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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

The fundamental datum is:

Substantiality and Awareness are two attributes of self, and the balance between the two establishes the reality of Self. We refer to this balance as oneness.

Oneness is the consistency that is observed from one moment to the next. This consistency appears as continuity at very small scales, and as harmony at very large scales. The oneness of substantiality can be seen in a smooth spectrum of substance from thought to matter. Thus, there is oneness between the spiritual and the physical aspects of existence.

The awareness of substantiality brings to attention knowable dichotomies, such as, creator-creation, cause-effect, etc. The oneness of a dichotomy may be expressed as a gradient between the two opposite attributes. This introduces a DIMENSION between the two attributes. This dimension may be represented mathematically as a scale. For example, hot-cold is a dichotomy. When the gradient of temperature is introduced between hot and cold, it clarifies that dichotomy as a temperature scale, where hot and cold appear at the opposite ends.

When oneness exists there is clarity of reality of existence. But to the degree oneness is violated we have unreality.

Postulate Mechanics refers to violations of oneness as anomalies. An ANOMALY may take the form of a discontinuity (missing data), an inconsistency (contradictory data), or a disharmony (arbitrary data). For example, in a knowable dichotomy, such as, cause-effect, there is a missing dimension. Therefore, it is an anomaly of discontinuity. All unrealities, confusions and sufferings consist of anomalies.

An unreality, confusion or suffering of self can be eliminated only by confronting and resolving the underlying anomaly.

Liberation of self lies in the resolution of all its anomalies. As self is liberated it evolves to higher states.

The resolution of anomalies occurs through a process called ASSIMILATION. To assimilate is to “make similar.” This is done by making all the elements of an anomaly continuous, consistent and harmonious.

To assimilate, a person looks at the anomaly more closely until its exact nature is recognized. When sensations are assimilated they provide clearer perceptions. When perceptions are assimilated they provide clearer memory. When memories are assimilated they provide clearer experience. When experiences are assimilated they provide clearer knowledge. When knowledge is assimilated it results in wisdom.

To summarize, he key attributes of self are: substantiality, awareness and oneness, as described in recent chapters.

Next we look at where the self stands in relationship to God, because the thinking of most people in our civilization arises from the concept of God.

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Notes and Postulates

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

PM Postulate 5.1: Oneness is continuity, consistency and harmony.
PM Postulate 5.2: An anomaly is a violation of oneness.
PM Postulate 5.3: Anomaly is a discontinuity, inconsistency or disharmony.
PM Postulate 5.4: A knowable dichotomy has a missing dimension (an anomaly).
PM Postulate 5.5: All unrealities, confusions and sufferings consist of anomalies.

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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

Substantiality is an important aspect of Self. When something is substantial, it means that it exists and it can be sensed. Therefore, anything substantial is made of substance. 

If self is substantial, then it has to be made of substance.

Generally substance is identified as matter, but substance is more than just matter. Einstein famously showed radiative energy to be equivalent to matter with his equation, E = mc². Experiments have shown further that the light from the sun can push a large sail in outer 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. Obviously, this mental image picture exists and it is being sensed; and so it is substantial. A mental image picture has to be made of substance.

Since mind only senses thought, a mental image picture must be made of thought. Therefore, thought can also be viewed as a substance. This is not acknowledged by science; and we shall look at this shortcoming of science in a later chapter.

In Postulate Mechanics, we divide the substance of universe into three categories: 

1. Matter
2. Radiation
3. Thought

Substance has consistency—a degree of density, firmness, viscosity, etc. When the substance is matter, we refer to its consistency as “mass.” Matter has a “spectrum” based on the mass of its atoms. This spectrum is presented as the Periodic Table. We are very familiar with matter. Our body is made of matter, whose mass we feel as weight. 

When the substance is radiation we refer to its consistency in terms of “frequency.” Radiation has an Electromagnetic Spectrum based on the frequency of its quanta. The consistency of radiation is high when its frequency is high. Our body generates heat, which is a form of radiation. Light is also a radiation, which forms our vision.

Thought as a substance has consistency of a very different type. We may refer to the consistency of thought in terms of the “gravity” of its consequences. Thought does affect the body and its functions, as well as the functions that body carries out. Thought can have a spectrum too based on the gravity of its consequences. The consistency of thought is high when its gravity is high. 

Matter and Radiation are considered to be physical substances. The spectrum of matter may be placed above the Electromagnetic Spectrum of radiation.

Thought, which includes postulates, is considered to be a spiritual substance. The spectrum of thought may be placed below the Electromagnetic Spectrum of radiation. The spectrum of thought is yet to be researched fully.

We may say that the Substantiality of Self covers the whole spectrum from thought to radiation to matter. This substantiality may also be expressed in terms of motion. Thought is said to move much faster than radiation. Radiation is known to move must faster than matter. 

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Notes and Postulates

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

PM Postulate 3.1: The postulate of the substantiality of self appears as substance.
PM Postulate 3.2: The substance has a spectrum from thought to matter.
PM Postulate 3.3: Matter is most concentrated and thought is the least.
PM Postulate 3.4: Matter has the least motion and thought has the most.
PM Postulate 3.5: Matter and radiation are physical; thought is spiritual.

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Reference: Postulate Mechanics (PM)

Creation means to bring something into existence. When your mom bakes a cake, she is bringing that cake into existence. She is creating that cake. 

How was this universe created?

Like ‘mom’ in the above example, we assume that God created the universe. But that makes God knowable. If the universe is everything knowable then it would include God too. 

How does God create a universe in which He Himself is included?

May be God is an earlier version of universe that transformed itself into the current version. This idea of an earlier version shall also supply all the ingredients, which, when “baked” produce the current version. We do not know how many different versions this universe has gone through, but the basic ingredients of the universe must have been there always. How these ingredients were created initially is unknowable; but these ingredients have always been there to be sensed. This supports the Vedic assertion that the universe has neither a beginning nor an end.

It is the sensing of the ever present ingredients of the universe that triggers the postulates. It is through postulates that we come to know this universe. Knowledge builds up as we consider based on those postulates. This is how we start creating our universe.

Suppose you grow up in a family, where everyone genuinely cares for each other. This develops in you a deep sense of security. It is natural for you to postulate, “Man is basically good.” This postulate becomes a part of you. When you go out in the world and come across a person who harms you, you consider, “Oh! He is just having a bad day.” Such postulate and ensuing considerations are a part of your 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. Thus, the Vedic religions appears to support our arguments above.

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.

We come to the conclusion that the ingredients of the universe are ever present. When these ingredients are sensed, postulates come about to give meaning to the universe. These postulates are inherently there in us. We consider based on these postulates to generate our universe.

But we are operating blindly in a conditioned manner if we do not know these postulates that are inherently there in us. As we discover the actual postulates bit by bit, layer by layer, we wake up and truly create our universe.

But, “Who or what are we?” “What is this thing called self?”

This question shall be taken up in the next chapter.

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Notes and Postulates

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

PM Postulate 1.1: The ingredient of this universe are eternally present.
PM Postulate 1.2: These ingredients, when sensed, trigger postulates.
PM Postulate 1.3: Postulates are the basis of ensuing considerations.
PM Postulate 1.4: Postulates/considerations are building blocks of universe.

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