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Here is the disclaimer - What I am about to say is just an attempt to connect the dots and complete the logical picture! I do believe that the grand hand of the divinity has a definite place in the creation of the universe, mankind and other species. For me, the holy trinity would ideally consist of 1.the divine energy - Adi Para Sakthi, 2. souls (male or female or others) and 3. the Prakruti itself.     But other forces of shaping also prevailed such as evolution and involution. We have to again view evolution in the context of the Prakruti and in the context of the other souls! I am currently unable to think of a proper logical sequencing of events that happened, at the point of ‘Big Bang’, But I do have certain opinions about how things started getting in place. I pray to the almighty Adi Para Sakthi and the protagonist’s team to guide me to write about the truths/facts only, as much as possible. 1.      Adi Para Sakthi existed for eternity and is still ruling over us.   2.      The first aspect of creation was MAHAT or the canvas of dark energy and dark matter.   3.      Certain things might have started in parallel such as- a.      Evolution of Prakruti b.      Evolution of the living forces From here on, the below set of events might have happened in any sequence or as parallel events As part of evolution of the Prakruthi, the below creation steps might have happened.       Please refer to my article on – The Construct of the Universe – Part 2 - https://www.mayoan.com/post/10-the-construct-of-the-universe-part-2 I quote from that article: As per some contents of puranas I have come across, the dissolution of the universe during the pralaya (deluge) time happens as follows: First the deluge (water) appears and breaks the earth - Earth is gone Next fire vaporises water - Water is gone Then air removes fire and ashes - Fire is gone Then the space sucks in the air - Air is gone MAHAT removes the space - Space is gone Finally, MAHAT itself is gone (assuming most of the souls has experienced the great merge) In the creation, (say at the big bang), the reverse was expected to have happened during the creation of the Prakruti. First MAHAT is formed Next Space is drawn Air/Prana/Gases fills in the space adequately Fire follows Air Water follows Fire Earth forms over water   5.    All the cosmic grand events can be attributed to the above creation or dissolution related events! And we have to expect the 2nd and subsequent derivative actions besides the integrated effects from the combination of the above distinct events, some of which may be on a grand display in the cosmic canvas.   6.      Black holes may mean any of the below 2 events too: a.      Glimpse into the continuum of dark energy/dark matter b.      Glimpse into the nothingness wrapping Adi Para Sakthi Both of the above can serve as a form of universal sinks. The first one can also serve as a source.   7.    Adi Para Sakthi might have created Nithyasuris - Nithyasuris are eternally liberated souls in Hindu philosophy, particularly within the context of Vedanta, representing those who exist in a state of perpetual service to the divine. Nithyasuris can be considered as the governors of the universe. Initially they might have consisted of both the protagonist and the antagonist with equal strengths (ICCHA SAKTHI). They might have created their own teams and interests. Based on the learnings from the past creation cycles, protagonist might have been favoured more too. A hierarchy might have evolved among the nithyasuris during the formative years and power struggle would have happened both in the physical and mental realms. In the physical realm, great devastating wars would have been fought and in the mental realm, the good and evil forces may have used their respective ICCHA SAKTHIs to let loose , boons, curses and rules to gain control of the universe! Coupled with Maya ( https://www.mayoan.com/post/38-work-of-maya-in-our-inner-faculties ) and the complete failure of order, no one perhaps could figure out who the real protagonist was and who the real antagonist was and in those formative years utter chaos and mayhem remained.   8.     The existence of nithyasuris may lead to some thoughts such as – the fast-expanding universe might not have evolved uniformly. The places where nithyasuris stayed would have matured fast to support their existence.   9.     Language was not existing and all communications among nithyasuris, at least, initially were happening up till the feeling/emotional layers (Pashyanti as per the vak system – please refer to https://www.mayoan.com/post/33-the-vak-system-or-the-system-of-speech-in-humans ) only and were facial expressions/grunts of various kind just like the cave men of our lineage. This was the case at least till the nithyasuris understood about the act of meditation. Then probably they heard the Vedic hymns released by the big bang and arrived at the knowledge of creating a language as a platform to communicate. Eventually they were able to communicate better and as part of evolution, many alphabet systems and languages started developing too. From Shruti (what is heard), evolved the Smriti (what is memorized) form of language and eventually this too evolved into written format (palm leaf manuscripts) and then into the printed formats.   10.  Initially creation involved sexual union among the Nithyasuris to procreate. The idea of ‘soul’ was till then non-existent or not discovered. The sexual union, in an ad hoc way produced ‘soul’ too and attached it to the womb. Idea of ‘death’ or time was not existing for some more time. Some puranas also talk about other forms of creation such as – Manasa Shristi – Creation by thought Jarayavee Shristi – Creation by womb Anda Shristi – Creation by egg Swedaja Shristi – Creation from sweat Udbhijja Shristi – Creation from the sprouting of seeds Eventually the creation also included evolution and other aspects such as cell divisions/aggregations supporting new forms/functions, the concept of the survival of the fittest, grafting as a means to reproduce, regeneration, development of the chakra system as part of involution and so on and so forth. In the formative years, the protagonists or the antagonists might have used their ICCHA SAKTHI too to support creation of the species’ that would aid them in their endeavours. 11.  The idea of discrimination and the subsequent idea about good and evil led to the idea of Karma, which then evolved into the idea of ‘soul’ as a permanent entity that can be used to account for good and bad karmas. All these measures and counter measures were set in place by the antagonist and the protagonist forces continuously which led to the proverbial good vs evil wars. The souls became permanent entity and they started dotting the universe at various places in various densities waiting for their place and time to take birth.   12.  At some point, time became a fundamental tenet of the universe, and the concept of death and reincarnation got in place.   13.  With death came the idea of involution, that subsequently led to the idea of the path to eternal liberation or ‘mukthi’.   14.  The spinning, expanding, forging, heating etc., forces started evolving the universe to a place where it is now. All this happened, while the tree of life was blossoming too. Good and evil forces started consolidating their positions in the animal kingdoms, plant kingdoms, marine kingdoms and in the bird kingdoms supporting the creation and evolution of various species of their kind. Similarly in a cosmic sense, various realms got associated with the good and evil forces. Probably, the fight was also taken to the microscopic worlds too. 15.  In the human form, the development of mental faculties and the corresponding maturity of the chakra system inside his body, made him walk erect from being a crouching species. Considering the wars between good and evil and the many great extinctions - both in the context of this earth and in the context of the universe, the creational aspects might have happened more than once with different degrees of maturity seen among the species in each creational phase. Evolution and involution might have been reset several times in the past as a consequence to the wars that happened between the good and evil forces. 16.  The fight between good and evil was also taken to the realms of inner faculties of human and other species. Involution is the process of removing the 3-malas or imperfections ( https://www.mayoan.com/post/the-3-imperfections ) to gain mukthi or the eternal liberation. References: https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/nityasuri

I considered the universe to be consisting of 3 dimensions - Dimension 1 is the visible universe ; Dimension 2 is the dimension where the astral bodies exist and Dimension 3 is MAHAT in which souls are embedded. (As a crude example, when a criminal is hanged by a state, his astral body will still exist in an intact manner and when the karmic forces tear upon the astral body too, the soul will still remain in MAHAT. Thus, we can say that in this 3D universe, the human body-astral body-soul complex exist as 3 super-imposed 3D layers.) We have to perhaps consider the probability density functions of the colors of this creation process (mass, time, entropy, space and energy) , the universal constants , an intuitive idea to consider an empirical system encapsulating all the above elements, the four fundamental forces of nature and finally a cosmic mathematical model (function) involving all of the above to find a universal law that works in Dimension 1.The constants may differ in different zones of the universe and between dimensions. How to integrate the 2 dimensions and MAHAT is anybody's challenge! As per some contents of puranas I have come across , the dissolution of the universe during the pralaya (deluge) time happens as follows: First the deluge (water) appears and breaks the earth - Earth is gone Next fire vaporises water - Water is gone Then air removes fire and ashes - Fire is gone Then the space sucks in the air - Air is gone MAHAT removes the space - Space is gone Finally MAHAT itself is gone (assuming most of the souls has experienced the great merge) In the creation , (say at the big bang), the reverse was expected to have happened during the creation of the prakruthi. First MAHAT is formed Next Space is drawn Air/Prana/Gases fills in the space adequately Fire follows Air Water follows Fire Earth forms over water I am not able to imagine the exact time sequence or the overlap of events, now.I am also not sure at what point the souls (energy bursts or the zillions of 'Karana Shariram' or causal bodies) are embedded in the MAHAT matrix as part of creation. This remains ADHRSTA to me, at this time! About TANMATRAS: These are more like properties of the universe (subtle elements) which can be directly sensed in the MAHAT from the soul/prakruthi to provide feedback to the divine energy. Sensing of these properties by different living beings are done by their respective sensory organs. Not all tanmatras are sensed by any one particular species. I think the below may be true: The external sensory organs (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin) - senses The internal sensory organ - mind – holds thoughts Another internal sensory organ - brain – thinks (act of thinking) The cittam - experience the tanmatras (what can be the related verb word?) - experience consciousness The soul – stores the various impressions Living beings have sensory perceptions to understand the manifestation of at least some of the tanmatras. Some tanmatras can be sensed and some can be felt through lateral effects. Some universal laws may be tied to the tanmatras as part of the grand design. Let us look at some of the tanmatras and their states. Though popular literatures only talk about tanmatras as related to the sensory organs, of especially human, I think we have to seek and look out for other tanmatras as I consider them to be a bedrock in the construction of the universe. S.No Name of Tanmatra Sense organ of living beings Any related applicable laws of the universe (this list may not be complete) Any indicative associated physical characteristics/attributes (this list may not be complete) 1 Sound Ear laws related to sound Frequency, Vibration 2 Touch Skin laws related to force and energy Frequency, Vibration 3 Vision Eyes laws related to light Frequency 4 Taste Tongue 5 Smell Nose 6 Pain Central Nervous System 7 Mass Whole Body All laws related to mass and energy Mass, Inertia, Entropy 8 Energy Whole Body All laws related to mass and energy Momentum, Velocity, Angular Velocity, Torque, Force, Acceleration, Vibration, Frequency, Entropy 9 Time Brain Entropy, Frequency 10 Space Brain Laws related to four fundamental forces Frequency, Entropy 11 Magnetic Force Brain (In some birds as ESP) All laws related to electro-magnetic forces Frequency, Entropy 12. So on and so forth ​ ​ ​ ​ Disclaimer : I am not able to list all the tanmatras and the related laws and properties. We need to deploy the SMEs (starting with the scientists) to complete the table above. One interesting factor I sensed is the role of frequency as a fundamental attribute of all tanmatras. If sound and vision can be represented in frequencies, can we also represent taste, smell and pain in terms of frequencies? It will be arrogant on our part to think that we are the only species given special capabilities to think and therefore to dominate as a primary predators in this planet. There may be other species that are having extra-sensory perception capabilities (ESPs) that may correspond to their abilities to sense tanmatras that are beyond the grasp of human sensory perceptions. Consider the case of a bird. They are able to sense the tanmatra that enables them to fly. A young bird while growing the wings may not be aware of that tanmatra, but when it grows wings and is physically ready, they may sense this tanmatra (feeling of flying) and their primordial urges will push it into flying. This tanmatra is sensed by a bird naturally and therefore the evolution has supported growing wings while humans indirectly understood this tanmatra and mastered aerodynamics and related physical laws and developed air-planes that enables them to fly. Tanmatras - point to something very rudimentary - something that can be sensed. Some tanmatras have been mastered by humans and we have been able to build the scientific body of knowledge around it. Some tanmatras are understood but not tamed by science(humans) yet (like feeling of lust, phobias etc.,). Some are still unknown to humans but understood by other species; Some are still unknown to any species; Not all tanmatras are measurable. If you could describe the sensing of anything and describe it in words, there could be the possibility of finding a new tanmatra. Open a dictionary (we are talking about the dictionary maintained by human species !) and look for the words describing the 'sensing' part like (bliss, euphoria, pain etc.,) . and you will know how complex the creation is. Probably it is more artistic than scientific ! The point is - we should establish mastery over those tanmatras whose understanding makes our lives better. Let us consider the sixth sense of a human. We know definitely that this is not a tanmatra of the universe. It is a capability embedded in each human to understand the divine ways of working. It will be arrogant on our part to think that only we possess the 'capability to think' to connect with divine ! We don't know what other species have achieved because we always depend on our language to describe them and not able to exclude our capability to dominate them while trying to understand them. (I cannot remove the picture of a scientist working under a dictatorship - where obviously the dictator need not have the same brain potential as the scientist !) They may have sense organs that can sense other tanmatras that we do not even know exists ! Also what we describe as the 'ability to think' may exist in them in some other capacity. This have to viewed in the context of how the divine energy may approach the design of any species (not just human) and not necessarily the other way around (species developing capabilities by evolution that helps them connect with divine !) - which is also a possibility. As an existentialist, you may deploy 4 different methods - any one or all four - to experience the divine and the divine ways of working: Bhakthi Yoga or Worshipping the God - You can pick any God as your favourite and as long as it aligns with goodness, the divine energy will bless you. This is critical to building a faith based value system. Of course, the atheist can ignore this and settle on the other 3 ways. Jnana Yoga or Path of the Intelligence - This is the path of a scientist. He/she deploys his/her intelligence in pursuit of human excellence and try to figure out the ultimate knowledge. Karma Yoga or Path of believing in 'Work is Worship' - For those who are not blessed with the scientist's mind, they can settle on this. What you do makes you. So whatever is that your are doing (as your job) do it with full care and attention while pursuing human-excellence. Even a sports person knows that his physical/mental capabilities is what is powering him in his pursuit of excellence. Kriya Yoga - Do not start this without an accomplished Guru. It is also called under several other names such as 'Raja Yoga' , 'Kundalini Yoga' or 'Transcendental Meditation'. Points 2 & 3 - above expects you to fully deploy your mental/physical capabilities in pursuit of excellence as human and I hope that, as long as you are sincere, you will be divinely guided to the ultimate answer at some time/space as blessed by divine. A accomplished soul , through transcendental medication techniques can understand the divine nature of this universe and get a special status in the society ! But , at least until now, we are not made to understand the all pervasive nature of this divine energy that extends into our every second of every minute of our life ! Picture this - You are trying to connect with this divine energy after years of penance. Once the connection is made, you zoom out and try to see who else is connected - It strikes you like a bolt - all the trillions and trillions of species in all the realms of the universe are connected just like you - you just became aware of this now ! Then you think about the thousands of experiences (as described as a sense in your dictionary) that you are made to sense. Think about the sum total of all experiences of all the living beings of all species in their different characters ! Finally you may lose your breadth if you deduce that - all the massive universal-scale sensing is being done by this divine energy and not only that but it has also devised an intelligent system (Karmic engine) that stores the karma (+ or -) of each action of each living being. It uses this stored information to adjust the stage (universe) for a soul in the current journey or in its next life. Be mindful that all other living things that this soul comes into contact with has also been considered similarly by this divine energy ! It has assembled all of this living things in a stage whose construction is seen as an unfathomable infinite intelligence. It is such a bewildering universe scale of wizardry that I consciously/subconsciously bow down before its potential/intelligence/power/might and benevolence and what not! We are probably a tiny spot somewhere in the universe and the divine energy has not yet prioritized our feedback based processes. But if it knows how we are endangering other billions of lives in this tiny planet in the name of economic activities and spoiling their in-pursuit-of-excellence activities, all it needs to do was to release an enraged hard breadth - 'Hrmmmm', and we humans will be removed to oblivion! Hari Om!

Anger – can be, broadly, considered to be of 2 kinds. A 'just' anger that is in the shape of a bell curve with a broad spread and an 'unjust' anger that is represented by a narrow spike.     Any justified anger needs an important precursor – to feel the wisdom or justice at heart, before allowing the anger to manifest. Let us look at the characteristics of a wide-spread anger: This is usually the ‘just’ anger backed by the feel of wisdom or justice at heart. Throughout the entire spread, there are always opportunities to resolve the anger and dissipate it. It takes time for the entire spread to dissipate – so a just anger takes time to build and takes time to leave. The anger goes through a building phase (till it hits the peak) and such a just anger is expressed in multiple ways such as – o   Indignation o   Silence o   Resentment o   Withdrawal o   Retorts o   Extempore Responses and o   Planned Responses Another man/woman of wisdom will understand the above responses and the phase of anger associated with and will take constructive steps to diffuse the anger at the earliest. Men/Women of respect, allow anger to dissipate at the earliest opportunity; since they know anger is a ‘Poison Tree’. Once it becomes a fight for survival, and is near the peak, they will make sure that such an anger expressed, gets the desired effect such as – o   Making sure the cause of anger is eliminated o   Making sure that the opponent who is the reason for the anger is put in his place. They will make sure that the opponent is in a place where they want before letting go. o   If they are not in a position of strength, they will wait for the right time and opportunity to materialize during the period of anger. o   Build any necessary control measures to leverage the lessons learned and to ensure that such a situation may not materialize again. Any peace plan should be discussed early on. A peace plan proposed near the peak will likely take more time to get accepted. The just anger of good Godmen/Godwomen or even a temple priest (who is religiously fixated with his sacraments and rituals including the chanting of mantras) – should be feared as they have a good strength of ICCHA SAKTHI through their practices and are also expected to have the innate ability to feel the wisdom at heart. A curse through such a conditioned ICCHA SAKTHI can be sometimes devastating. So as an energy loyalist, the true strength of a person comes from his ICCHA SAKTHI (expected to grow over time and as he/she spiritually matures more) and for a mass loyalist, the true strength of a person comes from his physical strength (expected to grow weak over a time). As we all know, becoming a self-knowing ‘inner’ person is the process of involution and this is a desired outcome. A person with the ability to feel anger in such a measured way with a desire to dissipate it at the earliest in a just manner need no anger management lessons or therapy because such an ‘anger’ – much like ‘friction’, is a necessary evil.  Anger – if managed properly helps us diffuse the pent-up feelings in a right way. Similar to the anger of an individual, and while being influenced by the maturity of the society, even groups can be swayed by anger and there is no harm if such an anger is a just anger and is controlled by wisdom. An unresolved 'just' anger can grow over time to unexpectedly levels - this anger is commonly termed 'Rowthram', and is usually seen against the persistent manifestation of malevolent evils! Examples of this type of anger is a good revolution (group) and expression through arts and words (individual). Sometimes, this type of anger can be evil too which is termed as 'Unmathham' or frenzy and can lead to situations like genocide (group) or psychotic behaviours (individual).   Let us look at the characteristics of a narrow-spread anger: They are sharp and spike like. They can appear any number of times in a given period in a person who may be considered immature and ignorant. They do not have a strong and justified manifesting reason but is likely to be an outcome of strong emotions only or stupidity (such as a feeling of invincibility) or a momentary feeling of being let out or being cheated. A single event or even a mild experience can trigger such an inferior form of anger. They may result in abnormal behaviours such as outburst, suicide etc., or can make a person resort to severe verbal/physical confrontations that is likely to introduce long standing problems in life. If a person expresses such an inferior form of anger at an increased frequency, such a person may lose his standing and respect in the society. He/she may need anger management therapy sessions. Such an anger can be treated in several ways including and not limited to psychological therapy sessions, soothing music, contact with nature, good food and ambience, good meaningful friendships, focus on in-pursuit of excellence and listening to discourses and talks by people of wisdom. Examples of this type of anger are group frenzy (group) and road-rage (individual) Sometimes this type of anger can manifest as good anger too such as spontaneous protests (group) or a good father's anger towards his child (individual). Can anger end abruptly - instead of tapering down? Yes- A child can do it with its innocence If an even greater cause appears in the horizon of events Hari om!

I thought I would discuss a bit more on the karma based on what I blogged at https://www.mayoan.com/post/49-the-field-of-karma . A cause (karmic load) and a trigger (event) is needed to generate an effect. The cause and trigger or the chain reaction of these creates an effect or a group of effects on an individual or a group or both. The effect by itself cannot be a cause or karma again. Besides being end results or Phala (fruits of actions/thoughts), this effect can also be an action or thought by an individual or group or both. Again, besides thoughts expressions/emotions can also be end- effects. The thoughts had to be out of free will.  Only these expressed actions/thoughts/expressions/emotions get converted into karma again. The effects of actions are tangible to everyone. But, what about the effect of thoughts and expressions/emotions? How can these generate karma? An individual upon experiencing the Phala of a karma can – 1.      Physically react in someone(action) 2.      Start crying out of pain (expression) 3.      Get angry and his face may contort (emotion) 4.      Receive cash in his account 5.      He may become happy upon receiving the cash 6.      Feel a shock that he assimilates inside Let us look at each of the above samples and think about the possible outcomes. Please remember that other outcomes are also possible. But the idea is that the effects need not be always an action or chain of actions. It can also be thoughts and expressions that may have potential to generate additional actions that may lead to new karmas being generated or old karmas being expended. 1.     Since this was a physical action (setting a garland or beating) on somebody, new Karma is expected to be generated/expended. 2.     His crying draws the attention of near-by ones and further karma may be generated/expended. 3.     His facial distortion out of anger causes resentment that was noticed by others and further chain of events may be expected thereby expending/generating new karma. 4.   Receiving of cash is an end-effect itself. But independent action of spending of this cash can expend/generate further karma. 5.     A happy state of mind is the end Phala of a cause and a trigger and may not generate additional chains of actions. 6.     A shock assimilated inside may not generate/expend additional karmas as a chain reaction. Similarly, we can analyse and dissect all the group actions and its results. The effect as actions/emotions/expressions can end by itself as an end Phala or may generate additional actions/emotions/expressions as a chain reaction. Hari Om!

Please refer to the first part of the article, if you have not done this before - https://www.mayoan.com/post/49-the-field-of-karma . What I am proposing further on the field of Karma is purely my opinion from my deductive reasoning. When I think about the natural processes and object states, actions, forces and interactions, I always think that the state of affairs as seen from a given field of study is trying to remind us about similar processes existing somewhere else in a same or different field of study. Please refer to my other articles on economy and Neti-Neti to know how I see this phenomenon. ( https://www.mayoan.com/economy/15.-interpreting-nature-to-improve-an-economy  and https://www.mayoan.com/post/59-neti-neti-part-3-about-the-concept-of-infinity ). On similar lines, I think the field of karmic energy follows the principles of vector field with some advanced concepts still ADHRSTA to us. At least some of the vector variables operating in this karmic fields are given below. Since the magnitude is not known to us at any point, I replace it with some low-level segmentations that I call as variations. There can be other powerful vector variables (like time, space, mass, energy, astral mass, astral energy, dark mass, dark energy and other continuums related to the inner science of an individual soul and/or the inner science of the Prakruti itself etc.,) that are operating in this field that can be added later to our consideration as we improve our knowledge about this field. To start with, we can keep the assumptions simple and proceed. Complex conditions can be considered later. While we know that more vector variables can be added as we proceed, the vector variable variations can be refined and/or consolidated/expanded latter as we gain more insights. But I deliberately use different variation names for Group Karma and Individual Karma in terms of scalar quantity (magnitude or size of karma) and the vector direction (in having a positive or negative impact as interpreted by a sane human mind).  When these vectors, say group karmic vectors and the karmic field of an individual collide and interact, I expect some kind of transformers (ADHRSTA to us as of now), that convert these magnitudes and directions into the common minimum denominators before releasing the composite end action effects. Some of the end action effects can be – a start of a disease, or a suffering of a disease, or a promotion or a stretch in time of a state or a shrinking of benefits etc., The possible imagination of vector variables in this field can be: 1.      Group Karma – variations: Positive, Negative 2.      Group Karma magnitude – variations: Huge, Medium, Small 3.      Individual Karma – variations: Plus, Minus 4.      Individual Karma – variations: Heavy, Moderate, Light 5.    Action Effect – variations: Up, Down, Left, Right, Forward, Backward, Outward, Inward, Stretch, Relax, Shrink etc 6. etc., Please note the assumptions involving the above karmic field variables: 1.      A person may belong to more than one group and is expected to be participating actively. The karmic load of a single group is divided into partitions that equal the number of members in that group. The cadence is ADHRSTA, but I think based on the activities of the group the cadence of division can be safely assumed.    2.      If a person belongs to more groups, then each of the karmic-load-partitions can be added as a scalar quantity (after reducing the outcome to a common denominator -ADHRSTA) to the individual.   3.      Say, an individual may be having more +ve Karma than the groups -ve Karma and vice versa and hence the final composite vector direction may be aligned to the same direction or at an angle or directly opposite to each other’s direction of force projection.   4.      The individual’s sum total karmic load – (positive or negative) is the key that attracts the impact of surrounding group karmic load fields on him. This is expected to be true, since we do not expect a highly obnoxious individual to benefit from a mere membership of a group that has a heavy +ve karmic load! Similarly, say a doctor in a war-torn country with a good intention may not suffer the consequences of the karmic field of war that has surrounded the country in which he operates. But the fact that he is in a high-risk(rewards or the losses can be huge) situation still means that his individual karma is directing him so for possibly a further +ve or -ve action effect.    5.      I have tried to provide some crude illustrations below to explain how this composite karmic field may be acting.   6.      Some vector additions can be as follows: A good individual donating money for education several times in a year A good employee participating in CSR initiatives of a good organization   7.      Some vector subtractions can be as follows: A country with huge +ve karmic load going to war with a neighbouring country in an unjust manner An individual who cheats when dealing hands in a casino who donates a penny to a beggar   8.      Some vector multiplications can be as follows: A good person whose good karmic load is multiplied by an unknown value due to his presence as part of a large organization that spawns several group karmic force fields. (A military man of a country who does not subscribe to all of the group karmic force fields spawned by his mother/father country) A good doctor succeeding as part of a R&D team in discovering a highly effective medicine.   9.      Some vector divisions can be as follows: A person from crime syndicate donating to a church A philanthropic person committing a crime of passion or effecting a pre-planned murder.    10.  We talked about reducing to common denominators before in this article. For this we may need some kind of transformers which are ADHRSTA to us but which can be sensed to be present because of how clues lead us. Some of the transformers may be the below ones: Transformer that adds different +ve karmic vectors Transformers that subtracts different -ve karmic vectors Transformers that multiples or divides karmic load vectors Transformers to deduce the set of action elements Transformers that mash up the force and magnitudes of similar fields We also need transformers that calculate the below set of interactions: Group(s) to group(s) Group(s) to individual(s) Individual(s) to group(s) Individual(s) to Individual(s) Transformers to factor in the other fields of influence Etc.,   One example of a transformer function is as below: Assume that 2 countries are at war and the end result is that the karmic loads exist for the country as group only (assuming the normal soldier just attended his call of duty and hence not incurred any individual karmic load). We may need a transformer if this large karmic field has to be converted into a uniform load on all citizens. Some group level karmic loads may not convert into individual loads, instead they may manifest as an appropriate climatic condition over the lands of the concerned groups. This article is a attempt to present an idea on karmic field of interactions, since the puzzle of life is equally perplexing to a spiritualist as well as a scientist. I sincerely hope to kick start some activities by interested persons to know more on the karmic field at least in a rudimentary sense initially. References: https://study.com/skill/learn/interpreting-a-vector-field-explanation.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_field   Hari Om!

Please refer to the previous article on Neti-Neti at my blog - https://www.mayoan.com/post/50-neti-neti-part-2-more-on-the-concept-of-adhrsta From both the Prakruti and an individual soul point of view, when we move from the external worldly manifestation into the inner dimensions, we come across many continuums and ADHRSTA areas of knowledge. The Prakruti related continuum should be explored by scientists in general and the individual soul related continuum must be explored by a spiritualist in general. And of course, in areas like medicine a scientist may look into the soul’s inner dimensions and in the areas like cosmology, a spiritualist may need to look into the inner dimensions of the Prakruthi. We have always known how to tackle infinity though it is a mystery. We know that what we cannot measure, we cannot manage. Hence, we identified ways to measure infinity with analogue and digital means. In Zeno’s second paradox, named as Achilles and the Tortoise paradox, we solved the logic problem by defining unit of measures for both space and time. We did not approach the issue as a logic issue but as a space and time issue that needs to be solved by using a common reference point and the measure of space and time together with the rate of change. Suddenly by using units of measurements and having a common reference like the starting point in space, what is presented as ADHRSTA in the logic world is solved as a problem in kinetics domain area! Similarly, we have mathematics as a tool to capture the essence of infinity – the bedrock of ADRSTA concept. We have decimal, fractional numbers, golden ratios and any such number systems – known and unknown (yet to be discovered), of nature to help us resolve, capture and present infinity that can be used to resolve, capture and present the ADHRSTA concepts eventually. When we have known to tackle infinity, why can’t we tackle all that is ADHRSTA, eventually as we expand our knowledge areas? What we need to remember is that the scientist cannot ignore the spiritualist in him and vice-versa! The same example holds good in other areas of ADHRSTA! Remember my other blog on interpreting nature to get clues - https://www.mayoan.com/economy/15.-interpreting-nature-to-improve-an-economy ? The previous paragraph capturing a concept of nature, is also presenting a profound idea that ADRSTA can be resolved eventually! It helps if we have the knack to share the profound knowledge areas present in various subjects and domains and the idea on how they are interrelated, to one another to see which ones are the nature’s clues that will help us break the next ADHRSTA concept. The ideas that cross-link/relate one subject/domain areas to other subjects/domains are equally important as much as the original knowledge areas itself. We need to not only document these similarities but also explore about the other hidden yet-to-be-discovered-similarities. We have to anticipate the nature's preferences for concepts like symmetry, reuse, simplification, efficiency and effectiveness into our consideration. For this, we need high quality polymath’s – that too in large numbers to help propel our society into god speed in the progressive direction! Please refer to my blog on divine energy layers and soul states - https://www.mayoan.com/post/53-about-the-layers-of-the-divine-energy-part-3 and ( https://www.mayoan.com/post/the-3-imperfections ). As we go deeper through the prakruthi route or the individual soul route, eventually we will reach the divinity herself - that I refer to as the much revered Adi Para Sakthi - a very much alive and blissful divine manifestation that is the raison d'etre for all that exists! We cannot approach her like a lab test person but with tons and tons of respect and devotion. Then how should we know her true manifested nature? That I believe (this is my point of view) is achieved by attaining moksha or liberation - a process that will make the inquirer disappear and merge with the divine energy thereby making the knowledge gained thus as a purely personal experience only! Hari Om!

All the important known scriptures of the world seem to point to the fact that the divine white light is in a state of mercy and bliss. In the experiences spectrum, one end represents the blissful, merciful and contented state (we can refer to this as the righteous state), while the other end represents the state of bloodlust, gore and brutality (we can refer this as the unjust state). The protagonist is representing and protecting the righteous state, and the antagonist is representing and promoting the unjust state. Based on the free will of the individual souls and the free will of the various manifested groups and also dependent on the various value systems adopted by the individual souls and the groups, all the souls and groups (with or without the hive intelligence) take one or more stances or positions on the experiences spectrum. Then the antagonist tries to lure the individual souls to his side by the promise of quick gains such as luxurious life, rapid wealth, pleasures beyond imaginations, unjust power gain and status gain and means to sustain (to dominate, violate and control mindset) the new normal but ill-gotten lives. This is just hedonism and beyond. Even there are lots of documented and undocumented cases of brutality in the animal, bird and plant kingdoms! On the other hand, the protagonist stands for truth, honesty and integrity. He also sees the need for the higher and finer aspects of existence. He sees kindness, compassion, empathy along with unselfish and caring and sharing mindsets (live and let-live mindset) that eventually lead to the blissful state. The path to the blissful state is thus strengthened by the protagonist by his protection and offensive/defensive actions. Similar to the other case, there are representations in the animal, bird and plant kingdoms on the higher, grander, finer aspects of life. A protagonist also sees the need to allow all that is permissible by nature (Hence, for instance, sex is not sin if it is in a socially acceptable and normal setting subscribing to the point of view that eating, sleeping and fornication are basic functions of the universe and is also considered as one of the fundamental tenants of the universe). The protagonist among other things understands that nature presents the queen bee/worker bee-settings and also the fiercely devoted wolf partners (please refer to the link in the reference section) and anything in-between. On the other hand, an antagonist needs to assert his power and thus he needs brute force and ruthless/pitiless attitudes and the related ways of workings. He also feeds himself by deriving pleasure out of the sufferings of the others. This mindset of the antagonist is the birthplace of psychopathic tendencies seen in some individual souls and groups (e.g. Mafia groups). Thus, the path to the brutal end of the experiences spectrum is seen to be derived through the acts of evil! One particular aspect of this pull-push state is worrisome. It is the state and safety of women of human species. The antagonist sometimes may see women as the one specimen that can reflect the maximum fear that he wants to see when unleashing the machinations of his evil mind. Hence women of humankind are more often times, victims of cruel sexual practices like sadomasochism, chocking etc., Even in a normal corporate environment, or in parts of societies where gay-networks as sub-culture exists, subtle (or direct) form of violence and humiliation of the women is sometimes seen occurring. Protagonist works his best to stop this rot. And indeed, these violations and humiliations of women should be STOPPED by adopting a variety of value systems and by activating the offensive/defensive systems of the community.   It is said in some scriptures that in some other underworld realms, even the non-human aggressors too lookout for harming humans in general and that too women in particular. So, the women should understand this evil and peculiar but persistent threat in their minds and the driving psychological aspects and stay away from places where quick gains/pleasures exist. The general advice that, you should be mindful about the nature of help (employment, money, friendship, parties etc,) coming from obnoxious people should always be remembered and taught to those that do not know of this danger as yet. Even if not all, some of these help from obnoxious people may lead to unacceptable violence.   References: https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/55439/20230213/partners-life-worlds-romantic-loyal-animals.htm   Hari Om!

Considering the divine energy layers, soul states and the pursuits-of-excellence, I would like you to consider the below table for some of the professions. Please note that a single person may represent more than one profession sometimes. Profession Main manifestation of KRIYA SAKTHI Main manifestation of GNANA SAKTHI Main manifestation of ICCHA SAKTHI Relation to Reverential ADI PARA SAKTHI Sports person Exercises, Practice, Sports activity Mental strength to perform Will power to excel To work is to worship (Karma yoga) TV, Media person Acting and other performance Mental strength to recreate/reaffirm/uphold truth Will power to be effective To work is to worship (Karma yoga) Scientist Experimenting, Researching, Teaching Mental strength to explore scientific knowledge areas and to add to it Will power to know To learn/know is to worship (Gnana yoga) Teacher Teaching, Coaching Mental strength to explore and teach knowledge areas Will power to change To learn/teach is to worship (Gnana yoga) Priest Praying, conduct masses, sermons, teaching Mental strength to explore spiritual knowledge areas and to add to it Will power to be uphold beliefs and faiths To be is to worship (Gnana yoga) Transcendentalist/ recluse seer Deep state meditation Mental strength is to attain Mukthi Will power to succeed To meditate is to worship (Kriya Yoga) Common man while praying daily Prayer Mental wish to be blessed Faith To pray is to worship (Bhakthi Yoga) In the above table, we can see how different professions use up the different layers of energy while being in pursuit of excellence. Thus, we come to the common questions that arise in human mind. 1.      Is religion better than science? Not necessarily if we consider that the common endeavour is to explore and gain knowledge.  While the application of science brings prosperity and external development, the application or use of religion brings content and internal development. Considering the effect on common man and his unbroken faith despite all odds, I will vote that religion has relatively a better function than science. But, this is my personal opinion. We cannot ignore the influence of medicine as a scientific field that takes care of humans/other souls in suffering.   2.      Should the priest always practice solitude and/or celibacy(brahmacharya)? Not necessarily. But we can consider the below: Since we know that sometimes it takes multiple lifes to attain Mukthi, the concerned soul may be in advanced state and hence may opt for celibacy voluntarily. A good priest or a good scientist is relatively an advanced soul and hence if he produces offspring out of wedlock, these offsprings, sometimes may be beneficial for the whole society by what these offsprings try to achieve. Sometimes super souls look for the wombs hosted by or seeded by advanced souls. Hence one should not be too worried if a scientist remains unmarried out of free-will or a saint marries again after divorce as long as they stay in their path while in pursuit of excellence! Whether it is a priest or the scientist, sometimes solitude brings clarity and focus.   3.      What is the role of sacraments/rituals? For the priest, his solitude combined with his sacraments/rituals may increase his ICCHA SAKTHI.  Similarly, for the scientist his solitude and his experimental/researching rigor may increase his ICCHA SAKTHI. Always, the ICCHA SAKTHI of the advanced good souls is beneficial to the society. ICCHA SAKTHI also brings special siddhis or capabilities to the person who possess it. When both perform great commits (like how a priest uplifts the depressed devotee/baktha or the scientist discovers a path breaking discovery or innovation), the Law of Karma of the universe blesses them with positive karmic loads. Hari Om!

There is some more scope to discuss the characteristics of the great divine energy and its manifested layers. I have tried to tabulate the additional information below: Divine Energy Layer Realm Common Names Loci of What does this mean in a Human? Adi Para Sakthi Realm of the God Particle (!) and Supreme intelligence Adi Para Sakthi (Eternal Mother) Divine Bliss and Supreme Intelligence, The sea of full spectrum of experiences God (Adi Para Sakthi) as Antaryami (God present in humans as part of being Omnipresent,Omnipotent, Omniscient, with infinite intelligence) Iccha Sakthi Realm of the will power of Prakruthi and Souls In Souls: Will power of souls when in-pursuit of excellence   In Prakruthi: Will power of Adi Para Sakthi to create, sustain and end the universe, to run the karmic engine, development of evolutionary forces based on perceived intelligence In Souls: Soul (Karana Shariram) floating in a sea of dark energy and dark matter called MAHAT   In Prakruthi: Manifestation of dark matter and dark energy and the karmic intelligence and any such apparatus not known at this point to us   Human’s will power to project the best possible body-intelligence-mind-consciousness complex.   Realm of Sensing the Tanmatras using the Consciousness Seat of Chittam and Ahankaram ('I am' feeling) Gnana Sakthi Realm of the Forces that science recognizes In Souls: Biological Forces (like evolution, cell division (DNA/RNA related), cell growth, cell cohesion etc.,) and Involuntary movements in bodies like heart beats, eye-blinks, yawning etc.,   In Prakruthi: Inertial, Vibrational, Elastic, Gravity, Chemical, Electrical, Magnetic, Nuclear forces, Quantum mechanics and any other combination or derivative forces of nature. In Souls: Seat of Sukshma Shariram (Ghost or astral body)   In Prakruthi: Panchabhootas and its derivatives in the Sukshma form Human’s intent to gain capabilities and excel while in-pursuit of excellence. His ingraining of various value systems that define his persona. Realm of feeling and emoting using mind and sensing using the Gnanendriyas while dreaming Kriya Sakthi All forms of static/potential and kinetic energies In Souls: All actions through the Karmendriyas including the basic 3 - eat/sleep/sex , voluntary movements in the body etc., (Even basic 3 has Karmic influence)   In Prakruthi: Natural forces like lightening, tornadoes, rain, gale etc., (group karmic influence expected) All man-made machines, and constructions like dam, grids etc.,   In Souls: Seat of Sthula Shariram (Physical body)   In Prakruthi: Panchabhootas and its derivatives Human’s execution of his actions in his real life. Realm of thinking using the brain and acting via the Karmendriyas and sensing via the Gnanendriyas bi- directionally   Though I have always referred to the divine blissful energy in an inanimate way in my earlier articles, I have seen some scriptures refer to her as a formidable feminine force (Adi Para Sakthi or Eternal Mother) with infinite potential and capabilities. It is my personal preference to align with this thinking. This is the true one God that I refer to as the divine blissful energy that is omnipotent (infinite energy), omnipresent (infinite presence) and omniscient (infinite knowledge and intelligence) and which can do anything. In my article on the human system of speech, I have explained how this 4 layers of divine energy is manifesting in the act of speaking a word - https://www.mayoan.com/post/33-the-vak-system-or-the-system-of-speech-in-humans . You can then imagine how this divine energy is manifesting in all walks of life in every species and in Prakruthi thus orchestrating the dance of creation and sustaining. At the apt time and for the right reasons, she can also destroy this universe. Between the creation and destruction events, she witnesses all the activities of all species in-pursuit of excellence there by creating new meaning for existence itself. When all the souls realize during their journey that they are part of this supreme energy and this means that they are God themselves, the great divine energy can wind up the universe in a peaceful manner to – granting ‘Mukthi’ to all souls which means a blissful merger with the Para Sakthi. She can grant ‘Mukthi’ to the deserving awakened/enlightened individual souls too. Please refer to my article on he great merge- https://www.mayoan.com/post/5-the-great-merge . Hari Om!

Who are the super souls? These are the souls that has completely escaped the cycle of life and death and thus becoming free of the clutches of the ‘Law of Karma’ and the ‘Wheel of Time’. They are, sometimes, not in the less suffering heavenly realms. They are sometimes, not in any ghost/physical bodies. They have not yet merged into the divine energy due to a sense of responsibility towards fellow suffering souls. They have a sense of empathy for the other souls and want to help them get rid of the suffering. They descend down to earth to take avatars to set examples of living and thus provide teaching and practical examples for peaceful and useful living and for progression and development. Sometimes they may exist with other god-identities with tremendous ICCHA sakthi. (Please refer to https://www.mayoan.com/post/53-about-the-layers-of-the-divine-energy-part-3 ) Due to their relentless descending episodes as various avatars into the chaos of the modern world, to help fellow suffering souls, these super souls have enormous positive karmic load that it is not easy for any individual and group karmas to recapture them in the cycle of life and death. The trails and tribulations that they face in any avatar, can only reinforce their positive karmic load because they suffer for the sake of others in spite of not having any negative karma! We have to be careful about the avatars from the above. Sometimes, due to negative karma, a super soul may fall into lower realms to expend the accumulated negative karma. These falling angels are different from the diving angels that have empathy for fellow souls. We should all try to become a diving angel and not a falling angel! These super souls are on constant look out for a safe womb to be born in a decent (not necessarily rich) family that ensures honest upbringing and that which can provide trustworthy relationships including family members and friends’ circle. Imagine if they are accidentally born into a family of criminals and thus being captured again in the life and death cycle!! So, they are careful about the womb to enter and is not pressed for time and they wait patiently for the right opportunity. The decent family setting is an assurance of a safe platform, that will enable these super souls to achieve any goals and objectives planned for the avatar easily without distractions and deviations. Needless to say, to be born into a decent family/clan in itself is a heavenly gift indeed! Unlike these super souls, ordinary souls of all species are in a state of suffering due to remnant negative karmic loads and is also on constant look out for a womb of higher species that will help them expend their negative karma easily. In this situation, prospecting mothers have to be careful and protect their womb ( please refer to my article talking about birthing centres at https://www.mayoan.com/post/52-more-ruminations-on-the-soul-itself ) by careful planning and considerations. Sometimes, these compassionate and empathetic supers souls are considered superior to those souls that have merged with the divine energy (thus attaining mukthi) , because of their empathy to alleviate the suffering of the other less fortunate souls and the subsequent actions that they take in various avatars. Hari Om!

We have seen in my past blogs how the Karmic Engine grinds karmic debts to dust relentlessly and thoroughly accounting for all the souls of this universe. Perhaps, It is a juggernaut that can be matched in size and complexity only by the tireless spinning of the Wheel of Time! Is there no way out of Karmic Debt? Does it always bite back even if we have a strong remorse? I once read in one of the books the below story: There was once a man who was going on pilgrimage to meet his Guru residing in the mountains. It is a long and arduous journey and finally he reached his place and saw his Guru, sat before a yagna fire. After salutations and well-wishes, the man sat near his Guru by the fire. Suddenly, the Guru picked up a burning wood and rubbed it on the man’s back causing enormous pain and recoil! The skin was burnt, and the man was taken to a local hospital for treatment. He was crying in pain, and deep inside his psyche, suddenly a hatred grew for his Guru! He was resenting his visit to these mountains and for being probably taken for granted by a charlatan sporting as a Guru! He slowly drifted into sleep in his hospital bed due to the influences of the medicine. The next morning, he happened to glance upon the Morning Newspaper, and he saw that the bus he has intended to take to return to his home has fallen in a ravine and lots of people lost their lives! His Guru, by his divine vision, has just saved his life – perhaps! He probably has traded a burn wound for death on behalf of his disciple. This imagination is giving raise to lots of interesting questions: On the relentless debt collection by the karmic engine Offsetting our major karma by providing a substitution (breaking the monolith into manageable chunks) Converting sharp/intense karmic load into dull and long-driven karmic load Totally removing the effect of bad Karmas Doing continuous good things in anticipation of removing unknown and bad karmic effects Since the inner workings of the great Karmic engine is ADHRST to any souls, we cannot plan for each of the above scenarios aiming for accurate remedies. But we can be good souls and commit some actions from our side with a prayer to dispel our misfortunes. Remember, we can compare our existence in the karmic field to being in the middle of a 16 lane super highway where all sorts of vehicles of all sizes pass by and towards us in different speeds. What do we do to escape? How can we declutter this highway by collecting good karma? It helps to think that, sometimes, a true Guru may be like a accompanying boom barrier before you in those high speed lanes! Sometimes, a true Guru with his wisdom, may put you in a spot on this inevitable highway (perhaps in heavenly realms!), where there no or less traffic. The general idea is – to be good and be in the collection of good karma on a continuous basis. What can an individual do to collect karmic goodies that can offset negative karma? Some scriptures and old wisdom suggest some of the below techniques: Provide ‘Annadhana’ or food donation for the needy Provide ‘Kalvidhana’ or donate for supporting the education of poor people Donate or provide support to provide last rites of people who die as a orphan alone and in abject poverty Donate or provide support to eradicate poverty Donate or provide support for establishing a way of living for the needy Donate or provide for building shelters for those on the streets Donate or provide support for caring elders/orphanages Donate or provide support for disaster relief operations Donate or provide support for establishing faith-based institutions Provide time to educate the oppressed and those who cannot go to school Take efforts to spread true knowledge Take efforts to spread awareness Go on a pilgrimage with set goals Practice honesty and integrity Fight for justice Be in pursuit of excellence Practice, if possible all the 4 tracks - Bhakti yoga, Gnana yoga, Karma Yoga and Kriya Yoga (at the right age) Etc., What can a group do to collect karmic goodies that can offset negative karma? Establish good governments Design and implement people friendly policies Provide free education, healthcare, shelter and security Implement Universal Basic Income scheme Implement controls to clamp down on personal and business wealth accumulation, spread of wage ratio and for distribution of wealth Build institutions that support building of strong value systems Donate or support global initiatives like the UNSDG 2030 Promote global peace and stability Raise the nation in the measure of happiness index and by the measure of groups such as transparency international Promote peace over war Support honesty and integrity Fight for justice Be in pursuit of excellence Support extensively, if possible, all the 4 tracks - Bhakti yoga, Gnana yoga, Karma Yoga and Kriya Yoga   It definitely helps to be a compassionate and decent global citizen as part of a compassionate and caring global power!   Hari Om!

Nobody denies that regular exercising of mental and physical faculties are must for any humans. But our needs around physical and mental exercises greatly vary. The physical and mental training/exercises for -a US marine or - a SAS team member or - a body builder or - a heavy weightlifter or - a gym buff or - an athlete or - a common man greatly varies in range and varieties. Most of them are focussed only on the physical part. Besides, an aged person needs a different exercise regime compared to a young man. A spiritualist is a different person – He is an energy (great divine energy) loyalist! (referenced by a term called – Athmadehavadihal which is perhaps referred by the term ‘holy-ghosts’ in English). Most of the common men are partially or fully subscribed to this view because of their affiliation to various religious bodies that talk about being a good person and about going to higher heavens by virtue of inner good qualities and attributes. Which means that we are basically what we are on our insides – intelligence, mind, consciousness and soul!  Hence the term – Athmadehavadihal, applies to the common man too. Some scriptures refer to other type of persons in other realms – called Dehathmavadihal. The closest related term to this word in English that I could think of is this term – Zombies! They probably have a less developed ghost body and even less developed chakra system! They are ‘mass’ loyalists and not ‘energy’ loyalists. Though I do not consider myself to be a full-fledged spiritual person, my quest to know is fierce and undying. I think a highly spiritual person will be focussed on strengthening his ghost body, chakra system and his soul as he ages. So, he is perhaps knowledgeable in the area where, - during the young age, he is focussed on gaining physical and mental strength - during the aging process, he transfers his physical strength to his ghost body (with the help of some yogic techniques and food discipline) - during the dying process, he is transfers his ghost body strength to his soul! – May be this is automatically done as a natural process! A knowledgeable spiritual person hence may be having the following objectives with respect to his mental and physical strengths– - He is focussed on gaining more Iccha Sakthi and not just Gnana Sakthi or Kriya Sakthi - Hence, he is greatly oriented towards holistic development – physical and mental - He will do things that will enable him to be supple and mobile till his very death or ripe age -  He will give as much importance to his sacraments and rituals as much as his physical(yogic) regime and meditation practices. Below may be the physical and mental exercises a successful spiritualist can adopt. This list is not exhaustive, and this list may vary as per aging too. Physical Exercises (Please refer to the links in references and the internet for knowing more as I do not want to describe what has been described many times by others): 1.  Basic strength training and endurance training and extensive practice of Hatha Yoga 2.   Postures like Surya Namaskaram (part of Hatha yoga), to keep the limbs supple and highly available contributing to long term mobility and stability. Mental Exercise (Please refer to the links in the reference section for more information)      I think, kids younger than 14 – need not take up meditation as a practice as their synapses and brain and body growth is happening at a tremendous pace. 1.  Mantra chanting, watching flame etc., (suitable for older teens and common man) 2. Some advanced meditation techniques described in the links can be practiced with the help of the right gurus and practitioners (suitable for common man) 3.   Kundalini or raja or kriya yoga– (for the spiritual person – definitely not for common man) We know that an ordinary person feels, thinks, emotes and senses. But how does a person feel the soul which lies behind all of these sensations and consciousness? The kundalini is a life force (visualized as a coiled serpent initially lying in the coccyx area) which when raised through transcendental meditation techniques will pass through major chakras and gives us a sensation of the soul and its potential. Kundalini awakening leads to higher and finer sensitivities and sensations. I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to gain this kundalini knowledge from a very learned and knowledgeable guru only ! If this kundalini practice goes wrong, it can lead to perhaps life long issues (as described in the book in the reference section). So, if you are a typical 9-5 person or any of those typical stereotypes - stay away from kundalini yoga !!   Reference: Hatha Yoga: Definition, Benefits, Classes, and More - Yoga Journal Different Types of Yoga: From Ashtanga to Yin, A Deep Dive into Yogic Techniques - BetterMe 9 Types of Meditation: Which One Is Right for You? 16 Types of Meditation - Headspace BOOK > Kundalini - The Evolutionary Energy in Man by Gopi Krishna, by SHAMBHALA PUBLICATIONS Hari Om!