(From a magazine Akhand Gyan April 2013 with thanks)
You
mentioned that this is the age of science. But, I would like to correct your
statement. Prof. C.V. Raman, the scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Physics, once addressing a big gathering said, "Maybe the twentieth
century is the age of science, but the twenty-first century is going to be the
age of scientific spirituality." His observations are a one hundred per
cent perfect. The 21st century will not be able to do progress on the strength
of science alone. At every step, it will have to take the support of
spirituality. Science may come out with a number of inventions, it may make
progress to the highest possible level, yet it will not be able to win over
this mysterious world. Nature has in its womb a plethora of such extraordinary
wonders, researching which the intelligence of the scientists proves to be kindergarten
stuff. Their limited intellect is rendered clueless. Scientists are not able to
devise any reasons or explanations for several incidents that happen in nature.
Such things continue to be mysteries to the scientists.
Do you know, in Austria, in the Tauern
Mountain Range, there exists an amazing spring (waterfall)? Water flows through this
spring continuously, but every day at 3:30 pm sharp, a rainbow emerges over it.
The timing of the arrival of the rainbow is so accurate that people adjust the time
of their watches accordingly.
In Italy, there is an extraordinary
water source. During winter, hot water emerges from it; it is so hot that one
can see the clouds of vapours emerging out of it. On the other hand, during
summer, its water is so cold that it freezes like the snow.
In Tibet, there is an astonishing
lake. The specialty about this lake is that its water remains salty for twelve
years, while in the ensuing twelve years, it turns sweets. This has been
happening for centuries.
In Italy, near the region of Taranto,
there is an ocean. All of us know ocean water is salty. But, from this ocean, a
fountain emerges. This fountain sends shooters of white water. And, the amazing
part is that this water is very sweet. Amidst an ocean of salty water, the
fountain of sweet water! Is that not a wonder!
In
Avignon, there is a river by the name of Sorgue. On the bank of river, there is
a giant fig tree. In the month of March every year, the level of water in the
river automatically begins to rise. It is surprising that the water flows in
the opposite direction; it goes from bottom to top, and the level keeps on
rising, until it touches the fig tree. As soon as it touches the 'feet' of the
big tree, the level begins to fall down, and reverts to the normal of March
every year, touches the fig tree and then comes back to its original level!
They are unable to find out any reason.
In Ireland, there is a big lake. This
lake is generally filled with water to brim. But sometimes, suddenly, its entire
water gets drained. No one is able to unravel the mystery that how water in
such a big quantity disappears in a flash and where does it go. In the place of
water, only slush and mud remains. The scientists have been investigating this
phenomenon for a long time, bur are unable to reach to any concrete conclusion.
In this manner, there are several such
examples, which prove that the known secrets of nature are much less as
compared to the unknown ones. If we refer to a river in Korea, then, it is one
such example, which the human intellect will perhaps never be able to
understand. It is said that in the year 660 Ad, the King of China attacked that
country, arrested the King and deported him to China. That dethroned King had
71 queens. Those queens decided to commit 'Johar'
(a form of suicide). They all climbed a cliff beside the river, jumped into the
river and committed suicide. 1400 years have elapsed since this incident took
place. But, from the onwards, every year, near the river, 71 identical plants grow.
In these plants, 71 flower buds appear simultaneously, and those buds turn into
71 flowers in an even time period. And on the same day when the 71 queens
committed suicide, those flowers drop into the river on their own. Every year,
thousands of tourists gather at the spot to view this wonder of nature. Along
with the tourists, a number of scientists also reach the place, and perhaps
return with the conviction that there are many hidden secrets of nature, which
are beyond the reach of science.
"Valley of Geysers," a
narrow valley in Siberia, lends further support to the dilemma of the scientists.
This valley was discovered in the year 1941. In the region, about 20 geysers
have been identified from which jets of water in different colours spray forth.
The wonderful aspect is that all these geysers spring in a regulated pattern,
with a definite time interval; meaning, if a geyser springs forth in 10
minutes, then, it will repeat the performance in the fixed intervals of 10
minutes only. The biggest fountain in this valley is christened as "First
Born." It emerges out of earth in every one hour, spraying water of
different colours every time. When it springs, it gives shape to a huge pillar
like structure touching the height of 40 feet. And, its showers engulf the area
up to 500 feet. In the entire valley, where the rhythmic dance of these
fountains creates an extraordinary ambience for the tourists, there it puzzles
and confuses the scientists greatly. In fact, it further makes them aware of
the limitations of their scientific knowledge.
In the year 1896, in
"Nature," the famous magazine of England, a renowned scientist W.S.
Smith published his observations, which are worth mentioning here. He has
written about a vast lake. No military base exists in the vicinity of this lake. But, after regular intervals, high decibel sounds of
gun-firings are heard from the bosom of the lake. The scientist made several
efforts to locate the source and reason of the sound of the guns. He contacted
the local residents and the fishermen of the area. They also corroborated that
they too hear such sounds, but they are unable to find out the reasons. Not
only that, when the sound originates from the waters of the lake, no
disturbance in the water takes place, not even waves originate on the surface
of the water. Mr. Smith made several attempts to solve this mystery, but every
time he was unsuccessful and returned disappointed.
Similarly, there are many rivers,
waterfalls, lakes, oceans on this earth whose existence and functioning is most
mysterious. The water of some rivers is blue like the ink. Some are yellow in
colour like the turmeric. The water of some waterfalls is sweet like honey and
some waters are sour like lemon.
On confronting such wonders,
scientists have no scientific explanations to offer. They simply attempt to
hide the limitations of their knowledge by asserting and dismissing them are
rare exceptions for which there are no valid reasons. But, Arthur Koestler, in
his book, "Roots of Coincidence," has made it equivocally clear that
the functions of nature are very much according to a system of rules and regulations.
That which we hail as coincidence, exceptions or miracles, are part of the rule
or law, which our limited intellect is unable to comprehend. It may be possible
to find answers to some of the secrets in the coming future. But, ever then, to
find solutions to all the secrets and riddles of nature will be a tough option,
in fact impossible!
It is so because the intellect takes
the support of science and the research of science is confined to the gross
level (material things) of the world. For the investigation and realization of
the total truth, we need to reach from the worldly to the divine, from the
gross to the subtle, from the material to the non-material, from vision to dematerialization,
and from the external to the direction of the inner world. Our seers-the super
scientists, have termed this as the 'science of spirituality'. When we carry
out the process of research and investigation by taking recourse to
spirituality, we shall be able to solve all the mysteries of nature, with
confidence and ease. Then, the Ocean of Milk (Ksheer Sager) as mentioned in the scriptures will not remain a
figment of imagination. Instead, the reality of its existence will be
experienced through our inner world.
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