Asking about the Meaning of Life, According to Non-dualism, Is a Quest in the Wrong Direction
There is an aura of responsibility attached to this question. That’s why we revisit this question from time to time.
We have a profound desire to find meaning and purpose in our pursuits. Work without a motive is considered a waste of effort.
We know there is no precise answer to this question. All answers are subjective and contextual.
The Arthur Elison experiment on the power of beliefs
Elison was an electrical engineer by qualification. He put a bowl of flowers on a table and declared that the chanting of certain Buddhist mantras and music could levitate the bowl. The experiment was aimed at establishing the mysterious power of sacred chanting.
He made the specially designed bowl levitate through electromagnetic influence. The observers, unaware of the “set” experiment, interpreted it differently.
An elderly religious lady saw a grey substance lifting up the bowl. Another lady, a physics professor, was circumspect. She didn’t see the bowl moving at all; “it was static,” she claimed. The former invented a power doing…
