Ambiguities that make our lives difficult

One of the filthiest, bloodiest, loudest, most inconclusive and most controversial debate topic among intellectuals and pseudo intellectuals of the current populace is that of atheism vs theism. Quite a lot of resources are being wasted by people on this debate where both parties have neither good proof nor good citations for either.(A religious book which is supposed to be the work of god cannot be a viable source obviously)(also I’m such a hypocrite that I’m not citing any sources because I haven’t read anything) I’ll just say that both are theories and one must be sceptical about both of them.

But one thing that people don’t confirm before debating is the context of God. Meaning, what is the meaning that a debater attaches to the term God. For example, when Einstein talks about God, it’s in a completely different context to the God that the Pope is talking about. So, one must make that clear before one says anything else about the topic.

So, being the sceptic that I am, I think if there were a God, then, God isn’t a he or a she. God isn’t a person at all. It cannot be so. It would make no sense for God to create the entire universe that is so freaking huge, put an intelligent life form in a small corner of the universe (Darwin disagrees. We evolved) and also, take his form. Why isn’t God an alien, or the flying spaghetti monster?

Hence I love Hinduism. Sorry, Sanātana Dharma (Fuck you Foreign Invaders. Btw, it’s Sindhu not Hindu or Indus) It’s analogue to the Abrahamic ‘God’ is the Paramātma. Paramātma isn’t a person. What is it? Well, I can’t say because I’m a twenty year old boy who has a life and hence hasn’t read the upaniśad.

But wait, what about the Hindu Pantheon as it is called? How did that happen? Everyone knows Kŗșna and Rāma and others. There are many more, so how can one explain that. Mythological reasons are given in the scriptures, but why did this happen in the historical development of the religion? (Try to look at the religion as a computer software application)

I have a theory.

So let’s start at the beginning.

What are the most important scriptures in Sanātana dharma? The vedas. 

I’ve had a minimal glimpse of the vedas and the first three contain hymns of Gods and Goddesses. These deities are mainly associated with nature, for example, Agni the God of fire, Varuṇa the God of water and so on. But, one cannot personify the elements. One simply cannot. Can a child look at a flame and conceive that flame to be a person? I highly doubt it. So how did these elements get personified?

Language.

One reason I hate Sanskrit and other Indo-European languages is because of the ‘genderization’ of every noun. Sanskrit, Hindi, French, Latin. It’s there in all these. So, if I associate a gender to an inanimate object, then over time, because the context is forgotten, that object gets implicitly personified by the language itself. Doesn’t it?

Whoa! So the composers of the vedas were trying to tell “Oh fire, you’re awesome” but it got interpreted later as “Oh fire lord, you’re awesome”. (not an actual verse in the vedas. Illustrative example only)

Well, obviously it’s a hypothesis. It can never be proven or unproven, so let’s just think about the hypothesis and admire the implications for a few minutes and go back to thinking about the actual legitimate research done by our Ph.D. holders in universities. I hope atheists and theists take a this stance. Neither can you neither prove nor disprove God. So stop debating about it and start thickening about Science and Spirituality and Art, the three things that make our lives better now, and also give us more answers than whatever you say.

Still, how I would love it if my hypothesis were true. Hey, don’t blame me for being sympathetic about the culture and religion I was born in.

Hello?

First Blog entry after three something years! But it's not like I am returning to the world of blogging, I did not venture in in the first place. But I want to blog. I want to saw something. I don't mind what it is, I just want to say something. We always wanted to say something to one another, communicate with one another. Even when there is nothing to say, we think of things to say.

But some are not satisfied with plain verbal communication. This is pretty obvious, because, the audience for voice is physically limited. Basic physics.

Throughout history, we have been trying to find better ways to communicate. From basic sign language and verbal signs to complicated languages with intricate grammar rules, it is a very exciting journey to watch.

But all these happened because of this drive we have to go out there and talk to people and be acknowledged by others because we are social beings; always wanting to be around people we are terrified of being alone. This is why we invented all the fancy ways of communicating.Pictograms, ideograms, Alphabets, American Standard Code for Information Interchange, GPRS, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, everything.

But why am I writing? I don't know what to write about, I don't write that well, but still I do, why? What is it that makes me want to make a fool of myself with my writing, get accused for being grammatical wrong, for being bad at spelling, or for being plain boring, why?

Cueva de la Mandos

It's not because I want you to appreciate my writing. But rather, I want you realize that you can actually empathize with me, and realize that I am one of your species, one of your community, one of your brothers, one of humanity. This is why we communicate in the first place. Not for entertainment, not for scientific research, not for money, not for business. We communicate because we want to be a node in the network of humanity, and also because we want the rest of the network to trust us enough to be a permanent fixture in the network.

The  thing about writing, or any other form of graphic communication, is that it is eternal (well, for a human, it is) and two complete strangers, who would never have met otherwise, are linked across space and time and share a private, intimate, emotional, motivating conversation.

I don't want to be alone, i don't want to be sad. Neither do I want anyone else to be alone or sad.  I want to know you, and I want you to know me.

I think I want to blog(write) for the same reason. To share a private and intimate conversation with you, whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever be your race or religion or colour. To talk to you, as one human being would talk to another.

If only I were less lazy.

MOM... WHY ARE WE HERE?

Time. Every human being on earth knows it, yet doesn't know what it is. What is Time? Any one has an answer?

When having my shower, I saw time. I saw her (yeah, not He contradicting the greek titan of Time Kronos), anyways; i saw her, but did not see her for one cant see Time, that would be foolish. But i could feel her presence. Her thought caused me to blog this article.

Time. It is one of the unanswered questions in science. What is Time? Wikipedia says "Time is part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects." But later the same article says, "but defining it[Time] in a non-controversial manner applicable to all fields of study has consistently eluded the greatest scholars."

Approximately 13.6 billion years ago, the universe was an infinitesimal point of infinite density and temperature. Then the big bang and then universe started, blah, blah......... We know that. Space and time came into existence after this event.

But why a big bang? Why a universe? Why is our universe in existence? Who is the father of Time? And her brothers Matter and Energy (yeah, i know it sounds weird). This my friends is more spookier than the question, "Are we alone?".

We have at sometime felt why we are in the world and have asked our parents why we are here and they blushed and might have told "God put you into my tummy...." and stuff like that :D. Similarly I ask why are we here. Is God the answer?

Does there really exist God who created the whole universe? "Let there be light" and the big bang happens. (Now that's cool. "Let there be Light" and a humongously large explosion. :D)

Or sometimes I feel this scenario. The Large Hardron Collider (yeah, the LHC) which makes miniature big bangs inside it. What if our universe is a result of such an experiment in an another universe? Wow a universe in another universe..

Well, lets hope we do find Time's father and lets hope it's not some nerd in another universe. Please let it be God or many people will be pissed including me.

Well, lets hope our civilization goes to such heights of prosperity so that the answer to these hair raising questions can be answered.

Till then remember, "Aham Brahmasmi" :)

MY FIRST BLOG!!!!!!!! :)

MY FIRST BLOG!!!!!

[This, basically, is a total "timepass" blog]

For people who ask and those who are curious and yet don't ask, The Big Freeze is one of the ways the universe can end :(.. Not so exciting, I know, but Michio Kaku (a theoretical physicist specializing in string theory and popularizes science. So basically he is a smart guy showing off :P. No offence dude) himself told it.. And TheBigFreeze was unavailable, hence TheBiggerFreeze :P.. Well, blogging kinda feels good... :)..

HEAVY :D