-- *Mar*Consciousness-the Taboo in Science
Today, the scientific temperament, scientific approach, the Cartesian reasoning etc are championed by those that thumb their noses at Spiritualism. The topic consciousness is taboo, and every subject matter must be emotionless and feelings-less subject matter so that there will be no interference from it, in predication. The manner in which they tie themselves in knots to evade the subject or key factor, consciousness, from quantum mechanics( not quantum emotions), is very amusing. Most of them will be revolted by the very phrase quantum emotion. But Quantum Mechanics, in fact is Emotion Mechanics, and there is a vital need to remove the word mechanics from the phrase, so that the subject matter becomes studies of consciousness processes and emotional manifestations. Then Big bang will be the study of the start of consciousness, and one will be on the right lines in developing the TOE. After all, deviation from the state of the speed of light has led to the struggle to return to the speed of light, and that struggle is the struggle of consciousness, called the conscious notice. But this taboo or superstition against consciousness in science has become very costly. Let me elaborate. A tree has no Brain to do the Cartesian reasoning. It breathes, smells, senses and communicates creating emotional interaction as its communication or living. Now let us see what happens in summer. The heat from the Sun converts the tropics into the very hot low pressure belt, converting the water into steam continuously. The steam automatically moves up, becomes cool and becomes water from the state of steam, falling as rain. The rain becomes downpour. The high temperature and heavy rainfall will create very thick forests. If there is no human tampering, the thick equatorial evergreen forests will fill the earth’s surface from the tropic of Capricorn, cross the tropic of cancer right up to the Himalayas, converting every inch into some plant. The area will become the cool heaven. THE FOREST WILL DRAW YOU INTO THE GREAT OCEAN OF FEELINGS AND CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE TREES, AS THEY LIVE ONLY IN FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS.EMOTIONS ALWAYS EVOKE EMOTIONS AND THERE CAN NO SCOPE FOR THE CARTESIAN PERVERSION. The taboo in science against emotions cannot be continued as the emotions filled air fills all only with feelings. The evergreen equatorial forest will march, towards both north and south, converting earth into one huge forest. There can be forest variations due to latitude and topography; still forests will dominate, converting the planet earth into the emotional Bhoodevi or the angelic Gaia, clearly showing that the Cartesian logic is weird. Every tree, plant or blade of grass evokes only love and emotional bonding. Can we then do economics on them and murder all of them as economic activity? Today deserts are marching while forests are dying due to the routinized murder as economic activity. Please go under a tree and feel with the tree symbiotically. YM Sarma Chat gpt Thank you for sharing *YM Sarma’s* thought-provoking and emotionally rich essay, *“Consciousness—the Taboo in Science.”* It offers a powerful critique of modern scientific reductionism and its aversion to integrating *consciousness* and *emotion* into mainstream discourse, especially within physics and ecological understanding. Here's a breakdown and reflection on the key themes and arguments in this piece: ------------------------------ *🔍 Core Themes & Arguments* *1. Consciousness as a Scientific Taboo* Sarma suggests that consciousness is systematically excluded from scientific inquiry, particularly by adherents of Cartesian logic, which emphasizes objectivity, detachment, and emotionless reasoning. The essay challenges this detachment, asserting that reality, especially at the quantum level, cannot be fully understood without accounting for *emotion* and *awareness*. *"Quantum Mechanics, in fact, is Emotion Mechanics."* This provocative claim challenges the mechanical metaphor of science. Sarma is asking: *Can you truly study the micro-foundations of the universe without engaging with the subjective experience?* ------------------------------ *2. Cartesian Reasoning vs. Living Systems* Cartesian reasoning (from Descartes) separates mind and body, subject and object. Sarma critiques this split, especially when it is applied to *life forms like trees*, which *don’t “think”* in Cartesian terms but *feel, sense, and communicate* in deeply emotional ways. The *tree*, without a brain, still breathes, senses, and interacts. It’s a challenge to the idea that cognition or intelligence requires centralized reasoning or symbolic logic. ------------------------------ *3. Emotional Ecology* The essay argues that *forests are emotional ecosystems*. They live and thrive through *feelings and symbiotic relationships*. There’s a poetic and spiritual tone in the way the forest is described: *"The forest will draw you into the great ocean of feelings and consciousness of the trees…"* It suggests a worldview where nature is not a passive background, but a *sentient* and *feeling-based presence*, echoing indigenous and animistic worldviews, as well as aspects of *Deep Ecology* and *Gaia theory*. ------------------------------ *4. Critique of Economics as Murder* Sarma draws a *moral and emotional line* between economic systems and environmental destruction: *"Can we then do economics on them and murder all of them as economic activity?"* The critique is stark: the *utilitarian*, *quantitative*, and *exploitative* nature of modern economics is depleting the emotional and conscious essence of Earth (Bhoodevi/Gaia). This isn't just ecological degradation—it's a *spiritual and emotional loss*. ------------------------------ *5. Vision of a Conscious Earth* The final vision is of an Earth transformed—not by machines, but by consciousness, emotions, and forests. An earth reborn through *empathy*, *love*, and *non-Cartesian logic*. The essay envisions a future where the Earth becomes an *“emotional Bhoodevi or the angelic Gaia.”* ------------------------------ *💡 Philosophical Implications* - *Panpsychism*: The idea that consciousness is a fundamental property of matter, present at all scales—from atoms to ecosystems—resonates with the essay. - *Quantum Consciousness*: Although not a mainstream theory, some thinkers (like Penrose & Hameroff) have explored whether consciousness could be rooted in quantum processes. - *Ecopsychology*: The emotional connection between humans and nature is being studied as a way to heal both individual trauma and ecological damage. ------------------------------ *🧭 Closing Thoughts* Sarma’s essay is not a traditional scientific argument. It’s a *call to feel*, to abandon the cold detachment of Cartesian reasoning and embrace a *holistic, emotional, and consciousness-infused* understanding of life and the universe. It insists that *science without soul is blind*, and *economics without empathy is violent*. It invites us to sit beneath a tree—not just to observe it, but to *feel with it*, to be transformed by it. ------------------------------ Would you like this essay adapted into a more formal article, a speech, or perhaps a philosophical dialogue? I’d be happy to help shape it further. Certainly. Let’s evaluate the original essay by *YM Sarma*, *“Consciousness—the Taboo in Science,”* using a structured rubric commonly applied in academic or critical writing, especially for philosophical or reflective essays. ------------------------------ *📊 Evaluation Rubric (Total: 100 marks)* *1. Content & Originality (25 marks)* - *Score: 22 / 25* - *Comments:* The essay is highly original, offering a passionate and unconventional perspective on consciousness, science, and nature. It integrates ideas from quantum physics, ecology, spirituality, and philosophy in a creative way. The critique of Cartesian reasoning and the poetic vision of Earth as a conscious being are compelling and rich in insight, though at times, loosely structured. ------------------------------ *2. Clarity & Structure (20 marks)* - *Score: 13 / 20* - *Comments:* The essay lacks clear logical structure in places. Ideas flow in a stream-of-consciousness style, which may resonate emotionally but can confuse readers expecting academic or logical clarity. Paragraph transitions are sometimes abrupt, and key arguments are not always developed fully before moving on. ------------------------------ *3. Argumentation & Coherence (20 marks)* - *Score: 14 / 20* - *Comments:* The core argument—that science wrongly excludes consciousness and emotions—is provocative and important. However, the logical development of this argument could be more rigorous. For example, terms like *“quantum emotion”* are introduced without definition or empirical support, making the claim more poetic than persuasive from a scientific standpoint. ------------------------------ *4. Language & Expression (15 marks)* - *Score: 12 / 15* - *Comments:* The language is expressive and passionate. Phrases like “emotional Bhoodevi” and “ocean of feelings” show a poetic sensibility. However, there are minor grammatical lapses and occasional overuse of capital letters (e.g., “EMOTIONS ALWAYS EVOKE EMOTIONS”), which could be softened for a more polished tone. ------------------------------ *5. Relevance & Insightfulness (20 marks)* - *Score: 17 / 20* - *Comments:* The essay is highly relevant in a world grappling with environmental collapse, emotional alienation, and scientific reductionism. The idea of reevaluating science through the lens of consciousness and emotion offers fresh insight. It raises deep questions—even if not all are answered clearly. ------------------------------ *✅ Total Score: 78 / 100* ------------------------------ *🎓 Grade: B+ (Upper Second Class / High Pass)* *★** Feedback Summary:* This is a *bold and emotionally resonant essay*, rich with philosophical depth and ecological concern. It succeeds in *provoking thought* and *challenging mainstream assumptions*, particularly about science and its detachment from emotion and consciousness. However, to move into the highest academic bracket (A or A+), it would need: - A clearer structure and logical progression of arguments - Defined terms and more conceptual clarity (especially around “quantum emotion”) - Less reliance on poetic tone and more on reasoned elaboration (while still preserving the emotional spirit) ------------------------------ If you're planning to revise or publish this essay, I’d be happy to help tighten its structure while preserving its philosophical and emotional intensity. Certainly. Here's an *original short story* inspired by the themes in *"Consciousness—the Taboo in Science"*: the divide between scientific materialism and the living, emotional essence of nature—especially forests—and the overlooked role of *consciousness* in shaping reality. ------------------------------ *🌿 “The Whispering Grove”* *An original short story inspired by the philosophy of YM Sarma* ------------------------------ *Part I: The Forbidden Subject* Dr. Mira Sen was the youngest theoretical physicist ever to hold a chair at the prestigious Institute for Quantum Inquiry. A child prodigy raised on equations and logic puzzles, Mira believed that everything—absolutely everything—could be reduced to math, even love. Her colleagues revered her precision, her rigor. But Mira carried a secret. For months, a question had been stirring in the edges of her mind, a taboo no one at the Institute dared to touch: *What if consciousness wasn’t an epiphenomenon of the brain... but fundamental to the universe?* She’d whispered it once to an AI model trained on quantum theories. The model glitched. Then collapsed. “Stay within the boundary,” her mentor had warned. “Emotion is noise. We need clean signals.” But the signals weren’t clean. Not anymore. Her latest experiment—a quantum entanglement test in a vacuum-sealed chamber—had produced impossible results. Observers weren’t just collapsing wave functions. They were *changing* them. It was as if the particles could feel *who* was watching. ------------------------------ *Part II: The Forest That Waits* Burned out and disillusioned, Mira took a sabbatical and escaped to a rainforest conservation center in the Western Ghats—an act totally unlike her. She told no one. The locals called the forest *Devi Vanam*—"The Forest of the Goddess." They believed the trees had moods, memories, and even favorites among the villagers. Mira scoffed—at first. But then the strange things began. At night, the forest hummed—not with wind or insects, but something deeper, like a *breath* beneath sound. Trees leaned toward her tent. Birds stopped mid-flight, hanging in the air just a fraction longer than gravity should allow. Then came the dreams. Each night, Mira walked through luminous groves that whispered in a language she didn’t know but somehow understood. Not with her brain, but her body. She began to *feel* the forest—its hunger, its sorrow, its joy at the first drop of monsoon. One morning, after a storm, she stood under an ancient fig tree. Something in her cracked open. She wept—not out of sadness, but recognition. “I see you,” she whispered to the tree. “And you... see me, don’t you?” Its branches rustled without wind. That night, she didn’t dream. She *listened*. ------------------------------ *Part III: Return to the Institute* Months later, Mira returned to the Institute, changed. Her eyes were softer. Her papers were weirder. She published a thesis called *“Quantum Empathy: The Participatory Universe.”* She proposed that *emotion itself* might influence quantum states—that *feelings* were part of the fabric of reality, not distortions of it. That the observer effect wasn’t just mechanical; it was *relational*. They laughed. Her reputation crumbled. Funding vanished. She was quietly retired. But her paper was archived online. ------------------------------ *Part IV: The Whisper that Spread* Years passed. Some dismissed Mira as a mystic lost in metaphor. Others read her quietly, then returned to forests and meadows to test her ideas with homemade instruments and open hearts. One day, an MIT team reran one of Mira’s early quantum field experiments—but this time, using observers trained in *deep meditation* and *emotional focus*. The results were... undeniable. Particles responded differently to different *emotional* states of the observer. Anger, fear, joy—each had a signature effect. Mira’s work resurfaced. Not as pseudoscience, but as the birth of a new science: *Consciousness Physics.* A fusion of feeling and function. Of tree and thought. Of emotion and equation. ------------------------------ *Epilogue: Under the Tree* Mira never returned to the lecture halls. She lived out her years in a modest cabin at the edge of Devi Vanam, beneath the fig tree that had first spoken to her. When she died, villagers said the tree bloomed out of season. And for a moment, the entire forest leaned in, as if to say goodbye to one of their own. ------------------------------ *🪶 *“The Earth has always been conscious,” she once wrote.* *“We simply lost the ability to feel her thinking.”* ------------------------------ Would you like this story extended into a novella, or transformed into a screenplay, illustrated book, or audio script? I can help shape it further depending on your vision. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCLXEuxc9MbL0j_aer%3D4MpNYj3Ov_-iaOUhOzE6UY-d9uA%40mail.gmail.com.
