Guy Hatchard: What is natural law?

The world is in crisis and in transition as I write.

Nuclear armed powers India and Pakistan are at war, extending the conflict zone that has engulfed the Middle East. China is specifically threatening Taiwan with new weapons it has deployed successfully in Pakistan. The devastating effects of experimental biotechnology, whether in the form of engineered viruses or vaccines, have killed millions and adversely affected the lives of billions. Biotech battle lines have been set and the US administration has belatedly launched a rearguard action. Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jnr. has made key appointments at the FDA and at other agencies, who are insisting on scientific safety and efficacy testing standards for medicines and foods. mRNA technology is specifically under fire. Shares in biotech companies have tanked as a result. In an act of schizophrenia, mainstream media have largely abandoned caution and common sense in favour of attacks on Trump administration appointees, including RFK Jnr., whatever the validity of their statements and questions. As conflicts deepen, we have decided to go back to the most fundamental and ancient principles of natural law in an effort to describe solutions.

Natural law, physics and consciousness

There are innumerable laws of nature operating at every level of creation and at every time and place. At their foundation is the most powerful level of natural law, a field of supersymmetry, which is present everywhere with its whole potential available at every point. The laws of physics describe four fundamental forces Electromagnetism, Weak and Strong Nuclear forces and Gravity. These merge together at smaller time and distance scales, just like the four fingers of the hand which come together at the palm, eventually becoming completely unified at the Planck scale (10^-33 cms and 10^-43 secs).

The self referral character of the unified level of nature’s functioning identifies it as a field of universal consciousness which transcends time and space, yet supports it everywhere. This is further verified by the necessity of referencing an ‘observer’ to complete consistent physical theories of reality. Thus the material universe is irrevocably joined to our own consciousness. A connection we benefit from personally everyday as we perceive the world around us. Going deeper, the experience of the source of all the laws of nature is fully available to everyone in their own most settled state of consciousness which can be effortlessly achieved in deep meditation.

How do you know the truth?

The essence of natural law is the ‘Truth’—that which is: ‘Pure Consciousness’ or ‘Being’ with a capital ‘B’. When truth is respected and protected, in the management of society and in the daily life of everyone, society can prosper. Word of mouth can be trusted and the rule of national law can be just and fair.

An article in the NY Times headlines “A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse”. It reports “A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why.” A.I. bots analyse enormous amounts of stored digital data from past internet postings. The NY Times continues: “AI Systems do not — and cannot — decide what is true and what is false. Sometimes, they just make stuff up, a phenomenon some A.I. researchers call hallucinations. On one test, the hallucination rates of newer A.I. systems were as high as 79 percent.” 8 out of 10 answers were wrong—a failing grade.

AI systems use mathematical probabilities to guess the best response, they are not using a strict set of rules defined by human engineers. So they make a certain number of mistakes. “Despite our best efforts, they will always hallucinate,” said Amr Awadallah, the chief executive of Vectara, a start-up that builds A.I. tools for businesses, and a former Google executive. “That will never go away.” In other words, even in critical applications AI systems can be completely unreliable. Nor will AI systems be able to innovate in the full sense of the word, they can simply rearrange things, or to use more understandable language, they can mimic and misrepresent the past and jumble up present reality. The truth remains hidden.

All computer hardware uses binary digital networks where logic gates can be either off or on and nothing in between. In contrast the human mind is not binary. It has sophisticated tools to know the truth. It experiences through five senses, it reasons with the intellect and can weigh the significance of the past. It perceives, infers, compares and crucially it listens and discusses with others who also have conscious minds.

According to the ancient science of reasoning known as Nyaya, there are sixteen points which can be used to test the validity of knowledge. In addition to the above, these include:

• The capacity to identify and categorise distinct objects, objectives and relevant examples.
• The capacity to identify, entertain and quantify doubt.
• Knowing established principles including applying steps of logic and reasoning to draw conclusions.
• Probing and attacking opposing views including the use of argument, dispute and ridicule.
• The exposure of contradictions, fallacies, circular arguments, unproven premises, irrelevant material and disagreement on foundational premises.
• Identifying words with two meanings, invalid generalisations, futile discussions and the correct use of analogies and metaphor.

In addition the human mind can identify special qualities of an object and assign numerical values and a hierarchy to its structure and antecedents.

The human mind carries out many of these processes instinctively, they are built into our mind/body set up.

The Science of Yoga further identifies harmonious and beneficial behaviours and procedures which reveal and enhance, rather than disrupt, the essential unity of life. Such principles are found in cultural, philosophical and religious traditions around the world;

Human consciousness has another possibility certainly not open to a computer, the direct appreciation or experience of the grand unity of life. In other words, participating in the WHOLENESS of existence. We are aware that a human can only know one thing at a time, whereas the laws of nature know and manage all things everywhere simultaneously. Something that religious people designate as God’s Will. Despite the limitation of human consciousness to one thing at a time, the apex of human awareness involves rising to a complete harmony with natural law that gives the benefit of all knowledge—becoming fully immersed in the natural order and essential joy of creation. An achievement that has been recognised in the lives of saints and sages throughout the ages.

What is national law?

Society is subject to national law which is created by human intervention operating in the field of politics and justice. Since time immemorial it has been recognised that national law depends for its authority on natural law. Only if national law respects and harmonises with natural law does it have true validity. If national law contradicts or violates natural law, it fails to uphold the integrity of society. When natural law is continuously violated in individual and national life, stress builds up in individual and collective consciousness and in nature, eventually erupting into conflict and catastrophe..

We cannot vote for natural law in national elections. In fact, politicians we elect do not generally recognise the sovereign power of natural law. Successive governments have passed laws which fail to recognise the steps of valid reasoning outlined above. Thus mistakes pile up on top of one another. In this way national law legitimises the violation of natural law. For example, sweeping generalisations have been made about the safety of small percentages of chemical or biosynthetic compounds added to foods, as well as processing residues. This has not been based on actual safety testing. As a result there have been rapidly accelerating rates of cancer. Such mistakes fail to grasp the integrated interdependent evolutionary history of the biosphere—how natural food chains allow the assimilation of nature’s intelligence.

Crucially, the intelligence of living organisms including human intelligence depends on the integrity of our genetic structures. This in turn depends on the quality of food we consume everyday. Whole fresh unadulterated food is essential to maintain health. Moreover our capacity to harmonise with natural law depends on the natural integrity of our own genetic structures in all their complexity and sophistication. Thus genetic structures support the ability to experience the fundamental nexus of cosmic life. How this miracle of life is achieved is beyond the understanding of modern biotechnology, yet the biotech industry is continuing to recklessly edit genetic systems. A recipe for disaster that dwarfs most other dangers of the modern age and threatens annihilation.

How do you increase harmony with natural law?

We are faced with the reckless ignorance of modern politicians and parties about the dangers of biotechnology and their consequent inability to protect human health and happiness. New laws like the NZ Gene Technology Bill are sweeping aside common rights and protections in a rush to deregulate biotech experimentation, even mandating individual compliance. Although almost powerless at the ballot box due to the lack of suitable candidates and knowledgeable media coverage, we can become more powerful and influence decision making. We can do this through recognising the power of WHOLENESS within. This can be achieved through increased harmony with natural law, whereby the power of nature is co-opted to our cause. This is an indirect approach to conflict resolution, but the power of natural law which governs the whole universe is actually the best friend and supporter we can have.

We have control over our thought, speech and action, including what food we consume.

The essence of natural law is truth, remaining truthful is a powerful technology to harness natural law. The technique to achieve this was explained by Shakespeare who wrote this advice in his play Hamlet:

“This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”

History records the lives of individuals in every age who liberated their nations because they stuck resolutely to truth and justice. The highest form of ‘being true to thine own self’ is achieved in deep meditation but the saying also calls for disciplined thinking and speaking. The sweet truth is important, overly harsh words, even though true, can harm others. Constantly finding fault with others without providing solutions reflects back negatively on everyone including oneself. Every teacher knows that identifying even one positive trait in a student and then appreciating and encouraging it, works a thousand times better than criticism and disparagement.

We cannot know the innumerable effects of any action in their entirety, but always consider the time and place of any action. Is the action suitable for the environment? Is the time right?

The ancients celebrated and acknowledged the changing seasons and the cycles of nature which support growth. For example, it is well known that planting according to the phases of the moon is more successful, perhaps what is not so well known is how the effect of the seasons, circadian rhythms and lunar phases spills over into everyday life. The current English parliament was elected and the cabinet chosen on a no moon day, you can check the result out in the newspapers.

Cathedrals, temples and ancient monuments were often oriented to the rising sun. The morning sun is especially healing and energising. According to architectural principles known as Vastu Vidya, an entrance facing true east brings support of nature and improved health for the occupants.

Avoid cruelty to others and to animals. Those that put profit before health, happiness, morality and justice degrade the quality of their life and that of others. There are always consequences in this life or the next. Ultimately truth alone will triumph.

Politicians have assumed more and more power over our daily lives in ignorance of the sovereignty of natural law. But nature knows better than man how to organise. Working with nature is important. An organic diet rich in whole foods and fresh fruits and vegetables is healthy, it connects us with the pool of genetic intelligence in the biosphere. When I worked in Armenia for a year, high up in the Caucasus Mountains the dinner table included plates of fresh herbs to sprinkle on the meal. I met many people of a great age still in fine health. There were also many caves carved into hillsides where early Christian mystics practised meditation. Ancient traditions including herbal medicine in the home have been mistakenly forgotten. Around monasteries in Europe, there are still varieties of medicinal herbs flourishing in meadows. Variety is the spice of life.

Invitation

For a forest to be green, the trees must be green. For the world to be at peace, for the government to act intelligently, for the society to be healthy, peace, intelligence and health must be within the reach of individual members. This should be the result of education. Unfortunately education today has failed its students. They are not developing their full potential and graduates remain unaware of their deep connection with natural law. This is why we are continuing to promote our educational initiative to understand the wholeness of life and act in accord with natural law. We are inviting you to support and participate in this endeavour and look forward to hearing from you.

Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID a global food testing and safety company (now known as FoodChain ID). You can subscribe to his websites HatchardReport.com and GLOBE.GLOBAL for regular updates by email.

He is the author of ‘Your DNA Diet: Leveraging the Power of Consciousness To Heal Ourselves and Our World. An Ayurvedic Blueprint For Health and Wellness’.