Preface to corridors of Time

PREFACE

CORRIDORS OF TIME


We have Time as chronos and Chiros, time we experience in day to day activities,in our yearly cycles of weather,in the revolutionary periods of celestial objects,our psychological and thermodynamic arrows of time and the historical and prehistorical time and beyond all these a realm of timelessness into which human consciousness gets glimpses into.This relativity of time had been a problem of thought for all the scientists and thinkers of ancient vedic India .Their mathematics,astrophysics,timescales of universe and concepts of karma and punarjanma all originated as offshoots of this thought.The equivalent of this Advaitha is seen in the modern Astrophysics after Einstein’s time.My attempt is to link the advaitha of Einstein and post-Einsteinean science with the ancient thoughts of Indian seers and thus establish a Mahaa Advaitha of western and eastern science and philosophy.The ultimate aim is for a grand unification of human consciousness in the neurophysiological development of human race ,for world peace.

In this book christened “Corridors of time”,the personal time,the relative time experienced by the human being due to his/her geocentric position,the cosmic time and the timeless Thrikaalagnaana(knowledge of the past,present and future) are explored through the eyes of the east as well as the west ,so that any one who loves to explore ,and who does not have the knowledge of the Sanskrit language to do so,can compare and find a unity in the consciousness of human mind ,whether in the east or west,whether speaking different dialects ,whether white or black,male or female..The regional ,linguistic,racial,religious and national prejudices of human beings arise out of limited knowledge and a narrow vision and to establish a Mahaaadvaitha of entire humanity we have to get out of the shackles of separatisms.Passing through the corridors of time ,human mind sheds all egos,all separate feelings,and become a speck in the cosmic dust,not different from other fellow beings,or from other fellow creatures.All chara and achara(moving and nonmoving,living and nonliving)creatures become one with cosmic dust and energy and this energy (sakthy as called in India)is what makes us think,will,act (Icha,gnaana,Kriyaasakthy)and even move and live,in its various attributes (motor efficiency ,and bioenergy).The difference in quality of various living and nonliving things is due to difference in the quantity of the paramaanu(subatomic particles)which form the matter .This is the ancient quantum mechanics of KanaadaVaiseshika..The human thought is quantum ancient and so is our heritage of genes.(as shown by the geneology of generations of historical personages known and unknown to us)

The journey starts with the personal time and history of the author,since every author starts the journey from within and from a personal background,just like any astronaut starts the journey up from a geocentric position.But the stream of consciousness tells us the direction of the journey from the very beginning.Are we destined to remain in the same spot we started?Or are we progressing?That depends on our Guna(quality)and our concentration on what we do. Hence a personal sacred journey is the seed or germ of what we are destined to cross or traverse.The journey is a continuous one ,both in dreams ,and in hours of wakend state(jaagrad) as explained by Upanishads,and explored by Modern psychological dream analysis.

For the ancient astronomical texts,two of the texts of Varaahamihira are used in this book..One is Panchasidhanthikathanthra,and the other Brihadvaaraaheesamhitha.The first is the karanagrantha which compares five of the earlier theories of India and hence purely scientific astrophysics and comparative astronomy and mathematics,and includes study of eclipses to learn the geodesics.The second one being a samhitha is a practical text for observation on celestial and natural phenomena as metereological studies and how each of these observations affect the different regions on earth.The third text of Varahamihira(Though it was the first text I studied in 1975,for the basics of astronomy)Horaasasthra is not used here ,because it is more of the personal effects that the celestial phenomena will cause to individual human beings.
The questions of whether mapmaking and division of globe and cartography were known to Indians is a question of interest,since Indian goods have reached different parts of the world from antiquity both by landroutes and searoutes.Without mapmaking and cartography and precise knowledge of geography ,and materials obtained in different parts of world as well as the world markets and economy,and astronomical direction of polestar and other celestial phenomena for safe travel no one can conduct long journeys is an accepted fact.
1There are evidences for Indian goods reaching different parts of world by landroute and searoute at least from Mehrgarh period
2.This worldtrade had continued without any inhibition until the Portuguese came to India .
These two facts itself is enough to grasp the gravity of the problem of knowledge of astronomy and cartography of Indians.Yet ,to make the points clear ,the texts of astronomy and mathematics and the literary evidence they provide to corroborate the abovementioned evidences is necessary.Hence the study of these two texts is undertaken.This will also determine whether the cradle of astronomy was Greece or India.The ancient routes (both land and sea)and the significance of them in the mapmaking of Indians is explored through the various texts .
The searoutes were historically used by phoenicians.But who were these mysterious Phoenicians?How were they connected with Indian trade?How their language and the Indian language Brahmi are the same?And how language trees show the common origin of all?How was the west coast of India connected to Egyptian trade and later to jews and Christians?And how is it that all sea trade was located in the Malabar /Kerala coast and the early jews/Christians/arabs/Chinese /islam came to Kerala first and established here through trade and commerce?And what is the role of Phoenicians in that?These questions leads one to the history of the Kerala kings as shown in the Mooshakavansa and its significance .Also the continuity of the chronology of Mooshaka kings from yaadava (krishna’s race)from Krithaveerya Arjuna down to the present Uthraadam Thirunaal Mahaaraja is significant and the astronomy of Kerala as seen in the Vararuchivakya ,the findings of Parameswara and Madhava (who was the first to describe the Gregory series) of Kerala before this knowledge was explored anywhere else in the world.The long lineage/chronology and the prolonged history of astronomy in the westcoast of India are thus linked to the antiquity of Indian searoutes..

Most of the traditions of India are considered as myths by Indians themselves and they connect it to religion alone.But ,apart from spirituality(Nishreyasa)India was concerned with Abhyudaya(development in economic/living conditions)as well and the myths are not really myths if we care to explore.The new disciplines of archeoastronomy,ethnoastronomy and archeogeodesy are explored to show this and the astronomy in other parts of world in the corresponding periods and the stories of ancestor migration studied in the light of genetic and cultural background.The relativistic physics and quantum mechanics of Indian science as well as the wave mechanics of Naadabrahma are compared to that of modern astrophysics.

There is a dharma ,a soundarya or aesthetics of virtue in everything .This truth(satyam)and soundarya (beauty)is always auspicious(shiva)for human race.When there is imbalance in it chaos set in and nature tries to balance it and the whole universe is functioning on this balancing act.When chaos increase,a force(sakthy)is generated which balances the situation and dharma is protected.The Gita thus says

Yadaa yadaahi dharmasya
Glaanirbhavathi Bhaaratha
Abhyuthaanam adharmasya
Thadaathmaanam srijaamyaham

Now the world needs such a balancing .The feelings of separatisms and distrust and hatred among people of different sects and ,people speaking different languages ,and people following different professions,people of different nationalities and religions are increasing and dharma falters and the earth now needs a Mahadwaitha or grand unification of all thought processes.Sankara did that in 8th century when there was such a need.In the 21st century ,we need a Mahadwaitha of unification of Post Einsteinian Science with the ancient Advaitha of India and this book is a humble attempt for that

.This is done with a prayer,

Let there be peace in the world.Let everyone live happily and peacefully !!!!
Dr Suvarna Nalapat