Not just a constant

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CONSTANCY OF SOULS

 

There are few who can (and will) contest the fact that human knowledge

reached a high point during the Vedic period in the Indian sub-continent. On

a closer unbiased analysis, one can easily notice that most of the

inventions and discoveries of modern times are in fact re-inventions and

re-discoveries of what was known to man during the Vedic period. Much of the

finer aspects of the present day Hindu philosophy were also developed during

the period, though the religion itself was called 'Sanatana Dharma' then.

What is left of those glorious days are only some of the 'eternal pillars'

in what is now designated as Hinduism.

 

Unique Feature

 

If there is one aspect about Hinduism that differentiates it drastically

from other religions, it is the unique theory of Karma and Re-births. In

essence this highly evolved 'Theory of Karma' propounds that all living

beings (souls) are in an eternal cycle of births and deaths, each rebirth

decided according to 'Residual Karma' of the previous lives. This cycle of

births and deaths continue till it reaches the highest form of spiritual

existence and dissolve in Brahman, the cosmic soul of the universe.

 

Though a majority of Hindus accept this as an axiom never to be questioned,

doubts are aplenty in the minds of ordinary about what is 'Dharma' and

'Adharma', and how Karma gets computed. Trans-migration of souls is another

aspect that has passed the judgement of the ordinary but has met with many

questions from the 'doubting Thomases' who keeps any religion or faith

vibrant and alive.

 

Evolution & Rebirth

 

Whatever be the views of believers and agnostics on the subject, there has

been strong evidences in the past substantiating the belief of rebirth among

Hindus. There have been recorded instances where young children could

clearly recollect their deeds and incidents in their past lives. Instead of

subjecting such instances to severe scientific scrutiny, the insecure and

diffident scientific community have always brushed aside such cases as

superstitions and myths. But many times I have noticed strong synergy in the

much acclaimed scientific theory of evolution and equally strong Hindu

belief of rebirths. All the living species are evolving as they adapt to

their current environment and I believe same is the case with souls as they

evolve over successive lives. It is essential to believe in such a

continuum, spread across subsequent lives, to fully substantiate the theory

of evolution of species. Otherwise, how could a simple 'fifol' (first form

of life) evolve into a complicated biological and spiritual entity like a

human being. Mere mutation of the gene structure cannot fully explain the

'spiritual' evolution of species. At the very beginning, it would have been

full of the least evolved 'fifols' and as time passed by some of them must

have evolved into 'higher' forms of existence

 

Avagadro's Number

 

An Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro had successfully postulated (in mid

Nineteenth century) that one mole of any substance shall contain 6.02 x 1023

units of that substance. While the said postulate was with specific

reference to the field of Chemistry, I have a strong feeling that it goes

much further. I am much tempted to believe that given the fact Mr.Avagadro

could establish such an unbelievable uniformity underlying an unlimited

number of substances in this universe, the Constant he had tumbled upon is

just not another one of those numerous constants in science. It has got a

much deeper meaning and perhaps Avagadro was, quite unknowingly, unravelling

one of most important secrets of nature when he accidentally provided a

theory for a very limited purpose.

 

Constancy of Souls

 

We have seen that all fundamental aspects of Nature, be it principles or

entities, are symmetric. There is striking resemblance between the molecular

structure at micro level and solar systems at macro level. Natural laws of

fundamental nature are equally applicable at all levels of existence. I

wonder whether Avagadro was postulating such a fundamental natural law when

he was trying to explain a chemical problem. It is very much possible that

the 'divine' constant of 6.02 x 1023 also pertains to a 'higher' truth, like

the total number of living beings (souls) at any given time in this whole

universe. As in the case of other substances, the constant denotes the

number of units in the spiritual plane of souls. This constancy can easily

be explained by the extinction of species and evolution of new ones as we

progress in time. As mankind increases in number so are the other species

becoming extinct. Mother Nature maintains the constancy of souls by invoking

natural forces at its disposal to limit the overall count to the divine

constant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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