Reality = Pujya Gurudev

Whatever may the Eyes See ,

or the Mind Think Reality is Something Else-II

=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya

Neptune takes 164 years to complete one elliptical revolution around the Sun. Astrophysicist Lowell had predicted about the possibility of another planet, at a distance of 6.4 billion kilometers from the Sun, which would take 284 years for one revolution. Fourteen years after his death in 1916, an American scientist Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto, the ninth planet. Pluto is 5.86 billion kilometers from the Sun and makes one revolution in 284 years. But the path of its orbit does not appear to be very precise. After the discovery of these two planets scientists do not rule out the possibility of the existence of more planets in our solar system. Even though invisible to the naked eye owing to distance they might be very large and important. In the vast expanse of the universe our Sun is merely a tiny bright speck. The universe contains numerous known and unknown worlds.

Evolutionary biologist J.B.S. Haldane observed about the universe, "The universe is not as strange as we imagine, it is much stranger than we can imagine." American astrophysicist Shapley found that the distance from earth of the cluster of stars forming the Milky Way galaxy ranges from 20,000 to 2,00,000 Light years (1 light year = the distance traveled by light in 1 year at the speed of 3 lakh kilometers per second). These form a very large saucer like circle whose center lies in the Milky Way, which, like a wood panel, cuts across the middle of this circle.

 The center lies 50,000 light years from the Sun. Thus Shapley proved that, unlike what earlier scientists had said, the Sun is not at the center of the Milky Way. Thousands of galaxies form a super-galaxy and there are myriads of such super-galaxies in the vast space. �Coma Cluster� is such a super-galaxy containing thousands of Milky Way-like galaxies. Galaxies are millions of light years apart from one another. The reasons behind the apparent big size of the moon and speck-like smallness of the stars scattered throughout the universe are the same � importance we give to things nearby and neglect of those far away. The seekers of truth know how misconceptions and errors keep cropping up about the existence and significance of both near and far objects. The above examples prove that not everything that the eyes see or the brain pictures is the reality.

What looks close may not be actually so. The present being very close, its results tend to acquire the greatest significance, whereas the future, being distant, is given only cursory attention. Actions done in self-interest give immediate results, while service to others bears fruit only in the future. This induces man to indulge in acts of immediate self-interest. For him, wisdom lies in such a course of behavior. But the reality is contrary to this wrong notion. If we were to develop a telescopic vision to look into the distant future and see its permanent brightness, we would realize that good deeds and right means are not fruitless; they prove in the long run rewarding and important. The vastness of the moon and the smallness of the Milky Way are nothing but an optical illusion. Similarly, it is myopic to remain engrossed in the present only and in its narrow selfish considerations, to the complete exclusion of the ultimate goal. Only those who rise above this temptation are able to reach the ultimate truth and attain bliss.

Thanks GOD,Thanks Sadguru,