2
compression experienced by a
jeeva
J2 relative to that of a worldly “ignorant –of-Self”
jeeva
J1. Let the path followed by J2 be AC and the angle BAC be
α
(Fig 5).
α
is (
π
/2-
θ
) where
θ
= J2’s spiritual inclination. We assume there is no differencebetween the
jeevas
other than in their spiritual disposition. In the above diagram: AE= AC = AF by assumption of uniform speed of the wave in all directions. Let T
J2
=time experienced by J2 during the time the O-E-T moves from A to E, and T
J1
= timeexperienced by J1 in the same duration. As reasoned earlier (in Part-I)T
J2
= BC and T
J1
= AEThe
time- compression ratio
T
J2
/ T
J1
= BC / AE = BC/ AC = Sin (
α
).Since Sin(
α
) =
√
(1- cos
2
(
α
)) we haveT
J2
/ T
J1
=
√
(1- (AB/AC)
2
) =
√
(1- (AB/AF)
2
)Noting that Relative Awareness of J2 is r
A
= AB/AF, we
derive the equation:
where T
J1
= time for a worldly {i.e.
“ignorant of the Self
”} jeeva J1, T
J2
= time for a jeeva J2 with
some Knowledge of Self
, and r
A
=
Self-Knowledge of J2
relative to that of the Perfect Being (
maximum possible Knowledge of Self
of one fully established in Self).
Note that we have not so far used any thing other than elementary geometryand principles of
advaita
in deriving the above result
.
Yet equation (A) bears astriking resemblance in form and content to a basic result in special relativity theory :
whereT
J1
= time for a stationary {i.e
. “immobile in space
”} observer J1, T
J2
= time for an observer J2 moving through space at
some constant speed
, and r
C
=
speed of J2
relative to speed of light (
maximum possible speed in space
)
1
.
2. THE CORRESPONDENCE
The remarkable similarity between Eq. (A) and Eq. (R) gets even moreastonishing when we recall that
Advaita
often speaks of Self (i.e. Consciousness)and Space in the same breath as though the two are one. That is, the terms Self andSpace are set in association. Similarly Knowledge and Light are spoken of almost assynonyms. In modern physics, light is of fundamental importance for the reason thatit represents the maximum speed achievable in space for information transmission.
1
It should be noted that while Eq (A) indicates that increased spiritual detachment results incontraction of experienced time, the reverse assertion is not true: time contraction experienced by a
jeeva
does not necessarily imply its increasing spiritual detachment, since there could be othercontributing causes such as deep sleep, motion in space etc. Note also that in Eq(A) we ignore thesmall effect due to the assumed discrete nature of experienced time. This effect is negligibly small fortime contraction computed over a large number of time periods.
Advaita Vedanta: T
J2
/ T
J1
=
√
(1- (r
A
)) Equation (A)Relativity Physics: T
J2
/ T
J1
=
√
(1- (r
C
)) Equation (R)
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