The microvita paradigm

 

Ananda Marga is a controversial new religious movement, founded in India by Shree Shree Anandamurti. The group combines a Hindu-derived spiritual perspective with left-wing politics. At least during the 1970´s, they were also accused of terrorist acts in India, Australia and elsewhere. (The group denies involvement.) Ironically, in India (were they were briefly banned), the Anand Margis were sometimes accused of being on the CIA payroll! 

The above clip is from a "Tantric" channel on YouTube, which is affiliated with Ananda Marga. It gives a very basic introduction to the spiritual worldview of the group. 

The "scientism" of the "microvita" concept is probably connected to the fact that Ananda Marga was founded during the 1950´s. The idea is clearly non-scientific and occult, the microvita being a kind of vitalist monads that supposedly form carbon atoms. However, the microvita seem to be unaffected by material factors such as impetus, inertia, entropy, and so on. They are affected by "love", however, which is important for Ayurveda (alternative Hindu medicine). 

It´s obvious that the microvita can´t make up material carbon atoms, at least not in any sense that makes scientific sense. Apparently, luminous bodies of angels and strange spirit-bodies of merpeople are all made up of this mysterious substance. Today, when science lacks the authority it once had, I would suspect that a NRM could and would sound more openly science-critical. An intriguing detail in the clip is that the dada seemingly denies the existence of ghosts (presumably a common Hindu superstition). He believes that ghosts are really projections of our own minds! 

Not sure what to make of this content overall...