Unsolved problems in physics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Unsolved problems in physics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I had Carl Sagan's Cosmos on in the background last night. He has a very odd voice both soothing and increbily boring at the same time and is inflections are irritating! He was talking about the then current theories about the origin of the universe. He noted that the Hindu religious texts have a concept of time and space that closely mirrors current thinking in cosmology. One interesting idea he stated from the Hindu mythos is the cocept of a Dharma year. Apparently the universe and all of existence is thought to be the dream of the creator who sleeps and awakes in cycles of time. he sleeps for a 100 Dharma years and when he awakens the universe will end. He will lay awake for another 100 dharma years and then sleep again for another 100 dharma years and this cycle has been repeating forever. According to Sagagm, apparently also in the Hindu tradition is a followup thought that if man is the dream of the creator it is entirely possible that the creator is the dream of man. Brings to minf the mind-body dichotomy where does reality begin and how does reality relate to our conception of it? The cycle continues...