MY PASSION MY REFLECTIONS.
Many people say does God really exist? or Just
question have you ever seen God ?
Here is the truth ……
In the last 3 centuries ever since mankind started
thinking of conceiving new ideas, new inventions , the pace of growth has progressively escalated
to such an alarming level that today we are now racing against time towards the
scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the
world The Armageddon as we call it. The advent of computer architecture and its
related technology has created more havoc than elucidating complications of
sustainable life on earth. Have you all ever thought most of the material world
created by mankind can only be preserved and not destroyed? Take for example a
simple P.U. Foam & Poly Vinyl Chloride
(P.V.C) takes 2000yrs before it ever disintegrates into the earth soil. Think
about growing addiction of electronic gazettes such as Laptops , tablets ,
Mobile phones and its host of accessories are produced and consumed in millions
every day , the mankind’s hunger seems to be never ending but despondently no
one is thinking about its system for destruction.
Equate this with nature, in Nature there is no disorganized way of creation, every facet of nature which is created is
preserved for a certain amount of time depending upon on its life form defined
by him and destroyed or disintegrated within itself to create a new life form.
The simple example of cycle of creation, existence and
destruction is seen here the mother Deer gives birth to a fawn and is grow up
over a period of time and becomes a victim of prey, the predator satisfies its hunger and throw
away the skeletal remains which eventually becomes the food for Scavengers. The
cycle is complete for the new beginning. Again take example of trees the spring
season brings new leaves and buds which are further developed into full grown
leaves & flowers and later transitioned into a state of elimination during
the Fall or Autumn and the new creation is awaiting in the winter to get over.
This very thought is profoundly explained in the
science of Cosmology centuries ago in Vedas in Hinduism. Hinduism’s
understanding of time is as grandiose as time itself. While most cultures base
their cosmologies on familiar units such as few hundreds or thousands of years,
the Hindu concept of time embraces billions and trillions of years. Hindu cosmology envisaged the universe as having a cyclical
nature. The end of each kalpa brought about by Shiva's dance is also the
beginning of the next. Rebirth follows destruction.
The concept of Brahma – Vishu – Mahesh which is defined as Trinity in Hinduism. The
Trinity is the central theme of Hindu cosmology it tries to view a very
critical aspect of the universe and how it works. Starting from the basic tenet
that every beginning has an end, every material thing in this world goes
through a basic life cycle of creation, existence and destruction. So, in
Hinduism trinity - Brahma is associated with creation or beginning, Vishnu is
associated with life/existence/maintenance and finally Shiva is associated with
end or destruction.
The most fundamental concept in Hinduism is that of
oneness - All is one and many is just how we tend to see the one. Think about
our sense of taste for example - When we are hungry, a loaf of bread tastes
like the most delicious thing we ever had but when we are full loaded with an extra-large
pizza then the same loaf of bread will be unbearable to chew! Its the same
bread but our perception has changed and we taste it in two different ways
based on how we "want" it to taste! This was a very simple example to
explain the concept of oneness in "perceived" manyness but it applies
to almost everything in the world around us and how we tend to perceive and
understand it!
So in a way the three gods in Hinduism are indeed one in
the form of Trinity and that is perceived and experienced by all of us in
Nature.
Now when we have the three Gods vs one God
and we have got the basic understanding of the concept of many vs one, If we
reflect it in more details about what the concept of beginning-existence-end
implies. The concept of oneness, when fully understood, results in the profound
realization that there is never a beginning -existence-end!! The
"end" is hidden in the "beginning" itself and
"beginning" is hidden in the "existence" and
"existence" is hidden in the "end"; in other words the
basic underlying nature of the process means that all three are one and the
same and must be understood so by someone with a transcendental view of the
world !!
Now if you come back to the Physical world
created by Mankind, where does it stand?
Conclusion : - “I believe in God , only I call it a
Nature” !!
By
Shekhar Bopardikar
P.S.:
Inputs about “Concept of Cosmology” sourced from the Net
