । ण । त त बरह अधशचव च प पर ह व द कवशवकमद कवशवकमद वकरषम वकरषम ! 33.. $his is a reference to the Mundaka 6panishad mantra -above4 in which the Vedic understanding of the connectivity connectivity of living entities is put forward to help the hakta -practitioner of yoga4 yoga4 to understand the difference between the body and the living entity How the real nature of the living entity is reali*ed only in union with the source, the supreme being -rahmanJKrishna4 through a platform of transcendental divine loving service 8chr9dinger, in speaking of a universe in which particles are represented by wave functions, said, 5$he unity and continuity of Vedanta Vedanta are reflected in the unity and continuity of wave mechanics $his is entirely consistent with the Vedanta concept of >ll in ne7
5$he multiplicity is only apparent $his is the doctrine of the 6panishads >nd not of the 6panishads only $he mystical e%perience of the union with Lod regularly leads to this view, unless strong pre#udices stand in the !est7 -ll in ne7 -8chr9dingerC +ife and $hought -Meine !eltansicht4, p .=N4
In 8chr9dinger;s famous essay on determinism and free will, he e%pressed very clearly the sense that consciousness is a unity, arguing that this 5insight is not new'rom the early great 6panishads the recognition >tman O rahman -the personal self equals the omnipresent, all"comprehending eternal self4 was in Indian thought considered, far from being blasphemous, to represent, the quintessence of deepest insight into the happenings of the world $he striving of all the scholars of Vedanta was, after having learnt to pronounce with their lips, really to assimilate in their minds this grandest of all thoughts7
>ccording to Moore Mo ore on page .30 of his biographical biographic al work, A Life of Erwin Schr ödinger, 8chr9dinger ödinger, 8chr9dinger found 5Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves' $he stages of human development are to strive for &ossession ->rtha4, Knowledge -(harma4, >bility -Kama4, eing -Moksha4' )irvana is a state of pure blissful knowledge It has nothing to do with individual $he ego or its separation is an illusion $he goal of man is to preserve his Karma and to develop it further B when man dies his karma lives and creates for itself another carrier7 $he above quote clearly demonstrates 8chr9dinger;s firm belief in reincarnation
8chr9dinger 8chr9dinger wrote in his book My iew of the World C 5In all the world, there is no kind of framework within which we can find consciousness in the plural this is simply something we construct because of the temporal plurality of individuals, individuals, but it is a false construction'$he construction'$he only solution solution to this conflict in so far as any is available to us at all lies in the ancient wisdom of the 6panishad7 -p N.4 $he Vedas teach that we are more than physical bodies operating according to the laws of physics and chemistry !e, the eternal conscious self - Atma - Atma4, 4, are inherently connected to the greater whole -ParamAtma4, ParamAtma 4, and this eternal inherent connection is totally transcendental to matter >ll living entities - Atmas!, having Atmas!, having free will, are able to ignore this connection or recogni*e it $he Vedas teach us how to do both !hen we act as scientists and look for facts and accept them and then go on to use and act according to our new reali*ations we can make great progress 8imilarly, as living entities, we must scientifically study the great work of the evidential books of the Vedas in order to help us reali*e the facts of this universe and beyond, and our natural position in it 8chr9dinger e%plicitly affirmed his conviction that Vedantic #nana -knowledge4 represents the only true view of reality, a view for which he was prepared to offer empirical proof -Klaus K Klostermaier, A Short "ntrod#ction to Hind#ism, Hind#ism , p .2/4
Aegarding mystical insights, 8chr9dinger tells usC 5$he multiplicity is only apparent $his is the doctrine of the 6panishads, and not of the 6panishads only $he mystical e%perience of the union with Lod regularly leads to this view, unless strong pre#udices stand in the !est7 ->maury de Aiencourt, The Eye of Shi$a% Eastern Mysticism and Science, Science, p=/4 In autumn of .130 8chr9dinger wrote an interestingly personal account of his philosophy of life called Mein !eltansicht B My !orld View
He completed this in .12: In chapter 0 of this book he gives his understanding of the basic view of Vedanta He writes, 5Vedanta teaches that consciousness is singular, all happenings are played out in one universal consciousness and there is no multiplicity of selves7 Maya -illusion4 is the cause of our faulty identification with this material world In all the embodied forms of e%istence, >tma -the individual living entity4 is fully able to at any time revive his forgotten, eternal and inherent connection with rahman or &aramatma, the supreme self and source of all the living entities 8chr9dinger did not believe that it is possible to demonstrate the unity of consciousness by logical arguments ne must make an imaginative leap guided by communion with nature and the persuasion of analogies He understood the nonmaterial eternal nature of the conscious self and how the >tman is intimately connected to the supreme In the .13:;s quantum mechanics was created by the three great minds mentioned aboveC Heisenberg, ohr and 8chr9dinger, who all read from and greatly respected the Vedas $hey elaborated upon these ancient books of wisdom in their own language and with modern mathematical formulas in order to try to understand the ideas that are to be found throughout the Vedas, referred to in the ancient 8anskrit as 5rahman,7 5&aramatma,7 5>kasha7 and 5>tman7 >s 8chr9dinger said, 5some blood transfusion from the
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&hysicists have not yet ascertained whether ohr and company or
ne thing that all this materialistic research has done is open up the doors for the world to look deeper into the validity of the Vedas or, it is stated in the hagavad"gita, 5> mundaner .4 is sure to commit mistakes, 34 is invariably illusioned, N4 has the tendency to cheat others and G4 is limited by imperfect senses !ith these four imperfections, one cannot deliver perfect information of all" pervading knowledge7 8o no matter how many e%periments we conduct, we can never come to the absolute truth using imperfect instruments of perception, even if we have a super brain like
8ince scientists like 8chr9dinger did not possess a direct knowledge of 8anskrit to discern first"hand what the Vedic te%ts actually were saying, they were forced to read various translations of these great books of wisdom, such as the 6panishads $here are persons like Aobert ppenheimer -.1:G B .12=4 -pictured on left4 who were not lacking in such an advantage ppenheimer learned 8anskrit in .1NN and read the hagavad"gita in the original, citing it later as one of the most influential books to shape his philosophy of life, stating that 5$he Vedas are the greatest privilege of this century7 6pon witnessing the world;s first nuclear test in .1G0, he instantly quoted hagavad"gita chapter .., te%t N3, 5)ow I am become death, the destroyer of worlds7 Vedic te%ts such as the ahgavad"gita and the 6panishads were collectively considered the most influential books ever written by eminent people like $horeau, Kant, 8chopenhauer, 8chr9dinger, !erner Heisenberg , $esla,
urthermore N:: years before Quantum Mechanics, 8ir Isaac )ewton came up with @lassical Mechanics which describes very basic action and reaction )ewton;s entire work in &hysics and @alculus was taken wholesale from the Vedas and Kerala book of @alculus It was simply taken from the Vedas where it was originally used for calculating rates of change in >stronomy and >strology for many thousands of years before )ewton
>nother genius s cientist was )ikola $esla, a super genius 8erbi an $esla, $esla, along with the others mentioned me ntioned above, knew that the ancient Indian rahmans -wise men4, well equipped with knowledge from the Vedas, had understandings of the intricate laws, mathematical formulas and subtle workings of the universe that far surpass anything we can even imagine today
It is uncertain how )ikola $esla was introduced to the Vedas Much of $esla;s life and work has been erased from history due to this mastermind inventor and scientist wanting to make the fruits of all his work available for free to the world -google 5free energy $esla7 and your mind will be truly blown away4 6nfortunately for us, because he was not trying to use his genius for profiteering and e%ploiting others he was met with one setback after another His grants and funding were constantly being revoked by those that control the economy and trade )ikola $esla originally invented many things that we all use on a daily basis but most people have never even heard of him because his name was removed from common history -#ust like much of the teaching of the Vedas4 and he was eventually murdered I guess he know too much and wanted to share it freely for the betterment of mankind -#ust like the Vedas4, not to e%ploit it 6nfortunately not everyone saw eye to eye with him $esla understood the great power of ero &oint ield or >kasha or
)$ want the 68 military to use it to destroy the planet )o wonder he was denied the )obel pri*e and eventually killed Knowledge is power, and there are many people that want all the power for themselves $esla wanted to give power to everyone for freeP He was actually the first person to figure out how to make radio communication possible across the >tlantic ocean ut because he wanted to make this ability free for others his funding was stopped and the credit was later given to someone else that played the power game better than him
Here is #ust a small list of some of $esla;s contributions to the world that he has not been given credit forC Alternating &#rrent &# rrent 'A& electricit e lectricity y -$homas -$homas s a result we see whats there now4 )'rays
transistors -you are using a transistor right now to view this webpage
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(esonant fre*#ency -every fre*#ency -every one else figured it out 0: yeas later4 +l#orescent and eon lighting The ind#ction motor The rotating magnetic field -precursor field -precursor to gyroscope4 Arc lighting Tesla coil -scillators Encryption technology and scram.ler Wireless comm#nication and power transmission remote control Telegeodynamics -a Telegeodynamics -a way to search for metals and minerals4 Tachometer and speedometer (efrigeration machines /ladeless t#r.ines and p#mps &ryogenic engineering reacti$e 0et dirigi.le -precursor dirigi.le -precursor to Harrier #et4 Ho$ercraft +li$$er plane -precursor to sprey helicopterJaircraft4 helicopterJaircraft4 Particle'.eam weapons -precursor weapons -precursor to 8tarwars4 >ll $esla;s $esla;s engineering was done in his head, he never work ed things out on paper or used scale models to come to a functioning final result He was truly empowered by Krishna $hings would appear in his head and he would simply record it e%actly as it came to him, similar to eethoven elow is a picture of the tower $esla built in the early .1::s in 8horeham, )ew Fork referred to as 5!ardenclyffe7 $his tower was proposed to be a model for more of these towers located around the world to provide free wireless energy to everyone 6pon & Morgan;s finding out it was not equipped with any type of meter to monitor who was using how much of the energy it provided and was thus not for profit he ripped $esla;s funding out from under him and the tower was torn down
$esla lived to be /2 years old He was 2 ft 3 in -.// m4 tall and reported to be strikingly handsome He was also a celibate his whole life $his goes in line with the teachings of the Vedas that $esla and other master minds were familiar with $he Vedas recommend for yogis, and those wanting super intelligence and inner power, to conserve their own divine energy by observing celibacy >s $esla himself has said, 5$he gift of mental power comes from Lod, divine being, and if we concentrate our minds on that truth, we become in tune with this great power7 and 5ur senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world7 $here is an interesting video on video on $esla and how he understood the secrets hidden in the pyramids of
)ow ask yourself why don;t we learn about the Vedas in school? Instead we are told it is all #ust some hind# 5mythology7 hind# 5mythology7 Maybe for the same reason, we have not ever heard about Mr )ikola $esla
>lthough not a physi cist, the th e Lerman philosopher >rthur 8chopenhauer -.=// B ./2:4 I feel also deserves a place in this article due the fact that he read a +atin translation of the Vedic Vedic te%ts and also glorified the 6panishads in his main work, work, The World as Will and (epresentation -./.14, as well as in his Parerga and Paralipomena -./0.4 He found his own philosophy was in accord with the Vedic ideas He statesC 5$hat I encounter in the Vedas deep original lofty thoughts, suffused with a high and holy seriousness7 and 5If the reader has also received the benefit of the Vedas, the access to which by means of the 6panishads is in my eyes the greatest privilege which this still young century -././4 may claim before all previous centuries, if then the reader, I say, has received his initiation in primeval Indian wisdom, and received it with an open heart, he will be prepared in the very best way for hearing what I have to tell him It will not sound to him strange, as to many others, much less disagreeable for I might, if it did not sound conceited, contend that every one of the detached statements which constitute the 6panishads, may be deduced as a necessary
result from the fundamental thoughts which I have to enunciate, though those deductions themselves are by no means to be found there7 -sourceC The World as Will and (epresentation &reface to the first edition, p %iii4
