Research Proposal for the Doctoral Program in Maharishi Vedic ...

18discovery of Veda and Vedic Literature in human physiology gives an exact function foreach part of physiology and its relationship to the whole.By identifying the one-to-one correspondence of each part of the brain with each of theforty aspects of Vedic Literature, the specialized function and role of each part of thebrain is revealed and related to the whole. Whereas modern science may not yetunderstand the full function of the putamen, the identification of the putamen with Shani,one of the grahas or planets of Jyotish, gives new understanding of the role of thisglobular nucleus in the basal ganglia.Combining the knowledge gathered by modern science with the insights revealed inMaharishi Vedic Science, Nader's discovery of Veda and Vedic Literature at the basis ofhuman physiology reveals the blueprint for the human body. Nader delves into the 40aspects of Veda and Vedic Literature handed down from antiquity and organizedsequentially by Maharishi. Maharishi explains that each aspect of Vedic Literatureembodies a particular quality of self-referral consciousness. Using his extensiveknowledge of physiology, Nader identifies the part of the body that in every wayexpresses each of the 40 aspects of Veda and Vedic Literature.Every part of Vedic Literature is present in the body. The part of the body reflects notonly the function or quality of the part of Vedic Literature, but the part of the physiologyis also an exact replica of the structure and organization of the part of the VedicLiterature. For example, the sounds of Vaisheshik embody the Specifying quality of self-