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December 24, 2015 – 5:24 PM Categories: Index | Comments Off on Home Page

PM Chapter 1: The Knowable Universe

Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

Ours is a knowable universe because we can come to know it by sensing it. We are also a part of this universe because we can sense and come to know ourselves. 

If we are a part of this universe then how did the fundamental postulates of this universe come about?

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The Postulates

How the fundamental postulates of this universe came about can only be answered as follows:

  1. The universe created itself, or
  2. The universe has always been there.

These are possible postulates that attempt to explain the unknowable.

We come across the “religious” belief that God created this universe. However, God happens to be a part of the knowable universe, because God is knowable. This essentially means that the universe created itself. This is a variation of the first postulate above.

The answer from Kantian philosophy is that the ingredients of this universe exist as “thing in itself” independently of human perception, sensation, or sensory experience. This answer reduces to the second postulate above that the universe has always been there.

Phenomenology says, “What is sensed is the thing itself as experienced, not an inner proxy, but precisely as given in intuition—within limits.” This also reduces to the second postulate above.

Science says, “Sensations are effects of an underlying mind‑independent physical universe whose structure we infer.” This also reduces to the second postulate above.

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The Fundamental Postulate

For the universe to create itself, there must have been an earlier version of the universe. God could be an earlier version that transformed itself into the current universe. This adds the idea of a cyclic universe; but essentially it is also a variation of the second postulate above.

We may conclude,

The basis for the universe has always been there. How it was created initially is unknowable.

The Vedas assert rightly that the universe has neither a beginning nor an end.

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The Knowable Universe

The basis of the universe is made up of certain postulates. The postulates provide meaning in the form of sensations. The outcome of the sensations is the knowable universe.

So, the postulates that make up the SELF are the same that make up the UNIVERSE.

In the ancient Vedic religions, such as, Hinduism, the Nirākār Brahman uses Māyā to arise as Sākār Brahman. The Nirākār Brahman is considered to be a reality without attributes. Māyā is considered to be the process that generates attributes. And Sākār Brahman is considered to be the reality with attributes. We may say that the Nirākār Brahman is “unknowable,” Maya represents the basic “postulates.” Sākār Brahman is the outcome as the knowable “universe.”

Thus, the Postulate Mechanics parallels the Vedic religions.

In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) God is postulated as the source of all creation. God is then assigned the attribute of omniscient (all-knowing) among others. But God itself is presented as a mystery. Here God is something that needs to be unpacked and understood.

We come to the conclusion that,

The basis of the universe are certain postulates that give meaning to the universe in the form of sensations.

These postulates are inherent to the universe and also to us. So, the postulates that make up the universe are the same that make up the SELF. The self then assimilates the sensations to perceive the universe.

As sensations may assimilate differently from person to person, different perceptions and concepts of the universe may arise.

We may not know the postulates, but our perceptions and concepts can help us trace back to discover the underlying postulates. As we discover the postulates we come to know both the universe and ourselves so clearly that all our aberrations drop away.

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Considerations

The major concepts introduced in Chapter 1 are CREATION, GOD, VEDIC RELIGIONS, and ABRAHAMIC RELIGIONS. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.

  1. The basis of this universe is eternally present.
  2. This basis is made up of certain postulates.
  3. These postulates underlie the self as well.
  4. These postulates provide meaning in the form of sensations.
  5. The self assimilates sensations into perceptions and concepts.
  6. Essentially, these are considerations that arise from postulates.

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February 14, 2026 – 2:47 PM Categories: Postulate Mechanics | Comments (1)

PM Chapter 6: Universe, Self & God

Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

The concepts of Universe, Self and God align with the basic postulates as follows:

Universe = Substantiality (existence)
Self = Awareness (ability to sense)
God = Oneness (knowingness)

The Universe represents the substantiality of existence. The Self represents the awareness (the ability to sense and assimilate) of existence. The God represents the inherent oneness of existence. The source of Universe, Self and God is unknowable.

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The Power

Underlying the Western religions is the idea of God. The origins of the word GOD has the sense of “that which is invoked.” It indicates the mysterious and awe inspiring power called upon in prayer or sacrifice.

Underlying Eastern religions is the concept of Brahman. The origins of the word BRAHMAN has the sense of “to swell, expand, grow, enlarge; to make firm, strong.” It indicates an active or manifest principle, yielding the sense of an expanding, sustaining power. In the Rigveda, brahman often refers to the potent word, hymn, or sacred formula—speech endowed with a mysterious, effective power in ritual. 

Evidently, there is a power deep within us, which has been invoked through rituals, prayers and meditation. The purpose of invoking this power is to overcome human limitations, ignorance, and suffering; and thus attain liberation and enlightenment. The direct experience of that power generates an inherent knowingness that clarifies all mysteries.

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Piercing the Veil

“Piercing the veil” signifies overcoming spiritual, mental, or physical barriers—such as distractions, desires, or the physical body—to directly experience the power deep within. 

Regular attempts are made through constant prayer and devotion, stillness and meditation, faith in the atonement, etc.

In prayer and devotion, a person praises God admitting faults and seeking forgiveness, showing gratitude for blessings, and asking for personal needs or on behalf of others (intercession).

In stillness and meditation, a person sits quietly observing thoughts without judgment and being present in the moment; or he may concentrate on a single point, such as the breath or a word (mantra) to quiet the mind; or release tension by bringing awareness to different body parts; or focus on cultivating compassion and kindness toward oneself and others.

In faith in the atonement, a person repents his sins and strives to live in obedience to the Gospel; he submits his will to God, especially during trials, acknowledging them as opportunities for growth; he recognizes that return to God’s presence is possible only through the merits, mercy, and grace of the Messiah; and he places complete trust in Christ’s ability to save, which brings peace and removes fear.

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Postulate Mechanics’ Approach

Postulate Mechanics attempts to pierce the veil by clearing misconceptions starting with the most basic ones first. In this approach a person recognizes and resolves anomalies in a systematic manner using mindfulness meditation.

Some of the procedure are provided in The Book of Subject Clearing.

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Considerations

The major concepts introduced in Chapter 6 are PRAYER, MEDITATION, FAITH and MINDFULNESS. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.

  1. The Universe represents the substantiality of existence.
  2. The Self represents the awareness of existence. 
  3. The God represents the inherent oneness of existence.
  4. The ultimate source is a power hidden deep within us.
  5. Many paths have been traveled to access this power.
  6. Postulate mechanics explores the path of clearing misconceptions.

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February 12, 2026 – 10:00 AM Categories: Postulate Mechanics | Post a comment

PM Chapter 5: Oneness (Knowingness)

Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

ONENESS is assimilating the substantiality of the universe to a state of knowingness.

The assimilation establishes a harmony. The harmony establishes a consistency. And, consistency establishes a continuity. The harmony, consistency and continuity of substantiality makes the confusion disappear and brings about the clarity of knowingness. This is the essence of oneness.

The oneness of substantiality can be seen in a smooth spectrum of substance from matter to radiation to thought. This oneness can also be seen in the continuum of reality from physical to spiritual. This is like the continuum of temperature from hot to cold.

When the sense of oneness is violated, lack of clarity and confusion appears in the form of unreality.

When oneness exists the reality is very clear. But to the degree oneness is violated we have unreality.

Postulate Mechanics refers to violations of oneness as anomalies. 

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Anomalies

The identification and misconceptions mentioned in the previous chapter are anomalies, because they violate the sense of oneness and muddy the clarity of knowingness.

An ANOMALY takes the form of a disharmony (arbitrary data), an inconsistency (contradictory data), or a discontinuity (missing data). For example, from physical reality to spiritual reality there is a continuum of forms. Wherever the dichotomy “physical-spiritual” dominates with no idea of continuum in between, there exists the anomaly of discontinuity (missing data). All dichotomies that are dominant in religion, such as, creator-creation, cause-effect, contain the anomaly of discontinuity.

In general, all unrealities, confusions and sufferings in life contain anomalies. 

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Considerations

The major concepts introduced in Chapter 5 are ANOMALY, LIBERATION and ENLIGHTENMENT. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.

  1. Oneness is harmony, consistency and continuity of the universe.
  2. A violation of oneness produces anomalies.
  3. Anomaly forms as disharmony, inconsistency or discontinuity.
  4. All unrealities, confusions and sufferings contain anomalies.
  5. Self is the awareness aspect of the basic postulates.
  6. Liberation of self lies in the resolution of anomalies.
  7. Enlightenment occurs when all anomalies are resolved.

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February 10, 2026 – 2:17 PM Categories: Postulate Mechanics | Comments (3)

PM Chapter 4: Awareness (Ability to Sense)

Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

Awareness is the ability to sense the substantiality of the universe. Sensations take the form of feelings, emotions, pain, perception, memories, experience, knowledge, etc. Sensations are identified and assimilated towards knowingness. Based on the degree of assimilation, there comes about a continuum of awareness from identification to knowingness.

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Identification

Identification is superficial awareness that is limited to labels and symbolisms. Therefore, identification is memory intensive and lacks absorption.

We know from our schooling that we enjoyed certain subjects, and got good grades on them without much effort. But there were other subjects that we had to memorize with great effort and regurgitate them in exams to get good grades. These latter subjects fell under the category of identification. We never got to know them fully.

A physicist, who has accepted the basic ideas from physics without questioning them, develops a materialistic viewpoint, and rejects spirituality. He no longer has the curiosity about the universe, which he had as a child. His awareness is tied to working with symbols. His awareness has become identified with current physics, such that he cannot think beyond it.

You meet people who never question their religion, but they even get upset when others question. Such people practice their religion only through rituals full of symbolism. They identify themselves as Jews, Christians, Muslims, Hindus, etc. They have never assimilated their religion fully. They become biased against all who, they think, disagrees with them. They themselves are not happy.

At the level of identification a person himself has become an identity. He is unable to look beyond labels and symbols. He acts mechanically.

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Knowingness

At the other end of the continuum of awareness is knowingness. Knowingness is deep and intuitive awareness that operates instantaneously. All substantiality disappears. One does not require memory because one simply knows.

A musician who has fully assimilated sounds from his musical instrument with his feel for music and emotions, plays that instrument effortlessly with great effect and creativity. His awareness of music has reached the level of knowingness.

A physicist, who learned all the fundamentals of physics, still questions anything about nature that he does not understand. Instead of rejecting he investigates. He is operating with knowingness.

A person who has achieved knowingness in life can see things as they are. He does not need to separate one religion from another. He sees the similarities among the. He investigates where differences exist. He is not attached to anything. He is carefree. He is said to be enlightened.

At the level of knowingness, a person is full of compassion for others, and he wants them to become enlightened and happy. He guides rather than preaches, for he knows that others must discover on their own.

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Considerations

The major concept introduced in Chapter 4 are SENSATION, IDENTIFICATION, IDENTITY, and KNOWINGNESS. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.

  1. Awareness is the ability to senses substantiality.
  2. Awareness ranges from identification to knowingness.
  3. Identification has the least assimilation.
  4. Knowingness has the most assimilation.
  5. Assimilation resolves lack of awareness.

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February 9, 2026 – 7:41 AM Categories: Postulate Mechanics | Post a comment

PM Chapter 3: Substantiality (Substance)

Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)


Substantiality means something exists and it can be sensed. Substantiality refers not only to something physical made of matter, but also to something spiritual made of thought. A perception of rose is substantial; but a mental image picture of rose created by imagination is substantial too, because both exist and can be sensed.

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Substance

We may define SUBSTANCE as something substantial enough to be sensed. Generally substance is identified as matter, but substance is more than just matter. Einstein famously showed radiative energy to be equivalent to matter with equation, E = mc2. Experiments have shown  that the light from the sun can push a large sail in interplanetary space. Thus, we may place radiation also in the category of substance.

When we think of a rose, and we get a picture of a rose in our mind. This mental image picture exists. It is made up of thought. Thus, we may place thought also in the category of substance.

Postulate Mechanics categorizes substance as follows: 

  1. Matter
  2. Radiation
  3. Thought

The self and universe are made up of thought, radiation and matter.

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Consistency

Consistency means a degree of density, firmness, viscosity, etc. Consistency is inherent to substance. Consistence decreases from matter to radiation to thought.

The consistency of matter is referred to as “mass.” Matter is made up of atoms. The nucleus of atom consists of “solid mass”. The surrounded field of electrons consists of “liquid mass.” And the enveloping field of radiation consists of “gaseous mass.” Therefore, from the center of atom to its periphery, we have a gradient of decreasing mass. While the mass decreases the volume increases. It is like equivalent mass being distributed over a larger and larger volume.

When it comes to the “gaseous mass” of radiation, the consistency is so small that it cannot be measured as mass. So, it is measured in terms of “frequency”—mass = 10-50 frequency. On the spectrum of radiation, gamma rays have the highest frequencies—from 1019 Hz to 1024 Hz; and, radio waves have the lowest frequency—from 103 Hz to 1011 Hz.

The science of physics does not acknowledge thought as a substance because it cannot measure it even as a frequency. But, there exists a spectrum of thought in terms of its “weightiness.” We are familiar with fixed, serious thought at one end of the spectrum; and the free flowing, buoyant thought at the other.

According to Postulate Mechanics, consistency decreases from matter to radiation to thought.

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Motion

Motion is also inherent to substance. It is the opposite of consistency. As consistency decreases, motion increases from matter to radiation to thought. It is well known that the speed of light (radiation) is many orders of magnitude faster than that of matter, and thought is comparatively instantaneous.

In case of matter, the black hole at the center of a galaxy has the highest consistency. As the distance from the black hole increases, the mass of the galactic bodies decreases and their inherent motion increases. We observe them rotating around the black hole.

The inherent motion of radiation is many orders of magnitude faster than that of matter, and physics gives it a constant value of 3 × 108 m/s. But, according to Postulate Mechanics, the radio waves may travel faster than the gamma radiation in space.

The inherent motion of thought appears to be instantaneous. If it can be measured, it will be many orders of magnitude faster than that of radiation. Within the spectrum of thought itself, free flowing, buoyant thought may travel faster than the fixed, serious ideas. According to Postulate Mechanics, the motions of the body are generated by infinitesimal changes in the consistency of thought.

Inherent motion increases from matter to radiation to thought.

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Considerations

The major concepts introduced in Chapter 3 are SUBSTANCE, MATTER, RADIATION, THOUGHT, CONSISTENCY and MOTION. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.

  1. Substantiality manifests as the substance of Universe.
  2. The substance ranges from matter to radiation to thought.
  3. Matter has the most consistency and thought has the least.
  4. Matter has the least motion and thought has the most.
  5. Matter/radiation are physical; thought is spiritual (mental).

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February 7, 2026 – 7:59 AM Categories: Postulate Mechanics | Comments (6)