Science and Spirituality: Unique Power of Thought-Waves
In spite of being invisible, the potential of thoughts is greater than any other power of the physical world. Every moment of human life is intensely interwoven with thoughts. The key of the ascent or descent of one's life lies in his thoughts. The frequency-range (of vibrations in the ākāsha tatva) and cosmic expansion of the thought-waves is said to be much higher than that of the electromagnetic waves. The field of knowledge pertaining to the nature and effects of thoughts is termed "Vaigiki" in the Science of Yoga. The scholars of this science affirm the presence of the divine and auspicious thought-waves, as well as the evil and untoward thought-waves and enormous combinations of these in the cosmic whole. Like the light and sound waves, the different kinds of thought-waves also exist with different intensities, frequencies, and wavelengths. The cosmic ensemble of thought-waves influences the conscious domain of Nature.
How the divine, evil, or intermediate level thought-waves would influence one's mind depends upon the nature of the latter's ideosphere, his spiritual vital energy and the intensity of the currents of Consciousness Force associated with the thought-waves. Similar kinds of thought-waves get superimposed and make dense clusters. Conjunction of the resonant clusters of thought-waves with the eternal power of prāna generates the flow of thoughts. Because of the compounded flow, the velocity and charge (impact) of these currents of thought-waves are amplified exponentially.
People with greater strength of the inner self and elevated levels of prāna can attract and influence many others by the aura of their consciousness energy and the enthralling force of their thoughts. This is how they can effectively lead and shape the mass movements. This influence could be positive and constructive or it could be untoward and damaging. History has witnessed how the righteous thoughts of great personalities have saved the human dignity and made the destiny of the masses by altruist movements. There also exist historical examples of dictators like Hitler, Mussolini, etc., whose self-obsessed and negative thinking had misguided many and burnt the society in the dreadful fire of hatred, discrimination and wars.
The seer-sages, spiritual scientists of yore — the rishis — described that the mind-body system of a person emits a sublime aura as per the intrinsic level of the trigunās in his personality. Kirlian Photography techniques developed in the modern times can record the variation in the colors and intensity of the bio-energy aura. Studies on bio-energy auras indicate that, like the fingerprints, the aura of a person is also unique. The aura of strong characters can influence the people having weaker mental and vital strength.
Correlation studies on Kirlian records and psychological traits show that the dense clusters of the cruel and untoward thoughts pertaining to hatred, ego, jealousy, revenge, lust, etc., emit dirty black aura, while those of fear and anxiety possess brown shadows. The color of the aura reflected by the thought-waves of pure love and affection is supposed to be bright red. The thought-waves driven by self-esteem and ambition constitute bright orange; those of intellectual trenchancy coupled with inner piety emit yellow color. The thought-waves emerging from spiritual illumination reflect brilliant light blue color. The vision and analysis of the sublime core of the aura of thoughts is possible only by the yogis who are endowed with extrasensory powers.
The great yogis possessing piercing vision of the ideosphere can read one's thoughts, decipher his spiritual and psychological nature by looking at the aura around him. They can view the shadows of the aura around the human body without any instrument. The yogis who have risen to higher realms of spirituality also possess the extrasensory potential to influence others' thoughts, and vibrate and illuminate people's ideospheres by the radiance of their immense willpower.
Distant transmission and reception of thoughts without any perceivable medium is termed telepathy in a broad sense. No barrier of time or space comes between this process of extrasensory communication between two minds. Successful transmission of specific currents of thoughts via telepathy requires deep concentration of a refined mind.
Telepathy seems to work rather easily between the persons who have strong sentimental attachment or compatible conductivity of mind. As early as 1930s, the renowned Russian scientist Tsiolkovsky had advocated training in telepathy for safe and successful space missions. A successful experiment of this sort was conducted in the USA in 1956, in which messages were transmitted through telepathy from the nuclear submarine named "Nautilus".
Dr. Douglas Dean, a researcher in America, had discovered new effects of telepathy in the early 1960s, presenting these findings in a scientific congress in 1964. Using a special instrument, he had observed that the transmission or reception of thought waves also affects the blood-flow and cellular activities. He had also reaffirmed the smooth flow of thought wave signals between people having sentimental intimacy.
With the ever new discoveries on the bioelectricity and sensory potentials of the human body, biomedical scientists had begun to accept — way back in early 20th century — that human body is an arcane electromagnetic instrument that could be more informative than a radio, television, or a computer. The potentials of human mind are far more advanced. The subliminal layers of mind emit and attract thoughts and sentiments to and from anywhere in the cosmos.
Whatever is known to the modern researchers about the world of thoughts and the influence of ideosphere is negligible as compared to what yet remains hidden. Decipheration of the subliminal domain of thoughts and the inner self would open up a new source of immense power. Nuclear energy would also be insignificant against the elevated vital energy of a spiritually evolved mind.
Notes:
- Ākasha tatva: ether, subtlest of the five basic elements
- Prāna: Vital Spiritual Energy
- Triguna: The basic tendencies of sat, raj and tama eternally indwelling in Nature
"Gayatrim Chhandasam Mata — Gayatri is the mother of all Veda Mantras."
"Ksheene Punye Martyalokam Vishanti — On the exhaustion of your 'Punyams', you will be pushed back to Earth. This is the limitation of Karma Marg."