Pujya Gurudev Pt. ShriRam Sharma Acharya’s Kripa
The Incompleteness of Science
(Akhand Jyoti July-Aug.2010)
The rules that are
really time-tested and perennial, are in fact that of the religion which
nurtures human values and aims at awakening divine qualities hidden in the
inner self. Who would lose anything in consenting to the belief that there is
only one Law-Maker of the whole world? That our conduct should be based on
mutual love, justice and honesty and that we are all like children of that
Almighty? Who could ever get harmed in adopting these principles? Religion is
the undeniable principle to attain peace and happiness; any principle that goes
against these is not religion. On the other hand, any truth discovered by the
material-based science cannot be termed as the ultimate truth.
If Copernicus had not expressed disagreement with
Almagest, the present improved form of astronomical calculations could not have
been created. Copernicus for the first time ever stated that scientific beliefs
should never be regarded as the ultimate truth. He called the sun to be the
centre of universe. This concept also was accepted as the truth for many years.
Now in the 20th century, cosmos has become such a puzzle that it is impossible
to tell where the nucleus of this grand universe is. The sun is the centre of
solar planetary system but not of the universe. In our single galaxy itself
there are innumerable suns emitting light, and their respective solar planetary
systems. Then there are millions and millions of such galaxies; within these
how many billions of solar systems exist is beyond anyone’s imagination!
Today’s scientists, who have estimated the existence of 100 million galaxies
and at least 500 million light years of expanse of the cosmos, still consider
this information as part truth and not the absolute truth. Can such a science
be relied upon as ultimate truth?
The
theory of gravitation Just like concepts mentioned above about the
universe, the principle of gravitation evolved by Isaac Newton, which has
worked for hundreds of years, is now hanging in the air. The apocryphal or
anecdotic incidence (of an apple falling down from a tree…) associated with his
discovery is quite well known. After this incident Newton propounded the
principle of gravitation. He concluded – all particles attract other particles
in the proportion of their masses and this force of attraction diminishes as
the distance between the particles increases.
Many machines have been built on Newton’s
principles of gravity and they are working very well too. However, in 1916 Einstein
proclaimed that all particles of the universe travel in a straight line in
space and time, and the same is true about planets and stars too. They also
travel straight, but due to the presence of mass, the shape of space and time
gets modified and it is felt that particles or planets and stars are traveling
along a curved path. Einstein called this new principle ‘Theory of Relativity’
and said that instead of being a quality of mass, gravity is a quality of space
and time.
Einstein is one of those scientists whose
principles are so difficult and complex that it is not possible for an ordinary
man to comprehend them. No one could imagine that one day even his principle
could be proved wrong, but it happened. In 1964 renowned Indian scientist Dr. Jayant
Vishnu Narlikar and Professor Fred Hoyle gave another principle of gravity and
stated that gravity is neither the property of space and time, nor of
particles; it is a property of the universe. To proclaim this stand, Hoyle
published ‘The Principle of Balanced State’ and said that old stars in the sky
die and the new ones continue to get created. Universe is continuously
expanding and as a result energy keeps getting converted into mass. The
location where such activities occur was termed as ‘Creation Field’ by Hoyle.
With these facts the present beliefs and
understanding of universe and the principles of gravity get completely negated;
then were the stands taken by Isaac Newton, Thomas Gold, Albert Einstein and
Hermann Bondi true? If we think about it, it seems that all the corresponding
theories of these intelligent scientists were like flashes of limited wisdom in
search of truth!
The same is true of other ‘trend-setting’
discoveries and theories and related technological developments ranging from Atomic
Theory to Quantum Computing, from Theory of Evolution to Human Clones, from
Space-colonies to Time-Machine.
Thanks GOD, Thanks Sadguru,
Shiv Sharma
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