Yesterday evening, I watched last portion of a documentary on scientist Stephen Hawking's theory for origin of this universe. Though I don't know anything about his scientific inquiries, he could with very simple language explain modern ideas on the Universe and many astronomical events. I read his older 'Brief History of Time" some twenty years back. It was a short book written with simple English and nice diagrams. I have not read him much since but listened to his newer ideas now and then. The latest was a podcast series on BBC. Last evening's TV documentary was well made with nice visuals. So, I kept the remote away.
The scientist was explaining how three ingredients are needed to have the Universe: Mass, Energy and Space. After the Big Bang the interplay among the three has been creating everything that we could see and sense. But what was there before the Big Bang and Hawking added a question to it, do God exist and did he order the creation? To answer this he used Time as the fourth component to explain the Universe. He said Time actually started at Big Bang. As there was nothing before it not even the continuum of time, there is no need for a God to explain the creation.
Everything is straight till they are literal. I am dreading trying to understand it better. Somehow, I remembered reading a translation of a hymn from ancient Indian text Rigveda. It is called Naasadeeya Sukta. Look at its seventh verse:
Interesting isn't it. There must be many philosophers, scientists and others who have worked on these topics. Hopefully, I will get to know their works as well as the truth (before my time stops).
The scientist was explaining how three ingredients are needed to have the Universe: Mass, Energy and Space. After the Big Bang the interplay among the three has been creating everything that we could see and sense. But what was there before the Big Bang and Hawking added a question to it, do God exist and did he order the creation? To answer this he used Time as the fourth component to explain the Universe. He said Time actually started at Big Bang. As there was nothing before it not even the continuum of time, there is no need for a God to explain the creation.
Everything is straight till they are literal. I am dreading trying to understand it better. Somehow, I remembered reading a translation of a hymn from ancient Indian text Rigveda. It is called Naasadeeya Sukta. Look at its seventh verse:
But, after all, who knows, and who can say
Whence it all came, and how creation happened?
The gods themselves are later than creation,
so who knows truly whence it has arisen?
Interesting isn't it. There must be many philosophers, scientists and others who have worked on these topics. Hopefully, I will get to know their works as well as the truth (before my time stops).
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