We have not been able to understand the mysteries of the universe and the life that

flourishes in it. How do the unconscious atoms of this universe give birth to a conscious
organism? Or is consciousness the intrinsic property of each atom? Because many
experiments have been repeated in the past, in which sub atomic particles have been seen
changing their behavior. Light also keeps changing its behavior with the dualistic nature.
So is the whole universe conscious? Or does our consciousness change the universe?
Or is it not so that a soul is not born in the universe, but the universe is born in the soul? So
is our consciousness projecting this universe? And are all our universes interfering with
each other? And when we die one by one, do these different universes also die? we are
going to compare the theories of prominent quantum physicist Erwin Schrodinger and one
of the best philosophers of Indian history, Acharya Patanjali ji and try to understand the
connection between our consciousness and the universe. Is consciousness a part of the
universe? scientists realized that our universe or our world runs from us, and not by the
[Link] most successful theory to understand atoms so far has been quantum
mechanics. Because of this theory, whether technicians, chemists or physicists have been
able to develop advanced technology. But this theory of quantum physics has also given rise
to a lot of misconceptions and misunderstandings. Which have been improved over time.
And in this, the Copenhagen interpretation is very important. Because to counter it, Erwin
Schrödinger did the famous Schrödinger's cat thought experiment. let's understand its
background. you must have heard of Niels Bohr. He also gave a theory to understand
atoms, which we call Bohr theory. According to his atomic model, electrons around the
nucleus revolve in different stable orbits of fixed energy. And these electrons can jump
back and forth in different orbits of fixed energy. Now this theory has solved one problem,
but it has raised a new problem. Which problem was solved? Before this, the atomic model
we had was of Rutherford. According to him, a nucleus is positively charged and negatively
charged electrons revolve around it. Now here they were not able to understand why those
negatively charged electrons are not losing their energy. Because according to classical
physics, which was given by Newton, if an object is revolving around something, it will lose
its energy. And at some point, it will fall into it. So Rutherford was not able to understand
this. That why the electron is not losing its energy and falling into the nucleus. And this was
solved by the Bohr model, which Niels Bohr gave his atomic model. He had solved that
around the nucleus, there are some orbits with minimal energy which are stable for
electrons. That's why electrons keep revolving around them. So this problem was solved by
this model. But the new problem was that electrons can only move in the orbits of fixed
energy. That is, they can't go into the orbits of other energies. And this goes against
classical physics. Because how can you trap something in something? Classical physics says
that any object can go anywhere in space-time. It can stay anywhere at any time at any
place. But with this model, it was happening that electrons can only stay in a fixed place.
They can't stay between them. And this was going against classical physics. And after this,
in 1927, Davisson and Zermatt did thefamous double slit experiment of Young's. Which
they did with light and proved that light is a wave. They repeated the same experiment
with electrons. And they found that electrons also have a wave nature. So along with being
an electron particle, it is also a wave. And after this, not only photons, i.e. light, but also
electrons and other subatomic particles. This experiment was repeated on them. And it was
found that all subatomic particles have a wave and particle nature. So in the Bohr model,
we were seeing that electrons were rotating in a fixed orbit like a particle. They could also
be waves. But now the catch is that when the double slit experiment was done with
electrons. Then one more thing was done here. When the detector was installed, i.e. the
precise motion of the electron was detected. How is it going from where? Its motion was
tracked. Then its particle nature came out. So here it was seen that when we detect, when
we measure, observe. So the electron is behaving like a particle. When we are not
measuring and observing, the electron is working like a wave. So it was found that any
subatomic particle lives in more than one state. And when we measure or observe, it comes
to us by selecting one of its states. And from here, the Copenhagen Interpretation came.
That whatever particle is a subatomic particle, it changes its behavior on our observation.
This means that the world created by it also changes with our observation. And from here,
some found out that our consciousness, our observation is changing the universe. Not that
we are from the [Link] because this institute of Niels Bohr, where he used to do
experiments. It was in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. That's why all the experiments
that took place between 1925-1927. And the thought that came forward, it was called the
Copenhagen Interpretation. And after this, a lot of philosophers and religions, especially
the eastern religions. Where the concept of Maya is there. That the world has been created
by Maya. So people started talking about this. And here, the scientists were not
understanding that how the universe can be indeterministic. How things are happening
anywhere If in science, it will happen that anything will happen anywhere. Then we will
not be able to determine the quantities. And then science will fail. That's why the scientists
also started worrying. And that's why Erwin Schrödinger did a thought experiment called
Schrödinger's cat. He explained that at the subatomic level, in a world smaller than atoms.
Particles are superimposed in different states. But when they are measured and observed,
they come to a state. But the Copenhagen Interpretation. That this is also happening in the
big world. happening with the subatomic particles that are there They have created this
world, so it is happening with the world. They were unhappy with this. Because there is
also a concept of quantum entanglement. That all the particles of this world are entangled
with each other. And they wanted to explain this. That this universe does not change with
our consciousness and observation. Because every particle here is entangled with each
[Link] to explain this, they did this thought experiment. What did they say in this?
Suppose there is a box. You put a living cat in it. Along with that, in the same box. You put
a radioactive element. Now this radioactive element. Suppose it decays an atom every hour.
And the probability of this decay is 50%. That is, it will decay in an hour or not. Along
with this, they put a Geiger meter there. That if there is a decay, then it detects it. And as
soon as it detects it. Then it releases a poisonous gas. And kills the cat. Now this whole
arrangement. It was kept in a box. An hour has passed. Now Mr. Schrodinger has gone
there. Now until the box is not open. So there are two probabilities. Either that atom must
have decayed from the radioactive element. And the poisonous gas must have been
released. And the cat must have died. And either that atom must not have decayed. So it
was not detected. And no poisonous gas leaked. Because of which the cat will be alive. So
because it is a subatomic particle. That atom. So it is superimposed in its states. Will it
decay or not? But because what is associated with it? Geiger meter. So the Geiger meter is
also entangled with it. So the detection of the Geiger meter. That has also become
superimposed. That has become superimposed. That it will detect or not. And the
poisonous gas is also entangled with it. So whether the poisonous gas has come out or not.
This has also become superimposed in its states. And the life of the cat is also entangled
with [Link] whether the cat is alive or not. That has also become superimposed. So in a way.
Whether the cat is alive or not. It will have to be considered superimposed. And if we
consider it superimposed. Then a cat. At the same time. Either alive or dead. We have to
believe that. Which we cannot believe. And this is what Mr. Schrodinger wanted to explain.
Through his experiment. Everything that is happening with subatomic particles. It is not
happening at the macro level. In this world. In that way. Because everything is entangled
with each other. If there was a system. Whose particles. Were not entangled with each
other. Entangled means. That with one particle. We can determine the state of the other
particle. If its state is known. If its properties are known. Then the other's will be known.
Like if the atom will decay. Then the cat will die. So what is this? Entangled. So this whole
universe is entangled like this. If we believe that the cat is dead and alive, both these
conditions are superimposed. So those two universes are superimposed. That is, if the cat is
dead, if we have seen it by opening the box, if it is alive somewhere, then it will be some
other universe, it will be some other reality. In this single reality, in this single universe, it is
not possible that the cat is dead and alive. So through this thought experiment, Schrödinger
wanted to explain that your consciousness does not change anything in this universe.
Because as long as that atom was at the subatomic level, as long as it was inside itself, it was
superimposed in many states. But as soon as it came out, as soon as it interacted with the
environment, it became entangled, because of which it chose a reality which is the reality of
our universe. So you can assume that our entire universe is entangled, all realities are
connected together. So it is not that I am not seeing America, so America is not there.
America is there. Even if I die, America will remain for others. So my consciousness has
nothing to do with the world, because my consciousness is entangled with the reality of this
world, everyone's consciousness is entangled with the reality of this world. And this was the
belief of Maharishi Patanjali ji, who has talked about many things in his Yoga Sutra, in Vibhuti
Paad and Kaivalya Paad. He has given many sutras on Chitta and Chetna. So now in Patanjali ji's
Yoga Sutra, and in Vibhuti Paad and Kaivalya Paad, especially in Kaivalya Paad, we see Chitta
and Chetna, and he has also explained that our Chitta does not control the world, because even if
my Chitta dies,
this universe remains for the Chitta of others., Maharishi Patanjali ji's Yoga Darshan is one of the
best philosophies of Indian history. And in the Yoga Sutra written by him, there is no Yoga or
Asana given, which we practice. Rather, it is told in that book, how we can be free from this
universe. We have entered this universe, but how to get out of this universe. And if you look at
this book in detail, then our consciousness, which is called Purush in this book, or Chetna, and
the second element, our mind, which is called Chitta in this book, and the third element,
Universe, what is the relationship between these three, it is established, and then you are told
how to get rid of sorrows. This Yoga Sutra is in four parts, the first part is called Samadhi Paad,
the second is Sadhan Paad, the third is Vibhuti Paad, and the fourth is Kaivalya Paad. So in
Samadhi Paad, you are told about Samadhi, in Sadhan Paad, you are told about the means by
which you can do Samadhi, then in Vibhuti Paad, you are told about the divine powers you get
from Samadhi, like our biggest Yogi,Hanuman ji had 8 Siddhis, and then in the last Paad,
Kaivalya Paad, you have been told about moksha i.e. final liberation from this universe. Now in
this book, the three things which I have told, Universe, Consciousness and Mind, are kept in a
sequence, it is told that your mind, which is called Chitta, is in the middle, on one side is
Universe, and on the other side is Consciousness, means on one side is the Jagat, and on the
other side is Chetna or Purush. Now here Patanjali ji has also told that your mind, which is
Chitta, can stay with only one person at a time, and If it goes to understand the universe , then he
can never understand the consciousness and if it has to understand Consciousness, then it has to
leave the Universe, it can't stay on both sides at a time, which means that Consciousness is not a
part of this Universe, it is separate from the Universe, and through the Mind, Mind is a tool, an
instrument, our Chitta is experiencing different forms of the Universe through it. But along with
this, in the 14th Yoga Sutra of Kaivalya Paad, it is said that the different things seen in the
Universe are essentially one, they have the feeling of unity, all things can be considered as one,
why? Because the things we have got as a result in this Universe, all of them have three qualities
Sat, Raj, Tam. These things are formed in different proportions of these qualities. So because
there is unity in the result, due to the existence of Sat, Raj, Tam, all things should be taken in the
same way. But still we see it differently, because our mind, Chitta, is made of Ahankar Tatva, so
when it comes in contact with the mind, the objects experience consciousness to their different
forms. And when Patanjali Ji was saying this, a disciple asked a question, that if when it comes
in contact with the mind, only one thing is being taken in different ways, experiencing
consciousness in different ways, then is it possible that the mind is the creator of things? So the
question of this disciple, the Copenhagen Interpretation that I wrote before, comes in the same
place. Is it possible that our consciousness or our mind is the creator of this reality? So clarifying
this, Maharashi Patanjali Ji says in the 16th Yog Sutra of Kaivalya Path, It means that no thing is
controlled by any Chitta or mind. If this happens, if that Chitta does not remain in existence, then
that thing will also not remain in existence. Because we see that due to individual death, even if
our Chitta does not remain in existence, a thing remains. If this mic is here and even if I die, this
mic will remain for others also. That is why he explained this here. And when Chitta does not
remain in existence, then consciousness will not be able to understand this universe. Because it is
through Chitta. Chitta is the tool through which this world is understood by consciousness. That
is why Maharashi Patanjali Ji is saying that consciousness is not directly attached to the universe.
That is why it cannot change the universe. So who does the changes in the universe? For that
speaks the Sankhya Darshan and Yog Darshan. In the universe, change is done by the Mool
[Link] two elements are considered in Sankhya Darshan. Sankhya Darshan is theory and
Yog Darshan is its practical. So the two elements that are considered, one is Mool Prakriti and
the other is Purush. So both are kept separate. That is, Purush is consciousness which comes
from the Mool Prakriti of the universe. Things happen by combination of both. So it is not that
consciousness does any change in the universe by itself. In this, a student asked a question that if
the world is separate from consciousness and the world has a separate
existence, then why do we say that the world is false? So Patanjali Ji's answer here is that the
world is false, but at the level of emotion. Not at the physical or material level, but only at the
level of emotion, because whether you do something or not, it has no existence or value in time.
That is why we say that the world is false for emotion. But if we look at the physical level, then
the world has an existence. We feel a true reality of the world we can see that as Erwin
Schrodinger wanted to say that all things in this universe are entangled. That is why it does not
change with our conscious observations. So the same thing, Patanjali Ji is also saying that our
consciousness does not create the things of the universe. Because the universe is created from
Mool Prakriti and from Sat Raj Tam qualities And when our mind, which is in the middle of the
universe and the consciousness, is connected to the universe, then it cannot understand the
consciousness because it stays at one place in one time. And when it connects to the universe,
then it knows about the consciousness, but it does not reach its true form. And it begins to
understand the consciousness itself. And when the mind becomes delusional that it is the same
consciousness, then all the pleasures, whether happiness or sadness, mind has to suffer So, there
is only one way to get rid of the sorrows of the universe that the mind should be removed from
the universe and brought towards the consciousness. Because until you do not remove it from the
universe, you
will not be able to understand the consciousness.