“What is
here is everywhere and what is not here is nowhere” (“Sri Bhagavad-Gita”)
When heard the above phrase, which is over
three millennia old, I was immediately impressed by the perfection in construction
of the sentence. The sentence felt complete. No contradictions in expression of
intention. Given that everything we see, is only made of up atoms in various
permutations and combinations, including our own selves and vast complex galaxies
– the phrase started making more sense, grossly, over the years.
All the living beings have DNA, the sequence
of which decides the attributes a ‘being’ wears or possesses. The DNA actually
the source code for any living organism. I only wonder that when even the DNA
is a protein and in turn made of atoms – what the source code at the level of
atoms is. Anyways this is the topic of
discussion for another time.
Coming back to the phrase – when I was
convinced about the first part what is here is everywhere, even more surprise
came up with the second part. Many credible science articles taking about the “make-up
of atoms” consistently mention that an atom is 99% empty space and that the
nucleus and electrons only constitute to 1% of it. Implies that 99% of whatever
we see is just empty. If whatever we are, seeing is only 1% what about the
unseen 99%.
The wavelength of visible spectrum is only
from 390 to 700 Nano meters and which only 0.0035% of entire ‘known’
electromagnetic spectrum. I specifically mentioned ‘known’ as what is unknown as
total end to end of this spectrum is still unknown.
Contemplate on that for a minute.
Now at this moment, I really do not know what
to say about comments like “I only believe what I see”
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