Cultural Integrity o Theoretical Foundations o Vedic Education
Research on Cultural Integrity
Extensive scientific research confirms that every culture becomes integrated and progressive on all levels of life when the local cultural values are founded on complete knowledge of all the laws of nature - Veda. Only by enlivening the universal aspect of all cultures, the local aspects of culture are enriching to every other culture.Zeitenwende zum Frieden: Präsentation der Friedenstechnologie der Vedischen Kultur o o o Turning point to peace: Presentation of the Peace Technology of Vedic Culture
Original Reseach:
Meditation can be understood as a mind-body practice which not only calms the mind, but also induces deep physiological relaxation by means of regulating the autonomic nervous system. This renders meditation an effective treatment for trauma-related mental health conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, which are characterized by chronic autonomic and neurochemical dysregulation. An application of this approach is presented, which used the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program from the Vedic Yoga tradition to alleviate PTSD and depression in Ukrainian war refugees in Germany. The article ends with an outlook that this meditation technique, in a world so ridden with conflict that whole societies are burdened with the aftermaths of violence and displacement, has the potential to play a crucial role in healing individual and collective trauma, and contribute to the promotion of peace.
Vedic Education
Topic 1: Indology under Attack from India
Topic 2: Authentic Veda Study in Europe
In the 1970s scientific research related to the practice of Yoga and Meditation created a new kind of interest into the Vedic heritage based on direct experience. The themes covered range from the critique of academic indology as voiced by Prodosh Aich (born 1933) up to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's (1918 – 2008) vision of Vedic Universities open to every one striving for progress and peace in his personal life and/or in the socio-ecological surrounding. Rishi Kumar Mishra (1932 – 2009) coined the term Cosmic Matrix to bring to awareness the reality linking individual and cosmos. Direct accessibility of cosmic intelligence by the individual increases mind-body coordination which extends via the reciprocity between individual and collective behavior into the environment. In the traditional Yogic literature - e.g. the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - these factors are fundamental to Siddhi-Phenomena and - in publications on the effects of Transcendental Meditation (TM) - they explain TM-Sidhi Experiences. The term "Siddhi" indicates exemplary performance and signifies increased quality of life by taking into account the wholeness of consciousness which includes all the laws of nature and thus all Siddhi phenomena. This clearly distinguishes Yogic Siddhi-Sutras from methods or techniques applying only specific, isolated laws of nature which lead to unwanted side effects. Holistic perfection is related to the precision of the language used and cultivation of mistake free thinking though the unifying methodology of intelligence (samyama) which spontaneously connects the undifferentiated totality of intelligence (samadhi) with the objective, differentiated flow of intelligence (dharana) via the inward and outward strokes of meditation (dhyan). The custodians of the Vedic heritage have the privilege to make this much needed practical knowledge available to all of humanity. The Vedic language plays an important role (Sanskrit Effect and Vedic cognition) but also effortless "soft thinking” fully utilizing the performance potential of the brain-mind-interface through the "brain software" (H. Krug, G. Unruh) of the Yoga sutras.
Theoretical Foundation
Analysis of the world situation at the beginning of the 21st Century shows that objective, action oriented science and technology alone are not enough to safeguard progress and peace. They have to be complemented by knowledge which includes the development of the subject as well. Such complete knowledge is available in Veda based science. The advance of modern science support this by recognizing the necessity of supplementing the activities of specific laws of nature by the total potential of natural law. To bring and maintain life in alliance with all the laws of nature, it is necessary to have complete knowledge available in consciousness. Vedic world order of lasting peace is based on complete knowledge - Gyan - capable of balancing opposing forces. This first fundamental form of science clarifies the relationship between consciousness and knowledge:
1. knowledge is structured in consciousness - Rig Veda
2. consciousness is the home of all knowledge - Sama Ved
3. knowledge is different in different states of consciousness - Yajur Veda
4. consciousness is the home of all the laws of nature - Atharva Veda.
It is to be expexted, when the science of consciousness – the science of creative intelligence – is part of education, then a significant change in the quality of life takes place.