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Posted by Thomas F. O'Neill by Thomas F. O’Neill The ancient Hindus wrote about these cycles including what they understood to be an Oscillating unending universal process. They wrote about the unending cycles of death and rebirth which they viewed as being part of an unending evolutionary process towards a deeper self awareness. The ancient mystical writings are helping us unravel the riddles of the world that we are sharing with others and at the same time pointing us in the direction of the inward journey. The inward journey leads to greater self discovery and the experience of love that is within us and around us. When the minds of the ancient mystics drew a blank to the worlds riddles they turned to the soul for answers. Today’s western scientist’s are only beginning to discover what the ancient mystics of the east implicitly and intuitively understood before the written word was invented and history was recorded.
on 9/11/2005, 6:33 pm
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Spirituality and the Oscillating Universe
Throughout history humanity has stood in awe of the majestic splendor of our cosmos and wondered what secrets lie hidden in the vastness of space and time. Religions have understood the vastness of the heavens to house the gods that controlled humanities outcome on earth.
It has only been in resent times within the last 60 years or so that some scientists have begun to turn elsewhere for answers and what they have found may help unravel the deep mysteries of our cosmos. The universal laws that govern our universe are just beginning to be unraveled but surprisingly not by science alone. Some Cosmologists, Astronomers, Astrophysicists, and Quantum Physicists have received help in the unlikeliest of places. Some modern Scientists have discovered that a key to unraveling the mysteries of the Cosmos and its Universal laws may lie in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit’s.
Scientists in the west have discovered the ancient eastern Pantheistic concepts in the east in ancient Hindu Sanskrit’s written well over 4000 years ago. Those writings may hold the key to what western science has been searching for empirically for centuries. What they have discovered almost collectively is that the ancient eastern Metaphysical concepts may hold the key to understanding the intricate order, balance, and the natural cemetery within the complexity of our Universe. Those ancient mystics had an implicit and intuitive understanding of these concepts long before the written word and recorded history.
I found it fascinating when I read about resent breakthroughs in astrophysics due to the invention of the Hubbel Telescope and the discovery of black matter in our universe. It was the discovery of black matter that has brought some astronomers and cosmologists into agreement that the Universe is expanding at an accelerated rate and at some point in the far distant future the acceleration will slow down and the Universe will eventually stop expanding. The Universe will then begin to contract in on itself they call this process the big crunch. Some astrophysicists say the Big Crunch is inevitable due to the amount of dark matter in our Universe. This dark matter will cause an immense gravitational pull and this immense force of gravity will pull all the matter in our Universe in on itself converting the matter into an infinitesimal ball of subatomic energy. This in turn will create an immense explosion which is known as the Big Bang theory.
The Big Bang will lead to the creation of a whole new Universe where subatomic energy will evolve into matter and eventually new life forms. This is what is meant by an oscillating universe a continuous cycle of unending crunches and bangs. Some astronomers would describe this as an eternal recycling process with each big bang a new universe comes into being. There are some Scientists however that do not agree with the Oscillating Universe Theory. There is also disagreement and debates going on among certain scientists who believe the universes acceleration growth will go on forever and others saying it will eventually slow down and then stop completely due to inertia. There are also scientists that believe the universe will eventually become static and die a slow death over a very long period of time.
What is fascinating about the oscillating universe theory is that ancient Hindu mystics wrote about this over 4000 years ago. They intuitively understood this process as being part of the Karmic and universal laws of nature. They understood the oscillating universal process as cosmic cycles of death and rebirth and as an endless recycling process. They also wrote that the cycles of death and rebirth can lead one towards a higher self realization if one turns to the inward journey. Self realization and the inward journey for the Hindu’s and mystics throughout history is the sole means towards greater spiritual growth.
I find the Oscillating Universe theory intriguing because it fits into the natural cycles of nature. We can intuitively recognize and understand these natural cycles because we are self conscious living beings within the natural laws of nature. We intuitively recognize nature as being in a continuous recycling mode with death and rebirth as being part of a natural evolutionary process.
They also understood that those who take the time to gain a greater understanding of themselves in relation to the world around them will gain an implicit understanding of the natural karmic order of things including their intricate role within that order.
In other words self awareness is not only the means to greater spiritual growth but it leads us to a greater understanding of the natural laws that are within us, around us and most of all within the eternal life of god.
Astronomers and cosmologist are only beginning to recognize and understand the cosmic order of things and our intricate role within the cosmos. As living beings we are intrinsically susceptible to the natural karmic laws that govern us and the universe in its totality.
The ancient mystics understood that when one gains a greater understanding of themselves they gain a greater understanding of their interrelationship with nature and nature’s natural cycles. In turn they gain a deeper understanding of how they fit into the natural order of things and how everything is interconnected and essential for us to exist as self conscious interconnected living beings within the consciously evolving universe.
Some modern cosmologists and astronomers are just beginning to utilize the ancient eastern metaphysical concepts. When they question whether there are multiple Universes like living cells making up a greater living reality they are asking questions that the ancient mystics wrote about 4000 years ago.
I just find it fascinating how science is only beginning to understand what the ancient mystics implicitly understood thousands of years ago. The ancient mystics intuitively understood that in order to unite our understanding of the interconnectedness of all things we must first unite our understanding of our humanity and our interconnected role as evolving beings within the evolving universe.
The ancient Hindu’s understood humanity as being intricate parts of the eternal life of god which has no beginning and no end. Modern day Pantheists and some modern day Physicists are just beginning to ask critical questions as to whether there is an infinitesimal reduction when it comes to quantum physics and an infinite extension that makes up the ultimate reality of god.
Some modern Philosophers are also questioning whether there are multiple universes like living cells that make up a greater living reality. In other words, just as the cells in our body make up a greater living reality and just as we are part of an even greater reality. Can there be multiple universes that make up a greater reality and that reality be part of an even greater reality and so on and so on an infinite unending expansion to the reality of god. Existence as an infinite expansion and an infinitesimal reduction within the eternal life of god is the ancient Hindu's view of god.
Reality without a beginning or an end is a pantheistic concept of god and something that was written about thousands of years ago. The ancient Hindu’s believed there is no starting point to existence or a final destination because the life of god is eternal it is not created or destroyed. The ancient Hindu’s and modern Hindu’s alike are simply Pantheists and the pantheistic view of reality has eluded western science for centuries.
A Pantheistic understanding of Life is their understanding of god they are one and the same. A Pantheist has no way of separating the life that is within them and around them from the life of god. Life and God are synonymous god is the life and the essential core for everything that exists. A Pantheist also has a deep understanding that they are intricate living beings within the living and evolving universe.
The cycles of life and death are an essential part of the natural and karmic laws of nature. There is no beginning point or ending point to the essence of life. The ancient mystics wrote about life as being the essential core of who we are as living beings. We are simply sharing our life with the eternal life of god. Our existence is also an extension of the eternal life of god and the outreach of god’s expression of love. The ancient Mystics believed in order to love fully and to be loved fully one must become completely aware of the essence of eternal love.
The age that we live in with our highly technical and modernized society and our super information highway called the Internet has given us a vast amount of information with just the click of a computer mouse and yet modern man is delving deeply into the writings of the ancient mystics.
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Thomas F. O’Neill
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