shuniya Vadins, Bhagavad Gita and many Upanishads was not accept­ed. Even now, scientists have difficulties to explain what is making number of tiny and almost invisible machines to work continuously without any rest and lubrication in all kinds of atoms.

Science and Prakrti

Many scientists believe that the Universe originated from a cosmic egg by a catastrophic explosion, named it “Big Bang”, and was not created by God. In science, the distinction between Nature and Universe is not apparent and certainly not very specif­ic, as the concept of subtle is beyond the scope of material scientific instruments. There are a large number of hypotheses in physical sciences but no factual theory. It is mainly due to the limitation of human material instruments like senses, outward looking mind (etani) and also scientific material instruments which can see the minutest gross sub atomic particles but not tanmatras like subtle gunas, spirit, will, ego etc. The other major limitation of the scientists, environmentalists is their prejudices and epoch as observed by eminent American scientist and Nobel Prize winner in 1912-Alexis Carrel in "Man the Unknown". Inanimate universe, cosmology, geology, physics, astronomy, chemistry and other branches of science only tell us that in Nature, properties and characteristics of all elements whether on this earth, other planets, stars and comets remain the same. However, the scientists of all these branches have great difficulty in explaining how these properties were acquired by these elements unless some of them are able to harmonise the Vedic concept of harmony of matter and spirit.

Scientists can at best push the prehistoric and an­cient technique of fighting by weapons made of stone, crude iron or bows and arrows to atom and even hydrogen bombs star wars and push button technology. Nevertheless, they have great difficulty owing to their inherent limitations to know the entire Nature, her divine and spiritual purpose and role, aim of all kinds of life and many other metaphysical concepts. Owing to such limitations, scientists of great eminence like the one Isaac Newton could at best say, " Nature is very consonant and comfortable with herself," but still found the matter created by the divine Nature as inert and insen­tient. Later Einstein and a few other scientists did this correction after a gap of few centuries of Newton and tens of centu­ries after the Greek atomists and dualists. For a few thousands years the truth contained in the Vedas and later brought out by shuniya Vadins, Bhagavad Gita and many Upanishads was not accept­ed. Even now, scientists have difficulties to explain what is making number of tiny and almost invisible machines to work continuously without any rest and lubrication in all kinds of atoms. Scientists have yet to study the other Vedic metaphysical and analytical subjects like Prakrti, soul, spirit, God, creation and dissolution or withdrawal of the universe and come out from various hypotheses to scientific proof. A few theories like the one given by George Edward Lematire (1894-1966) - a Belgian astronomer that cosmic egg was born out of some cosmic power at Zero Time looks more like metaphysics than science. This Zero Time was 13 billions of years ago for some scientists and for others ranging 5 to 13 billions years ago. Such infinitely long periods do strengthen the views of dualists that Nature is eter­nal. Pears encyclopedia gives this period as 4.6 billion years ago and others ranging10 to 20 billions years (Encyclopedia Britannica etc). Thus, the philosophy of Dvait Vedantists and Sankhya Darshana cannot be easily overlooked.

The cosmic Egg before "Big Bang" was originally Hydrogen gas compressed with electrons, protons, neutrons and other sub atomic particles. Neutrons were neutronum which weighed per cubic centi­meter about one billion tons or thousand trillions grams, consid­ered to the ultimate limit by the scientists for any kind of compression. As regards creation and dissolution, some scientists hold the view that it takes 85 billion years for a single contrac­tion or expansion of the universe (Science and Creation by Stonely.L.Jaki p.1). The physical universe with some kind of life entered around middle of second billions BC and the last phase of the universe itself 4.3 billions years ago and this phase is continuing with the expanding universe. Its vastness is unimaginable in both Time and Space - over 10 billions of light years across in space and about 20 billions years in age. Though difficult to ascertain owing to its vastness, the scientists in the last a few decades are coming to the conclusion about the possibility of life elsewhere. These scientific findings, discov­eries and hypothesis if converted to metaphysical philosophy, it would come closer to Vedic metaphysics and the permanent truths con­tained there in.

       

Most of the Hindus and some of the Germans have a common "Swastika symbol” of cyclic return of four celestial periods Krita,Treta, Dwapar and Kali yuga or golden, silver, copper and iron ages. The golden age of Jainism is "Susama" and the worst Dark Age is "Dusama". An Indian scientist of great eminence and astronomer Arya Bhatta had calculated that Iron Age in Prakrti akin to Dusama of Jainism, entered on Thursday of the great battle in 3102 BC He has referred to this battle as Bharta Battle (Page 17 of Science and Traditions). Chinese scientist and philosopher Mencius who was the disciple of Confucius, found these celestial cycles owing to Yin and Yang - the oscillation of two fold cosmic forces. The later Chinese scientists found the duration of this cycle as 23,639,040 years. These four celestial periods akin to Vedic yugas are de­scribed as "Yuan" in Chinese. Zero Time of Lemataire is the ulti­mate Grand Origin of Chinese. In 724, A D already 9,661,740 years had passed since the onset of latest Grand cosmic period (I.Hsing mathematician of 8th century AD).. Pythagorus - Greek philosopher and mathematician of 6th century B C who interpreted the universe in terms of mathematics, made distinction between cosmos (sublunary world) and Ouranos (super lunary world). All potentially knowable objects like earth sun, moon, other solar system bodies, stars and galaxies consisting of matter, formed cosmos that has a cyclic creation and dissolution. However, Ouranos is imperishable being beyond cosmos.

Alcmeon, Heraclitus and Plato believed in the concept of cyclic cosmos (Science and Creation by S.J.Laki). Plato even found that revolution of celes­tial bodies and four cyclic celestial periods have effect on fertility, barrenness, healthy and defective breeding of each living species including plants, trees, animals, birds, human beings and all kind of animate life. Golden age is the period of "divine begetting" where unfailing laws of God rule. The worst is Dark Age when divine guidance is steadily withdrawn, as laws of God are not followed leading to chaos, disorder in the state and society, ultimate immaturity, feebleness, and almost complete final extinction. Thus, it is quite apparent that both physical and metaphysical scientists throughout the world in all ages did some kind of research within their abilities and capaci­ties and did their best to find out the scientific explanation of the origin of cosmos. Although these findings, explanations, hypoth­esis are nearing the truths already contained in the Vedas, still the same would require more research in astronomy, cosmology and other physical sciences. However, the concept of Nature or Vedic Prakrti remains vague with the physical scientists, though the metaphysicists are able to visualise its subtle character and divinity.