In spite of tremendous progress made by human race, there is a marked discontent among the masses... more In spite of tremendous progress made by human race, there is a marked discontent among the masses, as a large number of people are struggling for their meaningful existence. With all the resources, scientific discoveries, and powers available, humans are unable to live in peace and safety. Over the years, we have grown in knowledge and money, but not in wisdom and virtue. In other words, we have not progressed towards higher levels of consciousness. Perhaps our trajectory of growth is not in the right direction, and the current scenario might well culminate into a situation of civilisation crisis.
The analysis of modern world crises can be done at the levels of both societies and individuals. The root cause of these crises is, however, at the micro level, that is, at the level of individual. As an individual, the person has many problems, such as greed, self-focus, ego, etc. These are the result of decreased level of consciousness. An attractive potential solution to this problem is to provide a mechanism which is scientifically and logically provable to the quantitative minds and by which the individual can progress towards higher levels of consciousness.
There are two potential challenges which need to be addressed when one attempts to develop a methodology for one’s journey towards higher levels of consciousness. The first is that people are not aware about their own level of consciousness. The second is that, even if they are aware, they might not know the way forward. Some work has been done in the past on these aspects by psychologists, philosophers and social scientists. The existing techniques for measurement of personality traits include psychometric tests, consciousness indices, and IQ, EQ and SQ tests. The major drawback of these techniques is that they are primarily focussed on personality traits, not on the true assessment of consciousness level.
In this paper, we offer a novel attempt to combine the teachings of religion and science. We have conceptualized a comprehensive process for assessment of one’s level of consciousness and have developed an absolute scale of consciousness by identifying the five major attributes of an individual based on the teachings of Saints. Further, based on the awareness of one’s own level of consciousness, we have also developed optimal policy framework for attainment of higher levels of consciousness using Markov Decision Process model (MDP). MDP is a technique used for optimal policy formation for time based sequential decision making problems. The current approach is one of the first attempts to apply this technique in the field of consciousness.
Key words: Consciousness, Markov Decision Process (MDP) Framework, Religion, Science
In spite of tremendous progress made by human race, there is a marked discontent among the masses... more In spite of tremendous progress made by human race, there is a marked discontent among the masses, as a large number of people are struggling for their meaningful existence. With all the resources, scientific discoveries, and powers available, humans are unable to live in peace and safety. Over the years, we have grown in knowledge and money, but not in wisdom and virtue. In other words, we have not progressed towards higher levels of consciousness. Perhaps our trajectory of growth is not in the right direction, and the current scenario might well culminate into a situation of civilisation crisis.
The analysis of modern world crises can be done at the levels of both societies and individuals. The root cause of these crises is, however, at the micro level, that is, at the level of individual. As an individual, the person has many problems, such as greed, self-focus, ego, etc. These are the result of decreased level of consciousness. An attractive potential solution to this problem is to provide a mechanism which is scientifically and logically provable to the quantitative minds and by which the individual can progress towards higher levels of consciousness.
There are two potential challenges which need to be addressed when one attempts to develop a methodology for one’s journey towards higher levels of consciousness. The first is that people are not aware about their own level of consciousness. The second is that, even if they are aware, they might not know the way forward. Some work has been done in the past on these aspects by psychologists, philosophers and social scientists. The existing techniques for measurement of personality traits include psychometric tests, consciousness indices, and IQ, EQ and SQ tests. The major drawback of these techniques is that they are primarily focussed on personality traits, not on the true assessment of consciousness level.
In this paper, we offer a novel attempt to combine the teachings of religion and science. We have conceptualized a comprehensive process for assessment of one’s level of consciousness and have developed an absolute scale of consciousness by identifying the five major attributes of an individual based on the teachings of Saints. Further, based on the awareness of one’s own level of consciousness, we have also developed optimal policy framework for attainment of higher levels of consciousness using Markov Decision Process model (MDP). MDP is a technique used for optimal policy formation for time based sequential decision making problems. The current approach is one of the first attempts to apply this technique in the field of consciousness.
Key words: Consciousness, Markov Decision Process (MDP) Framework, Religion, Science
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The analysis of modern world crises can be done at the levels of both societies and individuals. The root cause of these crises is, however, at the micro level, that is, at the level of individual. As an individual, the person has many problems, such as greed, self-focus, ego, etc. These are the result of decreased level of consciousness. An attractive potential solution to this problem is to provide a mechanism which is scientifically and logically provable to the quantitative minds and by which the individual can progress towards higher levels of consciousness.
There are two potential challenges which need to be addressed when one attempts to develop a methodology for one’s journey towards higher levels of consciousness. The first is that people are not aware about their own level of consciousness. The second is that, even if they are aware, they might not know the way forward. Some work has been done in the past on these aspects by psychologists, philosophers and social scientists. The existing techniques for measurement of personality traits include psychometric tests, consciousness indices, and IQ, EQ and SQ tests. The major drawback of these techniques is that they are primarily focussed on personality traits, not on the true assessment of consciousness level.
In this paper, we offer a novel attempt to combine the teachings of religion and science. We have conceptualized a comprehensive process for assessment of one’s level of consciousness and have developed an absolute scale of consciousness by identifying the five major attributes of an individual based on the teachings of Saints. Further, based on the awareness of one’s own level of consciousness, we have also developed optimal policy framework for attainment of higher levels of consciousness using Markov Decision Process model (MDP). MDP is a technique used for optimal policy formation for time based sequential decision making problems. The current approach is one of the first attempts to apply this technique in the field of consciousness.
Key words: Consciousness, Markov Decision Process (MDP) Framework, Religion, Science
The analysis of modern world crises can be done at the levels of both societies and individuals. The root cause of these crises is, however, at the micro level, that is, at the level of individual. As an individual, the person has many problems, such as greed, self-focus, ego, etc. These are the result of decreased level of consciousness. An attractive potential solution to this problem is to provide a mechanism which is scientifically and logically provable to the quantitative minds and by which the individual can progress towards higher levels of consciousness.
There are two potential challenges which need to be addressed when one attempts to develop a methodology for one’s journey towards higher levels of consciousness. The first is that people are not aware about their own level of consciousness. The second is that, even if they are aware, they might not know the way forward. Some work has been done in the past on these aspects by psychologists, philosophers and social scientists. The existing techniques for measurement of personality traits include psychometric tests, consciousness indices, and IQ, EQ and SQ tests. The major drawback of these techniques is that they are primarily focussed on personality traits, not on the true assessment of consciousness level.
In this paper, we offer a novel attempt to combine the teachings of religion and science. We have conceptualized a comprehensive process for assessment of one’s level of consciousness and have developed an absolute scale of consciousness by identifying the five major attributes of an individual based on the teachings of Saints. Further, based on the awareness of one’s own level of consciousness, we have also developed optimal policy framework for attainment of higher levels of consciousness using Markov Decision Process model (MDP). MDP is a technique used for optimal policy formation for time based sequential decision making problems. The current approach is one of the first attempts to apply this technique in the field of consciousness.
Key words: Consciousness, Markov Decision Process (MDP) Framework, Religion, Science