The Problem of Simplicity and Complexity All the fundamental differences between European science and the Vedic system can be traced back to an assumption about simplicity in European thinking. Factually, ordinary sense perception is immensely complex. Food, for instance, has taste, smell, color, taste, texture, shape, weight, hardness, and so […]
Problems of the Aryan Invasion Theory
What is the Aryan Invasion Theory? Definition of the Aryan Invasion Theory “Aryan Invasion Theory” (AIT) originated during colonial times to align the history of India to the European history. Since Europeans immigrated from the Steppe Region in Central Asia into Europe, the historical project wanted to trace common ancestry […]
A Personalist Foundation for Social Sciences
The Unity of All Scientific Subjects I used the last article to weave many seemingly disjointed ideas—modalities, inseparability, qualities, how the illusion of motion is created without a motion by revelation and hiding of modes, how this leads to alternative ideas of space and time, an alternative conception of laws […]
Non-Dualism, Inseparability, and Entanglement
Revolutionary vs. Incremental History In the previous article, I made a pithy remark in passing—Progressive history doesn’t have revolutions and paradigm changes. I will use this article to explain how this is a consequence of the modern scientific assumptions about the separation of locations, times, and things. Separation allows us […]
The Cycle of History
The Vedic System Neglects History The Vedic tradition has always had a very weak interest in chronological history. Vedic texts only record the important events—e.g., those about the incarnations of God on earth, or those of great devotees of God, who then spread devotion to God all over the earth. […]
Species – The Vedic Perspective
An Alternative Concept of Evolution Species in modern science are defined by the type of body and often by their DNA, and they evolve through random mutations and natural selection by the environment. Cracks in this notion of evolution appear when one zooms out to look at ecosystems. An ecosystem […]