Almight God is a blazing fire and the soul is its spark

Almighty God is that conscious power which pervades the gigantic cosmos both internally and externally. Apart from his other innumerable activities God is responsible for the smooth functioning of cosmic activities. Only God can conjoin the inert material nature with consciousness in the human body and other creatures. Thus came into being Prakriti (inert nature) and Purusha (conscious power). This world is nothing but a combination of matter and conscious energy. Our desires, yearnings, aspirations etc are limited within the periphery of this world. Our intellect has been designed in such a way that it can think and make apt conclusions only within the limits of the known and yet undiscovered aspect of the world.

On the basis of modern scientific research, only a small portion of the mysteries of material nature have been unraveled. Hence in comparison to what yet remains to be discovered whatever has been unraveled is very infinitesimal. Today the discovery of atomic energy is said to be a great scientific achievement and yet great scientists of the world opine that the more science dives deep into the subtle nature of the world even greater amazing mysteries can unfold. In comparison to a pile of dust the miracle of atomic energy is supreme. In the same way in comparison to atomic energy, the power inherent in the nucleus of an atom is that much more manifold. If the atom is the solar system its nucleus is the blazing sun at its centre. All the planets of the solar system depend on the sun for light and energy. Lest the sun gets destroyed the entire solar system will collapse. One will never know where and how it petered away to naught. A scientific intellect will indeed be wonder struck to note how powerful the nucleus of the atom is and its method of directing atomic movements. There is a great possibility of an even more powerful energy existing in the cave of the atomic nucleus and that even deeper than that an even more intense power is present. Today topics like ‘anti-universe’ and ‘anti-atom’ are being discussed animatedly all over the world. It is believed that bang opposite to our world lies another magical world which is very close to it. This unknown world is becoming so powerful which can be compared to the soul force of ones body. Just in case one unfolds the mystery of the anti-universe and anti-atom and gains mastery over it only then can man (who claims to be supreme amongst all living beings of the world) truly proclaim that he is the master of the world.

So far we have dealt with the aspect of subtleness. We will fail immensely in even partially dealing with the topic of the vast gross world. The stars seen by our eyes lie at a distance of millions of light years away from us. Light travels with a speed of 186000 miles/sec. It means that 1 light year is equal to the distance traveled in 1 year. Imagine how many miles are covered in millions of light years. Of course this startling information is restricted to merely those stars seen by the limited human eye sight. Thus it is beyond our grasp to calculate the distance between our planet Earth and those infinite stars that cannot be seen by the frail human eye. It is said that our galaxy itself has 1 arab suns. Amongst these many are n-times more gigantic than the sun of our own solar system. Just like our galaxy there are billions of other galaxies present in the cosmos. Hence it is crystal clear how virtually impossible is it for the frail human intellect to imagine the vast expanse of the gigantic cosmos.

Even the very imagination of the subtle nature of the atom and the depth and height of this gigantic cosmos’ gross form can only amaze us no end. As of now even the findings available as far as gross material nature of our planet is concerned are very little and hence it is clear that a lot more needs to be known in the realm of the atomic and chemical structure of other stars, planets, galaxies etc along with their climates, atmospheric conditions etc. The overall structure and conditions of each of these planets etc is vastly different. In order to unearth a few scientific discoveries and then make practical use of the same, many years of scientific research had to be executed. Hence the million dollar question asked is: What will be the total time taken and the amount of hard work required to unfold the mysteries of infinite stars, galaxies etc present in this infinite cosmos? Is it really possible for man’s limited intellect to unravel these mysteries in totality?

So far we have talked about the gross and subtle nature of the world. The direction of the flow of consciousness which is at work in the deep recesses of the world is even more amazing. There are such amazing differences as far as the form and inner nature of all living beings is concerned. Each species have their own expectations and methods of fulfilling their needs. If you compare the thinking, likings, food habits, procreation methods, efforts, social behavior etc of fish in comparison to human beings a great disparity is seen. Further within the fish clan there are many more varieties of classes and sub-classes. Each class has their own typical anatomical, physiological and psychological structure. Ere fishes possessed the intellect of human beings they too would have unearthed the anatomical, physiological etc data of each of its varieties and this data could be at par with that achieved by modern scientific data of present times. Over here the subject of our discussion is not limited to the fish family only. There are millions of water based creatures who have different life styles. Moving on to terrestrial and other creatures one can easily see vast differences in anatomy, physiology etc of birds, elephants, butterflies etc. All of them differ from one another as far as their procreation, eating, thinking etc is concerned. There is very little common between the nature of a tiger and a hare and in fact their way of life, eating habits etc are very much different from one another. If one is amazed to note all the above innumerable differences between various creatures of the world one will be even more wonderstruck on realizing how their substratum i.e. consciousness harbors these differences within it. It goes without saying that this is the divine play (Lila) of that all pervasive divine power whom we call God in layman’s parlance.

The world of subtle forms of life is even more mysterious. Creatures invisible to the human eye fly in air or swim in water. They pervade the very dust of earth and are also present as bacteria, viruses etc in the body. The analysis of these bacteria etc are dragging scientific research in various directions. Anatomists, doctors etc all over the world are at a loss while trying to find ways of overcoming this ‘army’ of brave germs? The culprit that induces malaria i.e. the mosquito remains invincible despite devouring large amounts of DDT. Thus the question asked is how far will we succeed in vanquishing other smaller germs like bacteria, viruses etc in totality that are causes of grave diseases like AIDS, bird flu etc? We can somehow find a way to defeat an army which welds weapons. But it is a totally different story when it comes to finding ways of overpowering a plethora of deadly germs which changes in form like the skin color of a chameleon. These subtle life forms have their own world. Even if one of them is given the capacity to depict the history of their species and its way of living man will humbly realize that in comparison to their (bacteria etc) world his own world is tiny and less advanced in a certain sense.

Today the science of the principles of chemical substances, molecules etc is creating its own kind of problems and debates. In every nook and corner of the world one can find an area which can be subjected to scientific research. No doubt man can take pride in all scientific discoveries/inventions that have been attained so far and yet we must realize that so much more remains yet a mystery that as of now it seems as though it is well nigh impossible to solve all scientific mysteries of the world. Man will realize his intellectual limitations when he will move on from analyzing the gross material world to the subtle and invisible world of consciousness.

The above lines give a small glimpse of the nature of inert matter and structural make up various creatures of the world. It says that the material world of animate and inanimate beings is so vast that it is virtually impossible to understand it fully by the limited human brain. Thus the grandeur of our world too can be called unimaginable, beyond our ken etc. Hence it is clear that even via modern scientific techniques God’s nature, aim and activity cannot be defined or understood. This is because cosmic consciousness or God is present not only subtly in every pore of the cosmos but that he exists in the external world too. In God’s eyes this vast cosmos is merely a castle of sand built by him playfully for sheer enjoyment and bliss.