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							<h4><b>Abstract</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;If we dissect the title of paper, the four words are significant like ‘Mother’, ‘Invention’, ‘Necessity’ and ‘Unification of Sciences’. Among these, most important is ‘Mother’. Both biological and Nature ‘Mother’ are important for existence of all in this planet. Biological mother is just the miniature of ‘Mother Nature’. In fact, ‘Biological Mother’ introduces all of us with this wonderful ‘Cosmic World’. Now proceed to ‘Invention’ and ‘Necessity’ those are totally dependent on both the ‘Mothers’. We after being getting nourishment from ‘Mother Nature’ our human brain get stimulants to resurgence the required items already exist in ‘Mother Nature’. Those resurgent items get renamed as ‘Innovation’. The stimulated brain waves actually inspire the emission of regenerative thoughts as ‘Thoughtful Philosophy’ or the ‘Hypothesis’ of ‘Science’. Later those Hypotheses get established with logical sequences as ‘Science’. Therefore, philosophy is the root of all ‘Scientific- Social- Technological and Environmental events. The thought waves in the form of ‘Philosophical Science’ actually getting generated from ‘Conscious human brain’. The ‘Conscious human brain’ or ‘Science of Consciousness’ is the power house of “Resurgence and Regenerative Thought Waves”. If we think deeply ‘Science’ it is within ‘Conscience’. ‘Gyana’ is within ‘Vigyana’ and combinations of all these are getting transformed in ‘Wisdom’. One can attain such wisdom only when ‘human brain’ is in resting state with most powerful ‘Apparent Zero Entropy’. Rather, we can say our ‘Mother Nature’ gives us opportunity to explore more and more as per our need. Those get explored from ‘Mother Nature’ by tuning our brain at ‘Stable Consciousness’ under ‘Apparent Zero Entropy’. ‘Stable Consciousness’ under apparent zero entropy leads to ‘Unification of all Sciences’.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><b>Keywords</b>: <i>Mother, Invention, Necessity, Unification of Sciences</i></p>
<h4><b>Prelude To Invention, Wisdom, Life Force and Edible Energy<br></b><b>Prelude to Invention</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;The quote of the Greek philosopher- ‘Plato’ that ‘Necessity is the mother of Invention’ is the reality since inception of dwelling of human beings on this planet. In the primitive era- human beings had no shelter, formal food, health care and so on. In due course, food habits, shelter, health care had built up owing to necessity through progressive evolution. Yes, it is “necessity” which triggers our brain to think and those thought waves get translated in different forms of invention to meet our demands.</p>
<p>Further, necessity is called as ‘Mother of Invention”. We all know we are born and live under the care of our biological ‘Mother’ as well as under the congenial environment of our ‘Mother &#8211; Nature’. Biological mother holds support to respective individual lives but ‘Mother- Nature’ holds all lives, non-living matters and interconnects all in a cyclic process.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;In human life, scientific education begins at childhood during each step of our growth. Parents teach us how to sit, stand, eat and walk step by step. It involves child care, food, nutrition and health care sciences the various sectors of physical, chemical and biological sciences. The foundation of scientific and moral education we first receive from our parents and elders. Parents are our inborn teachers for overall growth.</p>
<p>&nbsp;While quoting Greek Philosopher Plato’s thought we must recall our ancient Indian wisdom. In Indian wisdom, parents are considered living God to children. Father and Mother teach us bit by bit to stand on our own. We should pay our respect to our mother with this verse&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;“<b>Janani Janmabhoomischa Swargadapi Gariyasi</b>” &#8211; means Our biological mother is more glorified than our birth place and heaven. Similarly, we should bow down to father with the verse&nbsp;</p>
<p>“<b>Pita Dharma: Pita Swarga: Pita Hi Param Tapah&nbsp;</b></p>
<p><b>Pitri Preetimapanne Priyante Sarvadevataah</b>” &#8211; means Our biological father is our heaven, path finder and most lovable divine force.</p>
<h4><b>Wisdom and Life Force</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;Our ‘Ancient Wisdom’ helps us to refine our characters with moral values of human beings and strengthen our intellects.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;Our ancient wisdom taught us to be grateful to our ‘Mother Nature’ which provides us everything including ‘Life Air’ for our existence on this planet. Therefore, we should express our gratefulness to ‘Mother Earth’- the holding supports, “Sun God” &#8211; the lamp of the Universe and other divine forces with the verse or our ‘<b>Gayatri Mantra’</b>.</p>
<p><b>“Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah Tat Savitur Barenyam</b></p>
<p><b>Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi Dhiyo yo nah Prachodayat”</b></p>
<p>We in the modern era know the various fundamental laws and theories which seem to govern the physical nature around us. However, what all had been depicted in ancient time in our sacred books are the fundamental laws which can define various mysteries beyond the scientific explanations. There are several such slokas that exist as our ancient treasures of science rather ‘Super Science of Consciousness’ to understand the “Super Nature and Supreme Power (energy)” exist to govern the visible and also the invisible world in the Supreme Cosmic world. One such very powerful and applicable to the super nature is our sacred ‘<b>Gayatri Mantra’</b>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp; This mantra reveals the interconnectedness of everything in this Universe. Such as the living entities, the life force &#8211; ‘The soul’, their knowledge, intellect, wisdom, consciousness and the surroundings they exist in “Triloka (permanent shelters)”. Let all get enlightened with divine sound, divine light energies which are always emitted from celestial divine forces and from the Supreme Divine Creator (The Solar being). We invoke all these celestial forces with ‘<b>Gayatri Mantra</b>’ which is allowing us to take breath and live lively.</p>
<h4><b>Edible Energy&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The food and nutrition are the basics of human or living world’s mobility. However the food, the calorie actually the edible energy comes from plant and animal kingdom. Plants are the efficient converter of solar energy into edible energy with the components of air and water. We all know how plant synthesizes carbohydrate. To synthesis carbohydrate in plant cells, chlorophylls absorb light energy from Sun then it is utilized to convert inorganic substances like CO2, H2O etc. subsequently into a complex carbohydrate. This provides us energy and makes us active to do various energy consuming works. Similarly, animals do depend on plants and other animals for edible energy. This simple example is just cited to understand that energy is always convertible, from one form to another. If we talk about thermodynamics (Callen 1985), then it will be understood better based on reality of the happenings around us in this physical world. However, the happenings beyond limited world are still remained unexplored as mystery.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;The mystery of the universe&#8217;s laws is encapsulated in several fundamental principles. The second law of thermodynamics states that in any natural thermodynamic process, the total entropy of a system and its surroundings always increase. Entropy, a measure of disorder or randomness, indicates that energy transformations are not entirely efficient, and some energy is always lost as heat. This fundamental principle has far- reaching implications for our understanding of the universe.</p>
<h4><b>Innovative Idea is the key to Invention, an Outline of Innovation Management matrix</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;Innovative ideas are the key to open up the box of invention. However, brain waves driven innovative ideas are found to be different in respect to their implications.&nbsp;</p>
<p>With regard to market needs, innovations can be classified into four categories (Satell 2012; Kalbach 2012) using Innovation Management Matrix (Fig. 1). This matrix identifies four types of innovations including basic research based on the problem they resolve with applicability.&nbsp;</p>						</div>
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							<h4><b>Basic Innovations&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;These are pillars or base to offer viable solutions for the basic problems. They can propel towards other innovations depending on the magnitude of the problems, its address &amp; impact in the market.&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Breakthrough Innovation&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;Breakthrough innovation refers to immense technological advances that propel an existing product or service ahead of competitors (Kalbach 2012). The breakthrough technologies are results of research conducted in R &amp; D organizations with clearly defined problems, but the outputs are significant enough for use in diverse application domains.</p>
<h4><b>Disruptive Innovations</b></h4>
<p>A disruptive innovation is an innovation which provides high through put consumer value of the existing product. Thereby creating a new market. In the process of providing high-quality consumer benefits, this innovation eventually disrupts the existing market and makes.</p>
<h4><b>Sustaining Innovation&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;The sustaining innovations are technological advances which systematically improve the performance of current technologies along with dimensions of existing markets. In contrast to disruptive innovation, a sustaining innovation does not create new markets. Rather it evolves only existing ones with better value.&nbsp;</p>
<p>These four categories of innovations with practical implications of developed technologies in ‘Root and Tuber Crops’ have been well illustrated by Mukherjee <i>et al</i> 2024.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Coming back to broader aspects of “Innovation” is also the thought wave coming out of the human brain and spreading arena in the different spheres of science including the present era of “Microchip” or AI (Artificial Intelligence) the disruptive innovative technologies. Of course, AI has come out as a necessity today but we should always remember that the ‘Human brain’ is having “humanity feeling” whereas AI though will work like the human brain but it is devoid of human feelings.</p>
<p>In case of AI- “Necessity is the Mother of Invention” is quite confusing. ‘Mother’ is ‘soulful word’ very much integrated with ultra caring for all. However, in the case of AI it will work more precisely than any human being but it will not have the human feelings and is far away from ‘motherly care’. When we talk about ‘Unification of Sciences’. Yes, science is not an isolated field it is integrated with each and every section of human life and its surroundings like ‘Soil Earth to Space’. Some aspects are apparently visible to us, some are not. Therefore, ‘Science’ too is nothing but infinitesimal action, reactions of the super active celestial entities. Those happenings are integrated, disintegrated and again reforming with various virtual forms from a core of unified ‘Gyana- Vigyana’. Science, ‘Vigyana- Gyana’ has been well explained in various scriptures. Among those, the knowledge in ‘Bhagavad Gita’ is unique. While Arjuna was confused to perform his Karma, Lord tried to make Arjuna understand ‘Karma’ and ‘Dharma’. Dharma is the path to perform the Karma. Arjuna needs to get rid of confusion regarding ‘Karma &#8211; Dharma’ in the battle field of ‘Kurukshetra’. The verse on Gyana-Vigyana is not only for Arjuna. It is for all human beings to perform their duties rather ‘Karma- Dharma’ in righteous path. Let us try to understand the verse of ‘Gita’ in simplest way.</p>
<p><b>(Bhagavad Gita,Verse 6.8;&nbsp; </b>Prabhupada and Bhaktivedanta Swami 2008)</p>
<p><b>“Gyāna-Vigyāna-tṛptātmā kūṭastho vijitendriyaḥ</b></p>
<p><b>yukta ity ucyate yogī sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcanaḥ”</b></p>
<p><b>Translation:</b><br>&#8220;The yogī, who is fully content in knowledge (<i>Gyāna</i>) and wisdom (<i>Vigyāna</i>), who is unshaken (<i>kūṭastha</i>), who has conquered the senses (<i>vijitendriyaḥ</i>), is said to be truly united (<i>yukta</i>). Such a yogī views a lump of clay, a stone, and gold as equal.&#8221;</p>
<p>&nbsp;Śrī Krishna describes the highest state of self-realization, where the yogī attains complete contentment through both knowledge (<i>Gyāna</i>) and direct experiential wisdom (<i>Vigyāna</i>). The distinction between these two aspects is crucial in understanding the depth of this teaching. Gyāna refers to intellectual understanding, which can be acquired through study, reasoning, and contemplation. However, mere intellectual grasp of spiritual concepts does not bring transformation unless it is internalized through direct experience.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;This ‘deeper realization’ is what has been termed as <i>Vigyāna</i>, which signifies knowledge that has been integrated into one’s being through direct perception. In scientific terms, this differentiation is akin to explicit versus implicit learning. Explicit learning involves acquiring information consciously, while implicit learning occurs through experience and subconscious processing. A yogī who has attained <i>Vigyāna</i> does not merely understand spiritual truths in theory but perceives them as self-evident realities, shaping his thoughts, actions, and state of being.</p>
<p>&nbsp;In fact, if we go into depth of this verse we will be able to understand the interconnectedness, the integrated happenings and their rectification is going on in a cyclic way. In our illusory world “Space to Earth” are interconnected and the whole Cosmos is monitoring every such happenings in illusory world (Apara Prakriti) or inferior nature and the happenings in invisible world (Para Prakriti) or superior nature.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Gyana-Vigyana of Gita awakens ‘Human Consciousness’ the root of all inventions including ‘microchip’ or artificial brain ‘components’ to ignite ‘human intellect’ for ‘Welfare’ of Human beings and its environment.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;Awakened ‘Human consciousness’ strengthens our intellects and guides us in righteous path to do good to others (Mukherjee 2023). If we think deeply, it is our ‘Human Consciousness’, the power store house of ‘Gyana &#8211; Vigyana’. It triggers to work only when awakened. Hence, what all inventions are happening actually originating from awakened ‘Human Consciousness’ or ‘Intellects’- The unified power house of ‘Gyana &#8211; Vigyana’. After our birth, intellects get nourished from our parental care and grow slowly with maturity. The focused, matured knowledge enriches us with ‘Wisdom’. ‘Wisdom full’ action guides us in the right path for ‘Karma- Dharma’- The ultimate continuum of human life governed by ‘Cosmos Veda’.</p>
<p>Gyana-Vigyana can be understood more lucidly by in depth knowledge of ‘Energy and Consciousness’.</p>
<h4><b>All Forms of Energy Including Edible Energy, Laws of Thermodynamics &amp; Consciousness</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;While we explain the laws of thermodynamics, we realized that all forms of energy are changing with loss of some energy as heat. Such changes are observed to be obvious owing to randomness behaviour of energy. In fact, randomness can be explained as ‘Unrest’. For every particle, everything needs to attain a resting position from unrest condition. Probably the third law of thermodynamics is observed to reflect that situation of energetic continuation from the unrest stage to ‘resting stage’ as ‘Zero energy’ or Entropy zero. If so, then what happens to the energies getting lost during the process from ‘unrest’ to ‘rest’. As per ‘Law of conservation of energy’ – the lost energy also will recycle and continue to come to an apparent end but not an “Absolute end”.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Edible energy also acts randomly like any other form of energy and its randomness manifests in different forms of human activities. Further, living beings require balanced food and nutrition to maintain good health. In fact, balanced food and nutrition provide stabilize energies and such energies recharge all the active parts of living bodies to be active in harmony. Such harmony only results in a healthy body. If there is imbalance in edible energy in any living being then there is randomness, anomaly and manifest as deficiencies, diseases etc. Therefore, the concept of a balanced “Diet” has been enumerated. Further, any advancement of food, nutrition and medical sciences have enriched the concept of required “Edible energy” and its perfect sources to maintain stable or good health.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;If we talk about “Zero Entropy and Beyond” as well as “Balanced Edible Energy” then we should not forget to discuss about the phase of “Consciousness”.&nbsp; Phase of consciousness can be explained through a hypothesis of mathematical explanation like C (PSI) of X (Bharadwaj <i>et al</i> 2025a; Bharadwaj <i>et al</i> 2025b). However, it is better to explain it with simplicity. Phase of “Consciousness” is nothing but the most important for human beings as they have super intellect. Such intellect comes from our “Central Nervous System”. Which allows us to think unlike other living beings. Our thought process only can allow us to attain “Super Intellect” and most importantly it illuminates our thought process further into “Consciousness”.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The stage of consciousness is alike to ‘Zero Entropy’. Which indicates our mind fully settled and stabilized with our body? Which otherwise is also the victim of randomness. When one reaches the phase of “Consciousness”, the external happenings cannot affect him. He totally comes out of randomness and reaches a stage of “Apparent Zero” but not “Absolute Zero”. During such phases the mind and body get totally stabilized. However, to attain this stage, we do need energy, probably that energy comes from powerful sources through intersections of different special energies may be from the unexplored path of “Zero Entropy and Beyond”.</p>
<h4><b>Conclusion</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;All forms of energy including edible energy for food and nutrition follow the behaviour of randomness till it comes to a resting stage. All these can be well explained if we take any system around us. From complex substance to a simple one, from a macro body to a micro one, if we analyse those till their subatomic stage and beyond then things will be clear. The conversion of energy is a continuous process. If we try to understand the laws of thermodynamics and the law of conservation of energy then there must be energy beyond ‘Zero Entropy’. Those unexplored paths of energy beyond zero Kelvin can be explained with the path of <b>Consciousness. </b>The path of consciousness does require energy from a powerful source which may be coming from the path of <b>“Beyond zero Entropy”&#8211; The Reality of Real —A big question?? ?</b></p>
<p>Hence, if we dissect the whole process of ‘Celestial Cycle’ of ‘Cosmos’ &#8211; ‘Life’. – Wisdom, the whole continuum of ‘Cosmic Universe’ – Position of parents and mother earth found to be performing greater functions on integration of life, environment, scientific, non-scientific happening around us. Thus, we should pay our homage to ‘Mother Earth’, all divine forces and divinely parents every day, not as mere fashion as Environment Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and so on in particular days.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The cosmic universe, Mother Nature, divine forces and parents are the root of all creations rather ‘Unified sources of all Innovations’. Which we can simply signify that those Cosmic Universe, Divine Mother Nature and Parents are the components of the ‘Unified Path’ of all sciences including modern ‘Microchip’ or ‘artificial brain technology’ applicable in every field of ‘Science’, Environment and Technology.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Necessity is the mother of Invention.&nbsp; However, most of the innovation comes out from ‘Science of Consciousness’. It is a reality that ‘Science of Consciousness’ stimulates our brains and generates thought waves. Those waves get translated in various forms of ‘invention’. Such occurs when ‘Human Brain’ reaches a stage of “Apparent Zero” but not “Absolute Zero”. During such phases the mind and body get totally stabilized. However, to attain this stage, we do need energy, probably that energy comes from powerful sources through intersections of different special energies may be from the unexplored path of “Zero Entropy and Beyond”. Wherein all forms of energies are unified and ‘human brain’ works with deepest consciousness to explore its surroundings and its own existence, interconnections with all in this “Cosmos”.</p>
<h4><b>Acknowledgement&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;This communication is dedicated to all the ‘Celestial Energy Sources’ including. ‘Mother Earth’, the entire ‘Parents’ – the infinitesimal parts of Cosmic Circuit. Their driving forces which are leading all the beings towards ‘Unified Vision of Sciences’ in this World.&nbsp;</p>
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							<h4><b>Abstract</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;This paper presents a brief review of the universal archetypal opposites yin and yang, the ancient Chinese philosophy, in relation to unified field theory. The researchers have given detailed account of the origin, history, application, and practice of the yin-yang philosophy in Chinese tradition. Its application and worthiness in unified field theory have been examined through yangton and yington hypothetical theory, use of yin-yang philosophy as virtual and physical duality, as bipolar dynamic logic, as complex mechanics etc. It remained to be examined by the theoretical physicists.</p>
<p><b>Key Words</b>: <i>Unified Field Theory, Chinese Vision, Yin-Yang Philosophy, Virtumanity, Dialectical nature, Virtual and physical duality, Yangton and yington hypothetical theory, Complex-valued mechanics, Bipolar dynamic logic.</i></p>
<h4><b>Introduction</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;This paper starts from where the last paper [Paramguru 2025] ended. The particular portion may be cited here – “As regards the incompatibility between GR and QM is concerned, Beichler provides an interesting observation; he writes – ‘Relativity is first and foremost about form (structure) and the quantum is primarily all about function, which come together as one of the most fundamental dualities (known as non-commuting quantities in physics) in nature, but there is always a bit of each in other. However, these two ideas, form and function, are not necessarily incompatible since there is always a little of one in the other at a higher level of understanding’ [95]. Here, most interestingly, the author puts a picture of the ancient Chinese symbol called ‘T‘ai-chi T’u’, or ‘Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate’, meaning – GR and QM can combine the same way as ‘yin and yang’, the universal archetypal opposite poles of nature combine” [232]. Thus, the subject matter of this paper is combining the dualities of form and function utilizing the universal archetypal opposites of yin and yang, the ancient Chinese philosophy.</p>
<p>Incidentally, significant amount of literature on this subject by a number of Chinese scholars are available. A resourceful software engineer cum entrepreneur Wei Xu has successfully combined philosophy of nature, universal field theory (UFT), natural cosmology and ontological evolution by using yin-yang philosophy to understand the virtual and physical dualities which exist in nature. Many of his publications are through his own theoretical framework Virtumanity Inc which means sciences in dialectical nature of virtual and physical duality [Xu 2016, Xu 2017, Xu 2019a, Xu 2019b]. Another scholar Edward Tao Hung Wu (1952-), born in Taiwan, graduate from Tsing Hua University, PhD from UCLA, living in California, USA; besides his software and piezoelectric entrepreneurship interests, during last years, has developed yangton and yington hypothetical theory [Wu 2015a, Wu 2015b, Wu 2016a, Wu 2016b, Wu 2018, Wu 2024]. While, Wen-Ren Zhang, a PhD in electrical and computer engineering and a Professor teaching quantum computing has published on bipolar features of yin-yang philosophy [Zhang 2009, Zhang 2012]; Ciann-Dong Yang, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, and a specialist in complex mechanics and quantum mechanics has thrown significant light on realization and verification of yin-yang theory [Yang 2010].&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;Literature on this subject continues to pour in. Luo Shan, working as a pharmacist in a staff hospital in China, keeps interest in the traditional Chinese yin and yang theory and its application to scientific understanding of matter and systems [Shan 2019]. Qiu-zi Cong, Xiang Yu and De-yang Yu, all of them Professors in China, have integrated theory of physical particles and yi field [Cong etal 2021]. Wutong T. Song and Hongxin Cao, Chinese researchers in the area of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with specific interest in concepts of yin-yang, consciousness, and psychosomatic health have published their work on reality and application of yin and yang [Song and Cao 2022]. Based on this treasury of literature, this paper aims at giving a brief account of this Chinese vision of yin-yang philosophy in relation to UFT.</p>
<h4><b>What is Yin-Yang philosophy</b></h4>
<p>The book, The Tao of Physics, written by the Austrian born American physicist Fritjof Capra [1975] has already been discussed by the present author in the pages of this journal. The origin of yin-yang philosophy is Taoism, in the words of Capra – ‘The Tao is the cosmic process in which all things are involved; the world is seen as a continuous flow and change’ [104]. He goes on further – ‘The principal characteristic of the Tao is the cyclic nature of its ceaseless motion and change’ [105]. Here comes the polar opposite yin and yang which give a definite structure and meaning to the cyclic patterns of the motion of the Tao, the nature. The Chinese believe that all manifestations of the Tao are the results of the dynamic interplay of yin and yang. This symbolism of the archetypal pair yin and yang is pretty old, might have been derived more than two thousand years ago, and afterwards generations of people built it up through their thought process into a fundamental Chinese concept. These two archetypal poles of nature represent not only bright and darkness, but also male and female, firm and yielding, above and below, and many more. Yang is believed to be the strong, male, creative power associated with heaven; whereas, yin is taken as the dark, receptive, female representing the earth. In this symbol of yin and yang, the former is always denoted by black and the later by white; however, it is believed that there is always some black within the white and vice-versa. The Chinese people also believe that all things have yin and yang, which are universal and opposites, yet they complement and supplement each other with interdependence forming unity and harmony. In the course of this article, as will be seen, various authors will bring out various other essential characteristics of yin-yang.&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>The Yangton and Yington Hypothesis</b></h4>
<p>As indicated above, this hypothesis has been built by the entrepreneur-thinker Edward Tao Hung Wu. The basis of this hypothetical theory is a circulating pair named as ‘Yangton and Yington’ with an inter-attractive force termed as ‘Force of Creation’. When this pair, made up of some-sort-of superfine magic-like particles, moves in space is termed as ‘Photon’; and when it sits in still is called as ‘Wu’s Particles’ or ‘Still Photon’. This particle named according to the name of the author is apparently imagined as the real ‘Photon’, and the circulating pair is given the apparent impression of yin-yang, though the author has never spelt out in this manner anywhere in his publications. He starts with the paper “Yangton and Yington – A Hypothetical Theory of Everything” [Wu 2015a] where, after defining the basic terms, he spells out that this pair can be spontaneously created at anywhere and anytime in the universe, and he proposes this to be the mode of creation of our universe. Then, he goes on explaining skillfully &#8211; how his proposition worked during the creation of our universe according to the Big Bang theory; how the free photon travelling at the speed of light combines Particle Physics and Quantum Mechanics explaining all the properties of light; how the Still Photon becomes the building block of all matters and the Force of Creation becomes the base for four forces. Finally, he explains Einstein’s relativity equation and existence of dark matter according to his hypothetical Yangton and Yington theory.</p>
<p>In his subsequent papers he has expanded his hypothetical vision of Yangton and Yington theory to explain subatomic particle structures in relation to the unified field theory [Wu 2015b]; to interpret gravitational waves, Newton’s Law and Coulomb’s Law by particle radiation and interaction theory [Wu 2016a]; to define the meanings and inter-relations between mass, momentum, force and energy of photons and subatomic particles [Wu 2016b]; and finally brings out his book My Universe: A Theory of Yangton and Yington Pairs [Wu 2018], with a summary [Wu 2024]. Between 2015 and 2024, a total of 71 papers and a book have been published by the author highlighting all details about his hypothetical theory [Wu 2024]. In the words of the author himself, his theory is: ‘As a result, Wu’s Pairs is an excellent model in study of the universe. Even without direct proves of the existence by physical experiments, Wu’s Pairs and Yangton and Yington Theory can be considered as the foundations of a binary universe. Just like the binary system to the decimal system in mathematics, many theories and principles developed in the binary universe can be used effectively in the real universe’ [2024, 13].&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>The Yin-Yang Theory</b></h4>
<p>Unlike the entrepreneur-thinker Edward Wu whose work formed the previous section, the present section discusses three publications, the first by a specialized pharmacist working in a Chinese hospital, the second by three Chinese Professors, and the third by Chinese researchers in the area of TCM, all with specific interest in concepts of yin-yang and straightaway talk about applications of yin-yang theory. The pharmacist, Luo Shan’s paper reads “The Law and Applications of the Theory of Yin and Yang” [Shan 2019]. Here, the author starts with the conventional nature of yin and yang which is according to him – ‘the substance that constitutes the phenomena of matter system’, where ‘the scientific connotation of “Yin and Yang” is that “Yang” is the macro-structure of the quality system of matter phenomena, and “Yin” is the energy flow potential field matching with “Yang”’ [27]. Then he goes on deducing the laws and elaborating their meaning and interpretation. He points out that, during matching of yin and yang, since the latter represents the matter formation with mass M, it is easy to observe and measure it, and because the former represents the energy flow, it is difficult to observe and measure it. Then he presents the matching methods and finally concludes that ‘To sum up, the law of Yin-Yang balance explains that the phenomena of the matter system are the projection of mass-energy interaction. The maintenance of phenomena must maintain the integration of the mass-energy state, and the change of phenomena is accompanied by the direction of state change, which can be judged by the change of state parameters’ [31].&nbsp;</p>
<p>The second publication is the book The Theory of Physical Particles and Yi Field [Cong et al 2021] also deals with similar philosophy. The authors also term this theory as Li-Yi field theory, or, simply Liyi; and here, they combine the traditional Yi concept and the five-element theory of Li Yin and Yang, which integrates, with it, the analytical results of Western natural science. The authors claim that it also forms the LiYi time-space concept, and particularly add that these four fundamental principles are based on the Li Yin-Yang/mass-energy-time-space four-image principle of nature. Further, the conservation of field momentum, the Li Yin-Yang principle of interaction, and complex energy conservation are also supplemented with it.</p>
<p>The third title reads “The Reality and Application of Yin and Yang” [Song and Cao 2022], where the authors illustrate the origin, history, and characteristic of Yin and Yang philosophy in Chinese tradition, then explain how it functions, and finally demonstrate their application. ‘Yin and Yang originated in Chinese civilization more than 2000 years ago. In the first stage, ancient philosophers discovered yin and yang and their laws of motion &#8212;. In the second stage, yin and yang and the laws of yin and yang movement are used to explore methods and techniques’ [25]. Then the authors show that ‘Yin and Yang reveal the nature and state of matter’ [25], they also reveal ‘the laws of physical motion’ and ‘transfer of energy conversion’ [26]. Then they have shown their practical applications in the field of agriculture, heat transfer in different aquifer media, solar thermoelectric conversion, Chinese traditional medicine, and discovery of binary numbers for use in computation etc. ‘In conclusion’, they mention that ‘yin-yang is a key to unlocking the treasures of traditional Chinese civilization, which can help to bring into play its original values, and continue to provide new insights and directions for the development of modern science and the advancement of humanities’ [23].</p>
<h4><b>Virtumanity – Yin Yang Physics &#8211; UFT&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>Wei Xu, originally a theoretical physicist from China, then an electrical and computer engineer from the United States of America, working in America as a resourceful entrepreneur, simultaneously delivered comprehensive innovations in information technologies as well as scientific principles and philosophies in natural cosmology and UFT. We are interested in the later. It seems that he ‘received a set of the divine books in the old classic manuscripts: worlds in universe’, during the period 2009 – 2019, from where the ground-breaking philosophies of theoretical physics, starting from constitution of elementary particles to inception of ontology of nature emerged’ [Xu 2019b, ix]. Based on which he straightaway jumped to the statements – ‘The year 2015 bids farewell to an intellectual age defined by classical physics, from Newton’s mechanics of 1687, to General Relativity of 1915, to Quantum Theory of 1920s, and to mathematical physics of today.&#8211; The vagueness of mathematized physics has been gone awry and pushed to extreme for a forty-year search on a “Theory of Everything”, followed by another sixty-year period wasted on String or Superstring Theory, M-Theory, and other fairy-tale physics’ [Xu 2019a, x]. From here he moves on to the solution – ‘our ancestors discovered that duality orchestrated and harmonized their reality: sun-moon, warm-cold, materialization-consciousness, body-mind, male-female, thought-action, and more. &#8212; What promise hides in the dualities of physics: space-time, wave-particle, energy-mass, spin-charge, positive-negative, symmetry-asymmetry? &#8212; These dualities are balanced, interdependent, and inexorable. They are manifest in each particular action and movement, the outcome of a dialectical struggle for superiority. &#8212; It is essential to believe that the true framework of our universe is a topological hierarchy of virtual and physical duality, flourishing everywhere among the great streams of life, inspiration, and enlightenment. &#8212; Yinyang duality is rooted in the philosophy of seven millennia past, when our ancestors built a profound metaphysics. &#8212; Now is the time to realize the duality of metaphysics and physics, and to unite these disciplines in a greater whole’ [xi].</p>
<p>Then he created ‘Virtumanity Inc’, a platform to deal with the sciences in the dialectical nature of virtual and physical duality, where he put up all his thoughts as well as research work which he names ‘yin-yang physics’. The basis of yin-yang is ‘the supernatural principles in an environment of virtual space’, that the ‘Chinese tradition has developed the profound metaphysics and established scientifically the natural laws of Xing or YinYang duality: the reciprocal interaction of the opposite Matter and States is to cause all universal phenomena. &#8212; The Yin or Yang, or simply – and +, are the states of or the operation on an element or object, which form a coherent fabric of our nature, as exhibited in all physical existence.’ [Xu 2019b, 4]. From this basic principle, he proceeds with explaining the ‘duality of nature’; ‘energy and mass’, where he shows these two to be one duality of yin-yang nature of universe; ‘universal topology’; ‘quantum fields’; ‘symmetric and asymmetric fields’; ‘principles of ontology’; with generation of essential equations at each stage. His last conclusion is – ‘Finally, quantum ontology integrates general relativity, quantum curvature, gravitational fields seamlessly together’ [180].&nbsp;</p>
<p>The following two sections deal with specific scientific issues, one, bipolar dynamic logic; and the other, complex-valued mechanics, linked with yin-yang theory.&nbsp;</p>
<p><b>Yin-Yang Theory and Bipolar Dynamic Logic</b></p>
<p>Wen-Ran Zhang, a computer engineer, alone or along with his co-authors, published many papers using the bipolar dynamic logic to link Yin-Yang to various phenomena such as, quantum cellular automation, quantum computing, equilibrium-based bio-system simulation, bipolar fuzzy logic etc. Here, just two of his publications have been picked for a brief discussion, one, where he uses ‘bipolar Yin-Yang relativity’ as ‘a unifying theory of nature, agents, and life science’ [2009]; and the other, how a ‘Yin-Yang bipolar atom’ can lead ‘an eastern road toward quantum gravity’ [2012]. In these two publications, the author has cited some significant references of Yin-Yang philosophy being used by prominent people in the past such as: ‘the legendary German mathematician Leibniz invented binary numeral system in the 17th century and attributed his invention to YinYang trigrams’ and ‘now binary numeral system is a basis for all digital technologies’ and ‘according to the Daoist cosmology YinYang stands for “everything has two sides or two poles”’, in the former [2009, 382]; and&nbsp; ‘legendary Danish physicist Niels Bohr, a father figure of quantum mechanics, brought YinYang into quantum theory for his particle-wave complementarity principle’ in the later [2012, 1261]. Even, later, Bohr designed his own coat having the Yin-Yang logo with the Latin statement “contraria sunt complementa” which means “opposites are complementary” [1262]. The two publications are based on this particular philosophy.</p>
<p>In the former publication, the author has introduced ‘Yin Yang bipolar relativity and a real-world bipolar string theory as a unification of nature, agents, and life science.’ He has based his argument on the facts that, ‘bipolarity as an integral and inherent part of equilibrium is inseparable from equilibrium-based holistic truth’; that, action-reaction forces, particle-antiparticle pairs, negative-positive energies, input and output, or Yin and Yang in general are the most fundamental opposites of nature; and that, ‘the Yin-Yang bipolar sub-atomic particles discovered at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory show typical bipolar equilibrium/non-equilibrium properties’. Then, by introducing string theory and using ‘nine axioms and 16 conjectures for microscopic and macroscopic agent interaction, regulation, coordination, and exploratory scientific discovery in physical and social sciences’, he has proved that ‘bipolar relativity constitutes an equilibrium-based axiomatization of physics – a partial but most general solution Hilbert’s problem 6’ [2009,377]. In conclusion, he mentions that ‘the significance of this work lies in its equilibrium-based open-world open-ended unification of nature, life science, and socioeconomics as well as general relativity, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, causality, and agent interaction’ [382].</p>
<p>In the later publication, the author starts with the facts that ‘Yin-Yang bipolar equilibrium-based approach to physics and science provides a fundamental super symmetrical alternative for scientific unification’ and ‘atom as a basic unit of matter should follow equilibrium or non-equilibrium conditions’ [2012, 1261]. Then he introduces a causal theory of Yin-Yang bipolar atom based on bipolar dynamic logic and bipolar quantum linear algebra which ‘provides a springboard to an equilibrium-based logical unification of particle and wave, matter and antimatter, relativity and quantum theory, strings and reality as well as big bang and black hole’ [1262]. Finally, the author brings out five postulates: (1) ‘Bipolar quantum entanglement is the most fundamental entanglement in quantum gravity’, (2) ‘YinYang bipolarity is the most fundamental property of the universe’, (3) ‘YinYang bipolar atom is a bipolar set of quantum entangled particle and antiparticle pairs’, (4) ‘Gravity is fundamentally large or small scale bipolar quantum entanglement’, and (5) ‘The speed of gravity is limited by the speed of quantum entanglement and not by that of light’ [1269]. The final lines of his conclusion read – ‘&#8212; the equilibrium-based approach to quantum gravity is fundamentally different from other approaches in philosophical basis. Since all beings must exist in a certain equilibrium or non-equilibrium, a scientific reincarnation of philosophy is predicted’ [1270].&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Yin-Yang Theory and Complex Mechanics</b></h4>
<p>One very important publication here is “A scientific realization and verification of Yin-Yang theory: complex-valued mechanics” [Yang 2010] by an author who is a super-specialist in the real scientific domain of complex and quantum mechanics. He starts with the fact that the philosophy of Tai Chi believes that the Tao, meaning nature, contains two parts, one is yang which is the observable (real) part, and the other is yin that is the unobservable (imaginary) part. Mathematically, it means that the nature is a complex-valued world and what we sense and measure is only the real physical world we experience in our daily life. The author compares it to be similar as the complex-valued mechanics, also known as quantum Hamilton mechanics with which he works in his laboratory, which is based on the same philosophy that the actual scenario of dynamic motion happens in complex space and the physical reality is merely its projection into the real space. Then he makes the statement – ‘Complex-valued mechanics (complex mechanics in short) is a rigorous physical realization of Yin-Yang theory, providing a unified approach to classical mechanics, quantum mechanics and relativistic mechanics under complex space.’ [136].</p>
<p>&nbsp; The author mentions that the symbol of Tai Chi is a combination of yin and yang, the former is marked with black and the later with white; although it is believed that always there is some white in the black and vice-versa. The author also believes that the Yin-Yang theory has remained an issue of pure-philosophy for a long time and this complex mechanics study of his is the first scientific realization of this theory through the mathematical language of complex variables and points out strong evidence of Yin-Yang duality in quantum mechanics. To prove his point, the author proceeds to first define a motion in complex space according to the Yin-Yang philosophy, then derives its equations of motion from the quantum Hamilton equations, and subsequently verifies ‘the Yin-Yang duality in quantum mechanics by showing how complex motions and their related real/imaginary interactions give rise to various quantum phenomena as observed from the real space’ [137]. All these quantum phenomena include tunnelling, spin, quantization, uncertainty principle, multiple paths and wave-particle duality, all originate from the Yin-Yang entanglement, i.e., the interaction between real and imaginary motions in complex space. Finally, he concludes – ‘&#8212; just as the interaction between Yin and Yang creates the universe, the interaction between real and imaginary motions produces all the observed quantum phenomena. The couplet shown in Fig. 11 highlights the role of the complex mechanics as a bridge between the Yin-Yang duality in Tai Chi and the wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics.’ [154].&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Conclusion</b></h4>
<p>In the introduction, the objective of this paper was fixed to combine the dualities of form and function utilizing the universal archetypal opposites of yin and yang, the ancient Chinese philosophy. To what extent this objective is fulfilled? Obviously, many of the studies presented above have used the yin-yang philosophy as a combination of virtual and physical dualities, whether in hypothesis, in reality, as bipolar dynamic logic, or, as complex-valued mechanics. One citation demands a place here – ‘Therefore, yin and yang are created to describe the properties of natural substances, and the movement of yin and yang is to illustrate the change patterns of the natural substances. Form and field are inseparable and can be transformed into each other under certain conditions. The properties of yin and yang are not absolutely fixed’ [Song and Cao 2022, 25]. At least form and field find special mention. How all these studies will influence the theoretical physicists remains to be seen.&nbsp;</p>
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							<h4><b>Abstract</b></h4>
<p>Astrophysics is one of the greatest achievements of human thought, but it has several limitations. It depends mainly on indirect observations, distant cosmic events, and limited technology, which create uncertainty in our understanding. Many important ideas cannot yet be tested directly, making it hard to separate proven science from speculation. Astrophysical research is also expensive and requires large infrastructure, limiting access and progress. The immense size and complexity of the universe further challenge human ideas of certainty and meaning. These drawbacks show that astrophysical knowledge is temporary and incomplete, reminding us to remain humble about what science can truly explain. Quantum computing can overcome astrophysics’ limitations by enabling faster simulations, analyzing massive datasets, and modeling complex cosmic phenomena beyond classical computations.</p>
<p><b>Key Words</b>: <i>Astrophysics, Indirect observation, Technological limitations, Uncertainty, Theoretical models, Quantum computing, Cosmic scale.</i></p>
<p>&nbsp;Astrophysics is one of the most fascinating branches of science, dedicated to understanding the universe beyond Earth. It investigates the origin, structure, evolution, and ultimate fate of stars, galaxies, and other cosmic phenomena through advanced theories and modern technology. Standing at the frontier of human knowledge, astrophysics has revolutionized our understanding of black holes, cosmic evolution, and the large-scale structure of the universe using space telescopes, particle detectors, and powerful simulations. However, despite its remarkable achievements, the field faces significant limitations. It relies largely on indirect observations and complex models, and is constrained by high costs, technological dependence, and theoretical uncertainties. Examining these drawbacks helps clarify the boundaries of astrophysical knowledge and promotes a more balanced and realistic view of scientific progress [1, 2].</p>
<h4><b>Indirect Observation&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;One of the major drawbacks of astrophysics is its heavy reliance on indirect observation. Unlike laboratory sciences, where experiments can be performed under controlled conditions, astrophysics does not allow direct experimentation on stars, galaxies, or black holes. These objects are located at vast distances and exist under extreme physical conditions that are impossible to recreate on Earth. As a result, astrophysicists must depend on information carried by electromagnetic signals such as visible light, radio waves, X-rays, gamma rays, and even gravitational waves emitted by distant cosmic sources. For instance, black holes cannot be observed directly because they emit no light; their existence is inferred from the motion of nearby stars or from intense X-rays produced by superheated matter spiraling into them. Such signals are often weak, altered by cosmic dust, or limited by the sensitivity of instruments. Consequently, astrophysical interpretations rely strongly on theoretical models and assumptions, which may be revised as new observations and technologies emerge [3, 4].</p>
<h4><b>Inaccessibility of Astronomical Phenomena&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;One of the major limitations of astrophysics is that most astronomical phenomena are physically unreachable. Stars, galaxies, neutron stars, and black holes exist at enormous distances and under extreme conditions of temperature, density, and energy that humans cannot reproduce or directly explore. For example, a supernova explosion occurs millions of light-years away and releases more energy in seconds than the Sun will emit in its entire lifetime. Scientists cannot examine such an event directly; they can only study the light and particles that reach Earth long after the explosion. Similarly, the interior of a black hole cannot be observed because no information can escape beyond its event horizon. As a result, many astrophysical theories remain only partially tested, which include the explanation for dark matter, dark energy, or the conditions of the early universe. This inaccessibility leads to multiple competing models and ongoing scientific debate [2, 3, 5].</p>
<h4><b>Infrastructure and Equipment Barrier&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;Astrophysics faces a major challenge due to technological constraints, as progress in the field depends heavily on advanced instruments and infrastructure. Discoveries rely on powerful telescopes, highly sensitive detectors, large data-processing systems, and complex space missions, all of which require significant time, expertise, and financial investment. Developing a single space observatory often takes several decades from initial planning to final deployment. For example, the James Webb Space Telescope required more than twenty years of development and billions of dollars before it began scientific operations. Any technical failure during launch or operation can result in the loss of years of effort and vast public funding. Because such technologies are extremely expensive, only a few scientifically advanced nations or international collaborations can afford them. This technological dependence slows the pace of discovery, limits global participation, and creates inequality in access to cutting-edge astrophysical research and observational facilities [6-9].</p>
<h4><b>Budgetary Pressures</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;The economic burden of astrophysical research is a significant drawback, as many projects demand enormous financial resources. Large-scale initiatives, including space telescopes, particle observatories, and deep-space missions, often require billions of dollars in public funding. For instance, the James Webb Space Telescope cost over $10 billion from development to launch, making it one of the most expensive scientific instruments in history. While such projects advance human understanding of the universe, critics argue that this investment may seem disconnected from urgent societal needs like healthcare, education, or poverty reduction, particularly in developing countries. Allocating vast sums to explore distant galaxies or black holes can spark debates over ethical priorities and resource distribution. Governments and funding agencies must balance the pursuit of fundamental scientific knowledge with immediate social responsibilities. This economic challenge highlights the tension between humanity’s curiosity about the cosmos and the practical needs of people on Earth [7].</p>
<h4><b>Conceptual and Philosophical Limitations&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;Astrophysics faces important conceptual and philosophical limitations that arise from the nature of the universe and the limits of human knowledge. Many astrophysical theories are mathematically elegant and logically consistent, yet they remain difficult or impossible to verify through direct observation. Ideas such as cosmic inflation, multiverses, dark energy, and string-inspired cosmologies push science to the edge of what can be tested. When experimental evidence is lacking, theory often fills the gap, increasing the risk of speculation. Unlike laboratory sciences, astrophysics cannot perform controlled experiments; it can only observe distant signals from the past. This makes knowledge uncertain and often provisional. The vastness of time and space challenges human understanding, prompting deep philosophical questions about existence, meaning, certainty, and the nature of truth in our universe. Thus, astrophysics frequently blurs the boundary between physics and philosophy, reminding us that scientific explanations are shaped not only by mathematics and technology but also by human limitations [10, 11].</p>
<h4><b>Simulation-Driven Research Challenges&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;A major limitation of astrophysics is its heavy dependence on sophisticated computer simulations. Contemporary research often relies on numerical models to investigate phenomena such as galaxy formation, stellar evolution, and the universe’s large-scale structure. These simulations enable exploration of scenarios impossible to recreate in laboratories, yet they are highly sensitive to assumptions, initial conditions, and uncertain parameters. For instance, models of galaxy formation can yield vastly different results depending on how dark matter, gas dynamics, or star formation processes are represented. Even minor adjustments to input parameters can produce contrasting predictions, generating ambiguity rather than certainty. Consequently, while simulations are invaluable for guiding our understanding of cosmic processes, they cannot fully substitute observational evidence. This reliance underscores the tentative nature of theoretical astrophysics and the ongoing debates among competing models [12].</p>
<h4><b>Communication Gap with Public&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;Astrophysics faces a notable communication gap with the public. Many discoveries in the field are highly abstract, mathematically complex, and conceptually challenging, making them difficult for non-specialists to fully understand. For example, concepts like black hole singularities or dark energy involve advanced physics and equations that are not easily conveyed in simple terms. This complexity can lead to misinterpretation or exaggeration in popular media, sometimes creating misconceptions about cosmic events. A case in point is the 2012 media coverage of the Large Hadron Collider, where some reports falsely suggested it could destroy the Earth, causing public alarm. Similarly, sensationalized accounts of asteroid impacts or black hole threats can distort the real scientific context. These challenges underscore the importance of clear, accurate science communication to bridge the gap between cutting-edge astrophysical research and public understanding [13].</p>
<h4><b>Role of Quantum Computing</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;Quantum computing has the potential to significantly address several limitations and drawbacks of astrophysics by providing unprecedented computational power and new ways to model complex systems. Here’s how it can help:</p>
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<li aria-level="1">Handling Complex Simulations: Many astrophysical phenomena—such as galaxy formation, stellar evolution, or black hole dynamics—require extremely large-scale simulations with countless interacting variables. Classical computers often struggle with these calculations due to exponential complexity. Quantum computers can process vast amounts of information simultaneously using qubits, allowing for faster and more accurate simulations of highly complex cosmic systems [14].</li>
<li aria-level="1">Reducing Uncertainty in Models: Astrophysical models rely on approximations and assumptions because of incomplete data. Quantum computing can efficiently explore many possible configurations at once, improving predictions for systems like dark matter distributions or the behavior of dense stellar objects [15].</li>
<li aria-level="1">Analyzing Big Data: Modern astrophysics produces enormous datasets from telescopes, satellites, and particle detectors. Quantum algorithms can accelerate the analysis of this data, identifying subtle patterns and correlations that might be missed by classical methods, which can refine theories and reduce ambiguity [16].</li>
<li aria-level="1">Optimizing Instrument Design: Designing advanced detectors, space telescopes, or particle observatories involves complex optimization problems. Quantum computing can explore optimal configurations more efficiently, enhancing sensitivity and reducing technological limitations [17].</li>
<li aria-level="1">Exploring Theoretical Physics: Certain aspects of astrophysics, such as quantum gravity, black hole thermodynamics, or early universe conditions, involve calculations that are practically impossible for classical computers. Quantum computing can simulate quantum-level interactions in extreme environments, providing insights that bridge theoretical speculation and observation [18].</li>
<li aria-level="1">Example: Simulating the interior of a neutron star or the quantum effects near a black hole is currently beyond classical computational reach due to extreme densities and relativistic conditions. Quantum computers could model these extreme environments more realistically, helping verify or refine existing astrophysical theories [19].&nbsp;</li>
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<p>&nbsp;Thus, quantum computing offers a transformative tool for overcoming computational, theoretical, and technological barriers in astrophysics, potentially reducing uncertainty, enhancing simulations, and opening new avenues for discovery in regions of the universe previously inaccessible to study.</p>
<h4><b>Conclusion&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;Astrophysics stands as one of the most remarkable achievements of modern science, offering profound insights into the origin, structure, and evolution of the universe. However, the field faces several significant limitations that shape its scope and progress. Observational constraints, such as the inability to directly manipulate distant stars or cosmic phenomena, restrict empirical verification. Technological dependency further challenges research, as advanced telescopes, detectors, and space missions require decades of development and substantial financial investment. The high economic costs of large-scale projects, combined with theoretical uncertainties in areas like dark matter, dark energy, and cosmic evolution, add additional layers of complexity. Recognizing these drawbacks does not diminish the importance of astrophysics; instead, it promotes a more balanced and critical understanding of what the field can achieve. By fostering intellectual humility, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration, and ensuring responsible investment, astrophysics can continue to expand human knowledge while respecting the natural boundaries of the cosmos.</p>
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							<h4><b>Abstract</b></h4>
<p>Certain events are so common that it skips the scientific enquiry as to why it is so? The natural growth of trees is directed vertically upwards. For such directional growth, a directional dominating force in the growing-front is essential. It is also seen that the direction can be changed responding to the direction of centrifugal force if the pot with the tree is kept on a spinning disc. Obviously, when the magnitude of centrifugal force is high, the natural directional force in the vertical direction becomes significant. Electric field influences plant growth, generally leading to&nbsp;increased germination rates, and accelerated growth depending on factors like the field strength, duration, and polarity of the field. This article has discussed the possible nature of forces that grow plants vertically upward direction.</p>
<p><b>Key wards</b>: <i>growth direction of trees, field forces in plant growth, electric field of earth, field effect on plant growth.</i></p>
<h4><b>Introduction</b></h4>
<p>Plants like animals require food for survival. The plants require sunlight for synthesis of their food and many physiological processes. Plants kept inside a room facing a window are seen to bend towards the window to get more sunlight. From this phenomenon, one might say that the plants grow upward because the mean position of the sun is vertically upward. When a plant grows upward the mass of the plant increases and the center of gravity of the plant shifts upward. In the growth process the plant is doing work against gravity. Obviously, some vertically upward force stronger than gravity is in action and we need to understand the same.</p>
<h4><b>Discussion</b></h4>
<p>Only in the equatorial zone, the sun’s mean position is vertical. However, in higher latitudes (polar regions) the sunlight is always oblique and the mean position of the sun is also inclined to the vertical. If the above hypothesis is correct, then all trees in higher latitudes would have been tilted towards the Equator (Fig.1). In fact, this does not happen. Obviously, there is a stronger vertically upward field force acting on the growing-front of the trees which promotes the growth of trees in vertically upward direction against gravity. On surveying the various fields (potential gradients) present near the surface of the Earth, we notice the presence of three distinct types of fields. They are: (1) the gravity field, (2) the positive electric field on average 100 volts/meter and 3) the negative thermal field (6oC/km). Beside the above fields; there may be some less-known fields. Let us examine how the growth of trees respond to the thermal and the electric fields.</p>						</div>
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							<p>We are aware as to how the growing front advances in solidification of ice and metal. The nature of microstructure formed during solidification is a complex function of the solidification rate, temperature gradient, chemical composition and several material characteristics such as phase equilibrium reactions, nucleation and growth kinetics of the phases and crystallographic constraints [1]. During the solidification of ice, metals, and ceramics, various microstructures can form, including&nbsp;dendritic (tree type microstructure), cellular, and equiaxed.&nbsp;Metals often exhibit dendritic structures, which are branching crystal formations [2]. The growing front at the solid liquid interface gives rise to formation of several microstructural phases responding to both thermal and electric fields. For example, the solidification of cast iron composition at normal cooling rates (thermal gradient in sand castings) develops dendritic structure. The shape of the tree structure is a function of the concentration gradient of the solute atoms and the degree of thermal gradient. Additionally, electric and magnetic fields do produce prominent effects on the directional growth of the dendrite phase. The growth processes of trees and solidification of metals have some similarity. The ordering of atoms in both, are organized by the local interactions (electric charge forces and thermal charge forces). Any external charge field has the scope to directionally drift the ions and the ionic clusters present in the proximity of the growing front to directionally orient the microstructure of solid in the direction of the field. Since these ions and the clusters are yet to be attached to the growing solid, they respond to the external fields in setting their position in the solidification front.</p>
<p>We may now examine the growth process of trees. Permanently embryonic tissue involved in cell division at the apices of roots and stems are known as apical meristem. These meristems usually consist of small, densely packed cytoplasmic cells which get established during embryo development and divide, producing the primary plant body of root and soot that form the dynamic regions of growth. Below the apical meristems, tissue differentiation begins. The protoderm gives rise to the epidermal system, the procambium to the primary vascular system and the ground meristem to the pith and cortex. The root apical meristem is covered by a <b>root cap which is responsible for perceiving gravitational changes </b>[3]. The shoot apices vary greatly in size and shape. The shape of the Cycas revoluta may be elongated, conical, dome-shaped, flat, or even slightly concave. Apices increase in size during the development of a single plant, however, the surrounding cells are also mitotically active which give rise to plants with multicellular apical meristems. <b>The outer layer of cells (tunica) is the growing front which exhibits a growth in a direction opposite to the gravity field </b>[4]<b>. </b>The phenomenon of directional growth of plant organs in response to gravity is termed as gravitropism or geotropism. It is difficult to justify preferences in the existing gravitational interaction for the root cap and the tunica. However, the new interpretation of gravity from mass-space interaction has scope of explaining the above phenomena [5]. Further, the cause of electric charge interaction can also be understood from the new mass-space interaction [6]. However, the strength of mass-space interaction between matters in neutral state and that in charge state differ by many orders of magnitude due to the nature of densities of mass and space. Both mass and charge interactions being fundamentally caused by mass-space interaction, the net force can be determined from the algebraic sum of gravitational interaction and charge interaction. The net force can be directly evaluated from mass-space interaction of matter in a charged state having variation in mass-space composition [6].&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the present concept the surface of the earth is composed of neutral matter with zero absolute charge. But in the new concept charge appears in matter when there is a difference between the mass-space ratio of the matter and that of its surrounding matter. Thus, charge is a relative property and charge neutrality appears in matters at equal charge potentials state [6]. Hence, the zero-charge potential of the surface of the earth refers to a definite absolute charge potential which is the same everywhere on the surface of the earth. The absolute potential of the surface of the earth is taken as reference zero for the relative charge potential scale to measure the charge potential of different levels of atmosphere, as well as to measure the potential of artificially produced charged bodies. The interior of the earth is positively charged with respect to the zero charge of the surface [8]. By appropriately increasing the absolute value of the reference zero charge potential, the interior of the earth remains positively charged while the crust becomes negatively charged.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;The matter of the surface of the earth has a definite mass-space ratio that corresponds to zero relative charge potential. The mass rich matter with mass-space ratio higher than that of the surface-matter of the earth are positively charged and the space rich matter with mass-space ratio lower than that of the matter on the surface of the earth are negatively charged [6]. Due to the effect of electric charge, the negatively charged matter experiences an increased pull towards the center of the earth and positively charged matter experiences a decreased pull towards the center of the earth as compared to gravitational interaction of neutral matter. In germination of seeds the primary plant body of root senses stronger gravity and makes its way into the soil (positive gravitropism) and the primary plant body of soot senses weaker gravity where it is pushed up by the internal charge interaction and external charge field forces (negative gravitropism). The plant body being a good conductor of electricity, the electric charge potential of all parts of the plant remains nearly at earth’s electric potential. The electric potential of the lower atmosphere has a positive electric field in vertically upward direction. With reference to the charge potential of the surface of the earth the electric potential of the atmosphere is positive. Alternatively, the ground potential or the potential of any parts of the tree becomes negative with respect to the potential of the atmosphere. Thus, the plant as a whole, particularly the growing top of the tree experiences the electrical field force. The downward movement of root and upward movement of soot is understandable from the new concept of gravity and the effect of existing positive electric fields in the atmosphere.</p>
<p>When the soot enters into the atmosphere having a positive charge potential gradient of 100v/m it experiences upward force from the electric field. The growing front remains always at a lower charge potential due to charge conduction from the surface of the earth. The negatively charged growing soot experiences a vertically upward force from the positive charge field of the atmosphere. This promotes the growth of a plant in a vertically upward direction. The growing front of the root being relatively more charge-negative experiences stronger gravity which makes it advance downward. This hypothesis is in full agreement with experimental results. Exposure to an electric field influence plant growth, generally leading to&nbsp;increased germination rates, and sometimes accelerated growth and development.&nbsp;The effects of an electric field on plant growth depends on factors like the field strength, duration, and polarity of the field [7].</p>
<p>It is well known that the surface of the Earth is negatively charged with respect to the atmosphere above. If an electric conductor is raised from ground level, then positive charges from the atmosphere are attracted towards the conductor and they are seen to crowd around the top of the conductor which ensures the positive nature of the field in the atmosphere. A tree is a natural good ionic conductor. Thus, when the tree top attracts the positively charged particles including the ions of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere towards the growing front, the growing front is thus pulled by the positive ions causing directional growth of the plant. The negative ions from the ground are also attracted towards the top of the tree. The field assisted motion of ions and the ionic clusters towards the growing fronts promotes the directional growth of the plants.&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Conclusion</b></h4>
<p>The effect of the impressed charge field on germination and growth rate has been noticed experimentally. It is also known that there exists a positive electric field of 100v/m in the lower atmosphere. Therefore, the natural growth of trees in vertically upward direction is well justified from the nature of electric fields present at the lower atmosphere of the earth.&nbsp;</p>
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<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/sadh/026/01-02/0025-0034#:~:text=However%2C%20solidification%20microstructure%20is%20a%20complex%20function,kinetics%20of%20the%20phases%20and%20crystallographic%20constraints.&amp;text=However%2C%20as%20the%20solidification%20proceeds%2C%20the%20solid%E2%80%93liquid,to%20the%20final%20microstructure%20of%20the%20solid">https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/sadh/026/01-02/0025-0034#:~:text=However%2C%20solidification%20microstructure%20is%20a%20complex%20function,kinetics%20of%20the%20phases%20and%20crystallographic%20constraints.&amp;text=However%2C%20as%20the%20solidification%20proceeds%2C%20the%20solid%E2%80%93liquid,to%20the%20final%20microstructure%20of%20the%20solid</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrite_(metal)#:~:text=A%20dendrite%20in%20metallurgy%20is,in%20regard%20to%20material%20properties">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrite_(metal)#:~:text=A%20dendrite%20in%20metallurgy%20is,in%20regard%20to%20material%20properties</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cap">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cap</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitropism#:~:text=Gravitropism%20(also%20known%20as%20geotropism,as%20well%20as%20other%20organisms">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitropism#:~:text=Gravitropism%20(also%20known%20as%20geotropism,as%20well%20as%20other%20organisms</a>.</li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://philosophyofnature.org.in/new-interactions-of-mass-and-space-is-the-cause-of-gravity">https://philosophyofnature.org.in/new-interactions-of-mass-and-space-is-the-cause-of-gravity</a>.</li>
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<p>The wave particle duality accepted for light <b>is conceptually inconsistent </b>and against the consistent norms of nature<b>.</b> Light is conceptualized differently in different contexts such as light is a wave packet, a point particle, a field excitation but there is no definite consensus for any one of these concepts. It is also postulated that light waves do not require a medium which is far from reality. On the other hand, the particle concept of light is feasible therefore is a reality, however, it fails to explain many phenomena of light. The fault lies with the defective understanding of the structure of the light particle, the ignorance of the non-electric charge state of the light particle and the structure &amp; non-electric charge field in the medium and in the interface. Light particles while moving from one medium to another medium essentially pass through the interface of the mediums where it exhibits different phenomena such as reflection, refraction of light. Thus, a clear understanding of the structure and field of the interface becomes a vital issue for the field particle interaction in interpreting the surface phenomena of light. In macro scale the interface has zero thickness but in micro domain scale its thickness spreads to few atomic dimensions. Again, the interface thickness becomes infinite in micro-micro domain scale (photonic scale). Thus, a light particle has enough room for its dynamics in the photonic charge field within the interface. The photonic charge field within the structure of the interface medium is formed by micro-micro domain space matter particles (light particles). In the new concept, the light particles have rest mass, mass-space structure and carry photonic charge and the interface zone has a photonic charge field. While the new model of light particles and the new understanding of interface have scope of explaining all phenomena of light, this paper explains the reflection &amp; refraction of light from classical analysis.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p><b>Key words</b>: <i>Micro-micro structure, Light particles, Reflection of light, Refraction of light,</i><i style="font-size: inherit; text-align: inherit;">Wave particle duality, Wave packet, Point particle, Field excitation.</i></p>
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<p>The universe is a continuum of mass-space systems, where mass contains space and space contains space-matter-particles [1]. Space has a continuum in the universe and matter has discrete form in it. Due to mass-space interaction, any discrete form of matter remains connected with other matters of the universe. Discrete matter is surrounded by a space medium therefore the surface of matter (solid or liquid) is essentially the interface between matter and space or between any two types of matter with different density. At the macroscopic scale, the interface is treated as having zero thickness. In the micro-domain scale, the same interface extends over a few atomic dimensions. At the micro-micro domain scale, the interface no longer has a finite boundary and effectively spreads over an infinite thickness (Fig.1). The interface structure is influenced by the structures of two interfacing mediums.</p>						</div>
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							<p>At present the structural component of matter is limited to micro particles hence the conceptualized structure is limited to micro structure and the charge field is limited to electric field. Thus, it is difficult to perceive the micro structure of the thin interface comprising micro particles and the electric field within it. The present author has introduced the rest mass of micro-micro domain particles (light particles) and their non-electric charge state (photonic charge state) [2], [3]. This opens up new avenues on the existence of micro-micro domain structure within a micro structure or a self-standing micro-micro structure in space/vacuum.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;The micro-micro domain structure within the micro structure of the interfacing mediums also contains micro-micro particles in free-state carrying photonic charge similar to the existence of free electrons in micro structure. The two interfacing surfaces have different number densities of micro-micro domain particles carrying photonic charge in free-state and form a stiff photonic charge potential gradient within the interface. Thus, a strong photonic field exists within the interface due to the stiff potential gradient in micro-micro domain scale which takes part in field particle interaction in rendering different surface phenomena of light particles. The newly identified micro-micro structure of the interface having a strong photonic charge field plays a vital role in the new classical dynamics of light particles carrying photonic charge. The revamped classical physics has a great scope for analysing the different phenomena of light from field-particle interaction.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Existing concept of light particle&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>In modern physics, the light particle is called a photon. It emerges from <b>quantum electrodynamics (QED)</b> and is clubbed with the classical electromagnetic wave theory and quantum mechanics. It is <b>not a particle in the classical sense </b>thus it has no volume, radius, or internal structure but behaves like a particle. Light is also considered as a wave. Again, the light wave is not a classical wave but behaves like a wave. Light waves exist even without a medium. The light particles are conceptualised to have momentum without mass, spin without a geometrical form and charge-neutral without the knowledge of non-electric charge. Light particles have a constant velocity without slowing down or speeding up and cannot turn around through v → 0 → –v like classical objects. Light is conceptualized differently such as light is a wave packet, a point particle, a field excitation for different purposes but there is no definite consensus for any one of these concepts.&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Structures of light particle and medium in the new concept</b></h4>
<p>The wave particle duality accepted for light in modern science <b>is conceptually inconsistent </b>and against the consistent norms of nature<b>.</b> While analysing different phenomena of light we make use of classical terminologies such as particle, wave, momentum etc. each having specific significance in macro domain that justifies the defined terms but in micro domain, scientists have used the terminologies of macro domain physics while liberally altering the defined parameters that qualify their stand. For example, particle in any domain has to have the aspect properties of particle (mass, structure etc.) and the medium has to have the necessary modulus of elasticity if it has to execute the light wave. No doubt, the unnatural assumptions coupled with the unnatural theoretical treatment yields results but this can’t be the confirmation of the assumptions or the theory describing different aspects of nature. On the other hand, one can’t rule out the possibility of new theoretical analysis of classical physics with the consideration of less-known objects and events of micro-micro domain for understanding the micro domain physics and different phenomena of light in a natural manner.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the new concept, light particles have mass in the photonic mass unit [4], mass-space structure with nucleus and extra-nuclear space structure [5], charge in photonic charge units [3], spin and energy with energy level [6]. The space medium also has a fine structure comprising micro-micro particles (light particles and other field forming particles) as space matter particles. Thus, classical physics has a new scope of dealing with micro domain physics and micro-micro domain physics in a clear conceptual manner. Proper insight into the existence of matter in finer and finer domains, below micro domain provides new scope of understanding micro phenomena and the phenomena of light while retaining the commonsense knowledge and the cause-to-effect analogy [7]. <b>If the natural concept with mathematical analysis can yield results, then there is no need to pursue a mathematical concept with mathematical analysis.</b> If the straightforward answer is interpretable in the natural manner from classical physics, then we may not have to make unnatural hypotheses to interpret the reality. When all sciences are aimed at discovering the reality of nature, modern science alone stands on a different footing by keeping aside the commonsense knowledge and cause-to-effect analogy. Appropriate modification of the concepts of micro-domain science and the theory of light would help to reframe the science in the light of reality.&nbsp; Thereafter, finding harmony among different sciences would not be a problem since the basic assumptions in all sciences remain the same. The dynamics of classical physics is enough to explain different phenomena of light with the insight to micro-micro domain structure and the non-electric charge of light particles.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Any solid object has a boundary which is recognized as the surface of the object. There exists another medium beyond the boundary of the solid which may be solid, liquid, gas or space having different density. Thus, what we normally refer as the surface, in reality, refers only to the interface of two different mediums such as solid-solid interface, solid-liquid interface, solid-gas interface, solid-space interface, liquid-liquid interface (immiscible liquids), liquid-gas interface, liquid-space interface. All forms of macro matter are known to have been composed of microscopic atoms. Thus, a smooth surface in macroscopic scale has a rough surface with high degree of unevenness in microscopic scale due to the discrete placement of surface atoms (Fig.2).</p>
<p>A football with spherical surface in macro scale can rebound from a flat macro surface made of atoms obeying the law of rebound i.e. the angle of approach equal to the angle of rebound (Fig.3).&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;However, if a football is made to rebound from the surface of a solid formed by packing of footballs, it will not obey the law of rebound. Likewise, if a micro particle is made to reflect from a smooth flat macro surface, theoretically it should not obey the law</p>						</div>
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							<p>of reflection since the reflecting surface is very uneven in microscopic scale. But in reality, the micro particles (atomic particles) and the micro-micro particles (light particles) are seen reflecting from a smooth macro surface even though the surface is very rough in microscopic scale and very-very rough in micro-microscopic scale. Theoretically it is impossible to expect the optical flatness of a surface built up by atomic particles. Even when we consider the surface is formed by micro-micro domain particles, then also the surface can’t have the optical flatness for reflection of light particles because the surface remains rough in micro-micro domain scale. This breeds doubt on particle theory of light. On the other hand, we can’t accept the wave concept of light since light waves are just not feasible without a medium or with a medium not having the required modulus of elasticity for propagation of waves. Hence the wave concept is unthinkable. Thus, the natural phenomena of light cannot be justified following the unnatural wave theory of light. However, the particle concept of light being feasible and realistic remains as the only way to understand the reflection and refraction of light. Hence, it is required to understand the true significance of optical flatness of the interface.  </p><p>For conceptualizing the significance of optical flatness, we may examine the extra-nuclear space structure of a celestial body (say the earth), close to the surface of the earth. There exist a polarized electric potential structure and a polarized photonic charge structure (thermal charge structure) in the extra-nuclear space structure of the earth near the surface [8]. The electric charge polarized structure in the (atmosphere) of a macro celestial body is formed by the electric charge interaction and gravity in the di-electric air medium [8]. In the like manner the photonic charge polarized structure forms within the interface medium due to electric and photonic charge interactions (Fig.4).</p>						</div>
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							<p>The surface of the earth is quite uneven in macroscopic scale due to the existence of mountains and valleys but the E and F layers of ionospheres are evenly smooth. Definite electromagnetic emissions are reflected from the smooth curvatures of E and F layers of the ionosphere obeying the law of reflection. It is rational to assume that the radiation particles are reflected from the equipotential parallel planes in the charge field barrier which behaves as an optically smooth spherical plane despite the uneven surface of the earth. The field-particle-interaction observed in the ionosphere of the earth is quite tempting for understanding the reflection of light from the photonic field barrier within the interface. Even though the surface of the earth is rough, the ionospheric electron density curve of the E &amp; F layer remains smooth (excluding the variation during the time of the day). One can anticipate polarized photonic charge potential layers within the interface that provides the optical flatness even though the morphology of the atomic front is non-planar in macroscopic and microscopic scales.</p><p>In the new concept, light particles have mass and structure in photonic scale units with a nucleus and extra nuclear space structure similar to the structure and features of the new atomic system or the solar system [5]. The light particles of micro-micro domain form the less known micro-micro structure in micro particles and macro bodies. Hence, a macro body has co-existing structures in three domains (macro structure, micro structure and micro-micro structure) (Fig.5) and the same is also discussed elsewhere [4]. </p>						</div>
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							<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The micro-micro structure of matter exists in the extra nuclear space structure of atoms and in the inter atomic space. Thus, the micro-micro particles have a great role in forming the fine structure of any surface/interface. This aspect is ignored in the present concept. According to the present science, the surface atoms are considered to have unsatisfied-bond or “dangling bonds” due to the unsymmetrical placement of neighbouring atoms. The dangling bond of the surface atoms associates unpaired electron density localized near the surface atom. This causes charge polarization in the surface atoms. The polarized surface atom produces an electric field within the proximity of adjacent gaseous/space medium which modifies the surface features in a broad sense [9]. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">surface states and polarization produce localized electric fields</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> responsible for </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">surface potential barriers (Schottky barriers)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. These fields are extremely localized (typically over a few angstroms) and give rise to a surface potential barrier [10]. In the new three domain structure of solid, the surface photons of micro-micro domain structure may be anticipated to produce photonic charge polarized fields at the interface. Like the surface electric field, the photonic field may be considered localized that gives rise to the formation of a photonic charge field barrier at the surface/interface. The flat macroscopic surface generated by the micro particles of micro structure is rough in micro domain scale. Similarly, the flat microscopic surface generated by micro-micro particles of micro-micro structure is rough in micro-micro domain scale and the flat micro-micro structure is rough in micro-micro domain scale. But the photonic equipotential planes within the photonic field remain optically flat in micro-micro domain scale. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-indent: 36pt; text-align: justify; margin-top: 14pt; margin-bottom: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    The surface of a solid has a new significance with the consideration of a new micro-micro structure of the interface zone. The interface structure is composed of micro-micro domain particles which is distinctly different from the structures of the interfacing mediums comprising particles of micro domain and micro-micro domain (Fig.6(a) Fig.6(b)). </span></p>						</div>
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							<p>The thickness of the structured interface in micro-micro domain scale is quite large to visualize the fine structures of the interface and the field present in it. The interface structure is different from the structure of dense solid phase and the structure of gaseous phase or vacuum. Few atomic layers in both the interfacing mediums are also affected due to the strong field at the interface. The space density and the number density of the space matter particles vary spatially within the interface (Fig.7).</p>						</div>
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							<p>The strong photonic field prevailing in the interface fluid (photonic fluid) forms a plurality of photonic charge polarized layers in micro-micro domain scale within the interface which plays the primary role for different surface phenomena of light. The photonic charge-polarized planes within the interface are optically flat for the reflection and refraction of light particles. In the new interpretation, the unrealistic wave concept of light becomes redundant.</p>
<h4><b>The interaction of photon with polarized photonic charge field barriers&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>The earth is a solid body and has its extra-nuclear structure (atmosphere). Beyond the extra nuclear structure of the earth the space medium belongs to the extra nuclear space structure of the sun. The nature of structure of the atmosphere of the earth is a direct realization of the interface structure between solid earth and the space medium. The extra nuclear space structure of the earth contains space matter particles which are atoms and molecules. The number density of space matter particles is highest at the surface of the earth and decreases towards the boundary of the terrestrial system. Further the size of space matter particles goes on decreasing towards the boundary. This predicts the existence of finer and finer atoms below hydrogen atom [Appendix-1] as space matter particles in the outer part of extra nuclear space structure of the earth. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Different light particles with different energy levels enter to different depths of the polarized field and are reflected from there. But in the case of transparent material the polarized field barrier is reduced due to conductivity of photons, like the polarized electric charge is not feasible in a conducting material. The light particles entering the body of transparent material at an angle with the normal, change their path in the photonic field of the interface.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The co-existence of micro structure and micro-macro structure within a macro solid medium envisions the presence of electric charge interaction for the formation and stability of micro structure and the photonic charge interactions for the formation and stability of micro-micro structure. There exists electric charge potential within inter atomic space and photonic charge potential within inter photonic space due to the presence of free (unbound) electrons and free (unbound) photons. Similarly, electric potential and photonic potential exist within other states of the material medium as well as within the space medium. The number density of unpaired electrons and unpaired photons in a macro structure may be assumed as the direct function of the number density of paired charge particles in micro domain and micro-micro domain due to mass proportionate imperfections in the structure. Thus, the inter atomic space within a solid, has an electric space charge potential and a photonic space charge potential. Any space pocket contains space matter particles. If the unpaired space matter particle is atomic and sub-atomic particle then the space charge potential and the field are electric in nature. On the other hand, if the space pocket additionally contains unpaired photons, then the space charge potential and the field are photonic in nature. An electric charge particle will interact with the electric charge field whereas the photonic charge particle (light particle) will interact with the photonic charge field. Referring to Fig.7 the space charge potential (photonic charge potential) in inter atomic space of solid is very high due to high density of unpaired photons but the field is zero as there is very little potential gradient. However, a weak photonic field exists only up to a few atomic layers at the surface.</p>
<p>&nbsp;On the other hand, the inter atomic space potential (photonic potential) in gaseous medium is low and the field is also negligible. Thus, there exists a great potential difference across the opposite faces of the interfacing medium. Hence, there exists a very high potential gradient across the thin layer of interface. The thickness of the interface in macro domain scale is zero and that in micro domain scale has a definite value and that again in micro-micro domain scale is very-very large. No micro particle (atomic/sub-atomic particle) finds a placement within the thin interface layer however the interface layer contains space matter particles in micro-micro domain (light particles) both in bound and free state. Due to potential difference across two faces of the interface zone a smooth potential gradient is expected if the medium is resistive but the medium being di-photonic (following the terminology of dielectric) a charge polarized structure appears basing upon the surface of denser medium.&nbsp;</p>
<p>For a transparent material, the potential difference across the interface is relatively small where the polarised field barrier is weak. The polarized photonic structure in the interface zone of opaque and transparent materials is shown in Fig.8. The positively charged light particles while entering normal to the interface experiences repulsion from the positive photonic charge field in addition to the drag forces of the medium. Hence, light particles of different energy levels penetrate to different depths in the interface before its velocity becomes zero. Thereafter, the light particle reverses its direction due to field effect. The normal incident ray is reflected back normal to the surface.&nbsp;</p>						</div>
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							<h4><b>Reflection of light making an angle with the normal</b></h4>
<p>Micro atomic and subatomic particles can have positive, negative or zero electric charge states. Likewise, the micro-micro domain particles (light particles) can have positive, negative or zero photonic charge states. Light particles producing visibility of objects are positively charged photons. Negatively charged photons do not produce visibility of objects, therefore they are not noticed. The vertical component of velocity of light particles is retarded while moving through the positive photonic charge field and is accelerated in the negative photonic charge field.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The interface, the field particle interaction and the trajectory of light particles undergoing reflection is shown in Fig.9. The real trajectory is shown in red lines. The incident light ray at an angle ‘i’ with the normal to the interface has two components in mutually perpendicular directions, 1) normal to the surface 2) parallel to the surface. The vertical component of a light particle is decelerated during its transit from point ‘1’ to ‘2’. The velocity becomes zero at point ‘2’. Thereafter the vertical component of the light particle is accelerated during its journey from point ‘2’ to ‘3’. The geometrical details during the transit of light particles from ‘1’ to ‘3’ via point ‘2’ or disappear in macro domain scale, thus giving an illusion of the virtual trajectory following the path 1- 4- 3. The normal component interacts with the field and undergoes deacceleration due to field particle interaction similar to the normal-incident-light discussed above. If the time to reach zero normal velocity is ∆t then the displacement in the direction normal to the interface is&nbsp; Vcos i 2 ×∆t (average velocity time) and the displacement in the direction parallel to the interface is sin i × ∆t. The magnitude of photonic field experienced by the light particle while approaching the interface and leaving the interface remaining same, the time taken for leaving the interface is also ∆t. The normal component of the velocity after time ∆t is equal to -Vcos i . The normal and parallel velocity components at point of approach to the interface are Vcos i and V sin i and at point of leaving the interface are -V cos i and V sin i . Hence, the angle of incidence i is same as the angle of reflection r.&nbsp;</p>						</div>
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							<h4><b>Refraction of light</b></h4>
<p>For photon conducting material (transparent material) the interface is also partially conductive, hence the polarised photonic barrier is small. Thus, light particles easily pass through the field barrier. However, the light particles in their transit through the polarised field of interface undergo field particle interaction where the velocity component of light particle normal to the interface is decelerated in the positive field and subsequently accelerated in the negative photonic field, thereby changing its direction after it passes through the interface. Referring to figure-10, the incident ray inclined at an angle i with the normal enters the interface at point ‘1’ and passes through the positive photonic field between ‘1’ and ‘2’. The normal velocity component of a light particle gradually reduces while passing through the positive photonic field. Hence the magnitude and the direction of the resultant velocity of light particles changes. Thereafter, the light particle enters into the zone of negative photonic field where the normal component of the velocity is accelerated between the points ‘2’ and ‘3’.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;If the magnitude of deceleration and acceleration are same then there should not be any change in direction. But this is not the case in refraction of light. The negative field between ‘2’ and ‘3’ being closer to the denser medium, is stronger than the positive field between ‘1’ and ‘2’. Because the net acceleration of the vertical component is more than the net deceleration, the light ray entering a denser medium bends towards the normal after passing through the interface. The reverse phenomena occurs when light ray from a denser medium enters into a rarer medium.</p>
<p>The light particles passing through a parallel transparent material plate experiences both rarer medium to denser medium and denser medium to rarer medium at entry and exit of the parallel plate (Fig.11). The field structure of interface at entry and exit points of a given transparent material being same, the emergent ray becomes parallel to the incident ray with an offset of ∆x. The transit of light particle from rarer medium to denser medium causing refraction is explained by classical dynamics through field particle interaction as it moves from point ‘1’ to ‘4’ and again, the transit from denser to rarer medium is explained by field particle interaction during its motion from point ‘5’ to ‘8’.</p>						</div>
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							<h4><b>Conclusion</b></h4>
<p>The reflection and refraction taking place on a macro surface of zero thickness doesn’t provide any room for analysing the surface effect through classical dynamics since the dimension-less spatial point is a black box that promotes only quantum analysis. The new exploration into finer micro-micro domain and realization of mass, physical structure and non-electric charge of light particles and the fine structure of the medium has successfully provided new understanding of reflection and refraction mechanisms from classical physics point of view. The new perception of micro-micro domain physics and the new state property of light particles and medium has enough scope to deal with other phenomena of light without entertaining duality.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<h4><b>Appendix-1&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>&nbsp;It is not logically correct to declare hydrogen as the absolute lower limit of an atom if reality admits a nucleus smaller than a proton whose spectral signatures overlap with known atoms. Hydrogen is the smallest atom only within the validity of the proton–electron model. If reality contains sub-protonic nuclei, then the present lower limit collapses. Spectral overlap would hide such atoms from detection. Therefore, the “hydrogen limit” is not an absolute truth — only a model-dependent boundary. The present author analyses the feasibility of atoms smaller than hydrogen atoms. Structural similarity exists between atomic systems and the celestial body systems (solar system, planet system, asteroid system etc.) in respect of nucleus and extra-nuclear structure formed by orbital bodies/particles. Recently, the extra nuclear structure has been conceptualised differently as extra-nuclear space structure where the structure is formed in the space matrix containing space matter particles in finer domain and orbital bodies/particles in the same domain as the nucleus but smaller in size [5]. Further, the space matter particles organize different shell-structures with charge features and the orbital celestial bodies are placed in potential cavities resulting in a definite discrete orbit pattern like the discrete orbits of the atomic system [11]. Thus, many similarities are now found existing in the extra nuclear space structures of centrally organized systems in different domains. Hence, it is rational to think that similarity between the structure of the nucleus celestial body and nucleus of an atom also exist without our knowledge of the same. <b>All celestial bodies in the macro domain are composed of atomic matter which are one domain down the domain size of the celestial body</b>. We never assume that large celestial bodies are built up by small celestial bodies (satellites, asteroids, meteors etc.). Even when the mass of the earth is 81 times the mass of the moon, no one says, the earth is made up of 81 moons. Following the structural similarity between the nucleus celestial body and the atomic nucleus, one can as well suggest, the nuclei of atoms are composed of micro-micro domain particles (light particles) particularly when they have physical existence with mass in the new concept. In view of the above, the present structure of the atomic nucleus comprising proton-electron is only a model-based-concept and it may not correspond to the reality of nature. This allows the feasibility of finer and finer atoms below the hydrogen atom. This provides justification for the gradual decrease of the size and the number density of space matter particles towards the boundary.</p>						</div>
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							<h4><b>Abstract&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>Our understanding is shaped by our objective. If the goal is merely to reproduce atomic spectra, one may adopt a model without concern for its physical reality. However, if the objective is to explain atomic spectra while preserving common-sense reasoning and cause-and-effect logic, a different, more realistic view of atomic structure emerges. Such an approach promotes harmony among different sciences in their pursuit of nature’s truth. The author is pursuing such a new unified science with a common basic assumption for different sciences. In this new concept, mass and space are the only basic physical constituents of the universe and its components in different domains. There exists mass-space interaction, thus, matter of any domain in any state is essentially a mass-space integral system. Any system of the universe has structure composed of matters of finer domain and the said system is also a constituent of higher domain where it takes part in the structural integrity of the system of the higher domain by the same mass-space interaction. In this way the entire universe remains integrated by mass-space interactions. Mass or space alone doesn’t have a form but when mass and space are integrated by mass-space interaction, definite objects are formed having shape, size, dimensions, with definite ratio of mass and space. The universal mass-space interaction gives rise to the form-based/ system-based/ object-based interaction property of matter with involvement of geometry. The existence of matter in the macro domain (stars, planets, satellites and other objects observable to the naked eye) and in the micro domain (atoms, molecules and sub-atomic particles) is well known. However, we remain largely unaware of a finer “micro-micro” domain (one level below the micro domain). In a larger-scale unit system, the size and mass of smaller constituents become insignificant (≈ zero); atomic and sub-atomic particles are negligible in macro-scale units, and stars and planets are negligible in galactic-scale units. Likewise, in the micro domain scale, the size and mass of light particles become insignificant (≈ zero). Hence, in present understanding, light is often treated as a point particle without mass.</p>
<p>The present author considers galaxies as macro-macro domain objects and light particles as micro-micro domain objects. Galaxies are composed of stars, and stars and sub-stellar bodies are composed of atomic and sub-atomic particles. By analogy with the structure of celestial bodies, atomic and sub-atomic particles may be conceptualized as constituted of micro-micro domain particles. In any domain, bodies are ultimately constituted of mass and space; therefore, mass–space interaction is present in all domains. This basic, formless mass–space interaction is viewed as the unchangeable supreme reality of nature (Brahman in the Vedic concept). While this formless interaction is universal, the form-based interaction properties vary from object to object.</p>
<p>&nbsp;Form-based properties arise from the formless interaction of mass and space together with geometrical parameters. Hence, properties such as density of mass, density of space, charge and charge potential, and energy and energy potential (energy level) are expected to exist in matter across all domains with comparable significance. It is therefore necessary to consider the mass–space structures in each domain and to express domain-specific properties in a universal language using common universal entities. Since structural and functional properties depend on mass, space, and geometry, similarities of structure across domains are inevitable.</p>
<p>A micro-micro structural perspective can enrich classical physics in addressing micro-domain phenomena. The author has published several articles introducing these concepts in different issues of this journal. A comprehensive unified science is feasible, but it requires changes in existing concepts of micro-domain physics.</p>
<p><b>Key words:</b> <i>Unification of sciences, Reality based approach, Macro-macro domain,</i></p>
<p><i>Micro-micro domain, Mass-space interaction, Formless matter, Form-based properties, Consciousness-based science, Particle-particle interaction, Particle-field interaction, Field-field interaction.</i></p>
<h4><b>Introduction</b></h4>
<p>Some scientist feels ‘nature need not be as complicated as scientists have thought it to be and may be, nature is simple and we are yet to understand the same’ [1]. Thought alone, without strong desire and action cannot lead to success in understanding the simplicity of nature. The macro existences are directly observable hence no model of the object or event is required to speculate the reality. The spiritual science developed by yogic practice and deep perception coupled with higher consciousness is also a kind of direct experience of the reality of nature and here also, no model is required for realization of truth. Scientists prepare models of objects and events for understanding the reality in unseen micro domains. The unbiased conscious minds of scientists motivate them to make models in the light of reality, experienced in the macro domain. The reality-based atomic model (planetary atomic model) failed to explain the atomic spectra, hence scientists made additions and alterations in the planetary model of atom to justify the spectra of atoms, thus making deviations from reality. One may wonder, why the reality-based model failed to explain the spectra of atoms! In fact, the so-made atomic model (planetary atomic model) overlooked many features of the solar system; hence the reality-based model was incomplete. It is quite natural that an incomplete atomic model cannot justify the complete atomic phenomena. A macro system has many structural and functional aspects of reality. For example: the solar system has many aspects of reality such as 1) the solar system has a nucleus and an extra-nuclear structure comprising orbital planets; 2) the planets again have orbiting satellites; 3) the extra-nuclear space structure of sun, planets, satellites and asteroids contains space matter particles; 4) the planets are of different size having different mass and many more. Scientists attempted to make the planetary atomic model by considering only aspect-1 of the sun-planet system and ignored all other aspects. Despite the orbital planets in the solar system having different mass and size the electrons in the atomic model were considered identical. The presence of micro-domain space matter particles (atoms and molecules) in the extra-nuclear space structure of celestial bodies was not reflected in the planetary atomic model. It is absolutely necessary to consider the presence of finer particles (micro-micro domain particles such as, light particles) in the extra-nuclear space structure of the planetary atomic model. Hence, the planetary atomic model was not a complete model. When the incomplete planetary atomic model could not explain the spectra of atoms, the model was augmented mathematically by making unnatural hypotheses and axioms to explain the spectra of atoms which made deviations from the real atomic structure. No such hypotheses are found valid in other domains of nature for understanding the reality. If the planetary atomic model would have incorporated all structural features of solar system, then the atomic model could have been complete, in the light of reality and such a complete model could have explained all phenomena of atom in a natural manner and we would not have accepted the micro phenomena is different from macro phenomena. We have also accepted wave particle duality for light and electrons since the dual concept was needed to supplement the defective theory of light and the defective atomic model. According to this author, duality can never be the reality of nature; it is only a manmade concept to supplement the defective theory. Proper understanding of the micro-micro structure of light-particles (photon) and the fine micro-micro structure of vacuum medium has scope of understanding the different phenomena of light without entertaining duality. Similarly, the reality-based complete atomic model does not require the wave particle duality of electrons. Modern science has accepted many unnatural (impractical) concepts such as the existence of waves without a medium, angular momentum of the body without a torque transfer link, existence of mass-less particles, mass-less particles having momentum, etc. which doesn’t appear comfortable to anyone. The micro domain science has accommodated many unrealistic assumptions for which science has deviated away from reality, thus keeping aside the commonsense knowledge and cause-to-effect analogy in micro domain physics. The reality based commonsense and the universal caused-to-effect analogy becomes misfit in micro domain physics due to unrealistic assumptions.</p>
<h4><b>Discussion&nbsp;</b></h4>
<h5><b>Charge is a state property of matter&nbsp;</b></h5>
<p>Charge without mass is not found in nature. Hence, the charge is a state property of matter. In present-day physics, <b>electric charge is a fundamental attribute</b>, not something built from smaller parts. Charge exists in a fundamental particle because the particle possesses an intrinsic, stable mode of interaction with space that manifests as electromagnetic attraction or repulsion. There is <b>no deeper internal structure</b> in the Standard Model that explains how charge is made; how charge exists; how algebraic addition is feasible for different types of charge; how the magnitude of charge is fixed; how charge is conserved. The fundamental particle carrying charge is considered as a point particle, hence there is no scope of understanding how charge appears from the structural features of charge bearing particles except assuming it to be an intrinsic property of matter.</p>
<p>&nbsp;In the new concept mass and space are the only basic constituents of the universe. There exists a mass-space interaction which gives rise to different form-based existences (objects). A definite object (mass-space integral system) has a definite ratio of mass and space which may be described as the extent of space holding per unit mass. If all matters in a locality have equilibrium space holding i.e. the space holding per unit of mass or mass content per unit of space is same for all matters, then they are neutral to one another. If a matter in a locality of neutral matters does not have equilibrium space holding then the said matter is an active matter in the local frame. The active matter may be termed as charged matter, where matter holding less space per unit of mass (mass rich matter) than its equilibrium value becomes positively charged and that holding more space per unit of mass (space rich matter) becomes negatively charged. The positive and negative charges correspond to different charge values in a relative scale because negative charge does not exist in the absolute scale. An equal amount of positive and negative charge neutralizes and makes neutral matter.&nbsp;</p>
<p><b>Neutralization of positive and negative charge is not feasible if the charges are of different types.</b> On the other hand, justifying the attraction of dissimilar charge and repulsion of similar charge becomes a problem if the charges are of one type. The above controversy is required to be resolved. This author has shown elsewhere that charge is one type and charge interaction takes place only in a charge potential difference where justification of charge repulsion is not a problem in the new concept [2]. The zero charge potential of neutral matter is not zero in absolute scale. It is only the reference zero of the relative charge scale. Thus, a charge potential difference exists between a charge particle and so-called neutral matter. Hence weaker charge interaction takes place between a charge particle and so-called neutral particle. However, much stronger charge interaction takes place between a positive charge and negative charge with higher charge potential difference. Every charge has a potential which refers to the degree of deficiency or surplus space holding per unit of matter with reference to the space holding of neutral matter per unit of mass. In the existing context we consider only charge value without a potential. The charge stored in a macro capacitor has both quantity of charge and the potential at which it is stored. Hence, every charge holding including the fundamental charge particle has a charge potential. In existing understanding only a fixed quantity of charge is assumed in fundamental particles without a reference to its potential. Hence, we failed to understand how two types of charges can be unified by relative charge potential value similar to temperature. The following paragraph explains how a negative charge becomes positive in a different frame of reference.</p>
<p>An x-particle having much lower absolute charge potential than that of conventional electrons becomes highly negatively charged. In a different charge relative scale, the conventional electrons would be found to carry positive charge where the x-particle in the same scale would be found to carry negative charge. Hence electrons can become a nucleus and form its extra-nuclear space structure with x-particles as its orbital particles. This is like the orbiting earth assuming the status of a nucleus where the moon is the orbital body.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The mathematical positive and negative charge characterizes only the magnitude of charge in a relative scale which is erroneously interpreted as two different types having different interactions such as dissimilar charge attracts and similar charge repeals. In reality, charge is only one type and charge interaction appears in a charge potential difference. The positively charged matter interacts with the negatively charged matter since there exists a less known potential difference. The positive and negative charges when combined, the product becomes neutral if the space holding per unit mass equal to that of neutral matter. Existence of charge without mass is not found in nature hence charge is only a state property of matter by virtue of its structural configuration of mass and space in finer domain. At present electrons are considered as point particles carrying fixed charge. The definition of electron refers to its external interaction pattern without discussing how charge appears in the point particle. All physical existences have a geometrical representation with dimension however small it may be. When you fail to conceptualize the dimensional features of a particle we make it a dimensionless point particle. Theoretically a point particle cannot hold any physical entity nor can have any associated property. A so-called point particle of any domain, in reality, has a structure which is revealed in finer domain scale. In the new concept the micro domain particles are constituted of micro-micro domain particles and not constituted of finer micro domain particles [3]. This may be realized from the structure of a macro celestial body. A macro celestial body is constituted of micro particles (atoms) and not constituted of smaller celestial bodies (like asteroids). Hence, protons are realistically constituted of micro-micro domain particles and not constituted of quarks. The electron also constituted of micro-micro domain particles. The new mass-space structure of a particle having a nucleus and extra nuclear space structure is common to all centrally organized structures in different domains. Hence electrons and protons can have their structure and possess the structure base properties (charge potential and charge) which can be derived from mass-space configuration.&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Significance of time</b></h4>
<p>Time is not a physical entity. In a static universe time has no significance; however, time appears in a dynamic universe. Thus, a moving body has a dynamic state property (dynamism) that renders the significance of time. A more dynamic body takes less duration to reach the destination or complete a work function than the less dynamic body and vice versa. Hence, the dynamism ‘d’ of a body is inversely proportional to time ‘t’. Either ‘d’ or ‘t’ is enough for dynamics. The dynamic system and its dynamism (velocity) are observable but time is not observable hence time is fictitious. But we are used to the concept of time and there is no harm in using the same, however the real significance of time comes from dynamism [4]. The concept that time is a separate entity and it flows is not correct.</p>
<h4><b>Understanding the significance of space time</b></h4>
<p>According to the new concept, space itself is physical and compressible. Thus, physical space can have different space density (space content per unit volume). &nbsp; Space contains space-matter-particles in finer domains. The space matter particles remain suspended within space due to space-mass attraction. The number density of space matter particles is directly proportional to space density. Space with space matter particles forms the gaseous state of matter. The atmospheric air, hydrogen gas, oxygen gas etc. refers to space with atomic and molecular space matter particles. The name of a gas refers to the specific nature of the particles present in it. For example, hydrogen particles in a gaseous state form hydrogen gas, oxygen particles form oxygen gas, and free electrons in vacuum form electron gas. This author has anticipated that matter exists in micro-micro domain (one domain below micro domain). The micro-micro domain matter (light particles and the field forming particles) is yet to be accepted as matter with mass. In the space medium/vacuum medium the atomic and molecular particles are absent. However, in the new concept, space/vacuum contains micro-micro domain particles (light particles) as space matter particles. Thus, space or so-called vacuum can be logically called photon-gas/photonic-gas in the light of the nomenclature of hydrogen gas, nitrogen gas, electron gas etc. In any case, the photonic gas is physical because space itself is physical in the new concept. Hence, in the new concept the motion of a gas is essentially the motion of the space medium with space matter particles like the motion of the liquid medium with suspended matter. Any physical medium can have independent motion or associative motion. The extra nuclear space structure (atmosphere) of the earth moves along with the earth in its orbital motion and rotate along with the rotation of the earth. Hence any space pocket within the extra-nuclear space structure of the earth has definite motion, thus having a dynamism or time as its state property. Because the velocity of the space medium within the extra-nuclear space structure of the earth varies spatially, it was possible to fuse space and time into a single frame. Thus, the physical significance of space-time refers to the moving space medium as the reality. The dynamics of the particle/body is influenced by the dynamic state of the space medium.</p>
<h4><b>Formless and formless interaction and existence of matter in finer domain</b></h4>
<p>Mass and space are the <b>only basic constituents</b> of the universe and all its components in different domains [5]. Hence <b>different forms (objects, systems) of the universe in different domains are composed of the same basic formless constituents (mass and space) of the universe with a common instinct of mass-space interactions that maintains the integrity of different components of the universe and the universe as a whole. </b>Even though the basic formless mass–space interaction remains the same for all events of nature in all domains, the form-based interactions of different particles, bodies and fields in different domains vary due to variations in the densities of mass and space integrated within the particle, body, or space-medium. While describing the object-based properties of any local object or event in any domain, we formulate a domain-based language involving local terminology, where the universal link is often ignored. This has promoted different domain-based sciences, such as macro-domain science and micro-domain science. All existences and events are real and natural with universal link where all models are artificial and studied in isolation without a boundary condition. For example, the lack of boundary conditions in the existing atomic model delinks the atoms from the rest of the universe.&nbsp; A model can be close to reality only if its assumptions are realistic and the boundary conditions are considered. An assumption becomes realistic only if it is feasible in real terms.</p>
<h4><b>Realization of structural and functional uniformity in different domains</b></h4>
<p>Mass and space are the basic constituents of the universe and its components in different domains [5] and charge is an active property of matter in a non-equilibrium state of mass-space association [2]. Hence mass, space and charge are uniformly present in all domains of nature and we need to identify them for understanding the uniformity of nature. In relative charge scale the charge potential may become zero but in absolute scale it has absolute charge potential. Hence, charge exists in neutral matter on an absolute scale. The charge property of matter being a function of mass-space association, other forms of charge (non-electric charge) is feasible in matters of other domains. The evaluation of the non-electric charge state of finer domain matter is not feasible from their response to electric charge interaction. The domain-based understanding of nature masks the universal reality of nature. The domain free universal understanding is feasible by exploring the symmetry in the structure of matter in different domains. The cause of quantum phenomena in the micro domain and the cause of formation of fields in space lies with the science of micro-micro domain. Hence the unnatural complex micro domain physics can be simplified by exploring the reality in finer domains. Commonsense knowledge is natural (not acquired through models) and the cause-to-effect analogy is the most general inquiry for knowing the reality at every juncture, hence commonsense should have retained its stand in the microdomain physics. The above change of concept helps to achieve the objective of unification of sciences i.e. understanding the different aspects of nature in different domains without violating the uniformity of nature. All hurdles would disappear if we move with nature (do not violate the norms of nature). The comprehensive understanding of nature through unification of sciences becomes feasible if one is open to changes in the established concept of science.&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Perception to new micro-micro domain matter helps classical physics in understanding micro phenomena&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p><b>Vedic science has the insight into the basic reality of nature which is revealed from the significance of Brahman and defines Brahman as the supreme unchanging reality that pervades the universe and beyond. </b>The term beyond universe can have two types of interpretation, 1) beyond the boundary of the physical structure of the universe; 2) finer domains beyond the known domains of the physical universe. The latter refers to the existence of matter in finer domains below micro domain, say micro-micro domain and below (spiritual domain). For a unified understanding of materials science and spiritual science, the spiritual science can be interpreted as the science of matter in micro-micro domain and below, where the matter value of these particles is non-detectable by the scientific instruments meant for characterization of micro particles. Modern science unduly considers them as massless particles without rest existence. This implies, matter exists in finer domains below the so-called lowest limit of matter in the micro domain. The matter value of micro-micro domain particles and below is not verifiable in science. But, the interactions of these fine particles in our brain system produces consciousness of mind. The consciousness-based science is considered as the non-materials science, commonly abbreviated as spiritual science’.&nbsp; No such classification (materials science and spiritual science) exists in nature; they are only manmade.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Matter (mass-space integral system) can have different densities of mass and space in different forms (objects) in different domains where the form-based interaction (particle-particle interaction, field-particle interaction and field-field interaction) involving matters of different domains exhibit different strength and range of interaction. <b>Despite the variation of form-based interactions in different domains the basic formless interaction of mass and space remains as the supreme unchanging reality of nature. </b>Hence, similarity of structures and features of systems comprising mass and space in different domains is inevitable. This author has anticipated the common general feature of mass-space structure of centrally organized systems in all domains of nature. Vedas, Vedanta and Bhagavat Geeta also describe the complete similarity between microcosm and macrocosm implying similarity of structure and feature of systems in all domains of nature. We also notice similarities of structure among the galactic system, solar system, planet system and asteroid system in having nucleus, extra-nuclear structure and presence of space matter particles in the extra-nuclear structure. Even after the discovery of the nucleus of an atom, the atomic structure could not be modelled properly by replicating all structural features of the solar system mainly because many solar features were not known then. Thus, the vital extra-nuclear space structure with space matter particles could not be included in the atomic model due to lack of perception of the physical nature of space and the presence of space matter particles in the extra-nuclear space structure of celestial bodies. As on today, the matter value of light particles and some other field forming particles are considered mass-less without rest existence. The present knowledge of extra-nuclear structure formed only by electron configuration is incomplete without the space structure with space matter particles (light particles). To supplement the incomplete atomic model, different unrealistic mathematical axioms were made to explain the spectra of only a few atoms. Thus, the mathematical atomic model deviated away from the real structure of the atom having similarity with the structural features of solar system. Further the assumptions made in developing the atomic model fouls with commonsense knowledge and the model-based theory overlooks the vital cause-to-effect analogy. The reality-based atomic model should not face any problem in entertaining the commonsense knowledge and in applying cause-to-effect analogy for explaining the spectra of atoms and other atomic phenomena. Because, the functionality of commonsense is natural.&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Value of Commonsense&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>Human perceptions through sense organs and consciousness of mind are natural. We do not have to make any assumption or make any model to perceive objects and events of nature. Thus, commonsense knowledge reveals only the truths of nature. On the other hand, science makes many unnatural assumptions in developing models to understand the reality in the micro domain. Hence, the primary requirement of any scientific theory is that it should not foul with the commonsense knowledge and consciousness-based science. If it does so then the concerned theory is a deviation from reality.</p>
<h4><b>Invisible Causes for Micro Events&nbsp;</b></h4>
<p>In the interconnected universe, any object or event has a beginning and an end (birth and death). The end of an event gives rise to new events where the death of an event is a precursor to the birth of a new event. Thus, no object or event starts or ends without a cause. The events appear during transformation of local background from one state to another due to distant interaction. For example, a local background of moist air creates water droplets within it when its temperature is lowered by radiation exchange with distant bodies. If we do not understand the micro phenomena of condensation in an unseen domain then we would fail to find the cause of the appearance of water droplets. In such a situation we would assume it as a quantum phenomenon and look for quantum assumptions and theory. Since we understand the structural transformation in the micro domain, we do not have to make quantum assumptions for the condensation of water droplets. We however fail to understand the cause of many events in the unseen micro domain including the precipitation of matter from mass-less high energy particles. If the event and its cause take place in perceivable domains then there is no difficulty in conceptualizing the cause to effect analogy. If the cause of a perceivable event remains in unperceivable finer domain, then we would not be able to identify the cause of the event since we are ignorant about the finer domain. The existence of matter in the micro-micro domain has not yet been admitted in science and the light particles and many hypothetical particles are considered mass-less without having rest existence. We cannot pursue understanding of reality if we ignore the interconnected realities in finer domains. The conceptualized atomic structure progressively diverged from physical reality as atomic phenomena were explained through an incomplete, domain-limited model. This divergence distorted our understanding of micro-domain behaviour, because the electrons in the accepted atomic model additionally proxy the less-known interactions of the micro–micro domain particles, where mass–space interaction exists in a finer and more fundamental form. To compensate for this structural incompleteness, unrealistic mathematical axioms were introduced within mathematical physics, operating as formal tools that manipulate the model to reproduce experimental results without faithfully representing the underlying physical reality. In such an operation commonsense loses its stand. The incomplete understanding of nature by ignoring the reality of finer domains also fails to entertain the cause-to-effect analogy in micro domain physics. It is absolutely necessary to recognize the micro-micro domain particles of matter and their interactions to enable classical physics to deal with the micro domain physics. This opens up a new vision of harmony among sciences.</p>
<h4><b>Micro-micro domain physics bridging the causal gap in quantum theory</b></h4>
<p>Nothing appears abruptly or disappears abruptly in this universe. Objects and events appear when they are evolved from the space medium and disappear when they merge into the space medium. Thus, understanding the cause of appearance and disappearance of objects and events lies with the understanding of the structure and the structural changes of the space medium that associate birth and death of objects and events. The cause of condensation of a macro particle from atomic gas and the cause of sublimation of the macro particle in atomic gas is understood conceptually from the change of state of matter by the interplay of atoms. But it is difficult to realise the causal understanding of quantum objects and events in space or vacuum without structure. In the new concept, matter exists in micro-micro domains such as the light particles and different field forming particles and finding the matter value (mass) of such particles is beyond the scope of modern science. Thus, condensation of micro particles and sublimation of micro-particles in a photon gas (photonic gas) occurs due to the interplay of photons (light particles) in photonic gas. The mass of micro-micro domain particles is yet to be established hence we cannot analyse the birth and death of micro particles in the classical manner discussed above. In such a situation we have no option except making quantum assumptions with a rider that the quantum assumptions are not questionable. Because we have no answer with us as we are unaware of micro-micro domain physics. Again, commonsense knowledge is the outcome of different experiences of natural events. Hence, any man-made theory on aspects of nature can be considered close to reality if the same does not foul with the experiences of commonsense or consciousness. This argument is nullified for quantum physics since they consider science to be beyond ordinary commonsense. Thus, unification of macro domain science and micro domain science does not appear feasible. A still broader unification of different sciences (material science and spiritual science) is unthinkable at present.</p>
<h4><b>Significance of lowest limit of matter</b></h4>
<p>The galactic system is composed of stars which are one domain down the domain of the galaxy. Similarly, the stellar systems are composed of atomic particles which are one domain down the domain of the solar system. Thus, it is natural to think that the micro atomic system is composed of micro-micro domain particles (light particles) and the light particle (photon) is composed of micro-photons. The hierarchy of existence of the entire range of domains of nature and their terminus in either direction (higher and lower limits) cannot be ascertained from the scientific study of any intermediate domain of nature. This is something like the case that a person working at mid-stream of a river cannot decide nor be able to speculate the origin (starting point) and the terminal point (end point) of the river (where it joins the sea or another river). Hence, for normal analysis of events in any domain it may be enough if one considers the physical interactions involving particles/bodies of one domain above and one domain below the domain under investigation. At present the lower limit of existence of matter is decided by the lower limit of scientific measurement or by hypothesis supporting a theory. Rationally, science should not have made any comment on existence or non-existence of matter below the scientific dictation limit. The present lowest limit of matter is subject to change with identification of matter value in so-called mass-less particles. For example, the unobservable entities under ordinary microscope are clearly noticed under electron-microscope; due to high resolution power, hence observation in one domain scale is not enough to draw conclusion on mass-less existence.</p>
<h4><b>Similarity of structure and features in different domain</b></h4>
<p>Atomic systems, star systems, planet systems, asteroid systems, galactic systems are known to have similarity in respect of nucleus and extra-nuclear structure. Once upon a time the atom was considered to be a structure-less hard ball but subsequently the structure became known. Even today the subatomic particles, light particles and different field forming particles are considered structure-less. The main hurdle in conceptualizing the structure of these particles is the lack of knowledge of finer constituents that would go to build the structure. If matter exists in finer and finer domains and we skip their existence due to our limitation in identifying them then we would deviate away from reality. In view of the above, one can anticipate the existence of structure of all particles and bodies. Further, the structures of centrally organized systems in different domains can be generalized in having nucleus and extra-nuclear space structure containing space matter particles and orbital bodies/particles. Again, the particle system of any domain goes to build the system of higher domain having similarity of structure and features. It is interesting to note that matter at any stage can become a nucleus or an orbital body/particle or a space matter particle or even a radiation particle in different reference systems. For example, the earth is the nucleus body for the earth-moon system and the same earth is an orbital body in the sun-planet system; and the earth can become a space matter particle in the extra-nuclear space structure of galaxy without a notable mass in galactic mass unit (GMU). The atomic particles with nucleus and extra nuclear space structure become the space matter particles in the extra-nuclear space structure of a celestial body. Analysing the structure and features of the solar system we notice the nucleus and orbital bodies belong to the macro domain, the space matter particles belong to the micro domain and the solar radiation particles belong to micro-micro domain. The observable solar features can be generalized for systems in other domains. Study of the solar system reveals that the space matter particles are one domain down the domain of the nucleus and the radiation particles are two domains down the domain size of the nucleus. This analogy helps us to understand the nature of radiation from atomic nucleus and galactic nucleus [6].&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;The electrons too have a range of sizes like the planets of the solar system and have different charge states like the nuclei of atoms. The atomic particles in the present concept are considered to have nucleus and extra-nuclear electronic structure. But in the new concept, the extra-nuclear structure has a space density structure containing space matter particles (photons) and orbital electrons. The space matter particles organize charge shell features within the space structure having discrete energy levels in peaks of shells. The atomic particles become space matter particles in the extra-nuclear space structure of a celestial body (one domain-up scale). Thus, a micro particle (atomic nucleus) that assumes the status of a nucleus in the micro domain becomes a space matter particle in a macro celestial body system and again becomes a radiation particle in the galactic domain [6], [7]. The nucleus of any arbitrary domain Do assume the status of space matter particles in domain D1 which is one domain up from Do and becomes radiation particle in domain D2 which is two domains up from Do. Similarly, in atomic particles, the light particles (photons) are the space matter particles in the extra-nuclear space structure of atoms and the less-known micro photons are the radiation particles of the atomic nucleus [7]. Hence, any particle can become a nucleus, space matter particle or a radiation particle thereby assuming different status in different domains. Any particle/body in any domain constitutes the basic entities of mass and space and can exhibit the form-based properties. However, due to drastic drop of size from one domain to the next lower domain the magnitudes of mass, space, charge and the dimensions of shape and size become zero in respective scales of the larger domain. Hence, for realization of values of a system in the lower domain, different domain-specific scales are required to be established. For example, the mass of an atom though zero in the solar mass unit but has definite value in the atomic mass unit [6], [3]. It is essential to formulate new scales for different entities of each and every domain to realize their values. This new philosophy helps to realize the uniform presence of mass, space &amp; dynamism/time; structure, features &amp; property; charge, energy &amp; their levels; interaction of system with surrounding etc.</p>
<p>For understanding the basic norm of the universe which is the cause of different forms, form-based properties and events in different domains, the awareness of interconnectedness of the systems of the universe is essential. For studying any specific system in the interconnected universe, we need to isolate the system from the rest of the universe with a boundary condition that represents the interaction links with the background. The background extends to the universe through the interconnected universal link. The boundary condition is missing in the present atomic model therefore the model does not correspond to the reality of nature. The present atomic model remains invariant in size and property in different space-time conditions even though the atom is considered highly elastic. Due to lack of understanding of the basic norm of the universe modern science grows in an isolated manner with domain-specific understanding of micro domain physics. Subsequently the domain specific assumptions of micro domain physics stand in the way of the unification of sciences. Hence the domain specific assumptions are required to be generalized for a unified understanding of different sciences.</p>
<p>The present atomic model considers the presence of nucleus and extra-nuclear structure where the extra-nuclear structure is formed by the orbital electrons alone. Complete similarity between microcosm and macrocosm is a vital doctrine of Veda, Vedanta and Bhagavat Geeta which imply, there exists a total similarity of structure and feature between solar-system and atomic-system. This ensures the presence of space matter particles of micro-micro domain which corresponds to light particles in neutral and photonic charge states. The photonic charge particles in the extra nuclear space structure of atoms form polarized charge-shells and sub-shells at discrete distances similar to the formation of charge-shells and sub-shells in the extra-nuclear space structure of the earth [8]. The photonic charge potential structure resembles the shape of a spherical standing wave having maxima and minima. The charge field at charge potential maxima and minima on the shell structure is zero as there is no potential gradient. If the atomic structure is excited externally then light particles from peaks of shells and sub-shells are released giving rise to the spectra of atoms. We find the orbital electrons and space matter particles in atomic structure have different specific roles to play in exhibiting different atomic phenomena. If the space matter particles in the atomic structure are unknowingly ignored then we are left with the orbital electrons only where the justification of atomic spectra becomes a problem. The orbital electrons in the existing atomic model being the only constituent of the extra-nuclear structure was theoretically empowered by domain specific hypotheses to explain the spectra of atoms. Thus, the electronic structure unknowingly played the additional representation of the less known fine structure composed of micro-micro domain space matter particles (light particles) in the atomic model. No doubt, this is a big intelligent approach to understand the spectra of atoms from the incomplete atomic model. However, it conflicts with reality-based commonsense knowledge. Even the cause to effect analogy which is the primary basis of understanding the events of nature was not considered valid in the atomic domain. The un-natural introduced in formulating the atomic model proliferated in micro domain physics claiming a different stand, thus making disagreement with macro domain physics, Vedic science and Spiritual science. The unrealistic assumptions made in micro domain physics need to be reviewed properly for realizing the existing harmony among different sciences.</p>
<p>Electron has mass and charge therefore; it has existence and placement in atomic structure. The electrons in atomic structure remain in a bound state; therefore, have their charge interaction within the atomic system. When the electron is freed from an atom, we notice the charge activity of free electrons. The light particles (photons) are now found to have mass in photonic mass units [3] and have charge in photonic charge units [2], [9]. Hence, rightfully, light particles have placement in atomic structure. But, the mass of light particles in atomic mass units being zero, modern science fails to identify the matter value of light particles. Hence, scientists record only the existence of electrons in the extra-nuclear structure of atoms and develop different hypothetical atomic models. But in reality, the micro-micro domain particles are housed in the extra-nuclear space structure as space matter particles and they form shell features in the extra-nuclear space structure which has a definite role to play. The orbital electrons also have their specific role in atomic structure. When the atom is externally excited sufficiently, some of the electrons are knocked out from their stable orbit and appear as free electrons. Likewise, the light particles are also released from the structure of atoms and the same appear as free light particles in different photonic charge states with different energy levels. This reality cannot be described in the straightforward manner from the present atomic model since the light particles (photons) are non-existent in the atomic model. Hence the release of photons from atomic structure is attempted to justify some kind of hypothetical activity of electrons as nothing else exists in the extra-nuclear structure in the atomic model. The cause of release of photons from atomic structure is attributed to the orbital electrons where it is presumed that electrons create photons while jumping to orbits of lower energy states and absorbs photons while jumping to orbit of higher energy states. We never see a planet jumping from one orbit to the other in releasing or absorbing energy. Further, the mechanism of creation and annihilation of photons is a much more complex phenomenon than its natural release from its existence in the structure of atoms. The process of release of existing photons from atomic structure is straightforward, rational and realistic; however, there is a little thrill in such a description. Any story becomes more interesting when it associates some strange phenomena. Magic is more thrilling than observing natural happenings. Nature is otherwise simple but the simple interaction of mass and space in a complex mass-space structure becomes complex. However, any complex phenomenon is a mere integration of different simple phenomena of nature. The complex form-based objective reality can be explored to understand the basic formless supreme reality of nature compatible with the significance of <b>Brahma </b>described in Vedas and also told by Lord Krishna as described in Bhagavat Geeta. Thus, any physical event of nature can be justified by following the reality of nature without introducing any unrealistic assumption. The unrealistic assumptions are needed only for the partially understood reality. Mass is the carrier of charge and energy. Measurement of mass of particles in finer domains has limitations. One can be sure of the mass of a particle if the particle has the mass above the lower limit of the mass measuring instrument. If the mass of a photon falls below the lower limit of mass evaluation, then one is likely to consider it to be massless. If the mass evaluation instrument fails to record the mass of a photon one cannot be sure whether the photon carries mass or not. It is not proper to declare the mass of a photon to be zero particularly when we cannot evaluate the mass of micro particles.</p>
<p>For understanding any event of nature, we require both qualitative and quantitative aspects of the event. In macro-domain the qualitative aspect of understanding the event is distinct from observation, hence only the quantitative analysis becomes the subject of science. But understanding events in an unseen domain requires conceptualizing the model of the event for qualitative understanding which is later subjected to quantitative analysis to justify the model. The easiest way to conceptualize the model of unseen objects and events is by assuming similarity of structure and features of systems in observable domain assuming uniformity of nature. However, care must be taken to implant all details of the macro structure and features in modelling systems in unseen micro domains so that the assumptions become realistic. The uniformity of nature is a primary concern in the Vedic philosophy where the similarity between microcosm and macrocosm is given utmost importance. The model made following the uniformity of nature remains close to reality of nature and the model is expected to satisfy the quantitative analysis.&nbsp; If all structural and functional features of the macro system are not reflected in the model then the model remains incomplete. The incomplete model cannot satisfy the expected result of a complete model. For example, consider a macro system with two structural components A and B. Now while modelling a similar system in an unseen micro domain if one considers the similarity of the ‘A’ component only of the macro system for the micro system then the model would be incomplete since he has ignored the ‘B’ component. The real structure of micro particles exhibits the functional properties of both ‘A’ and ‘B’ for external interaction. The defective model would justify only the functional properties of ‘A’ and fail to justify the functional property of ‘B’. The right approach in such a situation is to improve the incomplete model by incorporating the component ‘B’ in the model. On the contrary, one can as well assume the incomplete model is complete in structure and feature, then he attempts to justify the external interaction property of the system from his model.&nbsp; This is a difficult task since the external interaction property of A &amp; B is required to obtain from A alone. Thus, A has to be empowered by many unnatural hypotheses to provide justification for the functional properties of A and B. In other words, A has to additionally proxy B since B is not present in the model. In the process A assumes a different reality as A’. The structure and feature A’ being unreal requires many more hypotheses to justify the reality. In this model making race he who is capable of producing quantitative results from his imaginary model, shadowing the reality, becomes successful in giving recognition to the defective model as reality.</p>
<p>The present science made several assumptions to explain the external interaction property of the atomic system, <b>no matter</b>&#8211; if the assumptions are realistic or not; whether nature remains invariant or plays diplomacy in different domains; if it honours or does not honour the commonsense knowledge; whether it violates the vital cause-to-effect analogy or not. One may wonder how the model ignoring many realities still justifies the external interaction property of atoms! The atomic model was developed by backward integration from the spectral result (atomic property) which required many unrealistic hypotheses to supplement the model which violated the uniformity of nature in different domains. However, it is absolutely necessary to perfect our understanding of the solar system before attempting to make the solar atomic model. It is for this reason the author has made a serious study on the solar system before attempting to make the atomic model.</p>
<h4><b>Conclusion</b></h4>
<p>The paper presents a reality-based unified understanding of nature by considering mass and space as the only fundamental constituents of the universe, with mass–space interaction as the supreme and unchanging reality. Charge, energy, force, and time emerge as state-property of matter (mass–space integral system) across different domains. The apparent mismatch between micro and macro-domain physics arises from unrealistic modelling of atomic structure. The reality-based planetary atomic model could have considered micro-micro domain space matter particles in the extra nuclear space structure of atom for understanding the spectra of atom. The mathematical physics though successful but introduces physically unrealistic assumptions that break commonsense and causal continuity. Recognizing the structural and functional similarity of centrally organized systems across domains restores cause-to-effect reasoning, removes artificial dualities, and enables a common conceptual language applicable to all sciences. Even though it’s difficult to change long-accepted scientific beliefs, we <i>can</i> build a single, consistent framework that connects modern science with Vedic and spiritual perspectives if we start from more realistic basic assumptions, apply boundary conditions, and accept that matter may exist in even finer “micro-micro” domain.&nbsp; The reality-based science can match the deep underlying <b>unity and consistency</b> of nature.</p>
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							<p>The earth is found to be the only life bearing planet within the solar system. The cause of not having life on other planets of the Sun may be attributed to the unsuitable physical and chemical conditions for sustaining life. By now, we have come to know the planetary systems of a few sun type single stars. Astrophysicists also suggest that when a star is born, it is nearly always accompanied by a planetary system. There are stars similar to our Sun in the milky way galaxy and a vast number of galaxies in the visible universe. This shows the large probability of planets similar to Earth in the universe, hence life might exist in some of these planets. The nearest star to Earth, other than the Sun, is Proxima Centauri, situated about 4.24 light-years away. It is now impossible to physically examine the presence of life in planets of other stars of the universe. However, we have scope to extrapolate our experience skilfully to other parts of the universe with the knowledge of physics and chemistry to anticipate the existence of life beyond Earth. The radio waves are the only possible media of linkage with civilizations of other planets. In this regard the equation of Frank Drake speculates the number of civilizations we might communicate with. The equation makes use of many probability factors with rough approximation. While many of these factors have some scientific basis, the factor representing the fraction of life bearing planets out of life sustaining condition in planets varies from extremely rare (~ 0.000001) to very common (~ 1). In the absence of adequate knowledge on the evolution of life, the value of the probability factor could not be focused properly. The probability factor can further be more refined by making use of the traditional knowledge on evolution of life on earth [<b>4</b>].</p><p>Our scientific curiosity helps us comprehend possibilities of life afar Earth. Our technological advancement in the forms of <b>radio telescopes, </b>radio astronomy<b>, space probes, </b>deep-space missions<b> and spectroscopy</b> enables us to be in a position in order to detect possible signals, bio-signatures, or habitable planets. Now-a-days, the AI (artificial intelligence) tools improve our search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. Our logical progress helps us understand the origin and spread of life in the universe. This broadens our perspective about humanity’s place in the universe. We are eagerly waiting for the cultural or scientific exchange if intelligent life exists outside our planet [<b>5</b>]. But, we should think many times prior to deal with the aliens and exchange our scientific knowledge. Finding aliens in future may not be a big achievement, but cultural or scientific exchange with that intelligent life may be the worst experience ever met by the humans on Earth.</p><h4><b>Discussion</b></h4><p>The search for aliens afar our abode is no doubt inspiring. No signature of life beyond our planet has been detected yet. Detecting the life outside our planet, solar system, or beyond our solar system will prove the prominence of our scientific research. The discovery will fill out hearts with contentment and gladness. But, such discovery carries risks. The risk may be technological, political, psychological, financial, ethical and existential. It is because we do not know the integrity of those foreign civilizations. We are least concerned about the nature and temperament of the foreign creatures. They may raise any treat at any time against human civilization on Earth.</p><p><b>(a) Vast Universe</b>: The universe is too vast to believe. Light travels about 3 lakh kilometres per second. The sunray takes 8 minutes 19 seconds to reach our planet. It takes about <b>17 hours </b>to reach the heliopause (<b>edge of the Sun’s influence against interstellar space</b>) and 1.5 years to reach the outer boundary of <b>Oort Cloud (gravitational boundary of the solar system). </b>This is the farthest limit often considered the “last boundary” of the solar system. The hugeness of our solar system is evident from this information. When we consider our solar system, we take one star (our Sun) into account. Universe has at least 7×1022 stars. Light from one star takes years to reach its nearest star. It is not easy for a civilization to search another civilization in such a vast universe. Thus, if at all the aliens exist anywhere, they are not aware of our civilization in the vast universe. They are ignorant of the location we are found at. If we contact them and show the address of our planet to them, they may not be in a mood to accept our civilization. Therefore, revealing Earth’s location may expose us to danger.</p>						</div>
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							<p><b>(b) Disappointment</b> and <b>Uncertainty</b><b>:</b> Although space research, space missions and radio astronomy require vast resources, no confirmed discovery is guaranteed despite decades of search. Despite decades of effort, no confirmed signal of alien life has been found. Sometimes mysterious signals have been detected, but later they could not be confirmed. Even today we hope for alien life, but we are unable to confirm the shape and size of the aliens. The universe might mostly harbour only microbial or primitive life. Our spaceship and instruments can study a tiny fraction of the vast cosmos. We are not in a position to scan the whole universe. So, we miss almost all signals. All these considerations often leave our research scientists and the public feeling disheartened.</p><p><b>(c) Potential Risks:</b> The search for aliens outside our planet and afar our solar system is always inspiring. But, the alien search carries risks. The risks may be technological, political, psychological, and existential. Well, we are happy that we detect aliens one day. But, we cannot predict their integrity and intentions. We cannot say that they will be friendly. We cannot expect them not to be indifferent and hostile. The unknown species are always uncertain and unpredictable. There is a possibility that the aliens will be advanced as compared to our technology.  Contacting an advanced civilization of aliens could endanger humanity. Great philosopher scientist Stephen Hawking has warned in this context that such an encounter might resemble the arrival of Europeans in the Americas, which proved disastrous for the indigenous peoples. He emphasized that if aliens are vastly more advanced than us, they may treat humanity with indifference—or even exploit us—as we treat less intelligent species on Earth. Therefore, balancing curiosity with caution is essential instead of overwhelming.</p><p><b>(d) Unpredicted Consequences</b>: Two ‘<b>Voyager’ spacecrafts </b>launched in <b>1977</b> carry <b>messages for extra-terrestrial civilizations</b>. Each Voyager has on board the <b>Golden Record</b>, a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk containing sounds, images, music, and greetings in 55 human languages. The record is intended as a time capsule and a message to any advanced civilization that might one day find the spacecraft. No civilization has received the signals yet. The information we sent in 1977 may reach alien civilizations thousands of years later. We and our future generations have to wait for the delivery of the signal. The consequences are unpredictable. Our language, our code and our voice may be annoying for them. They may treat our signal hostile and take revenge. Therefore, we must be alert for these types of unpredicted consequences.</p><p><b>(e) Opinion of </b><b><i>Bhagavad Gita:</i></b> The <b><i>Bhagavad Gita</i></b> does not directly mention aliens or extra-terrestrial life. It is because the Gita was composed in a time when the concept of searching for life on other planets was not in human thought. The <i>Bhagavad Gita</i> describes the existence of numerous planets and diverse life forms, implying a universal population beyond Earth, and does not contain any direct reference to &#8220;aliens&#8221; as we understand the term today. However, its philosophy can still be interpreted in the context of the search for aliens in modern science. </p><p>Several verses of the <i>Bhagavad Gita</i> illustrate that all living beings are eternal spiritual fragments of God and that the soul’s journey involves moving across different planetary systems — the system may be heavenly or hellish. Verse 9.20 states that those who worship God but desire material pleasures reach the heavenly planets, while 7.23 explains that worshippers of demigods attain the planets of those respective deities. Vast material universe has countless galaxies, each filled with numerous planets. The planets are inhabited by diverse living entities. Some living entities possess greater intelligence and opulence than those found on Earth.</p><p>In the context of uncontrollable curiosity of researchers for meeting aliens, the shloka 6.16-17 (Yoga of Self-Discipline) may be referred to. Shri Krishna tells Arjuna: <i>“There is no possibility of becoming a yogi if one eats too much or too little, or sleeps excessively or insufficiently.”</i> This teaching of avoiding extremes can be applied to curiosity. This encourages a balanced pursuit of knowledge that sustains intellectual growth. The <i>Bhagavad Gita</i> highlights curiosity as an essential tool for learning and spiritual growth. At the same time, it stresses the need for caution, warning that an unchecked mind can easily drift away from wisdom. Krishna warns about balance and moderation. Applied to alien search, it suggests that human curiosity should be guided by caution and self-control, not reckless ambition. In <b><i>Karma Yoga 5.18</i></b>, Krishna says a wise person sees with equal vision a scholar, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and an outcaste. Extending this principle, if intelligent aliens exist, they too should be respected as part of the divine creation, not exploited or feared without reason. Therefore, balancing curiosity with caution is essential [<b>6</b>]. So, the <i>Bhagavad Gita</i> with rules and regulations does not prohibit or discourage exploring other life forms, but it reminds our researchers to:</p><ul><li aria-level="1">Recognize the vastness of creation.</li><li aria-level="1">Pursue knowledge with caution and balance.</li><li aria-level="1">Treat all beings as divine manifestations.</li><li aria-level="1">Remember that the highest truth lies in self-realization, not just external discovery.</li></ul><h4><b>Conclusion</b></h4><p>The search for extra-terrestrial life seems to be a noble quest for knowledge, but the darker implications of the search should not be overlooked. We attempt to reach out into a kingdom whose intentions remain unpredictable. May be, we are exposing ourselves to powers far beyond our comprehension. History warns that the encounters between unequal civilizations on Earth often led to destruction. Confrontation with an advanced alien civilization could bring devastating consequences for humankind. Enormous expenditure and attention on alien detection could divert attention from urgent challenges like climate change, poverty, and global conflict on our planet.</p><p>There are psychological and social impacts as well. Discovery of aliens could create panic, fear, or religious and cultural conflicts. Even a false signal in the name of outer civilizations could cause widespread excitement followed by disappointment. Governments may hide information, leading to secrecy and mistrust. The discovery of intelligent life might deeply unsettle social, religious, and philosophical foundations, creating divisions and fear. We may seek knowledge but should not invite danger, destabilization, or disappointment. Curiosity is an essential driver of science, but it must be tempered with humility, and foresight. We should remember that some doors, once opened, can never be closed. Once we deal with outer civilizations, we may not be in a position to delink with them if needed in future. Eagerness to make contact with unknown civilizations carries significant risks. Therefore, balancing curiosity with caution is essential. </p><h4><b>References</b></h4><ol><li aria-level="1"><b>Jeffrey Kluger and Chris Wilson</b>, Time Science, October 6, 2020.</li><li aria-level="1"><b>Adam Mann</b>, “Hunting for microbial life throughout the solar system”, PNAS, November 6, 2018, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816535115">https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816535115</a>.</li><li aria-level="1"><b>Europa Clipper Team</b>, “Europa: A World of Ice, With Potential for Life”, NASA Science, June 8, 2021.</li><li aria-level="1"><b>Bishnu Charanarabinda Mohanty</b>, “Life Elsewhere in the Universe”, Vol.3, No.3, Towards Unification of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy of Nature, 2025.</li><li aria-level="1"><b>Leonard David</b>, “Will we ever be able to communicate with aliens?”, SPACE.com, January 17, 2024.</li><li aria-level="1"><b>Bhagavad Gita</b>, Commentary by Swami Mukundananda, <a href="http://swamimukundananda.org/">http://swamimukundananda.org/</a>.</li></ol>						</div>
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<p>Following Einstein’s vision of Unified Field Theory (UFT) in the last issue of this journal, this paper is a brief narrative of the efforts towards achieving a consistent UFT during the post Einstein era extending till today. After Einstein, a limited effort has gone in towards UFT based on classical methods. Major efforts have been made in the direction of developing Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) and Theory of Everything (TOEs), the last one trying to combine general relativity and quantum mechanics. In spite of lots of efforts, the theoretical physicists are yet to approve a consistent TOE, which is the modern equivalent of UFT.</p>
<p><b>Keywords:</b> <i>Unified Field Theory, Post Einstein era, Grand Unified Theory, Theory of Everything.</i></p>
<h4><b>Introduction</b></h4>
<p>Seventy years have passed by after the legendary world-famous scientist Albert Einstein left for his heavenly abode in 1955. By this time, volumes of knowledge have entered into the ocean of theoretical physics which was his domain of research, with scores of people researching in the area of unified field theory (UFT), one of his dream subjects which was already well-founded by him as discussed in the last issue of this journal [Paramguru 2025]. This research have also been widely covered in a number of research papers [Beichler 2015, de la Cuesta and Grok 2025, Cao et al 2015, Ellis 1996, Ho 1995-1 and -2, Moffat 1979, Pati and Salam 1974, Bergmann, 1979, Popli 2003, Tiwary 2011] and books [Hlavaty 1957, Felker 2005, van Dongen 2010, Eckardt 2022]; besides one noteworthy historical coverage in <i>Living Reviews in Relativity</i> by the German theoretical physicist Hubert Goenner [2014] and two books by the French counterpart Marie-Antoinette Tonnelat [1966 and 2014]. Goenner has rightly summed-up through the statement that ‘(T)the idea of unifying all fundamental physical interactions in one common representation is as alive today as it was in Einstein’s times’ [2014, 195]. This research position with such a vast literature base calls for a review which is being aimed here.</p>
<p>After Einstein’s ground-breaking special relativity theory in 1905, general relativity theory in 1915 and his utterances about UFT during 1920s, many theoretical physicists and mathematicians enthusiastically jumped into research to unify the then-known fundamental physical interactions. Tonnelat’s book [1966] and Goenner’s review [2014] purposefully describe the state of research on UFT till mid-1960s. Interestingly, Goenner states that ‘(I)in total, about 150-170 scientists did take part in research in UFT between 1930 and 1965’ [183], and as regards the knowledge production in UFT during this period is concerned, ‘a yearly average of 18 papers’ (630 papers during 35 years) have been reported [183]. This period is supposedly the most productive period of research on UFT. From mid-1960s started the modern era of UFT with advent of quantum field theory, electroweak interaction, Higgs mechanism, spontaneous symmetry breaking, and many more, which make the UFT research still attractive. The present review will make an honest attempt to briefly discuss the UFT research subsequent to mid-1960s in lines of UFT in classical direction, UFT and quantum theory, Grand Unified Theories (GUTs), and Theory of Everything (TOE).&nbsp;</p>
<h4>&nbsp;<b>UFT in classical path</b></h4>
<p>Practically speaking, the classical path of UFT, for all purpose, has ended with the demise of its creator Albert Einstein without producing a concrete result. In the original words of his former assistant P. G. Bergmann ‘Einstein spent the last five years of his life investigating this theory (the ‘asymmetric’ theory) without arriving at clear-cut answers’ [Goenner 2014, 195]. Of course, by that time, Einstein was already isolated from the main stream physicists, and Goenner himself has stated, referring to his last years at Princeton, USA, that ‘(N)nevertheless, while highly respected, Einstein and his theories lived there in splendid scientific isolation’ [2014, 178]. Even then, Einstein had his followings and many researchers kept working on his theories during the subsequent years; one quite often finds a title ‘The Einstein unified field theory completed’ [Beichler 2015]. Also, each of Goenner and Bergmann, had similar opinion in their statements; the former: ‘(I)in the 1970s and 1980s, many papers on exact solutions of the Einstein-Schrodinger theories and alternatives were published by Indian scientists‘ [Goenner 2014, 181]; the later: ‘—the theories concerning the unavoidability of singularities in the standard theory were all discovered long after Einstein’s death –‘ [Bergmann 1979, 15]. This section is scheduled to present some of these stories.</p>
<p>Though Goenner has termed ‘Indian scientists’ as mentioned above, he has actually done so in a context of geographical expansion of research on UFT with researchers involved from ‘all continents’ spreading over ‘more than twenty different countries’ including England, France, Italy, Australia, Japan, India and others [2014, 181]. American physicist James E Beichler (1931-2025), interested in physics of consciousness, has given a comprehensive overview of unified field theory from beginning till now [2015]. He has given a total pictorial view ’unification tree’ [101]; also details about ‘the evolution of classical unified field theories’ separately [20 and 36]. A couple of contributions, one from the Danish-Canadian physicist John William Moffat [1979 and 1995] and another from the Vietnam born Australian physicist Vu B Ho [1995-1 and -2] are mentioned here. In the first one, the author proposes ‘a new theory of gravity’ ‘in which the geometry of space-time is determined by a nonsymmetric field structure’ [Moffat 1979]. One of the claims of the author is ‘the theory agrees with all the classical (weak gravitational field) tests of Einstein’s general relativity’ [3554]. Later on, the author presented ‘a new version of nonsymmetrical gravitational theory – which has physically consistent perturbative expansion for weak fields, and does not have singularities and black holes’ [1995]. In the other one, the author Ho provided ‘a geometric formulation of strong interaction which is assumed to be described by the Yukawa potential’ [1995-1]. He has also shown that ‘by defining a suitable energy momentum tensor, the field equations of general relativity admit a line element of Yukawa potential as an exact solution [1995-2]. Beichler has duly referred these contributions [20]. There are some other researches which have associated Einstein’s name such as ‘Einstein-Cartan-Evans unified field theory’ [Felker 2005 and Eckardt 2022] which, in fact, fall under the purview of other sections, and hence, will be discussed there.</p>
<p>As regards the contribution of Indian scientists to UFT, Goenner [2014] has covered well about publications during 1950s and early 1960s by Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974) of ‘Bose-Einstein statistics’ and ‘Boson’ fame, Ratan Shanker Mishra (1918-1999), worked and published with V. Hlavaty at Indiana University on UFT, Gaganbihari Bandyopadhyay and others. Their contributions were significant, and they also continued to research and publish afterwards till they were active. Further, in case of stalwarts like Bose and Mishra, even after their demise, their students and followers highlighted their research through memoirs or similar volumes. For example, in these two categories one can list the followings: Books published by Mishra are – <i>Structures in a Differentiable Manifold </i>in 1978, <i>Structures on a Differentiable Manifold and Their Applications </i>in 1984, <i>Almost Contact Metric Manifolds </i>and <i>Hyper-surfaces of Almost Hermitian Manifolds </i>both in 1994; memoirs such as: <i>Padmashri Prof. Dr. R. S. Mishra </i>in 2018, <i>S N Bose: The Man and His Work – Part I: Collected Scientific Papers </i>in 1994, and ‘S. N. Bose (1894-1974) and the Bose quantum statistics a centennial tribute’ by Lokenath Debnath in <i>International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences </i>16 (4) 1993: 625-644. All these volumes have certainly enriched the subject area covered by them. Besides, these scholars and their work have motivated other Indian workers to research and write in these fields. Just two examples are cited in this direction: one, Indian nuclear physicist Rakesh Popli (1952-2007) has come up with a book <i>A Stroll Through Space-Time: A Leisurely discourse on Einstein’s Relativity Theory </i>[2003], where he has described all the details about Einstein’s theory for, not scientific discourse, but public consumption and fittingly ended with the famous Princeton anecdote ‘Yes, I will recognize you’; two, Dhananjay Tiwari, an associate professor in Maths education, comes up with ‘fundamental particles, their classifications on the basis of Bose &#8211; Einstein statistics, Fermi – Dirac statistics and quark theory along with four types of existing fundamental forces’ to finally explain how they reflect in unified field theory [211, 16]. Another case may be mentioned – that of the American Indian Jagdish Mehra (1931-2008), prominent historian of modern physics and the author of <i>The Historical Development of Quantum Theory</i> in six volumes during 1982 to 2000, though has not worked directly on UFT, Einstein was his childhood idol and he has penned down important books: <i>Einstein, Hilbert, and The Theory of Gravitation: Historical Origins of General Relativity Theory</i> in 1974 and <i>Einstein, Physics And Reality</i> in 1999, the former has found place in the references of Beichler [2015, 2].&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>UFT and quantum theory</b></h4>
<p>The first issue in a discussion connecting quantum theory with UFT would be the stand of Einstein on this issue, rather than the issue itself. Goenner, in his discourse, first of all, brings out a section on ‘UFT and quantum theory’, that too just before the section on ‘A glimpse of today’s status of unification’; further, most importantly, mentions in the first line ‘Einstein’s position with regard to quantum mechanics, particularly his resistance to the statistical interpretation of it is well known’ [2014, 191]. Though ‘Einstein’, along with ‘Planck’, originally founded the quantum theory and others namely, ‘Bohr, Born, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Hilbert, Dirac, Compton, Pauli and de Broglie’ continued to develop it further; even he attempted few times to include this theory in his effort of developing UFT; yet, he was never in favour of this theory be part of UFT [Felker 2005, 56, note 14]. Probably, he was looking for a day when quantum mechanics will develop into a complete deterministic theory, instead of an incomplete probabilistic one; he would accept it whole-heartedly, because he was well aware of this theory’s relevance to UFT.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Now, let us come to its relevance to UFT. Felker reports that ‘Among the things which up until now relativity has not been able to describe while quantum mechanics has, are the quantum packets of energy, the particle-wave duality of existence, and the angular momentum (spin) of particles’ [2005, 56]. Basically, quantum mechanics describes the basic particles such as photons, electrons etc which are also parts to be unified into UFT along with the fundamental forces. As regards the particles present in the complicated structure of all matter we see, Indian physicist Professor Niranjan Barik provides a clear picture in his article published in the last issue of this journal [2025]. Primarily ‘two kinds of fundamental particles’ called ‘fermions and bosons’ constitute all matter; ‘quarks and electrons belong to this class of fermions which provide the material content’, and the bosons include another class of ‘force-carrying particles called gauge bosons’ ‘which provide all types of bindings to these material contents necessary for various structure formations’ [132]. Further, he goes ahead – ‘(B)besides these fundamental fermions and bosons, science has discovered a zoo of subatomic particles and their mirror world of antiparticles revealing a far greater structure – these subatomic particles display contradictory dual behaviour as waves and particles – the location of such a particle is only probabilistic –. These quantum particles do not have any definite property of their own including any definite location or motion at any instant of time before observation – these constituent parts are in a constant state of flux and the propeller of this flux is energy – they are nothing but discrete packets of energy’ [132]. Then he brings in the abstract notion of field ‘where the matter fields of fermions and the force fields of bosons seem to be more primary than matter itself, since these fields behave as the breeding ground for the so-called elementary particles’ [133]. Very soon, Prof. Barik nears his conclusion – ‘Thus, science seems to have found the most crucial elements of existence in quantum vacuum by comprehending this intrinsic fundamental reality of our cosmos in support of the concept of the ‘one source’ – the nothingness or sunyata of Buddhism or the ‘Brahman’ of the Vedantic tradition [134]. He is not the only physicist to have this view.</p>
<p>Where does quantum mechanics stand today? According to Felker [2005], quantum mechanics is the foundation incorporating into it ‘quantum electrodynamics which includes electromagnetic phenomena and quantum chromo-dynamics which adds the quark color theory’ [56]. Utilizing Planck’s parameters, it has developed full-fledged ‘mathematical ability to make most precise predictions of the results of experiments concerning the mutual interaction between particles,’ and even polarization of the ‘vacuum’ [57]. Starting from the development of particle physics from its foundations till the discovery of Higgs boson, bringing in phenomena like scattering matrix or S-matrix and spontaneous symmetry breaking, quantum field theory and Standard Model have arrived to take care of present-day complexities [Mulders 2008 and Schwartz 2014]. In this context, Goenner’s statement – ‘—already at the time suggestions for a ‘unitary’ field theory in the framework of quantum (field) theory were made’ [2014, 192]; and Beichler’s mention – ‘During the 1970s the tables started to turn and quantum theorists became interested in unifying physics’ [2015, 1] bears a lot of significance. Specifically, Beichler stresses on two points regarding the quantum theorists’ claim that ‘quantum theory was more fundamental than relativity’ and ‘the quantum and relativity are mutually incompatible’; then, he says, that is the reason why they are set to replace relativity completely by quantum once and for all [1].&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Grand Unified Theory (GUT)</b></h4>
<p>The period beyond mid-1960s can be counted as the period of modern UFT. In 1963, American theoretical physicist Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932- ), for the first time, proposed that the weak nuclear force, electricity and magnetism could arise from a partially unified electroweak theory. Within four years, in 1967, Pakisthani theoretical physicist Abdus Salam (1926-1996) and American theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg (1933-2021), ‘working independently’, revised Glashow’s theory to hypothetically unify ‘the weak and electrical forces into a single entity ‘the electroweak force’’ [Tiwary 2011, 19]. This model (unified theory) ‘given by Glashow, Salam and Weinberg is commonly known as ‘Standard Model’’, and ‘according to this model, all the leptons and quarks are also mass-less and below the symmetry breaking scale they have their masses. – The standard model predicts the existence of new particles like w+ w+, w- w-, z and Higgs bosons’ [19]. This theory got the first experimental support when discovery of weak neutral currents was made in 1973, then in 1983, Italian particle physicist Carlo Rubbia (1934- ) came up with the discovery of w and z bosons at CERN by using the reactor erected based on stochastic cooling by Dutch physical engineer Simon van der Meer (1925-2011). All these five people received Nobel Prize for their discoveries, the first three, Glashow, Salam and Weinberg in 1979, and the later two, Rubbia and Meer in 1984. Later in 2012, two theoretical physicists Francois Englert (1932- ) from Belgium and Peter Higgs (1929-2024) from Great Britain discovered Higgs boson in the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider; and both of them received Nobel prize in 2013. Further, Dutch theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate (1999) Gerardus’t Hooft (1946- ) showed that this theory is mathematically consistent; thus, this theory was thoroughly established.</p>
<p>In the meanwhile, in 1974, Glashow with American theoretical physicist Howard Mason Georgi III (1947- ) brought out what is called Georgi-Glashow model, the first Grand Unified Theory (GUT). According to Goenner, at first, GUTs were ‘unifying only the electromagnetic, weak, and strong interactions’ that is ‘with gauge group SU(5)’ [2014, 195]. They would have observable effects for energies much above100 GeV. Subsequently, many proposals for GUT have emerged; one of them is Pati-Salem Model. (Jogesh) Pati (1937- ), an Indian-American theoretical physicist, has contributed in collaboration with Pakisthani Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam to formulate a GUT proposal called Pati-Salam model. John Ellis, from the Theoretical Physics Division of CERN, reports – ‘Even before the discovery of neutral currents, the restless spirit of Abdus Salam have led him and Jogesh Pati to propose the idea of grand unification of the strong and electroweak interactions &#8211;. They are the first to propose, in a motivated way, that quarks and leptons should be treated together in a common theory’ [1996, 3]. The specialty of Pati-Salem model is its suggestions such as the symmetry of SU(4)-color, left-right symmetry, and the associated existence of right handed neutrinos. They provide some of the crucial ingredients for understanding the observed masses of the neutrinos and their oscillations. After discoveries of gauge coupling unification and neutrino-oscillation, Pati himself says – ‘(I)in this context, it is remarked that with neutrino masses and coupling unification revealed, the discovery of proton decay, that remains as the missing link, should not be far behind’ [1998, 1]. Alas, after so many years, proton decay still remains eluded.</p>
<p>Another GUT, the authors call it Grand Unified Field Theory, GUFT, that is Einstein-Cartan-Evans (ECE) Unified Field Theory will be briefly discussed here. This theory has been developed by the Welsh chemist and physicist Myron Wyn Evans (1950-2019), and being with him for almost 30 years and moving the theory ahead after him is the noted physicist and computer engineer of Germany Horst Eckardt (1954- ). Laurence George Felker (1946&#8211;) in his book <i>The Evans Equations of Unified Field Theory</i> [2005] tells us – ‘The combination of general relativity and quantum theory into one unified theory was Einstein’s goal for the last 30 years of his life. &#8212;. This has been achieved by Professor Myron Wyn Evans using Einstein’s general relativity as the foundation, Cartan’s differential geometry to define the space-time, and his own wave equation to describe both relativity and quantum mechanics’ [4]. Then follow a series of claims such as – ‘Evans does not reject quantum theory, he shows that it emerges from general relativity and with a few paradigm changes, unification occurs’ [57] – ‘The Evans principle of least curvature indicates that there is a calculable minimum volume for every particle’ [67] – ‘This is a wonderful example of how general relativity and quantum electrodynamics can work together’ with the mathematical methods coming ‘from quantum theory and the minimum volume is defined in general relativity’ [67] – ‘The term Grand Unified Field Theory (GUFT) describes the combined theories &#8211; The Evans equations are equations of GUFT’ [68] – ‘Quantum gravity is any of a variety of research areas that have attempted to combine gravitational and quantum phenomena’ [68] – ‘The Evans equations show that the 3-dimensional quantum descriptions emanate from Einstein’s general relativity’ [69] – ‘Only four dimensions are needed’ [69] – ‘The Evans Wave Equation mathematically combine the two theories rigorously’ [69] – ‘The Evans equations indicate that R = -kT applies to all radiated and matter fields, not just gravitation. This was Einstein’s unfinished goal’ [126] – ‘The development of the Evans Wave Equation in Chapter 7 unites general relativity and quantum theory, completing unification’ [145] – ‘The Evans metric of spacetime has both curvature and torsion – gravitation and spin’ [154] – ‘Einstein shows the gravitational field is space-time curving. Evans shows the electromagnetic field is space-time spinning’ [155] – ‘The Evans Wave Equation of unified field theory: (equation 2). It is the link between general relativity and quantum mechanics and is the unification equation’ [157], and finally &#8211; ‘The Evans equations complete Einstein’s unification goal’ [266]. Apparently, Felker’s claims have not yet been accepted by mainstream physics community.</p>
<h4><b>Theory of everything</b></h4>
<p>Besides the major problems faced by GUTs such as, the experimental verification of predictions at extremely high temperatures, as well as, proton decay; even if GUTs become successful in these ventures, they still cannot include gravity. Therefore, there was an attempt by some physicists to unify the quantum mechanics, that describes the very small, with general relativity, which describes the very large, into one constituent theory named ‘Theory of Everything (TOE)’; which is, in the words of Goenner ‘as the modern equivalent to UFT’ [2014, 196]. The first candidate of this attempt was string theory which attempts to unify all gauge interactions with gravity following string phenomenology, that is, search for the standard model of elementary particles in super-symmetric string theory. The other candidates for TOE are superstring theory, M-Theory, Loop Quantum Gravity (LQG) brane-world scenarios, and many more. In fact, there are vast literatures; however, only two of them will be briefly discussed below.</p>
<p>The first one is a paper ‘Theory of Everything’ by Cao et al [2015], where the authors mention – ‘The Torque Grid is the fundamental unit of universe. It is driven from gravity forces as result of space-time-energy-force unification. &#8211;. UFT unifies four major forces by resonance conditions with help of an arbitrary 3D prime wave model in which the twist/stretch ratio is 137. The resonance condition (distortion equals original size) of the gravity force decides the size of universe and UFT concludes that the Grand universe is hierarchical’ [31]. The authors claim this UFT theory as Theory of Everything (TOE), the final theory of the Physics. In the second paper, the authors Javier Munoj de la Cuesta and Grok [2025] present an UFT ‘that integrates gravity, electroweak, and strong interactions, alongside cosmological phenomena into a single coherent framework’. They claim – through use of ‘layered structure of interacting fields and resonance mechanism’, the UFT ‘bridges General Relativity (GR) and Quantum Mechanics (QM), unifying all fundamental forces – at the Grand Unification Theory (GUT) scale.’ – ‘Through 200 trials involving mathematical analysis, 3D simulations, and real-data-validation’, they ‘refined the theory to achieve an error margin below 0.0001%’ [1]. They conclude that – by ‘addressing the incompatibilities between GR and QM and offering a novel mechanism for force unification, the UFT positions itself as a robust candidate for a Theory of Everything’ [17].</p>
<p>In spite of vast literature, claims and criticisms, theoretical physicists have not yet accepted a consistent TOE; besides the still unexplained elementary particle mass-spectrum, they cite combining the graviton with the strong and electroweak interactions, and incompatibility between GR and QM as major reasons. As regards the incompatibility between GR and QM is concerned, Beichler provides an interesting observation; he writes – ‘Relativity is first and foremost about form (structure) and the quantum is primarily all about function, which come together as one of the most fundamental dualities (known as non-commuting quantities in physics) in nature, but there is always a bit of each in other. However, these two ideas, form and function, are not necessarily incompatible since there is always a little of one in the other at a higher level of understanding’ [95]. Here, most interestingly, the author puts a picture of the ancient Chinese symbol called ‘<i>T</i>‘<i>ai-chi T’u’</i>, or ‘Diagram of the Supreme Ultimate’, meaning – GR and QM can combine the same way as<i> ‘yin and yang’,</i> the universal archetypal opposite poles of nature combine.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<h4><b>Conclusion</b></h4>
<p>At the outset of the conclusion, an honest submission may be made that in spite of availability of vast literature on the selected topic; only a very brief paper is presented using arbitrarily chosen limited literature. The reason for this approach is to put up the facts in a clear and concise manner; against the background that no concrete final result has yet emerged. There have been efforts after efforts to advance UFT following <i>Grand Unified Theory</i>, as well as, <i>Theory of Everything</i> path. Volumes of results are already generated, though the theoretical physicist fraternity is yet to approve one theory as consistent and accepted theory. Here, it is apt to conclude the way Beichler has concluded – ‘The unified field theory is now a done deal. If it is not taken seriously now, it will be in the future’ [2015, 100].&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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							<h4><b>Abstract</b></h4><p>Broadly speaking, philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom in understanding the fundamental questions concerning of knowledge, values, reality, existence with the purpose and meanings in all of them. It involves a systematic, critical and rational enquiry into the core ideas allowing individuals to examine their believes, to reflect on their experiences and to develop a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them. In such a perennial pursuit, the ancient seekers in India contributed to the world the Vedic wisdom which we call ‘Darshan’ instead of philosophy. There are six systems of this Vedic philosophy called ‘Shada Darshana’ such as Nyaya, Baisheshika, Mimansha, Shankhya, Yoga and Vedanta. Out of these six main school of thoughts it is the Yoga Darshana which is the unique one to practice for perfection in bring the mind body complex into a deep realisation of the fundamental truth, the Unit Source as the divinity within one’s own self. There is a wide verity of methods of techniques at one’s disposal according to individual propensities and stages in life. These Yogic doctrines are such as Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga/Kriya Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Kundalini Yoga etc. All these doctrines fall into the realm of Yoga Darshana a glimpse of which is provided in this article in view of the fact that this has captured the world attention by a UNESCO declaration to celebrate the International Yoga Day every year on June 21st. </p><p><b>Keywords:</b> <i>Ancient Indian philosophy, Vedic wisdom, School of thoughts, Yogic doctrines, Universal supreme consciousness, Cosmic intelligence, Ultimate liberation, Primacy of mind, All round wellness. </i></p><h4><b>Introduction</b></h4><p> The Sanskrit word &#8216;Yoga&#8217; is derived from its generic verb &#8216;Yuj&#8217; which means to link or to connect. The ancient Vedic text Bhagabat Geeta explains this as a process of connecting the individual consciousness to the Universal supreme consciousness. Vedic philosophy holds that there is definitely an all-pervading energy and consciousness with cosmic intelligence as an absolute potentiality which one may call &#8216;Brahman&#8217; or God. This is the supreme metaphysical unit source as the possessor and controller of the universal energy, which is un-manifested, undifferentiated potentiality for everything in this phenomenal world including the individual selves. The individual consciousness is a manifestation of this supreme spirit or soul inside the individual body. Shamkshya darsana envisages that on its manifestation in dual form, it is known as Purusha the universal consciousness and &#8216;Prakriti&#8217; the universal matter or energy. &#8216;Purusha&#8217; becomes bonded being embedded in &#8216;Prakritti&#8217; or the material body when it establishes contact with &#8216;Prakriti. In that sense; the individual soul or conscious being bonded in the material body, needs to be liberated for its realization in its full potentiality as the supreme soul. This can happen when the individual can establish a link with the supreme soul. The purpose of &#8216;Yoga&#8217; is to effect this link or to put it in another way to connect the individual being to its ultimate the supreme Brahman&#8217;. This is considered as the ultimate goal of human life. Hence Yoga&#8217; is a divine union not in the sense of merging and becoming one with the Supreme Being in some physical sense. This oneness is spiritual but not physical, which means that without losing the individuality one becomes united with the Supreme Being residing within one&#8217;s own self in a deep loving relationship with eternal bliss. This is called &#8216;Mokshya&#8217; or &#8216;Nirvana&#8217;, the ultimate liberation from the bondage of the phenomenal world.</p><p>In order to understand this so-called bondage and liberation; we may discuss here a holistic perception of the human system and its possible. Subtle evolution according to shamkshya as well as Vedantic traditions. In science, when we talk about human evolution, it refers to morpho-logical changes that occur in a natural process with absolutely no human control. However, it is believed to be possible within human capabilities to accelerate the evolution of certain human attributes like consciousness. This is achievable by adopting some internal technology offered by our ancient saints and seers through spiritual practices including meditative process, what we call &#8216;Yoga&#8217;.</p><h4><b>The Metaphysical Basis</b></h4><p> As human beings, we are made up of body, mind and soul. The physical body consists of flesh and blood of matter. Besides this gross material body (Sthula Sharira), it is believed that there is a subtle or Astral body (Shukshma Sharira) which is simply energy and vibrations that we identify with heart and mind. Finally, there is a third one called the casual body (Karana Sharira) at the center or the base of our existence which we identify with the individual soul or the Atman. The Sthula Sharira or the physical body does not evolve any more in this life after the homeostasis stage had been perfected in the natural evolutionary path lasting over billions of years since the sprouting of life in the past, culminating ultimately in the emergence of human beings on earth. The Karana Sharira or the causal body or soul is also unchanging. So, what really can evolve or transform is the Sukshma Sharira or the subtle body or the mind. In fact, the subtle body consists of four functional parts such as,</p>						</div>
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							<p>&nbsp;These four works together to make up what we know as mind. Here Chitta or Consciousness is like the canvas of a painter on which the interplay of the other three subtle body components is orchestrated daily. In other words, manasa, buddhi and ahamkara have their existence and action within the field of consciousness. Hence Consciousness does not evolve on its own. It evolves with the help of the other three. If thought evolves into feelings, intellect evolves into wisdom and ego transforms into loving selflessness then only consciousness becomes able to expand from its static narrowness to become dynamic and universal in nature. Such a transformation can be possible, if one can train, control and regulate one&#8217;s mind. In fact, our mind in general is always restless and disturbed like an ocean in a storm, pulled by wishes and desires, worries and anxieties, fears and apprehensions. It becomes restless and at times turbulent due to various urges and habits in many different directions being scattered in so many different channels. On the other hand, a balanced and regulated mind is well focused to promote wellbeing. The imbalance or restlessness of the mind in general is due to the fact that the three Gunas (innate tendencies or attributes) such as Sattva, Rajas and Tamas, according to Shamkshya, are present ordinarily in different inhomogeneous proportions in all beings. The fundamental nature and psychological disposition of beings is a consequence of the relative proportion of those three gunas. When &#8216;Tamas&#8217; overwhelms the other two, it leads to ignorance, delusion, lethargy, destructive behavior. When Rajas predominate, attachment, craving, passion-driven activity and restlessness manifests. But when sattva guna overwhelms the other two, it develops qualities of lucidity, wisdom, constructiveness, harmony and peace of mind. Thus, it is the overwhelming Sattva Guna, if it can be established by some means; which can elevate divinity with purity and perfection. It can make the self no longer confined to the painful limitation of &#8216;I&#8217; and &#8216;mine&#8217;. This is what is called liberation when one becomes aware of the true self-the &#8216;Brahman&#8217; or the &#8216;Purusha&#8217; and realizes Brahman everywhere and in everything. But ordinarily the mind gets scattered under the continuous changing proportions of the Gunas. This Guna theory of Shamkshya in fact underpins the philosophy of mind in Yoga Schools. Accordingly, Yoga Schools of various traditions prescribe various systematic techniques and practices through which one can control and regulate the mind. It is believed that through the systematic techniques of spiritual practices and meditation as well as through the discriminating discernment of correct knowledge and self-awareness, one&#8217;s mind can be made purer, simpler and lighter in sattvik influence. Then one&#8217;s individual consciousness or &#8216;Chitta&#8217; can naturally evolve so as to be able to dive deeper and deeper levels of one&#8217;s existence. This would open up more of one&#8217;s inner potential to become a seer, a divya drusta. This is the divine potential of human existence one can experience to realize the mahavakya &#8216;Aham Brahmasmi&#8217;. This is the ultimate goal of human life which can be attainable through proper Yogic method by persistence and practices.</p>
<p>Based on this metaphysical foundation Yoga can be defined in effect as the inhibition (nirodha) of the fluctuation or modification (vritti) of the mind (chitta) which is often stated as &#8220;<i>Yoga as Chitta-Vritti-Nirodha</i>&#8220;. Vivekananda says Yoga is restraining the mind stuff (chitta) from taking various forms (vritti). Thus, Yogic practices culminate in attaining a state of consciousness free from all modes of active discursive thought and eventually leading to attain a state where consciousness is unaware of any object external to itself and is only aware of its own nature as pure consciousness which is the self -Ultimate, the &#8216;Brahman&#8217;.</p>
<h4><b>Various Yoga Doctrines</b></h4>
<p>Throughout the centuries following the ancient Vedic era; there have been several Yoga doctrines and schools. Bhagabat Geeta literally meaning song of the divine Absolute, has been written around 3000 BC, as a conversation between Arjuna representing a common individual and Sri-Krishna, the God-incarnate representing the supreme being, which took place in the battle field of Mahabharat. Through Arjuna&#8217;s question and Sri Krishna&#8217;s Answer; the complete science of Yoga had been revealed in a systematic step-by-step way. It tells one which path of Yoga one should follow and how, depending on one&#8217;s own innate temperament and individual disposition. This may be considered as the earliest scripture on Yoga that emphasizes mostly three different paths (marga) called Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Jnana Yoga. Besides this the other important texts available for the medieval Yoga schools were &#8216;Yoga-Vasistha&#8217; written by Maharshi Valmiki and Yoga Yajnyabalka written by sage Yajnyabalka. However, it was sage Patanjali, who compiled the &#8216;Yoga-Sutra&#8217; sometimes between 500 BC to 400 BC; synthesizing and organizing all knowledge about Yoga from much older traditions. Yoga &#8211; Sutra is held as one of the foundational texts of classical Yoga philosophy and is a condensation of two different traditions namely Kriya Yoga and Astanga Yoga. This is also called &#8216;Raja Yoga&#8217;. Here we would describe mainly these four important Yogas such as (i) Karma Yoga (ii) Bhakti Yoga (iii) Jnana Yoga and (iv) Raja Yoga. There are also several other schools like Mantra Yoga, Trantra Yoga or Kundalini Yoga which would find some mention hereafter.</p>
<h5><b>(i) Karma Yoga:</b></h5>
<p>Karma Yoga is the path of action, performing one&#8217;s duty with mindfulness as selfless service to others without any expectation for the fruits of action. It is said in Bhagabat Geeta that</p>
<p><b><i>&#8220;Karmanyebadhikaraste&nbsp;</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Ma phalesu kada-chana&nbsp;</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Ma karma-phala-hetur-bhur</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Ma te-sango &#8216;styakarmani&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;</i></b></p>
<p><i>(Bhagabat Gita 2.47)</i></p>
<p>which means &#8211; <i>&#8220;you have a right to perform your duty prescribed, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities and never be attached to not doing your duty.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>&#8220;Karma&#8221; is both action and the result of this action in the form of its reaction. So, what we experience today is the result of our &#8216;karma&#8217; &#8211; both good or bad, created by our previous actions. This chain of cause and effect that we ourselves have created can be snapped by disengaging our ego from the work process. We must realize that so much of our lives run simply in expectations of future results that we do it unconsciously and automatically. But our expectations and desires are unending and at times unappeasable leading us from disappointment to disappointment. Since our motivation is to enlarge our ego, instead of breaking the bonding of karma, we go on forging fresh chains. Breaking this bond is possible through our work dedicated to the higher power, the supreme soul or to a personal God; renouncing the result of action as a spiritual offering rather than hoarding the results for our own self. Since action is inevitable as it is an integral part of being alive, we need to re-orient it into a path of divine realization and by doing so we can stop this chain reaction of cause and effect. Therefore, Sri Krishna in Bhagabat Geeta says to Arjuna-</p>
<p><b><i>&#8220;Whatever your action, food or worship,</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>&nbsp;Whatever the gift you give to another,</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>&nbsp;Whatever you vow to the work of spirit,&nbsp;</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Lay these also as offerings before me.&#8221;</i></b></p>
<p>Karma Yoga can easily be practiced by any one of any temperament. Just as devotees offer flowers and incense in their loving worship, so can actions and thoughts be offered as divine worship. In fact, karma compels everybody to be active, to work industriously at least for one&#8217;s own good or for the good of society. According to Vivekananda, one’s pre-occupation in doing work for the common goods, sacrificing one&#8217;s personal interest, is not less important than believing in God or studying philosophy. Vivekananda said &#8211; <i>&#8220;Although a man has not studied a single system of philosophy, although he does not believe in any God; and never has believed, although he has not prayed even once in his whole life, if the simple power of good actions has brought him to that state where he is ready to give up his life and all else for others, he has arrived the same point to which the religious man will come through his prayers and the philosopher through his knowledge.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>&#8216;Karma&#8217; or action here not only means external physical work, it also includes our thoughts, speech, our words and deeds. Karma Yoga says- like fire in a flint, knowledge also exists in the mind, the impressions received from objects and phenomena of the external world are the strikes producing fire. All that we feel and all that we live for &#8211; the smiles, the tears, the joy and the grief, pleasure and suffering everything is brought from within us by so many such blows. The result is what we are; all these blows taken together are also called &#8216;Karma&#8217;. Every mental and physical blow that is given to the soul, by which, as it were, fire is struck from it, and by which its own power and knowledge are discovered, is karma &#8211; the world used in the widest sense. Thus, we are all doing karma all the time. Everything we do, physical or mental is karma which leaves its mark on us.</p>
<p>Religious symbols and rituals are also recognized to be part or aspects of Karma-Yoga. This aspect arises from the premise that any religion consists of three principal parts; philosophy, mythology and ritual. Philosophy is regarded as the essence of religion. Mythology is intended to explain and illustrate religion by means of legendary lives of great men, stories and fables of wonderful things and so on. Ritual is supposed to give to that philosophy a still more concrete form, so that everyone may grasp it. Thus, ritual is also &#8216;Karma&#8217; which is in fact concretized philosophy.</p>
<p>These are the principal aspects of Karma Yoga. Having realized that all that is manifested (the whole material world) is only part of one &#8216;Brahman&#8217;, we have to understand why everything in this world is imperfect. But knowing that everything in this world including ourselves is a derivative of the one, of the integral, of the perfect, we have to understand we are striving towards perfection. The path to perfection lies through our struggles, we call our Karma, which creates fetters for us. Hence the ultimate goal of individual self (soul) is the release, i.e., to become free from the fetters of work. Karma Yoga prescribed to work incessantly, but be not attached to it so as to attain the supreme.</p>
<h5><b>(ii) Bhakti Yoga:</b></h5>
<p>Bhakti Yoga is the path of devotion with all actions as services in the name of the Divine. This includes prayer with offerings as well as chanting the name of the divine with overwhelming spirit of love and submission. Bhagabat Geeta said;</p>
<p><b><i>&#8220;Patram Puspam Phalam toyam</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>&nbsp;Yo me bhaktya prayachati,&nbsp;</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Tat aham bhaktyupahritam</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>&nbsp;Ashnami prayatatmanah.&#8221;</i></b></p>
<p><i>(Geeta 9.26)</i></p>
<p>which means &#8211; <i>&#8220;Whoever offers me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or a little water; that so offered devotedly by the pure minded, I accept.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>For those individuals more emotional than intellectual, this path of Bhakti Yoga can be the most natural spiritual path to feel oneness with the Divine. Because in loving spirit, one forgets one&#8217;s own self devoting one&#8217;s whole attention to the object of adoration. The ego loosens its grip when one thinks the welfare of one&#8217;s loved one more than of his own self. Love gives concentration against the will. Thus, in an easy and totally effortless manner, love can create the pre-condition necessary for a spiritual life. One can have a loving devotional attitude towards one&#8217;s personal God, thinking Him as Father or Mother, Friend or Child or even the beloved; whichever one feels natural to the self to bring him / her closest to God. In fact, from the standpoint of Bhakti Yoga, divinity by any name or form; be it Ishwara or any other personal God, it all refers to the highest possible reading by human mind of &#8216;Brahman&#8217; the Absolute, which is too much of an abstraction to be loved and worshiped. As written in the Upanishads, Brahman is the clay or substance out of which an infinite variety of articles are fashioned. As clay, they are all one, but form or manifestation differentiates them. They all existed potentially in the clay before every one of them was made. Hence Ishwara or any personal God for worship is precisely a concretization of the idea of Brahman which stands as the eternal inexpressible (sphota), the manifester as logos or world. In other words, sphota is the forefather of all ideas, their common basis and even the essence. Swami Vivekanada in his &#8220;The complete works, vol. III, P-36&#8221; says like this, <i>&#8220;If the peculiarities which distinguish one word from another be removed, then what remains will be the sphota.&#8221;</i> Man found the appropriate sound (language) form to express particulars ideas. But what form can express this inexpressible &#8216;Sphota&#8217;? If we express it by giving a definition, a sound form, it would be restricted and will cease to be itself. Bhakti Yoga prescribes a most appropriate sound form for this &#8216;sphota&#8217; &#8211; the sound &#8216;OM&#8217;. Here the word (symbol/sound) ॐ/OM is intended as a generalized symbol of all possible sounds. &#8216;Sphota&#8217; being the potentiality of all those possibilities is often referred to as &#8216;Nada Brahman&#8217; or sound &#8211; Brahman. Hence &#8216;OM&#8217; stands as the &#8216;Bija-Mantra&#8217; in chanting devotional hymns in prayers addressing the divinity in all spiritual activities.</p>
<p>Bhakti-Yoga according to Vivekananda is divided into two stages, the preparatory one (gaunli) and the supreme one (para). The preparatory or the lower form of Bhakti is for those who do not rise above sensuous pleasures of earthly life. They must wait and go through many more births and reincarnations to learn to feel even the faintest necessity for anything higher. But for whom, the eternal interests of the soul are much higher than the fleeting interests of this mundane life, the gratification of the senses is like the thoughtless child-play for them. God and love of God form the highest and the only purpose in human existence. Lower stage of Bhakti at times may lead to fanaticism so that such Bhaktas become incapable of distinguishing between truth and error. Therefore, great significance has been ascribed to mythology and rituals as the auxiliary method in the transition from gaunli-bhakti to para-bhakti. In those systems of religion in which there exist in its spiritual texts rich mythology and ritualism, spiritual masters have been produced to show the light of wisdom. Vivekananda writes that a bhakta must be aware that there are different religions in the world with different methods of worship. Entering upon earthly life, man has to choose an ideal and be loyal to it to the end of his days with a motive to develop a spiritual personality. This requires strict observance of the rules of moral hygiene and purity of mind. Ramanuja said that there are five such rules of moral hygiene such as:</p>
<p>(i)<i> Satya</i> (truthfulness)</p>
<p>(ii) <i>Arjava</i> (sincerity)</p>
<p>(iii) <i>Daya</i> (kindness)</p>
<p>(iv) <i>Ahimas</i> (non-injury to others by thought or word or deed).</p>
<p>(v) <i>Abhidhya</i> (not coveting other&#8217;s goods, not thinking vain thoughts, and not brooding over injuries received from others).</p>
<p>Strict observance of these five principles would mean in Vivekananda&#8217;s view, renunciation or transition to the higher form of worship called para-bhakti. In fact, preaching of renunciation is found in all types of Yoga in one form or the other, since it is the cornerstone of any spiritual perfection. Karma Yogi&#8217;s renunciation is in the form of giving up all the fruits of his actions, all attachment to the results of his labor and all expectations for any reward here or hereafter. However, Bhakti Yogi&#8217;s renunciation is quite natural in the sense that it does not require suppression of anything. It is in fact similar to the presence of intensely strong light for which less intense ones appear dimmer and dimmer till they vanish completely. So, in ascending to the summits of para-bhakti, cravings for sensual pleasures including even the obsession of the intellect grows weaker and finally vanishes altogether.</p>
<p>&nbsp;At this summit stage of para-bhakti names and forms vanish, rituals become meaningless, scriptures are superseded, images, temples, places of worship, religion etc. like little limitations and bondages fall off by their own nature. Nothing remains to bind man or fetter his freedom. The soul or the self becomes free of all bondages and becomes released in the sense of attaining Mokshya or Nirvana.</p>
<h5><b>(iii) Jnana Yoga:</b></h5>
<p>Jnana yoga is the mode of release through knowledge (Jnana). As soon as ignorance (avidya) is destroyed, the human soul (Jibatma) becomes free. Jnana Yoga is also known as Shamkshya Yoga. According to Advaita Vedanta the entire phenomenal world including man himself is a derivative of &#8216;Brahman&#8217;, the Absolute. Man consists of the same stuff as the Universe, being a Universe himself in miniature. Hence Jnana Yoga proclaims that- <i>&#8220;Know thyself and thou shalt know the basis of all that is.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Those who are endowed with intensive discriminating intellect motivated by reason could be better suited for the path of Jnana Yoga in striving for perfection through the power of reason. This is the path of knowledge, wisdom, introspection and contemplation. Knowledge here is not in the intellectual sense, but the spiritual knowledge of the Brahman and Atman and the realization of their unity. In Bhakti Yoga, the spiritual aspirant follows the promptings of one&#8217;s heart, whereas in Jnana Yoga, one uses the power of one&#8217;s mind to discriminate between the real and the unreal, the eternal and the temporal. There is no need to look outside for the divinity. We ourselves are already divine. This is our real nature as well as the nature of the whole world around us. Realization of this truth involves deep exploration of one&#8217;s own self by setting aside false identities. We can reasonably set aside those as unreal, which are transitory, imperfect being subjected to change. So also, we can accept those as real in the absolute sense which are eternal, perfect and unchanging. In that sense the universe that we apprehend is unreal. The universe and our perception of it may have only a conditional reality, but not an ultimate one. This is because of our perception through our senses; our mind and intellect, everything has been conditioned inherently by the very nature of our body-mind complex. Brahman being the all-pervading infinitude by nature, normal human mind and intellect cannot apprehend the fullness of Brahman. Upanishads declare that Brahman is beyond the reach of speech and mind. But yet what we perceive can be nothing other than Brahman. This contradiction can be removed by self-assertion, when we continually affirm what is real about ourselves. Actually, we are not limited to a small physical body with an&nbsp;</p>
<p>individual mind. Our existence is spiritual as we were never born, will never die. We are pure, perfect, eternal and free. That is the greatest truth of our being. The philosophy behind this is &#8216;as you think, so you become&#8217;. We have programmed through our several lifetimes to think of ourselves as limited, weak and helpless. These wrong thoughts had gone into our mind again and again to create the wrong impression, we call that ignorance. We must reverse the process by right thought about the true nature of our &#8216;self&#8217; as the divine pure consciousness. Jnana yoga uses our considerable internal powers to realize that we have always been and we are even now, perfect and immortal, free and infinite as well. In Advaita Vedanta as well as in other Indian Philosophical schools, it is believed that knowledge is not to be acquired from without. Upanishads declare that Brahman Atman holds the key to all knowledge. Therefore, it is the innate nature of the human soul &#8211; the Jibatma or the Atman the repository of infinite wisdom. This infinite wisdom potentially remains always the same and is never lost, but man is not ordinarily conscious of this. Swami Vivekananda writes in his <b>&#8216;The Complete Works&#8217;</b>, vol.IV, p-365 that &#8211; <i>&#8220;when the individual mind, on the one hand favorable time, place and causation on the other, can act and react upon one another, then highly developed consciousness of knowledge is sure to follow&#8221;.</i> &#8220;Consciousness of knowledge&#8217;, as explained further by Vivekananda can be stated as follows. From the standpoint of Jnana Yogis, man does not receive knowledge from objects and phenomena of the external world. Man, always has knowledge as stated earlier through the innate nature of his &#8216;soul&#8217;, but it is covered by a veil or hidden like fire in flint. The objects and phenomena of the external world are absolutely necessary in a way to reveal this knowledge. They bring out knowledge from the soul by raising the veil from over knowledge in the same way as the steel strikes fire from a flint. Thus, it appears that knowledge is realized within, not obtained from without. Vivekananda recognizes three states of consciousness as instinct/unconsciousness, reason/consciousness and the super conscious state; all of them belong to the same consciousness. Each state in fact develops into another. Consciousness itself when develops to super-conscious state that is superior to intellect. One can possess knowledge that is superior to intellectual knowledge. In this supreme state the spiritual knowledge of the divinity, purity and perfection of one&#8217;s own self or soul descends in one&#8217;s realization. Then one can recognize the same in other beings. No longer feeling confined to the painful limitations of &#8216;I&#8217; and &#8216;Mine&#8217;, one becomes able to see &#8216;Brahman&#8217; everywhere and in everything and thus attains liberation or Mokshya.</p>
<h5><b>(iv) Raja Yoga:</b></h5>
<p>This is the royal path of meditation to maintain control over the vast and varied territory of our mind. It can be practiced by people of all temperaments. It helps in achieving balance and harmony on all levels of human existence-physical, mental and spiritual so as to have the full realization of the inner self. The basic premise of Raja Yoga is that our perception of the divine nature of our inner self is obscured by the fluctuating patterns and disturbances of our mind. If the mind can be made still and pure, the self will automatically and instantaneously shine fourth. Bhagabat Geeta proclaims</p>
<p><b><i>&#8220;When through the practice of Yoga</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>The mind ceases its restlessness,</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Movements, And becomes still,</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>The aspirant realizes Atman.&#8221;</i></b></p>
<p>Raja Yoga is also called Astanga Yoga or eight-fold path, since it enjoins eight steps to be practised systematically and methodically. Then in due course one can realize the orderly process of self-transformation beginning on the level of the physical body and eventually involving the most subtle levels of our existence. Raja Yoga is a scientific discipline that does not impose unquestioning faith. It rather encourages healthy self-examination and scientific verification by experimenting with its methods. Thus, Raja yoga can be considered as the most suitable path for the modern world, where scientific skepticism is so prevalent.</p>
<p>The eight steps of Astanga Yoga are:</p>
<p>(i) <i>Yama</i> (abstinences or ethical practices)</p>
<p>(ii) <i>Niyama</i> (Observances)</p>
<p>(iii) <i>Asana</i> (Physical Postures)</p>
<p>(iv) <i>Pranayama</i> (breath control)</p>
<p>(v) <i>Pratyahara</i> (Withdrawal of senses)</p>
<p>(vi) <i>Dharana</i> (Concentration)</p>
<p>(vii) <i>Dhyana</i> (Meditation)</p>
<p>(viii) <i>Samadhi</i> (Absorption)</p>
<p>The first five steps which are the external preparatory stages constitute what is called &#8216;Hatha Yoga&#8217;. The last three stages are internal ones involving mind and consciousness.</p>
<p>The preliminary preparatory stages involving the mind, such as &#8216;Yama&#8217; and &#8216;Niyama&#8217; constitute ethical vows as moral imperatives or commitments for practicing virtuous habits, behaviours and observances. The five &#8216;Yama&#8217; of restraints are;</p>
<p>(i) <i>Ahimsa</i> (non-violence in speech and action.</p>
<p>(ii) <i>Satya</i> (truthfulness)</p>
<p>(iii) <i>Asteya</i> (Non-stealing, honesty)</p>
<p>(iv) <i>Brahmacharya</i> (Chastity, sexual restraints)</p>
<p>(v) <i>Aparigraha</i> (greedless, non-possessiveness)</p>
<p>These five great ethical vows are called &#8216;Mahabratam&#8217; which lead to the abandonments of enmity, falsehood, lust and greed and hence a perfection of inner and outer amity with everyone and everything. Practicing of these &#8216;Mahabratas&#8221; need not be limited to any class, place, time or circumstances.</p>
<p>Similarly, there are five &#8216;Niyamas&#8217; or observations for virtuous habits and behaviors. They are:</p>
<ol>
<li aria-level="1"><i>Saucha</i> (Purity and cleanliness of body mind and speech).</li>
<li aria-level="1"><i>Santosha</i> (Contentment, acceptance of others and circumstances, optimism).</li>
<li aria-level="1"><i>Tapas</i> (Persistence, perseverance, austerity).</li>
<li aria-level="1"><i>Svadhyaya</i> (Self-reflection, introspection and Self-study of scriptures).</li>
<li aria-level="1"><i>Isvara Pranidhana</i> (contemplation of the Brahman, the ultimate Supreme Being reality).</li>
</ol>
<p>The last three &#8216;Niyamas&#8217; such as Tapas, Svadhya and Ishwara Pranidhana constitute what is called &#8216;Kriya-Yoga&#8217;. Thus, the ten commitments, through the observances of five &#8216;Yamas&#8217; and five &#8216;Niyamas&#8217; in the yogic tradition, lead to the cultivation of the behavior and attitude necessary in a virtuous individual personality.</p>
<p>The next step in Astanga Yoga involves physical postures in Asanas. There are several types of asanas by different names. The first kind of asanas are practiced to perfect the body making it free from disease by stimulating specific muscles and nerve systems promoting ample physical wellness. The second kind are stable comfortable meditative postures to attain serene breath and calm mind. In general asanas are body postures that one can hold for a period of time, staying relaxed, steady, comfortable and motionless. Some of the well-known asanas can be named here as for example are:</p>
<p>(i) <i>Padmasana</i></p>
<p>(ii) <i>Bajrasana</i></p>
<p>(iii) <i>Virasana</i></p>
<p>(iv) <i>Bhadrasana</i></p>
<p>(v) <i>Svastikasana</i></p>
<p>(vi) <i>Dandasana</i></p>
<p>(vii) <i>Dhanurashana</i></p>
<p>(viii) <i>Nalashana</i></p>
<p>(ix) <i>Matchhyasana</i></p>
<p>(x) <i>Mayurashana</i></p>
<p>(xi) <i>Shirshasana</i></p>
<p>(xii) <i>Shabasana</i></p>
<p>The correct postures for the respective asana can be learnt through active instructive demonstrations by yoga gurus and should be practiced regularly as per instructions.</p>
<p>The fourth step of Asatanga yoga is pranayama or breath control. Prana here is symbolized as breath and &#8216;ayama&#8217; meaning restraining, extending or stretching. In fact, &#8216;prana&#8217; by some interpretations means the vital energy that sustains the body and the mind and its grossest manifestation is in the form of breath.</p>
<p>After a desired comfortable posture is achieved pranayama is practiced by consciously regulating breath (inhalation and exhalation). This is done in several ways inhaling and then suspending inhalation for a period; slowing the inhalation and exhalation consciously changing time with one nostril at a time or both, length of the breath (deep, short breathing) etc. These breathing exercises are well known by different processes in different names such as (i) Kapalabhati (ii) Anuloma Biloma (iii) Bhramari or sometimes by the general name Sudarshana Kriya etc. This assertion of &#8216;Prana&#8217; being represented by breath and &#8216;Pranayam&#8217; as the control of breathing as per many texts on yoga, is considered by several other schools to be an imprecise expression of the category in question. Vivekananda interprets &#8216;Prana&#8217; the vital force or everything that we call force as a manifestation of energy. It is &#8216;Prana&#8217; that manifests as actions of the body as nerve currents, as thought-force as well. The knowledge and control of the &#8216;Prana&#8217; according to Vivekananda is really what is called Pranayama. Pranayama really means controlling the motion of the lungs which is associated with our breath. The Prana in fact moves the lungs and the movement of the lungs draws in the air as breath. So, Pranayama in controlling that muscular power which moves the lungs, that muscular power which goes out through the nerves to the muscles and from them to the lungs, making them move in a certain manner, is the &#8216;Prana&#8217; according to Videkananda. Taking this conception of &#8216;Prana&#8217; and of the Pranayam as their basis, Raja Yogis maintains that one can be capable of controlling almost any part of his body, the muscles, the nerves, groups of cells and even individual cells. If that be the case, then all the sickness and misery felt by the body can be eliminated by perfectly controlling the body in this manner. In any case; Pranayama no doubt leads to calmness and concentration, which is essential for the practice of subsequent steps of Astanga Yoga.</p>
<p>Now coming to the fifth step, it is &#8216;Pratyahara&#8217; or withdrawal and control of senses. Ordinarily the mind constantly gathers sensations from the external world and reacts to them. One needs to develop the ability to voluntarily remove the distractions of the outer world. So &#8216;Pratyahara&#8217; means not to take any input or any information from the sense organs. It is a process of retracting the sensory experience from external objects. It is a process of self-extraction and abstraction, not by consciously closing one&#8217;s eyes to the sensory world but rather consciously closing one&#8217;s mind to all that. Pratyahara empowers one to stop being controlled by the external world so as to focus one&#8217;s attention in seeking knowledge and experience one&#8217;s inner world with its innate freedom. It marks the transition of yoga experience from outside to inside, from outer space of the body to the inner space of spirit. These first five stages of Astanga yoga called the &#8216;Hatha Yoga&#8217; prepare one for the last three internal practices of &#8216;Dharana&#8217;, &#8216;Dhyana&#8217; and finally &#8216;Samadhi&#8217;; which focus more directly on the control of the mind and consciousness.</p>
<p>The sixth step &#8216;Dharana&#8217; means concentration in which the scattered mind is coordinated and focused on any particular thing like an object one wants to observe, a concept or an idea on which one wants to introspect. The mind can also be fixed on one&#8217;s breath or navel or the tip of one&#8217;s nose or a mantra like the simple &#8216;OM&#8217;. This requires a conscious effort of the will and continued voluntary attention to fix the mind with one pointed focus without drifting or jumping from one topic to another. Then the mind becomes more powerful, calm and serene to go to the next step &#8216;Dhyana&#8217; or Meditation.</p>
<p>Dhyana means contemplation, reflection or profound abstract meditation. It is an uninterrupted train of thought or current of cognition or a flow of awareness on the topic of &#8216;Dharana&#8217;. Thus, Dhyana is integrally related to Dharana. Dharana is the state of the mind while Dhyana is the process of the mind by which the one-pointed mind expands beyond its conscious and subconscious levels and finally assumes the flow of the super-consciousness Adi Shankara states that &#8216;Dhyana&#8217; is the Yoga state when there is only the stream of continuous thought about the object, uninterrupted by other thoughts of a different kind for the same object. On the other hand, Dharana is focused on one object with awareness of its many aspects and ideas about the same object. For example, if in Dhyana state one contemplates on the Sun&#8217;s orbit alone without being interrupted by its color, brilliance or any other ideas; in &#8216;Dharana&#8217; on the morning Sun, one may be aware of its color, brilliance and other related ideas.</p>
<p>Deep and intense mediation prolonged in the &#8216;Dhyana&#8217; state leads to climax, the final stage called &#8216;Samadhi&#8217;, when one experiences oneness with the subject of contemplation. There is then no distinction between the meditator, the act of meditation and the subject of meditation. It is that spiritual state when one&#8217;s mind is so absorbed in whatever it is contemplating on, the mind loses the sense of its own identity. The thinker, the thought process and thought fuse together with the subject of thought. There is only oneness of the observer and the object along with the process of observation in one&#8217;s mindscape. One experiences oneness with the higher self, transcending all limitations and imperfection. It is the fourth state of consciousness transcending the three normal states of waking, dreaming and dreamless sleep. This super conscious level is our human essence which is universal. In this state where ecstatic awareness develops, deep intuitive knowledge dawns on the mind. One starts the process of becoming aware of one&#8217;s true self the &#8216;Purusha&#8217; or the Super-consciousness as claimed by Shankshya darshana. It further claims that this awareness is eternal and hence once this awareness is achieved, a person cannot ever cease being aware. This leads to one&#8217;s ability to discern the difference between Sabda (word) artha (meaning) and pratyaya (understanding), so as to empower one to compassionately comprehend the absolute truth. One masters by that unusual power, intuition, self-knowledge freedom and kaibalya. This is the real goal of Yoga-spiritual emancipation, the mokshya. One must emphasize again that all limbs of Astanga Yoga are necessary foundations to reach this state of self-awareness, freedom and liberation.</p>
<h5><b>(v) Mantra Yoga:</b></h5>
<p>Mantra Yoga can be Said to have its origin in Vedic Science, where all the verses are called mantras. Mantra is defined in Sanskrit as <i>&#8216;Mananat Trayate&#8217; iti Mantra&#8217;</i>, which implies that by chanting or singing of these particular combinations of words in Sanskrit properly, one can achieve the ultimate salvation or union with the supreme consciousness. Hence Mantra Yoga is an easiest way to achieve the difficult states of &#8216;Dhyana, Dharana and &#8216;Pratyahara&#8217; in Astanga Yoga, which is required to internalize the sense-oriented mind away from the external world focusing it on the inner consciousness. By chanting mantras in a repetitive manner; one&#8217;s awareness can be made to revolve around the sound and vibrations generated by that particular combination of words, syllables or alphabets in the mantra. The repetitive action leads to the awakening of a powerful inner force by which the consciousness or awareness can be made concentrated for the ultimate state of the &#8216;Samadhi&#8217; for salvation. Hence &#8216;mantra&#8217; is a tool for the mind designed to help the practitioners access a higher power and its true nature. The sound vibration it produces can carry with it the focused mind with all its thoughts, feelings and intentions. Over the time the vibration sinks deeper and deeper into the consciousness, helping one eventually to feel its presence as &#8216;Shakti&#8217;, a powerful though subtle force working inside each of us that carries into the deeper states of awareness. So, a mantra can generate the creative force and bestow eternal bliss. Each mantra is constructed from a combination of sounds derived from the fifty letters of Sanskrit (Devanagari) alphabets. Sanskrit language is known as the language of consciousness. Sages and seers of ancient India were well aware of the inherent power contained in sound and they utilized proper combination of sounds to set up specific vibrations so that a mantra would function as an encased mystical energy in its specific sound structure. The combined effect of such a sound structure on the physical plane can be observed specifically on the brain via EEG; to find that the brain wave emission patterns get affected by chanting of mantras. The alpha activity of the brain can be observed during mantra chanting. Mantras affect the subconscious mind by influencing the thinking pattern. Negative impressions such as fear, anger, jealousy etc. are removed from the subconscious level while positive impressions are programmed on it. Practice of mantra chanting increases concentration, memory, and logical thinking. Mantra chanting has also soothing effects on the nervous system which helps in relaxing the muscles and reducing stress. Neuro scientists equipped with advanced brain imaging tools are beginning to study and confirm some of the health benefits of this ancient practice such as its ability to free the mind from the background chatter and to calm the nervous system. Researchers have measured the activity of the default mode network region of the brain. This is the region that is active during self-reflection and mind-wandering. An overactive default mode network would mean disturbed mind. However, it has been observed that during mantra meditation, this default mode network activity gets suppressed and the suppression becomes more and more with repetitive mantra chanting and practice.</p>
<p>In Sanskrit texts there are millions of mantras. It is believed that most of these mantras were originally revealed to the sages who achieved self-realization. One of the most universally recited mantras is AUM/OM, considered to be the sound of creation of the universe. This is called the &#8216;Bija-mantra&#8217;, the &#8216;Nada-Brahman&#8217; or &#8216;Pranaba&#8217;. It is the supreme symbol of Brahman or the Absolute. It consists of A, U, M and ardha matras like &#8216;nada&#8217;, &#8216;bindu&#8217;, kala and shakti. They act directly on Nadis or nerve channels of the subtle body. It is believed to contain every vibration that has ever existed or will exist in future. It has been used as the energetic root of all other mantras like &#8216;Om Namah Shivaya&#8217;, &#8216;Om Namah Bhagabate Basudevaya&#8217; etc. It has deep roots in every major spiritual tradition. The important mantras triggering the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are the Gayatri Mantra and the Maha-Mruttunjaya Mantra respectively. Quoting explicitly, they are:</p>
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<li aria-level="4"><b><i>Om bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ,</i></b><b><i><br></i></b><b><i>tat savitur vareṇyaṁ,</i></b><b><i><br></i></b><b><i>bhargo devasya dhīmahi,</i></b><b><i><br></i></b><b><i>dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt.&#8217;</i></b></li>
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<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;And</p>
<p><b><i>&#8216;Om Trayambakam Jajamahe</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>&nbsp;Sugandheem Pustibardhanam,&nbsp;</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Urbarukamiba bandhanat&nbsp;</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>Mruttyormukshiya mamrutat.&#8217;</i></b></p>
<p>There are also puranic or deity mantras which are relatively simple and can be practiced by anybody which help purify emotions of the human mind. These are such as:</p>
<p><b><i>&#8216;Om Namah Narayanaya,&nbsp;</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>&#8216;Om Namah Shivaya&#8217;&nbsp;</i></b></p>
<p><b><i>&#8216;Hare Krrishna Hare Ram&#8217;</i></b> etc.</p>
<p>In these mantras, a specific form or image with attributes is visualized along with their repetitive chanting or Japa. Hence such mantras aid the conceptualization process in spiritual aspirants just as do visual symbols like images or bigrahas of deities. Japa is one of the most direct ways of self-realization. Constant practice of continuous chanting called Japa produces in the mind the form of the deity connected with the mantra, since this form becomes the center of one&#8217;s consciousness to be directly realized. The mantra of the presiding deity is therefore the same as the deity. Japa meditation is therefore a method of channeling one&#8217;s consciousness from the lowest to the highest level of pure thought. Regardless of any chosen one a mantra can be enlivened through a regular practice over a period of time. It is like rubbing a flint against a stone to strike fire by friction. The focus of bringing oneself back to the sound structure of the mantra again and again and especially the attention one pays to the resonating mantra in one&#8217;s awareness, eventually opens the energy in the mantra. Then it stops being just mere words to become a living energy that one feels in lifting the inner state to the higher level. Repeated verbally or mentally, a mantra lifts one into the telepathic state and beyond to the transcendental when name, form and one&#8217;s own self as a witness are indistinguishable. They unite and a state of bliss prevails. This is the true experience of meditation. Japa meditation had been propagated by Shaivaits and Vaishnavits. Sri Chaitanya of the Bhakti movement exemplifies such practice.</p>
<p>Although mantra yoga is generally considered as the innovation of Hinduism, it has also been adopted and developed by Buddhism, Jainism and other religions.</p>
<h5><b>(vi) Kundalini Yoga:</b></h5>
<p>Kundalini Yoga is an ancient practice followed by many systems of yoga through pranayam, asana, meditation and chanting of mantras. It is based on an important concept of Shaiva tantra according to which kundalini is a form of divine feminine energy believed to be passively located at the base of the spine in the human body. The concept of Kundalini has been mentioned in Upanishads during 9th to 7th century BC. In Shaiva tantra tradition, Kundalini is considered as the innate intelligence of the embodied consciousness or the &#8216;Prana Shakti which is spread over both the macrocosm (entire universe) as well as the microcosm, the human body. This subtle energy in the body, when cultivated through tantric practice is believed to lead to spiritual liberation. Kundalini is associated with the formless aspects of Goddess Parvati or Adishakti, the supreme divinity in Shaktism and also with Goddesses Bhairavi and Kubjika by other names. This feminine spiritual force signifies its strong connection to bliss and pleasures, both mundane physical pleasure and bliss of spiritual liberation or mokhshya, which is identified with the enjoyment of Shiva&#8217;s creative activity and ultimate union with the Goddess. Tantra Sadbhava-Tantra of 8th Century mentions visualization of shakti in the central channel of the spine and the upward movement of prana associated with Kundalini. This belief along with the practice of Hatha Yoga was adopted in the 9th century by shaivism and since then been taken up by other forms of Hinduism as well as modern spirituality.</p>
<p>According to an esoteric description of the subtle body of human organism; it is believed to consist of energy channels called <i>nadis</i>, psychic centers called <i>chakras</i>, subtle energy called <i>&#8216;prana&#8217;</i> and drops of essence called <i>&#8216;bindus&#8217;</i>. Kundalini is described as a sleeping dormant potential force coiled up at the base of the spine in the triangular sacrum bone in three and half coils. Hence the name Kundalini resembling a coiled-up serpent (Kundalini in faminine sense coming from the word Kundali which means coil). This is supposed to be the life force of a person, the creative potential of an individual. It travels through the chakras to distribute its energy throughout the body. The main purpose of Kundalini Yoga is to target the nervous system and create harmony in the body. The yoga consists of breathing exercises like pranayam, body postures like asanas, meditation like dhyana dharana and pratyahara mentioned earlier together with chanting of mantras like <i>Satnaam</i>, meaning truth is my identity.</p>
<p>We know that our spinal cord is structured in a peculiar manner. The vertebras of the spinal column are in the shape of figure eight written horizontally as (∞) and are piled up one on top of the other. The left-hand side is called Ida and the right side, the pingala providing channels for nerve current. The hollow canal running through the centre of the spinal cord is called <i>Sushumna</i> nadi. Where the spinal cord ends in some of the lumbar vertebras, a fine fiber issues downwards with the central canal running through this fiber. This finer canal in a coiled-up form is closed at the lower end which is situated near the sacral plexus. According to modern physiology the sacral plexus is triangular in form. The different plexuses such as the coccyreal, sacral, lumbar, dorsal, cervical, medullar, third eye and sahasrara; that have their centres in the spinal canal can very well stand for different lotuses or chakras of the yogis. At the lower most end of the hollow central canal is what the yogis call, the lotus of Kundalini or the <i>Muladhara</i> <i>Chakra</i>.</p>
<p>In fact, according to yogic descriptions chakras are the nerve centers and there are 1,72,000 nadis or channels of metaphysical energy as prana in our body. The nerve centers for these nadis are 109 in number out of which nine centers are important. Again, out of these nine, seven of them have primary significance which are called Chakras. The bottom most chakra located at the base of the spine as mentioned before is called the <i>Muladhara</i> <i>Chakra</i> where the Kundalini energy lies dormant in potential form. Just above the Muladhara behind the genitals is the second Chakra called <i>Svadhistana</i> <i>Chakrra</i>. <i>Manipuram</i> <i>Chakra</i> is the third one situated just above the navel. At the central region of the chest lies the <i>Anahata</i> <i>Chakra</i>. Above this around the neck region is the <i>Visudha</i> <i>Chakra</i> and in between the eyebrows lies the <i>Ajna</i> <i>Chakra</i>, which is called the third-eye. Finally, on the top of the head lies the <i>Sahasrara</i> <i>Chakra</i>.</p>
<p>When Kundalini at the Muladhara Chakra lying dormant is awakened, it tries to force a passage through the central hollow canal, the Sushumna nadi inside or outside the spinal and as it rises step by step through the various chakras; layer after layer of the mind becomes open and all different visions with wonderful power come to the yogi. When it reaches the top at Sahasrara Chakra in the brain the yogi feels perfectly detached from the body and the mind and the soul finds itself free or liberated. Thus, the progress of Kundalini through different chakras is believed to promote different levels of awakening leading to mystical experience until it finally reaches the crown chakra-the Sahasrara producing an extremely profound transformation of consciousness. Swami Sivanananda in his book &#8216;Kundalini Yoga&#8217; states that<i>-&#8220;Super sensual visions appear before the mental eye of the aspirant, new worlds with indiscernible wonder and charms unfold themselves before the yogi. Planes after planes reveal their existence and grandeur to the practitioner and the yogi gets divine knowledge, power and bliss in increasing degrees, when Kundalini passes through chakra after chakra, making them to bloom in all their glory.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>To be a little more explicit, it is said that ordinarily when Kundalini is not activated it promotes dullness and inertia with no interest in anything. However, when it is activated in Muladhara Chakra, one experiences enthusiasm. This activated energy then moves upward to the second chakra-Svadhistana behind the genital region to manifest its procreation impulse as sex drive as well as creative activities. Reaching the Manipuram Chakra, the next above in the naval region; it generates four flavours to the emotions as greed and jealousy as well as joy and generosity. From the naval region, this energy moves upward to the heart region, the Anahata Chakra manifesting thereby love, hatred and fear as well with any one of these three emotions taking precedence at a time. Rising up to visuddha chakra at the throat region it manifests as grief and gratitude. We know that the throat chokes in either of these two emotions. When it moves to the centre of the forehead to the Ajna Chakra it manifests as alertness, awareness, knowledge as well as anger. This region is also said to be the mystical third eye which is described as the seat of divine wisdom as well as the seat of anger. Finally, when Kundalini Shakti moves to the Sahasrara Chakra at the top of the head, one experiences bliss only. No longer one feels any duality, any sense of conflict or separation. One feels totally connected and one with everything. This upward as well as downward flow keeps on happening very naturally and spontaneously in life all the time.</p>
<p>Thus, one has an elaborate series of associations, all conveying the central concept of the cosmos as a manifestation of consciousness of pure subjectivity with Kundalini understood as the force or the energy inseparable from consciousness which animates the creation and in its peculiar form in the body, causes liberation through its illusion-shattering upward movement. In order to integrate this spiritual energy, a period of careful purification and strengthening of the body and one&#8217;s nervous system is very much required beforehand. Without a Guru, it is said that the awakening of Kundalini cannot take any one very far on the path. However, for the spiritual transmission by a Guru called the <i>Shaktipata</i> method to be effective, the body and spirit of the disciple must be prepared by yogic austerities such as pranayama, asana, meditation and chanting. The Guru who has already experienced Kundalini can raise Kundalini temporarily in his disciple to give him an experience to use it later as a basis for practice. Kundalini enables one to consciously cross the lower planes to ultimately merge into the universal cosmic power of which it is a part.</p>
<h4><b>Conclusion</b></h4>
<p>In the foregoing sections we have provided a cursory look to the vast literature of ancient Indian Vedic literature with all its ancillaries codifying the Indian Philosophy encompassing all aspects for living a meaningful and righteous life. We have mentioned here the six major schools of Vedic philosophy &#8211; Nyaya, Vaisheshika Purva Mimamsa, Shamskhya, Vedanta and Yoga belonging to the so-called orthodox category, which did not question the basic tenets of Vedic Philosophy the hallmark of Indian Spirituality preaching objective idealism. However, since ancient Indian spirit in its maturity of wisdom encouraged free flowing thoughts in all possible angles contributing even to rationalistic philosophy like Nyaya and Vaisheshika as well as materialistic philosophy of Charvak &#8211; Lokayat School including the Sramanic Schools like Jaina and Buddhists. These Sramanic Schools and Charvak-Lokayat belong to the un-orthodox schools. But as of now, there would be no denying of the fact that the Ancient Indian Wisdom prescribing a unique mind-body technology through &#8216;Yoga&#8217; asserting primacy to mind over body for all round wellness in living a life has now captured the attention of the whole world.</p>
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