Wednesday, October 20, 2021

IMPERFECT HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE.

 

IMPERFECT HUMAN EXPERIENCES--- DO WE INFER REALITY OR NON-REALITY

AND MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE.

Human beings are imperfect observers. Human awareness is limited to the extent it is structured to function in this creation. Unless there is primary God-gifted “Elevated Awareness,” we cannot capture the essence of Reality with our mind, body, and senses.

The senses are vital for transmitting signals to the cerebral consciousness, while human awareness transforms them to inevitable conclusions and understanding. Thus, inner consciousness is crucial for understanding the externality and internality. It is not merely confined to the outer frame of the physical body and senses, which also operate with limitations.

Billions of events are taking place in the world of which we remain unaware. In dreams, the entire perspective of time, space, life, death, colors, speed changes. That proves that time and space are variable if the state of consciousness alters.

Consider the following illustrations-

1.      Sitting at home or anywhere, we feel that we are stationary. On the contrary, we are synchronized with the earth’s circular motion around its axis while circling the Sun. That can be observed because the day changes into the night, and night progresses towards the day.

2.      The Sun and Moon are always there in the sky. They do not rise or set in. But our understanding of day and night is subjective because of our relative positioning on the earth.

3.      In cosmic phenomenon, the Sun and sunlight are omnipresent on the earth and elsewhere.  The existence of night is a planetary illusion.

4.      The moon is always full and not half or quarter as seen.  

5.      When we look at the Sun, we observe its position, which existed 8.33 minutes before. (Distance between the Sun and Earth is 150,000,000 km divided by speed of light 300,000km/second =500 seconds. =8.33 minutes.) The present position cannot be observed.  All that is inferred by seeing is what transpired in the past and not the present.

6.      Considering that many stars and planets are far from the Sun, we cannot conjecture their real-time position. All that we watch is what happened in the past (and not “now” or in real-time). Many stars visible to us “now” may have died/fallen a long time ago as these are billions of lights years away. “Now” is an illusion accepted voluntarily by the human mind.

7.      We take the distance between the Sun and earth (as an example) for granted at 150 million km. Had the distance been more (say 160 million km), the planet earth would have been colder, and the survival would have been awesomely tricky.   At the same time, a lesser expanse would have led to scorching heat on the earth.

8.      Water’s composition is H2O at an average temperature. Water is a compound of two gases. All the seas, rivers, snow, steam represent gases in diverse forms at different temperatures. Most of our daily experience is of water and not gaseous matter-- much different—because of the subtle chemical reaction and temperature conditioning.

9.      We see the sky as blue, but at night it is black. The incidence of a type of light alters the color. Likewise, the sea appears to be blue, dark blue, black depending upon the time of the day. The same is valid with appearances on earth. What we see is relative to conditions prevailing at that time. What is the natural hue of these objects?

10.  Though we may not be conscious of this phenomenon, air entwined with moisture (water) co-exists in any familiar environment.

11.  We may claim that “we” walk. We take the presence of earth and gravity for granted. Unless earth’s gravity and friction are supportive, walking is impossible because of a lack of pull and push.  Thus, walking on water or slippery surfaces is dreadful because of a lack of firm support and friction.

12.  Our weight is also relative and not absolute, depending upon the force of gravity. On the Moon or Mars, the weight will vary depending upon the gravitational force on that planet

13.  We feel we are growing daily. We are dying every moment. Death begins the moment we are born. In this unawareness, we spend our lifetime.

14.  We see because of our eyes or hear because of ears or speak because of mouth/ tongue. A deeper understanding reveals that primary consciousness is gifted to us, the sensual current is transmitted to the brain, and thoughts flow from subtle planes. Then coagulations of ideas take place, which prompts us to act through our various limbs.

15.  It is commonly said that our eyes do 85-90 % of work but consider the inbuilt constraints on our seeing. For both eyes combined (binocular) visual field is 135° vertical and 200° horizontal. It is not 360° in all directions. Through a microscope, more details can be sighted. Telescope increases the capacity to watch distant objects. Thus, the capacity of the eyes can be significantly enhanced by artificial means. What is to be seen by naked eyes is pre-determined, but that may not be a reality.

16.  Do we see “all” colors? No. We are exposed to a limited range of the spectrum of light. The existence of X-Rays cannot be inferred with human eyes. Infrared and ultraviolet rays are invisible to the human spectrum. We cannot appreciate the presence of electromagnetic waves like radio waves, etc., in the sunlight and environment, which are the basis of TV and mobile telephony.

17.  Many animals can only see black and white and shades of black and not colors. Animals may speak to others of their Kin, but in a frequency which is inaudible to human ears.

 

THE CONCLUSION—WE ARE IMPERFECT OBSERVERS AND LIMITED TO EXPERIENCE, EVEN WHAT IS PHYSICAL.





MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE

Human being evolved from Chimpanzees of African jungles about seven million years ago. He became an ‘Intelligent Man’ only in the last 20,000 years. His brain evolved to struggle, fight and survive in the jungle. The software developed in the brain was to anticipate enemies or adverse conditions and then secure personal safety and seek food and shelter etc. His brain still carries the same software. His instinct of survival was so dominant that it never explored the questions like--

-          What is the physical reality,

-          What is this Universe,

-          What is time and space etc.?

His mental makeup or the brain is not designed to answer such questions. And therefore, his mind always gets puzzled when such questions are raised. This is what we construe as the mystery.

All those persons who attempt to confront and resolve such challenges are labeled as Thinker, Philosopher, Saints, Rishis, and Scientist, etc. No doubt they have exceptional and brilliant minds. Each one tackles these puzzles in their way. Socrates,   Plato, Aristotle  Yagnavalakya (Upnishadic Master of Veda), Shankaracharya, Buddha, Mahaveer, Kabeer, Guru Nanak are some examples we know.

Some other unique minds introspected about similar questions. They tried to comprehend these problems through logic, rationality, or in simple terms, scientific process. Pythagoras, Aryabhatta, Madhava, Euler, Gauss, Newton, Einstein, Dirac, Hawking, Schrodinger, Heisenberg, Gödel, Spinoza, Cantor, Ramanujan, Bose, and others are a few. Each of them, while trying to unlock the secret of the Universe, experienced the paranormal mystery and beauty of mystical reality behind the physical Universe. When they went deep down searching for the truth, they found that all the secrets of nature can’t be revealed to the Human Mind. And the reason was apparent- because the brain was not designed to process this data received from the sensory organs.

Kurt Gödel gave a theory called the ‘Incompleteness Theorem’. It says that- Any attempt to know the complete truth will bring contradictions, and conversely, any attempt to eliminate the contradictions will restrict the complete knowledge of the truth. (The limitation of mind)

-          Heisenberg gave the famous ‘Uncertainty Principle. It says that position and momentum (superficial velocity) both can’t be measured accurately at the same time.

(Here x is position, p is momentum (mass into velocity, and h cross is Planks Constant)

 

 If we measure position accurately, then we will not be able to determine its momentum precisely. And if we measure the momentum exactly, then we will not know where the particle is located. That is the micro-world of elementary particles like electrons, protons, etc.

 

-          Mathematics is considered to be very exact. But its foundation is very slippery. Cantor was a great mind; unfortunately, he died in a mental asylum. Let’s see how many points are there in a straight line. We don’t know

-          Now let’s take a unique number “pie”-





It’s called an irrational number because its exact value can’t be calculated through normal mathematical operations like addition and subtraction.  We use the value of pie up to three decimal places in engineering. But its decimal extension is Infinitely Long. Today up to trillion decimal places, its value has been calculated by the latest computers working for hours.  It means; even if we use the trillion decimal long value of pie, the value of circumference will still be approximate. Since its value extends to infinity, the human mind can’t measure precisely the circumference of a circle.

-          And most mysterious of all is Schrodinger’s wave equation:-

Instead of understanding its implication,  in simplest terms, it says that reality doesn’t exist till it is observed. Unless we observe through our sensory organs like the eye or through measuring instruments, reality doesn’t exist. This theory has a very profound implication on our understanding of physical reality/ nature.

There are several cases where great minds of mathematics and science came face to face with the mystery of the Universe.  They were astonished at the architecture and constructions of the unspeakable beauty of the Universe and felt ‘ thus and no further’ because beyond is the domain of the “Master Builder’( by whatever name you call him- God, Brahm…).

So we come back to where we started after a short journey. The Human Brain is not equipped to attack such questions.

And therefore, those who dare are great souls, e.g., Rishi, Saints, Religious leaders, Mathematicians, Scientists, etc.

And lastly-

- most mysterious of all,  the Black Hole, which can provide  a clue to Birth and Death of the Universe………………….

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

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