Relationships, knowledge, and the universe

1-RELATIONSHIP Friends, In the year 1992 the book ‘relationship’ was brought out for those who would like to read and understand. Now in the year 2010 this lecture on relationship is developed for those who would like to hear and understand. Instead of relationship through book now our relationship is through slides and talk. The word relationship used here is not usual human relationship but it is total relationship including human relationship.

One may compare with Einstein’s theory of relativity. Relativity is the relationship defined. The management of world is nothing but management of these relationships. If you feel the expanded title ‘the science and philosophy of existence’ cumbersome then we may say ‘the science of existence’. Here ‘existence’ means being. In ‘Marathi’ it means ‘Astitwa’. We are looking here into the purpose of existence Author and presenter: Nagraj Jain—Qualification-B.E. (Electrical), Post graduate diploma in business management; Retired superintending engineer from M.S.E.B. ; Experience of 34 years in electrical undertaking.

2-KNOWLEDGE FOR LOVE Relationships cannot be understood without knowledge. Therefore let us understand knowledge first. The knowledge is power. Please use it for love and not for hate. The knowledge should bring the sense of responsibility rather than authority. There is ‘Sanskrit’ saying that ‘Vidya vinayen shobhate’.

This is accepted doctrine that knowledge will not last long or will not be effective if it is misused. Therefore do not exploit others. Friends, I am dedicating this lecture to my teacher Shri G.D. Phadake who taught me to use knowledge for love. ‘Him that I love, I wish to be free even from me’ Please understand ‘knowledge for love’ and not ‘knowledge of love’.

3-FORCE OF LOVE Love thy neighbor as thyself is the teaching of the ‘Bible’. In simple words we may say it is the force of love that keeps the world going and it is the force of hate that shatters the world into pieces. The lesson for us is that our organization being our small world, it will survive and flourish only if we inculcate love.

The hate will fragment the organization. This principle is applicable to small institution like family and society as well as to big institutions like nations and world. Please take a vow to love and be loved. Please note that it is the love that is important and not small or big organization.

5-Universe of infinity Chapter 1: Matter and energy Chapter 2: Space, motion and time Chapter 3: Microcosm Chapter 4: Macrocosm Look at the nearest point and look at the farthest point. The nearest point will be somewhere in our body itself where as the farthest point will be out there in the sky beyond the stars. Between these two pints lies whole universe. Nearest things are quite clear however farthest things are not so clear. The distance of the farthest point cannot be measured. It is beyond measurement and therefore infinite. Likewise is the universe.

4-HIERARCHY Universe is stupendous whole. All are parts of it. It is a complete system having sub-systems. As compared to universe we are nothing more than a particle, a speck of dust in the cosmos. But each such particle can consider itself as a universe in its own way. Similarly compared with universe man is particle but compared with atom man is universe. Looked at from this point of view, we are down and up or significant and insignificant simultaneously.

5-STATIC We already know that matter and energy exist in the universe. It must be understood that they exist in space. The space in which there is no matter or energy will be called void or free space. Thus along with matter and energy void also exists in the universe. Emptiness or vacuum or void was thought to be impossibility, till it was discovered in Torricellian tube. Torricellian tube is a devise to measure atmospheric pressure.

Pure matter, energy or void is impossibility. All three are within each other. In all the periods of history of science need was felt for a common all pervading medium of communication in the universe. In the eastern philosophical term it is called ‘Atma’. In the western world during the period when chemistry ruled it was called ‘Eather’. In today’s space age it is being called ‘void’. These are different names by which we understand common all pervading medium in a better way.

6-DYNAMIC The energy acts on matter by exerting the force of attraction or repulsion. By the action of energy matter moves through void or space. This motion of matter gives rise to the concept of time. Inertia of matter introduces time delay in action. Thus motion does not take place at the instant energy is applied. This explains the existence of dynamic universe. In the universe all that exists is undergoing change.

The conversions from matter to matter, energy to energy, energy to matter and matter to energy are going on with the condition of conservation of existence i.e. conservation of matter and energy. Einstein had put all these statements in the form of his famous mathematical equation E = M into C square. This equation shows the relationship between energy and matter and states the conservation of existence. The equation also shows conservation of void or space or vacuum as a corollary.

CONSERVATION OR EVOLUTIONANDONENESS OR DUALITY

7-CONSERVATION AND EVOLUTION Unless the existence of the common smallest unit of energy and matter is accepted, evolution(conversion) and conservation phenomena may not be explained. In the universe same kind of matter and energy exist as well as different kind of matter and energy exist.

The explanation for this is different ways of attachment of smallest common unit of existence namely ‘Hyle’. One may call if he likes. Gold and silver are same kind of matter or of different kind? From some point of view they are different but from some other point of view they are same. Their colors are different but their state is same i.e. solid state.

8-ONENESS AND DUALITY One may analyze the concept of duality and oneness. Let us see how duality is created out of oneness in the field of language. We write with colored ink on white paper. Thus on the background of white paper colored ink creates written language. Different alphabets are created out of different arrangement of dots. Different words are created out of different arrangements of alphabets. Different paragraphs are created, pages are created and books are created. Thus though the dots are uniform their different arrangements creates multiplicity. Example - See the words ‘NIB’ and ‘BIN’. The alphabets are same; their different arrangements resulted in totally different meaning.

Similarly out of common smallest unit of existence whole world came into being. Thus from the angle of ‘Hyle’ the things are same but from the arrangements of ‘Hyle’ the things are different. Duality is composed of oneness. One may compare with duality of wave and particle. The waves are outcome of particles in motion.

KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM It is said that knowledge without action is useless and action without knowledge is meaningless. Action based on knowledge is rewarding. Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom. One can find wisdom, live it, be fortified by it and do wonders through it but one cannot communicate and teach it in its true sense.

OBSERVING PHENOMENA AND KNOWING TRUTH Language is an image of reality and not reality itself. The linguistic analysis has indicated that all philosophical problems are the results of miss-statements. Wrong conclusions are to be avoided. Modern physics has substituted experiments for speculations. All phenomena are observed through points of scientific enquiry. Based on observations concepts are formed and formulas are developed which ultimately create final image of outcome or conclusion.

THINK OVER TO KNOW TRUTH 1 Perfectly or truly describing or narrating anything is practically impossible. As we know from images only. 2 Rare events like sighting of meteor or eclipse is not chance event. Its return is possible to predict. 3 If one can do then others must also be in a position to do. Thus repeatability by anybody must be possible. That is scientific knowledge

4 From past comes present and from present future will definitely come. Prediction of future is possible if we know all the parameters which is humanly impossible. 5 It is very difficult to find out the reason for action in which result becomes cause and cause makes the results. Like chain reactions say cause –effect – cause cycle. Here we do not know where one begins and other ends. 6 In cyclic process it is not possible to know from where and when it has started like hen or egg first.

7 Many things cannot be perceived directly by our senses. From their effect they may be perceived. Light is not visible. But the surface on which it falls is made visible to eye. 8 It is possible to come to wrong conclusion from the data available. Like- Cockroach has become deaf as it was not moving on order. Real reason was no legs to move. 9 If two persons came to same conclusions that does not mean their brains are sympathetic to one another. Existence of telepathy will be wrong conclusion. 10 Many times opinions of authorities or experts may be wrong. But people erroneously believed them to be right. Like-In Bible it was stated that earth is flat. And belief in rebirth or reincarnation.

11 Proper analysis of question itself will lead to answer. And vice versa is also true. Example- Behavior of individual and behavior of society. Gravitational force. 12 Sometime certain properties are evident for small article and un-noticeable for large ones. 13 To understand thoroughly holistic approach is must. Studies in isolation will lead to wrong conclusions. Example-Properties of carbon dioxide as a compound and properties of carbon and oxygen separately are totally different. 14 It is bit difficult to grasp as to how same things can be different and different things can be same. Example-You are talking about different aspects of same things or same aspect of different things..

WELFARE Today the primary task of each INDIVIDUAL is to find his place or his role in society and work towards its welfare. The uniqueness of human being is that he utilizes all the three distinctive features of him namely consciousness, will and choice to such an extent no other being is capable of doing.

CONSCIOUSNESSThe primary distinctive feature of human nature is consciousness, including human being’s conscious of himself, as well as his consciousness of the universe outside himself, in which his fellow human being figures side by side with non human nature - animate and in-animate. The consciousness reveals the possibility of making choices and thus evokes will to choose.

WILL AND CHOICE The man’s apparent power to will –whether it is a reality or illusion (Maya)-is the second of the distinctive spiritual feature of his nature. The third of these features is his recognition of the distinction between good and evil. This distinction is implicit in the power to choose. Since every choice that a human being makes is in some degree however slight, a choice between life and good on the one hand and death and evil on the other.

GROUP OR SOCIETY Though man is born alone as individual, he is stamped with certain social groups or casts. We are in a phase of collective existence. The wars brought into existence group activities. The world wars have made it clear that man himself is his greatest enemy. From the point of view of social existence individual is treated as secondary. Every government is a device by which a few control the actions of many.

The complex human societies depend for the final decision of war and peace on a group of elderly men, any sensible personal manager would hesitate to hire. “Nor is the people’s judgment always true, the most may err, as grossly as a few.” “The great civilization is not conquered from without until it has been destroyed itself within.”

It should have been that people should come together for mutual benefit and not for exploiting others. Strangely it seems that the message of twentieth century is ‘Form your own group and exploit who are alone.’ This is nothing but formation of cult. As members form group for their own benefit; every group is a sort of cult.

The direction of change indicates that soon we will see societies marching towards absolute individual freedom but very little or no social freedom. The social organization will be bigger, complex and more powerful. The society is more important than the individual is the teaching of materialistic world. The individual is more important than society is the teaching of religious or spiritual world. But the practical requirement is the fine balance between the two. The boundary between the two is not well defined and is uncertain. ‘Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.’

The protection from the external aggression and just distribution of wealth within are the main problems faced by the human society. No one should demand from the society more than what he deserves, though it is practically impossible to define what one deserves.

2Specialization and planned life

SPECIALIZATION The social structure should be based on trust and confidence rather than fear and envy. The specialization and planned life are the requirements of the society today. The management of society is analogous to management of human body. The basic departmentalization for body management is head for thinking, intelligence, knowledge and decision; hands for fighting, work and protection; legs for transportation, serving and support and torso for food processing. Likewise society is also departmentalized in four classes or castes namely-Brahmins, kshatriyas, vaishyas and shudras. This is specialization by trade or work. The old crude methods of specialization are being replaced by modern scientific methods.

For last about half a century democratic form of social organization served the purpose. The democratic form is now seems to be totally corrupted and needs replacement by improved form. The survival of mankind depends upon the evolution of superior form of social organization. Throughout the centuries there were men who took first step down new roads armed with nothing but own vision. Their goal differed but they all had this common-that the step was first, the road new, the vision unborrowed and the response they received was hatred. The greatest creators, the thinkers, the artists, the scientists and the inventors stood alone against the men of their time. Only crooked are worshiped in their own times. The creators were tortured in their own time, though worshipped subsequently.

The men of power namely industrialists, financiers and politicians controlled the means by which supranational organizations can be formed. The large scale planning and mass scale production are the inevitable results of modern methods of communication and production. After dissolution of bipolar world, and emerging concept of global village, cheap but quality products by multinationals may be thrown in the world market. The nations of the world are marching to achieve supra-national organization through new form of UNO. There are signs of breaking up of present form of UNO. The hegemony of USA against rest of the nations may prevail for some time.

PLANNED LIFE In the case of individual the life is planned from birth to death in four ‘Ashramas’ namely ‘Brahmacharyashram’, ‘Grahastashram’, ‘Wanaprasthashram’ and ‘Sanyasashram’. This is specialization by age. We may call it time-scale specialization. Such a planning in the case of society or nation is very important. As society gets more specialized more and more expertise is built into it. This results into the neglect of holistic approach to work or problem. Unless more and more ethics and co-operation is built into society, it may not function in an orderly way.

Happy life, good physical health and neat and clean working are the rewards of knowledge of material world. The democracy and the mass production techniques have taken the reward of material prosperity to common man. This resulted in destruction to fish, animal and plant life and spread of pollution everywhere. The drug addiction and terrorism are the side effects. The enhanced economic progress has taken its tall and has now brought realization about natural and simple living. The call of today is either back to the basic or back to the nature.

The death of corrupted democracy is not likely to be an assassin from ambush. It will be slow extinction from apathy, indifference andundernourishment. Where is life we have lost in living? Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is knowledge we have lost in information?

Morality comes from the concern for others. If I myself do not like pain why should I give pains to others? It is our concern for fellow human being, animals and trees on which we depend that compelled us to think about morality. The craze for possessing material things made man so greedy that he feels great pangs when time to leave those things comes. The peace of mind can only be achieved through good deeds done. The assumption that all men are good is not correct. There are many wicked men. The great efforts are required to turn beasts into men. In animal world we see cruelty. The human beings for their survival need not be cruel. We human beings take pride in sacrifice. To leave body by will is respected in human society. This is the pride of our civilization.

‘O Devine masters grant that- I may not so much seek- To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dyeing that we are- Born to eternal life.’

While planning during plenty knowledge will be beneficial but while planning during scarcity morality should be the guide. It seems that peak of achievements in economy is over and we are now on declining graph.In such situation recycling of resources is of utmost importance. How China and India support huge populations? It is because the peoples are taught to live with restraint. This thing must be put bluntly that every man who has more than necessary for his lively hood and for normal development of his intelligence is a thief and a robber.

The materialism leads to selfishness and greediness but spiritualism broadens our perspective of life and makes us think in terms of universal welfare. In case of shortages of commodity rationing is must. If because of shortages price rise is allowed commodity will be available to moneyed peoples only. Money is created in cities and is grabbed by rich people. It does not reach in sufficient quantity to poor peoples in villages. It must be ensured that people do not starve. The wide gap between have’s and have not’s should be reduced.

GOD It is worth noting that in spite of advancement of science man has not discarded churches, temples or mosques. And even men of science visit them. It is surprising that one man with God is always in majority. With God came rituals. Passing time with rituals is pleasurable activity. God may instill fear or pleasure in you like dream. Both God and dream though virtual are much sought after as they help in passing time. Their effect is like placebo.

S0UL Soul and God are invented concepts for life and universe as the common man or layman cannot understand creation without creator. The soul is not different from body. It is the property of the body. God is not different from universe. It is the property of universe. Difference between soul and God is of size and not of quality. Soul is God in miniature form.

REBIRTH AND CONSERVATION In India along with God the concept of rebirth also works for the benefit of society. The Indians believe in ‘life after’ and therefore many lives await them. The theory of rebirth coupled with that of ‘Karma’ is the most complete form of human desire for a moral world order. The ancient religious concept of rebirth and the modern scientific concept of conservation are not different. The ancient concept is applicable to life only where as modern concept is applicable to whole of the universe including life. Many times conservation is achieved through evolution.

RELIGION The yesterday’s science is religion of today and today’s science will be religion of tomorrow. The present generation enjoys because of past generation. Therefore all religions advocate prayers to ancestors. The religion stands for set rules based on experience and knowledge. The faith is to believe what you do not see. The reward for this faith is to see what you believe.

SCIENCE It is pure illusion to think that an opinion that passes down from century to century, from generation to generation may not be entirely false. The experience of generations may be wrong if it has not changed with changed times. Similarly authority and majority may also be wrong. The believers and unbelievers are two sides of the same coin. There are two ways to slide easily through life namely to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

The science has promised us truth. It has not promised us either peace or happiness. The science stands for untrampelled enquiry and free thinking for new rules. The religion demands conformity where as science proposes deviations. The breakup of any society is always alarming for the established authorities.

The passing time with pleasure from birth till death is an important goal of all the individuals. The rituals in the society and religion are handy to achieve this goal particularly when you do not have anything more important to do. If science is considered a priest-hood too difficult for the common man to understand; then dangers of abuse are greater. This is also applicable to religions.

The nationalism is an infantile disease. It unnaturally divides rivers, mountains, lands and seas which are useful as a whole but not so useful in parts. Our school books glorify war & hide its horrors. We must show to the public pains of wars, and then only wars may not occur. One should teach peace rather than war. If past wars are forgotten then there is possibility that new wars may irrupt. One should inculcate love rather than hate to avoid wars. For better world of tomorrow the young ones in the school should be taught ethics & morality rather than standards of living.

In the name of religion one tortures, prosecutes and builds pyres. In the guise of ideologies one massacres, tortures and kills. In the name of love of one’s country or of one’s race one hates other countries and massacres other people. The men never do evil so complete and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. The creeds grow so thick along the way their boughs hide God. There are clearly two sides namely others and mine. The rules applicable are different for the person on the platform and for the person in the train. The gun manufacturers are awarding peace prices. The sinners are the advocates of religion. There are duplicate policies everywhere. There is nothing in common between the means and the ends.

Ours is the age of substitutes. Instead of language we have jargons. Instead of principles we have slogans. Instead of genuine ideas we have bright ideas. This is the age of advertising. It is very difficult to understand truth from falsehood. The mankind is painfully and confusedly adjustingto unprecedented technological changes. Only a great free intellectual can restore the shattered morals of our race and give definite direction to its disordered will.

The new race will master the secrets of genetics and will produce new forms of life for their use and pleasure. With their new found powers they will begin to raise mountains at will, control the rainfall and direct the winds. One day they will stand upon a footstool and reach out their hands amid the stars. The mind of new race will be at one with the universe.

The reward for morality will be for generations to come. The history has shown us that world wars and Hitler’s gas chambers were the outcome of knowledge that was not controlled by morality. The freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone; whether they agree with us or not. The peace is more important than the justice. The peace is not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.

The knowledge teaches us to do things in a better fashion and in an improved way. It teaches us the better methods. Though your method is knowledge your target is love and not knowledge. The bible rightly forewarns about the forbidden fruits of the tree of knowledge. The society observes the laws but religion teaches love. The love cannot be brought through knowledge alone. The mind that is pursuing knowledge without love is ruthless. There must be the moral control over the knowledge of science.

THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SLIDE CUM VIDEO-SHOW Mr. Pradeep Jain Mrs. Kavita Jain Mast. Karan Jain Mast. Samar Jain THANKS TO ALL OF THEM

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