Proceedings of National Systems Conference (NSC-2007)

A Systemic Experimental Study of

Macrocosmic Consciousness
Prem S. Satsangi, Fellow SSI, Vishal Sahni, Life Member SSI

Abstract This paper presents a systemic study of macrocosmic

consciousness of the Dayalbagh community, during
congregational meditation-cum-prayer meetings in the
Community Hall at Dayalbagh, through relevant repeatable nonintrusive (non-invasive) scientific experiments using random
number generators, electric circuits such as RC filters (low pass,
band pass and high pass), tuned LC circuits, RC phase-shift
circuits, and a diode bridge square law modulator circuit (for
sensing electromagnetic waves in the Community Hall). The
paper reinforces the view that (physical) science and religion
(spiritual science) go hand in hand and dispels the notion that
scientific discoveries run counter to spiritual phenomena and vice
versa.
Section I introduces the system theoretic framework. Section
II presents the rational basis for systemic experimental study and
discusses the systemic experimentation while Section III
concludes the paper with a fleeting thought regarding the
immense power of information processing technology for
exploring the domain of macrocosmic consciousness.
Index Terms RC
Experimentation.

filters,

Tuned LC

circuits,

System

I. INTRODUCTION

here is a growing belief that there is no disparity

between science and religion, the latter being an
extension of physical science to the realm of
metaphysical science of consciousness. A desire to
acquire pleasure or to avoid pain appears to be the motive of
all voluntary and involuntary actions and thoughts of animate
existence [2]. It is clear that a motive, actuated by the
impulse described above, can find a final resting place in such
a state alone as is entirely free from pain and opposition of
every description and is one of supreme bliss. This is the
object of religion in its extreme analytical aspect [1]. The
object of Science rightfully would be to acquire pleasure or to
avoid pain for all living beings. The apathy which manifests
itself amongst the most intelligent classes, specially amongst
scientific men, in respect of religion, is due to the fact that
religious matters are more or less shrouded in sentimentality,
mysticism and dogmatic faith, and are void of that practical
and matter-of-fact research which distinguishes a scientific
Prem S. Satsangi is the Chairman, Advisory Committee on Education,
Dayalbagh, Agra 282 005, INDIA. (e-mail: rssabha@dayalbagh.org.in).
Vishal Sahni is with the Faculty of Engineering, Dayalbagh Educational
Institute (Deemed University), Dayalbagh, Agra 282 005, INDIA. (email:deivishalsahni@rediffmail.com).

study. To endow religion with practical and scientific interest,

it is essential that religious research should be conducted on
the same lines as those employed in scientific research, that is
to say, the object-in-view should be clearly defined and
practical measures should be prescribed and adopted for the
attainment of that object [1].
I. 1 System Theoretic Framework ([2],[3])
Fundamental Axiom of Consciousness
The fundamental axiom of macrocosmic system of
consciousness is that the origin of the macrocosm is an infinite
spiritual energy source or reservoir known as the Supreme
Creator or Being accompanied by the omnipresent quantum
spiritual force-field of consciousness and each constituent
fundamental particle of it, known as the spirit-force of
consciousness, is the one which possesses prime energy and
that all other forces (mental or physical) of nature have been
evolved by the association of this spirit force with media
(mental or physical) of different kinds. (Notice that the
concept of spirit force is no more intrinsically mysterious
than mass).
Macrocosmic Consciousness Postulate
This postulate states that the consciousness (or
spirituality) of the macrocosm, pertaining to its three grand
divisions ranging from the purely spiritual region (i.e. the
macrocosmic division of universal spirit) through the region
(i.e. macrocosmic division) of Universal Mind to the physical
or material region (or macrocosmic division) together with
their six sub-divisions each, varies in descending order of
magnitude.
Man, a creation on planet Earth (the fourth subdivision
from the bottom of the third grand-division of the macrocosm
(i.e. the region of physical or material universe) happens to be
a perfect microcosm of the macrocosm in the sense that man
possesses not only six ganglia or nerve-centres for making
communion with the corresponding six subdivisions of the
macrocosmic division of the physical or material region but
also six apertures in the grey matter of the brain for accessing
and attaining consciousness of the corresponding six
subdivisions of the macrocosmic division or region of
Universal Mind as well as six other apertures in the white
matter of the brain for communicating and realizing
consciousness of the corresponding six sub-divisions of the
macrocosmic division of Universal spirit (or purely spiritual
region).
Consciousness Realization Postulate

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The religion of Saints prescribes a systemic methodology
of the meditational practice of Surat (spirit force) Shabda
(spiritual sound currents) Yoga (union) for uniting the spirit
force of a human being with the characteristic soundcurrents 1 , which emanate from the various spirit currents in
different regions and sub-regions (i.e. grand divisions and
sub-divisions) of the macrocosm for attaining corresponding
levels of increasing degree of consciousness from the lowest
subdivision of the macrocosmic division of physical or
material region to the highest subdivision of the Supreme
Creator or Being of the macrocosmic division of the purely
spiritual region.
The object in view is to attain the highest degree of
macrocosmic consciousness as defined by the fundamental
axiom by means of awakening the 18 hidden senses within
man as referred to in the Macrocosmic Consciousness
Postulate through the meditational practice of Surat Shabda
Yoga of uniting the spirit force of man with the characteristic
spiritual sound currents at various levels as embodied in
Consciousness Realization Postulate. However, this requires
rigorous training and practice under the guidance of an adept.
Accordingly, an alternative rational basis, for systemic
experimental study is proposed in the next Section to facilitate
appreciation of the phenomena of macrocosmic
consciousness.
II. SYSTEMIC EXPERIMENTATION
II.1 Rational Basis for Systemic Experimental Study
The rationale underlying the various experiments
reported in this paper may be explained as follows :
Think of two parallel universes (systems A and B), that is,
one the macrocosmic division of physical universe and the
other macrocosmic division of Universal Mind / Universal
Spirit. According to Quantum Physics, every particle in the
Physical universe (system A) has associated with it a pilot
wave envelope (say, a sinusoid) enclosing it and moving at
particles velocity (v c). So far as the other system B (the
macrocosmic division of Universal Mind / Universal Spirit),
visualized by the science of consciousness, is concerned, the
quantum mind / spiritual force field is characterized by a
natural field quality of interest in the form of a wave (another
sinusoid). Therefore, the Fourier transform pair relationship,
connecting measurements in the time domain from the direct
reference frame to measurements in the frequency domain
from the reciprocal reference frame, appears to be appropriate.
The primary waves belonging to a macrocosmic division other
than physical universe such as Universal Mind / Universal
Spirit (system B) are not constrained by the limit imposed by
velocity of light (i.e. v c) but may travel with velocity

greater than light (v c). Finally, at the present we are

cognitively only able to experimentally measure amplitude
and frequency from As frame of reference. It is a fortuitous
circumstance that since the equilibrium pilot or collective
wave envelope enclosing the particle in system A moves at a
velocity v c, physical measurements can be made in system
A of the effect on it of coupling arising from system B, using
the scientific instruments and the external sense organs
available to man in the physical universe. Assume the
aforesaid two sinusoids for the two systems A and B to be at
frequency A and B respectively. Assume that frequency

pertaining to Universal Mind / Universal Spirit is higher

than frequency

pertaining to the physical universe. There

is expected to be information entanglement between the

aforesaid systems A and B with partial coupling (as given by
coefficient of coupling , 0 < < 1) between them. This
leads to the phenomenon of modulation of carrier wave,
arising from information entanglement between the basic
components of the particular field quality for the two
interacting systems A and B.
II.2 Systemic experimentation using a random number
generator
(Configured to generate random numbers between 0 and 1 at
different frequencies from 1 number per second to 120
numbers per second).
In repeated experiments attempted over a large number of
meditational sessions held during different times of days as
well as during special congregational gatherings we observed
that the standard deviation universally reduced during
meditational sessions vis--vis control set generated in the
vacant prayer hall. The reduction in standard deviation varied
from 0.5% to nearly 2% and the maximum reduction of 3.3%
was obtained while the adept or mentor delivered a discourse
to the congregation. The mean, however, hovered within 1%
in all cases.
II.3 Systemic experiments with RC filters, LC tuned circuits
and two-stage RC phase-shifting circuits
The waves detected in individuals performing yogic
practice have certain frequency bands such as delta (1-5 Hz),
theta (5-8 Hz), alpha (8-13 Hz), lower beta (12-20 Hz), higher
beta (20-32 Hz), gamma (32-120 Hz) and higher gamma, our
coinage, (120-132 Hz).
The initial experiments simply involved subjecting low
pass, high pass and band pass RC filters and tuned LC circuits
(designed using impedance reflection technique) to a square
wave input at the centre-frequency of the aforesaid
meditational bands of interest.

This is somewhat akin to the Cosmic Background Microwave

Radiation emitted at the time of the Big Bang (marking the
beginning of creation of physical universe) which is being
detected even today by devices such as COBE (Cosmic
Background Explorer) Satellite as the Microwave Relic of the
Big Bang to study the state of the physical universe soon after
its birth.

II.3.1 Low Pass and Band Pass Filters

The low and band pass filters exhibited a uniform
phenomena over all types of waves in that the component of
the peak frequency in the output exhibited a reduction during
meditation in the Community Prayer Hall. A plausible

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explanation could be that during meditation-cum-prayer
sessions some of the physical energy may be exchanged by
the filter with the mind / spirit force-field generated by a
strong individual or group of practitioners of meditation in the
community hall as a result of its entanglement with the
physical energy waves of the detecting circuit.
II.3.2 High Pass RC Filters and Tuned LC Circuits
We observed rather interesting results with high pass RC
filters and tuned LC circuits in that the entanglements of the
physical electromagnetic wave inputs to the detecting circuits
at frequency A with the meditational resonance waves
(generated by mind / spirit) at frequency

would appear to

produce the following two distinct waves in the spectral plots

for various type of input waves :
(i) a

rapid

oscillation

at

the

mean

(b) Spectral Plot for control set

(No modulation can be observed)
Fig. 1. Delta Waves

frequency

(B + A ) / 2 in the form of carrier wave, and

(ii) a somewhat slower modulating wave at the beat

frequency

( B A ) / 2 .

For instance, delta wave inputs to the detecting RC and

LC circuits at a frequency A = 3 Hz showed a carrier wave

(B + A ) / 2 = 61.5 Hz and a modulating beat

(B A ) / 2 = 58.5 Hz in repeated experiments

at frequency
frequency

(a) Spectral Plot during meditation

during meditational prayer sessions in the Community Hall

thereby implying the presence of meditational resonance
wave at a dominant frequency B = 120 Hz (higher Gamma
Wave) (Fig. 1). No such phenomenon could be observed in
the spectral plot for the control set generated in the laboratory.
Similarly, for higher Beta inputs to the detecting circuits at
frequency A = 26 Hz, the spectral plots during meditational
prayer

sessions

showed

carrier

wave

at

frequency

( B + A ) / 2 =

73 Hz and a modulating beat frequency

( B A ) / 2 =

47 Hz which once again confirmed the

presence of a dominant meditational resonance wave at

frequency B = 120 Hz (higher Gamma Wave) during
meditational prayer sessions in the community hall (Fig. 2).

(a) Spectral Plot during meditation

(b) Spectral Plot for control set

(No modulation can be observed)
Fig. 2. Higher Beta Waves

We identified frequencies 4.5 Hz, 76 Hz, 108 Hz and 126

Hz at which peak of the ratio between experimental set (for
meditational prayer sessions in Community Hall) and control
set (for no-prayer sessions) occurred by using high pass RC
and tuned LC detecting circuits excited by a variety of input
waves (Fig. 3), especially Delta (1.5 Hz or 4.5 Hz), higher
Beta (26 Hz), Gamma (76 Hz or 108 Hz) and higher Gamma
(126 Hz). We observed that magnitude ratio (between
experimental set and control set) peaked at frequencies other
than the excitation frequencies of the detecting circuits which
would tend to support the view that the identified peaking
frequencies represent meditational frequencies corresponding

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to varying degrees of spirituality attained by individuals or
groups among participating meditationists in the prayer
sessions. The global peak magnitude ratio of 14.76 as
identified by LC tuned detecting circuit excited by 1.5 Hz
square wave occurred at 126 Hz (higher Gamma) (Fig. 3(a))
which could be attributed to meditational frequency of the
mentor (on the basis of several supporting pieces of
experimental evidence).
II.3.3 Establishing coherence between Machine-generated
and Meditation-generated (superposed) waveform
By using a suitable two-stage RC phase-shifting circuit
(for complete phase variation from 0 to 360 degrees) we
controlled the phase of the machine generated waveform as
applied to its input at each of the identified meditation
frequencies of 4.5 Hz, 76 Hz, 108 Hz and 126 Hz and
observed that coherence could be achieved between the
machine-generated and superimposed meditation-generated
waveforms at its output during the meditation-cum-prayer
sessions in the Community Hall. Next we cascaded the phase
shift circuit with the high pass RC filters and tuned LC
circuits at designated frequencies and could again observe the
phenomenon of coherence at the output; however, we noticed
variation in output with minimum amplitude in different cases,
viz., phase-shift circuit only, phase-shift circuit cascaded with
high pass RC filter or LC resonant circuit.
II.4 Sensing Electromagnetic Waves at Meditational
Frequencies during Prayer Meetings in Community Hall
We used a large antenna represented by the solid iron
structure of the Community Prayer Hall (Fig. 4(a)) to detect
low meditational frequencies of the congregation at 4.5 Hz, 76
Hz, 108 Hz and 126 Hz by superposing them on a higher
frequency (say 1 KHz) square wave and feeding the
superposed waves to a square law diode bridge modulator
circuit (Fig. 4(b)) giving a modulated output corresponding to
the product of the higher input frequency (1 KHz) with each
of the lower meditational frequencies (4.5 Hz, 76 Hz, 108 Hz,
126 Hz).

(b) 4.5 Hz input wave

(c) 26 Hz input wave

(d) 108 Hz input wave

Fig. 3. Sample Ratio Plots for various frequencies

(a) Leads connected to base of pillar of iron structure

(a) 1.5 Hz input wave

(b) Square Law Modulator Circuit

Fig. 4. Sensing of Electromagnetic Waves in Community Hall

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We observed that the peak amplitude of the modulated
output (half an hour before scheduled time of commencement
of the prayer session when the mentor and a few others had
arrived in the Community Prayer Hall and were engaged in
meditation) had more than doubled over control output (taken
1 hour before the scheduled time of the prayer session when
nobody had arrived in the prayer hall) while the peak
amplitude of the modulated output (taken half an hour after
the commencement of the hour prayer session) had nearly
tripled when the prayer session was in progress (Table 1). We
also studied the peak amplitude of the modulated output wave
during various parts of an evening prayer session and
observed that the peaks became increasingly coherent and
continued to rise in intensity till they more or less levelled off
as the prayer session progressed from the initial meditation
phase through the opening group prayer, ladies choirs 1 and 2,
and gents choir to the closing group prayer (Fig. 5).

Fig. 5. Peak Magnitude during different times of prayer session

TABLE I
PEAK AMPLITUDE OF MODULATED OUTPUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES

Status of Hall

Peak Value of
Modulated
Waveform
0.3634
0.7870

Empty
Mentor and few others
Congregational Prayer
1.0000
Session in progress
We further studied the Fourier plots shifted by 1 KHz to
offset modulation shift of spectral distribution. We observed
that when the whole congregation participated in the opening
and closing group prayers there was a peaking of the 4.5 Hz
frequency component while during the initial meditation phase
we noticed the dominance of the 126 Hz peak followed by the
108 Hz peak. Similarly we also observed that during choir
recitations, the 76 Hz frequency component peaked besides
the 126 Hz frequency component (identified with the mentor)
which was almost always peaking (Fig. 6). We may explain
the phenomenon by observing that there are different levels of
spiritual consciousness achieved with their characteristic wave
frequencies during different phases of the congregational
prayer meeting session. We may also observe that certain
frequencies become dominant in displaying peaks either when
a number of individuals in the congregation simultaneously
achieve a particular level of spiritual consciousness or when
the adept or mentor sustains a high level of spiritual

consciousness throughout the prayer session at a characteristic

frequency, say 126 Hz.
II.4.1 Electromagnetic Waves during a non-prayer meeting
of Radhasoami Satsang Sabha in the Satsang Hall
We observed that the control set generated by the square
law modulator circuit with 1 KHz square wave generator input
of amplitude 0.5 using iron structure of the hall as a large
antenna produced modulated wave output well below 0.5
when the hall was vacant prior to the meeting. In contrast, we
observed that throughout the meeting, even though square
wave input amplitude was maintained at 0.5, the detected
modulated signal output hovered around 1.0 even before the
meeting when several members were silently engaged in
meditation and stayed at 1.0 when the meeting of the Sabha
progressed. By carrying out Fourier analysis of the
electromagnetic waves we detected peaks at all the pertinent
frequencies, viz. 4.5 Hz, 76 Hz, 108 Hz and 126 Hz when the
members engaged in meditation while the meeting was in
progress with a noticeable feature that the peak at 126 Hz
appeared only upon the arrival of the mentor or adept in the
meeting hall (Fig. 7) (although apparently the mentor was not
engaged in meditation and was simply observing the
proceedings).
II.4.2 Electromagnetic Waves during Branch Satsang on
Open Community Ground
We observed the peaks while the prayer session in a
Branch Satsang was in progress but these were not so marked
as in the prayer meeting session in the Central Satsang Hall in
Dayalbagh possibly due to small size of antenna in use in the
Branch Satsang on open community ground as well as the
absence of the adept or mentor in the Branch Satsang which
apparently made a noticeable difference in the spiritual waves
generated during prayer session in the Branch Satsang on the
open Community Ground.

(a) Meditation

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(b) Meeting in Progress

Fig. 7. Fourier plots for non-prayer meeting

(b) First Group Prayer

III. CONCLUSION

(c) Ladies Choir

(d) Second Group Prayer

Fig. 6. Fourier Plot during various portions of prayer session

(a)

Before start of meeting

It is worth emphasizing that the phenomena of

macrocosmic
consciousness
during
congregational
meditation-cum-prayer meetings in the Community Hall at
Dayalbagh, although generated by rigorous pursuit of
meditational practice of Surat Shabda Yoga in accordance
with the System Theoretic Framework of Section I, have been
observed and studied through relevant repeatable nonintrusive (non-invasive) scientific experiments described and
discussed in Section II.
We conjecture that it is research investigation of a
metaphysical kind in the esoteric or spiritual systems field
which is going to take us over the plateau that seems to be
impeding further progress of systems science [4]. The subtlest
dimension, as conceived in the state of the art technology of
modern world is nanometer technology. However, Planck's
length, which is what obtained at the beginning of the physical
universe is 10-35 metre, i.e. almost four times exponentially as
subtle as nanotechnology (i.e. nano4). As we reach even
subtler entity, we reach the mind domain (zero mass, zero
dimension); if we get further subtler, we reach the spirit
domain. So it can be visualized what kind of a sub-sub-submicroscopic technology the Supreme Being invokes in
bringing about the Universe (Macrocosm) into existence.
Scientists also recognize that the grand unified theory (GUT)
symmetry or super symmetry will combine all the four forces
of nature and make them follow a single law, but that is at the
dimension of Planck's length, 10-35 metre. We can only
imagine what kind of a unification, further super grand
unification, takes place at the spiritual plane and that would
give rise to the Ultimate Information Processing Technology
for exploring the domain of macrocosmic consciousness. It is
one likely direction in which science can move to progress
beyond all possibilities ever conceived [4]. Imagine that
whereas quantum teleportation is estimated to be still 50 years
away, the spiritual quantum teleportation is already a reality
which can be experienced by a meditationist through practice
of Surat Shabda Yoga!
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