Tat tvam asi, ( Sanskrit: "thou art that") in Hinduism, the famous expression of the relationship between the individual and the Absolute. The statement is frequently repeated in the sixth chapter of the Chandogya Upanishad (c. 600 bce) as the teacher Uddalaka Aruni instructs his son in the nature of brahman, the supreme reality. The identity expressed in this judgment was variously interpreted by the different darshans (schools) of the orthodox philosophy of Vedanta. The phrase was given its most literal interpretation by the 8th-9th-century thinker Shankara of the Advaita (Nondualist) school, for whom the statement was one of the great assertions fundamental to his doctrine.

Sujatha,

Thanks for introducing me to Vedanta beliefs. Concepts born several thousands years ago, such as these, seem to have inspired ideas in our modern world. The cyclic model proposes that the big bang is a collision between branes that occurs at regular intervals. From my memory, its every trillion years or so. It perhaps inspires the fractal, a mathematical set that exhibits a repeating pattern that displays at every scale.

It is an informative essay and well written.

Jim

    Dear Miss.,

    My command of English is perhaps not good enough as to always understand you. That's why I looked into your essay after you made a comment on mine that I felt rather cryptic.

    Did you read the essay by Akinbo Ojo? While his mother tongue is also not English - he is a physician in Nigeria - we do understand each other well enough as to agree on that we disagree, I am sure, you didn't understand his question.

    Eckard Blumschein

    Dear Sir,

    According to my understanding your good friend had asked me regarding the length in question that whether if it is divisible in various positions or has some limit to it; to that I simplified this by saying every length has to the divisions or scattering has a particular end point to it.

    Hope you got my point!

    Sincerely,

    Miss. Sujatha Jagannathan

    a month later

    Dear Miss Sujata

    There has been much discussion on the subject of the relation of science and religion which mostly dealt with Christianity. I myself concluded that it is best to keep the two separate for best results ! Having said that I must admit enjoying the part of your essay telling about Schrodinger and the others reading the Vedas. You might have added that Oppenheimer the father of the atom bomb quoted the Bhagavad Vita after testing the Bomb :

    """'We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.'""".

    madame Curie believed you should respect people's faith even though you donot share it. For example in my physics theory I believe the concept of time is not fundamental while you explain in your essay that in Hinduism it is. I wish you all success

    with best wishes

    Vladimir

      Dear Miss. Sujatha Jagannathan, in response to your comments on my Essay Forum:

      If you would be so kind as to provide "the exact definitive questions of Universal Truth" there, I will be pleased to respond re any deviations.

      For example, noting that such questions are not provided in your essay: We might then productively discuss my "deviating from your paper" in the context of "those exact definitive questions".

      With best regards; Gordon Watson: Essay Forum. Essay Only.

        You say my essay doesn't convey the "Universal Truth" the foundation questions of the cosmological evolution; it clearly states that you "did not get the purport of my essay."

        I have made various mentions in footnotes : U can explore more about the subject since everything is not possible to explain in this comment box.

        Your doubts or questions will be simplified there.

        - Sincerely,

        Miss. Sujatha Jagannathan

        Dear Miss. Sujatha Jagannathan, these comment boxes are surely large enough for you to provide at least one of your "exact definitive questions of Universal Truth" that you say my essay does not address.

        Further, if you need additional space, simply open another comment box!

        NB: In truth, any reference that I made to your essay related to your use of the phrase "the exact definitive questions of Universal Truth" when you commented on my essay.

        PS: Since the four experiments that I analyse yield truths, such will not conflict with any valid Truth that you care to offer.

        With best regards; Gordon Watson: Essay Forum. Essay Only.