The origin of this world

There are many questions related to the origin of this world that bother the seekers of Truth. How did this world come into being? Who created this world? What is this world made of? Is this world real or just an illusion? Who am I?

The fact is that no one has seen the origin of this world. All the theories and philosophies are based on research and analysis only. If you are interested to know about the origin of the world for the sake of worldly knowledge, then there are many scientific theories about the same. But for a spiritual seeker, the understanding of the origin of the world is meaningful only when it brings the seeker closer to the creator of the world; only when such understanding brings forth inner peace by settling the doubts.   

In order to gain understanding of the creation of this world and its creator, Vedas describe a very logical philosophy at length. Over the periods of thousands of years many Self realized Vedantic Saints had propounded this theory in simple words to the seekers. One of such Saint, scientist, astrologer and numerologist was Varahamihira. He was one of the nine jewels of the court of legendary King Vikramaditya in India during 6^th century. There are a couple of interesting accounts when he described the evolution of the world in simple and logical manner.

Art of living in the moment is happiness

It was a nice gathering of devotees in the temple of a village where a Self-realized Saint was visiting. A devotee approached the Saint and requested, “Dear Sir, I have a request for you. Please eradicate the sorrow from our lives.”

“Son, I become a monk only for the purpose of helping others and eradicating the sorrow from the lives of people. But it seems people are not much interested. Tell me, from whose life do you want to eradicate sorrow?”

“Hmm… Sir, please eradicate the sorrow from the lives of all the people here.”

The Saint started smiling. After a moment of silence, he said, “Alright son, if you insist then let’s talk about eradicating sorrow from the lives of all these people. To begin with, let’s categorize all the sorrows into 3 categories: sorrows of the past, sorrows of the future and the sorrows of the present time. Do you agree with me?”