Spirituality and Existence

There come moments in every person’s life when one sits and wonders over matters of life and death, spirituality and religion.

                For all of us living in this practical world constituting engineers, doctors, lawyers and the likes--struggling day and night to earn a living, it seems difficult to imagine meditating and pleasing Lord Shiva to give us a darshan and subsequently a boon.

                So how does spirituality feature in our everyday lives? Is there any truth in the stories being told and retold over the ages?  Are humans only born to flounder through life into oblivion (at death)? Could there be no deeper meaning? If there is..Are the answers to be found in our spiritual texts?

                Mythology and symbolism in various religions have put forth true knowledge in plain sight of humans. All we have to do is interpret them correctly. My interpretation, may not be the best, may not even be correct and of course it is open to rectifications. The underlying belief is that science and religion coexist as two faces of the same coin.

                To begin with, Hindu mythology describes the creator of the world as Brahma.  Then there is Goddess Shatarupa (the one who takes infinite forms) who has always existed embodying the world.  One of her forms is Saraswati(goddess of knowledge). Her question “Who am I?” urges Brahma to open his eyes and observe the world around him. This is described as creation of the world.

                Now lets jump the discussion to physics. Quantum physics is a relatively new branch which changed the very basics of conventional sciences. It basically states that an electron (a very very tiny part of matter) behaves as a particle and as a wave at the same time until we put a measuring device to observe it, which forces it to behave like a particle. The act of OBSERVING makes all the difference. Once the mind is aware and willing to observe it results in creation of what we wish to see. This is what a simple double-slit experiment in quantum physics proves.

                With physics giving us proofs, it shows us that our mind holds hidden potential to observe and create not unlike that of Lord Brahma himself. The reaches of our thoughts have no boundations.

                Following such studies, it is a viable conclusion that our mind has the power to affect what we see. In other words thoughts affect matter.  Scientific evidence supporting this ideology has come forth in the past few years. It is too vast an issue to be dealt with in just a paragraph or two so I will try to make the following posts about the blurring of boundaries between science and religion with proofs.