Mechanics of Real Science

By Abhaya Mudra Dasi

Give a swan to water that is mixed with milk to drink and he will extract the milk from it. Give a crow to drink the same water and he will drink it without noticing the milk content. Both birds drink but the quality of their liquid intake is different.

The modus operandi of the modern scientists is like that of the crow. They have assembled some conveniences to presumably serve mankind. The majority of the world has automatically accepted that this is proof of greatness. However, even a child can play around with the different material elements provided by Shri Krishna and arrive at some decent result. How many kids have played with water and found out that if they quickly rotate a bucket around a stick the water inside the vessel does spill out? It is obvious that if one starts mixing up the elements of Nature that surround us, eventually he will arrive at some interesting results.

The most common encounter with the power of combining material elements is cooking. Propelled by hunger or curiosity, everyone has attempted to cook at some point of his life. Still, we know that there is a difference between the amateur and the experienced chef. The master has accumulated practice based on the knowledge of cooking handed down by tradition. His mastery is not a mere result of trial or experimentation. Modern science is like a hobbyist cook who burns the dish because he does not rely on tradition. Contemporary people eat the dish of modern technology only because they are disconnected from traditional tastes and values.

Even in the material spheres of life tradition is an important principle. Tradition is the result of the combined experience of many minds. It is the ripened fruit of combined human trial over millennia. Tradition means that it is difficult to trace the starting point or author of a discovery. Unlike today when each of us would like to be an author of some novel discovery–no matter how trivial and insignificant–tradition values the principles of perfection. Ultimately, traditional knowledge was initiated by Shri Krishna. The best example of original tradition is the disciplic succession (sampradaya) which hands down the original knowledge of the Absolute Truth unchanged since time immemorial. Thus, the original objective of tradition is to keep the perfect and absolute knowledge unchanged. But when parampara gets contaminated by time, place and circumstance it gives birth to cultural traditions. Nevertheless, cultural tradition is better than no tradition at all. Modern science is the example of the later. It is an example of a branch which has been cut from the original tradition of acquiring knowledge.

Modern science relies neither on cultural tradition nor on parampara tradition. In fact, science wants to play God. Even scientists do not realize the consequences of their research, experimentation or the so-called good innovation are put to work in our lives. Immediately after they discover something, their inventions are put into practice without prior reference to tradition. They are trusted without having passed the test of time. Everything done by scientists is accepted as perfect as though it was created by God. But if we look with a vision that is untarnished we will see that all they have done is merely play with the elements; something that even a child can do.

Shri Krishna tells Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita (10.8):

aham sarvasya prabhavo
mattah sarvam pravartate
iti matva bhajante mam
budha bhava-samanvitah

“I am the source of all spiritual and material worlds. Everything emanates from Me. The wise who know this perfectly engage in My devotional service and worship Me with all their hearts.”

All elements emanate from Shri Krishna. Whatever is necessary has already been provided for life. Yet all that the confused souls of Kali Yuga can see is that the crow is drinking, and therefore he must be relieving his thirst. But the crow will never be able to do what the swan does – extract milk from water.

However, even in Vedic culture there is room for controlled manipulation of material elements under the supervision of knowledgeable brahmanas. It is understood that one who lives in the material world will interact with those forces that surrounded him. In old times there used to be a science based upon tradition; not merely a cultural tradition but rather one that was based upon parampara reflecting the eternal knowledge of the soul. Therefore the most elevated souls in spiritual matters were also very versatile in the knowledge of the interactivity of material elements. We read in Shrimad Bhagavatam (SB 1.13.3-4 Purport) that Shrila Vyasadev knew how to grow babies in vases. He took the pieces expelled from the womb of Gandhari and divided them into one hundred and one pieces. He put them in different vases and in due course of time they produced the hundred sons and one daughter of king Dhritarashtra. Shrila Vyasadev is the author of Shrimad Bhagavatam. He is a great devotee and vibhuti incarnation of the Supreme Lord. He is the teacher of the whole world regarding spirituality in Kali Yuga and we can see that he knew how to manipulate the material elements properly and instantaneously. Conversely, for how many years longer will modern science take to grow a baby in a test tube? What are the scientists missing in their efforts based around trial and error? It is obvious that they have forgotten the most important ingredient in their compilations – spiritual knowledge – the awareness which can separate milk from water. It is not by chance that the most elevated spiritual living entities are called paramahamsas or transcendental swans. Such paramhamsas can see Shri Krishna everywhere. Their keen perception which lies beyond the gross senses of this material body is the key ingredient which can make modern science successful. But significantly “spirituality” is a word thoroughly missing from the scientific dictionary.

Where is Parashara Muni amongst modern scientists? The father of Shrila Vyasadev knew not only the stars but many other sciences like sankhya, vastu and ayurveda. Where can we find Shukracharya who has laid down the basic principles of successful government, planting of trees, social divisions and prosperity and who knows the art of reviving the dead? Where is Kapila Muni who can build a ship which can fly through time and space without obstruction? Where is Lord Shiva who can join a body to an estranged head and keep the life force intact as seen in the story about his own son Ganesha Deva. Modern scientist has attempted to arrive at the same result so many times but instead has ended such experiments merely with the corpses of dead animals.

The main confusion of modern scientists is that the mind is located in the head and by saving the head they think they can add a body to it. This can be seen in the experiment performed in 1963 at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio led by Robert J. White when he attempted to perform a head transplant. At that time, of course, the lab monkeys did not know how to talk and tell the scientists that they have killed the monkey which they thought they are keeping alive. The mind, as well the soul, is located in the heart but scientist think the head is the center of life. Science will always be a failure without knowledge of the soul.

Modern science has existed for few centuries now. The backbone of science is composed of inquisitive scientists who are curious about Nature. They often uncover some interesting facts about that which surrounds us. These scientists are drawn to nature just like children who want to know everything about the world around them. There is innocence in the inquisitive scientists’ mind but their fault is that they do not follow parampara and they truly deserve to be compared to immature and undeveloped humans. But we should not mistake naive scientists with modern science. Modern science is the exploitation force which draws the water pumped by the thirsty throats of scientist and uses it for its own egoistical goals. These goals are aimed at controlling the population disguised in the flashy wrap of conveniences like the cell phone which presumably give the ease of communication with distant places. At its core modern science has no goal of explaining the truth about the universe. It has no interest of presenting the true map of the cosmos because it aims at mind control. It aims at misinterpreting the personality of the Supreme Lord. The scientific understanding of lording it over material nature is unlike the free will concept that has been laid down as the foundation by Shri Krishna in the genuine universal control. The power of the Supreme Lord is based on love not slavery.

If we examine the modern scientific propaganda machine, it easily makes a person sell his freedom for material conveniences which at their core are false. For example, distant communications are not only possible via cell phones. They are possible through yoga practices. Cell pones have given the benefit of all to communicate over long distances but the thoughts of all materialistic people have contaminated the environment. This sound pollution can only be counteracted by chanting of the pure sound vibration of the Hare Krishna mahamantra.

The basis of creation is sound. Even the operation of computers is based upon the primeval sound OM as all of its systems are based on the numbers 1, 0 and 8. John Atanasoff may have had the idealistic goal of easing computation while inventing the computer, but he had no idea that the computer will one day be able carry and store the thoughts of the humanity in its entirety. Today computers are used for everything from releasing bombs over the heads of innocent people to controlling satellites which direct the global economy towards an inevitable crash. Modern scientific invention should justifiably be used only in Krishna Consciousness.

Ultimately, the technology which is used in modern science has always been out there in a covered or an uncovered condition since time immemorial since it belongs to the Supreme Lord. The most important factor is how the energies of Shri Krishna are used. If internet and other devises are not used in Krishna Consciousness they are just like any other material object which is wasted and will inevitably perish in time.

Modern science forces an artificial lifestyle based upon artificial values which depletes the resources of mother Earth. In the aftermath, we can see that science has created more disasters than benefits. For example, after the refrigerator was invented it facilitated the slaughter of unlimited number of cattle. Without this deadly invention it is very difficult to store meat for long periods of time without decay. Before the refrigerator people used to eat large animals only once or twice a year, if at all. Now cow slaughter is predominant and wars occur every day.

Where is the intelligence of modern science? It seems to be missing because it prefers to kill the most useful animal just for the sake of eating meat. This activity not only creates bad karma but destroys the best of civilization. Any cow can be turned into a kamadhenu because the cow can give unlimited products which can solve the problems of today’s economy. Cows produce milk which can be turned into yogurt and thereafter be used for delicious preparations. From milk, butter can be produced and clarified. This clarified butter (gee) is better than any oil. It can be used for cooking or for producing light, for moving mechanisms, for soap making, for medical preparations and for whatever else comes to mind. Cow dung can be used in heating, for cleaning, house building and in so many other activities and products. The power of the bull can be used as machine power to plow and nourish the fields. This natural way of working the land is friendly to the ecology and never depletes the nutrients of the soil.

The mind of man becomes calm when he produces things with his own hands. All this is lost in a single cut of an innocent animal’s throat. But the cruelty does not end there. The story of modern civilization is as intelligent as the owner of the hen who laid the golden egg. He kept the rear part of the bird because it was the part that produced eggs, and he cut the beak which seemed to take too much investment simply because it was the eating part of the bird body. Modern science is too short-sighted to see that goodness cannot be forced. Out of greediness, science does not know that if the calf is kept with his mother she gives more milk. This natural process cannot be forced by giving steroids to the cows. Modern science is cutting the branch on which everyone in this world is sitting. But the members of this demonic propaganda also live on Earth and they are also doomed to perish in the heinous act of cow slaughter.

Some idealistic scientists want to ease the pain of the cows when being slaughtered. This shows how sentimental and stupid scientists are and how they are exploited by the brainless machine of science. This example can be well illustrated by the contribution of Dr. Temple Grandin who is autistic and spend a lot of time amongst animals. She thought that easing pain at the time of slaughter is humane for the animals while this sentimentalism only serves a contribution to the meat eating world. What bigger hypocrisy? No cow wants to be slaughtered even in a so-called painless of way. Devotees should not identify with modern science and its members whose hands are stained with the blood of innocent creatures. Rather genuine devotees should endeavor to follow and preach the tradition of parampara. They should pursue the example of great devotees who know how to combine material elements for the benefit of all society and–most importantly–for spiritual development. The drinking of the crow and the drinking of the swan is not the same. It is the milk that we want because it is the substance which nourishes life from the very birth. Birth is precious because it gives a chance to all who are born to go back to Godhead. Modern science on the contrary inflicts only death. All its achievements have proven deadly to the environment, the children in school, the women at work and the society at large.

Devotees must strive to implement the philosophy of “high thinking and simple living.” Simple living means to harmonize with nature. Mother Nature is already willing to gives us everything; we only need to acknowledge her by keeping close to the soil and to the cow. Taking shelter under the beloved animals of Shri Krishna is the only solution against the marching onslaught of modern science and its disastrous consequences. It is proven that in natural environment the mind can fully engaged in the chanting of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

Following the four regulative principles in the devotional service to Shri Krishna such as “no meat eating” can successfully combat the modern demonic science. The four regulative principles are not only simple but lay the fundamentals for destroying the demons of modern world.

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