| Other day the discussion between theist and atheist | | | | of the same thing". |
| for whether God exists was heard by an agnostic. He | | | | Theist and atheist both were stunned with this new |
| carefully listened to the arguments put forward by | | | | introduction of agnosticism. |
| theist and atheist. He deliberately kept mum for some | | | | Agnostic continued, "God is not a persona specific. |
| time. He looked at them with askance. Some time | | | | Whole existence is God or so as to say God is whole |
| passed by and he whispered, "You both seem to be | | | | existence. He is pervaded everywhere in infinite forms. |
| too intelligent to come to any consensus - You are | | | | He is nonattached and noncommittal. He is with no |
| obsessed with worldly knowledge. You propose your | | | | beginning and no end. He is not out to prove anything; |
| point with great force and you both try to win an | | | | nor is He there to dismantle anything. He is not a |
| argument. You feel like if your opponent is unable to | | | | creator in generalized sense nor is He a destructor. He |
| rebut then you are victorious. With your argument you | | | | is sum total of all creation". |
| feel like, as if you have given a universal and | | | | He cited Einstein's words, "Energy neither can be |
| unchangeable last canon to the world. Truth is that you | | | | created nor destroyed." That means it is there for |
| both need a new vision". | | | | ages and will remain ad infinitum. In a way, universe is |
| He further said, "Existence does not bother about your | | | | made of single primal energy; which, at its own pace, is |
| arguments. It flows in its own grandeur way. The | | | | continuously evolving in myriad of forms. The various |
| arguments are won and lost but that does not prove | | | | forms cause illusion in us and we consider each of |
| anything. Human courts give judgment after listening to | | | | them separate. |
| the arguments and judge or jury tries to reach some | | | | Agnostic further murmured, "It will not be a surprise if |
| concrete conclusions, because that is what they are | | | | some day a theory of big bang - a so called theory of |
| supposed to do. It may happen that those judgments | | | | beginning of universe is disproved and a new theory |
| are challenged in higher courts and then reversed with | | | | takes its place. Universe is so complex that no |
| another judgment - called a landmark judgment. Old | | | | particular scientific theory can prove or disprove its |
| judgment gets diluted when another superior court is | | | | phenomena. It is beyond comprehension of any |
| approached and the matter ends with another ruling. | | | | scientific study and will always remain like that. The |
| We mortals function in funny ways and try to | | | | age old big puzzle, if seen in the light of a new vision, |
| juxtapose our belief system with existential laws". | | | | can best be explained as non-dual, primal energy which |
| Agnostic continued with steady and firm tone, "Even | | | | is the root cause of everything in the universe. |
| our age old scientific theory is taken toll of when some | | | | Whatsoever name you can call it as but its very |
| advanced theory is proposed. Newton had proposed a | | | | nature of creation after destruction and again |
| law of gravitation, a few centuries back. That was | | | | recreation for an infinite period of time is always going |
| disproved by Einstein in his famous general theory of | | | | to remain". |
| relativity. He said there is no gravitational force in reality. | | | | Theist and atheist were mesmerized by now. Their |
| It is an illusion. Einstein said there is nothing like matter | | | | diametrically opposite views were changed with a |
| and energy. They are two facets of the same coin. | | | | new vision. It had not remained a big puzzle for them. |
| Matter is a tangible form of energy and energy is a | | | | They paid tribute to their new guru by touching his feet |
| subtle form of matter. They are two different states | | | | and departed to their destination. |