Is there a Paramatma or Supreme Soul ?

Is there a Paramatma or Supreme Soul ?

While attending a sibir and satsang in Darshan Yoga Mahavidyalaya at Aryavan, I got a sense of the logical need for the existence of God/Paramatma. Let me share what I understood.

When we look around, we can see lot of things created by us. For example, take a chair, which we use for sitting. If we analyse, we can see that, it has a definite design and functionality. There is a provision for sitting comfortabily. There may be provision for resting the arm or may not. It is generally higher than the level of floor. It is easy to sit in the chair and to get out of the chair. There is a designed way to sit in chair, may be you can sit only from the front. It may be difficult or not possible to sit from back or from sides. There is a definite way to place the chair. If we kept upside down or in a tilted way, it may not be usable for sitting, or improper usage may even damage the chair. We can also note that it may not be suitable for standing, running or sleeping, etc. There is a definite life, and degradation cycle for the chair also. Or in other words, there are definite functions, functionalities, and ways of operation. It is even possible to have a user's manual and operator's manual for the chair.

If we investigate further, we can see that there is a designer for the chair. There is a maker also. These designers and makers are the people who conceived/designed it, and the person who constructed or moulded it based on the designs. The designer and maker may be the same person also.

There is a designer and maker for everything which has a function or functionality.

If we look around, then we can see lot of things which has definite function and functionalities. We can see our stove, electric bulb, fan, shoes, dress, car, bus, notebook, pen, pencil, computer, radio, television, railways, rockets, space station etc. All these things have a definite function. And if we investigate further, all these useful things around us has a designer/maker. We can see that there is a designer for everything, from needle to airplane.

Nothing has formed automatically. There is always a designer and maker. And all these things has definite functions and functionality. A chair cannot be used in place of a needle. A car cannot be used in place of a airplane. Everything created by us has a definite function and functionality. Or everything which has function and functionality has a designer/maker.

The nature or natural things around us has definite functions and functionality.

Now if we look around we can see lot of natural things. Let us look at rivers. It has a definite function and functionality. It flows from top towards the down side. During rains it has more water, or during summer time water may get dried up. There are lot of animals and plants live within it or surrounding it. When we build dams across it, the water started accumulating behind it. It may have flooded over the land along with the plants and creatures there. There is a definite way it works. There is a definite way it functions. There are definite way by which it becomes nonfunctional also. There is a definite way we can make best use of it. There are definite activities which may make dysfunctional also. In other way, the river system has it's own functions and functionalities.

And now, if we extend our observation that everything which has a function and functionality has a designer/maker, then there needs to be a designer/maker for this river system also. Is n't there is a need for science and education to include the study on this designer also in our curriculum.

Our body has lot of systems and functionalities

Let us look within our body. We can see that there are definite functions and functionalities for each and every organs of our body. There is eyes, ear, nose, mouth, skin, hands, legs, etc. which serves definite functions of the body. Not only that all these organs and systems are working together in a coordinated manner, and we can see there are lot of functions and functionalities in it. If we observe further, we can see that there is skeletal net work in the body, nerves net work, digestion network, circulation of blood in a well defined and definite way, purification of blood, process of digestion of food, maintenance of various internal organs of body etc. We can see that body is a marvelous system, with marvelous design, functions and functionalities. And if we extend our observation that everything which has function and functionality has a designer/maker, there need to be a designer/maker for our human bodies also. Is not there a need for science and education to include the study on this designer also in our curriculum?

Systems and functionalities around us

If we look further, we can see lot of marvels in the world. There is an eco system. If we break the eco system, we get the after effects of the breakage. There is environmental system, which has definite function and functionalities.

The science has studied the functions and functionalities of environment, and therefore it can predict most of the environmental changes. It co-relates the cause and effect on environmental system, by industrialization, urbanization, deforestation etc. It is very interesting to note that, with every advance of science, we can find out marvellous system of functions and functionality in the nature around us.

And if we extend our observation that everything which has function and functionality has a designer/maker, there need to be a designer/maker for these marvelous systems in earth. Is not there is a need for science and education to include the study on this designer also in our curriculum?

Let us look beyond earth. There is solar system. It has definite system of satellites and they rotate in a well defined way. The solar system rotates by itself also. There is also galaxy, the Milky Way, in which our solar system is a part. The solar system rotated in the Milky Way, and even the Milky Way is moving in a definite direction.

And even the science has seen that there are lot of galaxy's and all these are going towards a particular direction with particular speed and attributes. Therefore we can see definite functions and functionalities out there in the universe also.

And if we extend our observation that everything which has function and functionality has a designer/maker, there need to be a designer/maker for the solar system and universe. Is not there is a need for science and education to include the study on this designer also in our curriculum?

There is Owner’s manual or Users manual for everything created by someone and used by somebody else.

We can see that it is always the responsibility of the designer/maker to provide the users with owner’s manual or user’s manual for the proper and best usage of the same. We can see these for almost all the things we use in everyday life. Without a user’s manual or owner’s manual it will not be possible to operate anything which has a function and functionality. We can see that all the systems with a function and functionality and created by human beings have a user's manual or operator's manual.

Is Vedas the Operator/User manual of life & creation?

The Vedas says Paramatma (Supreme Soul or God) as the creator of the universe. It is always the responsibility of the designer/creator to provide the users with owner’s manual or user’s manual. It is said that the Vedas are the operator's manual or user's manual for the creation. It was given to the man at the time of creation itself. Even the modern science has accepted the Vedas as the first book of the world.

Therefore it is quite logical to study Vedas as a book of creation. Don’t you think that by neglecting the study of the Vedas, we may miss lot of functions and functionalities of life?

Don't you think, we need to study the operator's manual or user’s manual of life & creation?