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Evolving Creativity The Story of Our Universe

Anand Rishi

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With Loving Gratitude To Osho

In Loving memory of my father

To my Mother and my beautiful children,

To my dear friend and wife,

Through her, I have known love.

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About the Author

Anand Rishi is as spiritual seeker. He is a disciple of the modern

mystic Osho. The name Anand Rishi is not his name by birth but

was given to him as his Sanyaas Name by Ma Yoga Neelam,

Osho’s secretary and long time disciple.

He is an Engineer by qualification and profession. In the last

decade of the 20th Century, he became interested in Osho and his

works. In turn this fuelled his interest in Meditation and

Spirituality.

He has always been an avid reader. He has read the words of

Osho extensively as well as the works of other spiritual masters.

He has been on a meditative journey for the last 25 years.

Based on his explorations, he has published a couple of books

on the subjects of spirituality with a view to share the insights that

he has gained and also to give creative expression to his inner

experiences.

This book is also part of a continuing effort in this direction

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Foreword

I am a seeker of Truth. I seek the truth both from the Mind and

from the No-Mind.

I believe that no longer can we separate the world of the Mind

and the world of the No-Mind; no longer, the division between

Science and Religion is feasible. For far too long we have believed

that science and religion are diametrically opposite lines of

enquiries. We have always believed that science investigates the

truth about the outer world and religion investigates our inner

world.

However the reality is one; the outer and the inner are nothing

but utilitarian divisions. In the end they describe the same reality

from different perspectives.

The recent development in Science has started blurring even

these different perspectives. The language that science is now

using is becoming closer to that of Religion.

I can see that both Science and Religion are now on inevitably

converging paths.

The life of a modern man is so much rooted in Science that the

experiences of Religion alone will not satisfy his being. Unless

Religious experiences are endorsed by scientific analysis, they will

never be able to penetrate the being of the modern man. For

religion to retain its place, it has to search for an expression which

is scientific.

On the other hand, it is also a fact that Science alone is not

enough to fulfil the needs of humanity. We need to be happy and

peaceful and blissful. Science has provided us with conveniences

on our outer periphery but without a blissful interior they remain

meaningless.


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What is now required is an amalgamation of Science and

Religion.

Science has to use the ‘Why’ provided by Religion to

investigate the ‘How’ of the Universe.

I believe the ‘Why’ will provide us with clues about the ‘How’

and the discovery of the ‘How’ will further clarify the ‘Why’. From

now on both the ‘Why’ and the ‘How’ will have to move hand in

hand.

To accept and aid this reality, humanity has to alter its

perception about how it views Science and Religion. Time has

come for us to nurture people who have the hearts of a Mystic and

the Minds of the Scientist; these are the people who can reveal the

entire mystery of this Universe to us.

These are the people I would like to call as the spiritual

scientists.

Although I am an engineer by profession, I can see that being

a scientist is not about the study of the ‘Subject of Science’ but it is

about having a scientific attitude. This attitude is about looking at

Existence with awareness; it is about trying to find the cause and

affects that work behind this mysterious world; it is about trying to

experiment with life itself, in an effort to unveil its secrets.

Therefore there is no intrinsic relation between being a student

of the ‘Subject of Science’ and having a scientific attitude; we all

live life and it is about experimenting and learning from life.

This quest for experimenting and learning gives one a

scientific attitude. That is what is required by a spiritual scientist.

On the other hand, everyone is born with a spirit; so naturally

we are all spiritualists. Normally we are so much engaged in the

activities of the Mind that we forget all about the spirit; but nobody

can forget himself for very long. A little shift of focus away from

the world of the Mind and towards the inner voice that beckons us

is all that is required.

So the dawn of the spiritual scientists is not a utopian dream

but a viable and necessary reality that is required if we are to be


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grow as a humanity and understand our role in the Grand Design

of Existence.

I am reminded of pictures which are called ‘Gestalt Figures’.

They are figures in which two pictures are hidden in one sketch.

The most famous of Gestalt figures is the picture of a Vase.

Seen from one angle it looks like a Vase but seen from another

angle it transforms itself into a profile of two faces looking at each

other.

It is said that it is impossible for one to see both figures

together; they can be seen separately but never together.

This is the task that confronts us. We have to see both of the

Gestalt pictures together. We have to see both Religion and

Science as one.

I believe this seeming paradox is possible for the geniuses of

humanity to execute. Hence I invoke the advent of Spiritual

Scientists.

The book is a small attempt to create an environment where

both, Science and Religion can co-exist in the same person; the

book attempts to show what is possible, if we are able to live this

paradox.

Hence to me Swethketu (the main protagonist in the book) is

not a fictional character; he is very much alive in my heart and in

my mind. I have fallen in love with what he IS and I hope that after

reading the book you will also fall in love with what we all can BE.

Swethketu is the New Man, who embraces life as a whole unit;

who does not deny any facet of it. To him joys and sorrows,

success and failure, love and hate, the inner and the outer are not in

opposition but are complimentary; they are like the two opposite

poles of electricity, both are required for the energies of life to

flow.

Swethketu is a spiritual scientist, who not only endeavours to

know himself but he also endeavours to know how this gigantic,

ever expanding Universe functions. In the end he finds out that

both his quests leads him to a common reality. The entire Universe


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is an organic whole; it is a living entity and we are the very soul of

this living Universe.

The story of our Universe is about continuous ‘Evolving

Creativity’ and I hope that like Swethketu, we will all learn to fall

in tune with it.

GAGAN GUPTA


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PART-1 (Page- 1- 94)

This part deals with the initial life of Swethketu. How he was given

his name and what thoughts governed his life as he grew up.

This part discusses mainly the concepts and happenings

related to the outer world, like ‘The meditation of Ananda’, ‘The

Milk Miracle’, ‘Gandhi- his philosophy and impact on India’&

‘International terrorism’.

This ends with the process of Swethketu’s enlightenment; here

he describes the entire journey of how the Universe had evolved.

The entire story of the Universe has been described in details in

ten stages.


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1 What is in a Name?

W Shwetketu lay on his back on his comfortable 75 inches long bed;

he had laid out specially designed mattresses on it in order to

protect his back from the stress arising out of long hours of lying

down in a single fixed position. His lean and thin body had become

covered with a thin layer of sweat. He had turned the air

conditioner off as the noise sometimes caused disturbance to his

meditations. As the world of no-mind took hold of him, his

physical and mental activities settled to a minimum level and as a

consequence his body temperature dropped down. Even then, the

intense heat caused some levels of sweating, although he was not

at all aware of it.

He had even put his cell phone, which was normally a constant

companion, to off position. This was rare, as he normally liked to

be connected with the world and its machinations and his

understanding was that the real test of the silence achieved through

meditation lay in its continuance through the chaotic cauldron of

noises the physical world provided.

He was naked, except for his underwear and was lying flat on

his back, almost in a spread-eagled position. His body was

motionless; his face, normally playful and full of expression, was

relaxed; his eyes, intelligent but very soft, were closed and pupils

under his closed eyelids were still and his breathing was regular

but extremely slow. The only discernable movement, a small

almost imperceptible one, was the up and down movement of his

belly in tune with his breathing.

Most meditation techniques make use of the sitting lotus

posture, however Swethketu had always favoured the floating or


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the lying down position. All the meditation techniques that he had

practiced, he had improvised their methods into the floating

position. Most of the sources from where he had learned about

these techniques, advised not to deviate from the set patterns. Even

the meditation groups he was occasionally part of, strongly

suggested to stick to the conventional ways of execution. However,

he had never cared about convention and experimented with the

techniques to mould them closer to his natural sensibilities.

He had a confident and a rebellious nature. After being

exposed to the great modern mystic Osho’s discourses, he had

developed disaffection, almost a disdain towards blindly following

traditional ways. Also his love for Osho had inculcated in him a

non-serious and a playful approach towards everything in life.

More often than not his experimentations led him to a dead

end. Swethketu did not find it in any way discouraging. To him

meditation was not a conquest over his mind and senses but an

experiment to find out what secrets existence possessed; what

wonders nature hid beneath its layers; what energies made up his

being.

He approach was not philosophical but exploratory. He

viewed life like a maze. His interest was to map the pathways of

the maze. To him, even the dead ends were beautiful as they served

a purpose of hiding the right way. ‘Life is a maze and a maze is a

chase to find the right way. A maze wouldn’t be a maze if it just

had ONE RIGHT WAY. The so many-many wrong ways make the

maze a maze. That’s the beauty of it and the challenge. This is

what he had told the audience once in a spiritual conference where

he was invited to speak and this was the mantra of his life.

In this spirit of exploration, Swethketu had toyed with many

meditation techniques. These included meditation techniques

suggested by Buddha, Mahavira, Osho, Gurdgjieff, Lao Tzu and

even some whirling techniques practiced by Sufi mystics. To try

out different traditions seemed to be his passion more than actually


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trying to go really deep into one particular method (although he

himself would never admit this).

There would be a relatively small number of people in the

world who would have read as many different scriptures and had

developed an in depth understanding on as many diverse religious

and spiritual traditions as Swethketu. However, there would be

even smaller number; almost miniscule souls alive who would

have not only read but also practised them and fallen in tune with

their core message.

His father had gifted him his first challenge in his life, his

name itself.

He was on a constant lookout to expand his comfort zone, to

push his boundaries. He loved new challenges and took them head

on. That’s how he was initiated in the world.

His father was a bit of an eccentric, otherwise toward the end

of the 20th century who kept his son’s name as Swethketu?

No one could pronounce it right the first time. Its meaning was

not very clear and had multiple connotations. It was difficult to

spell both in English and Hindi. Last but not the least it was totally

out of trend.

It had caused him immense chagrin.

He had questioned his father about the choice of his name. His

earliest memories were of heated arguments with his father on this

issue.

‘Why Papa? Why Swethketu? Nobody can say it properly.

People look at me as if I have come from some sort of an outdated

village. No one cares about who I am, but only about what

Swethketu means’, an agitated young Swethketu had asked his

father.

His father replied, ‘Son, a name is very important. Swethketu

was one on of the greatest saints in our history. Forget what people

say, one day you will understand and you will be proud of this

name’. It never cut any ice with the young Swethketu.


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One day a particularly annoyed young Swethketu came back

from school and hurled his bag down. He took out all his books

and tore the front pages apart.

‘This is it. I have had it. I WANT A NEW NAME. They did

not select me in the school cricket team because the coach could

not pronounce my name. I hate Swethketu, whoever he was’, he

hollered.

His father laughed loudly. ‘Ok sonny boy, I think you are now

old enough to hear this story. If after that you want to still change

your name then it is your life and I will not interfere’.

Swethketu- The Ancient Sage His father told him the story of Swethketu- an ancient sage.

There was an old Brahmin of ancient times, who had a son

named Swethketu.

Normally by Brahmin, one understands a man born in the

Brahmin community in India. His father explained that simply

being born in a Brahmin family has no real significance. A true

Brahmin means the one who had become totally in tune with the

Brahman (the existence); who had existentially become one with it.

The old man was an authentic Brahmin.

He sent his son for learning about spiritual practices from a

famous teacher of their times.

The son spent 12 years with the teacher and learned about all

the Vedas and the Upanishads and many other scriptures. He

mastered all of them. He became famous for his thorough

knowledge and understanding. It was said that he could instantly

answer any spiritual question and even quote the scripture and the

exact verse whose reference he had used. He was a star student.

After his graduation, he returned to his house. His father was

aghast. He could immediately see that although his son had

mastered the words, he had not tasted anything of the knowledge

that can be known only if one has gone beyond words. He had

become pompous and full of himself and his bookish knowhow.


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