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    Mapping of Human Genome & the possible

    danger of Karmic Manipulations

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    Swami Atmananda

    Kudos to scientists for mapping the genome:

    ……… The recent mapping of Human Genome by a group of

    scientists was a landmark achievement for the entire mankind.

    While lot needs to be done before this knowledge is available to

    help root out the genetic disorders of man, yet it is indeed an

    achievement worth elation. In future it will become possible to

    predict & even help root out the various diseases of man with

    the least bit of botheration. However, like with any potent

    knowledge there is a possibility of its possible misuse. Such can

    be the profound impact of this knowledge that all sort of fears

    have already started being aired. It might certainly lead to

    various ethical and social problems. There is also the dangerous

    possibility of cloning of a superior human race.

    The problem of misuse of any potent knowledge :

    ……… The possibility of misuse of any potent knowledge or

    power is always there, and therefore the debate on the

    possible misuse of this knowledge of human genome has also

    rightly begun. Whether it is the nuclear power in the hands of a

    rogue state, or a gun in the hands of school going children, the

    powers that be are rightly concerned about averting their

    possible misuse. The problem is not the power as such, but the

    power in wrong hands. Spiritual masters the world over are

    basically concerned about this deep-rooted & devastating

    problem of ‘misuse of any power’, and this is traceable to the

    problem of ego-centricity. Ego-centricity is not negated by

    a healthy body or even good karmas, but only by directly

    realising the infinite & transcendental truth of this world - as

    our very Self. Can we work to help bring about a mind which

    has love, magnanimity & compassion for one & all ? If this is

    achieved then you can rest assured that no knowledge will

    ever be misused, and without this the danger of misuse will

    always be there.

    Can Karmic data too be manipulated :

    ……… Some people even feared whether the karmic data of man

    too may now be manipulated. These fears are baseless. People

    hereafter will certainly be facing a challenge which has not

    been dreamt of earlier, yet no such possible manipulations rein

    the karmic freedom of man, and thus he or she will remain as

    independent & creative as ever ‘to find a way out’ from these

    new situations too. That is the freedom & power of karma. The

    word 'karma' is used in two different ways. One, as an effect of

    earlier acts, and two, as a ‘potential to act without any

    conditionings’. While the word karma is secondarily used to

    indicate the effect of our earlier acts, the primary real meaning

    of this word is the ‘potential to act without any conditionings’.

    None of these can be effected by any physical manipulations.

    The difference between animal yonis & the human yoni is only

    in the existence if this freedom & capacity. Animals act in a

    conditioned & programmed way, while the level of awareness of

    human beings facilitates them to exist at a level where their

    responses are not conditioned by their situations or past. This

    alone is the essence of karma.

    To be human is to be free to act :

    ……… To accept the possibility of human being conditioned by

    anything whatsoever in such a way so as to lose our freedom

    to act is deny the very human-ness & thus the very potential

    to do karma. To act as per conditionings is no 'action', but a

    mere 'reaction'. Ability to respond in an unconditioned way is

    not a genetic trait but something much more fundamental, so I

    have no basic fears. We intrinsically know this too, that is why

    insipte of the unfavourable genetics of parents the children can

    carve out a niche for themself. That is why education is so

    very important. Thoughts do have physical repercussions but

    mere physical fitness is no gaurantee for a thoughtful

    magnanimous mind.

    Genes do not store Karmas :

    ……… The sciptures talk about the place of storage of karmic

    info too, and that place is incidentally not this physical body,

    but our sukshma sharira or the invisible ‘subtle’ body. The Jiva

    comes to a mother's womb with its own bag & baggage, this

    alone explains existence of abnormally different inclinations of

    child & parents. So no physical manipulation can really alter the

    'inclinations' (karma) of any jiva. Yes, the health of people can

    certainly be altered, and so far so good. Moreover these genes

    themself are a later manifestation in the beautiful process of

    creation, and they are basically meant to facilitate bringing

    about of the ideal conditions for the karmas of a jiva to express

    & exhaust. Physical features and some such gross things are

    provided by the parents to the child, but the Jiva comes in the

    womb with its own karmas. That alone is the reason why a

    sudra couple too can possibly have a child with the inclinations

    of a brahmin or even kshatriya. If what was provided by

    parents alone drew the line within which this jiva lives &

    operates then such things could never have happened.

     

    Genes are because of me and not vice versa :

    ……… The fundamental difference between materialism &

    spirituality is that while the former believes that ‘matter’ is 'the

    important’ thing and it alone controls our lives & its joys, the

    latter brings about a paradigm shift in our priorities &

    perceptions by passing the buck of importance to an

    all-pervasive, non-material, conscious principle - the subjective

    essence of all. When the scriptures talk about this entire

    cosmos coming out of a spiritual essence - which is your true

    self, they in fact are saying that you are the creators of these

    very genes. Genes maybe chemically made up of DNA molecules

    etc – but are in this context are clubbed under one generic

    term – the ‘matter’. They are comparable to seeds. They are

    the first perceptible manifestations in this beautiful process of

    the grossification of the great yet highly subtle creative

    self-revealing, blissful existence which is continously unfolding

    itself – in a highly intelligent & orderly way. This so called ‘spirit’

    or more appropriately - the Consciousness, is not a product of

    any chemistry, but is that becuse of which the basic elements

    can be what they are. This consciousness is called as Brahman

    by the Upanishads, it from this alone everything has come, and

    into this alone everything goes back. That alone is the truth,

    rest is an illusion, a mere continuum of time & space.

    ……… If someone can be called a ‘human’, then the fears about

    karmic manipulations are irrelevent, and if the manipulations are

    to such a degree that the fellow cannot be called a human,

    then also the question becomes irrelevent. So as long as we

    are humans so long we have the potential to act in an

    unconditiond way - provided we exercise our freedom. Here

    alone is the important role of right shiksha & samskaras. Real

    education too is not any new conditioning, but implies bringing

    about ‘awareness’ of facts of life to such a degree so as to

    decondition us from past and realise our freedom to choose &

    act. This is possible in an ambiance where the goals are

    invoking things like love etc in the hearts of one & all.

    Self-knowledge alone prevents misuse of any Power:

    ……… I sincerely pray that one day the resourceful nations will

    give as much importance to the subjective knowledge as much

    as they give to the objective one. So while I am happy at this

    achievement of mapping of the human genome I do not yet see

    any luxury of any complacency to ignore the spiritual

    subjective knowledge. The most important knowledge is the

    one which can help invoke deep-rooted love in the heart of one

    & all. This alone can gaurantee total absence of misuse of any

    kind of power what-so-ever. Unfortunately this knowledge is

    yet to become a priority of the policy makers the world over.

    That day when this becomes a priority will be a day of real

    celebration for all those people who sincerely wish for the well

    being of one & all.

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    Perhaps 10% of Silicon Valley Billionaires were BORN IN INDIA. In true American spirit they are now opening first-class educational institutions in India so that disadvantaged young Indians can follow their success.

     

    10% / 25% doesn't make a diff. We Hindoos invented everythingin this world and everything outside this world and everything inside your mind / brain.

     

    Personally, i don't believe there are any disadvanteaged indians in india. As for first-class educational institutions in America. There are none except MIT. Hopefully americans will catchup to Indians in technology, literature, but nvr philosophy.

     

    Tahdah.

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    "Thus the growth of capitalism is synonymous with democratic governments, bringing the many material advantages desired by all."

     

    Note:

    The secondery scientifyic achievments come when there is a small group of scientists part of society working on new developments.

    Not like now where there are people pumped out of educational slaughterhouse VILLES.

     

    As for the recent terroristic bombings on New York. It's clearly United States fault. They keep pumping Saudi's oil for them. We should of moved on long tiems ago and built alternative energy sources and put them in our villages...

     

    Too bad. NEW WORLD ORDER UNDER GOD NOW.

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    'Thus the growth of capitalism is synonymous

    with democratic governments'

     

    Wow. How?

     

    'Is it time to talk of a "white man's burden" again?'

     

    Yes in west world. But Hindu mans burden afterwards for now what it looks like in 'Occident.

     

    Democracy needs liberty while capitalism needs freedom.

     

    Tudah.

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    "Prostrating before God is also way of full surrender to God. By doing that we shed

    our ego . Krishna is caught by Yashoda (to tie Him ) only when she throws away the

    stick in her hand. Here God indicates unless we shed off our feelings of I &

    mine(dandam) it will not possible for us to reach Him. So it is the best asana."

     

    You fooz.

     

     

    The point is not to eliminate the material but to transcend it by doing devotinal service.

     

    NOte:

    Everything in Krsna's service is Hare Krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare hrama rama hare rama rama rama hare hare.......

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    nididhyasana

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    How does this asana co-relate to the learning-curve,,cognitionative curves...?

     

    Simply by contemplating how does one achieve liberation? I thought one needs vidya in order to attain status of liberation... The 3 pramans according to JGoswami are vedic shabda, (h)anuman, &&& perception (determinate/indeterminate). Also comparison is accepted by Mayavadis'...

     

     

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