"And they allowed Apollonius to ask questions; and he asked them of what they thought the cosmos was composed; but they replied; "Of elements." "Are there then four?" he asked. "Not four," said Larchas, "but five." "And how can there be a fifth," said Apollonius, "alongside of water and air and earth and fire?" "There is the ether," replied the other, "which we must regard as the stuff of which gods are made; for just as all mortal creatures inhale the wire, so do immortal and divine natures inhale the ether." "Am I," said Apollonius, "to regard the universe as a living creature?" "Yes," said the other.
- The Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Philostratus, 220AD
Space is not empty; it's filled with energy and substance that is not perceivable to our human senses. This has been postulated throughout history, from ancient philosophers to the present day. In the 1960s, a researcher at Hughes Laboratory named Robert L. Forward demonstrated that this energy could, in fact, be tapped.
Even Rene Descartes proposed that “space” (what we perceive as space) is filled with matter in various states. There is evidence to suggest the Church executed him because his science entered into the realm of metaphysics.
“Electric power is everywhere present in unlimited quantities and can drive the world’s machinery without the need of coal, oil, gas, or any other of the common fuels.”
- Nikola Tesla (Tesla 'Harnesses' Cosmic Energy, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Philadelphia, November 2nd, 1933)
This is something Nikola Tesla spoke about many times, tapping into this energy and using it to generate electrical power.
"Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point in the universe. This idea is not novel… We find it in the delightful myth of Antaeus, who derives power from the earth; we find it among subtle speculations of one of your splendid mathematicians….Throughout space there is energy...it is a mere question of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheel-work of nature."
- Nikola Tesla, Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Tesla's idea of so-called "free energy" was heavily influenced by Vedic philosophy. It's "free" because it is not scarce, it can't be depleted, and it's available in unlimited quantities. It's also sometimes referred to as "zero-point energy."
"All perceptible matter comes from a primary substance, or tenuity beyond conception, filling all space, the akasha or luminiferous ether, which is acted upon by the life giving Prana or creative force, calling into existence, in never-ending cycles all things and phenomena."
- Nikola Tesla, Man's Greatest Achievement, 1907
Tesla had correlations with Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), who was one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of the philosophies of Vedanta (one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy, the term initially referred to the Upanishads, a collection of philosophical texts in Hinduism) and Yoga. He was the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and the founder of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. He is a giant figure in the history of the Hindu reform movements.
"Mr. Tesla thinks he can demonstrate mathematically that force and matter are reducible to potential energy. I am to go and see him next week to get this new mathematical demonstration. In that case the Vedantic cosmology will be placed on the surest of foundations. I am working a good deal now upon the cosmology and eschatology of the Vedanta. I clearly see their perfect union with modern science, and the elucidation of the one will be followed by that of the other."
- Swami Vivekananda (Complete Works, VOL. V, Fifth Edition, 1347, p. 77).
The quote above from Vivekananda hints at a meeting with Tesla. It's unclear how many times they met, but it must have been between 1893 and 1897 or 1899 and 1902, the years he spent visiting the Western world.
The story of one of their meetings is well known. In 1896, actress Sarah Bernhardt starred in a play called Iziel. It was a French reading of the life of the Buddha. The play was about a courtesan, Iziel, who attempted to seduce the Buddha while he meditated at the foot of the legendary fig tree, where he achieved enlightenment. The Buddha used Iziel's advances to preach about the world's vanity. The play was one of the many Western expressions of interest in the Vedanta, one of the six Hindu schools of philosophy based on the Vedas.
Vivekananda was in attendance and was approached by Bernhardt after the show. Tesla was also in attendance, and during the night, Vivekananda and Tesla met and began to speak.
To the surprise of both of them, the conversation turned to topics of mutual interest.
“Among other things, Vivekananda and Tesla discussed the notions of prâna, âkâsha, and kalpas, three elementary concepts of the Vedantic doctrine. Respectively, these can be understood as vital energy, the ether, and the idea of the aeon. Prâna might be understood as a unit of energy, âkâsha as matter, and kalpas as time. According to Vivekananda, on that very night, Tesla assured him that ideas of such a long tradition in Hinduism could find an echo in modern Western science.”
- The Yogi and the Inventor: The Friendship of Swami Vivekananda and Nikola Tesla. Faena Aleph.
Vivekananda met with many notable scientists then, including physicist Lord Kelvin. (Nikhilananda, Swami, Vivekananda, The Yogas and Other Works, Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, New York, 1973) .
As you can see, Tesla was aware of ancient concepts and their correlation with the science he was working on. He used Sanskrit words like "akasha" and "prana" to describe the force and matter that exist all around us. These words come from the Upanishads (a collection of Vedic texts)
"The aakash is not destructible, it is the primordial absolute substratum that creates cosmic matter and hence the properties of aakash are not found in the material properties that are in a sense relative. The aakash is the eternally existent, superfluid reality, for which creation and destruction are inapplicable."
- Paramahamsa Tewari, Engineer, Physicist and Inventor. Spiritual Foundations
Before he passed, Paramahamsa Tewari invented a machine based on these principles, which he described in a paper he published in Physics Essays. We have followed his work for many years and put out a brief video detailing more about it, which you can watch below.
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