Reference: Postulate Mechanics
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:
Sat = Substantiality
Chit = Awareness
Ananda = Oneness (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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Comments
The śūnyatā of Mahāyāna Buddhism is the Unknowable of Postulate Mechanics.
The Sat-Chit-Ananda (or Saccidānanda) of Advaita Vedānta forms the core postulates of Postulate Mechanics. These postulates lie at the core of the universe and of its parts. These postulates are recognized as the self of human form.