Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Vedanta-Yoga to Philosophy-Science

The 6th Mind Chakra is made up of the left brain (Western Philosophy & Science), the right brain (Vedanta & Yoga Metaphysical Correspondences) and the Bindu Chakra (Jyotisha). The triangle below tries to highlight this.

TRIANGLE OF BRAIN (6th Chakra) -LEARNING


...................CORPUS CALLOSUM/BINDU CHAKRA........
..................(between hemispheres/Medulla)................
................Associative Tool & Metaphoric Language........
.........................Astronomy & Astrology.......................
....................................Jyotish...................................
........................................A....................................


..............C....................................................B.........
5 Western Philosophies..................5 Vedanta Philosophies
=> 5 Physical Sciences................... => 5 Yogas Sciences
LEFT BRAIN/PETAL....................RIGHT BRAIN/PETAL

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A Jyotish (Bindu) => B Vedanta to Yoga (right) => C Philosophy to Science (left)
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The Chart attempts to illustrate that Jyotisha through its symbolism helps integrate the left brain western scientific approach (Bacon's Scientific Method) born from Western Philosophy (Theory of knowledge - Socratic Skepticism) with the more right brain Vedanta and the science of consciousness called Yoga into their very neurological wiring of the 6th Chakra.

Below the 5 categories for Philosophy, Science, Vedanta & Yoga have been correlated to Jyotish as the 4th of 5 steps before Meditation & Self-inquiry. In some cases this is not from any authority and I have just tried to make sense of parallels between different schools of thought to reveal some symmetry to knowledge, west (left) vs east (right) philosophies, sciences and thought.

1) 5 PRACTICES

i) Ayurveda/Vastu/Hathayoga
ii) Gita & Selfless Service
iii) Sankhya & Tantra
iv) JYOTISH Astrology ==========> A
v)Meditational Self-Inquiry

2) 5 VEDANTAS (Metaphysics)

i) Micro-dualism
ii) Macro-dualism
iii) Qualified Non-dualism
iv) Non-dualism = Consciousness ==> B
v)Non-causality

3) 5 YOGAS (Yoking Consciousness)

i) Raja (Hatha/Kundalini)
ii) (Nishkama) Karma
iii) Bhakti
iv) Jnana = Self-Knowledge ======> B
v) Zen

4) 5 MIND (T.O.K.)

i) Ego/Will
ii) Perception
iii) Memory
iv) Intellect =Discrimination ====> B - C
v) Consciousness

5) 5 PHILOSOPHY

i) Ethics
ii) Logic
iii) Aesthetics
iv) Theory of Knowledge (Mind) => C
v) Metaphysics (e.g.Vedanta)

6) 5 SCIENCES

i) Medicine
ii) Physics
iii) Psychology
iv)Western Philosophy =====> C
v) Consciousness (eg Yoga)

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