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THEINFLUENCEOFVEDICPHILOSOPHYONNIKOLATESLA'S
UNDERSTANDINGOFFREEENERGY
"Thefirstthingtorealizeabouttheetherisitsabsolute
continuity.Adeepseafishhasprobablynomeansof
apprehendingtheexistenceofwater;itistoouniformly
immersedinit:
andthatisourconditioninregardtothe
ether."
SirOliverLodge,EtherandReality.
by
TobyGrotz
THEORETICALELECTROMAGNETICSTUDIESANDLEARNINGASSOCIATION,INC.
760PRAIRIEAVENUE
CRAIG,COLORADO81625
(970)824-6834
ABSTRACT
NikolaTeslausedancientSanskritterminologyinhisdescriptionsof
naturalphenomena.Asearlyas1891Tesladescribedtheuniverseasa
kineticsystemfilledwithenergywhichcouldbeharnessedatany
location.Hisconceptsduringthefollowingyearsweregreatly
influencedbytheteachingsofSwamiVivekananda.SwamiVivekananda
wasthefirstofasuccessionofeasternyogi'swhobroughtVedic
philosophyandreligiontothewest.AftermeetingtheSwamiandafter
continuedstudyoftheEasternviewofthemechanismsdrivingthe
materialworld,TeslabeganusingtheSanskritwordsAkasha,Prana,and
theconceptofaluminiferousethertodescribethesource,existence
andconstructionofmatter.Thispaperwilltracethedevelopmentof
Tesla'sunderstandingofVedicScience,hiscorrespondencewithLord
Kelvinconcerningthesematters,andtherelationbetweenTeslaand
WalterRussellandotherturnofthecenturyscientistsconcerning
advancedunderstandingofphysics.Finally,afterbeingobscuredfor
manyyears,theauthorwillgiveadescriptionofwhathebelievesis
thethepre-requisiteforthefreeenergysystemsenvisionedbyTesla.
TESLA'SEARLIERDESCRIPTIONOFTHEPHYSICALUNIVERSE
Bytheyear1891,NikolaTeslahadinventedmanyusefuldevices.
Theseincludedasystemofarclighting(1886),thealternatingcurrent
motor,powergenerationandtransmissionsystems(1888),systemsof
electricalconversionanddistributionbyoscillatorydischarges
(1889),andageneratorofhighfrequencycurrents(1890),tonamea
few.Themostwellknownpatentcentersaroundaninspirationthat
occurredwhilewalkingwithafriendinaparkinBudapest,Hungry.It
waswhileobservingthesunsetthatTeslahadavisionofhowrotating
electromagneticfieldscouldbeusedinanewformofelectricmotor.
hisledtothewellknownsystemofalternatingcurrentpower
distribution.In1891however,Teslapatentedwhatonedaymaybecome
hismostfamousinvention.Itisthebasisforthewireless
transmissionofelectricalpowerandisknowastheTeslaCoil
Transformer.ItwasduringthisyearthatTeslamadethefollowing
commentsduringaspeechbeforetheAmericanInstituteofElectrical
Engineers;
"Eremanygenerationspass,ourmachinerywillbedrivenby
apowerobtainableatanypointintheuniverse.Thisidea
isnotnovel...Wefinditinthedelightfulmythof
Antheus,whoderivespowerfromtheearth;wefinditamong
thesubtlespeculationsofoneofyoursplendid
mathematicians...Throughoutspacethereisenergy.Is
thisenergystaticorkinetic.?
Ifstaticourhopesarein
vain;ifkinetic-andthisweknowitis,forcertain-
thenitisamerequestionoftimewhenmenwillsucceed
inattachingtheirmachinerytotheverywheelworkof
nature."1
Thisdescriptionofthephysicalmechanismsoftheuniversewasgiven
beforeTeslabecamefamiliarwiththeVedicscienceoftheeastern
NationsofIndia,Tibet,andNepal.Thissciencewasfirstpopualized
intheUnitedStatesandthewestduringthethreeyearvisitofSwami
Vivekananda.
VEDICSCIENCEANDSWAMIVIVEKANANDA
TheVedasareacollectionofwritingsconsistingofhymns,prayers,
myths,historicalaccounting,dissertationsonscience,andthenature
ofreality,whichdatebackatleast5,000years.Thenatureof
matter,antimatter,andthemakeupofatomicstructurearedescribed
intheVedas.ThelanguageoftheVedasisknownasSanskrit.The
originofSanskritisnotfullyunderstood.Westernscholarssuggest
thatitwasbroughtintotheHimalayasandthencesouthintoIndiaby
thesouthwardmigrationsoftheAryanculture.ParamahansaYogananda
andotherhistorianshoweverdonotsubscribetothattheory,pointing
outthatthereisnoevidencewithinIndiatosubstantiatesuch
claims.2
TherearewordsinSanskritthatdescribeconceptstotallyforeignto
thewesternmind.Singlewordsmayrequireafullparagraphfor
translationintoenglish.HavingstudiedSanskritforabriefperiod
duringthelate70's,itfinallyoccurredtothiswriterthatTesla's
useofVedicterminologycouldprovideakeytounderstandinghisview
ofelectromagnetismandthenatureoftheuniverse.Butwheredid
TeslalearnVedicconceptsandSanskritterminology?
Areviewofthe
wellknownbiographiesbyCheney,HuntandDraper,andO'Neil3,4,5,
revealnomentionofTesla'sknowledgeofSanskrit.O'Nealhowever
includesthefollowingexcerptfromanunpublishedarticlecalledMan's
GreatestAchievement;
"Theremanifestsitselfinthefullydevelopedbeing,Man,
adesiremysterious,inscrutableandirresistible:
to
imitatenature,tocreate,toworkhimselfthewondershe
perceives....Longagoherecognizedthatall
perceptiblemattercomesfromaprimarysubstance,or
tenuitybeyondconception,fillingallspace,theAkashaor
luminiferousether,whichisacteduponbythelifegiving
Pranaorcreativeforce,callingintoexistence,innever
endingcyclesallthingsandphenomena.Theprimary
substance,thrownintoinfinitesimalwhirlsof
prodigiousvelocity,becomesgrossmatter;theforce
subsiding,themotionceasesandmatterdisappears,
revertingtotheprimarysubstance."
AccordingtoLelandAndersonthearticlewaswrittenMay13th,
1907.Andersonalsosuggestedthatitwasthroughassociationwith
SwamiVivekanandathatTeslamayhavecomeintocontactwithSanskrit
terminologyandthatJohnDobsonoftheSanFranciscoSidewalk
AstronomersAssociationhadresearchedthatassociation.6
SwamiVivekanandawasborninCalcutta,Indiain1863.Hewas
inspiredbyhisteacher,Ramakrishnatoservemenasvisible
manifestationsofGod.In1893SwamiVivekanandabeganatourofthe
westbyattendingtheParliamentofReligionsheldinChicago.During
thethreeyearsthathetouredtheUnitedStatesandEurope,
Vivekanandametwithmanyofthewellknownscientistsofthetime
includingLordKelvinandNikolaTesla.7AccordingtoSwami
Nikhilananda;
NikolaTesla,thegreatscientistwhospecializedinthe
fieldofelectricity,wasmuchimpressedtohearfromthe
SwamihisexplanationoftheSamkhyacosmogonyandthetheory
ofcyclesgivenbytheHindus.Hewasparticularlystruckby
theresemblancebetweentheSamkhyatheoryofmatterand
energyandthatofmodernphysics.TheSwamialsometinNew
YorkSirWilliamThompson,afterwardsLordKelvin,and
ProfessorHelmholtz,twoleadingrepresentativesofwestern
science.SarahBernhardt,thefamousFrenchactresshadan
interviewwiththeSwamiandgreatlyadmiredhisteachings.8
ItwasatapartygivenbySarahBernhardtthatNikolaTeslaprobably
firstmetSwamiVivekananda.9SarahBernhardtwasplayingthepartof
'Iziel'inaplayofthesamename.ItwasaFrenchversionaboutthe
lifeofBhudda.TheactressuponseeingSwamiVivekanandainthe
audience,arrangedameetingwhichwasalsoattendedbyNikolaTesla.
Inalettertoafriend,datedFebruary13th,1896,SwamiVivekananda
notedthefollowing;
...Mr.TeslawascharmedtohearabouttheVedanticPrana
andAkashaandtheKalpas,whichaccordingtohimarethe
onlytheoriesmodernsciencecanentertain.....MrTesla
thinkshecandemonstratethatmathematicallythatforceand
matterarereducibletopotentialenergy.Iamtogoseehim
nextweektogetthismathematicaldemonstration.10
SwamiVivekanandawashopefulthatTeslawouldbeabletoshowthat
whatwecallmatterissimplypotentialenergybecausethatwould
reconciletheteachingsoftheVedaswithmodernscience.TheSwami
realizedthat"Inthatcase,theVedanticcosmology[would]beplaced
onthesurestoffoundations".TheharmonybetweenVedantictheories
andandwesternsciencewasexplainedbythefollowingdiagram;
BRAHMAN=THEABSOLUTE
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MAHATORISHVARA=PRIMALCREATIVEENERGY
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+---------++---------+
PRANAandAKASHA=ENERGYandMATTER
TeslaunderstoodtheSanskritterminologyandphilosophyandfound
thatitwasagoodmeanstodescribethephysicalmechanismsofthe
universeasseenthroughhiseyes.Itwouldbehoovethosewhowould
attempttounderstandthesciencebehindtheinventionsofNikolaTesla
tostudySanskritandVedicphilosophy.
Teslaapparentlyfailedtoshowtheidentityofenergyandmatter.
Ifhehad,certainlySwamiVivekanandawouldhaverecordedthat
occasion.Themathematicalproofoftheprincipledidcomeuntil
abouttenyearslaterwhenAlbertEinsteinpublishedhispaperon
relativity.WhathadbeenknownintheEastforthelast5,000years
wasthenknowntotheWest.
Brahmanisdefinedastheoneselfexistentimpersonalspirit;the
DivineEssence,fromwhichallthingsemanate,bywhichtheyare
sustained,andtowhichtheyreturn.Noticethatthis
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