Nature strives to achieve perfection. The theory of natural selection elucidates this. Every being that lives with its own unique set of Genes is because those Genes help the organism survive in its environment. Those which are not suited to live in that habitat either migrate or disappear from the tree of life. A bird has feathers that help maintain body temperature even at the colder levels of the atmosphere. Herbivores like deer have a four-chamber digestive system that helps them digest the cellulose in the plant better. Microbes like Bacteria have their genome that helps it survive in its chosen environment. Plants that bear fruits make sure that the fruit is delicious so the seeds are scattered by the animals that eat it. To put simply, evolution is nature’s art, each being is the perfect organism to live in its chosen environment, with each generation slowly changing to adapt to the changing world. Now, we come to Humans. We too are a product of evolution. Our greatest a...
Maya. The Illusion. The great dream of the Paramatma. The source of all creation. Maya is perhaps the most misunderstood concept in Hinduism, with many believing that it is either that the entire creation is but an illusion or that the existence of man is pointless, he is but a tool in the greater will of god, and Maya is man’s delusion of control. Since the entire concept is metaphysical, there is no right or wrong, but perhaps, in my opinion, the interpretation that most suits the concept of Maya is explained by the concept of society. Scientifically speaking, life is a sum of dead things. The cell is the smallest living thing, but the individual components of the cell are each not living. The beauty of nature and life exists in that fact that things which individually cannot be classified as living, join up to form life as we know. It evolves with time, adapting to the changing world, becoming more complex and sophisticated, and becoming more diverse as time grows. A fundamental a...