“In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.” —Aristotle

Hindu rituals are sacred and the oldest as far as civilization is concerned; dating back to thousands of years. Hindus worship everything and it is said ‘Kan Kan mein Bhagwan’- “God in every particle”.

Most people who look for scientific evidence in everything, find it a little jarring to see Hindus worshipping trees, wood, water; have fruits, Chandan and even grass, grains, rice in the ‘thalee’ for pooja (prayer). They also have Coconut, Mango leaves, Betel leaves, Betel nut, Cloves, Cardamom, Janeu, Mauli (Kalaava)- symbolic- cloth. There is a reason to see God in small things. In fact, smallest of things.

Puja Thalee

Hindus have a ritual of offering water to the sun ‘Surya Arghya’, is a traditional morning ritual believed to have significant spiritual and health benefits. This is ‘refraction’ Principle in action. When a thin, steady stream of water is poured from a copper vessel while looking at the morning sun, the water acts as a prism, causing the sunlight to refract. Looking at the rising sun through this thin, flowing stream of water reduces the intensity of UV rays, potentially strengthening eye muscles and protecting the retina.

In addition, sun is considered the source of all life and energy. Offering water is a gesture of thanks and surrender to this divine force.

Hinduism a way of life had discovered much more knowledge earlier than any other civilisation. They could connect God to nature.

When reason fails- faith begins.

Astrology and astronomy were an integral part of Vedic science.

Indian astronomy is an ancient, continuous tradition with roots in the Indus Valley and Vedic periods evolving through Siddhantic (basic principles), medieval, and modern eras. It is deeply connected to Vedic rituals and the Jyotish (astrology) system, developing into a precise science that calculated planetary positions, eclipses, and the Earth’s circumference.

‘If something walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it has to be a duck’ – Lee Iacoca

Ancient India developed advanced astronomy, with scholars like Aryabhata proposing a spherical, rotating Earth and heliocentric ideas centuries before Europe. Using observation and mathematics, they accurately calculated the solar year of 365.2586805365 days. (now ‘Western Gospel’ of 365 days); Predicted eclipses, and mapped planetary motions. Key contributions included identifying the Navgrahas (nine celestial bodies) and concepts of gravitational force in texts like the Surya Siddhanta.

Major Contribution; centuries ago

Aryabhata (5th century) stated that the earth is spherical and rotates on its axis, explaining the daily rising and setting of stars. That is why Geography is called ‘Bhoogol’ earth is round- in Hindi.

He mathematically calculated the earth’s circumference and diameter with remarkable accuracy.

In the west it was decided much later. A practical demonstration of Earth’s sphericity was achieved by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano’s circumnavigation (1519–1522)

Bhaskaracharya -approx 1600 years ago described a force of attraction, noting that the earth, planets, and sun are held in orbit by this force, centuries before Newton observed an apple falling from the tree and the western world said great- Eureka moment! We discovered gravitational pull.

Ancient Indians developed sophisticated methods for measuring time, including the Tithi (date) system (lunar calendar) and accurately predicting eclipses.

Indian astronomy significantly influenced other cultures, including the Arab and European worlds, particularly in areas like trigonometry and mathematical calculations for celestial bodies.

Heuristic not Algorithmic

A heuristic is a “rule-of-thumb” for finding a “reasonably good” solution, while an algorithm is a step-by-step long drawn procedure that supposedly guarantees an accurate, optimal, or correct solution.

One can roughly say that heuristic is experiential learning as compared to rigorous scientific experiments.

Tried and tested works on heuristic basis. For instance, we used Turmeric for thousands of years and found consistency in its healing power.

Now scientists put it through chemical analysis to say that its structure and composition is such that it has healing power. Curcumin is the primary chemical in turmeric (Curcuma longa) responsible for its healing, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant powers.

End result does not change. That could be another reason that Hinduism is quite open ended, all-encompassing and not rigid. They have understood God in its true sense of the word- almighty.

Many of the earliest discoveries were math based and observation based.

Universe as we see today

Indians always called universe as Brahmand.

Today with all the advanced instrumentation and modern means the estimated number of galaxies-only what we can fathom- is around 2 trillion galaxies.

Galaxies, averaging an estimated 100 million stars, range in size from dwarfs with less than a thousand stars, to the largest galaxies known, super-giants with one hundred trillion stars, each orbiting its galaxy’s center of mass. This is a mind-boggling scenario.

With all this sophistication, the universe likely has no physical end or edge, potentially being infinite, but we can only see a finite portion called the ‘observable universe’ (about 92 billion light-years across), which does have a boundary defined by the oldest light we can detect from the Big Bang. Think of it like an expanding balloon- the surface (universe) has no edge.

Black hole

Stephen Hawking the greatest scientist who looked into the universe and talked about Black holes and so many things about creation of universe, the big bang – did not get a Nobel prize for physics.

Do you know why?

Primarily because his groundbreaking theories, specifically Hawking radiation, lacked direct observational or experimental verification during his lifetime, a strict requirement for the physics Nobel. The Nobel committee mandates that discoveries must be proven by experiment.

This is the way west looks at things big and small. Indian scientists did not have sophisticated instruments or huge telescopes to prove the point. They were extremely accurate but there was no means of direct observation or an experiment. And of course there was no Nobel Prize fifteen centuries back.

We cannot create anything out of nothing 

Can we make even one gram of rare earth for ourselves? The answer is NO. you need to find out where it is and dig it out. ‘Drill baby drill’. Locating where it is located is a scientific prowess. That is God’s creation. Therefore, you should worship titanium too. Today in fact nations are worshipping that resource- wars are fought to get control.

If artificial Intelligence could create Gold, we would have produced billions of tons of gold worth trillions of Dollars.

Can you with Artificial intelligence create a blade of grass? Again, the answer is NO. can you create rice without seed or a tree without seed? NO. you may argue that methods have been developed to create plants using different chemicals/ water and artificial ingredients, but chemicals water and ingredients are all a part of nature.

Can you create a human without a sperm? NO.

Artificial sperm, is lab-grown spermatozoa created from stem cells or somatic cells (like skin/blood) to treat severe male infertility. They too need stem cells from nature as a base or something out of human skin.

Do you know that a single teaspoon of healthy soil typically contains between 100 million and 1 billion bacteria, along with several yards of fungal hyphae, protozoa, and nematodes. In total, this can exceed 8 to 10 billion individual microorganisms, which is more than the total number of people currently living on Earth. Therefore, we Rever mother earth. We look at it as God.

You cannot create even an atom out of nowhere. Atoms can be created, but not from absolute nothingness; they are formed by combining fundamental particles (protons, neutrons, electrons) or by transforming one type of atom into another through powerful nuclear reactions (which itself is a part of nature.)

We have yet not understood life or death. We have yet to understand how a human or animal is created. With so much research we have yet to understand every aspect of human anatomy. We have not been able to arrest aging. We cannot stop death. Then what have we achieved? We are nowhere near the God and his creation- that is why there is God. Call it what you want- a super power above us.

Albert Einstein the real thinker scientist and the greatest scientific philosopher on our planet said about God as ‘cosmic God’. He described his spiritual feeling as a “cosmic religious feeling,” characterized by a deep admiration for the structure of reality and the limitations of the human mind to grasp it.

“We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.” — Albert Einstein

Research is nothing but searching the yet unsearched.

Macro to micro

Vastness- in fact universe seems to be endless and that scares you! We become insignificant. At the same time electron is the smallest part of matter. That too spins on its axis and called spin of the electron. The electron spin is one of the three inherent properties of the electrons; the others are the mass and charge of the electron. The electron spin is described as the electron spinning around its axis.

Electron spinning on its axis

The nature is mind boggling- from trillions of stars to electron having its own spin. Who is doing all this? Indian civilization understood this centuries ago- they could fathom the power of oceans, energy of sun and vastness of universe. They just realised that nature was something one cannot beat, unfathomable or incoherent, all powerful and they submitted to it, prayed in front of all its manifestations.

Definition of research itself needs to be researched.

Research is the systematic, careful study and investigation of a subject to discover new facts, understand phenomena, or develop new knowledge, involving collecting, analysing, and interpreting data to answer questions and solve problems.

Man has not been able to create anything out of nothing- all the science and research is in search to find out what exists. Newton was a great scientist; what was his basic invention- just an observation- that an apple falls down and there is a pull which we call gravity. He, basis that, defined three laws of motion. Motion was not created by Newton- he just discovered how God or simply nature makes things move or halt.

In a way the nature is God and God is nature. QED. We have discovered how electrons move and we can control through nature the flow of electrons. The electrons are created by nature and we call it electronics. They also move as per laws of nature. Therefore, we are barely touching the surface of the power and complexity of nature or God.

Finally, when a person is dead and buried you say. “Dust to dust” as a solemn phrase from the Anglican burial service (“earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust”) and the Bible (Genesis 3:19), signifying the human cycle of life and death. And you can say nothing else.

Sound of Universe- sound of silence

Om (or Aum) is considered the primordial, (since the beginning of time or the world) cosmic sound and fundamental vibration from which the entire universe was created. It is regarded as the sacred, all-encompassing sound containing all other sounds, representing the bridge between sound and silence, as well as science and spirituality.

Om represents the supreme consciousness and is often referred to as the Pranava, meaning the sustainer of life force. The ‘First Sound’ according to various Vedic texts, Om is the original sound from which all creation emerged.

It is chanted to connect with the divine, promote inner peace, and for its therapeutic effects on the body and mind, such as reducing stress. In Prana yam – Bhramari, you can create bee like humming sound with Om.

Om is interpreted as the ongoing cosmic vibration or the “Big Bang” itself. Some perspectives suggest that the sound is a universal frequency, sometimes referenced as 432 Hz.

Om has parallels with other sacred sounds like Amen and Amin.

Chanting or meditating on Om is believed to help align the individual with the frequency of the universe.

Yogic science

Yoga has a scientific basis. Very sound fundamentals. Modern physiotherapy is a derivative of Yoga.

Historical evidences of the existence of Yoga were seen in the pre-Vedic period (2700 B.C.). around 5000 years ago.

Surya Namaskar is all encompassing exercise within Yoga. It along with exercise salutes the sun for keeping us alive.

Sun is the most powerful source of energy. Today modern science acknowledges that and we harness solar energy with solar panels. What will happen if the Sun goes bust? Will it or will it not?

Nuclear winter, the environmental devastation that scientists say would result from the hundreds of nuclear explosions in a nuclear war. War and weapons are manmade.

large amounts of dust kicked up into the atmosphere by nuclear explosions might block sunlight from reaching the Earth’s surface, leading to a cooling of the air. Only about 2% of current nuclear weapons, exploded on cities, would abruptly cause ice age temperatures (plunging temperatures by 20-40°C), putting over 2 billion people at risk of starvation in just the following 2 years.

Nuclear explosion

The law of conservation of mass states that, matter cannot be created or destroyed by chemical reactions or physical transformations, meaning the total mass remains constant over time. It dictates that the sum of the masses of reactants equals the sum of the masses of products.

Therefore, a small amount of matter if destroyed will convert into massive energy.

E=mc2 is the most famous and fundamental equation that tells us how mass (matter) is converted to energy.

To illustrate this just evaluate the power of nature. In the nuclear fission bombs used in Japan, approximately 0.5 grams of matter were converted into energy in the Hiroshima bomb, and less than 1 gram (around 0.8 grams) in the Nagasaki bomb.

E=mc2 also explains why the sun and other stars shine.

Human genome

Genome

Human body itself is very complex.

The average adult human body contains approximately 30 to 40 trillion human cells. This number varies based on body size.

Each cell has intelligence built into it through what is known as genome.

The human genome is the complete set of DNA instructions in a human cell, containing about 3 billion base pairs organized into 23 pairs of chromosomes (22 autosomes + XX/XY sex chromosomes).

Therefore, what we know is only the tip of the iceberg- not even that.

“An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfilment.”—Sir David Attenborough

Yes, nature is God.