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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

The moment something manifests, there is the awareness of its substantiality. Otherwise, we cannot say, “Something is there.”. On the other hand, it is only when we become aware of a substantiality that we know that something has manifested.

When there is only a single atom existing in the universe, then that atom is the whole universe; and the awareness of atom being the whole universe is there. That awareness must reside in the universe made of that atom. This leads to the conclusion that substantiality and awareness are the two fundamental dimensions of a universe that exists. 

To appreciate that something exists, there must be the ability to sense it.

Thus, awareness is the ability to sense the substantiality of something existing. When nothing exists, there is neither substantiality nor awareness.

Awareness is not the same thing as the substantiality that is being sensed. This means that awareness has no substantiality. This is like the Nirākār Brahma in Vedic religions that has no attributes.

Awareness and substantiality are two different dimensions of existence. They are in complete balance, but they do not overlap. 

This is a fundamental datum.

Misconception arises when this fundamental datum is ignored, and awareness is misconceived to have substantiality. That misconception is followed by a misperception of substantiality.

The basic confusion is between substantiality and awareness. Awareness is bound in substantiality but it is not substantial.

Awareness is about knowing, perceiving and being cognizant of phenomena and events. Awareness is there because substantial phenomena and events are there. The phenomena and events are somehow being postulated and sensed.

Who or what is postulating and sensing is unknowable. But we may surmise that,

All attributes belong to substantiality. Awareness has no attribute.

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Notes and Postulates

The major concept introduced in Chapter 4 is the differentiation between SUBSTANTIALITY and AWARENESS, while stressing upon their ONENESS, that leads to the understanding of SELF. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.

PM Postulate 4.1: Substantiality and awareness are co-dimensions of existence.
PM Postulate 4.2: All attributes belong to substantiality.
PM Postulate 4.3: Awareness has no attribute.
PM Postulate 4.4: Substantiality and awareness are in perfect balance.
PM Postulate 4.5: That balance is oneness.

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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

The ever present ingredients of the universe are unknowable until they are sensed and known by means of the most intimate of postulates possible. These postulates are inherent to all parts of the universe. They are inherent to us in the most developed form.

The Vedic religions describe these inherent postulates as “sat-chit-ananda”. We may translate this in modern vocabulary as follows:

Self:
Sat = Substantiality (existence)
Chit = Awareness (ability to sense existence)
Ananda = Oneness (ultimate balance)

Definition:
Oneness = assimilation of the sense of existence = continuity, consistency and harmony

The intimate nature of these postulates forms the very definition of self. In other words, self is substantial, aware and infused with oneness. There is a profound sense of interconnectedness, love, and beauty, where the observer and observed become one. This awareness is experienced beneath thought, acting as a direct knowing that all life is woven into a single, cohesive fabric. The “oneness” does not mean  sameness. “Oneness” means continuity, consistency and harmony. 

The Self of the universe, and the self of the human form is one.

The natural affinity that we feel towards one another is the oneness of self. It is this oneness that is serenaded as love. The oneness characterizes our communications, and our realities.

The postulates that we make spring forth from the self as it senses the universe. There is a natural effort to maintain oneness among all postulates. Considerations ensue but they also are part of this oneness. 

As sensations change, the postulates and considerations also change. Actually, this universe is very dynamic in nature. But its essence, which is “Sat-Chit-Ananda” (substantiality, awareness and oneness), always remains. 

This self is ever present even when buried under misconceptions and confusions.

The next chapter shall look at the inherent postulate of substantiality (sat) that makes up the self.

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Notes and Postulates

The major concepts introduced in Chapter 2 are SUBSTANTIALITY, AWARENESS, ONENESS, and SELF. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.

PM Postulate 2.1: The core ingredients of the universe are ever present.
PM Postulate 2.2: They manifest as substantiality, awareness and oneness.
PM Postulate 2.3: The source of these postulates is unknowable.
PM Postulate 2.4: These postulates are inherent to each one of us as self .
PM Postulate 2.5: Each self can continue to postulate its own universe further.
PM Postulate 2.6: There is no single creator of the universe.

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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

When the subject is the whole universe, what is the starting point from which to begin clearing any misconceptions? There are all kinds of theories available about the universe in religion, philosophy and science. The sciences study matter and try to describe a physical universe. The religions study life and try to describe a spiritual universe. Philosophy speculates upon all things unknown.

I decided that the first concept to clear would be the meaning of UNIVERSE. 

It is always beneficial to start with the etymology or origin of a word to get some idea of its derivation and history. This provided me for the universe, a sense of “all things combined into one.” 

What is that characteristic that combines all things into one? 

The obvious answer is, “All things in the universe are knowable.” Whether we are looking at the physical characteristics of the universe, or the spiritual, they all are knowable. 

What is the unknowable then? What cannot be considered a part of this universe?

Here the penny dropped. We cannot even consider the unknowable because it is unknowable. The moment we consider something we know that consideration. Even God is knowable because we consider God to have all these wonderful attributes.

My first realization was that the fundamental dichotomy is UNKNOWABLE-KNOWABLE. Both spiritual and physical aspects of the universe are knowable simply because we have considered them. The highest echelon concept was UNKNOWABLE. This was supported by The Creation Hymn of Rig Veda.

Whence this creation has arisen
– perhaps it formed itself, or perhaps it did not –
the One who looks down on it,
in the highest heaven, only He knows
or perhaps He does not know.

So, how do we come to know anything?

We come to know because we have considered something. That consideration must have been reasoned somehow. All reasoning starts from some postulate—something taken for granted—isn’t it? 

We sense this universe, and we give meaning to that sensation by postulating what it might be. This is then followed by different sensations and different postulates arising for them. All these sensations and postulates then must come together in a way that they make sense. We may call this the process of assimilation. This assimilation leads to the perception of what is there. Thus comes about the consciousness of the knowable universe.

This was excellent sleuthing. These ideas did not appear overnight. A lot of study preceded them. But everything I studied pointed to the above conclusions. Furthermore, these postulates were not quite visible. But, at least, they were there, and they were knowable.

And so, a hunt for those postulates began. 

This endeavor give this book its title: POSTULATE MECHANICS, which is abbreviated as “PM.”

For the “matter” we have Classical Mechanics. For the “radiation” we have Quantum Mechanics. For the “thought” (which includes the search for fundamental postulates), we now propose Postulate Mechanics.

The purpose of Postulate Mechanics is to investigate, in a scientific manner, the postulates underlying this universe. It uses the technique of Subject Clearing to do so. The definitions of concepts, as found during this search, are being compiled at Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.

This is a live search, and the definitions of the various concepts are continually being refined and updated.

This search makes up the rest of this book.

I hope you enjoy this search. 

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NOTES AND POSTULATES

The major concepts introduced in this introduction are UNIVERSE, DICHOTOMY, KNOWABLE, UNKNOWABLE, POSTULATE, CONSIDERATION, and POSTULATE MECHANICS. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.

PM Postulate 0.1: Unknowable is that which can never be fully sensed. 
PM Postulate 0.2: Knowable is that which can be sensed.
PM Postulate 0.3: Universe is the totality of what is knowable.
PM Postulate 0.4: Postulates arise to make the universe known. 
PM Postulate 0.5: Considerations arise to describe the universe.

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