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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
The Four Noble Truths of Buddha are:
We look at these truths from the perspective of Postulate Mechanics.
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The First Noble Truth of Buddhism is the existence of Dukkha (suffering), which asserts that life inherently contains unsatisfactoriness, pain, and instability. It is not a pessimistic view, but a realistic observation that birth, aging, sickness, death, and not getting what one wants are inescapable forms of suffering.
From the perspective of Postulate Mechanics, the ideal state of life consists of harmony. Any violation of harmony is an anomaly. Therefore, Dukkha consists of anomalies. It is much easier to understand and address Dukkha, when a person views it as made up of a collection of anomalies. He can then handle specific anomalies one at a time, and see harmony being restored gradually to his life.
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The Second Noble Truth states that the cause of suffering (dukkha) is craving, desire, or thirst. It teaches that suffering arises from internal mental reactions—specifically craving pleasurable sensations, continued existence, or cessation of experience—rather than just external events.
Postulate Mechanics agrees with Buddhism that suffering arises from internal mental reactions; but it looks further into the cause of those reactions. It is easier to trace back to causes when one is addressing specific anomalies. Today’s world is very complex. It is not easy to handle craving, desire, or thirst as a generality. The “craving, desire, or thirst” for knowledge is natural. Only when there is a lack of harmony in the forms of distortion, misdirection or corruption of that desire that anomalies come about.
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The Third Noble Truth states that the cessation of suffering (dukkha) is possible by eliminating its cause, which is craving (tanha). It asserts that by letting go of attachments, greed, and delusion, one can achieve freedom, peace, and ultimate happiness, known as Nirvana.
Postulate Mechanics observes that letting go of attachments, greed, and delusion is the right goal, but it has been difficult to attain. First, there are numerous attachments; and second, there are many, many instances of greed and delusion. Each of them gets triggered by different things. There is definitely a single factor, which, once handled, makes it much easier to handle all these numerous triggers. But it requires a single-minded effort to find and handle that single factor. Most people find it difficult to engage in such an effort.
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The Fourth Noble Truth prescribes a “Middle Way” balancing moderation with mental discipline, offering a guide for ethical living, mindfulness, and wisdom to achieve liberation.
Postulate Mechanics observes that this path has been difficult to follow because of misconceptions. The earlier chapters of this book address many broad misconceptions. A basic misconception has been about the substance of this universe. Another misconception has been about the relationship between inertia and motion, and its role in the evolution of life and thought.
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The basic principles of the universe have now evolved to such a complex level, that they manifest as self-awareness and reason. With that has come about the ideas of “I” and suffering. These ideas have not existed prior to the emergence of humans.
Postulate Mechanics has clarified suffering as “lack of harmony.” Clarification is still needed to the question, “Who or what is ‘I’ that is suffering?”
Do we really understand what ‘I’ is? Or, is there a general misconception about it.
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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
Thought develops reason in humans to make further advance toward the goal of oneness.
The solution lies in developing the capability to reason in all human societies.
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A dynamic sense of harmony exists when the motion is optimum and there is an equilibrium between substantiality and awareness. The reality is very clear. There are no confusions. Everything is operating as expected. There is a continuity and consistency among the elements present.
The ideal state of life consists of harmony. Any violation of harmony is an anomaly. Therefore, all suffering, such as, pain, loss, anxiety, etc., is an anomaly. In fact, whenever something is not optimum, it would indicate the presence of some anomaly. Emotions, such as, anger, fear and grief are non-optimum. They are indicators of anomalies in life that one may or may not be aware of.
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Anything that lacks clarity and brings up wrong emotions contains anomalies. Anomalies have following general forms:
(1) Arbitrary Data: Arbitrary assumptions and misconceptions are the main cause of disharmony. This is the case when a group of people says, “My God is the only true God. All other gods are false.” We look closely at the definition of God, this group is applying. We find their definition to be full of arbitrary ideas that are disconnected from reality.
(2) Contradictory Data: Whenever there is contradictory data or inconsistency, conditions exist that do not make sense. This is the case when the president of a country insists that the economy is booming; but most people find their living conditions to be worsening. This is inconsistent. It is an indicator that something is very wrong.
(3) Missing Data: Wherever understanding has gaps in it, some information is missing. This is the case when a justice department insists, “We have closed this case, because the person accountable has been prosecuted”; yet not all aspects of the case have been accounted for and many unanswered questions remain.
In general, all anomalies consist of disharmonies, inconsistencies and discontinuities.
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The purpose of reason is to spot and resolve anomalies. The modus operandi of reason is to examine an anomaly closely. You do this by following the trails of arbitrary, contradictory and missing data. There can be many such trails. You follow the trails in the order of their importance, until you uncover the starting point of the anomaly. You will know it when that happens. All confusions, doubts and uncertainties disappear completely.
The pre-requisite of reason is the skill of “seeing things as they are.” Without this skill you can completely miss spotting the anomaly, and waste your time chasing something else. You develop the skill of spotting anomalies by following The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness.
Clearing up misconceptions is an important part of resolving anomalies. Misconceptions result in misunderstandings that often generate anomalies. It is a good discipline to not go by words you don’t understand the meaning of. In general, if there is something you don’t understand, and it is important to you, always make a list of basic concepts in that area and clear them up by studying them. That will sharpen your ability to reason.
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Postulate Mechanics is basically an effort to clear up the basic concepts underlying the universe and life. It follows the technology outlined in The Book of Subject Clearing. Clearing up basic misconceptions greatly improves the ability to reason and resolve anomalies.
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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
The following may be stated about the origin of thought and mind
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Te evolutionary blue print of the organism is encoded in its DNA. It transmits itself from parent to the offspring. This code determines the structure of the organism in detail. This evolutionary programming of the mind exists as part of the DNA instructions. It evolves by itself at its own pace. It maintains an equilibrium of matter, energy and thought. For the organism, programming at this level is pretty much pre-determined.
There are higher layers of mind that grow out of this evolutionary layer. The higher is the layer more it is in control of the organism. Here we have the assimilation of sensations, perceptions, conceptions and knowledge that forms the reality. The organism can direct this assimilation to a degree. The underlying principle used for this assimilation is that all motion must ultimately come to the harmony, consistency and continuity of a dynamic equilibrium.
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The life organism lives within an environment. It is continually exchanging matter, energy and thought with the environment. The environment is chaotic whereas the organism is well-ordered. Anything entering the organism from the environment needs to be assimilated.
At the level of thought, the events occurring in the environment leave impressions on the mind. The mind assimilates such impressions on a real-time basis as much as possible. But, very chaotic impressions, such as those from traumatic incidents, are relatively difficult to assimilate.
The impressions are assimilated by letting all aspects of thought, energy and matter come to an equilibrium. Impressions that are difficult to assimilate, are carried forward in time until they are assimilated. They may even be passed on to the next generation through the DNA mechanism. When such impressions are finally assimilated they appear as if they are from a past life.
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To assimilate is to “make similar.” An example of assimilation occurs when you pour water having different temperatures, in the same container. The cold water in the mixture gains heat and the hot water loses heat such that the water in that container, after some time, arrives at an equilibrium temperature.
In the mind, the equilibrium may be defined as the harmony, consistency and continuity of ONENESS. When a person spots an anomaly and looks at it more closely, all ideas and emotions in that anomaly tend to assimilate and arrive at oneness.
When sensations are assimilated they provide clearer perceptions. When perceptions are assimilated they provide clearer conceptions. When conceptions are assimilated they provide clearer knowledge. When knowledge is assimilated it results in knowingness of wisdom.
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Ultimate origin of thought lies in the balance between inertia and motion. This balance is observed in the speed of light as being finite and constant. Varying states of balance between inertia and motion appear as discrete “energy levels” in the structure of an atom Such energy levels multiply as atoms combine into molecules.
The DNA molecule is so complex that it contains an almost continuous gradient of energy levels that can be played upon like a piano to generate complex motion. At the level of thought this motion takes the form of signals and impulses, which is enough to manage the functions of an organism. Here we have the origin of the mind that operates on the principle of bringing about an overall balance between inertia and motion.
Thought, energy and matter operate together dynamically chasing an equilibrium, which appears as harmony, consistency and continuity in every aspect of the universe. At the forefront of the universe is life.
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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
Biology is preceded by Chemistry. To understand life one must understand the chemical reactions.
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In chemical reactions we have bonds between atoms form and break. Atoms combine into an incredible variety of molecules New molecules bring about new properties. In these molecules, the combining atoms do not lose their identity since their nuclei remain the same. However, the electronic regions combine acquiring new dynamics, which generate new properties.
In these chemical reactions, the environment, which consists of energy and thought, is just as important as the reacting atoms and molecules. Even when the resulting products of a reaction are chemically the same, there are imperceptible differences due to different environments. The lab environment is different from the natural environment. This may explain the limitation of synthetic genetic materials.
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Organic molecules arose through both terrestrial synthesis on early Earth and delivery from space, with multiple energy sources driving their formation from simpler inorganic compounds.
On early Earth, organic molecules formed through chemical reactions between inorganic compounds when exposed to energy sources like ultraviolet radiation, lightning, and volcanic heat. Organic molecules also formed in space and were delivered to Earth via meteorites, comets, and asteroids.
The simple organic molecules then polymerized into larger biomolecules in environments like hydrothermal pools. A critical transition occurred with the emergence of RNA molecules capable of both storing genetic information and catalyzing chemical reactions. Appropriate conditions of pH, temperature, and salt concentration led to membrane-bounded structures that enclosed self-replicating molecules, creating integrated systems with both genetic material and metabolic compartments.
The emergence of true cells required the acquisition of self-contained systems for energy production, protein synthesis, and metabolic regulation.
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Genetic material is the hereditary substance—primarily DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or RNA in some viruses—that carries all information specific to an organism, directing growth, development, and function. It is typically structured as a double helix, composed of nucleotides that replicate for inheritance. A nucleotide is the basic building block of DNA.
Hereditary refers to traits, characteristics, or diseases passed genetically from parents to offspring. It describes anything inherited, whether it is a trait like eye color, or a medical condition. An important source of hereditary medical condition is unassimilated sensations, such as those from traumas, which get impressed upon the genes and last for generations until assimilated.
Modern synthetic biology allows the construction of DNA (and to some extent RNA) from scratch, without copying it from an existing organism. However, such synthetic DNA suffers from practical limits due to error rate, which increases with length and complexity.
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All living organisms are composed of one or more cells, which are the basic structural and functional units of life. These cells contain specialized, coordinated parts that work together in a highly organized manner
Living things obtain and use energy to power their life processes through chemical reactions. Organisms use enzymes to speed up and mediate these metabolic reactions, breaking down nutrients to fuel growth, movement, and other activities.
Organisms maintain a relatively stable internal environment despite external changes. This regulation allows living things to keep conditions like temperature, pH, and water balance within optimal ranges necessary for survival.
Living organisms increase in size and complexity over time according to specific instructions encoded in their genetic material. This process follows predictable patterns as organisms mature from simpler to more complex forms.
All living things have the ability to produce new offspring, either sexually or asexually, allowing them to perpetuate their species. This characteristic ensures the continuity of life across generations.
Organisms can detect and respond to changes in their environment, a property sometimes called sensitivity or irritability. This responsiveness allows living things to react appropriately to light, temperature, chemicals, and other environmental factors.
Living things store hereditary information in DNA and pass genetic traits to offspring. Populations of organisms adapt to their environment over time through evolution, changing across generations in response to selective pressures.
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Postulate Mechanics brings to fore the importance of the environment. From a simple chemical reaction to the most complex life organism, the role of environment matters greatly.
This environment consists of matter, energy and thought, like the organism itself. There are interactions not only at the level of matter and energy, but also at the level of thought. None of these levels can be ignored, or considered separate and exclusive.
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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)
The basis of a life organism is controlled motion.
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The light may be seen lifeless in the conventional sense but its speed is in equilibrium with its inertia. This is the only reason that the speed of light is finite and constant.
We model an atom with electrons moving around the nucleus. This motion is a little bit more complex than the motion of light because it is a bit more dynamic. There is variation of inertia that brings about changes in motion. One may say that electrons have a little more “life” compared to light.
We model a simple organic molecule with carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms linked with each other. The electrons are spread over a number of nuclei performing a delicate dance. The degrees of freedom for these electrons has increased.
When it comes to a virus, we are looking at a very sophisticated arrangement of organic molecules that contain such a tremendous number of degrees of freedom in its motion that it is like having a little robot automated by a built-in computer.
From virus, it is just one ingenious step to a biological cell, which is a bona fide life organism.
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A life organism is a highly complex structure with inherent self-animation. It follows both physical and metaphysical laws of nature. It maintains harmony all around.
The life organism assimilates the substance and sensations of the universe within itself. It then expresses the nature of the universe through itself. In this way, the life organism becomes an intermediate step in the understanding of the universe.
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Life is visualized through the sophistication of controlled motion. This requires a sophistication modulation of inertia. This modulation is generated by the sophisticated structure of the life organism.
There is no separate spirit controlling the life organism. The motion is inherent in substance and so is inertia. The life organism is simply a very sophisticated system.
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