There is birth, growth,
romance, tears, joy and death. Why do we take birth, grow, have passion for
pleasure, money and possessions? Is not everything destined for darkness?
Whence do I come from and whither do I go? Is there anything after the
darkness? Is there anything before the light?
Is the birth into the
light and the death into the darkness preplanned or accidental?
Who or what are we? Why do
we, our planet and this universe exist? All of us must have experienced these
basic questions at some moment or other. Many have attempted to give answers to these questions, each from his/her particular
perspective. The Theo-centric ones attribute everything here to a supernatural,
omniscient, omnipotent and everlasting Being. They find a purpose for creation.
But who created God? Something cannot come from nothing or exist for all times. Examination
on close quarters will rip this theory apart and reveal a chasm of
darkness all around.
Science tries to explain
everything in terms of physical, chemical, biological and gravitational laws.
But they fail to explain the ‘why’ of it. Emmanuel Kant said this:
“Sepere Aude” or have the courage to know. He states that the content of the
universe, life and their destinies are still contentious or unresolved issues. There
are a lot of scientists who believe that this universe appeared out of nothing
as quantum fluctuations of energy which grew into its present immensity. This
was not inevitable but fortuitous. It could have not formed at all or formed in
an altogether different way.
Similarly life, the
arising of a self organizing faculty whereby vitality with growth and reproduction
kept alive, is itself a big mystery. Once the organic process got started, it became self generating and self changing. Man is the outcome of a series of
events like evolution, mutations, and selection under climatic swings and
cosmic impacts. There is no truth to maintain that evolution inevitably moves
towards more exalted beings. Evolution can only explain the various
forms of life. But why is all this happening? All that we know is we do not
know.
