Even though the world knows that Charles Darwin was the founder of the Law of Evolution, it was his grandfather Dr Erasmus Darwin, who first promulgated the concept in his book, Zoonomia.
He was the founder of the Lunar Society in 1764. The members met monthly at the time of the Full Moon and hence the name. The group consisted of intellectuals like Ben Franklin, Mathew Boulton, James Watt etc.
Dr Erasmus wrote Zoonomia in which he expounded the doctrine of evolution. Another scientist John Locke propounded the Law of Evolution, deriving it from the Hindu doctrine of Reincarnation or Metempsychosis.
This doctrine of Metempsychosis or Reincarnation was taken to England by the East India Company. The British Royal Society endorsed it. John Locke studied Metempsychosis and developed his evolutionary ideas.
Indian Mythology has it that the First Incarnation of the Lord was as a Fish, symbolising the evolutionary principle that Life came from the sea and that our primordial ancestors were aquatic.
The Law of Evolution is related to the Law of Becoming. The Human Man evolves into the Divine Man, by the process of evolution. There is an evolution of Consciousness behind the evolution of the species.
Eugenics was founded by Sir Francis Galton, a cousin of Darwin. Eu means good and gene born, meaning that good human beings can be produced.
Shaw said man is a failure as a political animal and that there is necessity of starting a new race.
Eugenics is a system of Social Philosophy which advocates the betterment of human heredity. Eugenics has been regarded by many as an altruistic stance of society, to create healthier and more intelligent people and a saver of resources.
Eugenics is highly controversial. Proponents of Eugenics include Shaw, Margaret Sanger, H W Wells, Keynes, Kellog and Emile Zola.
Eugenics proposed means of achieving these goals are selective breeding, genetic engineering, genetic counseling & in vitro fertilization.
18 sciences glorious Constitute Indian Philosophy ! The auxiliary sciences six Astrophysics comprising of Astrology, Astronomy & Philosophy ( Siddhanta, Samhita and Hora ) Science of Definition, Kalpa Phonetics, Grammar, Poetics The great Vedas four Rik, Sama, Yajur, Atharva The Science of Being, Mimamsa The Science of Logic, Nyaya Mythology, Symbolism of Verities Ethics, the Science of Character Ayus, the Science of Life Archery and all martial arts Musicology, the science of Music And Economics, the science of Scarcity !
This is a translation of the verse Angani vedaschathvaro Meemamso nyaya visthara Puranam Dharma Sastram cha Vidya Hetva Chaturdasa Ayurvedam dhanurvedam Gandharvo veda eva cha Artha sastra chathurthascha Vidya Ashtadasa Smruthah
The final goal of Philosophy is the unfoldment of the Ultimate Truth. Philosophy normally provides an intellectual coviction which falls short of the direct realisation of Absolute Truth.
Vedanta is not a science which deals with intellectual abstractions, even though intellectual abstractions from the basis of all philosophy.
If Vedanata is the Science of Being, then Yoga is the Art of Living. Intellectual conviction alone is not necessary for Self Actualisaton. An aspirant has to undergo rigorous Yogic sadhana to arrive at Truth, under the guidance of a bona fide Divine Master, who himself has undergone the inner war and actualised Truth within himself.
The male component of the Ultimate is Brahman The female component is Maya.
Brahman and Maya, Purusha and Prakriti, Shiva and Shakti – these are the male and female components of the Ultimate in Indian Philosophy.
Brahman is Absolute She is Relative Brahman is Infiite She is finite Brahman is Formless She is all forms Brahman is One She is Innumerable Brahman is Being She is Becoming
She is not the Absolute Evil of the Western conception ( Satan ). She is the prius of the phenomenal world, the Enchantress of resources infinite. She embodies Science, as Science is knowledge of the Relative. She is the fountainhead of unreason and irrationality.
Science kills Nescience (Knowledge of Brahman kills Ignorance).
Unlike Satan, She carries within Herself the secret of her death!
Brahman, the Absolute became the Lord and She became the Mother Divine. This is the symbolism behind the religions of India !
She is the Veil Divine which hides the Lord, as per His statement
Piercing the Veil Divine of phenomenality Which hideth Me is difficult indeed. But those who consecrate to Me Pierce it and pass beyond !
The systematised knowledge of Nature is Science. All sciences study Being.
For instance, physics is the science of Being as Matter. Maths, the science of Being as Number. Chemistry, the science of Being as qualities etc. But the Scientia Prima, Vedanta, studies Being as Being, in its pure state.
Many have walked the Path of Self Actualisation. Many have intuited Truth. Their experiences of Absolute Truth have been recorded as the Upanishads, as the Kabalah, as Geetha etc. These experiences of Truth are called Sruthi ( Vedas ).
In order to actualise Truth, a threefold criterion of Truth has been promulgated.
The experiences of the Seers of Wisdom ( Sruthi ) Logic ( Yukti ) Self Realisation ( Atmanubhoothi )
Aurobindo actualised Absolute Truth, only to know that what he actualised was exactly as it was described in the Upanishads !
Reason is undoubtedly a helpful guide and when it is supplanted by a suprarational Intuition, Truth becomes experiential.
Reason is symbolised as male and Intuition as female. In the Divine Comedy, Dante represents the male intellect and Beatrice, female Intuition.
The great hold of Vedanta upon the intelligentia all over the world is due to a mingling of Intuition and Reason.
The Ashtavakra Geetha is a great Vedantic treatise. King Janaka, a philosopher King, is initiated into the mysteries of Vedanta by Ashtavakra, a Seer. Ashtavakra tells him that all this is a mirage of the Mind and that the Absolute Self is the only Reality.
That Consciousness Bliss Thou art Upon whom this Universe is superimposed ! Like the blueness in the sky Know that and be ever happy !
Man follows the laws of the Earth Earth follows the laws of Heaven Heaven follows the laws of the Self And Self follows the laws of His intrinsic nature !
All mysticism points out that the Inner Reality is hidden.
An Indian mystic by the name of Bodhidharma travelled to China and Dhyan ( Meditation ) became the Chinese Ch’an and the Japanese Zen ! Zen followers worship the metaphysical entity ( Bodhi Dharma ) which to them represents the Absolute Bodhi Essence. The Chinese share this doctrine of Absolute Bodhi Essence with the Indian Buddhist tradition !
The New Age has arrived ! The New Age of Aquarius, with its resplendent promise of Scientific Enlightenment !
Hair’s song announced the Age of Aquarius
When the moon is in the Seventh House And Jupiter aligns with Mars Then peace will guide the planets And love will steer the stars!
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius The age of Aquarius Aquarius! Aquarius!
The Vernal Equinox precedes one degree in every 72 years. The Vernal Equinoctial Point after moving through Pisces is now in Aquarius, ushering in a scientific Age of Enlightenment.
Gone are the dogmas which graced the Piscean Age. The Dark Ages were characterised by the Piscean Age, where the dogmas of Theology dominated mankind. Bruno was burnt alive, Galileo arrested, Darwin and Russell persecuted.
The New Age of Aquarius will usher in an area of Peace and prosperity. Let us hope that there will be a World Government and a World Church where all can pray and live in peace !
The Net itself is a boon of the New Age. The Information Age, the Age of the Internet, is another synonym for New Age !
The Science of the Base of all that is, the Absolute is the basic Science, the fundamental Science, the supreme Science, the Master Science. Now the NAM ( New Age Movement ) has the message of Absolute Unity behind it and is secular & universally diffused over the earth’s surface. & its basic underlying philosophy emphasises Divine Unity & Gnosticism. Gnosticism is an ancient philosophy stating that Divine essence is the highest reality, and that the Self of man is actually this Essence. Behind the phenomenal world is the Transcendent Reality which Intuition alone can see ). It bears a remarkable resemblance to the Universal Religion that H.G. Wells predicted would one day take over the world.
New Age – A Universal Philosophy
NAM is a regeneration of divine values and has conquered the West intellectually. Western culture is currently experiencing a phenomenal shift – sociological, spiritual & ideological. It’s a secular, multi-cultural, multi-religious synthesis, of the Oriental mystical philosophies, mainly Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism & Western Occultism, emphasising Holism, the doctrine that Reality is organically One ( now taught in American Universities after Einstein’s Theory of Relativity ). The New Paradigm is Monism ( All is One ), Pantheism ( All is Divine ) & Holism ( The Whole is Real ). Holistic Medicine, Transcendental Meditation, Yoga, Zen, Pranic Therapy, Tantra, Astrology, Numerology, Gemology, Vedic Foods etc are all New Age practices ! There are 6.3 million New Age websites ! The East and the West, the vertical and the horizontal means of gaining knowledge have met and have become One !
David Williams declared that the Aquarian Age arrived in 1844, with the dawn of the Babism Movement. According to him the Aquarian Age is associated with three decans, Libra, Gemini and Aquarius. We are in the Libran decan of the Aquarian Age. That explains why the world has been affected by wars, due to Libra and revolutions, due to Aquarius. Socialism, Communism, Humanism etc are products of the New Age. The massive influx of technology is associated due to Aquarius. Also Enlightenment. The Industrial Revolution, the Computer and the Cybernetic Revolution are also attributable to the Age of Aquarius. People will become more impersonal, but will be more humane and altruistic. Revelation of Truth and Expansion of Consciousness are the hallmarks of the New Age
Almost one billion believe in Astrology and more than 4 billion believe in Philosophy ! NAM will unite all under a World Government, a World Religion, a World Currency ( the globo ) & a World Market !
