Synopsis of Bhava-cell

Bhava-cell is a new hypothesis/model in philosophy and aesthetics. (*Bhava is a word in Indian language Marathi. It is retained as no exact counterpart is found in English.) Bhava can be defined as,
*Bhava = Thoughts + Emotions
It is assumed that
**Work of Art = matter + bhava-energy. (A charged matter.)

Also, bhava-cell is a fresh hypothesis without any dependence on any previous eastern or western thought offered until now.

The concept of the bhava-cell is as follows:
Bhava-energy is of biological origin. It interacts with the external world and matter. It actually can associate with external matter when any form of work of art/sculptures/painting/ music/ etc. is created.

The hypothesis of bhava-energy and bhava-cell can be summarized as follows:
Bhava-cell is assumed to be the source of bhava-energy in human beings. This analogy with a cell is made in order to simplify the hypothesis.

Bhava-cell is as follows:
Bhava-cell is assumed to be a function of the human brain. There is no observed and proved anatomical location for bhava-cell in the human brain. And bhava-cell is based on the simple functions of human brain.
A. The bhava-cell has at its center or nucleus the `three polar composite' consisting of three poles:

1. the question `Who Am I?'

2 `I' that is finite.

3 `I' that is a bodily entity.

B. The cytoplasm of the bhava-cell is composed of basic sensitivity levels. There are four basic sensitivity levels in the cytoplasm of the bhava-cell.

1. respect for human life.

2. awareness of freedom of will to act.

3. hope and expectation for a better tomorrow.

4. love and compassion.

C. The outer membrane of bhava-cell is made of the composite:

1. 'What is this outer world?

2. It is a vast, well-coordinated interdependent system that is bound by definite rules and is a complete and perpetual thing in itself.

The nucleus, the cytoplasm, and the outer membrane of bhava-cell vibrate to produce bhava-energy.

The Bhava-energy produces existence-throb, reaches the outer,external world, interacts with the matter in the external world, and is received back by the bhava-cell.
In the process of this journey of bhava-energy, a 'Writing-reading cycle' is created.

'Writing-reading cycle' is the basis of any creation of work of art.

The hypothesis also suggests the concepts like prism-effect. Many prisms intercept the 'writing--reading cycle'. For example, the prism 'I', `prism-emotions', and many cognitive prisms. The outcome is that in any person, his or her reading as well as Writing is under influence of the prisms.
Reading comprises off all the activities like reading a book, hearing a conversation, and observing a structure or a sculpture or a painting.

Writing comprises of activities like Writing a novel/poem/drama or any act of an individual. Any work of art is a writing or output.
Writing as per bhava-cell is divided into two broad activities:

1. All those Work of arts where `Words’ carry the bhava-Energy. (Word dependent forms.)

2. All those work of arts devoid of Words or Word non-dependent like a painting, sculpture or a dance.

Any classical work of art has impact irrespective of time, place, and culture because artwork minimizes the prism-effect and enhances the vibrations of the nucleus, cytoplasm, and outer membrane of the individual bhava-cell. In other words, it causes enhanced Bhava-energy devoid of any prism impact.
The bhava-cell as a philosophical model is distinctly different than any other model previously proposed.
The structure of the bhava-cell model has the characteristics and attributes of the structure of a model in science as I assume actual bhava-energy in a physical material sense (i.e. existential entity).
The known actual existential physical energies like electricity or magnetism have no (direct) effect whatsoever on non-material realms like reason and emotions. So the structures of models in metaphysics are just that, meta-physics.
The models of energies like electricity and magnetism are models of the physical world. No one has yet proposed a synthetic model of actual physical energy like bhava-energy that has direct effects on non-material reality like reason and emotions.
In short, from the bhava-cell, I am proposing a synthetic model that has a structure of a model in science and has effects in meta-physics.
That is the originality/uniqueness of the bhava-cell model, and that is the root cause of possible confusions as well. I suspect that the individual trained in working with models in science might be in better position to understand the bhava-cell than the individual involved in meta-physics. Intellectuals in philosophy are apparently not aware of synthetic approaches. Hence, there is a danger that the individual trained in philosophy might rule out such notion of synthetic model as absurd. I would advise him or her to reconsider. The efforts to search for some new forces, laws other than known till today (like electricity and magnetism) in biological entities (human beings included) has already begun at the conceptual level in realm of physical sciences including physics and chemistry. For example the noted astrophysicist Paul Davies proposes in his book, The Fifth Miracle, a fresh alternative to the paradigm of evolution for the origin and meaning of life. He suggests the possibility of new forces and laws. He states,

How does all this relate to the origin of life? It suggests that we will not be able to trace the origin of biological information to the operation of local physical forces and laws. In particular, the oft-repeated claim that life is written into the laws of physics can not be true if these laws are restricted to the normal sort, which describe localized action and proximate forces. We must seek the origin of biological information in some sort of global context.
That may turn out to be simply the environment in which biogenesis occurs.
On the other hand, it may involve some non-local type of physical law, as yet unrecognized by science, that explicitly entangles dynamics of information with dynamics of matter.

The last point worth mentioning is how do I prove bhava-cell?
Now what is the method for proving the bhava-cell? One proof will be the empirical establishment of physical bhava-energy. Presently, that proof is unavailable.
The next possible proof is to demonstrate the effects of bhava-energy (through the model) in each and every discourse.
I concede that at present the horizon is blurred as far as the possibility of actual bhava-energy is concerned. There is no such energy established in physics and chemistry. It is just my assumption. It is a long way from acceptance as reality. How we do know that the electricity is an actual reality and not an imagination? We switch on it. If the bulb is illuminated we assume that electric current passed through the wire....
Presently, I have proved bhava-energy by switching on aesthetics. I have shown conclusively that aesthetics is illuminated by the inherent bhava-energy.

I am confident that I have established the bhava-cell model by demonstrating its relevance to many areas in aesthetics. The model has helped to define different forms like poetry, drama, and novels in precious accurate terminology. It has helped to answer the question unsolved since Aristotle, "Why do people go to see the tragedies?" It contains new dimensions like the drug effect, which help explain many observed facts in aesthetics.
In short, I believe that by showing the effects of the bhava-cell in human output, that is literature, I have given an indirect proof for my thesis. If similar indirect proofs are gathered by application of the Bhava-cell model in areas like psychology, social sciences, law, politics, economics, and philosophy, the bhava-cell model will become a basis for human thought, and in another way, it will become a cognitive prism leading to some aspects of truth.

Dr. Arun Gadre
July, 2005

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