Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 10, 2026
Narayan Rout
This article examines the question of thought origin across neuroscience, psychology, Western philosophy, and Indian philosophical tradition, identifying convergence points and divergences. Neuroscience: (1) Libet B et al. (1983, Brain 106:623-642): readiness potential (RP) preceding voluntary movement by 500ms; conscious awareness of intention 200ms before movement but 300ms after RP begins,...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 6, 2026
Narayan Rout
This article examines the neuroscientific evidence for states corresponding to Samadhi as described in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Advaita Vedanta (Turiya, the fourth state). Seven confirmed neuroscientific findings: (1) Default mode network (DMN) deactivation in deep meditators — Judson Brewer (Brown University) and colleagues: experienced meditators show dramatic DMN suppression...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 14, 2026
Narayan Rout
This article proposes and develops an original interdisciplinary thesis: the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra of the Rigveda (7.59.12) is the Indian civilisation's systematic response to the specific psychological wound created by the evolution of the prefrontal cortex. The article develops this thesis through seven dimensions: the evolutionary emergence of the PFC (bipedalism, cooking, social...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
July 8, 2026
Narayan Rout
This article examines the Pavamana Mantra of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (1.3.28) — 'Asato Ma Sat Gamaya, Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya, Mrityor Ma Amritam Gamaya' — as a three-dimensional map of the fundamental epistemological and ontological journey from Not-Knowing to Knowing, in convergence with the Mandukya Upanishad's precise cartography of consciousness across four states (Jagrat, Svapna,...
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July 3, 2026
Narayan Rout
This article traces the evolution of Indian philosophical thought across seven historically distinct turning points: the Rigvedic period's focus on cosmic consciousness (Purusha, Brahman, Agni); the Upanishadic revolution's inward turn and the emergence of Brahman-Atman identity; the Shramana revolt of the 6th century BCE in which Buddhism and Jainism redirected Indian thought toward physical...
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June 26, 2026
Narayan Rout
This article examines Bhakti, the path of devotional surrender in Indian philosophy, alongside genuine, peer-reviewed scientific research relevant to its central psychological claims. It surveys the three-Yoga framework (Karma, Jnana, Bhakti) and Bhakti's foundational textual sources — the Narada Bhakti Sutras, the Shandilya Bhakti Sutras, the Bhagavata Purana's Navavidha Bhakti, and the...
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June 23, 2026
Narayan Rout
This article examines the hard problem of consciousness, as defined by David Chalmers in his 1995 paper, against five distinct, philosophically rigorous positions developed within the Indian philosophical tradition over approximately 2,500 years, while giving full, undiminished weight to the current empirical state of consciousness science. It reviews the 2025 Cogitate Consortium adversarial...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 21, 2026
Narayan Rout
This article examines the proposition that a black hole's singularity — the point at which known physics breaks down completely — represents Brahman, against Einstein and Hawking's pursuit of a Unified Field Theory and M-theory's eleven-dimensional framework. Engaging directly with a 2025 AIP Advances paper proposing consciousness as a foundational physical field, the article argues that the...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 20, 2026
Narayan Rout
This article examines the Zero-Point Field — the experimentally verified quantum phenomenon whereby even absolute-zero vacuum space contains measurable fluctuating energy, evidenced through the Casimir effect (Hendrik Casimir, 1948) and the Lamb shift (Nobel Prize, 1955) — against the Vedic concept of Shunya, in which "nothing" is understood as generative fullness rather than absence. Drawing...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 17, 2026
Narayan Rout
Walking is the most ancient human movement. For approximately 1.8 million years, Homo sapiens walked — not as exercise, not as meditation, but as the basic mode of engaging with the world. What modern research is now establishing, and what yogic science has maintained for centuries, is that walking performed with conscious attention — with awareness of breath, sensation, rhythm, and the present...
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June 6, 2026
Narayan Rout
This article examines five convergences between contemporary neuroscience of consciousness and the Upanishadic and Samkhya Darshana frameworks of ancient Indian philosophy. The neuroscience side draws on the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) framework; the Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR) theory of quantum consciousness in neuronal microtubules (Penrose and Hameroff), with...