The Wheel of Existence: Ancient Knowledge Challenging Modern Science
The Wheel of Existence: Ancient Knowledge Challenging Modern Science Who stands at the center of the wheel? What did ancient Vedic texts mean when comparing the human body to a wheel driven by a mental chariot? Why does an allegory crafted thousands of years ago continue to raise questions that intrigue modern neuroscience, psychology, and the philosophy of mind? Could an ancient tradition have used a sophisticated symbolic language to describe the relationship between body, senses, mind, identity, and consciousness? Or are we confronting a framework for the human condition that demands closer academic scrutiny? When quantum physics shows that reality at its most fundamental scale diverges from sensory experience, does that justify linking modern physics to ancient metaphysics? No—at least not automatically. However, it prompts a compelling inquiry: Why have disparate eras and cultures independently questioned the idea that reality can be understood solely through immediate ap...