Principles of Building
In Accord with Natural Law
The principle of building in accord with Natural Law -- aligning
any building with the evolutionary power of Natural Law -- comes from the ancient Vedic Literature.
From Fullness Emerges Fullness
The field of Vedic Architecture, which is the field
of Vedic Mathematics, has only one basic principle of structuring, and that is Purnat purnam
udachyate (Brihad Aranyak Upanishad, 5.1.1) -- from fullness emerges fullness -- from fullness
is structured fullness -- from total Natural Law emerges total Natural Law. In the process of
transformation, or evolution, it is the Totality that is reborn again and again -- Navo-navo
bhavati jayamanah (Rk Veda, 10.85.19). This means that in the sequential flow of evolution of
Natural Law, all its expressions, at every step of evolution, are sustained in the quality of WHOLENESS.
This principle of fullness emerging from fullness is
exemplified in the procedures of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda, where the first step is to establish
the Brahma-Sthan, the central point of the structure or building-the seat of WHOLENESS, Totality -- and
with reference to this central point of the structure, the expression of fullness -- Totality -- expands.
The Individual is Cosmic
Buildings that are constructed according to Maharishi
Sthapatya Veda are very soothing, uplifting, and evolutionary to everyone because every individual
is essentially Cosmic in nature -- the structure and functions of the individual physiology are an
exact replica of the Cosmic Physiology, the physiology of the universe, because Natural Law is the
basis of both -- Anoraniyan Mahatomahiyan. The intelligence of every grain of creation is in tune with
the whole cosmos, and that is how, structurally, the infinite diversity of the ever-expanding universe
is upheld by one unified wholeness of intelligence.
The truth is that the individual is Cosmic on both levels -- on
the level of intelligence, or consciousness, and also on the level of his body, which is the expression
of his consciousness, or intelligence. Individual intelligence and his physiology have their counterparts
in Cosmic Intelligence and Cosmic Physiology. The Sun, Moon, planets, and stars always influence
their counterparts functioning in the brain physiology of everyone.
Because of this cosmic status of the individual, in
order for the individual to be at peace and harmony within himself, everything about him should
be in harmony with the universe; it is necessary that everything with which he is concerned, or
anything that is in his environment, is in full alliance and harmony with the Cosmic Structure and
its basis in Cosmic Intelligence.
Alignment with Structuring Dynamics
of the Whole Universe
The principle of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda is to establish
any building, any village, any city, any country in full alignment with the structuring dynamics
of the whole universe, which maintains the connectedness of everything with everything else.
Maharishi Sthapatya Veda is that aspect of the cosmic
knowledge of Natural Law which maintains the building in which the individual lives and works, and
the environment in which he moves, well set in cosmic harmony.
The formulas of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda are such that
they conform to the forty values of the Vedic Literature, the forty structuring dynamics of the
Laws of Nature, and this is how the structures, or buildings, built according to Maharishi Sthapatya
Veda, being in tune with the structuring dynamics of the ever-expanding universe, create the effect
of harmony and stability in the life of the individual and society.
Everything Should Be Vedic
It is necessary that everything concerning the individual,
and everything in his environment, breathes cosmic harmony, and that means everything should be
according to Maharishi Sthapatya Veda -- every structure should be built according to Natural
Law -- everything should be Vedic.
Research in human physiology (by Professor Tony Nader,
M.D., Ph.D.) has shown that all the forty qualities of intelligence, available to us in the Vedic
Literature, are at the basis of the structures and functions of every aspect of the physiology.
All the forty qualities of intelligence, available in
the Vedic Literature in the form of sound, have been located in the nucleus of the cell, in the
cell, and in the whole physiology; and every aspect of the nucleus of the cell is connected with
every aspect of the cell; and every aspect of the cell is connected with every aspect of the whole
physiology; and every aspect of the nucleus of the cell, the cell, and the whole physiology of the
individual has its counterpart in the whole universe.
The clear understanding of this connectedness of the
individual physiology with its counterparts in the Cosmic Physiology gives us the basic understanding
that it is worthwhile following the Vedic Text to bring individual life in alignment with Cosmic
Life -- in order to enjoy stability of life in harmony with Cosmic Order. This is the purpose of architecture:
it should take into account all environmental values of individual and collective life.
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