Shatavadhan Could Imply A New State of Consciousness

Abstract

Recent advances in neurosciences and an attempt to explain properties of consciousness has opened new frontiers to understand the properties of consciousness from various perspectives like quantum biology, neurophysiology, neuropsychology, quantum physics, computer science and several other disciplines. Here we describe a state of consciousness known as Shatvadhan. Shatvadhan in Jainism means one hundred states of extraordinary attention of the brain. In this state a person will listen or observe one hundred questions of different types from one hundred persons or more for over a period of say 2-3 hours without break and without using any paper or pen or electronic device. This is a demonstration of extraordinary memory to retain and recall questions and their answers in same sequence, reverse sequence or random sequences involving complex questions. This appears to represent a new state of consciousness which involves demonstration of extra ordinary memory, highly sequential ordering of memory, recalling, remembering sequences also in which memories of events are stored, simultaneous storing information from different sense organs and others. This also involves mathematical computations which are done in parts in different activities and simultaneous observations of pictures and listening of audio sounds. It appears that this process represents a new state of consciousness mostly found in saints who are highly advanced in the process of spiritual development. An analysis of this may provide new avenues of thought regarding storage and recalling mechanism of memory in the human brain. It may also involve non-local information transfer in the brain through quantum holography and similar mechanism.