Under a Banyan Tree

I first heard of Noetic Science in Dan Brown’s book “Lost Symbol” and it intrigued me.  Looking at the site www.noetic.org one finds that the word noetic comes from the ancient Greek word ‘nous’ which refers to an inner knowing, a tapping in to an inner consciousness, which allows one to access knowledge that is not normally available to our senses and can’t be reasoned out through rational means.

Now it seems that almost everything I read is leading me in the same direction.  For example, I just finished a thriller by James Rollins titled “The Judas Strain”.  He talks about a hidden language buried in our genetic code and backs this up by referring to an article in Science Magazine (1994) which said resoundingly that this is absolutely true.  No one really knows the why of this hidden language but it would seem that humans have a lot to learn. 

A couple of interesting points to make is that it is said we only use 10% of the capacity of our brain and a fact according to Rollin’s book that only 10% of the cells in our bodies are human and the rest are bacteria or parasites.  Is this language hidden in our DNA there to assist us in discovering our potentail over vast periods of time?  Does our inner consciousness delve into that language and discover knowledge that seems to be beyond the pale of rational thought?  Well, Noetic Science explores the potential of human inner consciousness and how it relates to the physical world and attempts to use statisically significant data to back up its claims.

We seemingly have a greater effect on everything around us -animals and plants certainly but even material objects – than we know.  This can be proven statisically by conducting stringent scientific experiments that study specific variables while controlling others.  I won’t get into this experimentation now but leave it up to my readers to search for books and information themselves as real growth only comes through being open to all knowledge, letting your inner being digest, ruminate upon and regurgitate it until conflict disappears and you decide your truth.

Nirvana comes through this inner discovery that we must all go through.  Buddha knew that such knowledge can really not be taught but he could define a life style that could possibly lead to consciousness using multiple ways of knowing including intuition, feeling, reason and the senses to discover how the inner self relates to the physical world.

Noetic Science want to assist people to discover and develop their own subjective consciousness through meditation or other spiritual practices, the emphasis being on inner knowledge and a personal transformation.  Secondly, this science is looking into ways of developing interactive consciousness in communities or between groups of people.  Thirdly, Noetic Scientists are gathering data about the physiological corrolates of consciousness including experiements in psi, mind-body healing, and subtle energies such as the affect of human bonding with specific groups of plants on their growth and health.

All of this is difficult to describe easily but it does show how interconnected everybody and everything is in this wonderful world of ours.  For me this interconnectedness has been brought home time and time again and I think it is happening to many others.  Look at the popularity of the movie Avitar which was about a new world order built on a closeness to the one source which is within us all.  So many people are discovering or proving the same thing without really knowing it.  The whole universe is interconnected and our job as human beings is to discover how and why?  By discovering our part in this dance through the development of our inner consciousness we can reach a place where the oneness of everything is self-evident.  This process is not for the faint of heart as you have to lose the self to find the whole.  Good luck on your own journey.