Ancient Indian Philosophy: Hindu, Hinduism Religion

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Ancient Indian Philosophy: Metaphysics of Hinduism Religion: All is One (Brahman / Space) and Dynamic

Though One, Brahman is the cause of the many.
Brahman is the unborn (aja) in whom all existing things abide. The One manifests as the many, the formless putting on forms. (Rig Veda)
Behold but One in all things; it is the second that leads you astray. (Kabir)


In Indian philosophy, the main terms used by Hindus and Buddhists have dynamic connotations. The word Brahman is derived from the Sanskrit root brih - to grow- and thus suggests a reality which is dynamic and alive. The Upanishads refer to Brahman as 'this unformed, immortal, moving', thus associating it with motion even though it transcends all forms.' The Rig Veda uses another term to express the dynamic character of the universe, the term Rita. This word comes from the root ri- to move. In its phenomenal aspect, the cosmic One is thus intrinsically dynamic, and the apprehension of its dynamic nature is basic to all schools of Eastern mysticism. They all emphasize that the universe has to be grasped dynamically, as it moves, vibrates and dances. (Fritjof Capra, 1972.)

Hindu cosmology is non-dualistic. Everything that is is Brahman. Brahman is the eternal Now, and in eternity there is no before or after, for everything is everywhere, always. To use the words of Pascal 'it is a circle the center of which is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.' (Sudhakar S.D, 1988)

Brief Introduction to explaining Hinduism / Brahman with the Metaphysics of Space and the Wave Structure of Matter (WSM)

Ancient Indian Philosophy is founded upon the Vedas (which means 'ancient knowledge') which was the first collection of Indian Philosophy to be written down around 1200 BC. The most significant doctrine expressed in the Vedas and the Upanishads (composed later ~ 8th or 7th century BC, the first philosophical explorations of Hinduism) is that Reality is One or Absolute, changeless, perfect and eternal, Brahman. The ordinary human world of many separate and discrete (finite) things (which our mind represents by our senses) is an illusion. Through meditation, one can experience their true Self which is Brahman, God, the One infinite eternal thing which causes and connects the many things. True enlightenment is Self-realisation, to experience the supreme reality as Self.

The Metaphysics of Space and the Wave Structure of Matter explains the One Thing / Brahman, as Space which has Properties (Wave-Medium) that give rise to the many things (Matter as the Spherical Wave Motion of Space). This is important as the Wave Structure of Matter allows us to use reason to understand our mind's representation of matter as discrete and separate objects (the 'naive real' illusion of 'particles') to the greater interconnected wholeness / dynamic unity of nature and what exists.


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Karene

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