Re: Scientific cause for universal destruction?
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
If we consider the Supreme's 5 fold act, pañcakṛtyavidhiḥ ¹, it includes saṁhāra or contraction; drawing in (like an elephant's trunk);
fetching back. Note many like to use the word destruction (vilaya - dissolution , liquefaction , disappearance , death , destruction ).
Yet let me offer , if I may, a view on ~destruction~ in one's daily experience. Lets consider the 3 operators - creation, maintenance and destruction.
They work together; sometimes one may be a bit more vigorous then another, but they work as a team. Lets take the simple
idea of seeing.
We look at an object. This object is 'created' in our mind from sight. It is maintained as we view it, yet when we look to another ( new)
object, the old one is destroyed and the new one is created. How many times to you view objects in a single day?
These 3 operators are in force.
Lets say you are walking forward. With one step a new step is created; now as your other leg comes forward, there is a place where
no stepping occurs (maintenance, a balance between step and no step) , then your other leg moves forward . the last step
is destroyed and a new step has begun. Like that, these 3 operators are in play.
Think of a child growing up. You see more creation , going from a small body to big body.
Yet as that body grows old cells are ~destroyed~ , cast off for new one's e.g. bones, blood cells, etc. Yet to keep that balance so one
does not outpace the other ( too much growth or too much debris and destruction) the maintenance roll is of key import, no?
The child grows, is maintained, then begins to grow old and decay. Yet in this life cycle, all 3 operators are there. Even
in the decay - the decay has to be created!
In our daily life if we look there is brahmā, viṣṇu and śiva ( some say rudra) alive and well in each and every moment of life and all its rhythms.
So, now the question - what is nāṭarāja ( some write nartarājan) doing... is He only saṁhāra (contraction) , without ~ creating and
maintaining ~ an orderly drawing in ?
praṇām
1. pañcakṛtyavidhiḥ - consider this HDF post for reference: http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showpost.php?p=55015&postcount=7
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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