Mechanics of Creation

Dear visitor,

You are absolutely right, when you think that the title of this essay on vedic
astrology is rather presumptive. Indeed, only the Veda itself can really fulfil the
promise that it holds out to us. Only a direct cognition of the unified field of all the
laws of nature, both in its holistic value as well as in all its specific values, can give
us an insight into the mechanics of creation. This insight can never be gained by
reading a book, but only through direct experience of pure knowledge.

Insight into the workings of nature can only be gained by opening our awareness to
the completely abstract level of creation, beyond the Planck scale of physics, where
all the laws of nature are located. One cannot see a law of nature with ones
physical eyes. No one has ever seen gravity. Our eyes can only see the effects of
gravity, that universal law of nature, which Newton cognized in his own
consciousness.

Both the timeless reality of the Veda, which is total knowledge in its truest sense,
as well as its corresponding vedic literature, have been preserved since ancient
times in India - the land of the Veda. Although the Veda and the vedic literature
have been cognized in a localized setting of time and space this ancient science
deals with universal laws of nature; identical for all observers, in any space, in any
time.

 Vedic science wants to bring home to us, to every single individual born on this
planet, that all mechanics of creation are contained within the simplest form of our
own awareness. 

Highly integrated persons of olden times, being endowed with pure and highly
developed nervous systems and therefore very clear minds, were able to cognize in
their own self-referral consciousness how the totality of all the laws of nature, by
way of their structuring dynamics, create the entire universe in all its splendour.
Human awareness, when fully awake in its unbounded nature, sees its own fabrics
of pure consciousness, pure intelligence, pure cosmic creative intelligence. The
ancient seers of India were able to perceive inside the structure of their own
unbounded awareness the finest fabrics of pure intelligence, the workings of the
laws of nature. For this reason they were called seers, or 'rishis' in vedic
terminology. They could see with the eye of wisdom, the eye of their soul, the eye
of pure consciousness, how creation is the play and display of an omnipresent,
omnipotent and omniscient intelligence - the creative intelligence of the unified
field of all the laws of nature, which they knew to be their own consciousness, their
own self. 
They recorded their subjective experiences of all levels of creation, in what is still
available today as the textbooks of the Vedas and the vedic literature. This ocean
of pure knowledge, consisting of 40 branches of vedic science, describes in
multifarious ways the structuring dynamics of creation. It does so on the various
levels of creation that are distinguished by modern science: the Absolute, the
psychological level, physiological level, sociological level, ecological level, and
the cosmological level of creation. Thus the range of vedic science stretches from
that which is 'smaller than the smallest' - anor aniyan, to that which is 'greater than
the greatest' - mahato mahiyan. 

These 40 branches of vedic textbooks all agree on one common point: the entire
creation, in its infinite diversity, is the expression of pure consciousness.
Consciousness, by the mere fact that it knows itself, becomes creative - it becomes
the cosmic creative intelligence. The 40 branches also agree on one more point:
The human being has the capacity to experience this cosmic level of
consciousness, the source of the entire creation as his own self-referral state of
consciousness, his own subjectivity, yeah his very self.

And, in order to have this direct experience of our own source, the rishis, and all
the vedic textbooks advise us to practice meditation. In the pocket edition of the
Veda, the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna advises Arjuna to transcend all relative,
changing levels of experience, and to experience the simplest form of his own
awareness, and simply to 'be': 'Nistraigunyo bhavarjuna,' - 'Be without the three
gunas, O Arjuna' - in order to become successful on all levels of life. Krishna adds
that 'even a little of this practice delivers from great fears' and he implies that every
single human being born on this planet will derive great benefits from experiencing
his innermost levels of awareness, his own self. 

Meditation has been widely misinterpreted as a form of contemplation or

concentration. If anything can be held responsible for the suffering of mankind, it
is this wrong interpretation of vedic knowledge. 

Meditation is described by Lord Krishna, and by many other exponents of vedic

science, as an effortless process of 'letting go.' Fortunately, many spiritual
movements in the world today are realising the universal need for a human being
to practice some form of meditation in order to center oneself into oneself.

In my opinion, the system of meditation propounded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is

a very efficient and practical way to experience the state of pure consciousness,
pure silence, the source of all thoughts and feelings - the simplest form of human
awareness. 

By regular practice of what is commonly known as Transcendental Meditation,

twice a day, the level of pure silence in consciousness becomes gradually
established throughout the three relative states of consciousness - waking,
dreaming and sleeping.

In this natural process, the conscious capacity of the mind starts to comprehend all
levels of mental activity - from the surface level of thinking, to the subtle levels of
thought, feeling and intuition, to the ultimate level of Absolute, pure
consciousness, pure being. Then the mind comprises all levels of relative and
Absolute experience - the changing and non-changing levels of creation, the whole
field of Being and Be-coming. By regular practice of this effortless form of
meditation our consciousness becomes more and more comprehensive and
ultimately it becomes all-comprehensive and we gain a state of awareness which
can be called cosmic consciousness. During this very process the nervous system,
which is merely a reflector of the universal consciousness, becomes purer and
more efficient. 

As we keep on alternating the experience of pure awareness in transcendental

meditation with the performance of our daily duties and activities, we start to use
more and more of the full potential of our brain, and indeed of our body-mind
system as a whole. This integration of mind and body is the explicit theme of yoga,
which is one of the 40 branches of vedic science.

Thus the simple, natural and effortless technique of transcendental meditation

gradually opens the awareness to that level of consciousness that is truly cosmic in
its nature. It is on that level that we become aware of the mechanics of creation,
and begin to cognize the structuring dynamics of the unified field of all the laws of
nature. In simple terms, this means that we become rishis, or seers of the truths of
life. Then the Vedas and the vedic literature become the textbooks of our own
experiences. 

Maharishi emphasizes that herein lies the proper use of the vedic texts. They can
never be used successfully as a guideline for action. Their purpose is to serve us in
verifying our own personal experiences, when we gain familiarity with our own
self-referral state of consciousness. The books serve as a mirror by which we can
gauge the purity of our consciousness. They are the records of the universal
experiences of the unchanging field of consciousness, the source of all change, the
prime mover of life, the source of creation. They describe to us in great detail the
structuring dynamics of consciousness and confirm to us that these mechanics of
consciousness are the structuring mechanics of the entire universe. 

Thus the intention of this essay on vedic astrology is to provide a mirror,

confirming the personal experiences of those who are pursuing an insight and
experience of their all-comprehensive level of consciousness. In terms of vedic
astrology this level of awareness is called jyotishmati pragya - the all-knowing
state of consciousness. The Vedas declare that this all-knowing state of
consciousness is the birthright of every human being born on this beautiful planet.
May this essay serve as a source of inspiration to you.