Evolution Of Man – Western Versus Vedic Theories

The vedic way of putting the theory of evolution is the most beautiful way. Understand: Charles Darwin missed an important

point in the theory of evolution. If Darwin had caught a little bit of the energy of enlightenment, the whole history of the West might have been different! He took the monkey as the father figure; there lies the problem! The vedic tradition says, man came down from God! Darwin says, man came down from the monkey! The throne is given to God in one tradition and to the monkey in another tradition. Whoever you put on the throne you will remember and live like them. That is why Darwin missed the game. He did not catch the exact thread.

Again, Sigmund Freud, after 40 years of research, concluded that human beings, as such, can't be helped or healed! After 40 years of research, he said this. The problem is, he did not get a single enlightened specimen to work with! He worked only with patients, with sick people, who had not experienced the flowering of enlightenment and hence the totality of being a human. So, he was led to conclude that that was the normal state. He concluded that man, as such, was sick, and hence can never be helped or healed!

A follower of Sigmund Freud went to Tiruvannamalai, a spiritual nerve-center in South Bharat, and my native place. He was afraid to meet enlightened master Ramana Maharishi and so came away without meeting Him. He writes, 'I was afraid I would be lost in His presence. I have done too much research, and I have too much investment in my beliefs. All my beliefs might disappear if I meet Him and sit in His presence.' Just see his mind game! It clearly shows that he was not a true scientist! He was just a marketing person; one who sells himself, not one who works for the truth. Understand: if you are a scientist, and you sign an agreement with a company, you are completely bound. The moment you sign an agreement, you

give up your freedom to research the real truth. Then, you are no more a scientist. You are not a true seeker. In the same way, this man had lost the truth. In olden days in Bharat, there was a taxi which you had to push half the distance and the other half, it would go by itself! This man writes in his reminiscences, 'Such a taxi came to take me to Ramana Maharishi's place. That morning, some fear gripped me and I simply took the taxi and ran away to Chennai. From there, I came back.' He went all the way and was just half an hour's distance away from Ramana. If he had met Bhagwan, the whole Western analysis of human psychology might have been different. They would have enjoyed the science of enlightenment!

You see: these people have done enough research in the waking state, dream state and deep sleep state, but they missed the samadhi state! If only they had one enlightened specimen, they would have been flabbergasted by the results! They would have had real fun with science, defying the results recorded!

In the vedic tradition, evolution is linked to the different avatars of Vishnu. The first is considered to be the fish body. You are born as a fish. You accumulate some samskaras through a few incidents when you are a fish. Then, you see a tortoise going around. You see a better possibility in the body of the tortoise. You decide: next time I create, I will create a body like that. A tortoise can live in water and on land. Then, when you are in the tortoise body, you see a better and bigger body, like that of a pig or some other animal. Then you decide, 'The next time I create a body, I will create that kind of a body.' So when you die, you create the next level - that is the pig body. As this cycle happens, you evolve, and also collect different engrams or samskaras every time you take birth anew. You raise the

frequency of the system, or the body, every time you are given a chance to create or design. This same sequence, you can see in the incarnations of Lord Vishnu as well! First, it is the matsya avatar – the fish incarnation, then the tortoise, then the pig, then half-man, half-animal, then the pigmy man, then the primitive man, then the civilized man like Rama, who is dharmic. Lastly, even beyond civilization, there is the civilized poorna avatar – the completely enlightened being, who is not bound by any rules and regulations, who is just radiating joy, energy and enlightenment. It is this evolution that happens in man also. Step by step, different kinds of beings happen. At every stage, you collect samskaras and design a body, when you are given an option, in a better way. This is the process of the evolution of the physical body, and the intelligence of evolution.