The Legend of Brahman
By Robert Macfarlane
It was late December and the days
were getting cold. Everyone dislikes walking to school in winter because it is so dark
when we leave in the morning and even darker when we return in the late afternoon. My
friends and I meet at the corner each morning and walk to school together. Walking
together is always better than walking alone on dark winter days.
December
is one of those funny months in school. Life outside is cold and dreary and that’s
the way all of us begin to feel about our classes. But this December was special because
as a freshman in high school I was going to start a new eight day class that would
continue throughout high school and college. As far as I understand, these classes have
been mandatory in schools for the last nine hundred years. Someone surely feels they are
important, though most people would disagree.
The class
is called the Legend of Brahman. It’s funny how everyone reacts to these classes.
Some teachers really believe in the legend and their classes are interesting. Other
teachers feel these classes are silly, so their classes are quite boring. At home my dad
just shrugs his shoulders when I mention the class. He hears what I say, but he
doesn’t pay much attention. He is more concerned about how I am doing in science and
math. My mother, on the other hand, is always ready to talk about the Legend of Brahman.
She loved the courses when she was in school and says there is something very special
about them. She had a great teacher who had deep faith in the Legend, which touched
everyone in her class. She encourages me to pay close attention, as it could change my
attitude towards life.
This was
the first year I would take the Legend of Brahman class so I had some reservations. The
teacher I had, Mr. Vidya, was supposed to be one of the best, but many of my friends heard
that he talks in circles and makes things very confusing. On the first day of class Mr.
Vidya came in and sat down. He waited for everyone to take their seats. Once everyone was
in their place, he asked the class the following question. Can anyone tell me where
Brahman is? Everyone sat looking at each other wondering if Mr. Vidya was going to call on
them for the answer. Luckily, Sally West, the smartest girl in the class stood up and
said, “Brahman is everywhere and nowhere.” She, of course, had gotten the answer
from her mother and memorized it. The teacher smiled and thanked Sally for her answer.
Then he turned and looked around the class to see if anyone else had another answer.
Finally, Fred Smith, one of the quietest guys in our class stood up and said,
“Brahman is a place that exists in another dimension that is different than the
dimension we live in. Therefore, we do not know where it is. Some people say it is
everywhere, others say it exists and that all other dimensions are contained within it and
finally there are others who say it doesn’t exist at all.” Fred smiled as he
answered. As he sat down he said, “I am not sure if there is a correct answer to this
question.”
Fred’s
answer seemed to please the teacher more than Sally’s, as he nodded and shook his
head in an approving manner. “That’s right,” he said, “Brahman is a
reality, which is very important to us. It is a state of existence that scientists call
Status, which is in another dimension where everything exists in a state of potential and
therefore things have no features, form, shape, color or anything like they do here in our
dimension, which scientists call Reality. It is a different kind of existence. Everything
exists just as in our world but in a different way.”
Dave
Parker raised his hand and asked Mr. Vidya, “How do scientists know that such a place
called Brahman exists? And if it exists, how can scientists from our dimension (Reality)
communicate with another dimension (Status)?”
Mr. Vidya
was pleased with Dave’s question. “Mr. Parker” he replied, “that is an
excellent question, which we are going to consider over the next eight days. Hopefully by
the time this year’s class is finished you will have a basic understanding about
Brahman and the nature of Status. Let me begin with a story that will provide everyone
with some basic information about what we know about Brahman and what scientists have been
doing for the past 1000 years to help us understand more.”
"As
many of you know about a thousand years ago there was a very famous scientist, Peter
Seeker, who was deeply involved in scientific research related to the nature of our
dimension, Reality. One day in his lab after completing a number of experiments, he
discovered something very important. For years he had been growing all kinds of plants to
figure out why some seeds become flowers and others become trees. He and his colleague
Frank Measure had made a number of significant discoveries during their research about
genes and chromosomes for which they had received international recognition. On this
particular day Seeker had finished a series of experiments that lead him to an earth
shaking conclusion. He said that a seed became a flower or a bush or a tree because it
contained a certain element of Potential, which determined what it became. He said this
element of Potential did not originate in our dimension of Reality, but it was there in
each and every thing. He said this element came from a dimension called Status. He called
this element of Potential, a Real Idea. He went on further to say this element acted like
a receiver, which received signals that contained knowledge and power, which activated
genes and chromosomes. This embedded knowledge determined what a seed became.”
“As
you can imagine this was a very exciting discovery,” Mr. Vidya said. “Within
days he was bombarded with questions from around the world about the nature of Real Idea.
Scientists wanted to know where it was located, how it had been identified and measured,
what it was made of, how the signal was received and how it acted in our dimension
(Reality). These were very complex questions that were not easily answered at this stage
in Seeker’s research. He provided his research findings so other scientists could
confirm them and told people it would take time to conduct more experiments to answer all
of the questions about the nature and action of the element called Real Idea. There was no
doubt that the answers to these questions involved unraveling a number of mysteries about
the nature of our Existence. After this announcement Seeker returned to his research,
which went on for many years.”
“About
thirty years after his discovery, Peter Seeker was found dead in his laboratory. He died
during an experiment after years of research. Scientists collected his research papers and
began analyzing the results of his research in an effort to learn more about what he had
discovered. They learned from his colleagues and papers that the device he was wearing had
enabled him to contact Brahman and to relate with the dimension of Status. His records and
journals showed that he had been in communication with Brahman for many years using this
device, but his notes were not very clear about how it operated. Scientists who worked
with Seeker explained he had developed this unique device for improving telepathy to help
him to establish a link with Brahman. Even today scientists are not sure how it
works”.
“Early
in his research Peter felt that as Brahman was in another dimension it would only be
possible to communicate with it through a form of subtle communication that was capable of
action in both dimensions. Therefore, he had created a device that improved his capacity
to communicate telepathically. When the device was switched on it altered his brain waves,
which led to a quieting of thoughts in his mind. This was necessary since Peter had
determined running thoughts in the human mind in the Dimension of Reality were a form of
interference or static that interrupted communications with Brahman. It also appears,
Vidya said from Seeker’s notes that the device enhanced other capacities. Somehow it
assisted the user to temporally de-structure thought from their mind. Seeker wrote this
was necessary for the human mind to act as a receiver for signals from Brahman. This is an
area of Seeker’s research where scientists have struggled for years to understand his
thoughts. It is not clear how the device helped to temporally erase mental structure.
Seeker’s notes talk about the effort a user had to take to rise up to higher levels
in his mind where all mental structures dissolved, but his notes did not make it clear
exactly what this meant or how one was to accomplish this. Many scientists have tried
using Seeker’s device over the last nine hundred and fifty years, but only a few have
made it work, as he did.”
“Seeker’s
notes indicate the device worked on a number of frequencies each of which was capable of
communication with Brahman. Not only were there different frequencies, there were also
different languages or signals in each frequency. Some frequencies were better than
others. Seeker indicated his device was still unperfected resulting in inconsistent
transmission and communication. Some days, he wrote, transmissions came in well on one
frequency and on other days they were received better on other frequencies. Seeker was
working on the design of a new device he hoped would make direct communication with
Brahman possible for everyone, but no one has been able to understand his preliminary
designs for this advanced device.”
“Seeker’s
notes identify one of the frequencies he used regularly. It was based on light signals.
During these connections, communication was received in coded messages in the form of
light signals. He said these signals were confusing at first, as he did not understand
their meaning, though later he learned to interpret them. He described another unique
frequency based on silence. At first, Seeker thought he was not connected to Brahman, but
later he developed a capacity to pick up vast amounts of information embedded in these
apparently silent messages. In some experiments, he described how messages were received
clearly without any problem. He described these links like a great telephone connection,
where it seems like the person you are talking with is in the next room. His notes also
describe another form of communication with Brahman on another frequency. In this case, he
said, after quieting his thoughts and clearing his mind, there was an instantaneous
communication without words. One simply knew what Brahman was saying and vise-versa. This
connection he said was the hardest to establish though he dreamt about the day when this
type of connection could be permanently maintained.”
“Many
people have read Seeker’s notes for years and have tried to reestablish
communications with Brahman, but his research indicates establishing a connection is not
easy for everyone. The widespread inability to make a connection has led to much
speculation in regards to the existence of Brahman. Many scientists have sought to
discredit Seeker’s work saying there is not enough evidence. But others who have been
able to use the device effectively dispute these claims. In some cases, people have
succeeded in making a connection, but due to interference they have not been able to
maintain it. Others have made it work and have spoken about Brahman and the dimension of
Status. They describe Brahman along the very same lines as Seeker. So far, no one has been
able to create a technology which permits everyone to connect to Brahman.”
“About
three hundred years ago there was a famous French scientist named Louis Aspire. He spent
years reading about the life of Peter Seeker. He also spent many years working with this
communication device. After years of studying Seeker’s notebooks, Aspire uncovered a
relationship between the user’s attitude and the effectiveness of the device to make
contact with Brahman. Seeker had worked for many years on this project. He was intensely
focused on his work and his relationship with Brahman. Some called him a recluse; others
said he was possessed by the idea of Brahman. All day long, he mumbled to himself about
Brahman, he reviewed his notes and tried harder to make his device more effective. Aspire
understood from Seeker’s notes the device worked well on days when he was most
intensely focused on Brahman. He also noted the device almost never worked when Seeker was
distracted. Aspire was a scientist, who like Seeker, was totally preoccupied with Brahman
and the dimension of Status. He was one of a few who made the device work on a regular
basis though only for a short period. After his death the scientific community referred to
the relationship he had identified between attitude and an increased capacity of the
device to contact Brahman as the Aspiration Effect. Even today after almost a thousand
years of research and testing, many mysteries still remain about the relationship between
the dimensions of Reality and Status.”
After
relating this short history of Peter Seeker and his work and the on-going efforts of
scientists to confirm his discoveries, Mr. Vidya told the class we would spend a few hours
each day for the next eight days reviewing Peter Seeker’s notebook. By the end of the
week, everyone should have a basic understanding about what we know about Brahman and the
dimension of Status. He said the class would also spend some time discussing the mysteries
that Seeker described in his notebook about the relationship between Brahman and our
world.
At this
point, Mr. Vidya passed out copies of Seeker’s Notebooks and asked each person to
open and read the first page. It was a short note from Peter Seeker.
The Notebooks of Peter Seeker
About Myself
For those
scientists who will undoubtedly read these notebooks as part of the continuation of my
initial research about the element I have called Real Idea, I am enclosing some
information about myself. I do this not out of any idea of self importance, but in an
effort to provide each of you with some insight into my work and thinking and what it has
lead me to discover. For many, these notes will appear to be the ramblings of an old man
disconnected from the world of practical science.
For others
they will appear to be the writings of a man who has lost his way. I remember in a great
novel of my day there was a prisoner in a jail who was a learned friar. He claimed to have
a great treasure, which he offered to anyone who helped him escape. This man was called
the mad friar. In the end, he bequeathed the treasure to a fellow inmate who himself
doubted the story until he found the treasure and knew it was real. I am sure there will
be those who will call me the Mad Friar of Brahman, believing Brahman does not exist.
For a few
of you, I hope you will find the earnest seeking of a man who in the course of his work
discovered something that could not be explained in terms of science as we know it today.
At each step of the way, I have had to fight the demons in my mind that urged me to give
up this silly work, this nonsense about Brahman and the dimension of Status. In my
isolation, in the lonely days when many laughed at my work and in the nights when I was
alone, it was hard to accept the facts and understand where they were taking me. Over
time, I have ventured far from the current conception we have of Existence. For those who
see this sincere seeking and wish to follow, I offer you a few words of advice. Have faith
and aspire for the truth; answers shall reveal themselves in time.
From the
depths of my seeking,
Peter
Seeker.
Mr. Vidya gave us five minutes to
read and think about the note from Seeker. Then he turned to the class and asked another
question. “What do you think of Peter Seeker from his note?”
This time there was immediate
response. Charles Zimmer, the class clown, stood and answered. He said, “I understand
Seeker was a strange guy, not unlike a number of the people in our class who spend their
days glued to computers or lost in laboratories. What I can’t understand is how
someone like this became so important and for the last nine hundred and fifty years people
are still wasting time talking about it.” Mr. Vidya listened without comment. He
looked for another response.
Brian Jones spoke next. He said,
“I feel Seeker was a serious and hard working person who in the course of his work
came upon something bigger than anything he ever expected. I think many people in his
circumstance would have disregarded the information rather than devote the next thirty
years trying to discover what it was all about. He seemed like an explorer to me.”
Mr. Vidya nodded approvingly and looked for another response.
Frank Justin spoke next. He said,
“Seeker fascinates me. Seeker clearly understood he had found something very
important that would shake the foundation of our society. Not only that, he seemed to have
understood society would find ways to discredit and laugh at this knowledge because it was
so revolutionary. Yet in spite of this, Seeker decided not walk away from his search for
knowledge and truth. I feel he was a great person because he had to grapple with new
things that few have ever understood. All my life I have known about Peter Seeker. My
grandfather, who lives with us now, is a great admirer of Seeker. He keeps a picture of
Seeker on his desk. My grandfather, like Seeker, is an eminent scientist who has won
international recognition for his work. He has always sought to go beyond what he knows
like Seeker and it has made him famous, but more importantly, happy. Every Saturday night
my grandfather and some of his colleagues meet at our house to talk about the frontiers of
knowledge. I sit and listen even though I do not understand much of their discussion, but
I can see an energy and excitement in their eyes as they dream beyond our current limits
of knowledge. I hope someday I can be like Seeker and my grandfather.” Mr. Vidya
smiled and thanked Frank for his comments.
Then Judy French spoke. She said
Seeker appeared to be more of a religious type of person than a scientist. She felt his
approach to life was based on a passionate belief and faith in existence. “I know he
was a scientist, but he seems to be different than most scientists I have met. I feel he
touched something beyond science.” Mr. Vidya had listened quietly to all of the
answers but said very little. He turned and looked for another person to speak, but there
was silence.
He looked over at me and asked what I
thought of Seeker. At first I felt self conscious about speaking, but I calmed myself and
said, “Seeker touched me in two ways. First, I felt he was a serious person who liked
his work. He was part of the scientific establishment and was quite comfortable fitting in
with its social and technical demands. Second, I felt Seeker was a man of destiny, one of
those people who found himself facing a fundamental truth, which forced him to choose to
remain where he was or to take a great leap outside of the norm. Seeker grabbed hold of
the challenge and struggled with himself in favor of something greater. I feel he found an
answer for himself. His note is an invitation to everyone to face a challenge that is
bigger than life, as he did. He does not tell us what to do, but surely he encourages us
to take a leap of faith.” Just as I finished my answer, the bell sounded and the
class ended. Mr. Vidya asked everyone to read the first section of Seeker’s notes
before the next class.
I was very busy for the rest of the
day in school, but I found myself thinking about Peter Seeker in class, during lunch, and
while playing basketball. My mother was right, there was something special about him and
the legend of Brahman. I found myself looking forward to getting home, so I could read the
pages Mr. Vidya had assigned.
It was almost 9:00 pm before I
finished all of my other homework. I had come home a little late after basketball
practice. I was trying out for the freshman team along with a number of my friends, so it
was 6:30 before I got home. Today of all days, I had a lot of homework to complete. I even
had to prepare for a small test for earth science. While I was finishing all of these
assignments, I kept thinking about Seeker. I was anxious to read his notes, so I could
have a better idea about him and the legend.
It was past 9:00 pm when I finished
all of my work and was free to read. It was only a few pages, but I wanted to read them
slowly and carefully. Mr. Vidya might call on me again, so I wanted to be prepared. I sat
on my bed with Seeker’s notebooks and was just ready to start reading when my mother
came into my room. She wanted to know how my day had been, as we had not met at dinner.
She had a meeting and did not get home until 8:30 pm. We talked for a few minutes. She was
about to leave, when I told her how excited I was about my Legend class. She listened with
great interest and saw I had the notebook in my hand. I told her I was about to read the
first section for tomorrow’s class. She said she wouldn’t bother me when I had
such an interesting lesson to read. She smiled and left.
I read the section. It was
interesting. Seeker seemed to be an ordinary person. There was nothing very special about
him. He seemed to really like his work as I had suspected. From his response to the death
of his friend and his visit to his friend’s wife a couple of years later, I
understood he was an emotional person. I felt he and I could have been good friends. I
liked him.
About an hour later, my mother came
in and woke me up. I had fallen asleep on my bed with Seeker’s notebook in my hands.
She smiled and said, “I think you have had enough of Seeker for one night.” She
took the book and placed it on my desk as she went out. She paused at the door and said,
“You remind me of Seeker. You have something of his emotional side.” She smiled
and left. I showered and was asleep in twenty minutes.
It was in the early days of my
studies when I became fascinated with the field of genetics. The study of life forms and
their processes of reproduction totally captivated my mind. I was most interested in the
structures that permitted the transfer of characteristics and capacity within species. It
was during this period of my career when I worked closely with Dr. Frank Measure that I
became quite absorbed in designing and building instruments to measure the functioning of
all living things. Frank and I worked together closely for more than ten years. During our
joint efforts, we shared in the discoveries of certain qualities of genes and chromosomes
and other details related to the transfer of information in chromosomes within species.
This was an exciting time in my life, as I enjoyed the constant interaction and exchange
with Frank.
It was a great tragedy for science
when Frank was suddenly killed in a boating accident during a summer vacation on a lake
near his hometown. It came as such a shock. I discontinued my research for almost a year
and spent most of my time dedicated to teaching. One day during an undergraduate class, I
remembered the last project Frank and I were working on. We were trying to develop an
instrument to measure the existence of an energy source responsible for the expression of
genetic potential in outer characteristics. I suddenly realized how much I missed
research. At the end of the semester, I gave up teaching and went back to my lab.
For the next year, I tried to refine
the device Frank had developed. It worked, but it was not sensitive enough to measure the
energy signal we suspected to find as part of the genetic process. After two years of slow
and painful progress, I made a breakthrough. Suddenly with some minor change to an
electronic sensor and a small refinement in computer programming the device began to
register low levels of an energy signature, as we expected. At last, I had a tool to carry
on our earlier research. After completing the device, I took time to visit Frank’s
wife. I explained to her I was continuing Frank’s last project. I assured her when it
was commercialized she would receive some royalties for Frank’s contributions. She
smiled and we laughed because she knew neither Frank nor I were ever interested in
commercializing our work. I was just fumbling, trying to touch the past and Frank. She
understood and appreciated my feelings.
I returned to my earlier genetic
studies and began to incorporate the new measuring device into my research. At first I
started recording data, but I had little time to review the results. After a long holiday
break, I returned to the lab and began to study the data. At first, I thought the sensors
must have been malfunctioning, so I tested them. I confirmed they were working well within
their parameters. Then I decided to redo a few experiments because there may have been
mistakes in the way tests were set up and energy levels measured. After repeating all of
the original experiments, the data showed the same results. I was speechless. I needed to
speak to someone about the results and what they meant, but who would understand what
Frank and I had been doing for the last few years? Would anyone be ready to accept the
data and seriously consider their implications? For weeks I could think of no one to
consult, so I decided I needed more tests and data. I felt it was too early to share the
information. I decided to expand my research to include other species to see what type of
results I would obtain. If the results were the same, I would have to find someone to
review and critique my research to be sure it was accurate.
After more than three months of
research and hundreds of experiments, the data was conclusive. In the seeds of each plant,
there was a faint but persistent reading located at the base of the genetic structure of
each species. The signal in each species was unique. There also seemed to be individual
differences between plants within the same species, but in either case its function
appeared to be the same. The signal triggered the activity and direction of genetic code
in each plant. Where was this signal coming from? How did it act? So many questions rushed
into my mind it made me dizzy. The signal was faint but it was there. For each species the
signal had a distinct signature. The presence of a signal was universal; its uniqueness
was in the message it carried.
Was this possible? Could the world as
we know it be unfolding before our eyes based on a subconscious signal embedded in all
living things? If this was true, what were the implications? I kept asking myself over and
over where the signal was coming from and what information it contained. Who was sending
the signal and what was their intention in sending it? These questions were earth shaking,
as I had suspected three months earlier when I first saw the data. What should I do?
Should I go public? What would people think? How would I answer their questions? It
occurred to me I should do a more exhaustive study on a wider range of living things. To
date, I had studied just 25 species. I had intentionally avoided all higher species
including man himself. I felt there was no choice but to repeat my experiments over a
wider group. New tests must include representative life forms from all species to be sure
this was not an isolated phenomenon.
With a sense of increased excitement
as well as a growing dread of possible public response to such a discovery, I threw myself
into a new round of testing. I was sure this would take another year. This provided me
time to think and reflect on the significance of my finding as well as time to write a
detailed report for my colleagues and the general scientific community. I added
researchers to my staff. I increased the rigor of the testing procedures and
documentation. I created multiple sources of measurement to make sure there were no false
readings. The lab was very busy and everyone was excited, even though they did not know
the real nature of my research and its implications.
After nine months of testing, the
results confirmed my original findings. Right from a blade of grass to a human being there
was an element that was energizing the path and direction of genetic formation and
expression though a faint signal. A subconscious signal transmitted to a seed defined its
future development along specific lines. Clearly genetic code played a role in the
development of characteristics but this new element, which I called Real Idea, was
determining the nature of life. The idea there was a Real Idea; a defining information
signal that determined all things clearly expressed what I had discovered. Therefore I
adopted the new term as the name for the particular element. My preliminary research did
not provide me with any idea as to where the signal was coming from, but it was clear it
was a signal capable of releasing the potential of the genetic expression contained in the
earliest form of all living substance. At this point, I coined another term to describe
the dimension from which I thought the signal was coming from. I called it Status. I
thought there must be a place in the universe where the knowledge of a particular form
existed, which was expressing itself here. These terms would be acceptable to the
scientific community as well as the general public, as it conveyed something of the action
and nature of this element. Much work remained to confirm all of these assumptions.
For three months, I compiled test
results and prepared a thesis to explain the results I had uncovered. Throughout the year,
I had seriously considered including other researchers in my project, but on second
thought I decided to remain solely responsible for the results. I felt there might be a
lot of controversy about these findings and I did not want to jeopardize the careers of
close friends. It had taken me exactly a year to complete the tests and prepare my report.
I sent out invitations to a conference at my university to all leading researchers and
specialists in my field along with a summary paper on the research I had completed.
The next day the phone started
ringing. Calls were coming in from universities across the nation and from around the
world. Scientists and researchers wanted more details and facts to substantiate such
dramatic findings. I spent three days trying to calmly answer all of the calls. I assured
them that all the scientific evidence they required would be presented at the conference
scheduled to take place in three weeks. Everyone would have to wait. I assured colleagues
I was sensitive to the nature of my findings and the questions they raised. In fact, this
was the only reason why I had not gone public with my research. All of my efforts did
little to keep the information out of the newspapers, which presented a wide range of
misleading headlines that created a lot of unfounded criticism and fear. I remained
patient and planned for the upcoming meeting.
Finally the conference opened.
Everyone was provided with the complete details of my research and the data collected from
each experiment. For three days top scientific thinkers, politicians and religious leaders
from around the world listened, questioned and challenged every detail. Many questions
were raised and defended based on data and methodology. At the end of three days many
remained skeptical, others called for verification and still others left in a state of
amazement, as their whole conception of Existence had been turned on its head.
Fortunately, I had anticipated most of their questions and had provided more than adequate
information and data to support my findings. When it was all over and the crowds had gone
home, I knew the world would never be the same.
It took only six months for other
researchers to duplicate my research. The results were conclusive. There was an element,
the Real Idea, and for now it came from the dimension of Status. My research had not
waited for these confirmations though they were welcome. I had already tried to move on to
the next phase of my work, which involved developing tests and methods to determine the
origin and true nature of the signal. This would prove to be a very complex and lengthy
process that consumed the next 25 years of my life. Fortunately, the first phase of my
research had opened the purse strings for additional research, so I faced no constraints
in my work.
In less than a year, I had assembled
a large research team spanning a variety of fields, which developed designs and protocols
for a wide range of experiments. Three lines of enquiry emerged. The first focused on
where the signal originated. The second was dedicated to discovering when the Real Idea
actually became active in a life form. The third focused on developing technology and
methods to respond to and communicate with whomever or whatever was its source. Progress
was slow. After five years little had been accomplished. The origin of the signal still
remained a mystery. The activation time and role of the Real Idea had been narrowed down
but still nothing definitive had been determined. Finally, there had been little or no
progress on responding to the signal, let alone communicating with the source.
After five years of slow progress I
found myself quite disheartened. One day, I received an invitation to a lecture from a
colleague at the university. It was a general invitation sent to all faculty members.
Normally, I did not even notice these invitations, but as I was a bit distracted from my
work, I read it. The invitation came from the psychology department. The topic was
“Psychic Connections - The World of Telepathy”. Somehow from the moment I read
the card, I felt I must attend. It would be great to get out of the lab and mix with
others. It had been a long time since I had taken a night to relax.
A visiting Indian scientist who was
experimenting with a new technology to increase the telepathic capacities of subjects made
the presentation. It was fascinating. He described his experiments and technology for
three hours. After the lecture, I introduced myself and spoke with him about his ideas and
its relation to my work. I asked if he could visit my lab the following day to discuss
some of the ideas I had after hearing his presentation. The speaker agreed to stop by late
the following afternoon. I returned home in an excited mood. My mind was full of ideas
about how to use this technology in my research to communicate with the signal we had
identified. I had trouble sleeping that night as I sensed the possibility of a dramatic
breakthrough.
Four o’clock the following
afternoon, Professor Leela, the speaker from the previous night, arrived at my office. I
had spent the whole day preparing my thoughts for our meeting and was delighted to see
him. After a few minutes of formal introductions and a cook’s tour of the lab, I led
Professor Leela into my conference room, where we sat until early the next morning
discussing ideas on how to apply his technology to my research. Leela was a patient and
quiet man who listened carefully to my ideas. Once in a while, he made an insightful
comment that opened up additional possibilities. Early the next morning, we left the lab
to get some early morning breakfast. The night had passed in a few moments.
Over the next six months, I worked
and corresponded with Leela. We shared information and data. Slowly I had understood the
essence of his approach and started reconfiguring his technology to meet my needs of
communicating with the signal from the dimension Status. During this period, Leela and I
enjoyed many hours together in the lab, over dinner or even on long walks around the
campus. During these discussions, he spoke to me about his discoveries. He told me about
the ancient traditions of his country and the findings of the ancient Rishis. I listened
with great interest, hoping to glean some insight into realms I did not understand. Leela
was not an assertive man. Rather he engaged me in an active dialogue. At times, I thought
he and I were playing a game together. It reminded me of the days when I had worked so
closely with Frank. He was centered, relaxed and self-assured. One night over dinner he
told me of the Legend of Brahman and said the signal I had discovered, the Real Idea, was
a communication from a Self-Existent Being from which all had come and to which all would
return. I was not a spiritual or even a religious man, but I liked Leela a great deal. It
had been many years since I had had a collaborator with whom I could share my ideas and
emotions.
A few months later when I was writing
a paper on my research, I decided in honor of my new friend and his good will towards my
work to name the source of the signal after the great legend of the ancient Rishis. From
this point onwards I referred to the source as Brahman and from that time the term stuck.
After three months of intense work
with Leela, who had been on a visiting professor program at the university, I relocated
two of my research teams. I had decided to shift my entire focus to the idea of
communicating with the signal. I felt if I could accomplish this within my lifetime, it
would answer all of my questions. My team was limited to a few dedicated professionals who
shared my zeal for unraveling the mysteries of Brahman. Everyone else returned to their
universities to carry on some other aspects of the research in specialized labs dedicated
to specific disciplines. I immersed myself in my work. I rarely went out or involved
myself with the university and its activities. Two years later, I published some
additional findings to maintain my funding. On the release of any new report there was
always a lot of excitement about what I might say about Brahman, but there was little to
report during the first decade. Yet I persisted in my effort to establish communication
with Brahman.
Legend class was not until first period in the afternoon. I had a free period in the morning, so I re-read the pages to see if there was anything I had missed. At 12:50 pm lunch period ended and I went to Legend class. Mr. Vidya was already in the room waiting for us like yesterday. He waited till everyone had taken their seat. He began with a question as he had done the day before. “How would you describe Seeker from the early days of his career?” he asked.
Judy French, who had answered
yesterday, spoke immediately without even waiting to be called upon. “It was very
interesting to me,” she said, “to learn about this period of his life.
Yesterday, I said he seemed to be more like a religious person than a scientist. When I
read this period of his life, I found that element missing all together. He seemed to be a
good person, a good friend and colleague, but religion was completely missing. He appeared
to be preoccupied only with science and proving results or I should say defending himself,
rather than with its real meaning.” Mr. Vidya paused for a moment and replied,
“In many of the biographies written about Seeker, they described him just as you
have. He was a young scientist caught up in his work who was more concerned with methods,
procedures and measurement, as compared to his later years.” Mr. Vidya glanced around
the class to see if someone else had a comment.
James McClain said,
"Seeker could have been in our class. He would have been one of us, a good
friend. He was a hard worker with focus and determination. He seemed quite ordinary in
most ways, except for his attention to detail, scientific method and a fear that his peers
would reject his work. I felt interested to learn more about him, after I understood he
was a regular person like the rest of us."
Mr. Vidya listened and replied,
"If any of you are interested in reading more about Seeker’s life, there are a
number of books in the library that will provide you with more details of his early life.
In most of the books, authors have struggled to find something special about Peter Seeker.
In all of my reading there appears to be only one thing that stands out in my mind about
Seeker’s early life, which is worth noting. Seeker had an uncle who was very close to
him. Peter spent summers with his uncle traveling around the world. His uncle had a great
influence on Peter in a very formative period of his life. He took Peter to many places
with different customs, values, thinking and behavior. At the end of each trip, his uncle
made sure Peter learned one lesson. Do not judge life, people, and objects by their
appearances. He told Peter he must learn to look behind the surface and to think for
himself. He must be rational and objective. You should strive not to be one of the crowd,
which is swayed by appearances, his uncle would write in letter after letter. You must
learn to think for yourself. It appears Peter listened and followed his uncle’s
advice throughout his life.
Mr. Vidya asked if there were any
other comments about Seeker. Jane Hessen struggled to frame her question.
“Well,” she said, “Uh! Uh! I am not sure I understood the importance of
Peter’s discovery. I sense from the way he acted with test after test that he felt
insecure or even threatened by others. I do not understand the reason for his behavior.
Yesterday, you said he had made an earth shattering discovery. I guess I do not know
enough about history to understand why his discovery got everyone so defensive.” Mr.
Vidya was very happy with Jane’s comments. “Miss Hessen, thank you very much for
your candor and openness,” he said. “I am sure there are others in the class who
felt the same way but hesitated to ask for an explanation. I appreciate your
courage.” Jane smiled and blushed a bit at his comment, though she was happy she had
not made a fool of herself.
Mr. Vidya asked the class, “Can
anyone answer Jane’s question?” Martha Benson, one of the most serious girls in
our class responded. She said, “I believe Seeker’s signal was a great challenge
to many established points of view in society. Science said for a thousand years our
universe was created 15 billion years ago after the big bang and since that time evolution
was the result of the chance interaction between force and matter within the universe.
Science challenged and refuted any idea of God or Spirit for more than 1000 years. Since
religious people couldn’t prove that God existed with facts and evidence, he did not
exist. Seeker’s experiments provided the first strand of evidence to challenge the
assumptions of science. His research suggested there might be something more to life than
force and matter. His signal provided initial evidence there might be an inherent
knowledge in life instead of just a cosmic accident that produced life, as we know it.
This was revolutionary. Seeker knew his work would cause a lot of heated debate.”
Mr. Vidya was pleased with
Martha’s answer. He asked the class if anyone had any questions about what Martha had
said. No one replied. Seeker was a turning point in the relationship between science and
religious beliefs. Mr. Vidya said that for centuries, a priestly class had used knowledge
to enslave people and dominate the world. The history of early civilization in Egypt,
Mesopotamia, and elsewhere was full of accounts where religious authorities used
superstitions to influence and control the public. Science arose in reaction to long years
of religious domination and superstition.He said science no longer accepted these
superstitious ideas. Science said, we will believe in what we can see, what we can prove,
and what is real. For thousands of years, the battle between religious and scientific
thinking has gone on over what is real and what is the truth. Seeker’s findings
offered possible confirmation for a number of religious ideas, which millions had taken on
faith without evidence. His findings seriously challenged science, which had become
intolerant of other forms of knowledge outside of the scientific method. Seeker’s
discovery was earthshaking for both sides of society, men of faith and men of science.
Mr. Vidya again asked the class if
they had any other observations to share about Seeker and his early career.
I replied, “I know your family
came from India many years ago, and I was wondering if you could explain something to me
about Peter’s choice of the word Brahman. I looked up the word, rishi, which
Professor Leela used, and understand they were ancient saints or holy men in India. Leela,
Seeker’s good friend, told him the ancient rishis had known and described Brahman in
spiritual terms long ago. Their explanations were not written in scientific language, but
the ideas they described was quite close to Seeker’s. My question is how did these
men, who lived thousands of years before Seeker, gain this knowledge and why did the world
miss it for thousands of years?”
Mr. Vidya sat on the edge of his desk
and paused for a moment. He said, “I see you have done some serious thinking about
these pages. I am glad you understand Seeker’s knowledge was not new. It had existed
for thousands of years not only in my homeland, but also in many traditions around the
world. Take a minute and think about those ancient societies more than five thousand years
ago. How would they have been able to discover this knowledge? There were no labs. They
had no electricity, testing equipment or many of the things that Seeker needed to make his
discovery. Most of the people in those ancient cultures were farmers. How could people
find the same answer Seeker found four thousand years later in his lab when they had none
of these gadgets to help them? I am not going to answer this question today, because I
hope by the end of the class after you have read more of Seeker’s notes, one of you
may be able to answer the question. If no one finds the answer, I will answer your
question next Wednesday.”
There were just a few minutes left
before our next class. Mr. Vidya asked the class to read the next section in the notes by
tomorrow. Before he let us leave, he said he had an announcement to make. “In two
weeks, there will be a full day special exhibit at the university on Seeker’s work.
There will be speakers, exhibits and even demonstrations of Seeker’s original device.
I am organizing a trip for students who wish to attend. If you are interested in
attending, you will need to get your parent’s approval. Take a form as you leave the
room and get your parents to sign it. These forms must be returned by this Friday.”
On my way out, I took a form. Very few students had taken one. I was going for sure. I was
sure my mother would let me attend.
I was home
by 4:30 pm. I found my mother having a cup of coffee in the kitchen. I got a soda from the
fridge and sat with her at the breakfast table. I told her about the earth science quiz
and the other important things from school. She asked me if I had a lot of homework. I
told her I had come home early as I had a lot of homework again tonight. I also had to
read the next section in Seeker’s notebook, which would take sometime to read and
think about before class. She did not ask me about class, though I knew she was keen to
know. She really wanted me to discover Peter Seeker for myself.
By 8:30 pm
I finished all of my homework. I started reading Seeker’s Notebooks. I found the
story fascinating. Seeker was changing. Slowly his work was progressing and he was
changing as a result of his discovery, the signal. I had a hard time understanding what he
was talking about when he described seeing levels in his mind. What were these levels? Did
I have them? Was it possible for people to have levels in their mind and not be aware of
them? I had never had any experiences like he was describing. He was talking about seeing
light in his mind and also silence. What did he mean? Was he really seeing light or was it
an imagination? Could it be real?
As I read
about his efforts to find the source of the signal, I sensed the excitement he must have
felt as he got closer and closer to making contact with Brahman. He was not afraid of the
experiences he was having through the device. All explorers must take risks. I was amazed
as I read how he was able to remain calm throughout all of these experiments. I wondered
what he was talking about, as I read some pages. What did he mean when he spoke of the
border in his mind? What did he mean when he said he finally reached Brahman by going
beyond his mind? How can you go beyond your mind? I thought my mind was in my brain. How
can you go outside of your brain?
I did not
understand this section as well as I had the first. All of the information about
experiments, testing and measurement was clear. We were doing experiments in class, so I
knew what that was like. When he talked about the changes talking place in him and the
experiences he was having it seemed strange, though I felt good when I read about it.
Seeker was definitely interesting. I read this section twice and even made some notes for
class. I did not want to forget any of the ideas and questions that were flooding my mind.
Around 10:00 pm my mother knocked on the door. She came in to see what I was doing. I was
sitting reading Seeker. She said it was late and I’d better get some rest. Before she
left, I asked her if she or dad would have any objection to my going to the Seeker
Exhibition at the university next Saturday. I showed her the form. She said she would talk
it over with my dad, but as far as she was concerned, it was fine.
I woke up
earlier than usual the next morning and was surprised at how wide-awake I felt. As I
walked to school I made it a point to meet Martha. I asked her if she had read the next
section of Seeker’s notes. She said she had read the whole book already. I told her I
really enjoyed this section. I asked her if she was going to the exhibit. She said she
was. I told her I was also planning to go. She smiled. We were both glad to be going.
It was ten years since my first
discovery. Many universities were continuing the research and slowly more had been
uncovered about the action and activity of the signal. It could be measured, graphed,
traced from generation to generation, and in some cases even amplified. But after a decade
no one understood anything more about its true nature or origin. The scientific community
claimed to have made great strides in understanding the nature of the Real Idea. But, in
fact, its knowledge was limited to external form and function. I encouraged my colleagues
to continue their efforts though I had lost interest in the mechanics of its operation.
I shifted my research to the field of
subtle communications. I felt if Brahman existed it must be in another dimension where all
aspects of life were subtler. If Brahman existed in our Reality, it would have been found.
The signal would have been traced and science would have located its source in the
universe. Since this had not happened, I felt the signal must have a source in another
dimension. Therefore our goal was to establish a means of communications with other
dimensions. At first my approach was considered radical, but I had anticipated my
critics’ arguments. I argued that science for too long had been fascinated
exclusively by the realm of physical existence. I said science had not been objective
enough to turn its gaze to the less material side of existence with the same zeal. Many
questioned my approach, but the importance of my original breakthrough prevented them from
cutting my funding now. I was tolerated and considered eccentric. My work was considered
fringe science.
It was late in December when I
introduced a new approach into our experiments. For years, I had used our technology to
quiet my mind, but there it ended. As we continued our efforts I had become aware of an
ascending range of subtle capacities in my mental structure. At first, I could only sense
these grades, but later I was able to document their levels and characteristics. Late one
night after everyone had left, I sat perplexed by our lack of progress. I decided to step
back from my work and relax. I hooked up the device and began an experiment with a new
perspective. I was simply going to go into the silence of my mind and find a point to
relax. When my concentration reached its peak, I felt totally relaxed. I imagined throwing
myself into this quiet. I was not going to think about Brahman. I needed to find a space
for my mind to rest, so a new direction could emerge for my work. I waited in deep
relaxation. My center of concentration suddenly rose up until I saw the border of my mind.
At that point, I waited until my
concentration collected itself. Suddenly, I became aware of a great abyss in front of me.
I threw myself into that emptiness. To my great surprise, I found I had risen above the
border of my mind. Quietly my center of concentration fixed on a far off light. I observed
myself but did not let a single thought disturb my mind. In this vast silent inner world,
I waited and the light came pouring in. What was this light? Where did it come from? What
did it mean? A few unspoken and unarticulated thoughts passed across my mind, but they
never took form even though I felt them. I stared into the light and was lost in its
brilliance.
In the morning my associates found me
sitting quietly in the lab area. Without disturbing me they started checking all of the
instruments, which had been recording my experiment for more than eight hours. I sat
unmoving, so they waited. It was more than three hours before I returned to normal
consciousness and unhooked the device. My associates found me quiet and withdrawn but
cheerful. Within a few hours, I returned to normal. I went home and had a shower and
breakfast. I was not tired though I had not slept all night. My mind was still, I was calm
and my mind felt as if it knew something, though I did not know exactly what it was. When
I returned to the lab, my associates had analyzed much of the data. They had even been
able to print out images of bright lights that had appeared in my mind while I was in the
deepest part of the experience. Everyone was excited, though we had no idea of what to
make of it. For days we studied the information and data. For days I tried to make out
what had happened to me. I told them about the border in my mind and the steps I had taken
to go above it. Everyone in the lab tried to replicate my results, but they only reported
the normal experience of quiet, which the machine had produced for years.
It was more than a month before I
decided to repeat the experiment. I knew I had made progress, but its significance did not
reveal itself. I began again late at night when there were less distractions. The machine
assisted me as it always had in quieting my mind. I remembered the need to be patient and
to give up all of the thoughts in my mind. Unlike the earlier experiment, I quickly felt
my mind enter the higher regions I had experienced previously and within moments my mind
was full of light. It was brilliant. It filled me with a sense of completeness. I wondered
if I had established contact with Brahman. I waited. The light continued and its intensity
grew. In less than three hours, I regained my normal consciousness. As before, I felt a
deep sense of quiet and power in my mind. I sat and reflected. Maybe the light was just
one form of communication with Brahman. I wondered if a new form of knowledge was trying
to make itself conscious to my mind.
During a period of four months, I
continued my effort to reach the light and understand its meaning. Throughout these
experiments I maintained detailed notes of my experience and the feelings they produced.
Slowly during this period, I found myself understanding things that had not been clear to
me before. My colleagues noted a change in my perception, which was very useful in our
research. I felt more creative. I had more ideas and they were not as scrambled as usual.
Was this Brahman? Was the light part of the signal? Where did it come from? All of these
questions remained unanswered.
I continued my efforts for more than
a year, but I thought my work had come to a dead end. It was at this moment I challenged
my mind to go beyond the light. When I did this, I found myself in a realm of my mind
filled with silence. The higher part of my mind became so still at times the universe
seemed to lose its reality. There was nothing but silence. During these experiences, I
could see sound emerging, though it did not disturb the silence. Were silence and sound
the same? Did they come from the same place? Were they two different sides of the signal?
I was not sure, but I continued to notice a change in my perceptions. My ideas were more
powerful and precise. In a few moments of silence, I was able to complete a week’s
worth of work without effort. My mind was still and yet awake in a new way I had never
experienced before.
I encouraged others in my group who
had been able to extend their awareness beyond the original boundaries of their mind to
explore these regions of light and silence. Occasionally someone reported having an
experience similar to my own. But results were hard to replicate in others. Why? Was the
higher part of my mind more receptive? If so, why? Were there conditions for entry into
these regions? Were these planes of mind more developed in some people and less in others?
I had many questions and few answers. My colleagues collected enormous amounts of data and
evidence, but still we could not say we had found the origin of the signal.
Then one day I tried a new
experiment. I used a recorder to replicate a sound image of my own signal. I amplified the
sound signal and passed it through a set of earphones. The sound was familiar to me. I
felt I knew it though I could not say from where. Could this signal be used to trigger my
mind into the dimension of Status? If so, what would be the effect? Would it act like a
beacon and lead me to its source? I recorded the signal from someone else in the lab and
listened to it. When I played that signal, it did not create the same feeling. I found
some parts agreeable while others were disturbing. Maybe everyone had a unique sound
signal. I decided to try an experiment. I would wear a set of earphones playing my signal
throughout the process of quieting my mind and rising into its higher levels to see what
effect it would have. I decided to be the first subject in the experiment, in case there
were any negative side effects. I set up the equipment and began late at night as usual.
My mind went quiet almost immediately even with the sound of my signal playing in the
background. I felt my concentration race to the higher levels of my mind and to my great
amazement I soared to a realm of my mind that startled me. Where was I headed? What was
the signal doing to my mind? I felt calm, so I did not let anything disturb me. I simply
let myself go. I gave myself to the experience.
Light, followed by silence, followed
by peace, followed by voices. Where was I? What were these voices saying? I waited and let
my awareness find its own center. Finally, it settled in a place I had never experienced
before. I felt safe here. I felt close to a new discovery. Without words I seemed to know
where I was. I felt that I was closer to Brahman than I had ever managed to reach before.
I knew inside myself I must be patient. I must remain centered. I must give myself up to
whatever happened. My associates found me connected to the machine again in the morning. I
remained in this state the whole day. At night they thought of disturbing me but the
signals showed no alarming trends. They decided to wait. I remained in this state for
almost two full days.
I emerged from this experiment with a
sense of possessing a vast knowledge. I felt that a connection had been made. I was
different. I knew, but I could not express it. I understood but could not speak. In fact,
at times I felt speaking got in the way of what I knew. What was this knowledge I was
feeling? How could I explain it to my colleagues? I knew I was making progress after I
added my sound signal into the stream of communication. My mind was full of knowledge that
found no expression. I needed others to follow me along this path. For three months all of
my colleagues tried the same experiment over and over again. They played their signal and
went though the same process I had attempted. The results were mixed. Some had increased
experiences while others remained completely untouched by the improvement. Did this mean
my experiences were atypical and therefore unusable for scientific validation? I was
missing something fundamental that had to be addressed if we were to achieve the final
breakthrough.
During these periods of increased
testing, some of us began to report having experiences similar to ones we had had on the
machine in our sleep or in the evening when we were sitting quietly. I found I was falling
into periods of mental quiet that lasted for hours when my mind went still and my sense of
self climbed up into the realms of light or silence. It was not quite the same as with the
machine but it was very close. Suddenly to everyone’s surprise, I decided to close
the lab for three months. I wanted everyone to get away from the lab and the work. It had
been five years and there had been little time for rest or relaxation. At first, everyone
was shocked but within a few days they agreed a break was a good idea. Everyone made plans
and within a week the team was traveling across the globe. Some traveled to distant lands
for adventure and exploration. Others rented cottages near a lake and planned to swim and
boat for three months.
I was not sure why I had closed the
lab but I felt it was important. I needed something to help shape the next phase of our
work. I needed inspiration. At first, I stayed at home and filled my time with silly
things. I repaired the house and made arrangements for some improvements. I spent a few
days traveling. I renewed old acquaintances to see what colleagues had been doing for the
past five years. After a month, I decided to call Leela to see if he was available. I
thought of visiting him in India. I had not spoken to him in a few years and it would be
great to renew our friendship. Maybe he had some ideas for the next phase of my work. I
called the last number I had in my phonebook and learned he had gone on a pilgrimage with
some close friends and would not return for a month. I asked if they knew where he had
gone and if I could join him? They said everyone on the retreat had taken a vow of silence
for the entire duration of the pilgrimage. They were now staying in a remote temple in
northern India where anyone was welcome, but I should understand he would not greet or
speak with me if I went to the temple. I was interested in seeing my friend again, but I
was not sure if this was the right circumstance. Something inside me urged me on. Within a
few days I made arrangements and flew to northern India.
It was a three day walk from the
closest road to the temple. I was received by one of the monks from the temple. As we set
out for the temple, I felt a deep sense of quiet settle over me similar to feelings I had
known in the lab but never in real life. I walked the whole day with the monk and never
spoke a word. We both seemed to know what the other was thinking and feeling. In the
evening, we camped near a river. The quiet flow of the water created a delightful sense of
rhythm. In the morning, we bathed in the river before setting out. After an hour on the
trail I sensed we had changed direction but knew we were headed for the right place. For
four more days we journeyed without speaking. Each day we went deeper into the forest.
On the fifth day, the monk and I came
to a small hut near the edge of a grove. It was empty though it seemed ready for us. We
settled in and fell into a silent rhythm of monastic quiet in the depths of the forest.
Neither of us spoke. Neither of us felt the need to speak. One morning I found the monk
seated near a great stone. I joined him. We sat. I remembered my experiences from the lab.
My mind found a new depth of silence. I rose to heights in my mind I had never seen on the
machine. I dwelt there in a serene peace for what seemed like days. My mind was still and
I could feel something drawing me beyond my present sense of self. I gave way to it and
let my mind fly higher than it had ever gone before. I passed beyond what I knew as mind
and found myself in a place I could not describe. I knew, I understood, I saw all of the
signals emanating from this place. I could see them. I saw their power. I felt their joy
of expression. I felt a great rhythm and harmony amongst all things. This was Brahman.
After living in this experience for days, I knew what I had to do next in the lab but
there was no need to act just now. The monk and I spent one month in this quiet solitude
dwelling in Brahman, until one day he rose and lead me back to the road. When we reached
our destination the monk smiled, bowed, turned and walked back into the forest. I never
saw him again. Who was he?
I reached a hotel later in the day
and called the lab. Some of the team had returned early and were ready for work. They were
restless. They were glad to hear from me. I made arrangements to return and within a week
I was back in the lab. I had seen the answer and now I must re-open communication with
Brahman through the device. I tried and tried, but nothing worked. I had seen it, but it
did not come. I knew I must be patient. I must not push. I must not be anxious. I must
want to reach Brahman, but I must not try to grasp for it. It would come when things were
ready. One day, I remembered what I had seen in the forest. I called the team together and
told them what I had understood. Everything has two sides. I suddenly felt that the signal
we were measuring and using was incomplete. Could the signal have another side? If so, how
could we identify it? We must try to find the other side of the signal. This would connect
us to Brahman.
For months the team designed
experiments to help locate and measure the other side of the signal but since we did not
know what it was, we did not know how to measure it. One day, I had another thought. If we
were going to find the other side of the signal, we needed a device that measured the
whole wave, not just another side. For years we had been looking at only a part of the
signal. Our initial focus had been to look for the other part. This was the wrong
approach. We needed to change our perspective to identifying and measuring the whole
signal, not just another part of it. I remembered the river in the forest. It was a flow.
A river flowed because there was a differential in the height of the water at the
beginning and end. For the signal stream to flow from Brahman there must be a
differential. The answer lay in identifying what made the signal flow. The team studied
the part of the signal we knew and created a model that identified the characteristics of
the rest of the signal based on the need to create differential and flow. Now that we had
a principle to work with, things moved ahead more quickly. Within a year, we had
identified the complementary characteristics to the existing signal and were close to
creating a second measuring device that would be capable of measuring the whole signal. We
made a few last modifications and testing began.
The results were in within a few
days. There it was, the whole signal. It had been there all the time and we had missed it.
We had been looking at only half of the message. The team was excited and work went ahead
at lighting speed to test all of the species we tested in the first experiments thirteen
years ago. Tests were assigned to teams around the country. Within three months the
evidence was clear. All species had a complete signal. This was big news. Finally, we had
made a breakthrough. We prepared a report and released our latest findings. There was a
flurry of news and excitement for a short time. Then things returned to normal except in
the lab.
We now had the tool we needed. We had
the whole signal, which was much more complex than what we had ever imagined to play into
the communication device as we did earlier. There was an increased level of excitement as
we shifted our efforts back to communicating with Brahman. I recorded my whole signal and
prepared to repeat the last experiment. It had been some time since anyone had tried to
establish communications with Brahman, so there was some concern within the team about how
long it would take to establish a connection. I was more excited than I had been for
years. I felt the answer had been shown to us and I was ready for the breakthrough. I
scheduled the next experiment for late night to avoid disturbances. The telepathic
machine, which had been improved over the last couple of years, was ready. I started the
experiment with the whole sound playing. It helped me to quiet my mind in no time at all.
The full signal was making a difference and added a new dimension to the process. No
longer did I see my mind as silent. I saw my mind contained both silence and thoughts but
somehow they were harmonized by the whole signal. They acted in a new way that created a
totally different kind of quiet in the mind. I told my colleagues later it was a fuller
quiet, if that made any sense.
As I rose up to higher levels of my
mind, I noted other differences. The signals of light I saw but did not understand were
full of meaning. The silent messages were pregnant with knowledge that I had earlier
missed. At the border of my mind, I knew for sure I would contact Brahman. Suddenly, I
passed beyond the highest known part of my mind. I was out of mind. I knew all. I did not
need to think-I knew without thought. I understood Brahman, the signals and the meaning of
Existence. I had found the answer. My team watched throughout the night. They knew not to
disturb me. They understood from my earlier experiences that I might take some time to
awake especially if a connection was established with Brahman. They waited and felt sure
that I was safe. I remained connected to Brahman for four days. I had not eaten or slept.
When I awoke, I was fresh. I was not hungry. I was different. I was.
My morning
classes went by so slowly. I was only thinking about Legend class. I was anxious to hear
what other students felt about Seeker’s notes and to hear if everyone else had the
same questions I did. I finished my lunch and went to class early. Mr. Vidya was there
already even though class did not start for thirty minutes. He was going over some papers,
so I sat down and started to read Seeker’s Notebook one more time. He looked up and
greeted me. I expected him to go back to his papers, but instead he asked me how I was
enjoying the class. I said it was exciting. Seeker had captured my interest. I said I had
made a list of questions and was excited to hear how he would answer them. He smiled. I
told him I was planning to come to the exhibit next Saturday and I would bring the signed
form tomorrow. I asked him how many students would be going. He said he was not sure, but
he did not expect more than six. I was surprised. I thought more of my friends would come.
I sat and reviewed my questions before class while he continued to read papers.
Class
began exactly as it had from the first day. Mr. Vidya asked a question. This time his
question was quite interesting. He asked us to think about the things in Seeker’s
notes that were most disturbing to us. I never expected this question, but I was ready. I
had a list of ideas but I waited to let others speak, as I was anxious to see what they
would say.
Beth
Cummings said she was really disturbed by the idea of quieting her mind. She said she had
tried it last night and found it impossible. She said no matter what she tried there were
always words in her head. She was always talking to herself, asking herself questions or
thinking about something that had happened during the day. She could not understand how
Seeker was able to quiet his mind. She said it was disturbing to her because she felt if
she quieted her mind it would make her feel terribly empty or hollow. She said she felt
frightened by the idea because she wondered if her mind was quiet, whether she would still
be there. Everyone including Beth laughed. Mr. Vidya smiled along with the class. Then he
said that Beth’s observation was good. “We are so used to hearing thoughts in
our mind,” he said, “we feel it is normal. We think we are our thoughts. Giving
up thoughts and ideas can be very disturbing to many people. Quieting all thoughts in your
mind is like locking yourself in a closet for a day with no light on. What could you do in
that condition but face the quiet? Many of us do not feel comfortable in quiet,” he
said.
“Anyone
else with an idea of what disturbed them the most?” asked Mr. Vidya.
Dick Davis
said his feeling was similar to Beth’s. He said when he read Seeker had been
connected to the machine, seeing light or feeling silence for hours at a time, it
disturbed him. “I am not good at sitting for a long time, so it would be a problem
for me. But to sit there for eight hours with lights flashing in my mind followed by
periods of silence would make me crazy. Seeker on the other hand,” he said,
“appeared to enjoy it. He seemed to be at home in these conditions. I admired his
courage each time he tried to go deeper into his mind. I would be afraid I might not come
out.”
Lee
Coleman spoke next. He said he was most disturbed by Seeker’s description of his
first contact with Brahman. “When he said he went beyond his mind and found Brahman,
I wondered if he had gone mad,” Lee said. “Seeker writes the experience was
wonderful, but when I tried to imagine going outside of my mind, I wondered what would
happen. Would I still be there or would I disappear? I understand why most of his friends
did not have the same experiences he did. I am sure many of them were just like me. They
were afraid, so they held themselves back, rather than take the chances Seeker did.”
Mr. Vidya
had listened carefully to each student. He said their observations were good. “Most
of us are not used to what is inside of us. Most of us spend our time looking out, not
in,” he said. “Most people find ways to keep themselves busy and distracted with
things in their lives, so they do not have to deal with what is inside.” He said in
this way Seeker was very different. He had no reservations about facing his inner life and
discovering its mysteries. “If any of us want to follow Seeker, we must also be
willing to know and master our inner nature.”
Mr. Vidya
asked another question. "What did you read about Seeker’s experiences that you
liked most?" When no one answered, I spoke up. I said there were a few experiences
that were really special. First was when Seeker wandered off into the jungle with the monk
and spent a month living in total silence. It was amazing to me he felt a wider connection
with things and was able to go with the flow without worry or concern about what others
thought. Next was the awakening to Brahman he had in his mind or wherever it was. I never
had such a feeling but it sounded magical. I felt a bit frightened when he talked about
going outside of his mind, but the way he felt when he made the connection thrilled me. I
felt like I was there with him though I am not sure I have the courage to jump out of my
mind.
Mr. Vidya
thought for a moment and said, “Seeker was like an astronaut. Astronauts train and
then get in a ship and fly into space. They go to the moon or beyond and find the silence
of outer space. Seeker launched himself in a different type of ship, which took him into
inner space. There he discovered the meaning of existence. How many of you would like to
be astronauts?” he asked. About five students raised their hands. “How many of
you would like to be inner astronauts, after reading Seeker’s notes?” he
continued. No one raised their hand.
Mr. Vidya
waited a few minutes. The class was quiet. He asked the class if they would like to try to
quiet their mind. More than half the class raised their hands. He said there were many
techniques, but for class he would stick with a basic approach. First, he asked us to sit
up straight in our chairs. Then, he asked us to close our eyes. After we had closed our
eyes, he asked us to relax. Then, he asked us to take five deep breaths. Then suddenly, he
rang a bell. It produced a melodious sound. He asked us to listen to and feel the sound.
Finally, he asked us to follow the sound as it expanded out into the room till the sound
ended.
The sound
was so rich it made me feel relaxed. It was deep and clear. I was surprised how long it
lasted. As it began to fade, I followed it. Suddenly, my mind was still. There were no
thoughts. My breathing fell into a quiet rhythm. I felt like I had when I had a high fever
a few years ago. I was in a very quiet state of disconnection from the outer world. It was
pleasant. I felt like I had been in this space for just a few minutes, but when I opened
my eyes everyone had left for the next class except Mr. Vidya. I had not heard any noise
or movement. When everyone got up and moved their chairs and started talking as they left
the room, it had not disturbed me. I was quiet inside and it felt good. Mr. Vidya smiled.
I saw the clock. I had been sitting for thirty minutes. He asked if I was ok. I said I was
fine. He waited as I gathered my shoulder bag. He walked me to my next class and told the
teacher that he had kept me for some extra credit work. My teacher asked me to take my
seat. I thanked Mr. Vidya and he left.
That night
on the way home from school everyone was talking about Legend class. Everyone felt Mr.
Vidya was making the class quite interesting. Everyone wanted to know how everyone else
felt when he rang the bell. Each one of us seemed to have had a different experience. I
felt like I understood a little more about Seeker and his colleagues and how everyone had
different experiences when they tried the device. We had done exactly the same thing and
yet we all experienced something different. Martha was quiet as usual until we reached my
house. Then, she stopped and asked me if we could talk for a minute. I said sure. She
waited for our friends to leave, then, she looked me in the eye and asked, “What
happened in class today?”
I tried to
tell her what had happened. I said, “When the sound came to an end I saw a quiet
space in my mind. I forced myself to be calm even though I felt nervous, then I entered
it. I found myself in a space filled with quiet, which I enjoyed.” I told her I
thought I was there only a minute, but when I opened my eyes I had been gone for more than
thirty minutes. She asked if I was ok. I said I was fine. Then, I asked her what she had
felt. She said she had been unable to get rid of the voices in her mind just like Beth had
described. I did not know what to say. We stared at each other for a moment and she
hesitantly asked, “Did you see Brahman?” I smiled. I assured her I had seen
nothing and I was still the same guy she had known since kindergarten. She smiled and
walked toward her house, which was just across the street. I waited till she went in, as
it was dark. I know she wanted me to wait.
When I
went in my mother was on the phone. I went upstairs and thought of reading the next
section of Seeker’s notes. I still felt a sense of quiet in my head. I sat at my desk
and tried to get myself to study as I had test and a lot of homework. I thought I was
studying. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder. My mother had come in and was sitting on
the bed next to me. I realized I was not studying. Instead I had been staring at my books
for more than a half an hour.
My mother
smiled. “Are you ok?” she asked. I said “Sure. I am just a little tired
after school.” She didn’t say anything. She waited. “Would you like to eat
early? Dad is going to be late. He has a meeting and won’t be home until 11:00
pm.” I said I was ready to eat whenever it was ready, but I was not very hungry right
now. “Ok. Why don’t you come down and study in the kitchen while I make
dinner?” she asked. I sensed she was concerned about something and asked what was on
her mind. She smiled and said, “So you caught me.” I laughed. She told me that
Mr. Vidya had called and so had Martha. “They told me about your experience in class
and wanted me to make sure you were ok.” “I’m fine, mother,” I
replied. “Mr. Vidya conducted an experiment in class and I fell into a deep quiet,
which lasted for more than thirty minutes. Since then, I am not able to concentrate. I
feel fine just a little out of focus, if you understand what I mean.” She said she
did. She told me when she was in school her teacher did the same experiment. She had also
disappeared for half an hour, so she knew exactly what I was feeling. She assured me I
would be back to my normal self in a few hours. She said if I wanted to shake the feeling,
I could take a shower and it would go away. I said I would take a cold shower and be down
for dinner in a few minutes. She got up and left. As soon as I stepped into the cold
shower, I was startled and back to normal. I felt fresh and alert not from the cold water
but from the quiet in my mind.
My mother
and I ate dinner together. She asked me how I liked the Legend class and my teacher. I
told her I was thoroughly enjoying the class. I said Mr. Vidya was not telling us a lot
about Seeker. He was asking us to read and think about him and his ideas. Then he was
asking us a lot of questions about what we had read. We were learning more through our
discussions than from his teaching. I liked his style of teaching. She said he sounds like
a good teacher. As I was leaving the room, she handed me the signed form for the field
trip to the University.
I went to
my room, finished my homework and prepared for a test. Martha called around 9:00 pm and we
talked for a while. She said her parents had signed the form, so she would be going to the
exhibition. I told her that my mother could drop us at the university by 9:00 am. She said
her parents might be able to pick us up by 6:00 pm when it was over. Somewhat hesitantly
she asked how I was. I told her my mother had suggested a cold shower and I was back to
normal.
I still
had to read Seeker’s notes. It was late when I finished. He had changed a lot over
the past 15 years. He had found Brahman and he was struggling to tell us about his
discovery. I enjoyed what I read but it did not stick in my mind. I felt I could not hold
it in my mind. It was frustrating, as I wanted to know what it was all about. There were
only a few pages in this section but they were more complicated than the earlier sections.
They required greater attention. I read them through twice, and was glad I had a free
period before class, so I could reread them again. My mother came in around eleven and
asked me if I was ok. I said everything was fine. I was tired and was going to sleep.
I
continued my experiments for the next ten years. I spent many days connected to Brahman.
Our team monitored these experiments, recorded measurements and prepared notes on my
communication with Brahman. But gradually I lost interest in experiments and more so in
the monitoring. I knew all of the external data in the world could not communicate what
Brahman was to the scientific community or to the average person. I struggled to teach my
colleagues how to quiet their minds, to rise to higher levels within their minds and to
pass beyond it, so they could also communicate with Brahman. I struggled, I coached but my
efforts produced little results. I was frustrated. Only one other person had managed to
reach the higher realms of her mind but even she was not able to reach beyond that point,
as I had. I did not understand why. It remained a mystery.
Gradually, I reduced my experiments
and in time stopped them all together. I understood each day that my greatest challenge
was not the discovery of Brahman, but my ability to communicate what it was to the rest of
the world. Since no one else had made the connection, the responsibility fell solely on my
shoulders. I felt this challenge would be greater than any I had faced in the last 25
years of work. I spent weeks at a time trying to write down the experience and knowledge I
had gained from my communication with Brahman. In the 29th year of my research,
I disbanded the team as most of my colleagues were retiring. I kept the lab open, so I
could continue my contact with Brahman, but I had lost interest in research. We had all
the data we needed. I returned regularly to the lab and communicated with Brahman for days
at a time. No one paid much attention.
I compiled all of the research data
and notebooks so future scientists could find answers to the questions I had failed to
answer. I had found Brahman, but I had not found a process or technology that enabled
others to join me in this new dimension of understanding. Others would some day discover
the secret I had missed. Only then would the world reach a new understanding of Existence
and enter into a new relationship with its Reality.
I tried to
write about Brahman. It was not easy. It was the true Reality. What we called Reality was
the outer form of Brahman, not our true nature. I knew through my long communications with
Brahman that our Reality was vastly different from what we understood. Brahman contained
everything that ever was or would be in a state of perfect compressed existence. In
Brahman everything was one with everything else. Brahman was a dimension of existence
without time and space. I spent days reviewing my notes and wondered how I could make
these ideas real to people. Every time I
tried to express myself, I failed.
Night
after night I struggled to describe the nature of Brahman in words, as I knew it. Brahman
was a like point or a period at the end of a sentence. But this period existed in a
dimension where even this much space did not exist. How could anyone imagine a place where
there was no space? How could things exist without space? How would they exist? What was
that existence like? I had seen it and felt it, but I struggled to express it. It seemed
so clear to me that everything in Brahman existed as a compressed idea form, a Real Idea.
But wait a minute, even in our minds ideas existed without the need for space. We knew
that they exist within us, and yet they did not take up any space. Maybe there was a way
to make people understand. In Brahman all possible ideas existed in a dimension without
space. This was what it felt like, but my words did not convey the complete idea of what a
Real Idea was or how many there were or how they acted. Page after page I wrote. After
reading them I wasn’t satisfied. I threw them away. Again and again I started, each
time looking for a more expressive way to convey my experiences. Would I ever find it?
Real Ideas were like quasar stars in our universe. They were extremely dense and powerful energy sources that contained within themselves a vast creative power, not the power of fusion or fission but a power that was capable of creating a universe when it moved out of the dimension of Status to a different dimension. Brahman had an infinite number of Real Ideas each charged with this kind of creative power, all compressed within a dimension without space. In Brahman they existed as if in a state of suspended animation. Each R