ADVAITA DARSANA IS IN COMPLETE HARMONY WITH FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES

ADVAITA DARSANA IS IN COMPLETE HARMONY WITH FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCES

By Ramakant Tiwari

Enunciated by Jagadguru Adi Samkaracarya, Advaita Vedānta  espouses monism i.e. non-dualism. Param Brahmatma  is regarded to be the absolute, immutable, eternal metaphysical reality, Purna  in all respects and eternal abode of Atma-s. Maya is the cosmic dance of Prakriti, entirely empirical and eternally mutable, exists within the Being of Param Brahmatma  alone. To summarise, whatever exists in the name of existence, is the Supreme Entity i.e. Param Brahmatma  Himself alone. Advaita Vedanta  beholds and regards, every other entity is in reality, Param Brahmatma  Himself immanent be that cause or effect thereof. We shall examine how every development in western world of science validated Advaita Vedanta  of the erudite Seer again and again. Nietzsche declared ‘God is dead’ and Stephen Hawking, ‘Philosophy is dead’ only because they were completely ignorant of our Upanisadic  wisdom and Vedanta Darsana.

First step of validation albeit too preliminary, elicited from Galileo that the earth was not central to the solar system, member of a very large universe i.e. Milky Way demanding 26,000 LYs of travel at the velocity of light to reach its centre in addition to billions of Galaxies and the universe continuously expanding, though it was discovered by Rsi-s much earlier. Natural Selection Theory of Charles Darwin demolished Biblical origins of human race conclusively.

Param Brahmatma  as expounded in Advaita  is an infinite pulsating Absolute Entity that is affirmed by Cosmology too. It is an intelligence of a ginormous order that ensures all planets and solar systems orbit their respective ‘central authority’, all with absolute precision. Universe was a particulate entity merely a few millimetres in dimensions some 14 billion years in past, has expanded with inter-planetary movements, multiple seasons, time of sun-rise and sun-set etc. at an accuracy inconceivable to human intellect otherwise it would have collapsed even before it expanded. Entire cosmic upheavel emanates from Brahmatma  purpose of which is inexplicable and incomprehensible as also declared by fundamental sciences. Supreme Intelligence, ‘Advaita Brahma  for the Seer and ‘God’ for Stephen Hawking has precisely defined set of rules that cosmos follows and it does not interfere with that at all. Advaita Brahma  i.e. Supreme Intelligence is visualised as an all pervading ‘energy’ that is omniscient, imperishable yet causes creation, dissolution and innumerable rounds of mutation between these two.

Great Seers have perceived profound effulgence of Brahma  in states of Dharana, Dhyana  and Samadhi  what scientists see as ‘sea of energy’ causative of all cosmic phenomena.

Einsteins Theory of Relativity demolished Newtons Physics of gravity and established, universe neither has an unchangeable frame of reference nor absolute time or space. Not only space-time can be warped by gravitational forces, but also matter and energy are interconvertible, both conducting themselves almost identically. String Theory in 1984 even denied very existence of particles at all, all existing in the form of energy alone with length being the only dimension. Deep researches into the nano-universe led to amazing discoveries of some 200 sub-atomic particles dancing around one-another as precisely as planetary movements in gross universe. Entire cosmic movement whether in nano-, micro- or macro-universe, precipitates into incessant flow of energy that we perceive as masses. Advanced experiments have proved, if two electrons spinning in opposite directions are separated hundreds of miles away, nature of opposition of spinning is maintained even if direction of spinning changes. When Quantum Physics declares, there is no empty space and the so-called space is in reality filled with particles and anti-particles constantly inter-converting, Advaita  Principle that Param Brahmatma  is all pervasive, is affirmed decisively. When erudite particle-physicists conclude that sub-atomic particles emerge from and disappear into space, Advaita  principle of every entity emerging from Param Brahmatma  and being dissolved into it, is conclusively established. Also confirmed is Advaitic  perception that there can be only one absolute reality and any other howsoever real, is transient at best. Even after so commenting ‘God does not play dice with nature’, Albert Einstein had to accept Advaitic  principles of material world enunciated by Adi Samkaracharya  much to the shock and chagrin of western scientists.

Material world is transient and ‘real’ only within confines of our faculties of cognition that too, are transient. Two transients are ‘real’ for each other albeit both are unreal at another higher level of absoluteness i.e. Param Brahma. When human Cetana  expands to that level, transience of the material world co-terminous with the faculty of cognition, both are perceived as transient. Hence, Sat and Asat, Para  and Apara, all happen to be a matter of relativity. When we are mesmerized by Maya  i.e. cosmic dance, we forfeit our Viveka  i.e. discriminative wisdom. Cosmic indivisibility and interlinking of all constituents of Param Brahma  has been accepted by modern Physics in their version of entire universe being well-knit, interdependent and dynamic in nature. We all are individuals albeit individuals within a ginormous cosmic unity, a unity that is defined in terms of all of us and we all have stake in that eternity of unity. So confidently the great Seer had enunciated the doctrine of Advaita  that physicists of today are bewildered with its nano-accuracy which in all probability, the Seer had perceived himself in the state of intense Samadhi. Whether it’s Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics or Astrophysics, Maharsi Adi Samkaracharya  excelled in all by the dint of his Sadhana.

Question that remains to be answered is, why Brahma  resorts into billions and trillions of cosmic multiplicities and what’s the nature of His relationship with that. While modern fundamental scientists dubbed it inexplicable, the Seer had addressed it as Anirvacaniya  i.e. indefinable. Much strived for hitherto Unified Field Theory has been reduced to the level of life-less equations groping in darkness of the Black Matter in black space !! Which theory can explain, what happened before the Big Bang and what will happen after the Big Crunch ? Contemporary fundamental scientists confirm Advaitic  concept of cyclical nature of universe. As gigantic stars are smashed into debris, new stars are born. Black holes too die into energy-bursts equivalent to simultaneous explosions of crores of H-bombs. As the Seer expounds, cosmic creativity is His Lila i.e. unrestrained causeless expressions that do not diminish Him in any way. Multifaceted Sri Krshna Lila may well be compared with enigmatic behaviour of scores of sub-atomic particles in Quantum Physics as attempts of the divine to respond to multiple questions of How-s and Why-s on His relationship with the universe.

The state of cosmic dynamism with its eternality intrinsic to it is best exemplified in Nataraja, a manifest of the Absolute One i.e. Siva. Exhibiting ceaseless cosmic swirl around him is Agni  symbolising all pervasive subtle Spandana, Damru  in upper right hand being primal source of all sounds including all languages, upper left hand of flames for annihilation of the transient, lower right hand for benediction and redemption from Karma-s and lastly, lower left hand towards the malaise of ignorance albeit surmountable. It is in this way Param Brahmatma  aptly steers us towards our rightful share of divinity instead of deserting us in this jungle of cosmic Maya. Equanimity, serenity and tranquility prevalent on His countenance inspire us to steer through the Maya  undaunted, without attachment. Every sub-atomic particle dances between its creation and destruction within all pervasive effulgent Cetana, known as energy to fundamental scientists. Experiments indicating substantial reduction in metabolic parameters in the name of so-called Neuro-theology are merely proceeds of Dharana, Dhyana  and Samadhi  that enable our presence progressively in close proximity of the Ultimate Reality. The Absolute Unitary Being postulated under Unified Field Theory is quite synonymous with Param Brahmatma  whose experience in the state of Kaivalya  is culmination of a long-drawn Sadhana, may be transcending multiple lives of embodiment and disembodiment.                                

Even Nobel Laureates Max Planck and Erwin Schrodinger, founders of Quantum Physics had to accept during last phase of their lives that Cetana  is foremost and matter a derivative thereof corroborating Upanisadic  wisdom of Tat Tvam Asi. Scientists are coming around to the view that existence of what subsumes Cetana  and matter into one can be established by mathematical analysis !! What better scientific endorsement can be of Advaita Darsana  than this one ? Dvaitism  is nothing but a consequence of transient confinement of Cetana  through Maya. Historic moment does not appear to be so distant when it will be Advaita Darsana  corroborating findings of fundamental sciences.