In Bhagavad Gita chapter 7:2 Lord Krishna
declares “I shall now declare unto you in full this knowledge, both phenomenal
and numinous. This being known, nothing further shall remain for you to know.”
As in the commentary of this verse, Swami Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupāda, says;
“Complete knowledge includes knowledge of the
phenomenal world, the spirit behind it, and the source of both of them. This is
transcendental knowledge. One should be intelligent enough to know the source
of all knowledge, who is the cause of all causes. When the cause of all causes
becomes known, then everything knowable becomes known, and nothing remains
unknown.”
The Vedas (Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 1.3) say, When
the cause of all causes becomes known, then everything knowable becomes known,
and nothing remains unknown.
Now having quoted from the scriptures and from eminent
scholarly guru, I would like to provide a meaning of this verse from
contemporary knowledge from a cosmic perspective. The three modes of nature that
are defined in the scriptures, which tie us down to lower levels of
consciousness , are Rajas (Passion), Sattva (goodness) and Tamas (ignorance). But
these three modes are caused by something inherent in the human manifestation.
Every human being is born into this world and inherits the soul or consciousness
based on the past karma (Original sin). The body becomes a vehicle in a new
incarnation with the sole purpose of consciousness purification (Purgation). As
pointed out by Swami Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, complete
knowledge comprises of the knowledge of the phenomenal world, the spirit behind
it and the source of them both. Which means one must obtain the knowledge of
the very source from which all entities are derived.
Quantum entanglement and the Super String Theories have pointed the way
to the fundamental implicate order being a pure energy field and geometry. As
of this month, Quantum mechanics just got easier to understand. A team of
physicists have released a paper showing their discovery of a jewel-like
geometric structure that takes equations, which can be thousands of terms long,
and simplifies them to a single term. This discovery is poised to dramatically
simplify the equations particle physicists use when calculating particle
interactions. It also proposes the uncomfortable idea that space and time are
not fundamental aspects of our reality, and it brings us much closer to
unifying gravity and quantum theory under one comprehensive model. (for detail
article see: http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/new-discovery-simplifies-quantum-physics/
)
“Far away in the heavenly abode of the great god
Indra, there is a wonderful net which has been hung by some cunning artificer
in such a manner that it stretches out infinitely in all directions. In
accordance with the extravagant tastes of deities, the artificer has hung a
single glittering jewel in each "eye" of the net, and since the net
itself is infinite in dimension, the jewels are infinite in number. There hang
the jewels, glittering "like" stars in the first magnitude, a
wonderful sight to behold. If we now arbitrarily select one of these jewels for
inspection and look closely at it, we will discover that in its polished
surface there are reflected all the other jewels in the net, infinite in
number. Not only that, but each of the jewels reflected in this one jewel is
also reflecting all the other jewels, so that there is an infinite reflecting
process occurring.”
Regressive process of trying to unravel the fundamental reality leads
one to grasp the infinite singularity which is the cause of all manifestation
in the phenomenal world as well as the spirit behind it.
I
would like to conclude by quoting a renowned Zen Buddhist whose insight is a
great revelation.
"Even the absolute universality
of the law of causality does not necessarily limit a person’s freedom, because
the law of causality not only enables him to explain the past and predict the
future, but also encourages him to use his intelligence to create new causes
and attain new results." .........Hu Shih
Love
to you all.
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