Monday, July 8, 2019

Vedantic Cosmology

… Mr. Tesla was charmed to hear about the Vedantic Prana and Akasha and the Kalpas, which according to him are the only theories modern science can entertain. 
Now both Akasha and Prana again are produced from the cosmic Mahat, the Universal Mind, the Brahma or Ishvara. 

Mr. Tesla thinks he can demonstrate mathematically that force and matter are reducible to potential energy. 
I am to go and see him next week, to get this new mathematical demonstration.

In that case, the Vedantic cosmology will be placed on the surest of foundations. I am working a good deal now upon the cosmology and eschatology* of the Vedanta. 
I clearly see their perfect unison with modern science, and the elucidation of the one will be followed by that of the other. I intend to write a book later on in the form of questions and answers. 

                     - Swami Vivekananda, 
                        in a Letter to E T Sturdy 
                        from New York (February 1896)


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