Coffeehouse Culture; Plain Text; Page Sixteen; Article One

ALTHOUGH THE RITUALS and practices that have been central to Indian spiritual life for so long continue to be part of the living heritage from the Vedas, many areas of Vedic knowledge have been lost to man. As the Vedic Rishis, deep within their own silence, cognised the Laws of Nature that govern all existence, they came into contact with sacred knowledge that covered many aspects of life in the world. Extending their cognitions from the spiritual plane into science and the arts, they created a culture in which almost every activity was based on sacred principles.
Although the Vedas themselves are generally regarded as consisting of exclusively spiritual texts, the Vedic culture left much more. Thus it is that Indian health care is enshrined in the culture as Ayur Veda, music as Gandharva Veda, architecture as Sthapatya Veda and so on.
If this sacred knowledge, brought out from the deepest levels of the Cosmos has been lost, it is not to be wondered at. The Vedas tell us that whatever the level of consciousness underwriting knowledge, it is always transmuted by the level of consciousness of the individual who receives the knowledge. It is said that to understand the Vedas, one must become the Vedas. For only in that home of all knowledge can the truths governing the Cosmos be realised in their pure form.
Although for many centuries large areas of Vedic knowledge remained inaccessible, in recent years there has been a major revival that has invested a number of Vedic disciplines with renewed life. Led by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, of Transcendental Meditation fame, this Vedic revival has seen a reassessment and recodification of ancient knowledge. In addition to charging accepted areas (in India) of Vedic knowledge with a new relevancy, the Maharishi’s initiative has seen the revival of long dead aspects of the Vedas. The Vedic sciences and mathematics are two areas the Maharishi has turned his attention to; both are enjoying a new lease of life.
In bringing out this long lost knowledge, the Maharishi would seem to be cognising it anew as did those ancient Rishis who created the Culture of Consciousness.

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	ALTHOUGH THE RITUALS and practices that have been central to Indian spiritual life for so long continue to be part of the living heritage from the Vedas, many areas of Vedic knowledge have been lost to man. As the Vedic Rishis, deep within their own silence, cognised the Laws of Nature that govern all existence, they came into contact with sacred knowledge that covered many aspects of life in the world. Extending their cognitions from the spiritual plane into science and the arts, they created a culture in which almost every activity was based on sacred principles. Although the Vedas themselves are generally regarded as consisting of exclusively spiritual texts, the Vedic culture left much more. Thus it is that Indian health care is enshrined in the culture as Ayur Veda, music as Gandharva Veda, architecture as Sthapatya Veda and so on. If this sacred knowledge, brought out from the deepest levels of the Cosmos has been lost, it is not to be wondered at. The Vedas tell us that whatever the level of consciousness underwriting knowledge, it is always transmuted by the level of consciousness of the individual who receives the knowledge. It is said that to understand the Vedas, one must become the Vedas. For only in that home of all knowledge can the truths governing the Cosmos be realised in their pure form. Although for many centuries large areas of Vedic knowledge remained inaccessible, in recent years there has been a major revival that has invested a number of Vedic disciplines with renewed life. Led by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, of Transcendental Meditation fame, this Vedic revival has seen a reassessment and recodification of ancient knowledge. In addition to charging accepted areas (in India) of Vedic knowledge with a new relevancy, the Maharishi’s initiative has seen the revival of long dead aspects of the Vedas. The Vedic sciences and mathematics are two areas the Maharishi has turned his attention to; both are enjoying a new lease of life. In bringing out this long lost knowledge, the Maharishi would seem to be cognising it anew as did those ancient Rishis who created the Culture of Consciousness.

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