The question of the origin of the universe and the source of our existence has baffled the human mind since time immemorial and has yet not been explained,at least scientifically.Scientists have propounded various theories and the theory of Big Bang has been by far the most logical explaination of the origin and evolution of the universe.But uncertainties over the extent of time and space remain and whether they have a boundary or beginning or end.Is our universe really infinite?Its tough to mentally perceive the idea of ‘infinite’ while being in the realm of finite.To make an attempt,it would be good to think about the fact that the sun around which our earth revolves is just one of the billions of stars in our galaxy,which again is just one among the trillions of galaxies in the universe!Thinking it this way,man seems to be an insignificant animal crawling on the surface of the earth!And not to forget,that the whole of the cosmos has emerged from a point of infinite mass and density as suggested by the theory of Big Bang.
The real mystery lies in that point of singularity.What was it actually?How long has it been existing?We can trace our source of existence to this point of singularity but how to trace the origin of the point of origin?If matter and energy cannot be created,how were they created initially?If we are asked to make anything,we would need some resources.To make a piece of art,we require canvas,colours and paint brush.To construct a building,land,raw materials and labour are required.Without purpose,ingenuity and resources there can be no creation.Then how come an infinite universe come into existence without any resources?And what was the purpose?And whose product of ingenuity is this creation?
Owing to the finitude of our mind and consciousness,we could not form a concrete idea about that abstract entity. But we do call it God,the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe.We know that life exists on earth,in the form of human beings,animals,plants but where does this life come from?It comes from the inexhaustible reservoir of life,He who is life himself.Without life,body is only matter.So the life in us is God Himself,and so is life in every other being,plant or animal.Its true that this way God resides in us but it seems even more true that we reside in God for we have come out from and have to go back to Him only.And this is the process of evolution.It seems a play of God that He,being the consciousness himself,has multiplied into so many different units of individual consciousness in the form of different combinations of body and mind.And each unit has to keep evolving till its consciousness expands and it stops identifying itself with the little body it possesses.But evolution takes its own time due to the presence of various desires and attatchments.Only by conscious effort can the process be expedited.
Well,this individual consciousness is what actually the mind is.We can tell about the location of brain but we cannot say where does mind reside in the body.And what actually is the mind?Is it matter or energy?Well,if life in us is the soul,mind is the sum of impressions that it carries giving it its unique identity.A man is good or bad depending upon whether the impressions on his soul are positive or negative.These impressions constitute the whole of character and personality of a man.And at the time of death,these impressions are carried forward with the soul which determine the place and conditions of the next birth.Thus the process of evolution goes on.
Despite knowing this,it is difficult to live with full knowledge of this fact always owing to the forgetfulness of the mind and the moorings of everyday life.But an effort can and should be made by doing small acts of unselfishness to come out of our finite consciousness and in the process starting to free ourselves from the little ‘I’ to acquire union with the infinite.
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