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   Science today accepts only those things which can be physically demonstrated;   
   that is, it only recognizes the veracity of a phenomenon if it comes directly   
   or indirectly within the scope of the tanmatras of sound, touch, form, smell,   
   and taste. Now if    
   something exists due to a sixth (non-physical) attribute, science cannot   
   discern it, since methods of scientific proof use only the five sensory   
   gateways. Scientists say that what cannot be proved by such methods is not to   
   be believed. This argument is    
   no less dogmatic than the assertion of religious zealots that "My way is the   
   only way, my prophet the only prophet and my scripture the only scripture."   
      
   If science is to advance in rapid strides, it will have to utilize a sixth   
   antenna which Baba called "special perception". This special perception is   
   "the reflection of conception within the periphery of perception." (I shall   
   discuss this topic in more    
   detail later.)   
      
   Suppose an entity called "God" exists and He comes in the form of an ordinary   
   person who says, "I am God." No one would believe the person. I personally   
   think the word "God" is a defective expression for the Supreme Cognitive   
   Principle. This is an    
   example of the limitation of language, because only a minute portion of what   
   we experience can be expressed. The first intuitional scientists, after having   
   had profound inner experiences, tried to symbolize their experiences and gave   
   the name Brahma to    
   the Supreme Entity.   
      
   Who can also make others limitless.   
      
   How can one know that limitless Entity? One of Baba's greatest gifts to   
   humanity was His unparalleled elucidation of different aspects of spiritual or   
   intuitional science in language which linked the "mysterious" to the rational   
   and scientific realms.   
      
   A sádhaka must be more than the average person in order to understand   
   spiritual mysteries. When one gets an understanding of this, then one may also   
   catch a glimpse of His omniscience, and appreciate that Baba's effortless   
   establishment in this realm was    
   a unique occurrence.   
      
   Here I would like to offer an explanation of Baba's concepts of manasphot'a   
   (bursting of mind) and cetanasphot'a (bursting of consciousness). It is a lay   
   person's attempt to scientifically explain the phenomena of intuitional or   
   spiritual realization.   
      
   While explaining microvita in 1988, Baba said that the third type of microvita   
   can be perceived only through "special perception". He said that "special   
   perception" is nothing but "the reflection of conception within the periphery   
   of perception." I    
   contemplated this for several days and finally realized its meaning in an   
   intuitive flash. I also understood what was meant by a "conceptually developed   
   mind". The following examples illustrate my understanding.   
      
   The Russian chemist Mendelev described how he developed the periodic table. He   
   thought that there must be some relationship between the chemical elements and   
   he spent sleepless nights puzzling over it. Ultimately he saw, in a dream, the   
   whole periodic    
   table and wrote it down immediately upon awakening.   
      
   The scientist Kekule discovered the structure of carbon compounds like   
   benzene. His solutions also came in a dream. Once, while sitting by the fire   
   in the evening after toiling for several hours with models of long chain   
   carbon compounds, he became    
   drowsy. In his half sleep, he saw the chains turn into twisting and turning   
   snakes. When one of the snakes suddenly seized its own tail and formed a ring,   
   the idea of a cyclic structure came to the great mind.   
      
   These scientists had conceptually developed minds since they were assimilating   
   tremendous amounts of diverse data in their mental arena. Their dreams were a   
   reflection of their concepts. Dreams come within the realm of perception. So   
   the answer to their    
   problems came as a reflection of conception within the periphery of perception.   
      
   It is significant that enlightenment comes at a point of relaxed drowsiness,   
   when the ego or "I" involvement is conspicuously absent. The symbolization of   
   that knowledge is witnessed by the knower "I" and that profound revelation is   
   communicated to the    
   doer "I", which retains it.   
      
   Barbara McClintock received the 1983 Nobel prize in medicine and physiology   
   for her research on `jumping genes". She expressed amazement in her memoirs   
   that the rush of enlightenment happened only when her "I" was forgotten in   
   oblivion at the peak of her    
   deep investigations - that is, she completely lost herself in the act of   
   investigation.[13]   
      
   The "I" who retains intuitive knowledge is not the same I" who brings the   
   knowledge at the time of the pulverization of the ectoplasm into endoplasm. In   
   a state of oblivion, the all-knowing unconscious mind takes charge, allowing   
   the Cosmic Mind to    
   transmit this knowledge. Later the superficial "I" tries to take the credit   
   for the discovery.   
      
   Our unconscious mind is His all-knowing mind or the hiranyagarbha of the Guru.   
   If by constant endeavour one crosses the subconscious and comes in contact   
   with the unconscious, one can get symbolic expressions of profound truths.   
      
   In every country there are stories of people who experience extra sensory   
   perception (ESP). For example, the daughter of a naive but very devotional man   
   suffered from an incurable disease. He constantly and fervently surrendered to   
   his goddess for a long    
   period. Then, in a dream, his unconscious mind appeared to him as his goddess.   
   She said, "My child, go to such and such place and such and such herb will be   
   shown to you. Use this herb and your daughter will be cured." The devotee came   
   out of the dream,    
   found the herb in the exact location and cured his daughter. Many of us have   
   come across such incidents in our day to day life. It is the unconscious mind   
   which creates the symbolic revelation.   
      
   A dream from the subconscious mind is not usually inspirational but dreams of   
   the unconscious mind are very exhilarating. After having them, one feels   
   thrilled and enjoys a beautiful cool balm from the anáhata to ájina cakras.   
      
   So-called scientific people usually dismiss such experiences as coincidental   
   or chance, or label them as parapsychic phenomena. To explain them as   
   intuition is only the beginning. By a constant endeavour, if one establishes a   
   link between the conscious    
   and unconscious (this is possible only after one becomes dagdhabiija[14]),   
   then one can start to enter the mysterious spiritual world. Anyone can attain   
   the unconscious and begin this wonderful journey by developing constant   
   devotion and receiving the    
   compassion of the Sadguru.   
      
   In an interesting conversation with Ac. Rameshvarananda, Baba described what   
   happens when unit consciousness of the jiiva (unit mind) makes a link with   
   Cosmic Consciousness. "When the unit comes in contact with the Cosmic and the   
   Cosmic comes in contact    
   with the unit, as a result of the proximity of the two, the natural becomes   
   less natural and the supernatural becomes more natural."   
      
   Baba said in the future this "special perception" will be the sixth sense of   
   knowledge. It may also be called enlightenment. To achieve collective   
   progress, our society needs to nurture conceptually developed people. When   
   scientists eventually combine    
   their analytic approach with the synthetic spiritual approach, humanity will   
   advance in great strides. Only then will the dusty earth be able to heave a   
   sigh of relief and get release from the constant turmoil among nations and   
   communities.   
      
      
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