CELL WITH MIND NOT UNDERSTOOD. (MIND POWER - 4)

(Excerpts from book: MIND POWER (1980) CH 9, Author - Swami Vijnananand (S.V.), Manashakti publication)

 CELL

·         Some scientist say that plants too feel.

·         Laws of Biology hold good at every step, though they become complex.

9.1       Cell, the mysterious links.

Though, comparatively imperfect, the knowledge of one cell can be applied to other types of cells. However there are two general classes of cells.

1)        Prokaryotic cell – Typical of bacteria and blue – green algae

2)        Eukaryotic cell - Found in all other organisms, plants and animals.

It is suggested that plant and animal cells have been derived from the early cell, or more likely, both forms might have a common ancestor. If so, the intermediate stage remains a mystery

9.3       Chemical picture of cell.

(I)                            Both plant and animal cells contain organic substances and mineral salts. The organic substances, whose composition is very complex, are represented by proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, fats and fat like substances known as lipids.

(II)                         Liver cell in human body:- In the human body, for example, liver cell contains

·         60 % water.

·         12 % protein

·         5 %  fat

·         2 %  nucleic acid

·         1 % (or 21 %?) carbohydrates and other substances.

(iii) Proteins are the most important and indispensable constituents of cell they contain:-

·         50 to 55 % of carbon.

·         25 t0 30 % of oxygen.

·         15 to 19 %  of sulfur

·         Occasionally – iron, phosphorous, iodine, zinc, magnesium, and other elements.

(iv) Certain rare derivatives apart, nucleic acid derivatives contain:-

-  5   nitrogenous bases.

-  2   purines – adenine (A), guanine (G)

-  3   pyrimidine – cytosine (C), uracil (U), thymine (T)

There are two main types of nucleic acids.

·         DNA (De-oxyribo Nucleic Acid), containing the sugar de-oxyribose with adenine – thymine and guanine – cytosine as bases.

·         RNA (Ribo Nucleic acid), which contains ribose sugar and adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil (instead of thymine) as nitrogen base.

9.4       Cell division.

The vitally important process of cell division occurs either through karyokinesis or through mitosis. (Cell division)

(Karyokinesis = kernel i.e. cover, movement)

(i)                 Division of cell begins after a more or less protracted (longer than expected) period, known as interkinesis or interphase; the operative condition of the cell, when its inherent physiological functions are most active. In the interkinetic nucleus, the chromosomes are not visible, but instead appear as long, thin, intervened threads.

(ii)At this stage the cell is already being prepared for mitosis. At a definite stage of interphase, known as synthetic, the quality of DNA in the nucleus doubles.

iii) During the preparation for mitosis, the cell center divides and begins moving apart to the opposites or poles of the cell. The chromosomes threads coil up into spirals, thicken and become visible under the ordinary microscope.

iv)The nucleolus and nuclear membrane gradually disappears and a spindle is formed. This first stage of mitosis is known as the prophase.

(v)    In the second stage called the metaphase (fig. 5), the chromosomes arrange themselves into the equatorial plane of the cell in the form of a star.

(vi)  The third stage of mitosis, known as the Ana-phase begins when the chromosomes, already split, separate. (fig.6)

(vii)At this stage the space between the chromosomes becomes greater and greater, the threads between spindles extending between the centriol become shorter and the two halves of each chromosome gradually migrate to the poles of the cell.

(viii) The fourth and final stage of division is called the telophase. (fig. 7 & 8).During this, the chromosomes uncoil, the nucleus re appears and nuclear membranes surround each group of daughter chromosomes. Thus, the exact division of material of each chromosome is made between the daughter nuclei. In the cytoplasm of each daughter cell, a new division of the centriols takes place and a membrane forms between the two cells obtained as result of the division. Morphologically the telophase resembles the prophase, except that there are now two cells instead of the original one. Each daughter cell is smaller than the maternal one, but gradually grows and attains the dimensions and space typical of the cell of the tissue concerned

More information continues……

The duration of each phase of mitosis and its frequency are dissimilar to different cells and vary greatly. The younger the tissue, however, the more frequently the cell divides.

Mitotic activity depends on the nature of the tissue and on its physiological condition. It is particularly intensive during growth and regeneration. Hormones and other system regulators of the organism have a great effect. In many tissues mitosis is not observed, as in the liver. That does not mean that liver cells can’t divide. If for instance, a piece is cut from liver of a rat, mitosis will occur immediately along the line of cut and the livers will quickly and completely regenerate.

The average length of the principal stage of karyokinesis in human cell is as follows :-

·         30 to 60 minutes for prophase

·         02 to 10 minutes for metaphase

·         03 to 15 minutes for anaphase

·         30           minutes for telophase.

(iv)During division cells are very sensitive to various environmental influences, particularly to temperature. The optimal temperature for human cell division is 37 degree centigrade; deviation from that, either above or below, inhibits (restricts) mitosis. The dividing cell is likewise sensitive to poisons and to radiant energy, which is the basis for treating malignant tumors by ionizing radiation.

(v)It should also be noted that certain highly differentiated cell have lost their capacity to divide, as far instance, blood cells, after existing for a certain time, they disintegrate and special blood forming organs produce new cells to replace them.

Nerves cells are formed only during embroil developments after birth they grow but do not as a rule divide.

A phenomenon known as “amitosis” or direct division is sometimes encountered, which is not properly speaking a means of cell division, by simply a pinching or fragmentation of the nucleus.  Amitosis is rare in higher organisms and many biologists even doubt its existence.

9.5       Analogy of chemicals but not of life.

Process of amoeba: - Is it possible to say that amoeba is conscious?  Yes, certainly. Its acts are very much like those which are talked of as conscious in us and the higher animals. It has quite a clear reaction to changes in degree of light. For example: - -It seems to have power of controlling its motion

·         It makes selection of food it does not take inside his body whatever comes in his way.

·         It gives no attention for ex. To hard grains or stones, which would give trouble to digestion?

·         We tend to say that behavior of this sort is conscious behavior.

However one can take a view that this behavior is like a machine, which is the outcome of the laws of physics and chemistry. Is it possible to make something whose behavior is more or less like the behavior of amoeba? If a drop of chloroform be supported in the liquid and on coming up against a small grain of wax they will get all-round them very much as amoeba gets round its food. Again by using certain chemical reaction, it is possible for the process of cell division i.e. similar process the amoeba itself into more amoebas.

The above similar example does not make amoeba’s behavior clearer to us. It gives us the idea that it is possible that the behavior of amoeba is like that of a machine.

9.6 Physical behavior: - Eight alternatives against incoming substances. 

Army rule: There is an old rule for leading comfortable army life.

If it moves, salute it.

If it does not move, pick it up.

If it is too big to pick up, paint it.

Cell response to incoming substances, eight alternatives: The possible response of a cell to an incoming substance has similar diversity.

(1)               The substance can be metabolized and used as a fuel.

(2)               Incorporated into whatever is being built at the time.

(3)               Copied.

(4)               Complemented by synthesis of antibody, or

(5)               Antitoxin engulfed (completely surrounded) in resin or amyloidal (non-nitrogenous starchy food)

(6)               Used as an inducer, or

(7)               Bizarre (strange) morphogenesis as a prelude (pre-action) to one of the other processes.

(8)               Rejected from the very beginning or by excretion.

These various responses are not rigidly distinguishable from each other but overlap intricately. The shrewdness of cell is exhibited in the manner of its response.

9.7       Sherrington; the noble prize winner and others discussed mind of the cell. Cell has a mind to learn. Single cell without sense organ and nervous system can learn. As per Dr. Sherrington, the noble prize winner scientist, there are observers with skill (skilled observers) , who after devoting patient study to the motor behavior of a such single cell conclude that microscopic single cell life, without sense organ without nervous system can learn. The emphasis here is to be focused on observer’s skill to reach to the said conclusion.

The famous physicist E. Winger observes: The present laws of physics are at least incomplete without translation into terms of mental phenomenon. More likely they are inaccurate. The inaccuracy increasing the role which life plays in the phenomenon considered.

Noble prize winner chemist Szebt Cyorgyi reiterates: In many search for the secret of life, I ended up with atoms and electrons which have no life at all. Somewhere along the line LIFE HAS RUN OUT THROUGH MY FINGERS. So in my old age, I am now retracing (to withdraw a statement) my steps.

9.8       Louis Pasteur: Life existed during eternity and not matter.

I have been looking for spontaneous generation for twenty years without discovering it. No, I don’t judge it impossible, but what allows you to make it the origin of life?

You place matter before life and decide that matter has existed for all eternity.

How do you know the incessant (non-stop, continuous) progress of science will not compel scientists…… to consider that……. Life exerted during eternity and not matter?

You pass from matter to life because your intelligence of today can not conceive things otherwise. HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT IN TEN THOUSAND YEARS ONE WILL NOT CONSIDER IT MORE LIKELY THAT MATTER HAS EMERGED FROM LIFE?

In 1955, Contrat reported separation and reunion of TM virus. Dr. Asimov’s comments were as follows. - If the two fractions of the original virus (after separation) were then mixed, (Only) about one percent of the original (virus) was restored. Apparently, the nucleic acid rejoins the protein in the mixture but usually in an incorrect and useless manner. One out of hundred re-unions however clicks into place correctly and the intact virus molecule is restored.

By no means has this amounted to “creating of life.”

C.G.Taylor Ex. Advisor BBC, -- Scientists cannot create life. The scientists do not really aim to create life, he simply aims to provide the conditions in which life can create itself.

The book MIND POWER says: Let science remain at its honorable place without transgressing (going beyond moral/legal limits) its legitimate frontiers unless it chooses to expand the frontiers to the limits of life. In other words, let science open door to non-matter with a well-come or leave it out to others to consider.

Summary:  

-          Here we see the broad outline of the cell composition as well as division. If mere mechanical view of the cell working is taken as a basis, appropriate explanation of cell functioning would not be possible.

-          In order to provide logical explanation of the cell working either science has to accept ‘mind’ as scientific entity or leave the explanation of ‘life’ out of its scope.

(Note: This is an attempt to make reader friendly interpretation of the book “MIND POWER” based on my perception. Inquisitive readers are requested to refer to the original book to cross check their understanding.)

Vijay R. Joshi.

NATURE OF LIFE: - MATERIAL OR NON-MATERIAL. (MIND POWER – 3).--

(Excerpts from book: MIND POWER (1980) CH 8, Author - Swami Vijnananand (S.V.), Manashakti publication)

 

Emergence of Life, the chain is:

  1. Primitive Ocean with non-rational structure….. 2. Nucleic acid molecule / equivalent of free living gene….. 3. Multiplication with nucleic acid in ocean in the sunlight. ….. 4. Original viruses (non-parasite) 5. Collection of genes: (chromosomes). 6. Single cell organism.

The question of life is related to origin of controversy regarding the nature of life. The question under examination is:-

Was the original form of life -  

-          The specialized development of matter or

-          Spirit merely using the texture of matter as a suitable staircase for its appearance. (Non-matter is using matter for life’s appearance).

Let us consider this aspect “Nature of Life” from bottom end, i.e. Virus.

8.2.      What is virus?

a)      Virus an important link connecting the living organism with inanimate nature. (Border between life and lifeless.) An attribute of living organism is metabolism but viruses do not have this property.

b)      Viruses are singular, very primitive forms of existence of protein bodies. They simultaneously possess attributes of animals and inanimate matter. They do not breathe and have no cell structure, no nuclei, cytoplasm and organoids. They cannot multiply (grow) outside the cell of other organism, but inside the cell of other organism, they increase in number. Many viruses are agents of disease in human beings, animals and plants.

c)      Certain viruses have been obtained in the form of crystals of nucleoproteins, which can be dissolved, precipitated again and recrystallized without loss of their essential biological properties.

d)     The American biochemist W.M..Stanley first isolated virus, in crystalline form in1935. Other viruses were also isolated in crystalline form. Among them is a virus of polio.

e)      Viruses are visible only under electron microscope.

f)       Virus converts itself to the simplest form of living creature.-

Increase in size to a definite degree increases the complexity of the chemical constitution of virus and gradually approximates (almost equalizes) their properties to the simplest form of the living creatures.

g)   The origin of the virus is very complex problem. : Scientists have not agreed whether modern viruses are ancient forms that existed on the boundary between animate and inanimate nature or whether they are secondary phenomenon arising from pathological changes in the Part of animal or plant cells.

Virus: - Can this be considered as “non-living” or is this life in dormant stage?

Since certain viruses can be crystallized, can they be considered as non-living? Or is it the case of life being dormant?

The indirect answer is: Is a sleeping man dead? Is a stored seed waiting new plantation considered dead? No. Here the life is in dormant stage.

Viruses are considered to represent free genes. In search of gene theory you find threshold of physical science, crossed. How can one bring the spirit of life back to the material consideration?

Original virus  Virus: - A free living gene

We have seen that viruses multiply only in the cell of other organizations. If they are considered as origin in the life, then how they could multiply when there was no life and no cells of other animals?

Here we see the answer to the problem. We have seen the chemical scene on the earth and formation of Primitive Ocean with non-rational structure. In the chemical evolution when “nucleic acid molecule” was formed the equivalent of free living gene, (transferred from complex improved structured coaservate drops) or any viruses, were present in the ocean, and they multiplied at the expense of organic compounds that had been built up all about them by the action of sun.

Original viruses, non-parasitic

These original viruses were not parasites for there was nothing for them to be parasitic upon.

Virus (gene) ------------ Chromosome

The life had finally gotten down to the bare chromosome. The smallest viruses were nothing more than collection of wild genes (created from coaservate drops) ready to invade cells and impose their own will upon them, over and above supervision of the cell’s own genes. They (gene-virus) mutate like any cell organism and their genes are similar even if their patterns of heredity transmission may be unique.

The book MIND POWER explains gene “imposing its will” in point 8.4 where as in point 8.5 possibility of viral DNA becoming integral part of chromosome is explained with references.

Virus (gene), imposing its will, later becoming integral part of chromosome and then replicating along with the reminder of the chromosome. Thus here we see that the gene, virus can enter the life of animal/man etc. to impose its free will

Virus destroying cell completely.

In point 8.6 the book explains how a virus called bacteria phage attaches to the cell and devours it (eats like a beast) completely.

What apparently happens is this:-

·         The virus attaches itself to the surface of its choice.(or part of it)

·         Enters the cell and literally disappears.

·         The virologist (virus expert scientists) looks and sees no traces of virus. (Even if he grinds up the cell, he fails to liberate a demons ratably infective agent.)

·         Twenty four minutes later the cell bursts releasing 200 new fully formed virus particles, ready to infect new cells.

·         The host cell is dead, drained and broken.

Viruses don’t grow and reproduce, they replicate. Since these are the things we observe, we are clearly unjustified in stating that virus grow and reproduce, we only know that they replicate.

Virus is a concrete clue.

With all these ghastly pictures of aggression, multiplication, growth, birth how can the whole process be merely the material process? Virus is a domain with such complexities that we have to turn back to it, after we see its different invasions through bacteria, plant, men.

Cell

Cell is undoubtedly agreed as a primary unit consisting of life. The fundamental distinguishing properties of the living cell consist in its ability:-

(i)To assimilate material necessary to its structure from the surrounding medium

(ii)To turn these materials in to the substances used for the growth of its body.

(iii)To divide in to two similar cells, each of its own size (and capable of growth), when its geometrical dimensions become too large

These abilities to eat, to grow and to multiply are of course common to all more complex organisms made up of individual cell.

Salt crystal

If we drop a small salt crystal in a super saturated salt solution in water, the crystal will grow by adding to the surface successive layers of salt molecules extracted from the matter. We can even imagine that, because of some mechanical effects, as for example, the increased weight of growing crystal, they will break up in to two halves after reaching a certain size and then the -  baby crystal- so formed will continue the process of growing.

Why should not we also classify this process “Life phenomenon”?

This is not a life phenomenon, because…..

The food which the crystal uses for its growth is accumulated into its body without changes from its form in the solution. (It is not digested). The molecules of salt collect themselves on the surface of growing crystal. This is ordinary mechanical accretion (matter which is added to and accumulates in layers) instead of typical bio chemical assimilation. Also the multiplication of crystals by occasional breaking up in to irregular parts of no predetermined properties as a result of sheer mechanical force of weight has but little resemblance to the precise and constant biological division of living cells into halves, which is brought about chiefly by “internal force”.

8.3 Three characteristics of Living.

Life cannot be given explanation only on physical terms. If one attempts to give only physical explanation then the life phenomenon turns mysterious. But if the concept of “mind and its desire” are taken as a scientific base then the life phenomenon does not remain mysterious.

Unknown factors (In science)

(i)        We don’t yet know whether viruses without an envelope enter the cell intact, with subsequent release of more nucleic acid or whether the protein coat remains at the cell surface while nucleic acid enters the cytoplasm alone.

(ii)       How viral nucleic acid dominates the metabolism of the host cell is imperfectly understood.

(iii)      Sometimes too there are complex interactions between the virus and host cell and the synthesis of various enzymes is required to produce viral molecules. This too involves a greater amount of nucleic acid in the virus.

(iv)      We do not yet know how virus brakes out of animal cell, but the release of lissome enzymes may play a part.

(v)       Plasma gene (part of cell influencing inheritance) of one host turning into virus in another suitable host.

(vi)      How tobacco mosaic virus can be used as a source of protein by animals.

(vii)     A mutation may occur in a body cell (somatic mutation) and is then transmitted to all cells derived from mitosis from that cell.

(Mitosis: - The usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of chromatin by the nucleus into a thread like form, which condenses into chromosomes each of which separates into two parts. One part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.)

Nature of life is “non-matter” not “matter”

What has already been said appears to be sufficient (Further consideration follows in this book) to convince us of the fact that science at present is crossing the threshold of the purely physical explanation of “mysterious” phenomenon of life.

Nature’s secrets could be understood.

Wisdom added to the secret of nature (secrets, not at the instance of nature, but at the instance of ego elevated man) can be meaningfully deciphered (understood, resolved)

(The biological laws, when studied with “mind” considered as a scientific entity, will reveal rational behind the so called secrets/paradoxes.)

Summary:

-  Virus: life in dormant stage, an important link connecting the living organism with inanimate nature. The attribute of living organism is metabolism but viruses do not have this property. Viruses are singular, very primitive forms of existence of protein bodies. They simultaneously possess attributes of animals and inanimate matter. They do not breathe and have no cell structure. They cannot multiply (grow) outside the cell of other organism, but inside the cell of other organism, they increase in number.

-  Cell is undoubtedly agreed as a primary unit consisting of life. The fundamental distinguishing properties of the living cell consist in its ability:-

(i)To assimilate material necessary to its structure from the surrounding medium

(ii)To turn these materials in to the substances used for the growth of its body.

(iii)To divide into two similar cells, each of its own size (and capable of growth).

-   Life is the association of matter (body) and non-matter (mind). If mind leaves the body the life comes to an end. Desire (of associating or leaving) is the attribute of non-matter (mind).  

(Note: This is an attempt to make reader friendly interpretation of the book “MIND POWER” based on my perception. Inquisitive readers are requested to refer to the original book to cross check their understanding.)

Vijay R. Joshi.

LIFE BORN OF "NON-MATTER", NOT BY CHANCE. (MIND POWER - 2)

(Excerpts from book: MIND POWER (1980) CHAPTER 7, Author - Swami Vijnananand (S.V.), Manashakti publication)

 7.  Life on Earth.

7.3              The chemical scene.(Please see earlier Blog 29 on the subject)

Through the passage of time, chemical evolution progressed and so also the conditions originating life. The book “cell” by Prof. Swanson page 265 gives this in a nice way.

The development of biological elements from primary elements demands so many answers to so many questions.

First of all: - What was exact change after life was borne and was it essentially different from matter?

7.4. Concluding land marks, Life born of “non-matter”, not by “Chance”

At first we found carbon scattered in the form of separate atoms, in the red hot stellar (of a star or stars) atmospheres. We then found it as component of hydrocarbons which appeared on the surface of the earth. With time these hydrocarbons were transformed into their oxygen and nitrogenous derivatives in to the simplest organic substances. In the water of primitive oceans, these substances formed more complex compounds. Proteins and similar substances appeared. Thus the materials of which bodies of animals and plants are formed came in to being. At first these materials existed in a dissolved state.

Coaservate drops:-The forebears of life on the earth.

Then it began to separate from its environment in the form of coacervate drops. The first coaservate drops were of simple structure, but gradually substantial changes took place in their structure. They acquired more and more complex structure and improved structure. They were finally transformed in to primary living beings…………The forebears of all life on the earth.

Life continued to develop. The first living beings were not cellular. But at a definite stage of life’s development the cell appeared. Unicellular and then multi cellular organisms established themselves on our planet.

The development link was as follows:

Carbon atoms ------ hydrocarbons -------- oxygen/nitrogen derivatives, simple organic substances --------- (water from ocean) ------- complex organic compounds ------ coaservate drops ------- primary living being. (Non-cellular)

7.5 Chances and the chemical view of life.

Life by chance seems impossible. Whether cell or virus, their chemical composition is much similar. Cell biology tells us that even in a single organism there are hardly any perceptible differences in the cell. The differentiation in purpose is vast and varied. Book “The Cell” on page 225 tells:-

Because of the exact replication and segregation of the DNA during cell production, all the cells in multi cellular organism contain the same type of and amount of nuclear information. Since nucleus is the control center of the cell, all cells should have the same potential and be capable of manufacturing all the proteins of the body…….The obvious fact, however is that they do not do so for a large number of reasons discussed in this book. This looks to be beyond probability.

To substantiate this, following references may be seen.

Dr Singh and Dr Thompson record on page 28 of “What is matter and what is life” that a “chance” could not have created life even once in thousand billion years.

“Consciousness and laws of Nature” page 62, and “Theories of probability” page 248, mentions:

There is need of new perspective. As many difficulties are encountered in attempts to understand and apply present days theories of probability. Conceivably, Probability is not possible.

A careful sifting of our intuitive expectation and requirement for the theory of probability might reveal that they are unfulfilled or logically in-consistent.

(If we carefully and minutely check across (a) our intuitive expectation and (b) requirement for the theory of probability, it may reveal that they (i.e. requirements) cannot be fulfilled and logically they are not consistent).

It is told that if a single cell of an infant is (assumed to be) manufactured in one minute, a skilled worker will take five thousand years to repeat it. The infant body contains billions of cells. Thus billions of cells multiplied by these five thousand years will project the mathematical picture of the efforts required (by Nature) to complete the task of formation of the infant body.

A quoted reference tells us how nitrogen struck the atom of oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and sulfur to produce first living substances. Very few proteins could be living out of their combination. For example, these five elements (N2, O2, C, H2, &S) rearranged in different way, can produce silk, wood and innumerable other articles.

That a life producing arrangement (such as huge systematic work requiring unimaginably highest amount of power) was born by chance, is incomprehensible to think. Such a chance if it occurs would require timeless number of years. By that time, the Universe may run out of its course.

7.6 “Purposeful” developments of single and multi-minds

Birth of a life was not by chance, but it was by definite “purpose”. How so ever the wisdom of that purpose may be questioned. In other words, the decision of “non-matter” (mind) to attach itself to matter may not be very wise, but this happening is at the instance of non-matter, (as matter can’t have a desire).

There are only three alternatives:-

                        A   God created first life.       

                        B    Chance created first life.

                        C    Non-matter attached itself to the matter.

A and B have been ruled out in the book.

 

C  Non-matter (normally called “mind”) attached itself to the matter. ---This is discussed further. We will see later that each cell has mind and a multi cellular organism has “organized mind”.

Mechanical view of Life

As a preliminary link up, we quote “Origin of life” pages 65 to 67, Russian scientist has attacked pure mechanical view. The reference says:-

1. The mistake of the mechanistic approach was that they did not differentiate between the organization of protoplasm (a colorless substance like jelly from which all animals and plants are formed.) and its structure. This was due to their hard efforts to consider the living organism in the form of material motion which is characteristic of a machine. (Not living body), i.e. they reduced this organism merely to the spatial (relating to space as a physical dimension) arrangement of the individual parts. This off-course is a one sided view, since organization must be regarded not only in point of space but also in point of time. Thus, for example we call meeting “organized” not only because its participants have seated themselves in an orderly manner but also because the speakers have kept within time limit and the reports and speeches have followed the agenda.

2. Depending upon the character of a given system either its organization in point of space or its organization in point of time comes to the fore front. In the case of machine spatial organization is most important. But we know many systems in which organization in point of time is most important.

An example of such a system is any piece of music. A symphony (long musical composition) for instance. The latter in very existence is determined by the fact that the hundreds or thousands of sounds which make it up are combined with strict regard for time. Any disruption of its harmonious unity would destroy the symphony and would lead to disharmony and chaos.

3. Structure, a definite intricate (many small parts put together in a complex way) make up is an essential element in the organization of protoplasm. However, organization in point of time, definite harmony of the process which takes place in protoplasm, is by far more important. Any organism—plant, vegetable or microbe—lives only while it continues to receive and discharge a stream of new particles of substance and of the energy which goes with it.

The organization receives from its environment diverse chemical compounds.

Inside the organism, they are subjected to various changes and transformations, as a result of which, they become the substances of the organism proper, and acquire the properties of those chemical compounds of which the living creature had previously been composed. This is known as the process of assimilation. But simultaneously with assimilation a reverse process takes place—that of dissimilation. The substances of living organism do not remain unchanged, but are decomposed more or less swiftly, and their space is taken by newly assimilated compounds, while products of decomposition are discharged in to the environment.

The simile continues…………..

Concentrate on the simile in the second stage. Symphony presupposes different musicians organized by a composer. Just above another simile of meeting mentioned, the word “organized”, insistence on the ‘time’ is not important, but what is important here is “organizer” without which organization cannot come in to being or function.

‘Earth’s primitive oceans did not possess a rational structure that fitness of its internal organization for the performance of definite living functions in the given conditions of existence which is so characteristic of the protoplasm. Thus the internal structure of the primitive ocean was adapting itself for the creation of life. This adaptation to the condition of environment could not stem merely from physical or chemical laws or from collide-chemical relations’.

Emergence of Biological laws

New laws, namely, biological laws, had to arise in the process of material evolution simultaneously with the inception of living things.

Limitations of the laws of matter

The early history of life cannot be accounted for, by laws of physics or chemistry. Somewhere laws of physics lack tenor. (Settled direction) and therefore laws of non-physics or ‘non-matter’ (i.e. mind) step in.

One or more minds in the same body

Banking on the statement cited above, the singular consideration of ‘space’ is inadequate. Non-matter occupies no space therefore there is no harm in considering one or more minds in the material frame, as required respectively in cellular or multi-cellular organisms.

Summary:

-          Birth of a life was not by chance, but it was by definite “purpose”. How so ever the wisdom of that purpose may be questioned. In other words, the decision of “non-matter” (mind) to attach itself to matter may not be very wise, but this happening is at the instance of non-matter, (as matter can’t have a desire).

-          The internal structure of the primitive ocean was adapting itself for the creation of life. This adaptation to the condition of environment could not stem merely from physical or chemical laws or from collide-chemical relations.

-          The early history of life cannot be accounted for, by laws of physics or chemistry. Somewhere laws of physics lack tenor. (Settled direction) and therefore laws of non-physics or ‘non-matter’ (i.e. mind) step in.

-          Non-matter occupies no space therefore there is no harm in considering one or more minds in the material frame, as required respectively in cellular or multi-cellular organisms.

(Note: This is an attempt to make reader friendly interpretation of the book “MIND POWER” based on my perception. Inquisitive readers are requested to refer to the original book to cross check their understanding.)

Vijay R. Joshi.