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Ram Shanker Tiwari
Albert Einstein was neither an atheist nor a believer. Yet he found
Nature over-whelming. “Every one who is seriously involved in the
pursuit of science becomes convinced that a spirit is manifest in
the laws of the universe.” Cosmic awareness subtly pervades the
universe as butter is latent in milk. In particle physics, an
analysis of organic and cosmic evolutions points towards an upcoming
cognizance that our future is ‘kicking in the golden womb of the
cosmos’ as expressed in the Hiranyagarbha of the Upanishads. The
cosmic journey of the universe, in many ways, impacts all that is in
it including our karma, their fruition, free will, destiny, purpose,
consciousness, and known as well as yet unknown natural forces. All
phenomena are embedded in the wheel of futurity or the kaal chakra,
and they are both future tools that shape our present as well as an
intrinsic part of the present.In the early phases of atmospheric
evolution, the ratio of various gases appears to have been
determined by futuristic designs so that life could originate and
survive on earth. For example, oxygen constitutes 21 percent of all
gases; if increased or decreased even a bit, a high oxidation and
spontaneous fire, or a reduction of metabolism would have destroyed
the earliest pulsating single-celled life.So is the case of critical
balance in cell-content in plants as well as animals, their acidity
and alkalinity, chemistry of living and non-living material,
temperature, humidity, ration of matter and antimatter, equilibrium
in the pull-and push between stars, and the dance of atoms and their
constituents. All this is being played out in energy, concealed or
otherwise. A sight change at any stage might not have made the
universe as we know it today. And the show goes on. Currently atomic
physicists are looking for those fundamental particles which
dispersed through the then newly-created space, immediately after
the Big Bang, the point of origin of the universe. The expensive
experiment, the Large Hadron Collider, is being carried out inside a
colossal tunnel near Geneva (CERN).In this huge underground passage,
protons of atoms will smash together. Scientists expect that a
virtual yet mathematically proved Higgs-Boson particle will be
produced by such a collision; this particle is supposed to be a
mother unit of all ‘matter’ that makes our world. However, several
physicists are skeptical about such a venture, and apprehend that
this could create a black hole which may suck and digest our solar
system, including earth.
Nonetheless, other high energy physicists are of the opinion that
the particles thus produced at CERN will be so abhorrent to Nature
that their creation in the tunnel will never be allowed to happen by
the positive forces of Nature. That could mean Nature will stop the
Collider before it can make on Higgs-Boson particle. It is
interesting to note here that the Collider has already faced such a
breakdown-scientists Holger B Nielsen and Masao Ninomiya say that
Nature seems to be halting the project.
Scepticism and concerns apart, we need to be conscious of the
probability that the future may well determine our present in a
curious twist of evolution. This is being borne out by the way
biological, cosmic and material evolutions along the path of
existence are playing out in the present, with future scenarios
playing catalyst for current realities. |
