In search of GOD Particle... (Part - 02)

As we discussed in our previous part of this post Lord Maha-Vishnu is lying in the Causal Ocean of elemental matter. When he Exhales, from the sweat pores of his body, PUFFs of elemental particles appear as a universe. This Puff of elemental matter has No Form, Shape and thus remains un-manifested.

In this post let's see how this Formless Puff takes the Form of this phenomenal universe that we can see today.

First lets try and understand what is elemental matter (particle) and why is it Formless?

Modern day science and Vedic scriptures agree on the concept of ATOM as being the base of all perceivable matter. Meaning, matter takes shape (i.e.: it occupies space), possess mass, and can be perceived, when its in the form of an ATOM.

But modern day scientists have a hard-time understanding the nature of VOID (un-manifested matter). The Vacuum, or Dark Matter as they sometimes refer it.

From Srimad Bhagavatam we understand that, the entire material sky is an ocean of elemental particles. The modern day scientists may call these particles; protons, neutrons, electrons, quarks or photons or whatever they like. For the simplicity of understanding, we will call it sub-atomic particle.

As observed by the modern day scientists, these sub-atomic particles are always in an energised state. So they conclude that, these sub-atomic particles must be like that always. This is why modern day science is unable to explain the concept of VOID (un-manifested matter).

But from Srimad Bhagavatam, we can understand that these sub-atomic particles are in an un-energised state in their normal condition. In that un-energised state, they don't bond together to form an atom. Thus in normal state, there is VOID (un-manifested matter) in this material world.

This material world is thus never devoid of matter, so Vacuum does not exists. Instead it is completely filled with un-energised matter (Dull-Matter), not Dark-Matter, as scientists may want us to believe.

From Maha-Vishnu appears the second Purusha (the Enjoyer) incarnation, called Garbhodakashayi Vishnu.

Lord Maha-Vishnu in Himself shelters the sum-total of all the spirit souls that are supposed to be living in the material world.

This second incarnation as Lord Garbhodakashayi Vishnu takes up a sub-set of spirit-souls from the larger pool (sum-total) sheltered in Lord Maha-Vishnu. These are the spirit-souls which will be housed in A PARTICULAR UNIVERSE.

So innumerable such Garbhodakashayi Vishnus appear. One for each PUFF like universe that has come out of Lord Maha-Vishnu. These Garbhodakashayi Vishnus then simultaneously enter into each of these universes and situate themselves in the central core of each of the universe. Once that happens then the sequence of formation of matter is initiated.

This is done via the agency of third Purusha (the Enjoyer) incarnation, called Kshirodakashayi Vishnu also known as Paramatma (Super-Soul).

This is the most interesting part. I would like to draw special attention of the reader to this part over here. If you want to know how un-manifest matter becomes manifest, here's the trick. Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu (Paramatma) does that trick.

Just as there is ONE Garbhodakashayi Vishnu for each universe, similarly there is ONE Kshirodakashayi Vishnu for EACH ATOM of EVERY UNIVERSE. Fathom that if you can.
So this is how actually it happens. Countless forms of Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu (Paramatma) simultaneously start entering into each universe. Lets take our universe for the purpose of further explanation.

As is described in Srimad Bhagavatam, our inner core of the Universe is covered with FIVE SHELLS. Each shell is described to be 10 times bigger than the one inside it. So with that information we can estimate the thickness of each shell. The shape of inner core is like a wheat grain. It is elongated at the centre and squished vertically. So the vertical diameter of the inner core is 4 Billion miles while the horizontal diameter is 16 Billion miles. Thus one can infer that the outer shells must also be conforming to this oblong shape.

By those estimates the first shell (inner-most shell covering the inner-core of Universe) would be vertically 40 Billion miles and horizontally 160 Billion miles. Then the second shell must be 400 Billion miles vertically and 1.6 Trillion miles horizontally. The next shell would be subsequently 4 Trillion miles vertically and 16 Trillion miles horizontally. The next one must be 40 Trillion miles vertically and 160 Trillion miles horizontally. And the final shell comes to 400 Trillion miles vertically and 1.6 Quadrillion miles horizontally. So our Universe which is said to be one of the smallest in all, is a whooping 444.444 Trillion miles vertically and 1.777776 Quadrillion miles horizontally. And this is a PUFF coming out of the Sweat Pore of Maha-Vishnu. Fathom that.

The outer-most layer (shell) is of Ether (it consists of Mind, Intelligence and False Ego). The one inside it, is of Air (it consists of all gaseous matter). Within it, is a layer of Fire (it consists of Energised Gas). This is covering the layer of Water (it consists of matter in Liquid form). And finally the inner-most layer is that of Earth (it consists of all the Solid elements of matter). Within this last layer of Solid matter is our created Universe, fashioned by Brahma (the first born Head Engineer).

This first born Swayambhu (having no mortal Father and Mother) Brahma is supplied with all the RAW MATERIAL in these SHELLS and the required super-intelligence to fashion this Universe.

Now, coming back to countless forms of Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu (Paramatma) simultaneously entering into our universe, lets see how these layers start to form sequentially.

In the first ethereal layer, subtle matter is formed by the combination of THREE MODES of material nature.

Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu (Paramatma) with his inconceivable potency mixes pure-goodness with slight mode of passion to create mode of Goodness. This mode of Goodness when mixed with Time factor by the Super-Soul (Paramatma / God Particle) creates the subtle element called "Intelligence".

With the mixing of Time factor and the mode of Ignorance, Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu then manifests the next subtle element, the "False Ego".

Then the last subtle element, namely "Mind" is manifested by Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu by mixing mode of Goodness with the "False Ego".

Thus in the Ethereal Layer, "Intelligence", "Mind" and "False Ego" are created by the inconceivable potency of Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu. Also it is in this Ethereal layer, where Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu, through his inconceivable potency, energizes all the sub-atomic particles. But these particles are still not in a position to form an atom. So they float in this layer in a state of plasma.

Then traveling further inside, towards the core of our universe, Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu's innumerable forms, provides the binding force to these energised sub-atomic particles, thus forming the atoms. In this layer, the atoms of matter are loosely packed and thus they form a Layer of Air (gaseous matter).

Travelling further inside into our universe, Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu's innumerable forms, not only provide binding force to energised sub-atomic particles to form atoms, but also energize them further to emit light and heat. Thus this layer is characterized as Fire.

Passing through this into the next layer, Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu's innumerable forms, create atoms and then provide enough force to bind those atoms to form liquid elements. Thus this layer is characterized as Water (liquid matter).

Further inside at the last layer covering our universe, Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu, by his countless forms, creates atoms and provides a binding force so strong that all the atoms of different types tightly bind to their own types and form solid matter. Thus this layer gets characterised as Earth (solid matter).

Here we would like to draw our readers attention to one episode from Srimad Bhagavatam.

In Srimad Bhagavatam it is stated that, when Supreme Personality of Godhead in his incarnation as Vamandev, extended his foot to the edge of our universe, he pierced a hole through the shell of our universe. At that time, we can understand that this "Earth" layer got pierced, and the Water above this Earth Layer rushed into the inner-core of our universe.

This water is called the Celestial Ganges, which was then systematically brought onto this Bharat Varsha. But this is a topic for discussion, in some other article.

In the next part of this article we will see how Lord Brahma fashions this universe using the raw-material created by Lord Kshirodakashayi Vishnu in different Layers of universal coverings.

As always, stay tuned.
 

In search of GOD Particle... (Part - 01)

Scientists have spent tens of billions of dollars to find out the origins of matter by colliding some particles at CERN. With little or no success they claim they have found out something and they are calling it the GOD Particle.

Let us find out the real GOD Particle with little or no expense. Just by opening the pages of Srimad Bhagavatam (an ancient Vedic scripture), and studying from the chapter SB 3.11, and also from Bramha Samhita text BS 5.35. We would also like to point our readers to chapter SB 3.6 from Srimad Bhagavatam. Actually the topic we are trying to present here, has its information scattered all over Srimad Bhagavatam.

In this post, as always, we will try to consolidate all the information regarding the origin of this material creation and the matter itself. We will also try to discuss some of the amazing possibilities that arise from the understanding of how matter gets created.

We are very excited to present this post and hope the readers will feel the same. It took us quite some time to compile all this information into a meaningful, concise and interesting post. This is the reason why we were unable to put out any post for last several weeks.

Since the discussion of this topic is going to be a bit long, so in the interest of readers, we will post this in multi-parts. This being the first one.

From Srimad Bhagavatam one can understand that this entire creation is divided into two main categories:
1. The Spiritual Sky (which contains the spiritual world)   AND
2. The Material Sky (which contains the material world, where we are right now)

If the entire creation was to be split in 4 parts, then 3 parts are occupied by the Spiritual Sky, while only 1 part is occupied by the Material Sky.

This, one part, of space where there is material sky (or Vacuum as is called in Layman's language) is not actually Vacuum.

The dictionary meaning of Vacuum is:
1. The absence of matter
2. An empty area or space
3. A region that is devoid of matter

Instead we understand from Vedic scriptures (Srimad Bhagavatam) that it is actually an ocean of causal (elemental) matter. Here the term ocean is to taken as a vast, expansive reservoir of something (in this case the elemental matter). The reason it seems as void or is called unmanifest, will become clear as you read on.

As explained in Srimad Bhagavatam, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna, expands himself as his first Purusha (the Enjoyer) incarnation in this Causal Ocean. This incarnation is called Maha-Vishnu (the Great Preserver/Maintainer).

The word Maha is of great significance because all the other Vishnu (Preserver/Maintainer) incarnations come from this particular expansion. It is also worth noting here that, there are many expansions of Supreme Person Sri Krishna in Spiritual World. They reside mainly in the Vaikuntha Planets, and are called Narayana (foundation of all living beings) among others. But there is no Vishnu (Preserver/Maintainer) in the spiritual world. The reason being, preservation or maintenance is required for something which is created and that which will eventually be destroyed. So since the material world is periodically created and destroyed, so there is an intermediate stage where it needs to be maintained, and thus the name Vishnu. But since the spiritual world always existed and will never get destroyed, so Vishnu (Preserver/Maintainer) would be redundant over there.

This Maha-Vishnu (or the original First Vishnu) is said to be lying in this Causal Ocean called Maha-Tattva (Great Principle).
"Great" : Because its expanse is unfathomable even for the higher-dimensional super-humans (commonly referred to as Demi-Gods).
"Tattva": Because its the principle elemental matter and also the Basic DNA (so to speak) of the entire material creation. It is the sum-total (raw-material) of this material world.

One of the many reasons why this Vishnu incarnation is called as Great (Maha) is because the entire creation rests on the breathing cycle of this Vishnu. When Maha-Vishnu Exhales, the creation takes place, and when he Inhales dissolution takes place. The duration of exhalation is same as that of the inhalation and by human estimation it is calculated to be around 311,040,000,000,000 (311.04 Trillion) years. Give or take couple of trillions, it wouldn't matter, would it? The numbers are astronomical, thus the name Maha-Vishnu.

Also, there are some more interesting facts which need to be known about the Greatness of Maha-Vishnu. Each universe appears from the Randhra (sweat pores) of the skin of Maha-Vishnu. Wait to here about the dimension of our universe (which happens to be the smallest) among others.

Our universe, according to Srimad Bhagavatam, is like a shell within a shell, something like a Russian doll. From inside-out, each shell is 10 times bigger than the one inside.

According to this information, the innermost shell (which contains all the moons, planets, stars etc.) is 16 Billion Miles in diameter. And our universe contains 5 shells covering this innermost shell. So by this calculation, our universe with all its shells combined is atleast 1,777,776,000,000,000 (1.777776 Quadrillion or 1777.776 Trillion) miles in diameter. This happens to be the smallest universe among the other unlimited number of universes.

This astronomically expansive universe appears like a bubble (or like a Puff of elemental particles) coming out of the sweat pore of the body of Maha-Vishnu. If we estimate from our own human body, we can easily understand that it is not possible to see our sweat pores with our naked eyes. So this is how insignificantly small our universe seems in front of Maha-Vishnu. Thus the name Maha (Great) seems totally appropriate.

Also it will be hard to count all the sweat pores on our body, so one can only imagine how many there would be on the body of Maha-Vishnu. Thus one can understand that it is safe to say, there are countless universes getting created and destroyed by the breathing of Maha-Vishnu.

This PUFF of Elemental Particles coming out of the sweat pores of Maha-Vishnu is in a Formless (Un-Manifested) state at the beginning.

How this elemental matter transforms from its Formless (Un-Manifested) state into this Phenomenal Creation, is an interesting journey.

Please stay tuned for the next part of this post to take this wondrous journey with us.

As always... Keep reading...

 

Is Vedic Cosmology of any interest to Devotees?

Some people are of the opinion that Vedic Cosmology as described by Srila Shukadev Goswami in the 5th Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam, is for Jnanis and not for the devotees.

Well we say, they can't be further away from the TRUTH.

First thing is, this description of Cosmology is narrated by the Top-most devotee Srila Shukadev Goswami to another stalwart and exhaulted devotee King Parikshit.

Secondly, it was narrated in an assembly of the devotees who are themselves the epitome of devotion to Sri Krishna; the likes of Srila Narad Muni and Srila Vyasadev (who is Shri Krishna's expansion).

So to think that, the cosmological descriptions are not for devotees, is just gross ignorance.

So one may ask, what exactly do we achieve (devotion wise) by understanding the arrangement of our Universe.

There are many different perspectives in which we can look at these seemingly DRY descriptions of cosmology.

Few of these different ways could be:

1. The Supreme Personality of Godhead Shri Krishna is the Supreme Artist. When one wants to appreciate an artist, it's not enough to appreciate him/her as a person. Instead, if one appreciates the artist's creation, then that is the real appreciation of that artist.
So in that sense, if we understand the phenomenal and fantastic arrangement of this Universal Creation, we will develop a natural appreciation for it's Creator. Thus we will be pleasing Lord Shri Krishna.

2. Mind well, this material Creation is mentioned as a Prison House (Durga - Fort) in the Vedic Scriptures. So if Shri Krishna would have decided to be neglectful, then he could have just created a basic functional dungeon for us Souls who have gone astray.
But no, he created such a beautiful and magnificient Prison for his beloved Parts-And-Parcels. Except the small tract of Bhu-Mandala called Bharat-Varsha, the entire Universe is a Heavenly Realm.
So Shri Krishna being the Supreme Father has given comfortable Heavenly Place for us Souls who are envious towards our Supreme Father.

Who can be more merciful than Lord Shri Krishna.

If he can create such a fantastic Prison House for us Non-Devotees; then we can't even begin to imagine what will our home (the spiritual world) be like when we become devotees.

This kind of understanding we can get by knowing about our Cosmos.

Hope this will encourage the readers to develop some interest in the 5th Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam.

More interesting topics are to follow.

So as always... Please stay tuned...

 

The concept of a WORLD... As opposed to a PLANET...

In this post lets discuss about the concept of a WORLD as opposed to a free floating PLANET.

So what do we mean by a WORLD ?

Many of us would have come across a friend or a relative who couldn't care less about his surroundings. We often remark to such a person saying: "Uh!!! That person LIVES IN HIS OWN WORLD."

What we really mean is, although he is physically present with us, he is nevertheless not here.

A similar thing happens on the Bhu-Mandala plate, due to the perception boundaries. Each section of Bhu-Mandala has a civilisation that is complete in itself. To the residents of such a section of Bhu-Mandala, it would feel as though they are a free floating planet and that there is no other civilisation in the cosmos. This is exactly what we on this Bharat-Varsha feel too.

In all, there are 9 sections on the Jambu-Island. Then there are 7 oceans. Then the remaining 5 islands have 7 divisions each which totals to 35 sections. The outermost island has 2 sections. And then ofcourse Loka and Aloka are the 2 remaining sections.

So in all there are 9 + 7 + 35 + 2 + 2 = 55 WORLDs. The residents of each of these WORLDs will perceive that they are living on a freely floating globe (planet).

This Bhu-mandala plate is perceived as it is, in its entirety, only by the highly elevated living entities like the Main Demigods entrusted with the administration of this Universe and the highly elevated sages and Munis like Srila Narad Muni.

For the ordinary residents of these WORLDs, things are pretty much the same as they are for us. Only difference being, since they live a heavenly life, they don't have to go to work everyday. For them its a very long weekend, something in the order of like 10,000 human years.

But nevertheless, the ordinary residents of those WORLDs do feel, they are living on a globe and that they don't have any neighbours.

But PLANETs... Well they are a different story. They are actual physical globes floating freely in the space above Bhu-Mandala. There are innumerable such floating bodies and they all are circumambulating the pole star (Dhruva Loka) as mentioned in SB 5.23.3. These planets and luminaries form a common backdrop of SKY for each of these WORLDs mentioned above.

Unfortunately, we humans don't get to see the real thing. Again sorry to say, but we have a very limited access to the things in this universe. The boundary of perception is too small for us humans.

For us, humans, the SKY is actually a projection of the real SKY. The real SKY is part of a Higher Dimensional World. We guess by now, some of you must be thinking this is just a WORD JUGGLERY. But believe it or not, there is no easy way to explain things meaningfully and consistently. So please bear with us.

The different levels of access to this universe depend on the kind of body awarded to the soul. These different levels can also be considered as different dimensions. An object from a Higher Dimension cannot be perceived in its entirety by someone in a Lower Dimension.

Lets try to understand this through an example:

Imagine a Mango Tree standing near a pond filled with water. For the purpose of this example consider the water to undisturbed and perfectly still like a mirror.
Now imagine that the mango tree is getting reflected onto the surface of that water. Here comes an ANT. She falls in the water. On the surface of the water she sees the reflection of a leaf. In her effort to save her life she reaches onto the physical location where the reflection of that leaf is. But still she is not able to save herself (ofcourse... you may say). Then suddenly she sees the reflection of a juicy mango and hastily goes to the physical location of that reflected mango. But to her disappointment, she couldn't taste that mango either (no wonder).

Jist... The reflection (Projection) of a 3 Dimensional object (Mango Tree) on a 2 Dimensional plane (water surface) losses some of its features.

Now lets extrapolate this to say that, if a Higher Dimensional Object was projected in our 3 Dimensional space, it will look SOLID (having height, width, depth), but will be missing certain features.

So this is what we experience as humans. All these planets and luminaries floating in the SKY are Higher Dimensional Objects. They get projected in our perceptible WORLD as SOLID 3 dimensional objects. But they are missing some features. Although we may reach to the physical location of that projected object, but we won't be able to land on that actual object. Much like the ANT reaching a reflection of the Leaf or the Mango but not being on the actual leaf or actual mango.

This is why, when we reach the moon-planet or mars-planet, we are unable to see the heavenly civilization on those planets (and we keep wondering why). All we can see is ROCKS and DIRT. Because as humans we can perceive the gross elements like: Earth (solid), Water (liquid), Fire (light & heat), Air (gases), Ether (vacuum of space): but only in its rudimentary form. For instance we can't perceive the more complex bodies made-up of Fire (e.g: bodies of living entities on Sun-planet).

So when these Higher Dimensional Objects are projected in our perceptible 3D WORLD, these projections are very rudimentary in nature which is what we can perceive.

So we don't deny that our man-made space shuttles have reached Moon or Mars or Pluto. What we are suggesting is that they have reached the projections of these heavenly objects, and not the real objects. The real objects are in a different dimension and thus completely inaccessible to humans. No matter how much we try, we can't cross these dimensions. These dimensions are nothing but the perception boundaries enforced by Maya Devi (Goddess Durgaa). And they are implemented by being in a particular type of body.

This is necessary, because all these places in the Universe are Heavenly realms. Humans are not supposed to reach there while being in the human body. The only way to reach to these higher dimensional places, is by acquiring a suitable body. And to acquire such a body, a Human Being needs to accumulate the credit of piety. If we humans perform the prescribed duties, austerities and penances as laid out in Vedic texts, then we can acquire a suitable body, to access these higher dimensional places.

So our scientific endeavours to reach these places in the outer-space, is at the best funny and childish.

Its like we are in a balloon that has a sky painted on its inside wall. As we try to fly to far and distant places we are only stretching the wall of that balloon. But no manner of scientific endeavour will get us out of that balloon.

So we should realize that such scientific endeavours are a waste of time and resources.

Instead if we really want to know about our Bramhanda (universe) and its phenomenal arrangement, then we should turn to the pages of Srimad Bhagavatam. This way we can become real scientists. A real scientist learns about this fantastic creation and develops a natural appreciation of the Creator.

We wanted to include the discussion of how laws of nature differ in different WORLDs, but this post has already become to long, so we would surely do that in our next post.

More interesting topics are to follow.

So as always... Please stay tuned...

 

Follow-Up for Flat Earth...

It seems that we need to discuss some more on the Flat Earth Concept from our previous post.

Hence... This follow-up post.

As mentioned in our earlier post, it needs some out-of-the-box thinking to understand cosmological explanations from Srimad Bhagavatam. This is important because we can't count on direct experience for understanding the Universe around us.

So we need to place our faith in some authority, for understanding the Universe around us.

Right now we have broadly, TWO places to rest our faith.

1. The scientist that rely on Human sensory and intellectual faculties to describe this Cosmos.
2. The Vedic texts like Srimad Bhagavatam, spoken by a well acknowledged and accepted spiritual authority.

Not going in the technicalities of how the scientists come up with their conclusions; one thing is undeniable, and that is that its all done with profitability as its underlying motivation. When someone is motivated by profit-making, such a person / group / or entity becomes less & less reliable.

Moreover, the current scientific method (in relation to cosmological science) to understand this universe is as follows:

First they come-up with a theory, and then they do everything to try and prove it to be correct. And if its not provable even after trying hard, then they just shamelessly say, "Well that's the beauty of science, We discard that which can't be Proved".

How can any Wise person subscribe to this kind of method for acquiring knowledge. This is like a blind man finding out about a ditch after falling into it.

Vedic way of acquiring knowledge is an exact polar opposite of this. In Vedic way, only a knowledgeable person can impart knowledge upon someone who is less knowledgeable. In this way of acquiring knowledge, submissive inquiry plays a key role.

And since the knowledge flows from a more knowledgeable person to a less knowledgeable person, it creates a succession. Thus the process becomes verifiable. As in; one who wants to get knowledge from SOMEBODY can check if that SOMEBODY is a self proclaimed KNOWER or has he acquired the knowledge through the same process of succession.

That way the entire chain of succession should lead us to the origin of all knowledge, the Supreme Creator Lord Sri Krishna. Thus by verifying each link in the succession, if we find that the ultimate last entity is the Supreme Person, then we can rely on the source of information.

Now, without getting into the details of spiritual standing of Srila Shukadev Goswami (the speaker of Srimad Bhagavatam); lets examine the facts.

The assembly where Srila Shukadev Goswami was speaking, included all the renowned sages. Among the assembly was Srila Vyasadev, who himself is a writer of Srimad Bhagavatam. He is the one who imparted this knowledge of Srimad Bhagavatam to his son Srila Shukadev Goswami.

So Srila Shukadev Goswami was not only his son, but also his disciple. And in Vedic context, a Spiritual Master is duty-bound to correct the mistakes of his disciple. KEEP THIS POINT IN MIND. We will refer this later on.

Also in the assembly was the renowned inter-stellar traveller Srila Narad Muni. He imparted the knowledge of Srimad Bhagavatam to Srila Vyasadev. So Srila Vyasadev is in a way, a disciple of Srila Narad Muni. Again, Srila Narad Muni, as a spiritual master is duty-bound to correct the mistakes of his disciple.

Srila Shukadev Goswami spoke Srimad Bhagavatam as answers to the inquiries of Saintly King Parikshit.

King Parikshit was about to Die in 7 days, and thus was in no mood of listening to fairy tales.

King Parikshit was having complete confidence in Srila Shukadev Goswami's infallible knowledge. Which is why he chose to become his disciple. Moreover, he was reassured about the correctness of the answers given by Srila Shukadev Goswami; since Shukadev Goswami's Spiritual master was in the assembly, listening to their discourse. Remember as mentioned above; a spiritual master is duty-bound to correct the mistakes of his disciple.

On the backdrop of this setup as mentioned above, when King Parikshit inquired about the cosmology of our universe, will Srila Shukadev Goswami start telling a fairy tale. This is a question we should ask to ourselves.

Some of us who want to doubt the correctness of the cosmological descriptions given by Shukadev Goswami should seriously consider this situation.

In the assembly, there is Srila Narad Muni, who is a renowned inter-stellar traveller. Surely he would have raised a hand in the assembly and objected Srila Shukadev Goswami, if Shukadev Goswami was engaging in Mental Speculation or Fairy Tales.

So... Now... if we are amply convinced that whatever description Srila Shukadev Goswami gave about the cosmology, is indeed correct, then lets see what will happen if the earth is not flat; as some of us may want to believe.

Say, If the Earth is spherical, as contrary to what Srila Shukadev Goswami thinks, then there are 2 possibilities.

1. The spherical earth is resting on the Jambu-Island, as a Ball would rest on the ground.
2. OR... The spherical earth is freely floating a little above the surface of Jambu-Island.

In the first scenario, since the earth is resting on a flat plane, therefore no one can access the bottom part of this sphere. But in fact, people are right now staying at both arctic and antarctic. Moreover, they are flying in air all over the place. Thus no part of this spherical earth seems inaccessible. Therefore this first possibility can't hold true.

In the second scenario, if the earth is freely floating over the surface, there comes another problem. The sky is only in the top portion of our Universe. At the vertical-centre of our universe is the Bhu-Mandala Plate. And beneath this plate, is ocean. So if this spherical earth is floating above this Bhu-Mandala plate, then half the people on this earth should have no SKY above there heads. Only half of the earth's population will see SKY over there heads. But in fact, we all see SKY above our heads, no matter where we are on this earth. Therefore this hypothesis also gets thrown out of the window.

The easiest way, is to believe that Srila Shukadev Goswami had no reason to cook a fairy tale description of our cosmology.

So as described in Srimad Bhagavatam, the part where humans live (Bharat-Varsha) is a Flat-Surface of Bhu-mandala plate.

Since the above statement is true, therefore the only plausible explanation is the one presented in the previous posts.

When Maya-Devi (Goddess Durgaa) makes us perceive this flat-earth as a sphere, she also sets some laws of nature, which support this perception.

The laws of nature also differ from one place to another in our Bramhanda. This is vividly described in Srimad Bhagavatam, and will be discussed in following posts.

So as always... Stay tuned.





 

Is our Earth Spherical or Flat ?

Is our Earth Spherical or Flat ?

Again, a simple answer would be; Our Earth is Flat.

 

But wait.. wait... don't start screaming. Ofcourse I have seen a photo of our Earth from satellite. And yes I have studied geography at my school.

I know by this point you've started to think I am crazy.
Well; hold your thoughts for a while, till you finish reading through this entire post.

Again, I would urge you to read through my previous post just to know where I am coming from. This will be true for all my posts. Each of my post will be building on some concept discussed in my previous posts.

 

Remember, in my previous post we discussed about the concept of perception boundaries. Unless we get a good grip of this concept we will not get to understand how a Flat Earth is perceived by us as Spherical.

So, I insist... please read my previous post before continuing.

 

Now assuming that you have read my previous post; and that you have realized that Human body has a boundary of perception; and that Goddess Durgaa is responsible for administering these boundaries; lets proceed.

According to Srimad Bhagavatam 5.17.11 the only place in this universe (Bramhanda) where humans exist is called Bharat-Varsha. This Bharat Varsha is a tract of land found at the southern tip of the Jambu-Island. Jambu-Island is the central island in the series of seven concentric islands, each surrounded by a concentric ocean. This entire geography makes up a Colossal Disc which is called Bhu-mandala.

I won't bother you with the detailed measurements of each of the individual parts of this Bhu-mandala. Atleast not in this post. In this post we need to establish some fundamental concepts in-order to reconcile these geographical measurements.

This Bhu-mandala plate is several BILLION miles in diameter. While Bharat-Varsha (where we humans live) is just over 57 million sq. miles. in area.

So had it been that we didn't have any boundaries of perception; in other words if we would have been able to perceive everything around us; then we should have been able to see a huge glittering golden mountain in the sky in northern direction. But its a fact, that we don't see such a glittering golden mountain to our north.

How is that being made possible. This is the trick of the greatest of all Illusionists; Goddess Durgaa (the Illusory Potency of the Supreme Creator Sri Krishna).

It is not very difficult to understand how a flat surface is perceived to be spherical, if we understand the unlimited prowess of Goddess Durgaa. Since she is the personification of the potency of the Supreme Creator, she is endowed with unlimited power.

So lets find out how this works out.

Lets imagine there is sheet of paper lying on the floor of our house. An ANT happens to be there at one of the edge of that paper. Now lets say, this ant starts walking straight towards the opposite edge of that paper. If it reaches to the opposite edge of that paper, and continues further, it will be stepping down from the paper onto our floor.
But before it could reach to the opposite edge of that paper, if we roll up the paper; such that, both the opposite ends of that paper meet-up to form a cylinder; then what will happen.
That ant will get trapped on the surface of that cylinder. Now when it reaches to the opposite edge of that paper, instead of stepping down onto the floor, it will step onto the edge from where it started.
That way no matter how long the ant keeps walking, it will always be on the paper, trapped by the boundary of that paper.

This is what we mean by the boundary of perception. This is exactly what happens when we keep travelling in one direction on this Earth. Never-mind how much we try, we end up being in the same place from where we started.

When such a boundary is enforced in all directions of a flat surface, it gives us a perception of moving on a Sphere. Think about it...

It is impossible to know where the boundary starts or ends. Neither is there any documentation which informs us about the exact point where this SNAPPING happens. But from the revealed Vedic texts we can definitely infer that it sure does happen.

How??? Only Maya Devi (Goddess Durgaa) knows.

More intriguing concepts will be discussed in following posts...

So stay tuned...

 

Can modern science Prove or Dis-Prove Vedic Cosmology ?

 

 

Is our modern cosmological science equipped to Prove or Dis-Prove Vedic Cosmology ?

 

A simple answer would be NO.

 

But its not sufficient to say NO unless we understand WHY?

 

Well, in order to understand WHY, we first need to wrap our minds around the concept of perception boundaries.

 

Now what do we exactly mean by perception boundaries? And who exactly is responsible for administering these boundaries?

 

The answer lies in one the ancient Vedic texts called: Bramha-Samhita.

The precise text answering these questions is BS-5.44.

Those who are familiar with Hindu Gods and Goddess surely knows Goddess Durgaa. But not everyone knows who she is or her function in the grand scheme.

As found in the text above, Goddess Durgaa is the personification of the ILLUSORY POTENCY of the Supreme Creator Sri Krishna. The word ILLUSORY, is of great significance, and we will see why is that, as we go further.

This Illusory Potency is the Energy Or Agency of the Supreme Creator, through which HE is Creating, Maintaining and Destroying this phenomenal creation.

Word "दुर्गा" (Durgaa) is derived from the root "दुर्ग" (Durga). "Durga" in Sanskrit means a fortress. And the superintendent of this fortress is "Durgaa".

A fortress in this context should be taken by its property of confining the access of something. So as a fortress would confine ones access to a limited area contained within the fortress; similarly in our context, here the confining boundary is that of perception. And the one who is responsible to create and maintain this boundary (fortress) of perception is "Durgaa".

The next obvious question is, how is this fortress of perception built around the soul? Maya Devi (Durgaa Devi) does that by giving different types of bodies to us souls. Each body defines the limits of perception. Our ability to perceive the world around us is directly dependent on the type of body we have.

There are 8,400,000 different species (types of bodies). Human body is one of them. There are bodies that are better equipped than a human body, to perceive this creation.

Once we understand this limitation of a human life, then its not difficult to realize that our scientific endeavours, no matter how sophisticated they might be, are still limited to the boundary of perception of a human body.

Thus, with this limitation it will be difficult to either Prove or Dis-Prove the explanation of cosmology found in the ancient Vedic texts.

So one may ask; can we still reconcile the differences of Vedic cosmology and the scientifically observed universe?

The answer to that is YES. We can reconcile those differences if we approach this topic in a rather unconventional way.

In my following posts I intend to use this rather unusual and unconventional approach to try and understand the cosmos through Vedic texts.

So please stay tuned.