To make the fundamental distinction between the animate or living, and inanimate or non-living things, we may have to describe the nature of functions that can be observed in the actions performed by things. There is a difference between mechanical performance and intelligent performance. In the actions performed by the living things, the agent is …
Category Archives: Consciousness-Biological/Spiritual Function
TRUTH AND REALITY – “I AM CONSCIOUSNESS”
WHAT IS TRUTH? The term Truth suggests confirmity with facts, experience, or with Reality, either as an idealized abstraction or in actual application to statements, ideas, acts, etc., Truth signifies an established or verified fact, or principle. Truth is related to the validity of what we mean. Plato defined the nature of Truth as correspondence between …
WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS?
WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS? Consciousness is described as a state of knowing, or awareness, or recognizing the existence, truth, or fact of ‘something’. What is that ‘something’ that is known or recognized by Consciousness ? I propose to explore the contents of Consciousness to answer the question of what is Consciousness ? CONSCIOUSNESS IS A SENSE EXPERIENCE: …
“I AM CONSCIOUSNESS, THEREFORE I AM”
“I AM CONSCIOUSNESS, THEREFORE I AM” SPIRITUALITY SCIENCE: MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY – THE INQUIRY ABOUT SELF, SPIRIT, AND SOUL: I would submit that we have to arrive at an understanding of ‘self’, spirit, and soul by knowing the structure and functional organization of the Living Thing or Being that exists. THE IDENTITY OF MULTICELLULAR HUMAN ORGANISM: …
THE ART OF SELF-DISCIPLINE
THE ART OF SELF-DISCIPLINE: “KRAMA SHIKSHA”, the instruction to impart physical and mental Discipline has a physiological basis. A part of human brain called the ‘Reticular Formation’ functions like Spirit or Soul to control, to guide, and to regulate the ‘Intellect'(“BUDDHI”), the Mind (“MANAH”), the Senses (“INDRIYA”), and the Body(“DEHA”). This is a tribute to …
THE ART OF SPIRITUAL LIVING
The Art of Spiritual Living : Spiritual practices involve finding Contentment and Satisfaction to fight the Enemy called Desire.
SPIRITUALITY SCIENCE – THE KNOWER – THE KNOWING-SELF
Using the analogy of a ‘CHARIOT’, Man may inquire about Self and use that Knowledge to reach his Final Destination.
SPIRITUALISM AND FUNDAMENTAL DUALISM
SPIRITUALISM AND FUNDAMENTAL DUALISM: Madhva of India had glorified difference between things. He traced back his dualistic thought to the Hindu scriptures known as the ‘Upanishads’. His main works are his commentaries on the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Vedanta-Sutras, and the Indian epic poem of Mahabharata. Five types of distinctions, or differences are central …
SPIRITUALISM – THE STORY ABOUT DOG EVOLUTION
THE EVOLUTION OF DOGS FROM WOLVES: A STORY FROM THE WASHINGTON POST: The scientific journal Nature published an article in its recent issue dated January 23, Wednesday suggesting a hypothesis for the evolution of dogs from wolves. David Brown of the Washington Post has published a news story on that hypothesis. I contest this view …
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BHAVANAJAGAT – 2012 IN REVIEW
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: About 55,000 tourists visit Liechtenstein every year. This blog was viewed about 300,000 times in 2012. If it were Liechtenstein, it would take about 5 years for that many people to see it. Your blog had …
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