Reference: Postulate Mechanics
[NOTE: The major concepts introduced in this introduction are UNIVERSE, KNOWABLE, UNKNOWABLE, CONSIDERATION, POSTULATE, and POSTULATE MECHANICS. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.]
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 answer seemed to be “the common characteristic is that we know them.” We know that there is a physical universe and a spiritual universe. What combines them is that we know both of them. So, the characteristic that combines all things into one is that they 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 assign God 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.
So, how do we come to know? How do we know anything?
We know something because we have considered it. That consideration must have some postulate at the bottom of it somewhere. All considerations are the result of reasoning from some postulates—thing that we take for granted—isn’t it?
We sense this universe because it is substantial, and we give meaning to those sensations by postulating what that sensation is. 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, KNOWABLE, UNKNOWABLE, POSTULATE, CONSIDERATION, and POSTULATE MECHANICS. These concepts are defined in Glossary: Postulate Mechanics.
PM Postulate 1.1: The universe is outcome of the postulates that are knowable.
PM Postulate 1.2: The universe can be sensed because it is knowable.
PM Postulate 1.3: The sensation forms the substance of the universe.
PM Postulate 1.4: The universe makes sense when all its parts are integrated.
PM Postulate 1.5: The integrated Universe may be said to have oneness.
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