Anil K Rajvanshi

Episode 121: How Homeopathy might work? – A conjecture

Homeopathy is an alternative system of medicine. It is used by about 1/7th of mankind. Yet very little is known on how it works. I present a possible mechanism on its working based on existing scientific principles.The URL of this episode is at: https://nariphaltan.org/homeopathyconjecture.pdfIt was also published in Thrive Global. https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-homeopathy-might-work-a-conjecture/

Episode 120: Era Gone By – My Love Affair with Steam Engines

As one grows older one remembers nostalgically the era gone by. One such era was of steam engine train travel. I would like to narrate some instances of my fascination with steam engines and how I rode on a steam engine.The URL of this episode is at: https://thriveglobal.com/stories/era-gone-by-my-love-affair-with-steam-engines/

Episode 119: Mahatma Gandhi as they knew him - Personal Anecdotes

On 30th January was the 73rd death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi – the apostle of peace and a person who engineered India’s independence from British rule in 1947. His decency, democratic nature, personal examples, and teachings are as relevant today in this divided and fractious world as they were almost hundred years ago.I am going to narrate anecdotes about him from people who met and worked with him. Anecdotes help describe a person in human terms. No matter how great the soul is, once it acquires a human body then it is guided by the frailties of human existence. The URL of this episode is at:https://thriveglobal.com/stories/mahatma-gandhi-as-they-knew-him-personal-anecdotes-2/

Nature of Form – Why Life is Attached to it?

We all identify entities with their forms. Either living or non-living entities are all identified by their physical forms. Our own body-form creates a memory map in our brain, and we identify ourselves and others with those memories.The idea of form has always intrigued me. If a simple physical and thermodynamical analysis is done on a system, then one faces a dilemma on how to put the energy of form in it. For example when a body (either a living or a non-living one) gets destroyed then its atoms and molecules all get distributed in space since matter cannot be produced or destroyed except in nuclear fission or fusion; or at very high temperatures when it becomes plasma! Similarly, the energy that goes in making its structure converts into heat and is also dissipated in space. But what happens to the energy of form? And also what happens to its space-time structure that it displaced for some time in that form?These are some issues which I think are fundamental to species survival and procreation. I feel that the fear of death is associated with the destruction of form. Hence all living entities protect their forms and procreate to provide its continuity. This podcast tries to explore these issues.The URL of this essay is at: https://nariphaltan.org/form.pdf

What is Consciousness? - A Conjecture

In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi presents a novel and unique description of Consciousness. Since time immemorial mankind has always wondered what is consciousness and where is it located in the brain. Some recent scientific discoveries may provide a possible answer. There are various definition of consciousness but the most accepted definition is “awareness”. Awareness is an outcome of thought.Dr. Rajvanshi presents a unique description of what is thought and where in the brain it is produced. The URL of this podcast is at: https://nariphaltan.org/whatisconsciousness.pdfAll these ideas of thought and consciousness have been dealt in details in Dr. Rajvanshi's book; "Nature of Human Thought". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBSo5WWW0-4

Technology at the Grassroots- Dr. Anil Rajvanshi The Researcher’s Story

The true power of technology is achieved when it impacts the last mile. Listen to Dr. Anil Rajvanshi talk about how technology can be used to create a difference at the grassroot level and what it take to be the change you want to see in the world. This podcast has been recorded by Suraj Nair - a young researcher from Bangalore.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anil-k-rajvanshi-580a9323/ Bio: https://nariphaltan.org/shortbio.pdf Podcast: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/anilrajvanshi

Can Mind Interact with Matter? - A Conjecture

Throughout the history of human civilization there have been large number of instances where so called “miracles” have been performed. These have included levitation, production of material things from thin air, physical healing, etc. These events have come because of interaction of human thought and material surroundings. This podcast explores the possibilities on how human thought could interact with matter. Thus the nature of human thought, its characteristics and possibility of how it can interact with gravity and matter are explored. Novel concept of thought engine, existence of human thought in higher dimensions and its relationship with space, time and Universal Consciousness are discussed.The URL of this podcast is at: https://nariphaltan.org/mindmatterconjecture.pdfPlease look at this link for figures and further reading material

What is Ego and how to tame it ?

In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi talks about the neurobiological basis of ego and its possible location in the brain. With the knowledge of ancient Indian yoga system he tries to explain how possibly it can be tamed or controlled.The URL of this episode is at: https://nariphaltan.org/egotaming.pdf

India @73 - Musings of an Ordinary Indian

In this podcast Dr. Anil Rajvanshi talks about his journey through the modern India and what it means to live in it. He traces his journey from Lucknow to USA and then to rural India and feels that India can again retain its glory if it practises its ancient spirituality together with modern technology. he feels that spirituality with modern technology should be the mantra of development.The URL of this podcast is at: https://www.nariphaltan.org/india@73.pdf

Mind - Matter Interaction

Throughout the history of human civilization there have been large number of instances where so called “miracles” have been performed. These have included levitation, production of material things from thin air, physical healing, etc. The nature of these miracles is same, irrespective of religion and different civilizations. Some of their accounts have been exaggerated but a large body of information shows remarkable consistency in their nature and reporting. To my mind these events have come because of interaction of human thought and material surroundings. After all, a thought produced by physical brain has to be physical in nature and hence governed by scientific laws. Thus the curiosity arose about which laws of science operate to make these things happen. I have tried to explore these issues in my first book called “Nature of Human Thought” which was published in 2004 and its second edition in 2010. Recently I have written another book “Spirituality + Technology = Happiness” which extends and explores the issues of mind-matter interaction further.Besides I have been writing on these issues quite regularly in Times of India (Speaking Tree section); Huffington Post and recently in Thrive Global. All these essays are also available at one place in my writings.The ideas contained in the books and writings have evolved intermittently over a long period of time and have been written in a diary form and posted on the web. https://nariphaltan.org/thought.pdfI have been writing on these matters since 1977. Most of them are however intuitive and speculative in nature and hence are not exact in the formal sense. It is my hope that some bright reader will help in providing a rigorous formulation to some of them and do further research on these ideas. With this in mind I am doing a podcast on this issue and have included the link to the diary in the description of this podcast.https://nariphaltan.org/thought.pdf The URL of this podcast is at: https://nariphaltan.org/mindmatterpodcast.pdf