Creation of the universe and the development of life and civilization on the earth

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Creation of the universe and the development of
life and civilization on the earth planet according
to the Upnishads and the Bhagwatam

Aim of creation.
The aim of creation is to give a chance to all the souls to become
human beings and then to realize God Who is absolute Bliss. They can
realize God by doing absolute good actions and surrendering to Him.
Souls are unlimited in number and are in an infinitesimal `life' form,
having a subtle mind of their own. When they receive human body
during the creation they do good or bad actions according to the
discrimination of their own mind. The record of these actions, called
the sanskars or the karmas, are stored in a section of the mind. The
consequences of these karmas have to be fructified otherwise there
would be no meaning of classifying them as good or bad, and they do
fructify. Thus, these collective karmas are like a subtle semi-dormant
`force' which reside in the mind of every soul and become the cause of
its next incarnation; and the force of the collective karmas of all the
unlimited souls works as one of the causal forces to create and
maintain the universe.
Duration of creation.
The duration of the existence of the universe is countless but not
unlimited. It goes on perpetually in a cyclic motion, like the creation
state, and then no-creation state. In the no-creation state (called maha
pralaya) the creative energies and the forces remain in an absolutely
subtle and dormant state, and in the creation state they evolve in the
form of the universe as we see it today. There was no beginning of this
`cycle of creation and maha pralaya.' It is eternal.
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Powers involved in the creation.
God inspires the power maya (the cosmic power in its absolute subtle
form) which evolves itself into the form of the universe and the souls
begin to reside in the universe in living form. Thus there are three
entities involved in the creation of the universe. They are: God, all the
souls, and the lifeless maya. God is almighty and absolute-life-
knowledge-Bliss. He is omnipresent in His Divine personal form and has
uncountable absolute virtues. Just like, He is all-Gracious, all-beautiful,
all-loving, all-charming, all-knowing, all-kind and all-forgiving to
whoever takes refuge in Him. Maya (the cosmic power) is a lifeless
miraculous energy or power. It has three characteristics or qualities
called sattvagun, tamogun and rajogun (pious, evil and selfish; pretty,
ugly and normal; and positive, negative and neutral) that appear in
every part of its creation. Souls, in the universe, are unlimited and are
infinitesimal.
Forces that keep the universe running.
There are two forces that keep the universe running continuously. They
are `time' (called the kal) and `karm' (the accumulative force of the
accumulated karmas of all the unlimited souls, as described above).
Time (kal) factor is not just the elapsed period that we count according
to the calendar. Time (kal) is an eternal energy like maya which is a
strong force that starts the manifestation of the mayic attributes (which
gradually become the universe), and then it keeps the universe moving
forward until maha pralaya. The time, that we calculate as the age of
something or the passing period of an ongoing event, is the calculation
of the aging process of something, or it is a point of determining the
past, present or future. It is like a parameter that gives you an
understanding of the period that elapsed or it helps you keep the
record of an event of past, present or future. But the `force of time'
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that pushes the universe to move forward is an `eternal energy' that
exists side by side with maya.
Procedure of the creation of the universe.
All the three: souls along with their karmas, maya, and kal (time), stay
in God in an absolutely subtle form and in an absolutely dormant state
during maha pralaya. They are activated by the will of God. After
certain subtle phases of evolution the first thing that comes into being
is the endless empty space.

There are seven phases of extremely subtle manifestations of maya
that had already happened before the `space' came into being. (1)
Space was the eighth subtle manifestation which was, in fact, the first
gross manifestation of the energy of maya. (2) In the endless space,
unlimited number of pockets of various sizes were created. They
became the base of uncountable sub-universes. Within that
unimaginably enormous and endless-like looking space, the ninth phase
of maya (called vayu) was evolved which created a circular movement
in the space itself, as if the entire space was in a circular motion from
its central point. (3) Then, all over in that space, subparticles evenly
emerged. This was the tenth phase of mayic manifestation (agni). (4)
Then the subparticles and the particles annihilated to form hydrogen
atoms. This was the eleventh phase of mayic manifestation (apah). (5)
Then gravity began to predominate and the basic structure of
uncountable galaxies and their clusters (as scientists know) were
gradually formed. This was the twelfth phase. The `already existing
motion' in the space now made it look like the galaxies were moving
away from each other. The speed of this motion of the space varied in
different areas of this visible universe but with a perfectly controlled
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synchronization. (The topic of creation is further detailed in "The Divine
Vision of Radha Krishn.")
None of the existing theories so far have been able to create such a
model of the universe that could accommodate all the features of the
known universe. But, this knowledge was already incorporated in the
Bhagwatam that was produced by Bhagwan Ved Vyas before 3102 BC.
On the basis of the Bhagwatam, we have described this theory in 7
video speeches on the Brahm Sutra that reconciles all the existing
problems which the scientists face in forming the model of the
universe.
The functioning of a planetary system.
The supreme God Who controls the creation and the functioning of the
entire universe is called Maha Vishnu. When the galaxies begin to
assume their normal shape, at that point Maha Vishnu creates a great
number of Divinely celestial spaces in the galaxies and He enters into
those spaces. He then produces one Brahma in each section who
controls the creation of the sun and its planetary system. Thus, in every
planetary system there is one Brahma who is called the creator. Prior to
the creation of the earth planet, Brahma extends the celestial space
and creates celestial abodes of gods and goddesses. One planetary
system with its celestial abodes is called one brahmand. In this way
there are a great number of brahmandas in one galaxy. Celestial
abodes are invisible as they are in a different space (dimension).
Now we know that the formation of a planetary system is not a
coincidental creation of nature as the cosmologists believe, it is a
controlled formation. Souls are already in the universe in their subtle
form, a certain (uncountable) number of souls are transferred to each
planetary system run by its own Brahma, and then, gradually Brahma
produces those souls on the earth planet in their material bodies.
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Life on the earth planet.
After the formation of the earth planet, the ozone layer was formed,
oceans began to exist, and the first form of life appeared on the earth
planet. The Upnishad says that first the vegetation appeared.

How? The soil itself contains the subtle form of the seeds of all kinds of
vegetation, like, grass, plants, shrubs, flowers and trees of all kinds.
Brahma transfers the souls into those seeds and the first vegetation
grows. Afterwards it creates its own seeds. The bodies of insects etc.
are produced as a general procedure of the nature and Brahma
transfers the souls into them. We know that sometimes in the rainy
weather a lot of flying insects are formed in the open space.
Later on, small creatures like fish and birds and then big creatures like
tigers and elephants etc. are produced. At this time, Brahma produces
the souls along with their body.
One thing must be noted here, that souls are eternal and they must
have been living in some form prior to this creation before pralaya.
Thus, it would be highly unjust if the soul of some human being is by
mistake transferred into a worm's body or a worm's soul is transferred
into the body of a human being. But you don't have to worry, because
Brahma is Graced with the Divine intelligence so he never makes such
mistakes.

He produces all the souls exactly according to their previous status:
grass becomes a grass, frog becomes a frog, lion becomes a lion, human
becomes a human, and so on. So, Brahma produces the first pair of all
the creatures big and small on the earth planet. Afterwards they
multiply themselves.
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One should not think that how did the animals just appear on the earth
planet, or that there may be some kind of evolution process involved in
that. The impracticality of the theory of evolution has already been
discussed. The most significant thing is this, that when a Divine
personality Brahma who is so powerful, that he creates the whole
brahmand, maintains the entire planetary system, and remembers the
identity of each and every living being of the earth planet from each
and every bacteria to an elephant and all the human beings as well,
then there is no reason that he can't create the bodies of the animals.
So he does, and thus, the first creation of the animal world was done by
Brahma.


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