Prakrti and resides in Him. It covers Brahmalok or Vaikuntha,all other worlds where seven nobler commu­nities live and also this phenomenal world of the human beings. Being a-priori, you cannot perceive Space through your senses its magnitude,

Space (Vedic Dis)

Space is also beyond Prakrti and resides in Him. It covers Brahmalok or Vaikuntha,all other worlds where seven nobler commu­nities live and also this phenomenal world of the human beings. Being a-priori, you cannot perceive Space through your senses its magnitude, characteristics and eternity. It is only an external reality like ether and is non atomic, unitary, ubiquitous, not perceivable but inferable. According to Nyaya Visheshika darshan it can produce determinate cognition of directions i.e. East, West, North and South. All spaces are part of this One and Unitary Space (dis). Thus the space of the ever expanding gross universe (Brahamand), subtle Prakrti and what ever we can visua­lise based on degree of knowledge is part of the infinite and eternal Space. Prakrti space is finite and the eternal Space is One. The ashvinaus (scientists), savants and philosophers see its different dimensions owing to their different degree of material, spiritual and divine knowledge. To a child space is small, to a student it is bigger and to a scientist it is very large and expanding and to a metaphysicists like Sankracharya it is infinite, eternal and not part of Maya while the space of universe is illusionary but looks real to our senses. In the Vedas 3/4th, part of the Space is beyond human perception through our senses but known to our Jivatma - the manifested soul (R.V 1-131-1 and VI-47-8). This division into 1/4th and 3/4th of the Space is perhaps symbolic to show magnitude of Dis and limited size and dimensions of gross Universe and subtle Prakrti. In the Vedas, even Shuniya or Void is part of One eternal Space.

If we go strictly by the philosophy of Advaita Vedantism and pure idealists like Immanuel Kant, one will find all a-priori principles relating to truth, transparency, humility, selfless service and cosmic laws of social and moral order and others are beyond Time and Space. Since human body is subject to birth, decay and death, so such a-priori principles human body and its senses, sense organs, etani- the outward looking mind can not explain. On the contrary these gross objects very often corrupt a-priori principles and laws of God or Vedic Rta. But the fact remains human body, brain, etani still come to know of these with­out any physical experience, thus proving there by that some thing eternal and even beyond Time and Space exists in our body as our "philosopher, guide and friend". Some Hindu scriptures including Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads refer to God living in our heart and some Vedic hymns mention this as particle of Paramatma (God) in our gross body as manifested soul living in our heart but in the subtlest of the subtle part of the body. Thus whatever moral, ethical, material, scientific, religious and other facts or truths we come to know from the outer world, these are a-postriori princi­ples of non permanent value. It is for this reason that a large number of impure truths are parading as the pure truths, while these contradict each other in the same family, society and in the entire world. These are all a-postriori principles. Thus, Time and Space decide both these principles. Like Atma and Rta, Kala and Dis are also divine.

All movements are in Space regulated by Time. Both these work in harmony. Time contributes to succession and Space to juxtaposition. These two categories in the Vedas are as important as soul, spirit, gunas, Prakrti and other metaphysical concepts. Madhvacharya based on study of Vedas goes in details about Time and Space. He found two kind of Space- Avyakr­t Akasa - the uncreated eternal and unmodified space and Akasa forming one of the five mahabhutas of Prakrti. The former i.e. Avyakrt Akasa and Time (kala) are coeval with Brahma, Prakrti and Spirit. As earlier mentioned in this chapter that Madhvacharya was a dualist who found Prakrti also as eternal. Shuniya vadins even go the extent that Prakrti lives in Time and Space and these two categories live in God being His vibhuti (glory).

         

Those who understand Vedic concept of Prakrti can never be violent in thoughts and actions against divine Nature. They not only stop violence against Nature themselves but guide their children, friends and members of society also to this effect. While various metaphysicists, seers, savants may form and postulate different ideas and philosophies about Nature, but all of them come to certain common conclusions like follow the laws of Nature, create material and spiritual welfare in society with minimum consumption of matter. There is an optimal consumption while following path of Vedic moderation, beyond which it is vulgar display of wealth and violence against Prakrti. Knower of Vedic Prakrti would invariably emphasise the need for right livelihood for self and others.

           

Albert Einstien wrote in his treatise on Peace," research should be towards peace, non violence and not a warfare against Nature." Keynes economics and the maxims like every thing is fair in war and business are now obscuring reason even of the highly learned and intellectual persons. Economic ills are now competing with physical and mental diseases for the top slot. Diseases like affluenza are fast spreading for which now cure is only Vedic metaphysics or similar knowledge in other scriptures of major religions of the world which have faced all kinds of criticism, censure and even passed through welfare and perverted forms of governments, open and closed societies and still withstood the test of time. Even the highly ethical meta­physics of Socrates, Plato, Mencius, Augustine, Acquinas, Sankra­chraya and others can also help. The individuals on the path of pursuit of matter, money, power and getting inflicted with the ever increasing economic diseases are perhaps overlooking that all human beings are the children of same supreme Mother Prakrti, so any effort to become master of divine Nature is bound to misfire. She is after all the manifestation of God and His cosmic power as Shakti. Human beings though the lowest of other seven divine Communities are still the highest creatures on this earth and are required to look after all other animate and inanimate life and not to tyrannies, ruin or exterminate them. It is their noble obligation as only they possess divinity through the particle of God and are associated with all others through His Spirit. The distorted and selfish interpretation of modern economics has made the earth as quarry and divine Nature as an object of exploita­tion. It is now a major question whether to live against or in harmony with the Nature. Only Vedic metaphysics has the answer to harmonise soul and body as well as spirit and matter and getting integrated with Nature for living a satisfying and purposeful life.

        

The various civilizations and culture of the ancient, medieval and modern times do tell us that the destinies of this beautiful globe of the Nature - the mother earth had been some times brilliant and other times obscure. A large number of individuals had been milching this divine milch cow of Atharva Veda- the divine earth and trying to make it dry. Nevertheless, the present speed of milching it dry under the influence of modern economics had never happened under any civilisation, benevolent or dictato­rial governments and states. The need to understand, appreciate and follow the hymns relating to peace everywhere or Vedic Shanti Path (prayer for peace) has now become paramount. It may be useful to chant, recite or meditate on these hymns repeatedly in the morning, evening and night prayers just like the mother hymn Gayatri mantra of the Vedas. This hymn in the Vedas is a prayer to God to provide us His divine knowledge all the times, even during sleep and dreams. Shanti Path hymns say that there should be peace, no violence, no pollution in the air, water, ether, forests, all kind of vegetation, animals, human beings in their thoughts and actions and virtually in all things and objects on this earth. Need to modify from the ancient Charvakas type of economics to development or meta-economics contained in Vedas, Buddhist metaphysics or Gandhian philosophy need hardly any emphasis. Any commercial or economic principle bereft of spiritu­ality could be discarded. The various economic theories should lead to production of wealth for society and not for the individ­ual except what he/she gets as social reward and earns wealth within the noble principle of moderation.

       

The message of Vedic Prakrti is very clear and loud that we are all in this world to fulfil the noble and divine mission of God who is our supreme Father. To achieve this supreme mother Prakrti brings us here, nourishes us and guides us. Vedas nowhere say that God brought us here. The Savitar deva brought us here. Savitar deva is one of the 33 devas/devis of Prakrti who provide us energy, knowledge and light as Suriya (formless being of light representing Sun). Prakrti provides senses and sense organs duly energised by the spirit of God. Only the soul in our body as Jivatma is directly from the God as divine spark or light. The pure soul illumines in our body all the time and its light starts getting dim with the accumulation of tamasic subtle gunas of impurity, stupor and inactivity. Fulfilling the mission of our supreme Father is the main aim of our life. Follow the divine message conveyed by Prakrti and also by the benign mother earth through their selfless functioning on the principle of Idd Nan Mmam, along with Vedic Rta, Dharma, scientific rituals by avoiding all kinds of blind faith, meaningless of rituals, proxy and also ostentatious worship of innumerable deities and mumbo jumbo of ceremonies. Even Prakrti performs her role and functioning within the mission of God. By deviating, we create social, moral, filial and even physi­cal, environmental and economic disorder. This message is not contained in the Vedas alone but the Existentialists of the 20th century have also said that reduce your requirements and lead a simple life. Leading a simple life is certainly not life negation but life confirmation and also our noble obligation. The Greek Stoics of yore, Confucius, Mencius, Chou Li of the Chinese philoso­phy of good and virtuous living, Sufis of the middle ages and many others emphasised need based living by avoiding all kinds of material excesses, opulence and even deficiencies like poverty. Plato while emphasising golden mean and economic disparities to be limited between 1: 16 for an ideal state also added life of virtue, beauty and goodness conforming to his theory of Forms and Ideas to bring order in chaotic and disorderly life. Pure ideal­ists Sankracharya, Immanuel Kant and even certain parts of celes­tial song Bhagavad Gita had mentioned that doing duty against your noble "Will" provided by Prakrti is not freedom. Live unfet­tered life by following laws of God, performing selfless service, acquiring knowledge of God, soul, Prakrti and matter. Cross the mire of delusion by steadfastness, firmness in thoughts, meditation and action (B.G II -52,53). Think always of maintaining world order and go beyond gunas when a clod of stone and a piece of gold appear to be of the same value (B.G 3-20 and VI-8). Become God realised soul by acquiring self-realisation. "Know thy self" and avoid rebirth in the impious families by following the path of knowledge, selfless work or nishkam karma along with pure and simple worship of God without ostentation, proxy and for social recognition (B.G VI-41 to 44).

         

Know your benign mother earth and as a loving child of her's you tickle it with a hoe, see how she laughs thereafter with plenty of fruits, flowers and other harvests enough for you, other human beings and even for animals and birds. Kill the Satan in you in the form of desire (holy Koran 4-118-120). This Satan is your eternal enemy who misleads you and makes you deface the fair Nature created by God. Create social organizations in the world based on Rta and Satya, so that we look on each other with friendly eye (Y.V 36-18) for creating concord with our people, with foreigners and Nature. We do not fight with divine spirit (R.V X-191-2, A.V. 30- 4, R.V X-72-6). Let us all pass on this spirit to our children. Rudra deva “ May we transplant our selves with this knowledge in our children and become immortal through them (R.V II-33-1 and 5- 4-10 ).