Abstract
The world of numbers keeps us intrigued for one reason or the other. From negative
numbers to imaginary numbers and from various constants to peculiar ratios, they
never cease to surprise us. And our curiosity and imagination keeps on inspiring us
to look for these patterns in nature. Consequently leading the way for discoveries that
are important to meeting not only our material goals but also spiritual ones at the
same time. However, due to an extraordinary reliance of modern applied science on
numbers, we have generated more scholarly interest, especially in the last few centuries, around the application of numbers to the material realm as compared to the
spiritual. Amidst our attention to the peculiar or special numbers and ratios, there are
some numbers – or rather concepts – that still look in our face, inviting us to explore
a whole new world of possibilities all over again. Though these concepts laid the foundation of modern day mathematics as we use it, yet at times we take them for granted
and are not usually interested in revisiting our understanding about their nature, their
past and future possibilities. In this chapter, we revisit three of these foundational
concepts – Zero, One and Infinity (ZOI) from an integrative spiritual perspective.
numbers to imaginary numbers and from various constants to peculiar ratios, they
never cease to surprise us. And our curiosity and imagination keeps on inspiring us
to look for these patterns in nature. Consequently leading the way for discoveries that
are important to meeting not only our material goals but also spiritual ones at the
same time. However, due to an extraordinary reliance of modern applied science on
numbers, we have generated more scholarly interest, especially in the last few centuries, around the application of numbers to the material realm as compared to the
spiritual. Amidst our attention to the peculiar or special numbers and ratios, there are
some numbers – or rather concepts – that still look in our face, inviting us to explore
a whole new world of possibilities all over again. Though these concepts laid the foundation of modern day mathematics as we use it, yet at times we take them for granted
and are not usually interested in revisiting our understanding about their nature, their
past and future possibilities. In this chapter, we revisit three of these foundational
concepts – Zero, One and Infinity (ZOI) from an integrative spiritual perspective.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Origin and Significance of Zero |
| Subtitle of host publication | An Interdisciplinary Perspective |
| Editors | Peter Gobets, Robert Lawrence Kuhn |
| Place of Publication | Leiden |
| Publisher | Brill |
| Chapter | 23 |
| Pages | 479-501 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789004691568 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004691551 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Publication series
| Name | Value Inquiry Book Series |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Brill |
| Volume | 395 |
Keywords
- integrative
- Spirituality
- zero
- infinity
- non-duality
- ancient wisdom
- Hindu philosophy
- Hinduism