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Articles: Devotion | Is the world a Stage?
- Prof. venkata ramanamurty mallajosyula
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‘Cause and Effect’ – The Supreme Clause of Creation
Adi Shankara states so eloquently in one of his stanzas in Bhaja Govindam about the recurring cycles of birth and death (Punarapi Jananam, Punarapi Maranam). There is no effect without a cause and there is no cause that goes without creating an effect. Now, let us consider the nature of the world.
From what we see around us, from information gathered from other’s experiences, by inference from scientific investigation and theories, we know that the Universe is a vast, complex entity; the human body itself is a miraculous mechanism; the vegetable and animal kingdoms, the planets, the stars, the galaxies, the black holes, the particles, the waves, matter, antimatter and what not – are all miracles. There is no effect without a cause. So, we cannot but postulate the existence of an Omniscient and Omnipotent creator or Divine Intelligence beyond our limited understanding.
The cause is the effect concealed and the effect is the cause revealed and the time between the two can be extremes. According to Newton’s third law: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. When the reaction of an action is immediate and we are able to see it or measure it at the sensory level we call it scientific. However, if the reaction time is immense, perhaps after several lifetimes, when one has no recollection of the cause, the effect may appear to stand alone! Just because the cause is not visible at the mundane plane one cannot deny this principle of causation. The cause is like a seedling waiting for the opportune moment to sprout. This ‘seedling’ is deep in the sub-conscious mind. Mind and matter are interconnected as well as interdependent. For those familiar with computer jargon, it is not unrealistic to compare the conscious mind to RAM (Random Access Memory) and the subconscious mind to the HDD (Hard Disk Drive). All manifestations are projections of the mind and sustained by it.
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