Confinement and Liberation

My library includes many inspiring books on various philosophies and religions. I started reading them again. I wanted to share some quotes from these books. “Humankind needs a spiritual awareness more than ever to balance this explosion of technology and communication. We need a feeling for the nobility and responsibility…

The “field” concept is a useful theoretical construct in physics. Fields can be quantized. The electromagnetic field consists of quanta known as photons. In QFT (Quantum Field Theory) the elementary particles are thought of as quanta of their respective field. For example, electrons are thought of as quanta of the…

Apparently the subject of internalization is widely studied in academic psychology and sociology. I am not an expert in the academic aspects of internalization but I am cognizant of my own mental processes. I wanted to share some of my observations. Dictionaries define internalization as To make internal, personal, or…

We are celebrating the 100th birthday of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, also known by his spiritual name Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (May 21, 1921 — October 21, 1990). The digital archive of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti’s books and discourses can be found at https://anandamarga.net/ee9/ His call still resonates with me. “O human beings…

My teacher Shrii Shrii Anandamurti has a simple advice. I often fail to follow this simple principle. I hope you can. He uses the Sanskrit expression “Parama Purusha” to refer to God. “Your every action should be with Parama Purusha. Without Him, your actions are as nothing, no matter how…

Baba (Shrii Shrii Anandamurti) loved Tagore poems and recited Tagore poems in his discourses. Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He was the first Asian Nobel Laurate. After he won the Nobel Prize Tagore became an international celebrity and toured the world visiting many countries. In…

I used to go to Carmel (California) to heal and rejuvenate when I was a physicist. Carmel is my second favorite place the first being the Stanford campus. Alas, I live far from these places and get rare opportunities to visit. My Carmel visit in March of 2005 was a…

I get overwhelmed with wonder when I contemplate the vastness of the Cosmos and the miracle of life. The truth of it all is beyond intellectual understanding. I know that! But, it is important for me to present a rational story of the universe. Many scientists and philosophers feel the…

I was very surprised to learn that neuroscientists have no useful theory of biological neural computation yet. I recommend reference [4] for a review. In addition to that paper, here’s few quotes from other authorities: “How do large populations of neurons give rise to behavior? But we currently have no…